Smirking_Saint

Lloris Coleman lovren vertonghan shaw Schneiderlin barry Lallana barkley rodriguez Lukaku Krul, stones, baines, erikson, paulinho, soldado, mirillas,

Yup, but I was in newbury

And to think, the way he has lit up turin im pretty sure we wont have near that 15m this summer either

Not really, continually played out of position and not really given a consistant chance. What you say mimics what many thought about Sturridge, and his step down hasnt damaged him. In Welbeck I see a hungry young english CF with the attributes to play in our system and added benefit that he could interchange with J Rod should the need arise. I think given the right environment he will develop into a great little player. As per Utd fans, Im not saying your wrong Duncan, in fact I agree, he has outperformed RVP, my point is that fans are generally fickle, look at ours when Ossie landed on our plate, Lambert was all but forgotten. That will happen with Welbeck, a big striker signing and they'll forget all about him.

I dont think they would right now in all honestly, they probably should do but I can see a few of their top youngsters leaving due to Utd chasing glory and buying big. Welbeck and even Cleverley would probably progress quicker with a change of scenery

That was basically what I was saying, Barca is an example of highly skilled players being coached in an effective system playing basically with the same players, formation and tactics from formative years and onwards I wasnt playing down Lallanas ability at all

Whys that then ?

Most of that is due to the coaching that goes on there, the basis of that team have played together since day dot and the tactics have more or less never really changed much from youth level up. Dont get me wrong they are incredible players but the awareness bit cones from being so used to each other and the way they play. The Lallana comparisons are extreme as he isnt at their level IMO however his first touch and technique is incredible

I dunno, I think that IF Utd do what everyone expects in the summer and spend big the DW could find himself surplus aswell. He wont go to any of the top four I dont think except for perhaps Arsenal if wenger releases the purse strings. He would certainly be a good fit for us and I dont personally think we would have to change anything at all.

Benteke, bony or welbeck would be my choice. Or obviously Lukaku but I think he will either be overpriced or chelsea wont want to let him go again, it depends if they are going big for a top top striker in the summer. Mourinho wasnt happy with the way he played, he wanted his strikers to work harder and I dont think RL agreed, hence the loan to everton similar to Mata being shipped out. We will see just how real this top 6 ambition is in the summer as without keeping our top players and spending on a top striker we wont achieve it.

Good work buddy.

Im in pure 3 times a week, well stocked, good classes, instructors are good and its cheap as chips. Wade is right though it can get v v busy, I only tend to use it for my weight work and try to get there early morning or early afternoon or else it just gets too busy. Its non contract though so if you get fed up with it you can cancel.

You need to be eating the right stuff at the right time, getting the right rest and doing the right exercises. You will also plataeu if you do the same routine over n over. Plus too much cardio will inhibit muscle growth. (Ive been through the same problems) What is a typical routine ?

I think so, always thought he looks pretty good for England TBH, gets an unfair rap does DW

Yes it probably was patronizing, apologies. I was a little more than ****ed off after the game. Regardless, except for the timescales I can easily compete with the **** swinging contest if I had too, but Im not really that interested. Opinions opinions I suppose, they really were not fouls unless the game has now moved into such a low that the brush of an arm constitutes a foul, the second surely wasnt, the first is debateable but having watched it again really isnt. Both times lovren failed to adequately shield the ball, attempted to win a freekick and failed in a basic task. As a coach you could question his need to be there in the first place but regardless he was and had to do better.

Possibly, the header was woefull

It was fonte, lovren vaulted over the shot

We do it to overload and create options for passing opportunities, unfortunately without someone of VW's physical prescence and MS' pure athleticism we are vunerable on the counter. Our all out possession play causes problems too when teams start pressing higher and we fail to find space in behind.

FWIW FF I do agree, our possession play at all costs leads us into mistakes too often. I think that sometimes you need to realise once the opposition start pressing high it allows space to open up in behind which we simply do not exploit and yes means that we play our way into trouble

Still wasnt really that good going forward at a time where we had plenty of space to operate in Spurs half.

Not England ready yet, Welbecks a better option as he can play wide AND can lead the line aswell. J Rod cant yet I dont think. I reckon he will be a regular by the Euros though

He makes a few, that was the worst for a while but he is probe to a mistake. Regardless he was very poor today. Him and Chambers are neck and neck for me right now

He has made a couple, he was poor today as much as I rate him, though how mopo only saw clynes poor game and not lovrens I dont know

They pressed us very well second half and Lambert ran out of steam, we didnt have the two or three options we are used to playing with. Dissapointingly nothing was changed and our midfield wasnt desructive enough. Clyne was very poor, lovren just lost his head completely I think.

You dont think they played well regardless of our mistakes ?