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Oh well, at least Cisse looked good again. Hopefully that goal will get him going. Obertan and Gosling are NEVER going to make it. Absolute shite. Also, Tavernier > Simpson definitely.

Cant wait! Cisse and Cabaye anywhere close to their best and we'll cruise this!

Cant believe nobody was actually in for him, has to be one of the top 3 forwards in Europe over the last couple of years

I think all the luck they had with the woodwork last season was thoroughly deserved just because of those transfers. Dalglish is a legend

Aye, say you win a car race with a top speed of 100kmh. And then be happy with that all the while the rest of the competition prepares to move at 105 for the next race. That 100 might have been impressive but it sure as hell does not guarantee another win in the circumstances. Ok not the best analogy for our situation I know but its the reason why most of us are so bloody frustrated

This. Utterly disappointing transfer window. The sad thing is all we needed was Debuchy and perhaps a cheap young striker or something of the sort to make this a great summer considering we've kept our best players.

Not even being linked with anyone it seems Get a bloody full back in

Nice draw to top off a lovely transfer window! If we put out a decent team we may have a chance, however our involvement in Europe and the fact we have very little squad depth will enusre that wont likely happen.

Rooney

Apart from the fact Debuchy/Douglas would be improvements on the first team and not backup

Thats just what I was thinking. Much happier with Shola as backup for strikers than Williamson/Raylor for defence.

Agreed, especially about Debuchy. Disappointing when we aren't willing to spend a bit more than 6M on the guy considering that he's one of two or three players we need to complete a very capable team.

Off to Spurs apparently. Very good signing for them.

Yup seems to me Ba, Cisse, Cabaye etc are in need of a bit of a confidence boost. A good outing on Thursday and they should be back to their best soon.

He would be devastating in the Barcelona team

We did? I was under the impression De Jong broke it?

Agreed. People these days just use pace. Not saying thats bad but its what makes HBA so refreshing, overflowing natural ability. Thats why I liked Ronaldinho better than any of the so called stars we have these days, he just oozed skill and talent although didn't lack for pace. Its what makes football wonderful, and anybody trying to tell these players to play differently needs shooting! As for Ben Arfa, last year some people had concerns about his workrate and backtracking, he seems to have sorted that out too. In addition so far he's looked hungrier than any of our players willing to take responsiblity (penalty incident against Spurs, told Ba in no uncertain terms he's taking it) Rather than whinge about some small issue or speculate when he's going to leave the club or anything of the sort, Im just going to sit back and enjoy his time here because it is very unlikely we'll see a more talented player at the club for a very long time.

Aye, and a certain outrageous freekick against Derby was it? When he bend it in from around the side of the wall that is not behind the goal directly. Heck I dont even know how to describe it! But it was good

Yes, lets give him this season, an injury free season hopefully! Robert's goals used to be something, and those freekicks! Miss those. Obviously considering how he is playing these days we're all singing praises of HBA, and I've very rarely seen a footballer as naturally talented as him in this league, and definitely not at this club. However some of the moments provided by those two were magic. Still cant believe the goal Robert scored against Fulham

A lot of it was down to Krul as well. I do like Simpson, I think he's ok defensively. But these days you just gota have something from your full backs going forward and he just seems clueless with the ball at his feet in an offensive position.

If only we had gotten Debuchy.

Hopefully Obertan can be classified under that by virtue of head size.

Seems HBA can do the job but he isn't an out and out winger imo and would be at his devastating best in a free role behind the strikers. As has been pointed out Jonas doesn't have the delivery. Hopefully Marveaux can do something for us this season. The likes of Ba and Cisse could do with a proper winger floating in balls from time to time. As has been mentioned defenders are vary of them now and we'll have to mix it up a bit more this season.

Not outstanding by any means but there were far worse performances than Santon's.

The sad thing is they were far from their best. We just didnt look up for it.