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I know he's young, but it's a big fee, we're short on forward options and most likely have nothing much to play for other than pride and midtable places this season - maybe we're looking at letting him settle in this season with a few appearances here and there and see if he's got what's needed to compete for starts next year.

Seems a heck of a lot for an MLS player. What are their biggest fees received til now?

If you're on the pitch and not interfering with play then what the **** are you doing. Agree, go back to offside is offside and **** all this bollocks from the last 20 years off.

Yeah noticed that. Both him and Konsa were waiting til the very last moment before releasing it. I get it, but it sure makes me nervous, especially when the balls are getting played right against the goal line

You missed a zero

Forever Young. What a pass to Kamara for the first.

Good atmosphere generally tonight I thought. First half was quiet when we were under the cosh but woke up as soon as we showed a bit of fight in the second.

The match thread is generally idiotic, but Ramsey was poor. Like you say, first game back and I think he would have been subbed sooner, but that would have been our last of the three allowed sub windows with the two injuries so Emery's hands were tied to an extent. Can't really make your last sub with half hour to go, especially in a match like that or you end up playing with ten men.

No, he's the worst player ever and we are NOT to give him a chance under Emery.

Our best player so far

He's the scapegoat du jour on this forum is all it is. It was Mings before, it'll be Bailey next.

Yep, I definitely say no way will I welcome the little turncoat shite back... ... but I know I'd love it.

You are aware balls are spherical?

Guessing the £60 fine doesn't really matter to them!

Guinea - Equatorial Guinea/Guinea-Bisseau/Papua New Guinea Mali - Somalia Republic of the Congo - Democratic Republic of the Congo Niger - Nigeria Dominica - Dominican Republic

I don't get the negativity. I remember how he looks levels above everyone else when he came last year. Ineffective under Gerrard this season... who wasn't? I'm excited to see what he can do when he's back!

Missed the match Saturday and only got round to watching highlights yesterday. My take... That's more often than not a foul on Luiz. I was expecting a proper howler from what I'd read. It wasn't great, but he got between the player and the ball and was brought down. The 'penalty' for Digne's tackle I was expecting to be stonewall - I didn't think it was a penalty in real time or in slow mo. I think it could equally have been given as a foul against the Brighton player to be honest the way he came in and clattered Digne (and with a bit more momentum could have broken his leg the way his weight went down onto Digne's knee). Seen them given, sure, but I don't think I'd be screaming for a pen if it was against us. Some more fantastic one-touch passing and moving into space for some of our chances. Our attacking play looks worlds away from where it was The defensive shape looked great towards the end. I actually enjoyed MOTD2's analysis of it, which is a first.

Young did well I thought. Manager, as much as I love him, gets a poor from me for the keeper choice. He's not good enough for this level. I get giving the second choice a run out if he's a competitive keeper, but it's not a **** charity. Martinez should be in goal in the cups until we get a second keeper that cam push him for the right to play.

This keeper can never play for us again. First priority in January as if anything happened to Martinez we are absolutely ****.

Weaker team than I wanted I have to say.

Are extended highlights available anywhere? It's been so long since I've actually wanted to watch some....

I wouldn't play a 'weak' side as such but I think we can expect a few changes so Emery can get a look at some players. Young in for Digne (maybe 30 bring Digne on at 60 mins to keep building up fitness), Chambers for Konsa, Sanson for Ramsey and Ings for Watkins is arguably as strong a team as we put out yesterday, but keeps players happy and lets the manager see what they're made of. I'd keep Kamara on the bench for the first hour too, let's not rush him back in too fast. If we use all the subs it means we can bring on players like Digne, Kamara, Watkins, Archer. It's been a while since we've been able to bring on subs that can make a difference.

That was sensational. Can't ever remember seeing us have a man in space so often. All the little one-twos, the movement, the calmness at the back. He's drilled them hard and achieved that in only a week. I can't remember ever being this excited about the next match. Eery player was brilliant and played their part, but Mings was an utter Colossus at the back and gets my MoM. Ref an utter clearing in the woods, but what's new.

Nah, I don't think so at all. See the previous page for the article on gang-raping a bloke for being gay. **** backwards shithole mate. Verging on something not cool? Assume you're implying a racist element of sorts? You can shove that if so, frankly. If as a country you have a fundamentalist tendency to oppress, for a couple of examples, women or gays for being who they are, then you're a backwards shithole. same goes for Russia as it does for Saudi Arabia.

Those are all backwards shitholes too though.