hypochondriac

Gallagher is a legend. I met him in a dodgy part of Hungary in May when he was on a stag do. Nice guy.

For me it was the manner of the defeat, not the result itself.

Zero threat up front. If we don't sign another striker it will be a big mistake.

This is depressing now. It felt like we were mixing it with the big boys the last few years and always had a good chance. It feels like we have been put back on our place. Long season ahead.

I'll repeat what I said before but the club deserve our patience considering the success they have had recently. I expect one more really good signing, hopefully two.

Well that abd the fact that most Olympic sports are minority ones so statistically you're competing with a tiny percentage of the population. It's going to be easier to get to the top in rowing for example than it is in football.

Nothing wrong with giving some opinions on puel provided it's with the caveat that it's early days and liable to change. In my opinion initial signs are not promising. As others have said he seems rather dull and uninspired. The evidence from pre season and Watford is that we seem quite rigid and trying to fit some of our players into a diamond formation will not work. Plenty of time to improve but I think it's fair to say that most won't be feeling as confident about things as they did under koeman- I know I'm not.

I will say though that it's pretty silly to suggest it's as black and white as not spending much or doing a pompey. A middle ground between those two extremes would be just fine.

Yeah this basically. I've moaned in the past but the club deserve our patience. If we get to the end of the window and we are still weaker than last year with a fairly uninspiring manager, a formation we are struggling to get to grips with and square pegs in round holes then will be the time to panic.

I expect Fonte would be interested if United do want him. It wouldn't surprise me to see him go. All that stuff about him being in some sort of victoriois trance that we hope he will snap out of is clearly utter b*locks though. That's not refusing to believe what someone has posted because it's negative, it's using common sense and realising that's not how human beings behave.

[emoji38] so Fonte has had some sort of mental breakdown since winning a tournament. Surely no one actually believes that complete sh*te?

Well then we can hardly argue. He is entirely correct.

Not sure what you mean by first team squad setup. Any chance you could elaborate without giving too much away?

It was absolutely nothing like a poch team. We weren't pressing for a start and we really struggled to keep possession, particularly before the sending off. There were some positives but I still think we are not certain how we want to play.

Can't agree with you there. The last half an hour was a lot better abd especially after the sending off but before then we were struggling to create anything. Soares and romeu were particularly poor and we just couldn't keep the ball. I think better teams will outmuscle us in the middle so hojburg is a must. We still need some attacking creativity for me but redmond really did well in the second half. Overall some positives but I'm not convinced by this new formation yet.

Rubbish formation. Hasn't worked at all so far.

Really weird thing to say. It's an uninspiring lineup that doesn't mean we will play badly or lose.

Agreed. Seems a very functional but fairly dull lineup. Let's hope for a good performance and win regardless!

Not sure about that. A nice pair of baps is more likely to catch my attention.

Bass, Trout, Lobster?

Seems like next week's starting lineup.

Sportsmania is the only one you need. Like Batman I signed up for a lifetime pass a couple of years ago but I think you can still get yearly subs for about £50.

We need two more attacking signings. Everyone knows that is the case abd presumably so do the club. I'm happy to wait till the end of the window and I'm confident they will materialise.

We will clearly be signing one or two more. That's just something that all managers say. There has been no indication that we won't be addressing the attacking options, the club aren't silly.

To be fair I think the average fan on the street is a bit fed up with selling our best few players every year. Admittedly this has been masked by some canny buys and good performance over the last few years. Let's hope for a couple more so we can forget about the painful loss of mane to Liverpool. The good news is that it looks like we won't have any more nasty surprise losses this year other than maybe Tadic.