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Smith going will save around £4m a year I imagine if the reports that he's one of the high earners are true (which I think they are). Collo is the highest paid now at around 70-80k. People like Krul and Best and LoveK are on silly money (15-20k iirc).

I'd imagine Enrique and Carroll weren't on huge wages. Enrique was meant to be on c. £60k a week and Carroll had just got a new contract and was on similar I think. Think Carroll revealed he was on 30k before he went in and asked Lambiarse for more money as the LIv bid came in (he's on 50k repotedly at the pool).

Elk and raindeer are fine BBq'd. Had a lot of it in Finland.

An unfair comment that can only be based on his very slow start at the club. He's scored and set up a decent amount of goals. And no, if we're playing 2 strikers up front we don't have better players. It's (your original post) also a completely stupid comment because it doesn't make the slightest bit of sense. Are you saying they're anonymous? Invisible? Obertan offers nothing except breaking down moves. Best can't trap a ball, wins very few headers and gives the ball away. When players contribute as little as they do I think they are pointless - if it comes down to defending them as simply bodies on the pitch then thing are bad. As for playing two strikers I've been saying since May we needed wholesale changes as those left at the club were all shit. Ba is starting to look the bargain we hoped but given the qualities of the rest I wouldn't bother with two - I'd play Ben Arfa. Agree with most of that. Less power and running about and more culture.

The other thing is Barfa is a confidence player of sorts, not sure how he'll take to sitting on the bench much longer. Pards needs to wake upto this.

Agree with all of that. It was noticebale how much smoother the passing became when we got a couple of footballers on the park.

That's too kind. I've yet to see him beat his defender and he doesn't track back. I don't really see why he should be in the starting XI. He's purposeless. Needs to be benched. I'd try Santon there. Played there before iirc.

Santon looks quality. Guti is putting in some real performances of late. IF we can add one or two in Jan.....Well....

Good result against a very good side.

FUCK ME!!!!! PELE!!!

I hope the changes aren't left too late. Obertan and Best aren't having good games/up against a good defence for the first time.

Could have just guided him out the pace he was running at. Fair bit of decent posession but nobody on the park seem to able to play a ball.

I wish just sometimes Guti would bang a cross in without fiddling on the ball first...

Obertan has to help out ffs!!

Looks like Mekon Modric driving in from the left.

what's that gotta do with letting ryan taylor get a game? Dunno.

See above. Pretty clear to most onlookers that we have to be wary of letting them control the middle.

This will be the turning point for Pardew, either way.

Paul Ince. On second thoughts this joke might be too obscure.

Paul Ince.

It's all about accessing Yank slush funds and arms sales and privatising everything till people are walking the streets with plastic bags....[/lock thread]

Evra must have some self-control that's all I can say.

Every article in the last month has been saying that and they're getting them in before we start losing a few games making said articles pointless.

Come on Arenal ffs!