Duppy Conqueror

Zola was 30 when he arrived. aswell as quite a few who have contributed greatly to our proud history. we have plenty of youth we farm out on loan every year.

time to move on to other targets .gotta take no for an answer with this..we are already just about entering the "panic buy time" with the season fast approaching..i`m happy with Alonso as the main starter anyway.(I`m not gonna bother comparing him to Sandro when it`s clear he`s not gonna be coming now) I don`t think Bertrand would want to come either,as he shouldn`t be the nailed in starter here. we would be better served either having a young deputy we can groom to take over in a few years or a veteran who can step in when required. RWB for me is the wingback position in bigger need of an upgrade. I liked the rumour we were interested in Cedric Soares.

feels like we putting our season on a currently injured,never played in the premier league,new signing to hit the ground running. I would have preferred atleast competition for that spot for him in Matic. who I`d class as a good option in "horses for courses" situations. he will need to be replaced and this transfer window you gotta pay 20-30 mill for a career back up.

i`m chuffed we got him..best all round striker available at start of transfer window imo..and his name rolls off the tongue for songs much better than the Dortmund dude that i was gonna just call PEA. Hope Jose is wrong about Lukaku a 2nd time...i certainly think we got the best fit for us in Morata tho.

only Man City could blow around 90million on two defenders that can`t really defend.yet they seem to do it most summers.

in certain games he added something we will be missing now but i expect Morata to have more good games over the course of a season and at minimum equal his goal tally with minus the drama..Morata is similar in some ways than him as a complete CF.

i think sometimes we could play with 2 up front,(but even with just 1 upfront we do need 3 in the squad,cover for injuries and loss of form)...in the way we used to with Jimmy Floyd and Eidur..Kruse would be an Eidur..i haven`t seen too much of him but he seems quite "industrious".and some positional flexibility.LW/CF,SS.and has a decent left peg..i know there are a few with that surname tho so might be thinking of the wrong one.

he would make great runs like Pedro without the ball but turn into Ramires with it. only fans of a small club should lament the loss of Salah..scousers will say they have replaced Sterling now and in a way they have.

can`t really blame him..he`ll be closer to starting at Scumpool. and Klopp has a long record of starting players younger than we as a club have.i can`t wish him success,as I couldn`t wish Joe Cole success when he went there and he was "one of us" who also contributed alot more towards our success. I liked Solanke..seemed the ideal prospect in the past to be groomed into the longterm 1 upfront. but alas..great clubs lose good prospects a lot. .

and the shit from the lane has won fook all again... they do cock tease their fans though,so I can`t hate their players for that.

i`d prefer us go for a veteran CF..somebody that can be a super sub and fill in now and then. think a young player like him could struggle with bit part role and also buying another youngster up front buries Bertrand ,Tammy and Dom.

shouldn`t take them lightly but I`m thinking after they beat scumpool we won`t. back to the wasteland of Wolverhampton we go..

thank you for the memories Branislav..he leaves with quite a treasure chest of winners medals. a club legend.

for some reason I thought he was in his late 20`s.solid player from what I`ve seen in internationals and for Schalke. nice option for the squad and could get a bargain,why not.

I would never put an agreed fee at the end of a loan out.it doesn`t benefit us in any way really.

I liked him and had high hopes but time to move on and it`s the world record fee for a sub.

the other clubs in Germany just seem to part their cheeks and hope Bayern will apply some lube...

it`s premature to think he`s done now but he is certainly somebody who needs to be dropped and fight for his place back into the team,he`s clearly woefully out of form. he helped us win the title so he was never a waste of a buy even if he never plays another good game. but sending out a message to the squad by dropping JT is wasted when Bran,Cesc and Eden are left in the team.nobody should be undropable.

I didn't even know Martin Tyler still did commentating..

I understand Jose initially losing his cool. even tho Eva followed league protocol and did nothing wrong by those rules. he should have been man enough to apologise to her and never have stopped her continuing her role tho. there`s lots to love about Jose as a manager..but there`s also plenty of head scratching things he does and problems that just stupid and counter productive

he reminds me of David Speedie so far this season.with a twist of Doug Rougvie. i did think he went slightly too far today but am fine with him getting under defenders skin. fuck it tho..it`s Arsenal..and Arsene..the way they are outraged about it..i`ll let them be the ones having a stroke over it and keep celebrating the win and 3 points.

I`ve always liked him and rooted for him,perhaps mostly just for the horrific childhood he had. but really,in my heart and mind he`s an ex-Chelsea player already. i wish him well..more than most of our ex-players.even if it`s at west ham. sure he`s one of many players the last 12 years who hasn`t been given a true chance to grow with us but at all great clubs,good players like him don`t make it even if handled better.

If we were a lesser profile team,not having expectations to win multiple trophies every year from an owner and coach with win now and we'll buy when we need depth.i think the same kind of things would be said of us. But certainly they have an impressive record of buying young unknowns or promoting from youth and turning them into good players. It's odd but if football was only played with left feet and they kept who they have sold the last 5 or so years they would be one of the best teams around. Atleast at 5 aside football..

22 league appearances plus cup games in the last 5 football months.one succesful loan,followed by the request from that club to loan him out again isn't what i would class as can't get in the team.i'm aware he didn't start today.I have no expectations of any youngster bought for less than 20m being given a true chance here,even tho one or two have it's never an expectation but only speak from what i would do and Kalas who can offer what Bran can as a RB/CB only with pace enough to track attackers back close enough to prevent crosses and in a lesser role as back up to Azpi who will play all games when healthy or not needing a rest.then i would prefer either Kalas or Kane players whose transfer fee has already been paid,than to spend again on that role/position.

I`d play Blackmon, we are fucked if Begovic takes a knock that puts him out for a few months.rather not risk that in such a game. and Blackmon needs some gametime to sharpen him up incase he needs to come on with goalkeepers getting sent off so easily now compared to how they almost never did. so.. 1.Blackmon 2.Zouma 3.Rahman 4.Papy. 5.Terry 6.Mikel 7.Ramires 8.Loftus-cheek 9.Remy 10.Traore 11 Kenedy. should be enough to see us through.for me progress in this cup is more important to let fringe players get time than for any cup glory.even tho I like us to win as much as possible including Milk Cups.