ErwinK1961

Les Reed: "He’s young, hungry and wants to prove himself.” Fit's perfectly

Agreed! Wouldn't mind seeing an in-swinger for a change

I think it's obvious to anyone with half a brain cell that Celtic were waiting for their champions league fate to be known before allowing him to leave.

Did you and Roger go to the same school of grammar?

@Simon_Rowntree: It has been brought to our attention that Dr Carneiro also had a threesome with Ivanovic and fellow Serb Matic. You can tell she has a type.

Meltdown.

I fear you'll never be satisfied with a midfield signing we make, unless we bring Jack Cork back

If you were looking for a positive frame of mind, then coming on here was a terrible idea.

Don't be nasty.

FFS, not again.

I think Everton showed why it's beneficial to leave players up at set pieces.

This would be a pants signing, would just add to an already pretty slow back line and not what we need at all.... Which is why I can't see this being true.

Spot on. We discussed this after the Everton game (when they exploited leaving people up!) and again last night. Really don't understand why it doesn't happen, as you say, what benefit is Mane to us in our own box? Though it has been like this for a while, Adkins used to leave 1/2 up in his first few games here, then he seemed to change it to no-one and its been the same ever since.

Probably had that templated up for ages, been waiting months to finally use it.

'Not looking to sell'... heard that before. Club needs to come out and confirm he's not for sale at any price, end it there.

Selling our only real creative spark this close to the end of the window would be a disaster. Surely we couldn't...could we?

I agree I'd rather have two DM's in there, 100%. Romeu and Vic have to start for me at all times if fit. But also think it's important who sits in front of them and the side is more balanced with Davis or JWP in there than a Mane or Tadic. Basically as per Shurlocks comments!

100% agree with this.

That's not what he is saying though, the difference is Davis isn't playing in the other comparison. Not having Davis in place of any of the others mentioned is the big difference.

If only we could be like Everton and keep our best players.

thank you

I guess this is where we disagree as I would not class Steven Davis as an attacking midfielder in comparison to the other players I previously mentioned. When he's on his game he knits midfield and defence really well. Having Mane / Tadic in this role in midfield is completely different, which is why I disagreed with the original post. Also, I'm not asking us to completely abandon a formation that as you say, has served us brilliantly for that period, just suggesting I'd rather 3-5-2 then an overloaded attacking team that throws the balance out. It would also allow Mane to have a free role around Pelle, which seems to be what we're trying to do with the current formation. In regards to Cedric and his defending, surprised you can't see why people are questioning his defensive ability. It's obviously early days and not writing him off at all, but he's so far been shown wanting in his positioning and strength (not just against Lukaku) and I think its perfectly valid to raise this as a current concern.

My point being that I don't think we can play 4 attacking players from Mane, Tadic, Long, Pelle, J-rod, Juanmi without it effecting the balance of the team. Things certainly improved when Romeu came on and I think him and Vic will form a great partnership, however I still feel we need someone who can link the midfield and attack whether that be Davis/JWP or Clasie when he's fit. We tried 'four' on occasions last season, even with Morgan around, and I still didn't feel it worked that well. I'd much rather see 3-5-2 with Cedric and Targett / Bertrand as marauding wing-backs *****il such a time as Cedric knows how to defend). All IMO of course.

Because he's all over negativity like a tramp on chips. Lets pray for a few wins soon, so he can disappear off here for a few weeks.