Saint Garrett

Got to agree with this. J-Rod has to play for me.

What is this whole Rainbow laces thing about? Seen it mentioned in a couple of places. Yes it was a bad miss, as was Rooneys !

Yeah, I've done this. Think I just had to hand my ST to them and then they posted it back to me after the game. Transferred easy enough and just paid for the one ticket.

Agree, if you swap transfer fees for him and Wanyama and it's probably not far off about right.

September

I'll be going ! COYS !

This game is horsesh!t!!!!!

Swansea was the best for me.

We didn't have him in the championship ?!

Swansea been much better this half.

Liverpool looking very impressive. Swansea not so much. Like the way both teams always seem to have quite a few options when on the ball, and are attacking at pace along with some good passing football. Great to watch.

Jury is out. Not sure about him. He's got a lot of work to do to become the player I thought we were getting. Passing is poor and seems to hold onto the ball too much. Hopefully he'll come good though.

Looks immense, and clearly bought into the club as well. Will quickly become a fans favourite. Interview in the programme yesterday was a good read also.

It's not like he's De Ridder and just runs and has zero footballing ability....J-Rod is a good little player. Yes he's not up there with Ramirez in footballing ability but he's clearly got decent amount of talent, but also has a bit of pace about him. I like him and feel we dont get in behind enough when he's not there.

I know. But it's more the manor of the performances rather than the overall results that worry me. And plus we're had a relatively easy first four games....if we lose to Liverpool and fail to beat Palace then I would start to worry about relegation - and the squad we have and money spent, we shouldn't be down there.

Do agree with you, but I'm just not sure he's £12.5m worth of talent!

I'm surprised how much stick he's getting on here tbh. Didn't think he was that bad yesterday - not any worse than he has been for the last 12 months. Fact is he is one of our only attacking players with a bit of pace so he needs to play to give us an outlet. Also he closes down a lot better than any of our other players.

Yeah, I also missed the Sunderland game as I was on holiday. He was brilliant vs West Brom, but was awful at Norwich and wasn't great yesterday. At £5/6m he is a good signing, but £12.5m.....seems that we've been ripped off a bit. Hopefully he can improve though.

The pressing game is a tough one. If we had played the high intensity pressing game yesterday, I think we would have conceded. It simply doesn't work when a team is either switching the ball a lot, or pumping long balls over the press. I fully expect to see it when we play the top 6 and the other passing teams in the division. Cork and Puncheon were also a big part of this last season, and they're no longer in the side. Wanyama doesn't look like he's got it in him to play like that - I'm very unconvinced by him.

I thought we'd hit the ground running, especially after the win at WBA, and set us up for a good season challenging for 7th along with Everton, Swansea, and whoever else. (Think the top 6 is too far ahead at the moment) I don't expect us to be involved in a relegation fight though - recent performances haven't been good enough. Having seen us 3 times this season, (WBA, Norwich and WHU yesterday), I think we're still a way off Everton and Swansea, and expect us to be upper bottom half come May. Don't understand the certain posters who come on here to basically say everything is wrong, the club is doing things in the wrong way, our players and the rest of the club is all sh!t. I have nothing against the positive people on here though. I think the majority of people can see we have great potential, but that alone doesn't get you anywhere. And it is this next step that we need to work on.

Go to the Ship and Mitre, it's a quality pub - went there for both Everton and Liverpool games last season.

Not now they have Fellaini, no.

I don't think I ever said Lambert is a must play for us - although there is nothing wrong with being really proud of him for getting his England apps and goals. Certain games we're going to need to play on the counter, and I don't think Lambert suits this.

Boruc Clyne Fonte Lovren Shaw -------Wanyama-------- ----Morgan--Cork------- J-Rod-------------Lallana --------Osvaldo--------- Don't think Rickie would be happy if he gets dropped for Anfield though. Would go 3 in the middle to stifle Liverpool's threat.