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Apparently we're paying them 35K/wk so they would give him playing time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J80_iIeE9g

Really does not fit the general profile of the current team, I really doubt we'll recall him. Could probably get some decent profit on him, though.

Dude, you think the shitty internet in Lebanon can load .GIFs?!

Just the 5 wins then

Yeah exactly. Doesn't look Adidas quality at all.

Is it me or do these look rather poorly made?

You loose count of the times he says "I though we deserved" in a single interview. The same annoying deluded sense of self entitlement of majority of Liverpool fans. No, Brendan, you don't "deserve" in football, you go out and do. No one keeps a morality football table, you don't get for deserving.

He was decent at Swansea, but he got 'Scously' brainwashed. They absolutely ruined him. I can't even stand to hear his delusional ramblings anymore.

Well you don't exactly "tour" Lebanon. The whole country can be covered by car in a single day And given that in the 80s more than half the country was under Israeli occupation, it would have been a very short "tour"

If Mikel is fully fit again, I wonder if Jose will give Matic a rest to avoid him picking up a card. I think that Cesc can avoid a card if he really wants to. He's rarely in a position where he needs to foul someone, unlike Matic.

A few comments from some Reading forum: "Really solid first performance from Ake, vs. Cardiff. Didn't try anything spectacular, but barely put a foot wrong in the whole game. Gave us real solidity in midfield and should have provided a platform for other players to perform, but that didn't quite happen...." "I thought he look very composed on the ball, but he did disappear a bit in the 2nd half, but given his tender years and his 1st performance that could be expected. I`m sure he will grow into the side in the cominng weeks. Wondering if SC is looking at a all Chelsea CM partnership.Hoping for a season long loan next year." "Impressed overall with Ake." "Thought AKE looked composed and kept it simple. He was bypassed a bit at first and I was disappointed at the number of times he made himself available for a simple ball from Pearce only to be ignored and the ball lumped long. The more we use him the more points we'll get." "Controlled the game, largely due to Ake who i thought had a decent debut. Worth seeing if we can get him on loan next season" " Ake looked a potential superstar"

Pretty much...

Anyone saw him for Reading yesterday or knows some Reading fans and who can give us a few ideas on how he looked.

I really like the different things he gives us up front. The fluidity yesterday in the first half among the front four and the free exchanging of positions gave Stoke some serious headaches. I think his pressing and defensive work-rate have really improved since signing for us and it's obviously something he's worked hard on in training. I love his attitude and his willingness to do everything to help the team and his teammates. At one point in the first half he spent like a full 5 minutes on the left win after exchanging places with Eden on an attack, and he did all the defensive work and tracked their RB to the edge of our box more than once. That's always great to see, especially from a player who has not been getting a lot of playing time.

I just remembered Mark Hughes moaning about time wasting in the added time. Can someone explain the meaning of the word 'irony' to him, please? The fuckers started wasting literally from the start. In the third minute of the match Begovic took over 40 seconds to take a goal kick!

And he saved the team more than twice in the last match as well. He's got a lot of stick for the two mistakes, and rightly so, but you want him to get the criticism for two freak mistakes that Cahill gets for consistently making the same mistakes over and over again. That's not going to happen because Thibaut has been solid and consistent throughout the season.

Now just imagine being a Liverpool fan and seeing that Gerard slip over and over and over again

Are you saying that there was no civil war and it was all just the aftermath of a Chelsea preseason tour? That certainly puts a new spin on it!

Obviously the new Mikel/Malouda/Kalou...etc. He had a good game.Was crucial to our brilliant pressing in the first half and got involved really well in the play and link up with Hazard, Willian, Cesc and Remy. Missed a big chance which he really should have scored but that doesn't take away from what he did do very well. We actually played better with him on in the first half with the front 4 exchanging roles almost completely freely. But understandably Jose wanted to bring on another striker because we were lacking clinical finishing and it was either him, Hazard or Willian and the latter two were having truly fantastic performances; the best in a while.

He might not have natural ability with his left foot, but he's smart enough to offer options in attack with little runs and movements. Of course, defensively, he's still the best in the league and possibly even in the world.

Back to his best? Judging by the lack of activity in the thread I'd say yes! Or at least close to. Thought he had an excellent game and was one of our top performers along with Eden and Willian. He linked up brilliantly with them and Oscar. He showed real willingness to make an impact in the final third, something he had been lacking recently. He adds a huge bonus when he's active in and around the box against teams that park the bus. Btw, does pen he won officially count as an assist or is that only on fantasy football?

5 wins and a draw.

I'm starting to really worry about him. I said when we were linked with him that he was not as good as people were making him out to be, but he's certainly much better than this! His confidence levels look bad.....I mean Torres of 2011 bad! He's obviously trying hard by tracking back even into inside our box, but give the ball away or make a simple backwards pass to the RB every single time is just terrible at any level.

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