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Very impressed by Bertrand. We really did not miss Shaw today and probably we have a better LB this season than Shaw would have been. What we won't have is the improved Shaw that another season or two will probably bring. Tadic is quite exciting to watch, but his fitness levels need to improve so that he is up to speed, that will come though. Was it just me but it seems like JWP has grown an inch or two since last season. I kept thinking who is that tallish blond player in our shirt before quickly realising it was Prowsey (I wasn't watching in HD by the way). Yoshida was pretty good apart from a couple of risky passes early on, considering he hasn't really played since about March apart from for Japan he showed again why he is decent backup, saved us once with one brilliant tackle. Not sure what to think of Fraser, really didn't have much to do, but certainly his kicking and distribution are very good, Boruc's only real weaknesses when his brain is in gear. Pelle was hugely disappointing, looks far too slow and his positional sense in the box is woeful, will have to man-up a lot to make an impression in the PL which is worrying. Davis was good today, but of course his terrible miss will have everyone howling, whereas JWP should have taken the shot on before it got to SD. Morgan was a yard or two off the pace, a fully fit Morgan would never have allowed Henderson to get the ball to Sterling for the first, he would either of got the ball or at worst fouled him. Isgrove does look good, and tracks back well to help out in defence. We really could have done with Gaston today though, game was made for him and his creativity. Wanyama was immense today, although ultimately he cost us the game with a pathetic header, he should have left it for Yoshida to clear powerfully, but then maybe Yoshi did not call, who knows. Big shout also for our new skipper, thought Fonte was very good today and lead then team well.

Well clearly they did, and it coincided with SRL coming on the pitch. Gave them a lift, didn't last long but had exactly the desired effect.

Well clearly they did, and it coincided with SRL coming on the pitch. Gave them a lift, didn't last long but had exactly the desired effect.

Rubbish. He wasn't the best player on the field but to say he was **** all game is just completely and utterly wrong. His main problem is that he is knocked off the ball too easily, but he was actually very good at getting the ball today and working the corners and free kcicks well. He needs to be more confident in taking on a shot. Pelle was about as useful today as Gerrard, two of the most anonymous performances seen.

Rubbish. He wasn't the best player on the field but to say he was **** all game is just completely and utterly wrong. His main problem is that he is knocked off the ball too easily, but he was actually very good at getting the ball today and working the corners and free kcicks well. He needs to be more confident in taking on a shot. Pelle was about as useful today as Gerrard, two of the most anonymous performances seen.

Not just on US TV. He was short on the tackle, Morgan would normally have taken that one on his stride or at least given away a foul. But it should have been a free kick for the wrestling of Tadic, and then Clyne wwas caught too far upfield.

Not just on US TV. He was short on the tackle, Morgan would normally have taken that one on his stride or at least given away a foul. But it should have been a free kick for the wrestling of Tadic, and then Clyne wwas caught too far upfield.

Problem with the OP is that he is just comparing players out with players in. I too think that Lambert going was no great problem, Pelle is a good prospect, and replacing Lallana with Tadic is probably not a downgrade. Lovren was never as good as some people thougt and was helped out so many times by Fonte getting him out of jail. Shaw willbecome a great player, but like for like Bertrand is currently as good if not better. I have a big problem that we let Chambers go, big mistake and unneccesary, and sorry to say but I don't think Forseter is currently better than Boruc (England's No 3 better than Poland's No 1, no way Jose) but he may be in a year or two. No, the two big problems that are not covered are (a) the loss of the togetherness and team spirit, and (b) more importantly we have failed completely to address the issue of a very poor squad in terms of depth. Brendan Rodgers was quoted yesterday that we were heading for the CL, we clearly had a team (11 or 12) that were capable of beating anyone in the PL on their day. But we don't have a squad with enough depth to cover injuries and suspensions and that is what ultimately prevents us ever breaking into the top 6. Well we ended last season with a very small squad and we are now in the same situation but this time at the start of the season, we have not strengthened the squad. We appear to have gone backwards in the goalkeeping department if Boruc has been alienated, stood still in our weak area at CB, if Jos is still "on the roster" we know we are in trouble, and gone seriously backwards in the LB position. Anyway we'll see how we get on today and in the next few weeks, but to say we have done great this summer really is stretching it a bit, rose tinted glasses and all that.

It looks like they have tied his hands behind his back so that he cannot post anything on Twitter.

Looks like a pretty even split to me. http://www.talkceltic.net/forum/showthread.php?t=144508&page=5 This poster seems to think that Artur shades it: "Boruc was on a different level compared to forster, Forster is overrated as ****, he has a lot of weaknesses in his game but is a great shot stopper so it makes him look good all the time. There was a point where I honestly though Boruc was in the top 10 keepers in the world while he was playing with us, Forster is no where near that." I think FF will become as good if not better than Boruc, but I really don't think he is right now and I think Koeman may regret not handling this better by easing FF in gradually rather than alienating Boruc from the get go.

Only people who know feck all about football would have described him thus. Was clearly a great talent, really can't understand how we let him go. Big mistake, because I really don't believe that he would have had a release clause in his contract.

This is what I don't get. How has anyone come to the conclusion that Forster is better than Boruc? I think Forster is OK, and is still young so is great for the future, but whenever I have seen him play he has not looked as good as Artur in any way shape or form (I'll admit I did not see the game against Barca). I thought that Boruc would start this season (especially against Liverhampton given that Forster has not played a game with our defence and only had a week to get to know them). Accepted that Forster would gradually take over as Boruc is looking to go back to Legia next season. Now if Boruc is not going to fight for the GK jersey that puts us in a worse position than last season, a slightly poorer first choice and the same poor backup (with Kelvin another year older to boot). Hope FF proves me wrong, but not convinced.

Ron will not play all three of Cork, Wanyama and Schneiderlin. That would be like having 7 defenders, no-one to link to the attacking players. More likely to be Wanyama, Davies and one of Ward-Prowse, Ramirez or Tadir.

James will be in trouble with the Premier League copyright police

His head is at Bayern Munich. He will never be somebody, just an arsehole.

If the Three Bishops or the Crown in Shorwell do not have Sky Sports, and I don't think they do, closest is probably the Waverley in Carisbrooke, bit closer than the Hogs Head.

Don't know what have they said since that bit was written nearly 4 weeks ago. Pelle is clearly Lambert's replacement.

I think all the strike thing was a myth anyway, even last week it was reported that he was back training with his team mates (on the BBC). I assumed that meant Southampton team mates. Apart from friday when he was given the day off. It was a bit difficult to tell in the video but was he wearing a Saints kit or Spuds? There was one guy who looked to be wearing a fulham kit who looked to have an inflated ego

All these Exodus lists continually fail to mention the departure of Guly. We are still down one net on what was a very small squad.

We still really need a CB, all we have done is replace Lovren, we needed a new CB before he left, otherwise we are left relying on Jos as second backup, and Florin is already injured/not fit. Would be good if Vlaar was still a possibility. Also not really sure who covers as RB with Chambers gone.

but Channon gets the rebound.

Do real people actually listen to this ****e? I guess its called Talk****e for a reason. Completely crackers.

... or at Right Back.

Well apart from the little matter of 10m squids. I suspect Boruc is looking for a move to Legia at the end of the season, suspect he will stay with us till then.

Did you? Interesting that you don't think we could have said no about Chambers but that you think we could about Schneiderlin. Double standards. It does seem strange that we could not have said no to Chambers unless there was a release clause in his contract. How many 18 year olds who have played approx 20 games since being promoted to the first team from the Academy have a release clause in their contract I wonder. Very few, if any I would speculate.