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I don't think he'd br much of an improvement over Alonso. Might be slightly better technically, but has similar shortcomings as Alonso.

I honestly expect him to leave sooner rather than later. Just seems like the person that will force a move should an sizeable bid come in.

He should be starting most games alongside Kante IMO.

Getting over that line.

Great way to shut a few up.

Wish Cesc started instead of Matic. Don't see the need for two DMF's at home against lesser sides.

Not sure if that's sarcasm, but you always want to stop momentum. A draw doesn't do that and no doubt they'll get a chance to win it.

A City win should be the preferred result.

City better not throw it.

They're still the same team. Leak goals like there's no tomorrow.

Swansea going to crack now

Llorente doing his part before he joins us. [emoji57]

Hope Ake makes an appearance.

He certainly isn't the same player there and doesn't have that goal scoring instinct of last season.

Wijnaldum ain't doing too bad ATM.

Last night's performance is just a glimpse of what he can do and bring to our team. Hope Conte tries again in the summer.

Price of English players has been farcical for a while. Tomkins, TOMKINS went for the same amount.

I guess he'll be on his way back to Chelsea. Shame for his season to end this way.

They did whilst he was at Villa, but didn't activate it prior to his Middlesbrough move.

I've only really seen him in a CB pairing with Manolas at Roma and can only comment on his defensive side of the game. He's physically strong, pacey & good in the air, but his lack of awareness a lot of the time and reading of the game is problematic. I know he'll only be turning 24 in a few months, but we want value for money. Only player I see at Roma that could add something would be Nainggolan. He has everything that would make him an ideal partner for Kante excluding his height. Feels like an age since we had a goal scoring midfielder in our ranks.

He killed Arsenal at the Emirates too, but his end product was severely lacking. I wouldn't be against the prospect had we no options, but we have Musonda. The talk about Adama being touted as a WB is very worrying to me. We really need to look at the bigger picture instead of more quick fix options for 5 months.

It all depends on what Conte really wants. A LWB or a center mid. I presume he'll possibly leave the former with Ake returning till the summer at least, so someone like Kessie would be good for a reasonable price. However, the options for upgrades are limited in this window. We should have gone all in for Nainggolan in the summer IMO.

Less than two weeks of the window left. I hope we make at least one big signing in that time.

Can't compare players who never played for the first team to him. They've given some players a chance to prove themselves and sold them as they didn't show enough (Bojan, G. dos Santos & Muniesa to name a few). [emoji6]

Barca let him go for a reason. We don't need to waste money on players that aren't ready to make an impact right now. I would prefer Musonda to fill that void till the summer and see how he does.