Luddite? Do you even know what that means? All I'm saying is if we can't beat Norwich you can forget top 6 - and imo bringing on Naismith almost immediately after scoring a second goal was stupid - maybe kone - but swapping Naismith for Mirallas was a bad decision - first thing Naismith did was duck the challenge that led to their goal.
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Luddite? Do you even know what that means? All I'm saying is if we can't beat Norwich you can forget top 6 - and imo bringing on Naismith almost immediately after scoring a second goal was stupid - maybe kone - but swapping Naismith for Mirallas was a bad decision - first thing Naismith did was duck the challenge that led to their goal.
Petit
Player Valuation: £30m
Petit
Player Valuation: £30m
By the looks of it Martinez has got his ideas up and running at break neck speed. This was a first match of the season, away to a team we usually do poorly against, and we still absolute bossed them. Good things are coming I believe.
The one thing that worried me a bit was the lack of creativity in the middle. Pienaar came inside more than he did under Moyes but frankly didn´t do well, seemed to over hit everything. We need someone who can link midfield with attack. It´s not going to happen this window, maybe in january.
The one thing that worried me a bit was the lack of creativity in the middle. Pienaar came inside more than he did under Moyes but frankly didn´t do well, seemed to over hit everything. We need someone who can link midfield with attack. It´s not going to happen this window, maybe in january.
Blue Truth
Player Valuation: £25m
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How long is Barkley under contract for?
I'd sign him up on a seven-year deal, me. Any team who wants him any time within the next five years would have to pay through the roof to get him. What a show of confidence in the boy that'd be.
I'd sign him up on a seven-year deal, me. Any team who wants him any time within the next five years would have to pay through the roof to get him. What a show of confidence in the boy that'd be.
Petit
Player Valuation: £30m
Ross is fantastic. But do you really see him as threading balls though defence? In my opinion his game sees to running with the ball and shooting like a horse kicks.
Petit
Player Valuation: £30m
You can bet he´s now firmly on the radar of every top club in Europe, especially in this country obviously. Man Utd, Man City, Chelsea, we need to brace ourselves cause if he continues to develop a bid will come in probably next close season or at the most the one after that.
Getting him on a long as hell contract should be done ASAP, like yesterday. Also, we need to do it before Ross himself gets big ideas.
MOTD put him on the radar last night reminded me of when Rooney scored V Arsenal!
Billy Dean
Player Valuation: £70m
He's been on their radar since his debut against QPR mate.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
Laughing at Osman on the OS saying we cant afford to keep on conceding two goals per game. Maybe if he could do a job we wouldn't have to.
He's never struck me as believing Martinez was the right appointment, and people saying he'll be the first casualty under this new regime have it spot on, imo. I dont think his attitude is right and in terms of ability he's running on fumes. Whoever handed him that new contract needs to be clubbed with baseball bats.
He's never struck me as believing Martinez was the right appointment, and people saying he'll be the first casualty under this new regime have it spot on, imo. I dont think his attitude is right and in terms of ability he's running on fumes. Whoever handed him that new contract needs to be clubbed with baseball bats.
Shame that gibbo was injured, osman, as much as I like him wouldn't have played. We need a new midfielder pronto, people seeing ossie yesterday and still thinking Barry would be a bad loan must be mad!
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
I'd swap them in a heartbeat.
Ditto, we need to get a new CM urgent, 2 if Felli goes
SunKing
Player Valuation: £8m
Pretty happy with yesterday's performance, yes it's frustrating when you turn a game around like that to then go and draw is frustrating but as has been stated, Norwich are a stubborn and frustrating side. They reminded me of us a few years back, defending in numbers with great work rate. It seemed even when we had counter attacks they had 3/4 men back and our attacks were faced by virtually everyone but their lone striker.
I think they actually showed us a lot of respect yesterday, echoed in Chris Houghton's after match comments: "I think it was a fair result. They showed what a good side they are. They are seasoned side so we are delighted with the result. You want to win every home game but overall I am quite happy."
The first goal was pretty poor from our pov but the second was unfortunate, a defense can't account for a sliced cross right onto van Wolfswinkel's head (which was a great header as well). I suppose the problem is when we come up against teams like this have we got the credentials to break them down or the individual flair to pull off something special. Hopefully the likes of Barkley and Mirallas can offer those aspects over the coming season. Kev was quiet yesterday but I don't think you can ignore the fact that Nathan Redmond worked his socks off for them yesterday up and down that flank containing him. They really were worried about us, which is a good sign.
Looking forward to West Brom next week now, Gibson back in for Osman hopefully and I'm expecting a home win.
I think they actually showed us a lot of respect yesterday, echoed in Chris Houghton's after match comments: "I think it was a fair result. They showed what a good side they are. They are seasoned side so we are delighted with the result. You want to win every home game but overall I am quite happy."
The first goal was pretty poor from our pov but the second was unfortunate, a defense can't account for a sliced cross right onto van Wolfswinkel's head (which was a great header as well). I suppose the problem is when we come up against teams like this have we got the credentials to break them down or the individual flair to pull off something special. Hopefully the likes of Barkley and Mirallas can offer those aspects over the coming season. Kev was quiet yesterday but I don't think you can ignore the fact that Nathan Redmond worked his socks off for them yesterday up and down that flank containing him. They really were worried about us, which is a good sign.
Looking forward to West Brom next week now, Gibson back in for Osman hopefully and I'm expecting a home win.
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