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Ain't that the truth.

I just can't believe that Ross won't sign a new contract. I can understand both sides waiting for the summer to see how things pan out. In November / December I'm not sure Koeman knew if Ross would be a key part of the team and Ross didn't know if he would be wanted. Now Koeman wants him and Ross appears to be enjoying things I can see him signing in the summer. Please God anyway!

Just pissed off with players deciding when they play and when they don't. It shows a lack of respect to the club, the fans and football.

Fact - a thing that is known or proved to be true.Leicester stopped playing for Ranieri. As soon as he left they win 3 on the bounce and qualify for champion's league quarter final. I would say that is known and therefore a fact.

I have to say he is right, we should have signed Gabiadini, it shows intent and eases the Burden on Rom. We have to convince him that we are ambitious and hopefully this will be done and we will sign some top quality players.

True, but I can't stand Vardy, hes a complete wanker, him and the rest of Leicester squad. The fact that they went on strike to get rid of Ranieri is nothing short of disgusting.

Gana is more dynamic, and better in the tackle and has more stamina. I think playing with Everton will develop his game as well.

I am glad Moshiri made the statement he did. I'm sure Rom loves playing for us, he is happy settled and the team is geared to enabling him to score goals. We know he is ambitious and wants to play Champs league and who can blame him. I am sure this is about having a clause in the contract so that if a champs league comes in for him he can go and how much that is. Lets give him a fair price, and a deadline for each transfer window so we can get a replacement. This will get sorted.

Dear God it was a joke man.

On the plus side Haf will be happy and we can close down this thread, which seems to have a life of its own, I wonder if the thread will transfer with Lukaku?

Maybe, I wont panic until the summer and its not signed. I imagine its about a release fee for a Champs league club if they come bidding, as mentioned in the Echo. If he doesn't sign then as he has 2 years left we will get quite a bit for him.

Turned down contract offer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39273691

Having been at the game at the weekend I have to say he is a quality player. His reading of the game is as good as Barry's and very very dynamic. I have to disagree he tried to pass the ball forward and get us going. He is the midfield general we have needed.

I expect a reaction to the spurs defeat and with our home form a win. I think we will be more attacking and expect McCarthy and Mirallas to start in place of Barry and Fans. Certainly a big test for Koeman and the team, must win and i think we will.

Double header this weekend, am up from London for the match (yay!) Then going with my, Mrs, dad and brother to Liverpool Vs Burnley as we got him tickets for his birthday and they are all reds.

If the Spurs game taught us anything its the following: 1) Barry is too old and slow against teams who press in midfield. 2) When we flood the midfield with central players then we don't have enough attacking options, attacks break down and we hand the initiative back to the opposition. Robles, Coleman, Baines, Mori, Williams, Gana, McCarthy, Morgan, Barkley, Mirallas, Lukaku

We have to get Europe this season, it shows progress and will attract the players we need to push on.

He has the quality, but he does not have the experience of playing at the pace spurs played at today. The set up didn't help him either. The more he plays the better he will get.

Ross by a mile.

We payed Spurs too much respect, if we had started with McCarthy, Mirallas or Lookman instead of Barry it may of been different. Once Spurs got their tails up it was always going to be hard to get something out of it. All the defenders made too many individual errors. Koeman will be livid. On the plus side Lukaku, and Barkley played well, and we never gave up.

Utd drawing against Bournemouth has helped. Have to say the standard of refereeing this season has been shocking, never so clearly demonstrated by the Utd match, should have sent Zlatan off for the most blatant elbow I have seen but bottled it. Sending off was a joke, should have probably sent Mings off too and awarded Utd a very very soft pen.

Rooney is a luxury player, unbelievably talented his passing, ball control and finishing are world class. However his mobility is not as good and nowhere near what Koeman would demand of the rest of the team, and his stamina levels are not going to be anywhere near the required level. But what really annoys me is that his positional sense going forward is great, he can find space and knows where to be to hurt the opponent. But when he hasn't got the ball he gets dragged back almost to where DM's play which means he is not where we need him to be. I think the reality is if he comes he will be a bit part player similar to Barry in that he will start some games and come on to influence others.

I think he will be worth it, I expect him to go to one of the Champs league teams.

The market is what it is, its madness and immoral but its what we have to pay if we want a very good British center back with a long future ahead of him.

Play 3 at the back and it them on the break, I think we will give them a good game. My worry is that they are playing very well at WHL, and Kane and Ali are on hot streaks at the moment. I think a draw would be a good result.