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True i cant see the players worried by an AVB team talk. the only other thing that may motivate them is performance based wages but i could never see that coming into effect , plus most of them don't need the money any more.

To be honest is his mind on football at the moment ? he should be dropped until these allegations etc have run there course so he can concentrate on his football again and if we insist to keep playing the high line , he will be an liability. I dont think its just Terry Though Cole has been abysmal this season , he has lost that yard of pace that made him the defender he was.

Exactly the old guard must be just counting there pennies until retirement what do they have to prove ? we need some players who want to fight for the shirt and are hungry for success. just like we have when Mourniho took over , none of these players had lifted a PL trophy this helped urge them on to grab the opportunity. Man City have gone out and brought fresh younger players who will do the same. All teams have to change i just feel we have left it too late we waited too long in the summer to decide who stays and who goes , i understand we had a new manager who had to assess the squad. i don't mind winning nothing this season as long as we finish in the top 4 without this i think we will struggle to turn around what used to be a scary team to play.

one thing that got me was what seem like Torres's sheer delight when he saw his old team mates at the end of the game , it was like he was celebrating with them. one thing we lack is team unity. a few years ago you could say most of our players would fight for the shirt. now its just a bunch as sub par individual performances.

Its not only that we done have the players for his tactics. The way we play wont work in the premier league , slick football will win you games in spain and portugal but not here , the gameplay is to fast. we dont have the time on the ball.

After reading some posts on this forum its nice to see that avb is getting a lot of backing. But this is the worst season to be in transitiob. There is a high chance we will miss out on cl football this season and with the ffp rules coming in to effect we can't chuck money at us getting back in the top 4. Last season people were calling for Carlos head. If this team finnished 2nd it would be a mircle. Could you imagine a Jose team with a defensive record like this? I think we have been spoiled over the years and we need to get used to the fact were not the dominat force we once was. Without the money we get for being in the top 4 its going to be tougj getting back up there. I hope avb can sort out our problems because i think he is a great manager. We need some consitancy and he should go back to the drawing board. Forget fancy football just win games play dirty and hat a result if need be.

Why do Fucking Liverpool always beat us! I pray for the europa league at the moment ! And as for torres all he wanted was to hug his old mates!

Massive game i would take a 1-0 win coming off carras arse. Let's face it man city will have the title wrapped up by Xmas but we needs to secure third. Please Chelsea a routine win!

I dont disagree benzema is a good player i just feel Higuain has more to his game just my opinion but I respect your views.

There are doubts aboit benzemas consistency. Higuain is the better player.

Im not suggesting that. I'm just thinking why pay 50 mil for a player to sit on the bench.

Interesting , a bit of praise from your manager cant be a bad thing.

Nice to see him settling in. hopefully he will be one youth star we will see in the future.

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Congrats Tomo , your topics have always been informative and a worthwhile read

Exactly its not like they a riddled with top strikers , he is much better then Benzema would love him here , but how would that help Torres ?

Completely agree give it till the end of the season , no results think about shipping him off then Malaga maybe a good destination i couldnt see him at PSG or Anzhi , though i hope we are not talking about this come the end of the season i want him to win trophies with us and become a fan favourite here. time will tell but he better get his shooting boots on sharpish.

But the question is how will AVB make him a matchwinner , time will tell i guess.

That Video title is a little miss leading :eyebrows:

I cant see AVB asking Rafa he does need to man manage him better though , i agree in the terms that we wont be able to afford to replace him but there is a chance that we will be getting rid of Anelka, Drogba and Malouda so we may have some space in the age budget plus we have Danny , could he step up and be the main man ? Torres in some games shows he has still got it , we just need to get him to the point where he is consistent.

Exactly we need to address the right wing issue. this MUST be AVB's first port of call , or i am giving up hope

Sorry i meant recently , have to agree with your other post these has been glimpses of the Torres of old but nothing more than that. If we are still saying this at the end of the season we will be looking for alternatives.

If he scores i think he will put all the shit behind him , if he has another bad game i think we might be looking at another waste of money as Bluelion said his patience is getting thin and i think that's the case for alot of us here. Its not like he is new to the league so he should be at least scoring , that's what he is paid to do. he has had longer to prove himself here than any other striker we have had.

Didn't he come out and say that a couple of months ago , is this his way of reassuring us that he is trying.

There will be plenty more promising youngsters we will beat them too. its not the end of the world. Back to the game im quite worried about this game think we need beat them convincingly and make a point!