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5 cbs? I don't think so. Either Baker/Clark are on the way out or he will play him as DM (if he comes in)

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14. Hull                                     | 27y 40d      D

15. Man United                         | 27y 112d    L

16. West Brom                          | 27y 295d    D W

17. Stoke                                  | 28y 23d      L L

18. Crystal Palace                    | 28y 84d      L

19. West Ham                          | 28y 228d    D L

20. Fulham                               | 29y 30d      L

 

Apart from West Brom we haved perform very poorly against the teams in the league that have the most experienced players.

 

Our performance against the top clubs suggest that the age of our opponents is a greater factor in their likelihood of beating us than their talent.

 

What can we do to beat teams like Crystal Palace and Fulham?

Interesting observation. Then again, once our young boys get the experiance needed to stay cool against the fulhams of this world does that mean they will compete for the top 6?

if it makes you feel better I take yesterdays result on myself.

I bet a fiver that Villa would win 4-1.

I feel for them too.

First they got Man City.
Then they got us.
And then Bayern.

ouch.
 

Yes, nearly all fees are undisclosed nowadays so you can never be certain. So you do have to rely on reported fees really. In Kozak's case, numerous outlets put it at around £6-7m so you have to assume it was somewhere around that.

How many times can people get it wrong... It's Covak ffs.

I haven't got the rule book in front of me, but I am sure that yellows could be given for soft, yet tactical fould which aim at deliberately stopping a promising attack. I believe that this was the case here. 

I read somewhere that Gabby felt his leg hurt during half time? And that Lamber took him off because there are still plenty of games for him to play this season? I haven't got a direct quote or source, however if this is true it would make sense to play Marc instead of Gabby 

anyone who's played the game that is

Now, here is a tricky one; This goal, one against southampton or the one against baggies? 

if someone was to bid for him, how much would you say is a reasonable price? Because considering his goals and the fact that he can play more or less anywhere (watch out Brad!) I think he should be priced at 6,7 mil+

what's the difference between Fernando Torres and a bowl of soup?













Soup is a regular starter.

Didn't relly know where to put this, but it's got Kiyotake so I thought this place would be most adequate. Only watched him once in action, but seems a good guy

Are we still going to have macron next year? How long is our deal?

Royal prick. In 2012, just before the Polish Euros, Campbell had in interview in which he said you shouldnt go to Poland, that it's racist, fascist, and dangerous. He said, I can't find a quote; but I remember his words exactly, : 'Dont go to Poland because you will come back in a coffin.'

During the tournament, this was the reaction of the English fans in Poland



I never heard anybody as dillusioned about the world they live in as Campbell.

The King is back.

United have had it. Olimpiakos have a moustashe. 

how good is the ref! 

Lewandowski is next level. He will become THE best striker in the world in Bayern

going back up would not be much of an issue. I do struggle to see how we could cope back in Premier League though. We could become the next Wolves.

After the interesting discussion has been started in the 'what do we need next season' topic, I think it would be interesting to know what we WANT next season. Now, let's be reasonable. It's not going to be top 6. What do you think a good progress would be? If we finish 12th this season, would you take an extra 3-6 points and 10th place next season as an improvement?

 

 

I think we all have a 'poor person complex'. We snub off 20-30 million because it's not worth it. I don't know if some of you realise, but even for people like Lerner this is a big sum of money. Just because owners are willing to pay that kind of money for a single player doesnt mean it's 'little money'. It is s*it loads of money. This money is used to pay wages, run clubs, improve academies, and lots of other things I, as well as you, have no idea about as the truth is we know next to nothing about how a football club is run.

Lerner would not just walk away from this kind of money. And that's not because he is tight on money (which I admit and it may hit him in the long run) but because he is a businessman.

 

 

20 million over 10 years, 2 million per year, is a drop in the ocean for a Premiership club. And 2 million gets you a Bennet each year. We will not rip up the league with that. And do not forget, players come and go, once our stadium name has gone, it will not be coming back. 

 

I don't think it's as simple as that. It's not 'the clubs' money. Its HIS money. And businessman can do wonders with just 2 million a year. It might be more. It might be 5 a year. Anyway, my point is he will not disregard this sum as a drop in the ocean

I think we all have a 'poor person complex'. We snub off 20-30 million because it's not worth it. I don't know if some of you realise, but even for people like Lerner this is a big sum of money. Just because owners are willing to pay that kind of money for a single player doesnt mean it's 'little money'. It is s*it loads of money. This money is used to pay wages, run clubs, improve academies, and lots of other things I, as well as you, have no idea about as the truth is we know next to nothing about how a football club is run.

Lerner would not just walk away from this kind of money. And that's not because he is tight on money (which I admit and it may hit him in the long run) but because he is a businessman.

 

Karim was born in Netherlands but he is eligable to play for Marocco, his parents are both Maroccan. Maube it's him?

 

Please everyone drop the left footed/right footed thing.

It has no relevance at all and I'm sure anyone who works in football would agree. If you're not good enough to play on the other side, then you're not good enough to be a professional footballer anyway, so the whole thing is a moot point.

I'll quote you just as an example.

It most definitely is not a moot point. You're right in that a player needs to be of some standard and the better the better.

However, if you have a right footed and a left footed CB, it's better than if you have two right or two left footed ones. Neither of them plays in the center so that it wouldn't make any difference. If a player is far superior, he can play on the wrong side too, but it's not ideal, as someone has mentioned. I wouldn't want to play Vlaar on the wrong side if possible. But if Okore is clearly better than Clark, I would.

I don't have evidence he is at the moment, so I'd play Clark on the left and Vlaar on right. Let them fight it out. No way is it clear that Okore walks back in and Clark gets dropped.

 

I don't get it either. If a right footed cb needs to go on the left side of the pitch is he a lesser defender all of a sudden? Most players today are at least reasonable (if not good) with both feet, I wish somebody did a statistic on Vlaar's defending touches on  either side the pitch to see exactly if this 'right/left footed' discussion has any relevance

I'm amazed at how many people think there are '3 teams worse than us'...

Really?!

Take away some of the shock wins, Arsenal, City and Southampton, and we're on 21. In 2 of those games the performance levels were pretty poor wi luck going our way. Some of our other wins have been while playing incredibly poorly.

We really struggle with basic footballing skills at times and we look like a bunch of players who've never met before. I honestly don't agree that there are 3 worse teams. Half of our team would be decent in the Championship, others not even there...we're just lucky we have at least a few players with some quality...but even they're not firing consistently.

When we are bad, we are terrible...and we are bad for about 80% of the time. Plus, we have just lost to West Ham, 0-2 AT HOME and we couldn't beat '1 win in 6' Cardiff after we played (another) disgraceful half of football.

A couple of results have papered over the cracks this year and I think that come May, we will be very lucky to still be a Premier League team.

I hate repeating myself, but if not a couple of unlucky draws or defeats (eg Liverpool 2-2, Chelsea 2-1, Yesterday's 0-0 where their asses were saved by Marshall) we would have been fighting for top 6. You simply CANNOT talk about 'lucky/unlucky' results. This is football.