Saint Charlie

Xavi and Iniesta are ****ing class though. Plus have (had) the stamina to play high intensity football for 90mins.

So you reckon Clasie (Morgan replacement) and Cedric (Clyne replacement) plus Juanmi are well matched physically to handle PL football?

He could but we had to take Clasie off.

He gets subbed in every game because he cannot last 90mins. If he was physically fine then the 15mins rest before Wednesday would be irrelevant. We would never have subbed Schneiderlin last year and barely ever take off Wanyama. Its such a key position.

Probably not, no. But why track unsuitable players or suggest them in the first place? Maybe he is too much of a yes man. Who knows, I don't. But something has gone wrong. The summer window was very, very poor with only VVD being anything above distinctly average. More than anything so many of the players we sign seem unsuitable for the league. Not all players will come good, thats just the reality of the transfer market, but I'm not even sure they know what core attributes are non negotiable, especially on the physical side.

I'm not. Just suprised at your reaction to Guan's post which is just relaying info someone else provided to him!

I don't think Guan even works at the club. He is just sharing info and has been spot on before. Its not a huge suprise that the hierarchy probably aren't happy with some aspects at the moment, even if their lack of investment is probably more of a factor than anything Koeman does. But don't slag someone for sharing info.

Of course not. He works very hard. But that doesn't win points. He is a continually poor finisher and it costs us.

Eh? Think you have the wrong end of the stick!

Was he subbed after 75mins?

There were quite a few suggesting he was easily replaceable. Pochettino has publically mentioned him quite a few times at Spurs, henis obviously good at what he does, despite the thoughts of many when he left.

Forster is playing U21s on Monday and when asked Koeman didnt completely rule him out being involved Weds. If he is fit then IMO chuck him in. Will lift rhe crowd if nothing else.

Bigger loss than initially people thought? Many comments that we would replace him easily at the time. Poor summer business IMO the biggest factor in poor form. Would Spurs have gone for Alderweireld without Mitchell involved? Would we have signed anyone better than we did? Hard to know.

1.It wasn't a league game so we are no closer to relegation. 2. JWP took a nice free kick that was close to his first free kick goal in 4 PL seasons. 3. The Board are talking about bringing someone in during the window.

For example at 2-1 down today we may have liked to have Seager as an option with 5mins left, but every game Clasie takes a sub option away. We effectively have two a game. Its madness that someone who trains every day cannot play 90mins. Many games are decided at the end, so you want your better players on the pitch then.

If only we had this £12m to spend again. After the Arsenal game where he exploited a huge amount of space he has missed key chances...as usual.

Anyone watching Clasie, Cedric and Juanmi would see they were not physically suitable for the PL. At least two of those were transfer committee signings. They cannot pass blame, espexially given how smugly they lauded the scouting setup last year.

For me its the summer business that is to blame. We had a dreadful window. How much of that is Koeman's fault?

Apps wise obviously. But % wise he has been subbed 100% of his games so more than Lallana.

Didn't Clasie lose the ball for the first goal and then fail to play a full game again? Most be the most subbed central midfielder in England!

The attitude of the article probably reflected by the club: complacent.

Wilson must be feeling the heat..

Koeman post match saying he is talking to the Board about January. Why are these talks still happening?! Should be ready to move by now.

Campbell, Giroud, Iwobi, Walcott? Surely four?