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Absolute rubbish Pete.

He didn't really get on the ball that much in fairness to him. We know exactly what Mirallas is going to do and if we want Lookman to take his place in the future he needs to play in these type of games.

If course Mike, just playing devil's advocate ?

This result probably isn't as strong as it seemed at the time as Bristol City beat them 2 nil tonight.

COllins wouldn't get in my pub side

I'd like to see Lookman start instead of Mirallas.

Schneiderlin for me. Really impressed with Sandro and Klaassen but it didn't quite come off for them whereas Schneiderlin looked like he hadn't been away for the summer.

He was poor Haf. Positioning was poor, defending was average, looked completely out of place. Put a couple of decent crosses in but I fail to see what he brings. Holgate is better.

The most worrying thing about that game for me is that it was a lot like lasthma season. Same tempo, plenty of posession but few chances of our own and enough chances to the opposition. We were too slow, too predictable. Only Klaassen and Sandro were doing anything outside of the box. DCL did ok too but as people said he is a striker, not a wide man. Stek was poor, how is starting a competitive game? Baines and Keane were solid. Williams was panicky and looked out of shape and Martina isn't good enough for the Championship. He can cross though. Schneiderlin was superb, Gana decent but lacked something although I can't put my finger on it. Klaassen is going to be superb for us and will get us some important goals this season. Mirallas was his usual streaky self, DCL should have been playing centrally and Rooney was half decent half wasteful. Sandro lookEd a real player when he came on. Absolute livewire. His impact was instant. The introduction of Sandro has me worred about our pursuit of Sigurdsson and Giroud. Sandro brought pace, his movement was unpredictable. The targets mentioned are for want of a better word, boring. You know what they are going to do and when. You add that to Rooney, DCL, 2 x DMs, and a fairly unadventurous back 4, you only have Klaassen or Sandro who do something different, and if both players mentioned are signed there is a chance one of those two won't start either.

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Going miss the first half of this, gutted. Got the Mrs of strict orders to record the game at all costs but I'm expecting her to record catfish or some other suite like that instead!

No its not. Almost spot on so far.

Fourth Official says 47.2mil close to being agreed.

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I think the fans showed him where he belongs when they rallied round him after he got punched. I don't get how we got that reaction from him then yet we are in this position know where he won't sign a new contract. Something has gone on behind the scenes.

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Rodwell never looked like a worldie! Ross is still worth 40-50mil but he doesn't have the time on his contract that Sigurdsson does.

Im just trying to help keep some people's money in their pocket. Probably more likely chance of winning the league and it's better odds ???

Grease is the word.

I can't open the link but I presume it's about Rooney having a go at the ref. As far as I am concerned if Rooney is feiry and feisty he will be the exact player we need and more like the Rooney you of old so I'm all for it!

How many teams win the EL from the qualifying rounds? I wouldn't get your hopes up as it can't be many.

Hits the nail on the head. As Haf said earlier in the thread, people seem to have blue tinted specs when it comes to our players and their 'misdemeanours' compared to players of other teams.

We should be putting a bid in for him though. Spend the 50mil on him instead of Sigurdsson.

Madness

Geri - well done for complaining ?. Did it stop you cheering his goals/assists? Williams is a thug. Some terrible challenges last year and clearly not a one off. Agreed on Mori but he caused a serious injury to a player yet Suarez barely left a mark when he bit IvanOvich. What's worse?