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This. Hazard would have given the Arse a real fear factor and Baka would have bullied them alonside Kanta. As for Morata, going into war with another defender is not his game and the support has to adapt to him better. Diego was always going to be a huge miss in these sort of games but that's now (no pun intended) a bridge too far.

Did not like the look of the starting lineup with that midfield, and I thought it was harsh that Rudiger lost his place to Cahill. Willian and Pedro did not get wide enough in this game and kept getting caught with their backs to goal. We seemed to get a foothold once Bakayoko came on (would have started with him) and Eden carved out our best chance in the second half. All in all disappointing but I am afraid we did not do enough in this game to win it. Onwards and upwards.

I do understand where Dingus is coming from. Over a decade ago we could put out a second team that could still compete on the day. But the problem today is we do not do alot of rotating (that could always change because of the CL). If you have 2 top quality players for every position eventually one is going to become unhappy due to not playing enough compared to the one he is competing with and as a result his performance and motivation can drop. There's also the current financial climate where fees and wages are higher than ever been. believe me when I say the name Danny Drinkwater never crossed my mind when the season ended but he's here now and wants to be here and I will get behind anybody who wants to be at this club and fight for it.

Just hope we don't think January will be a saving grace because it will be even harder to get players to join mid season.

My guess is their window allows them to buy from whoever but only sell in Spain. Hope nobody watching Eden tonight 😨

The Mahrez thing went quiet, me thinks somebody's nose grew four feet longer on that one.

And yet we put ourselves in this position. Fancy waiting this late to try to get so many deals done at the same time. Talk about egg on your face. I would love to hear what our strategy was after May because I think we must some escaped mental patient doing this.

There will be tomorrow. La Liga transfer closes on Friday.

Careful Davide, you shake his hand and he'll take your soul.

Well we got one in and hopefully four to go -19 minutes ago.

I think it tells you Bob that alot of these English players are given too much at a young age and become fat and spoiled at this stage of their careers when they should be working hard to reach a better level. I am starting to think this current generation of "English stars" don't have the mental strength for the big time. Just my opinion though.

I suspect that PSG cannot buy him out right due to FFP, I think they will pay the big money for him next summer.

Ill snap your hand off for 4th place. Plus Michael and Marina's P45s.

Lump he'd probably get injured in the car. And I have child proof locks and a baby seat XD

James if I wasn't working tomorrow I would gladly drive Loic up the M4 to Swansea myself. Actually I would drop him near Grittinham and let him walk the rest of the way.