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Looks to have decent, but not lightening pace, an OK touch, average on the air, no great tricks, good movement at times and great direct running on the ball that really takes the pressure off our defence. I especially like how he was willing to put a shift in down the left side when asked by Adkins (although he's not the best defender in the world that's for sure). Once he got his goal at Old Trafford the confidence he gained really changed his season. From that game on he seemed to realise he was good enough for this league and just played with more freedom. I'm not sure him and Lambert really have a good partnership going yet, but we don't really play with two up top so that's not surprising. Can he lead the line on his own? I don't think so. I think there might be more to come, but there needs to be. His finishing is weak at times having done a lot of the hard work. He's a bit of a scuffer. That is a result of not having that lightening pace to take you away from thre defenser and enable you time to set yourself before shooting. Lallana has the same problem. There are better strikers out there for sure, but getting them here will cost a fortune. I wonder how he will react to a new striker coming in and taking his first team shirt.

like the two tone stripes. Maybe with just two reds?

I rate Ricky and Wellbeck. Welbeck has looked quite good for England at times. First half in Montenegro he was our best player. England are **** because they don't have decent dribblers in the side. Chamberlain was ****ing terrible. Why players that hardly play for theor cliubs get straight into the England side I will never know. Class is important but sharpness, form and confidence does matter.

we were linked before weren't we. New manager but most of the same scouts.

looks a cracking player to me. Strong and full of confidence. We've shown ourselves that good players from the Championship can shine in the top flight, so we should seriously consider one or two, rather than just look abroad.

miles. Expectations are far too high in my opinion.

Sturridge injury is exactly why I wasn't fussed that Lambert didn't get a call up. Thinking of Shaw, I also have bad memories of Bridge getting his call up and not long after buggering off to Chelsea. A tad harsh to say his head was turned. I guess if players don't get recognition they might move to get it so you can't win.

wondered what peoples thoughts would be if we were faced with a Wongo or QuickQuid sponsorship scenario like Newcastle and Bolton?

with the £75m available they will be able to buy the players they need to make them competitive (ie far from fodder), just as long as they buy the right ones.

I'd have Case in there. He was ****ing ruthless, but wouldn't cry if someone returned the favour.

like the thought of skates having to discard their favourite Adidas

how many goals did Jimmy score for us? My memory is terrible, but he always seemed to be smacking them in from 20 yards

at Sellhurst we doubled up on him (showing how much we rated him) and he still managed to create a brilliant chance. I'd take him without a second thought. In the top flight you need match winners, players that can do some thing different and he does that on a regular basis.

much prefer a trip to Selhurst than Vicarage Road so glad the Eagles won. Like all teams coming up they will be regarded as fodder, but they will have a shed load of cash to play with so will be far from it come August.

If the news reports are accurate we seem to be intersted in £10-15m players from Seria A, so £30m won't go far. Hopefully our scouts are still able to spot a bargain or two. The teams that have suffered econd season syndrome, did they spend big or not enough?

how did we do the last time we had a black kit? Players must be harder to pick out tha of they are wearing white.

Without prying into your finances, will the tickets ever be too expensive for you? £650+ for a season ticket is getting silly

spot on. £18m (rising to £24m - wonder how and when that kicks in) can't all be written off, even if he is costing them, say £100k a week, to warm the bench. Can't see us signing him, but one or two have pointed to a striker than could give Gaston a target. Was our DoF at Charlton when he played for them?

seem unfair that Chelsea can buy lots of great players from abroad and then loan them to other clubs in the same league who can help take points off their rivals.

so he did. Both were kind of out of necessity due to injuries. I was thinking more along the lines of season long loans which we didn't do in the Championship season. A mate of mine, terribly unreliable, suggested we were in for two loans.

47 goals in the last 97 league appearances for Espanyol and Roma is pretty impressive. Roma signed him for 17.5m euros in 2011. Are they now hard up?

any chance that we might consider loans now that Adkins has left?

Is it possible to renew ST and then move to a cheaper part of the ground and get a rebate?

what was the decision on the cup final thing? Got a mate who shares his Spurs season ticket and he claims the cup final if it happens based on the fact he's had the season ticket the longest.

Blackstock in nets. No he came through notts county. Blaney?