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He's been abysmal this season too.That cunt Naismith is the one that annoys me most in their team. I just know that it'll be an annoying match that we'll have to be at our best to get the 3 points because they'll pack so many bodies in midfield. They'll likely do everything they can to mark Fabregas out of the game.

Will Baines be fit?

So after playing so well, now that they score West Ham play like scared little bitches and will inevitably allow United to score. Just letting them do as they please here.

Everton have been dire all season. They have absolutely zero creativity in their side as they again showed against Liverpool. If Cesc is back I'll feel very confident and I'll feel even more so if José starts with Willian at #10 and Cuadrado out wide. Will Baines still be out?

That's normally a match we'd manage to drop points from a winning position so I'm delighted in the end. Played poorly and still saw it out. I pray Cesc is back for Everton. If we can win that one and have Costa still to come back we'll be in a glorious position.

Arsenal made this lot look like a non Legue side last week. We're making them look like a top 3 team. Fucking embarrassing.

WHAT THE FUCK ARE WE DOING?!

Better score again before the mountain Benteke comes on and destroys Cahill.

If the opposition had any quality we'd have conceded. They're doing absolutely whatever they want on both flanks. We look so shakey and hesitant in defense. Drogba is absolutely destroying almost every attacking move. NO WAY SHOULD HE BE STARTING PREMIER LEAGUE MATCHES!

We're allowing this shirt team WAY too much space. Just inviting a goal. We should be dominating the possession and we're just letting them have it.

Goodness me, Didier has been shocking!

Get a hold of the ball, ffs! Stop smacking it long. So frustrating. Getting outplayed thus far.

Look at Spurs' goal difference compared to everyone around them.

I worry that our midfield will be slow and laborious without Cesc. Villa will probably pack the midfield and prevent us from playing there. Can see this being a very frustrating one.

Called Cahill starting. Cesc

Have a funny feeling that Cahill will inexplicably start and a shot from 30 yards will take a massive deflection off of his knee and that's how Villa will get their first goal in a millenium. Something mental like that. Hazard will have one of his days today, though, and will be unplayable I feel. 1-4 I think it'll finish.

Not if but when. They'll surely fluke a goal somehow, I can already see it. Just don't think they'll be able to stop us scoring more.

Agree to disagree, then. Again, purely speaking of attacking play, Mata needs pace and movement in front of him to thrive. This is why he doesn't look half the player at United as he did here. He's got an aging RvP, an injury plagued Falcao, and no wingers to speak of there. Their attack is stagnant and dull most of the time. He's resigned to sideways passes and walking pace. Here he'd have loads of movement and pace with which to work. Our attack would be better in my opinion while our overall play would likely suffer, so I agree with you there. We'd probably resemble Arsenal or Liverpool a bit whereas we'd score 3-5 but also concede loads.

He's constantly in and out of their team. Van Gaal is trying desperately to show the country that he's a genius and keeps tinkering with the system and Mata doesn't always play where he should.I DO think our current set of players would be perfect for Mata in an attacking sense. Pacey, direct runners in Hazard and Cuadrado on the flanks for him to release and (as we've seen with Cesc) he'd have Costa's fantastic movement in front of him to play pinpoint through balls to. The problem, obviously, is that having both Cesc and Mata in the same team we may get slaughtered in midfield defensively. Could work against small teams, though.

I knew I wasn't hearing things when I heard him say that a couple of times! He did say that!Shocked that none of the press there picked up on that. Otherwise there would be 100 front pages filled with it.

Really?There are a handful of #10's in the league I'd have over Coutinho. Özil, Eriksen, Silva, Cazorla and Mata. I'd love to just see what we'd look like with Mata back in his natural position here.

Eh, I disagree. Tidy little player who's fun to watch but I couldnt see him working in our team.Eriksen I'd have, though. If Özil hadn't gone to Arse I'm sure he'd love to work with José again. In fact, if you asked Özil himself privately and off the record he'd say he'd join us in a heartbeat.

He's even MORE inconsistent than Oscar and is a terrible finisher.

Would anyone be truly upset if we cashed in on Oscar for big money (£35m +) and replaced him with a genuine, creative, natural #10? Do you think we have enough hard working, industrious players in the team already that we can afford a more attack minded player there? It's tough for me. I really, really like Oscar and know he's capable of so much more but how long is it going to take? He's got the odd fantastic match in him but goes missing far too often for a player in such an important position for a top team. The problem (if you can call it that) with potentially getting rid of him is that we have Cesc in the middle of the pitch who, let's be honest, isn't the quickest or most athletic. If we had a prototypical #10 in place of Oscar it could leave Cesc too exposed and as we've seen quite a few times this season, athletic or pacey players can run by him quite easily. He benefits from Oscar harassing and pressing players defensively and allowing him more space offensively. Would we be a worse side if we replaced Oscar with say an Eriksen or Mata ( ) type? I sort of think José would feel we would be and hence Oscar won't be sold any time soon.

Wonder if the Dortmund fans would hate him and disown him if he decides to leave if the get relegated. Will they accuse him of abandoning them or will they be happy for him?