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digne oh my lord. am i watching Gerrards Villa?, lol.

nearly 4-1, gotta say marschall looks way out of his depth, granted prob nervous, and keepers tend to develop later, but he hasnt covered himself in glosry at all.

honestly, i know this is a friendly, but we have played this like its a sunday part timers match, i would have hoped our self-respect would have encouraged us to play better than this.

bogarde not closing the winger down before he crossed, then both the centre backs who just let 1 cardiff player get between them and score. was really really poor.

oh wow thats some terrible defending.

what a miss from Buendia there, my lord.

hospital pass from nakamba.

that feeling when Cardiff are better at playing out from the back than we are lol.

revan a bit too relaxed there.

kick off late already!

£7 on Cardiff FC TV.

seems he is gone. pre Emery i was always hoping he would get a run, but tbh, im 100% behind Emery so whoever he wants to offload, so be it. tbf tho, maybe Sanson see's he wont be in the first 11 and has asked to go, either way, best of luck to him if he does.

not complaining, just an observation. Sanson also not in the squad, so the only 3 not in the squad are Olsen, McGinn & Sanson?

neither is Olsen or McGinn? but ye, it is weird he isnt getting any minutes or on the bench when Nakamba is starting, considering his lack of recent game time. does look like Sanson is off.

no Olsen or McGinn..... neither even no the bench?

paid my £7.....lets hope the stream works properly lol!

very interested to see O'Reilly and Archer playing alongside Buendia and Kamara.

not saying im against, him, i meant it as a kind of praise, as i think a player of Davis' attributes, who was actually a notch or two better, might actually be a grerat player for us.

tbf, Thuram is at best a 1 in 3 striker over the last 3 years (prior to this season), tbh in the previous 3 years he scored 21 in 81, so really 1 in 4. this season 10 in 15. anyways, im all for a more complete forward to help the team, will need to watch some vids and see how "complete" a forward he is, he looks a lot like the improved French version of Davis at first glance.

isnt Thuram just the French improved version of Davis? i dont mean "just", i just mean the better/French/exotic version of Davis.

so, if we finish top of the table.... Senegal last 16? probably France or Argentina in the quarters? probably Croatia/Belgium or Portugal in the semis (maybe Germany)?

defo needs a loan, need to get him firing again and developing.

this. we cant expect a 20 goal a season striker, unless all the starts align and some wizardry happens. Realistically tho, as Delph says, we need a striker who can bag 10/12 - 15 goals, but that player also needs to be a well rounded player, fast, strong, good on the ball etc to help the wider play of the team. Imo, wrongly or rightly, we have: Ings - very good finisher, works fairly hard, good on the ball technically, good passer, but not a hold up type and pretty slow over any kind of distance. Watkins - Excellent work rate, poor finisher overall, hold up play is passable, reasonably pacey but has the control and technique of a banjo. I know it would cost, and probably unrealistic, but we need a player who is good in the key areas (finishing, pace, passing, technique, strength, hold up etc), would rather someone who is 7/10 in all those areas, than a 9/10 in one and 4 or 5/10 in the others.