Patrick Bateman

Shelvey and Naismith? You know what, yes please to both. Exactly the sort of players we need; proven Premier League ability, can both score goals, but happy to get stuck in and give their all and neither would be on 'stupid' wages. I'd rather we signed them (and Charlie Austin, or am I being greedy?) than anymore players from the Dutch league etc. We have enough of those in the squad, we need players who can come in and make an instant, Premier League level impact.

Without any stats to back this up, my hypothesis would be that a good January signing should be an established Premier League player rather than someone who doesn't know this league. They'd presumably be able to hit the ground running without having to adjust and all that. I'd welcome spending over the odds on someone like Austin, Remy or anyone else that has proven they can score in this league.

Have a good one mate

It did seem to go rapidly downhill after that incident. You might say that the players were p*ssed off that a well respected member of staff (in her field) was treated so badly by him and they let it show!

Yet another young player with a f**ked knee. With the pace and style of the modern game, we're really going to have to start looking the players better or be more intelligent about how they train. Someone with pace, with a bust knee, won't return to the full promise he showed.

This.

I do actually agree with this. My observation is that initially, I thought he was protectin the players in public and bollocking them behind closed doors, but I'm not so sure as I don't recall a time (and please do correct me if I'm wrong), where I've seen the team come out with a proper rocket up their backsides after half time. Still, as I said, we'll go on a 10 match unbeaten run soon and everyone will love Ron again

Exactly - they are no mugs. I was surprised it wasn't more - they have some very good attacking players which most teams in the league would love.

No, he hasn't "lost it". We're just going through a poor patch, as all teams do, every season. We'll no doubt go on a 10 match unbeaten run next and everyone will start up with the "Koeman is a genius, sign him up longer" posts again. It's football. There are highs and lows, every season, for every team. FFS.

I want us to sign some English players. I liked the English core that we had before and I know we sold a load for good money, there are still out there that would be good signings. So, Austin for me please, a proven goal scorer, he'll do nicely.

This country is far too soft. Lee Rigby, a father, a husband and a son was brutally murdered by this low-life piece of diarrhoea. Why are we wasting tax-payers time and money even entertaining this? He should be told to f**k off and shoved back out to 'play' with the other boys. It disgusts me. I bet that Lee Rigby's poor family wouldn't be entitled to the amount of money being thrown at this vermin; not that it'd bring him back, but it'd surely help them out as a family for the future.

I don't think he's *that* bad. He's an intelligent footballer and they're probably the most dangerous ones. 3, 4 or 5 years time, I"m still confident Turkish will be digging threads like this up and making you look silly.

It wasn't as bad as most of you make out. Their goal was a poor piece of marking, granted, but we were creating opportunities. On another day, we could have had 3 or 4. My two complaints are simply; 1. Move Mane to the middle (I think he's be more dangerous there) 2. Drop Wanyama (He's too slow, doesn't look overly interested and certainly is nowhere near the player that he looked alongside Morgan)

WHERE IS HARRY REED? FFS!!

Oh come on, there were some terrible decisions last night, by all of the officials.

Brendan Rodgers.

Conversely, with performances like that, who will pay the £ that Saints will demand? He'll be going nowhere. If he genuinely wants a move, I don't understand how they're so thick as to not realise that playing the football of their life will open up more doors and more £ for them and the club. Morgan is a good example of that - gave us a very good last season and got a well earned move to the biggest club in the world (still). Several players just looked lost last night, there is a serious lack of morale at play I think.

Exactly. I seem to recall a lot of people giving him grief in early days!

Agree with the ref / linesman bit, they definitely had it far too easy and we seemed hesitant to let them know how sh*t they were.

To be fair, I was laughing. Then it all went to sh*t. What do people expect at a football match?? Polite clapping and a choir? Christ.

We'll destroy Villa.

Well, tbf we did collapse immediately after the Lovren "c**t" song ...

Go to bed.

What? He looked f**king livid. You can protect your staff and team on camera, but he does have the look of a very p*ssed off manager. I expect we'll destroy Villa now.

Great optimism, let's hope that is the case! Would love a cup final. Cup final and top 10 finish would be great.