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They've just done a piece on him on SSN but no mention of us

I don't think it takes 24 hours to confirm a broken foot from a scan.

Might help VVD's foot.

Our new Chinese owners will be pleased

He was talking about ages. HTH.

We should be good for a penalty against West Ham now

Maybe the same ITK source that told you Bertrand was signing for Liverpool?

You make it sound like we lose players to injuries picked up in games week in, week out. We don't. And we didn't in the seasons we weren't implementing a ridiculous rotation policy either. I agree that Puel has been let down by the club a bit in the transfer market, but the rotation policy, formation and tactics are all down to him. He decided to come in and fundamentally change the way we play and approach games, and it isn't working. In fact we're doing worse now than the start of the season when the players were still 'learning'. Give him the rest of the season but there has to be improvements. And before Pamplemouse (??) jumps all over this with some pish comment about Swansea - getting rid of one manager after a year wouldn't be turning us into a club that sacks managers every two minutes. It would just be called admitting a mistake...!

Tell us more...

And if we draw or lose?

Hi Jose!

Are we buying Sigurdsson for £30m now?

At the begging of the season I would have said top 10, out of the Europa group. Anything in the other cups would be a bonus. Puel decided to come in and change the way we play (formation and tactics). At the moment I feel we are further away from his style 'clicking' than we were in the first 4 or 5 games. Now that he apparently has more time to spend on the training pitch, by the end of the season I expect: us to be playing confidently in our new formation the midfield to contribute more in an attacking sense (4+ goals) us to concede fewer goals (pro rata).

The over rotation of the starting 11 certainly hasn't helped out of form players. The likes of Rodriguez or Long have a semi decent game and they're dropped to the bench again. We're crying out for a bit of consistency all over the pitch but we'll struggle to get that when we make so many changes from game to game.

Is there any scenario in your world where the manager can be at fault?

I guess Bertrand is off to Liverpool next, eh?

The ginger Pirlo?

Nonsense. He sold AoC as soon as Arsenal came calling and had lined up Lambert to go to West Ham. The whole 'Cortese didn't sell' stuff is a myth!

The way our midfield is setup this season is completely different in terms of tactics and formation. The reason our midfielders don't get in the opposition's box isn't because they lack nous, it's because they're setup to contain not attack.

Not unless Puel fundamentally changes the way he asks our midfield to play. He doesn't deploy midfield runners or encourage them to push forward. He expects the front three to do the attacking and the midfield to contain.

Maybe check the post I was responding to first before you get your knickers in a twist, petal.

Bournemouth players breaking from midfield leading to two goals... Lots of quick, direct, forward passing - let's hope Claude is watching...

To be fair to him Les "bonus" Reed is a subtle addition to his monologue. This will be the next thing in his "if I say it enough it must be true" approach to wummery.

It was fine in the Kingsland North and a good selection of tracks too. More of this please.

Luckily there'll be uber fans like yourself there to direct the masses. I don't know what they'd do without you.