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The irony is, he's a quite a magnificently sized **** himself

But I thought he was crap, didn't score for five months, not worth 36m etc etc

The players are still working hard (as they should, they're professionals) but there will come a time when they'll lose belief and ease off... and we'll be on the end of a horrific spanking. Then we'll be at a crossroads. FWIW, does anyone else see any light at the end of the tunnel? The only thing I can say that's positive is that we've played 2 title contenders away and we're able to chalk them off the fixture list. That said, those contenders were exactly the sort of teams we wouldn't have been scared of last season and would have given a good game... and perhaps looked a bit more potent/evenly matched. As I have said before, Boufal will not solve all the problems. He might give us a bit more creativity but we're still woefully short in other areas. Anything less than 3 points against Swansea and they'll be a few more twitchy bums on here - and rightly so.

You'll be lynched on here for saying that. FWIW, feel the same. Everything's is just 'meh' Wtf from the officials though.

Nope you're right. I think I spotted about 14 of them in a pre season once. Very unnerving.

They're small time when it suits them, eh

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