Fabrice29

Would actually love Hesketh to be involved tomorrow night. I think he's the stand out class in the u21 side above Reed et al.

I wont lie, it's just come to me that I went to MK Dons last season. Sorry guys haha.

Cant be bothered to find it but just to let the guy know who was talking about wanting an Inter ticket with only Arsenal away in the league cup 2 years ago on his record...I have exactly the same record and got a ticket officially at 10.15 this morning. So I hope you gave it a bash out of chance today like I did.

McCarthy Martina Yoshida Fonte Targett Reed Clasie JWP Davis Rodriguez Redmond

Classic Fitzhugh Fella. Overreacting, not actually waiting until he hears the full story and blaming both the management and foreign flair player. Clearly Austin at fault, could even see that as it was happening everyone knows Tadic is the penalty taker.

Interesting. How do I go about contacting them regarding this then?

Inter were not selling hospitality at this moment anyway so certainly haven't stopped temporarily.

The chance for youngsters and squad players is next week against Palace. Right now we need to win this game if we are to qualify from this group and more importantly I dont want us ****ing about with squad players when confidence is fragile and we need a win to kick start our season.

Fonte turned away from the ball, found himself the facing the wrong side panicked grabbed hold of Giroud and started dangling his feet around as Giroud out muscles him. You cant grab shirts, you cant desperately dangle your leg out and not get the ball and you cant trip someone up after the ball has gone. He panicked and was reckless.

Really? Have a think how you'd feel if this wasn't given a penalty at the other end..

I'm not reading through 5 pages of meltdown talk but having seen the penalty incident clearly now I assume everyone agrees it's ridiculous from Fonte and a penalty yes?

As Steve Grant says 9 pages of context is needed before anyone can make a true judgement on the comments. However the phrase "going after" suggests we are deciding at the ages of 8/9 when the club brings these players into the club that we are able to not just spot a technically gifted player, but being able to judge their game and what role they play in a team. At such a young age that seems pretty ridiculous to me.

Does he though? Do people think it's actually going to get to season ticket holders with no away games?

They defintely check ID. Including the home end. I've heard that from two sources now. One guy on another message board who sat in the home end at the San Siro last season and a friend I have in Milan. No idea if this means we will be turned away from the home end even if we buy the tickets with the correct name and ID though.

A "Commerical Director" has emailed fans apparently saying there is no neutral areas in the San Siro and passports will be checked upon entry.

How likely/easy is that? I remember going to the San Siro years ago for Inter v Cagliari and getting a ticket was very easy but when throwing in the equation of an English team and English fans, will getting a ticket on the day still be OK?

Can you name the 12-15 teams better than us please? I struggle to name 10 personally.

Well we don't actually know if we would have been stronger had we held on to the 3 departees. That's what the rest of the season is for. Also doesn't taken into the account if we kept all 3 they'd have been seriously ****ed off. The recruitment team seem happy and they've earnt my trust, so that's good enough for me. We'll see how it goes. Everyone knows finishing 6th is going to be difficult. It was last season and argubaly the end of last season papered over some cracks that were threw up over Xmas. We'll see what happens, I'm excited. Hoijberg looks good, better than Vic, Pelle wasn't in the side at the end of last season isn't a massive loss, and Boufal cost us double what Mane did so the recruitment team must see something in him and he comes highly regarded. As for the squad and extra games...I think people should trust in Puel and why he's been bought in. Remember his experience is good with young players. I can see some of them getting used and they already look closer to the first team than they ever did under Koeman. I'm excited by that.

Journalist on twitter saying Haller deal seems unlikey now. Also I really dont get the Berahino hype. Decent player but when people say "our type of signing" I'm interested to know what they mean. He's a bit of a ****, hence why he's been punched at both WBA and Brentford by team mates and his record isn't great, 1 goal in 29 or something? Fair enough most of them are sub appearances and in a Tony Pulis side but other than a good few months the season prior and loan spells is he really all that? A lot of hype and fair enough if we signed him but there is quite a lot of question marks over him and he's not a stand out talent. Feel a bit sorry for him, he's been used in a Chairman v Manager battle at WBA but meh..there's a reason why only Stoke have really shown an interest in him at the price WBA want. He'll get cheaper next year and I'd like to see him stand up and be counted in the mean time before I consider him someone I think we should be showing a keen interest in.

Imagine the meltdown on here if we signed a Championship player for a fee close to our record signing. Probably would have been over that for an English club too. The fee is madness and that's without the media hype there would have been if Prem clubs were interested...which presumably they weren't for a reason.

Interesting. Cant see them getting both him and Rodriguez.

Don't really see how the formation is massively different to what we've played before. It asks for 3 fluid front players. Today especially it didn't have 3 fluid front players. Last season at times we were just as confused and static and we played 3 front players who were asked to be fluid. They are a little more central but ultimately the last couple of seasons we've asked our full backs to be our width anyway. The only thing this formation doesn't encourage is overlaps and one twos out wide with Pelle used to thrive on the resulting crosses. We had many times last season when people moaned on here about crosses being **** and dealing with us easily, now we've changed it up they're still moaning. You could also make a serious case for Sunderland, Watford and United defenders being set up to be able to deal with big target men just as easily as well. Further to this I think whilst one player wont completely solve the issue Bertrand is much better than Targett going forward. He offers more penetration, more variety and more pace. Cedric is just as guff in this formation as he was the last. Yes it's different but not massively. It's 4 at the back with the full backs playing wide and pushing forward. It's a front 3 which needs to be fluid, intelligent, inventive and brave. It's a midfield 3 which has a protector and two box to box midfielders. Last year we played 4 at the back with the full backs playing wide and pushing forward. It had a protector in Wanyama and a box to box midfielder in Davis sometimes with either Romeu another protector or Ward Prowse a box to box midfielder and it's fair to say Hoijberg is good enough to do both roles. It was a front 3 which was fluid, intelligent, inventive and brave, just starting slightly more centrally this time round but they do have the license to move out wide. I'm glad to see VVD is ****ed off. Yes we are asking them to play a different way, that's what happens when your manager walks out on you, you get someone else in and he might have the odd different idea, although as I've said I dont think it's hugely different, still relies on possession and intelligent play. Yes we had success last season but you cant stand still, you need to change things up at times otherwise people find you out. Also one major thing VVD did say in that interview...the formation is not an excuse.

Nothing wrong with the formation, manager or board. Simple lack of intelligence, invention and movement upfront is all that cost us. Started well, Austin on his toes but by the time he was rightly dragged off he was just static. Things were a lot better when Jay Rod came on and Redmond dropped into the whole. Those two and Long playing quick passes with movement trying to break lines sparked us again. Tadic quiet but Austin and Fonte especially were really really poor. The rest of the team is more than OK. Dominated the game. The formation is more than fine. A decent right back wouldn't go a miss and Bertrand back will help but the formation relies on fluid movement upfront with clever play. Austin and Tadic didn't provide that today. Jay Rod and Redmond did. Think this formation really suits Rodriguez so I'm hoping we keep him. Playing wide, cutting inside looking for one two's and having a strike from range is exactly what this formation needs and it's exactly what Rodriguez brings. Austin can do one though. I sit next to a guy who seems to love him but I have yet to see him offer anything to us. Obviously he has his talents and he showcased them for QPR of course but he's been here since January and I dont know what he's done to deserve to be starting games.

I think it makes perfect sense...if he's seen as a right back. Problem is if he's seen as a CB by Arsenal and himself and they presumably want him to play regular football then this isn't right club for him as he's only getting in if Fonte or VVD are injured/rested. If he wants to come as a right back then he would be straight into our team.

Yeah when people say a finished article....name names...because I've seen Everton and Palace plays £60m on players who are premier league experienced and I'm laughing my tits off at them. PL experienced managers have normally been sacked by teams of the quality we are trying to be. Again..name names.