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Guly Do Prado Scapegoat.

7.11 into the highlights video posted above.

Looked level to me, so yes he was onside. Tight call though. I don't really mind calls that close going either way tbh but the pen shout was laughable imo. Villa player was about to shoot so it was an excellent tackle by VVD.

No we're not.

Jwp is a right sided midfielder imo. He allows the fullback more protection and has a good delivery. Also mane plays there when available. Yes I think Gaston should be given a start in the hole. May boost his confidence a bit and i'm sure if RK has a word with Davis and says he's just giving him a rest then it'll be fine. Davis is a good pro. Maybe bring him on in the second half when Bournemouth start to tire.

Well there was a choice, he could've started JWP on the right and Tadic is not a right sided player so that really shouldn't be an option. Yes i'd give Gaston a go in the hole. He needs to be played in his preferred position at some point and it's not dropping Davis. He will need a rest at some point, he covers a lot of ground!

[video=youtube;FbF6w2y-0Pk] Skip to 7:11. Couple of different angles.

Get a grip mate.

Naa there were plenty of covering players all around him. A red would've 100% been rescinded anyway.

There's no way we're paying him that much!!

Yeah i've seen the replay from several different angles and not for one second did I think it was a pen. It was a pretty decent tackle.

This is exactly why some people's opinions grind me a little. Yes first half he didn't look comfortable in the same way that Tadic doesn't look comfortable on the right and the same way Mane doesn't look comfortable on the left. Play a player in his preferred position and all of a sudden they look better. Gaston shouldn't be playing wide right. He needs to be played through the middle, but that gives us another problem. He doesn't have the work rate of Davis to press from the front for 90 minutes. He's more of a luxury and needs picking according to how Koeman wants to play. I'd like to see him start in the hole against Bournemouth as I think the midfield and defence can cope. See how he gets on.

That was never in a million years a penalty. Ref was stood right in front of it as well. Perfectly timed tackle in which he took the ball.

Same mate, I really hope this is a corner turned for him now but i've been waiting for this for a while now

I'm one of his biggest defenders! I was gobsmacked when we signed him but there's a difference between bringing a youngster into the first team and signing a foreign player who's already a first team regular who needs to settle. Maybe our league just doesn't suit him but he's done himself no favors imo. You don't usually loan out talented players with the right attitude. Like I said before, I think he wants to put himself in the shop window as it's dawned on him he'll be leaving soon and the benefactors of this will be us, so i'm all for it.

Not homophobic one little bit but my advice too any footballer would be to stay in the closet about it. There'll just make themselves a target and the media will do my head in as well. I'd have major respect for any professional sportsman who came out though. Would be a tough call!!

Why the **** do people on the continent or in africa get streams to games like this yet people in this country don't?

Youngsters coming through the ranks are given time to develop (and rightly so) whereas Gaston was brought in as a ready made player who was already class.

Personally I get the impression that Gaston doesn't want to be here anymore and all of this is to get game time before he leaves. He needs games because if he leaves us, no club will pay half of what he's earning now unless he proves he can do it. That's good for us. It doesn't matter what his motivation is as long as he puts in a shift. I hope i'm wrong and he finally proves me right as to what a class player he is. He's been such a huge disappointment as I'd seen a bit of him before and he really was one of Europe's premier young talents. Fingers crossed!!

Man UTD don't bring through players :lol: wtf

Strongest side possible please. How great would it be for another top side to drop out today OR for the quarters to be Saints v Hull then a mersey side and manchester derby. Fingers crossed the big teams drop out. We could get to a final at last!!!

wtf?? HE WAS THE BEST PLAYER ON THE PITCH FFS!!!

For all of those asking, yes mane will miss the Villa game, which is good because i'd have rested him for that anyway.

Can't see it. Way too small.

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