JoeShmoe

All Norwich so far, Redmond looks a real prospect

At least we have good options off the bench, to be fair to Davis he was very good vs Barnsley and is a better option than Cork if we need to change as he can play in an attacking or defensive role

Clyne and Shaw on the bench? Must still be struggling. Lets see how well Lovren does covering for Fox all afternoon

Great point, when were not playing the top 6 teams, the rest will come and park the bus and hit us on the break with long balls. In that situation you dont need 2 DM, you can play more of a 4-1-4-1 type formation, with JWP in the forward CM role (or Davis who I think would be good at that). That would mean leaving Cork and Morgan out which wont go down well with everyone here

He obviously doesnt rate Lukaku highly enough yet, perhaps there might still be a chance of getting him on loan

This is a poor advert for the EPL But the media will keep telling us its the most exciting league in the world

Im a Pats fan but think although they'll walk a very easy division its too much for Brady to do much with a whole load of rookies. Think SF and SEA start favourites

This in a nutshell and will be a long season at SMS unless we sort it out

Can't squander this many chances at this level, think Rickies having that new Dad slump Lallana had last year

Can see him being replaced with Ossie soon

I think the system Poch, wants to play is by using the Full Backs as almost wingers an in Shaw and Clyne we have two of the best at doing that but to do that you need players like JWP and JRod who will work up and down to cover. Unless the full backs are told to sit in. A front 4 of Lallana, Ramirez, Ossie and SRL might look great but cant see a lot of defending from the front with those 4 Good to have options though. I hope we see at least 30 mins of Ossie

This, he looked tired in the second half at WBA, he's simply not going to play 90 mins for 40 odd games

Moses would be a great shout, I'd expect to see him go out on loan somewhere so why not here? I also wonder if we might try one last sniff for Banega or another defender like Alderweid Time will tell, won't be gutted if we don't as still been the best summer I can remember for quality signings

I just have a feeling that Ossie will come straight in and start

Could you imagine a front 4 permed out of SRL, Ossie, Banega, Ramirez, JRod and Lallana. Backed up by JWP, Davis etc Cor blimey

That does make sense if true

He's no spring chicken and will want first team football, a loan means if we get injuries we can always bring him back. He's obv. behind JWP in Poch's thoughts now

Said he met Ossie at training this morning, was impressed

I wouldnt send Osvaldo up to Barnsley with the reserves/kids, don't see any point in that at all

Thats good

If Spurs add Contraeo, Lamela and Wiilan to Paulinho, Soldado, Chadli etc and what they already have they will finish above Arsenal this year fo-shur

I like Carragher and respected him as a player, as i did GaryNev, but its hard listening when he's off on one, think Sky eed to work with him to slow down a little, sounded like a high pitched scouse machine gun squeal

I feel sorry for AoC if thats the case, if Wenger really has not been playing him just to avoid that clause that's really poor, i always wondered why he wasnt getting more game time there As far as i see Wenger has pretty much ruined a lot of careers at Arsenal, that club is going to implode shortly

Our biggest issue might be about keeping players as opposed to buying them. Shaw, Wanyama, Morgan, JRod, Clyne - all could wanted by bigger clubs in the next 12-18 months