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  1. He's a good player, but is very injury prone. We'd need him and 1 other, as he wouldn't last all season.
  2. If he pushes for a move this summer, he has been incredibly badly advised. He'd be ruined as a player, another Rodwell or Sinclair in the making. - although sinclair seems to be making an attempt to get back on track after 3 years of zilch. Also his reputation would be in tatters - let the club get you fit for a year, rake home the money, and never play for them again as you want to leave after all their help.
  3. Mane is our main goal threat, the one player who is capable of getting in behind, to the byline, stretching the game. Why would you want to sell him? He is a massive player for us.
  4. I heard them talking about this on the BT Sport European show on Sunday, they suggested that Boca's 'dream' is to have Osvaldo and Tevez up front for them.
  5. I actually think that article is a little easy on them. The only signings I'd put down as hits are Can, Sturridge and Coutinho. The rest have been rubbish. But I agree with you on Lambert, the misuse of him this year has been a travesty and he's just ****ed his career up the wall. It was pretty much summed up on Sunday. 90 mins on the clock, let's throw on Lambert and ''hit it long'' - yes, because that's all Lambert is good for, isn't it. Such a genius tactician.
  6. Apparently he dislocated his shoulder, but it popped back in and there was no lasting damage. Koeman seemed to think there will be no issues. It looked a lot worse than it was, thankfully.
  7. Surely the better way of growing the club is to improve the amount of and standard of competitions we play in? I don't think winning the league cup is going to increase our fan base or get us to increase our stadium. Playing in Europe of a long-period of time may do however. Cup wins are great, but as we have seen with Wigan, Birmingham, Boro - they don't mean a lot in terms of the long-term growth in the grand-scheme of things. Consistently competing in European competition however would mean a lot more.
  8. Kelvin - Great servant, but not good enough for the PL. Forster - Hit - Terrific GK. The injury is not just a huge blow for us, but also for his career. Doubt we'll see him until the back end of 2016. Clyne - Hit. Will be a huge miss when he goes, love the way he wins the ball back, keeps it in play and surges down field with it. Toby - Hit - Terrific centre back, but a little injury prone. Would be number 1 for me to sign in the summer though. Fonte - Hit - massive season for Fonte. Establishing himself as an international and a proper PL centre back. He is a true captain. Bertrand - Hit - The biggest compliment you can make is that we haven't really missed Shaw. Had a great season Maya - Hit - Looks a hell of a lot better this year. Distribution is better, composure is better. Garods - Miss - Looks like a bit of an odd £6m signing this one. Not sure what his future is here. I think he has talent, but he's gone backwards since he's been here. Looks clumsy and prone to rash mistakes. Targett - Solid season, not really a hit or a miss. Hasn't played much, but hasn't let himself down when he has. Not at the level of Shaw or Bale, but a decent player all the same Morgan - Hit - terrific player, enjoy watching him these last few games as I don't think we'll have someone quite as good as him for a while. How we replace him is one of the biggest calls of the summer, very tricky. Wanyama - Hit - He has had a great season, better distribution of the ball combined with his usual, trademark powerful performances. Should still be here for at least another year before the big clubs start sniffing. JWP - Like Targett, not really a hit or a miss. Just a steady season, but you want to see more from him now...he needs to stamp his mark down on a game and in the team, that's the next stage of his development. Technically, he has the lot. Davis - Again, not a hit or a miss. I'm a big fan of Davis but I don't think this year has been one of his finest. His lack of goals from midfield is alarming and when he plays in the advanced position, he needs to start popping up with some goals. Recent weeks have seen him drop well below par. Tadic - I'd have to give him a Hit. I think he came in with a decent reputation and hit the ground running. He was powerful, direct, competitive and full of ability. That has tailed off now, quite worryingly it has to be said, but he has still had a pretty big impact on our season. Reed - Hit - In the games he's played, he's been terrific. Not the most technical, but a proper all action, combative midfielder. Will probably play a lot next year. Elia - Miss - Huge disappointment for me. I just hope we dodge the signing of him. Bar the 2 goals against Newcastle he has offered nothing, looks like a career on the slide Dujuric - Miss - Reminds me of Iago Falque when we brought him in. Similar impact. I.e nothing. Long - Miss - He's not really done it for me. Runs a lot but, to me, is a typical Stoke or WBA centre forward. Hasn't really got much ability, but puts in a shift. Although he wasn't just bought for goal scoring, his return has been very poor. Mane - Hit - Love Mane, top player. Our best attacker in my opinion and probably our best signing of the summer. I love is versatility in that he can play right, left, in behind or even as a striker. Always a threat, always capable of doing something brilliant whilst at the same time something truly bizarre. He's our main goal threat to be honest. Pelle - Miss. Not jumping on the bandwagon, but after a ok start he has tailed off dramatically. I mean even at the start he had some stinkers and missed some sitters. I personally think he's ok, but he does hinder us when he's not in (which seems to be most weeks at the moment). 9 goals in 33 PL games is on the poor side to be honest, I did expect a bit more. Koeman - Hit. Huge season, ambitious, honest and straight-talking. Love his approach and the players seem to have taken to it very well.
  9. What's the history between Krul and RK? Can't remember him managing him before?
  10. To be fair, when we sign a GK they will be number 1, that's all our intentions should be - sign a new number 1 quality GK, it shouldn't be in anyone's mind that they will be backup. No room for sentiment in hoping Fraser returns ok, if and when he does, he'll take the mantle as backup keeper. That's how I think it should be handled anyway. We were bitten when we tried to sign stop gaps for Killer, let's not do the same.
  11. What do we need this season then? a top 10 finish with nothing to show for it, allowing us to focus on our campaign to avoid Europe next year? Sounds a right blast. But count me out.
  12. Two top signings right there, and gettable.
  13. The over-reaction on here after we lose never ceases to amaze me, it's very cringeworthy.
  14. What trophy can we still win this season exactly? I'd love to win something too, but I still believe a certain MP blew our best chance of a final last season. Finishing in a European place is kind of like reaching a final for a club like us. We will hopefully have a decent run in a cup within the next season or so, but I'd say finishing in a European place via a league position is going to offer the club a lot more growth, as opposed to winning a cup and finishing in the bottom half - or being relegated.
  15. What's potentially all over?
  16. The media love-in over Rogers has been so cringeworthy. He's a huge failure as Liverpool manager, basically.
  17. I hope Gerrard plays for them for the rest of the season, as that will equal plenty more losses.
  18. Yes, and no. Amazingly, through some weird divine intervention, West Ham top the Fair Play league.
  19. Lovren is so, so, so soooo bad. I can't believe we actually used to rate him??? Maybe the formidable 3 of Fonte, Wanyama and Morgan made him look like a world beater, when he was only ever an average player. He'd struggle to get another big club in his career now. No composure, no ability on the ball, no leadership, no positional sense, no pace...so basically, he has nothing. £20m thank you very, very much.
  20. Somehow Newcastle have equalized.
  21. So is Rogers still an incredible tactician? He is a clown who will hopefully be shown the door soon, cannot stand the bloke. The way he's used Lambert this season is nothing short of a disgrace. We just need to make sure we finish 5th or 6th, sod sitting through the final supporting Arsenal.
  22. Well Spurs have won that one then, just a case of by how many now.
  23. Not sure you can include the likes of TDD in that, as he just had his account closed and setup a new one. He didn't post on the other one at the same time. Dubai? Nah. But there are a few clear multiples on here, and you just have to ask yourself....how do they have time? There's a world out there, sun, air....women.....but no, let's stay in with 3 different login's and WUM my way through the day. Sometimes it can be a funny, but most of the time it's damn annoying and ruins any decent debates.
  24. Swansea have grown, you cannot deny that. Bar this season, Everton have been a top 6 club most years - still very well placed and able to spunk £28m on a player. Wigan are a bit of a non-example really, they got into Europe through a cup final but they were **** - and that's why they fell away anyway If you look at Fulham from the moment they qualified for Europe, they pushed on the next season and if I remember right - didn't they lose in the final of it? They had one of their most successful years on the back of getting into Europe. It's not a jolly. Like a lot of fans, I'm not going to afford to going to every away game - but surly, you'd take pride in seeing us against the likes of Fiorentina, Sevila, Valencia, maybe Milan, Bayer etc. I would. Or, we could hope that we finish 8th so we don't have Europe to distract us next year, so we can...umm, avoid Europe again. Genius. The CL expectiations are a little scewed in some fans eyes, even though we had somewhat of a chance early on...the squads were always going to Evan themselves out. Top 6 and Europa league is a MASSIVE achievement for our club, huge. With continued good management on and off the pitch it raises our profile all over the world.
  25. But what about Ings and Pelle? How are they going to work together FFS? He's not even suited to our play! Koeman out!
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