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I hate international breaks too but at least we will have Benteke back.

Puyol has been extremely fast since about Fifa 09 or something, I have no idea why, he just seems to be able to catch up with literally any player.

I am baffled as well. I know players can have patches of good and bad form but Lowts seems to have something pretty major going on. It does seem really strange, especially after he was given a new contract and stuff.

When it's quiet on here it means he's doing his job well.

Certainly agree with this. I don't think we need to improve a position as such, but we need a player with quality that can break into defences or can put other players into better positions. I actually don't know if we need somebody else in the middle of the park, KEA seems to be getting forward more as each game goes on and our midfielders are playing very well to be honest. Personally if anybody is to be 'replaced' with somebody of better quality I think it needs to be one of our wide forwards. Just look at how Ben Arfa ripped us a new one. Helenius may be able to play in such a role but we're yet to see. Lorenzo Insigne anybody? (I wish)

What did Tonev do today that was awful?

He put a ball across goal with pace on it, if somebody had tried to get to it then it probably would have been a tap in. Good to see him passing too.

I think we probably will see something like that to be honest, although I'd personally prefer to see Gabby partnered with Benteke rather than Weimann based on current form.

Last season we had to play all the new players pretty much straight away. This season we've the opportunity to introduce them more gradually. Just because he's not been thrown in at the deep end from day one does not mean he's not needed or not good enough. A squad needs depth, as last saturdays game shows with Gabby and benteke both out injured. I didn't say he wasn't good enough and i may be mistaken but haven't we sent two strikers out on loan. Delfouneso has done nothing to show he's good enough at this level and Bent does not fit our style of play at all. Helenius and Kozak give us both depth and options. There is also nothing, at all, in anyway, that suggests that not buying these two players would have meant buying players in other positions. The reports from the club were that we'd looked at an AM, an enquiry was at least made about Kiyotake, but that no player was available for the price we were willing to pay. That doesn't mean that we don't have the ability to pay the price but we were unwilling to pay the amounts wanted. Ultimately we'll all have different opinions on who should be bought, sold, kept, played, given new contracts, never be allowed to wear the shirt again etc but we've got to realise that we are basing our opinions on a very limited knowledge. There's a hell of a lot of work that goes on in the background to produce the finished product on the pitch, none of which we're privvy to. The obvious improvements this season, which include beating Man City with four players injured who would have all been expected to play had they been fit, would indicate that the person who can see the full picture knows what he's doing. I didn't mention Kiyotake. Didn't we beat Man City last season and yet we still struggled which would suggest would it not that you cannot base improvement on one result alone and then ignore whats gone on before. Our like-for-like points and GD are improved heavily over the fixtures played so far compared to last season, it isn't just "we improved because we beat City." We did indeed beat City last season, in the cup of course, but it is evident that we have improved (as I said already) over all of our fixtures. It is an actual fact too, so you can't really deny it. I know people love to be negative but when it is obvious that we have improved SO FAR in the columns on the table that matter, I don't really see any benefit coming from complaining. I won't be judging us just yet but so far, so good.

Because he's been injured and only trained on Thursday since returning.

That kid is going to be a very special footballer.

It also wouldn't do Kozak's confidence a world of good.

He put in a shift against City, today we saw none of his usual work rate. He seems to be having a hard time technically, whether it be passes, touches or shots. When the graft isn't there it shows even more that he's having a bad time at the moment. I think somebody else deserves a chance.

it was hull though That is true, but when he came off possession stats went in their favour if i remember correctly. I'd put that down to coincidence to be honest, he didn't look like he was very focused and if anything some of things he was doing looked out of character. I hope last season wasn't just a flash in the pan.

If Delph gets forward more then we leave gaps in the space he has ran from. He's doing his job very well and if we had Sylla back up to scratch it would probably allow Delph to make more surging runs, knowing he has somebody ready to cover his arse.

Of course Benteke would have made more of things. Benteke is an outstanding player and expecting Kozak to live up to the way he has performed is setting him up for failure. Give him time.

I can't believe I'm seeing comments like "no improvement" and "Darren Bent". How long has it been since we had two clean sheets on the bounce? How well have Hull been doing at home this season? How long has it been since nobody has mentioned Vlaar or Clark, simply because they did their jobs? How long ago was it that we beat Man City 3-2?

Even the graft wasn't there today. Really needs to up his game.

Poor match but a clean sheet and another point on the table. On to Spuds.

Who cares.

Imagine Kozak with a skin head, bet he'd look like Frankenstein. As for Gabby, he was a doubt for today still, it isn't strange that he won't finish the game.

Kozak, Bowery, Gabby and Tonev all on the pitch at the same time?

Why not ey, why not.

Kozak just breaks peoples heads.