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West Ham are so open in the counter. Could be home and dry already. Kate has been superb!

Kante & Cesc starting again. Conte has seen the light!

They'll take any big name on the market. Don't forget Perez is running the show.

I hope this ship has sailed.

It's clear as day the board bought him. They should never solely buy a player and hope it works out. Hope Conte made that clear when he joined to prevent the same thing happening again.

People out on the town

It's all about teams applying themselves to each match regards of the opponent. Leicester V Liverpool was a prime example of one team wanting to win more.

I hope not. Kante and Matic shouldn't be in same midfield, unless they're part of a three.

They've been extremely lucky (last two teams couldn't defend) to have not suffered three defeats on the bounce. Second El Clasico might now mean something, but Sevilla shouldn't be written off either.

Just need to look at Benatia's decline Some players are happy to waste away their best years in the hope of getting a chance.

Seems the obvious choice, but I think we'd be lucky to recoup what we paid for him, unless Utd keep flashing that cash.

Arsenal aren't parting hands with him for anything less than £45-50m IMO despite him being in his final year. The question should be, who do we sell for his potential arrival?

Given his all this season. More than deserved

It's just the owner talking. I expect a £50m max to be enough to sign him. In regards to the score stat; Serie A isn't a walk in the park that some still believe to be the case.

I highly doubt it.

That might be the case now, but he should have been higher up our CB list back in 2012/3. Players aren't going to develop much going here, there & anywhere.

I haven't watched him for a number of years, but he looked like a good prospect when he won the AFCON. Has he not improved at all or what?

I meant in the meantime. England's current position in the top four (currently 4, only a bit behind Germany) should see us save for quite a while, but a noteable performance from the NT at some point soon wouldn't harm.

He really should be our number one target this summer. Has everything thats ideal to play alongside Kante.

Coefficient doesn't mean much now - http://en.as.com/en/2016/12/09/football/1481314103_008421.html

Has his flaws, but he offers a completely different dynamic to our midfield. I personally see him becoming our Pirlo with Kante & a summer buy doing his running for him should he stay.

Love having a winger that isn't afraid to shoot. He essentially won the match for us today with a hit and hope effort.

That's what can happen if you shoot. I wish more of our team did that.

Conte needs to make a few chances. Lack of ideas in this half

Awful marking. We need to take our chances in the second half