Smirking_Saint

No idea, been aweful, complete passenger

Pretty much Decent player, not a lot of change between him or bertrand with the bonus that there is a bunch of spurs players there. Decent options. Id have Clyne over walker but again the spurs connection is a winning one Shame Welbeck isnt around, adds balance to the front line, will be interesting to see if Sterling finds any form. Wilshere is arguably our best midfielder when fully fit, if he is fit enough Id take him. As for rooney, he looks better in midfield these days but we have more than enough options upfront and in midfield that should all play before he does

So we are effectively in a similar position to where we were with Poch, albeit without the backroom change around. But effectively the talks will need to show Koeman an amount of ambition that he wants, he is a man that wants to succeed and compete at the top level. We have already shown that we have the ability to acquire and gel top players and coaches for less than a lot of top clubs are able too. Its not like Im asking us to spend 100m pounds or anything stupid or unsustainable, but we could fall behind, what with West Ham now able to up their spending etc Personally I dont think we are too short, a top level striker and probably a decent CB and AM to potentially replace Davis and Fonte moving forward and we'll still be a solid side. Failing to keep hold of Koeman may say as much about our ambition than anything else

Id be up for it, including paying the extra for 90 Just dont play me at CB please

Pretty much agree, though Id take drinkwater over Carrick and Sturridge (agree regarding his temperament, good player but completely selfish) over carroll. I also think that realistically rose gets the nod over bertrand, mainly because of the number of spurs players likely to make the first 11, though bertrand will have to go, he is the better LB imo and of course can play as an emergency CB. Id love Shaw to be there but he has had a big injury, and struggled to fitness before

Nothing wrong with wilshere when fit to be fair, especially if it means milner gets the boot

Tempo wasnt as high as vs the germans, we were at their throats where as we have let the dutch play

Milner needs to come off but Lallana is looking excellent, and rose very good in both games Think bertrand is marginally the better player but Rose probably fits england better with arguably 2-3 other spurs players in the team. Barkley growing in stature, sturridge too greedy

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Exactly this. Never much understood why he was such a 'snake' leaving when he did. For a start the entire boardroom was changing, and he got no guarantees (why would he in a time of a boardroom skake up to be fair) but add this to a bigger club come knocking most would have exited. Good manager and excellent coach, he'll move on to bigger and better than spurs

They checked my heart rate at the gym today, was 44

I actually think theres a good player in there that could do well, but 12m and what is likely to be high wages is just too steep

You seem to have a firm grasp on the hierarchy of modern football there Roger

I ****ing love it that Les goes from zero to hero dependant on current situations at the club

Fair play to this by the way, Ive always been keen to keep myself relatively fit, a lot of which is because I still try to haul my battered body around a football pitch, therefore Ive never really needed a fitness band. Anything that gets people fitter and healthier cant be a bad thing though, so whatever works for you I suppose. Still one of the best lifestyle choices is to get all of the convenience food out of the freezer (quick meals and boxed goods) and just fill it with meat and vegetables.

Of course he would want the Chelsea job, why wouldnt he ? He has no real emotional ties to us only those that have been forged recently Anyone with their knickers in a twist over this needs to get a grip really, it'll be a shame he left but not disasterous, plus it differs from Poch as IMO Chelsea are a much bigger step. My worry is that it parallels the Poch exit due to the 'lack of ambition' vibes in and around the club, but nothing more than a worry. For what its worth it won't happen, Ill be shocked if Chelsea want Koeman

Spot on Horrible club

Summer I think

Unfortunately a rare ITK moment, I know one of Austins mates

He has officially signed by the way From the horses mouth

So you are saying his engine is not what it used to be ?

He doesnt want to play for QPR, there was a midweek game that he 'missed' due to injury which was basically because he didnt want to travel

Regardless of the fact that the 'product' is wildly overpriced, what amounts to effectively a 33.3% increase in that already inflated price for what Id percieve as a minimal impact from a transfer fund point of view isnt going to go down very well with us the customer.

Dont really see the massive fuss about Austin, I cant believe there isnt better options out there for the money ? Added to his reported injury problems. Dont get me wrong Ill be reasonably happy if he signs but I just dont get the constant clamour to bring him in

The only player put of the recent academy graduates that looks reasonably adept is Reed, and he has the unfortunate issue of having effectively four maybe five first team midfielders above him in the pecking order. Behind him Im struggling to name any that Id be happy to see grace the first team. All of pur 'promising' youngsters are on loan at teams way below our level or not getting game time. Those still at the club Koeman would no best, and if they arent good enough as judged by Koeman then I think Id be inclined to believe him. You cant just chuck in youngsters just because we as fans want to give them a go, that could be disastrous for both our form and their development if they habe a particularly poor game.