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We were chasing in all those games. That could easily be interpreted as desperation. All very well totting up those figures but that doesn't take into account the actual quality of the shot or cross.

I thought Cortese was the one who was running up the huge debts and Ralph and Kat were all about sustainability ???

Good luck to them, hopefully that'll work in our favour at some point

That's not correct, Portsmouth should surely top that list?

What an absolute bunch of freaks on that forum. Is being delusional linked to playing in blue?

I'm sure it'll pay to have the same agent as Mourinho!

14th Bright spots Boufal and van Dijk proving to be genuinely class PL footballers Low spots Boufal and van Dijk realising they'll be hugely coveted come the end of the season

Dunno... have you asked God?

Not the same player and asking him to do Wanyama's job nullifies his natural game. He's more of a chunkier, finesse-laden Jack Cork than a Wanyama.

Very disappointing if thats the case. Huge Wanyama shaped hole still very evident

Defensive midfielder please

He's going to be an absolute delight to watch for a couple of years - I just hope we can assemble a worthy supporting cast alongside him and it doesn't end up like a Hollywood A-lister slumming it alongside a host of waiters and car washers in a low budget horror flick. Oriel Romeu is the car washer, by the way. JWP the waiter.

Is this what the black box came up with? A bit underwhelming, but could add something I suppose. Obviously can't judge just from a YT vid though...

And I think Redknapp was a better player!(IMO)

Lolz

I too take great pleasure in watching Sturridge sulk like a little baby. Arse candle of the highest order

Daniel Ayala would be a brilliant replacement when Joses time is up

Gaston first season, Osvaldo the next etc etc

Case in point, Seth Johnson

Off to Kelly's tonight then.

Jack Rodwell and Lynden Gooch bossed us. Admit it.

But but but.... the heatmap says it does.

Contract extension probably. Would be funny. Do it for the lolz, Les.

This. I thought we had a blueprint, that's what we've all been told so if we did, I'd imagine that'll have to be ripped up if all age groups are now playing this way.

So you can't see that we're bad and very, very unlikely to get better persisting on like this? Bring players in to play the formation? Errrrr, what have we been doing all pre-season? Have we worked on this formation and why are we now into the last 4 days of the window without having the personnel to play this system? I don't want to write Puel off yet and won't but there's nothing wrong with people who notice that this system simply will not work effectively with the players at his disposal... and whether they're on board with the diamond or not is another matter altogether.