Smirking_Saint

If he has torn his cruciate he wont be back

This, slow to get down and crap at his near post. How the hell did Ings score ?!?!? A decent young up and coming keeper is needed.

Id of taken Hooper, still think that Ossie will be ok. We seem to have an issue creating, we need to take more chsnces instead of overdoing the keep ball.

We havent got the players for possession football yet, perhaps in the future but not yet, we will play the way that we have been playing. Plenty of industry but not enough movement off the ball or technical ability. Things will hopefully change moving forward, but not in time for this WC. Agreed its not the way forward, but its our only direction right now.

Itll be your first but with Gerrard instead of Carrick in one of the CM positions and either townsend or lallana in the spare position with Sturridge and welbeck flanking

I feel sorry for him, everytime he kicks on he gets another injury. Think adam was there regardless. Itll be a resurgent lennon or townsend that take his place.

I half agree with your sentiments Alps, for me Ramirez is a player with incredible ability but I cant disagree he just doesnt fit the system. For the pressing system to work you need everyone working hard, he simply doesnt. Ossie was required though, we simply needed a new striker and I find it a little unnerving that he is being written off already. How anyone decided that we didnt need a new keeper though is beyond me, Boruc is obviously no 1 but his deputies are woefull. Other than that you can understand the reasons for having a smallish squad, our advancement has been too rapid, you add quality by spending money, building a squad takes time.

Lol I was about to say how surprising this sigbing was and it wasnt

Probably. Such is the hypocrisy of some of our more special fans. Windows, no its not the video, they are both woefully inadequate for this level, atleast Kelvin has half an excuse due to age

Well, yeah, probably the wrong choice of words but should he become available and being aware of our issues at the back Id be inclined to make an offer.

The more I think about it the more a loan CB like Lescott would make sense. Ok, itll be costly but for the short term (till end of season) we will have a decent CB available for cover. This allows us to work on potential signings that will probably be easier to finalise at the end of the season.

Im with Fry with this one, if that really was said I imagine that even PGMOL would have had difficulty defending it let alone the fact that the press would have been all over it. If it was said, fair enough I can see why an accusation would be made by the club but just like when he reportedly called Mikel a 'Monkey' I just dont buy it.

You've changed your tune, I thought Rhodes was the answer to our footballing prayers ? Muriel looks good for what its worth, but at what price and would he be allowed to leave ? Not entirely sure he would be the man to lead our line mind, and lets face it, we arent going to give up on Ossie yet, nor should we.

Decent little player, cant see it though, Burnley would want lots due to his hype and their position in the league.

Ironic

Le Masia trained, decent player, can play a bit of football too. Cant see him coming here though

No, in summary goals will reduce when we arent relying in two poor keepers and an injury list including our best players in vital positions.

Its fine as it is, if you stand there and let me blast a ball at your face 10 times, see how many times you keep your hands down.

Not dissagreeing with you on that front. Just wanted to bat away your sad attempt at fishing when questioning the ability of Vic and Boruc. As per last year it was with different tactics, boruc played more often than not and the team was more settled. We are also talking about playing most of the top five which you have ignored. In short yes we need better cover. The two keepers and Jos are woefully inadequate at this level and probably low on confidence.

He really wasnt that bad at NPC level, the same as Jos. Both poor positionally but in the NPC it wasnt highlighted as much. They coukd probably both do a good job at that level and if they have to be replaced in the prem so be it.

For the average fan perhaps, anyone who knows a bit can see their value and that the replacements are just not up to it.

Ill tackle this as a serious post from you GS instead of the wind up it was probably meant to be. The balance of the side has been knocked, Gazza was terrible, Davis is better but still not Prem quality. Jos is aweful and this season Yoshi looks shaky though none moreso then when he partners Jos. Fox is a woefull defender too. I personally think with the injured parties back and give it a couple of games we should tighten up straight away, MoPo changed our style slightely to negate the hole created by Vic or made changes to the back line which never helped. If anything it shows the lack of depth in the squad but this is to be expected due to us only being in the prem 1 1/2 seasons. All in all this run hasnt been as terrible as it could of been, top opposition pulling into their prime, congested fixtures and absentees. We have done ok but anyone that didnt expect a dip in form is an idiot.

The guys an idiot, such an ego

It really depends on how you personally accept them but I always thought they just meant that you were a bit wimpy and feeble. But then I dont really buy into this whole OTT pc culture bred under labour.

If you posted here semi regularly its pretty clear I have no obvious agenda, usually optimistic but I try to be as impartial as I can when talking on here, and yes we are overreacting