Suhari

Beat me to the post. Exactly my thoughts. He was good today. Him and Ossie would be ace.

Yep.

Pod we still reckon he is young, hungry and likely to improve??

Was decent today. Couple of reaction saves, and some dominance on crosses. Admittedly his punching wasn't great, but at least he was making decisions.

In short we have a top 8 first 11; and a CCC squad. Need to reset our targets.

Gaston with class control , vision and weight of pass. Very tasty, unlucky Lallana.

Cortese, get the chequebook out.......

Just as they scored I was posting about stl. Sadly I think he has a limited future with us: simply not suited to our style.

No.

#Itaintfookinhappening.

Anyone watching tomorrows game in Chiang Mai? Would be good to talk Saints and drink Singha if anybody is around.

Proper pro. Anyone who slates him should ask the simple question: would you trade the past 19 years of your life to have a similar footie career as him? Was a member of one of our strongest midfield units. I do struggle to believe however that he remained our record signing for so long!!

Looks iffy to me. Who is she?

Christmas with the missus in the sun this year. So few presses, loads of overseas spending. And a bj on Chrissie morning.

Was Potch or Cortese there btw?

Who is the Scouse commentator on uTube?

#Its Happening.

Was there a bubble?

Looked to me like he's put on some weight too.

Excellent performance. Big lessons learn this week......playing one up + moving the ball quickly gives us the edge we need. Doubt we'll see Ossie & SRL playing together again.

Big difference for me on this performance is how much quicker we are moving the ball generally, but notably in the final third. Perhaps the absence of SRL is a factor on this. I'm backing Ossie to score another.

Goal of the season? Class. Act.

Yep. Hard and dry and relentless. And I bet they won't call again.

Having been tactically and technically embarrassed by all of the other teams. C'mon ENGERRRLANNND!! Pick the youth, **** the results, play the right way and build for the future.

That's the thing isn't it though. Getting it wide and slinging it into the box won't help us progress; too easy for teams to defend - unless we get wide and round the back of the full back and cross/pull back. But we don't have the pace for this. Last night we we getting it wide and aiming hopeful crosses in. Worked in L1 and the Championship, but in the Prem it's a waste of effort. We need more incisive runs, diagonal through balls etc. Gaston has the skills we need in our CM....he is the only player in the past couple of seasons to provide that inventive spark when we are tight in the final third; but is clearly lacking something (desire/effort/fitness?) and I don't see that changing with him unfortunately. Right now we are so predictable as an attacking force. The solution? £10M spend in January on someone like Coutinho or Banegra, and perhaps bring in a Lennon-type too. At least we'll have options then.