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Gollini - 8 - Impressive apart from the single mis-kick. Hutton - 5 - Same as last year. Skinned by Foresteiri multiple times, including getting turned around. Get rid Baker - 7 - Not bad, his job was to win headers which he did Elphick - 8 - Good debut. Proper leader Cissokho - 6 - Same as last year. Defends decently, only thing he has going forward is kick & chase Bacuna - 6 - At least on the wing he can't do much damage and occasionally delivers good service Westwood - 4 - Didn't even notice he was playing until his missed chance around 70 mins. Complete passenger Gardner - 5 - Unlike Westwood was actually involved in the game. Same quality of output though (zero). Ayew - 7 - Good going forward, poor defensively (but not surprising out of position) McCormack - 7 - Good movement off the ball, looked most likely to score Gestede - 5 - What's the point of playing him if we don't will supply him with crosses? Tsibola - 6 - Looked good on the ball, actually played balls forward. Caught out a few times but just needs more game time Grealish - 7 - Linked up well with Aly a few times. Looked smooth as always Green - Not really on long enough

must... resist... pedantry

Tbf, I'm ok with a corrupt money launderer being President. That's probably in line with half of all politicians in the free world, including the UK. It's the second coming of Hitler that I'm a bit uncomfortable about...

No, he said something like "D becomes G", and some twitter douche interpreted it to be a reference to Delph and Gana. Never mentioned Clarke.

Post of the year

You're only just starting to think this? It's been modus operandi on this forum for nearly twenty years

Certainly not surprising re: social media considering he's used to living in China where people deal with each other with a little bit more civility and respect than some of the bottom feeders on twitter etc in the UK.

Give it a rest...it's **** repetitive

I often can't imagine why people say brummies are miserable words removed. Then I read VT...

For the thousandth time he said: "30m, 40m, 50m... Whatever the manager thinks is needed"

I thought Suliman played on the left?

I know it was fashionable at the Euros, and Conte is here now but I find it unlikely we'll play 5 with wingbacks

That really is insulting

Given recent media stories, I'd suggest Sinclair, Westwood and Traore are more likely to leave than some you've suggested like Veretout, and Kozak.

This is true of most Swiss tbh, kind of unavoidable when a country has 4 official languages. But agreed, will definitely help squad relations.

Crazy that some view him with potential. He literally has zero idea how to play as a defender: his positioning is terrible, bombs forward without any consideration for the state of the game then jogs back, woeful body shape for crosses, often has no idea where his marker is, switches off constantly, plays ridiculous slow, floaty balls up to a striker, or tries to beat 3 men running from the back etc etc, which is mindblowing considering he went through the youth system at a top club, played in a title winning squad and spent a year in Italy, where defensive shape is an artform.

That was 2 TV deals ago

Hate's a bit strong. Yes he was unbelievably shit but at least he kept his mouth shut and head down unlike some of the other wasters last year. Hopefully he finds a team in League One or Championship that better fits his level...

Everyone chill the **** out, the transfers will happen. We are down the pecking order now and there are so many cogs in the chain, so we need to wait eg. For Chelsea to sign Morata before they will loan us Bamford. 2 sets of agents, 3 clubs involved, lawyers, the FA, medicals, blah blah blah... these things aren't done overnight. Its taken us 2 weeks to sign a kid from Reading and that's still not even complete yet. Our signings will be castoffs from PL teams so we need to wait for the higher teams to sign their players. Our sales will be teams looking to squad positions (eg. Richards -> Sunderland) so again we will need to wait to see what budget they have left over at the end of the window. tl;dr - don't hold your breath

His appearances last year: http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/aaron-tshibola/leistungsdaten/spieler/243633/plus/0?saison=2015

Just because I have a lower tolerance for the dickhead behaviour of some footballers, than others doesn't mean I'm posting crap for effect. I'll happily forgive most of the others as the relegation season was a "blip" in some careers. Gabby is a step too far for me.

TBH its no different from the Express or the Mail completely fabricating a transfer story which we then all talk about. Same shit, different source.

If that is a reference to suits then I have to say it's borderline tenuous

I agree. He's got some silky touches and lethal in the box when in the right team. Hopefully he can find a team to settle down in rather then the 6 months loans here and there and then will hit his potential.