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Looks fabulous. Great work Jim.

IMO they're both pretty equal. If we're looking for other options in the Prem, then we should look at Samba. He might cost a little more (don't know what his contract situation is, but I think we can get him for 10m or 12 at the most) but he is twice the player Cahill is.

Don't base your judgement on highlights. Our final-third passing was slightly better than usual (Torres played some great passes to put the likes of Mata, Lampard, etc through on goal) and our possession was good as well. We are clearly lacking creativity but this performance was by no means as bad as the recent outings against Wigan, Fulham & Villa

hahaha! Didn't know that happened! Is that from the Villa game?

imo Meireles provides more through his work-rate. Lamps is pretty much static in the midfield area when the other team has the ball.

Meireles may be average but imo he provides more to the team because of his work-rate

Might be a blessing in disguise if it falls through Thought this would be a good signing but if the trouble is him wanting higher wages then he can fuck off and we can look to other options.

If he actually believes he has some kind of god given right to be starting every game for us then he is deluded. I have to say I'm surprised at the way he's been reacting. I didn't think there was anything to it but after watching the post-match videos from yesterdays game, yeah there do seem to be signs that he's unhappy. I support Andre 100% regarding this. It is obvious to me that Lampard is not good enough to be starting anymore. He's even been rubbish against the majority of the "weaker" teams.

Frank should STFU if he really feels that way. He is a legend and I will always love and respect him for what he's done for the club but he is simply not good enough to be starting anymore and that is a fact. The only reason he's even getting the gametime he is right now is because our midfield is absolutely awful. If we actually had a couple of half-decent attacking midfielders in our squad, he wouldn't get half the minutes he's gotten so far

AVB has taken that approach (not praising individuals) from the beginning of the season. It's not as if he's been praising every single player but Lampard

Yeah but I hate strikers who moan about things like that. Anyway I wasnt referring to that moment. There were a couple of times in the first half when he didn't even bother to run for crosses

Yep much much improved. One thing that I disliked though was every time he didn't get the ball he wanted, he gave up and slumped his shoulders and stopped running. I know things are not falling for him atm but as a striker you also have to MAKE things happen for yourself and I just think that if he didn't give up and actually chased after balls/defenders to pressurize them, he'd get more chances

Same as Jaimin - between Torres and Luiz for me. Went for Torres

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Our defending during set-pieces scares the SHIT out of me. I don't get how we can be so disorganized and so many players can be ball-watching every single time. Very true but the commentator did make a good point - he plays superbly for almost the entire game but one slip in concentration almost gifted them with a goal; referring to that LampardvsVilla-esque pass that he almost presented to the Wolves player. If the Wolves guy (was it Fletcher?) had been able to control it, he would have been clear.

He's miscontrolled practically every pass he's gotten though lol

Lampards tackle really ruined it. We were completely dominating them. Now they're finally awake and pumped up.

Don't think this is a game for lukaku tbh.. Maybe put him on in the 70th or 75th min

Jaimin - Ashley mom??? What???? He's been awful imo In an ideal world Josh would come on for Raul/lamps but it aint gonna happen

Cole should be subbed off. His performance has been utter shit since the first minute and he's probably going to get himself sent off if he stays on.

Ugh lampard you TWAT. that daft challenge - for which he should have been sent off - has ruined our entire game plan

Ashley has been utter shit so far. Every single touch has been miscontrolled

Lol ugh I glanced at the wrong lineup

Oh and it's WONDERFUL to have ivanovic back

Don't think it's a 4-3-3 just cause the official website says so. It's crap most of the time they have no clue what they're writing