aimaad22

Would absolutely love for him to put in a few appearance towards the end of the season, the sort of typical Jonas performances when he was at his prime, making a complete nuisance of himself and around the midfield. Could provide the lift the club will need once some of the players are back and Pardew reverts to shitball with Williamson and co.

Aye, and lets not forget he DID try to play hoofball with Ayoze up front for a couple of games before other injuries forced him to scamper that plan

Yeah, reminded me of Hernandez with his first couple of goals, inconspicuous throughout but at the right place at the right time when it mattered.

Three goals and he's the new Suarez

I enjoyed that, proper taste of the atmosphere. Am I right in thinking this was mostly because we got thumped and there was a bit of rioting in the city? Or is it always this hostile.

I'd be worried about us at set pieces though, with him and Colo in there. Teams like Chelsea will give us a nightmare. Not that we're great at set pieces as it is.

That para is supposed to be read in connection with the previous one You could look at some of the things Williamson and Taylor have done on the field and think they're not footballers at all let alone premier league one.

Does he see himself as a centre half in the future? Does our coaching team? If yes then I'd stick with him at CB since we've got Haidara and Santon. Willamson will always be below average at best and I think its about time Taylor did something massively stupid again. A couple of games is too early to judge of course. But given what our options are at CB and the cover we've got for LB it make sense to give him a few games there and see how he does.

Agree with that. We'd still finish higher

Hard to talk about Newcastle as it always ends with 'we're screwed as long as Ashley is here'

He did win the Champions League with Porto you know.

With an additional defender or two he could do it with ManU. Not so sure about Liverpool and Arsenal. Would need to spend some serious funds with those two, especially Liverpool.

Mourinho would have gotten Yaya that cake.

Spot on that. Some common sense at last.

Oh really? NATO's been known to carry out bombings inside Pakistani territory, a prime ally on the 'war on terror', thats the official position anyway. International law Do you follow the news at all? 'International law' has been blown to bits and then some over the last couple of decades. If you think the likes of the UN have any real say on the matter you're only lending credence to ewerk's opinion of you. They cant do shit, you dont bite the hand that feeds you.

Aye. I actually like both Williamson and Gouffran but the fact they're not playing has done the team the world of good.

Cue Williamson and revenge of the hoofball

if there's anything we've learnt about the Pardew era its that the 4-3-3 seems to work best for him.

I agree. He does get bullied a bit and needs to learn you cant just lie flat on your arse and wait for the ref to give the foul though. The downside about this young attacking line up is that they're naive at times, give the ball away too much. Good sides will make them pay for it. Hopefully its something that will go away with game time.

Both cracking goals today. Janmaat now really showing his quality after a slow start, much like Debuchy, quality tells in the end. What a finish from Perez as well. HMHM makes a valid point about Williamson too. Most of this form has to be down to us changing the system since he's gone out and reverting to the 4-3-3.

Spurs

I think there's a fair few after him but Dortmund will have wanted to hang on for this season at least considering the players they've lost already.

What happened to Taylor? Dummet starting at CB. Cabella getting a start too.

West Brom draw a lot of games at home. Will be the most likely result.

He was incredible last year, just doesnt seem up for it anymore for whatever reason. You'd think they'd be gunning for the Champions League at least.