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Still it could be worse we could be Blackpool

I always wondered why Lovren came here in the first place, leaving a Champions League team behind. £20m is good business if we reinvest it.

So, does the usage of Sharp indicate we aren't looking to sign another striker?

Looks like we'll know more about Lovren during next week. Assume he means this Sunday, not next Sunday?

I feel sick.. Leandre Griffit is now 30 years old! How can that be? It was only yesterday he got that one against Newcastle....

Would be a great first signing by the looks of things. Hopefully he is a creative type midfielder and not just a goalscorer, because with Adam gone that's something we really need. Perhaps as well as this guy.

You wonder what kind of crazy, unrealistic dream Cortese promised to these players who are now unhappy. Welcome back to reality Dejan!

Very happy to have stripes back. Now we just need some players to wear it.

Yeah but didn't we try and play total football with David McGoldrick?

It is a shame his behaviour in recent weeks was so poor that I do not feel any gratitude to him for the efforts he made for the club. The great moments of last year are soured by his disrespect and idiocy. Perhaps in time.

Up till last season he wasn't much of a goalscorer at lower levels than the premiership. One good season by the looks of it. Which means it's a massive risk if we are going to rely on him alone as the main source of goals.

I've been thinking this. For last season we played some great football but so many time we dominated and still lost. We did lack pace and whilst it's hard to replace the technical skill of players like Lallana and Lambert we do at least have a chance to shake things up a bit. So much now depends on who we bring in to replace those that are leaving.

I do feel sorry for Rickie. Betrayed really by Roy. Surely he deserved the last 10 here. Might have even created something. Idiot manager

Sorry but I can't see how Pirlo and Gerrard compare. Pirlo is still actually good most of the time. Gerrard seems to have lost a lot of that passing accuracy and driving power he used to have. Who would take his place? Until he goes no-one will even be given the chance to stand up and be counted. We can't let worrying about who would take his place stop us from taking a chance on someone else. If he moves on, we might change our style to suit whomever comes in instead.

I'm talking about now, once this world cup is said and done. They should retire. As for having their experience around the squad- well they can come along as supporting coaches instead. They need to get off the playing staff and allow others to make the midfield positions their own - without the baggage.

I just don't understand Gerrard and Lampard not retiring. All this press crap about how much we need their experience? So are they saying that if Gerrard and Lampard retire England will failed to qualify for the next major tournament? Would it really make that much of a difference? How about other players would step up to the mark and fill the void. Gain their own experience, together as a team, making us stronger? They are arrogant to assume that somehow England cannot go on without them. Time to go gracefully more like! Ranting over. I'm sure it's been discussed somewhere already here - but just needed to get it out of my system. Wish they'd just GO so we can all move on!

Roy is saying that he'll play some people who haven't had a chance yet. So that sounds good for Luke at least.

Guaranteed England will win 4-0 and we'll all be saying "why didn't we play like that in the last 2 games?"

Well, I'm not anti Niemi.

Too many times the players determine the formation. Rather than the formation determining the players. We could take a leaf out of France's book. Sagna and Giroud both on the bench yesterday. If it were England we would probably have Giroud on the wing or Benzema. With Sagna at left back!

How he actually does here - it is impossible to know. On paper he's an upgrade. Just the kind of manager Spurs should have appointed, someone with a bit more experience and a good win record who has actually won silverware as a player and manager.

It's easy to scapegoat Rooney. He makes it easy.

Embarrassing.

Can't do the basics at the moment. Commentators blaming the pitch. Excuses already.. What excuse for Rooney?

Literally the worst corner I've ever seen. Ridiculous