MissouriBlue

At 27 probably not be wanting to play a back up though would he?

Did anyone notice him looking at some of the others when they wanted to play sideways passes instead of a forward pass when they got near the edge of Newcastle box. I know for a fact he did it at least to Alonso. Incredible player, hopefully he can keep it up!

Was that ref new to the prem this season? Don’t think I’ve ever seen him before and his control of the match was sh*te for the vast majority of the time.

I’m wondering how long into the season it will be before we finally get punished for playing Luiz as part of a CB partnership. I love the guy but I really would be happier seeing Christensen Rudiger as our first choice partnership. I get you can’t really justify a reshuffle if the team keeps winning though. Am I right in ready that that Muto geezer who we were linked with plays for the Toon now?

Probably not got much else to add myself, all of everybody's insights pretty much my thoughts. He really has caught the eye the few times I've seen him play for Dortmund for sure!

I thought the August awards for player, manager and goal of the month were refreshing for a change. Wagner & Daniels in particular were well deserved in their votes.

Me either, Hamlet was terrible!

For once I actually agree with you. Cahill is our weak link for sure. I'm glad that Everton have to play in Croatia tonight, hopefully they will be a little tired coming into the game.

Reckon we will see Hazard off the bench?

All we need to do is buy all the WKD blue in the locality and ensure he isn't allowed to turn his stereo up. He might be having a party but he sure as f**k isn't having it at the bridge! Oh and that pace Vardy has, will be go in 18 months or so. He's the wrong side of 30 now, look what happens when a player of that ilk loses their pace/half a yard of acceleration... Torres?

Cahill is/was/always will be overrated. I never in a million years envisioned someone I perceive as a bench player to be the captain of our club when JT left.

I wish that this behind doors friendly that Hazard and Bakayoko played today could have happened a week sooner. I'm glad they are that close but how I wish they were both available to play 90 on Sunday.

There was me thinking he wanted to be sure to pencil himself in for WC next year. He is fast putting himself in a position where we might just let him rot in Lagarto for the rest of his contract. Why do it to yourself? I just don't understand this 'who's dick is longer?' contest...

I agree 100%, not only have we had a lot less injuries season after season but we also get players back sooner than expected a lot of the time too. On the opposite end of the scale I have no idea what training/medical department Arsenal have but my God they are terrible. Are they using Shamanism to try and treat player injuries?

Why do I keep getting prick teased?

Welcome mate, enjoy the boards!

You know I've been keeping my distance until we sign some more players, been two/three weeks since I made that decision... Are we actually planning on signing anyone else? Just checking.

Some players are irreplaceable, Hazard for us would be one of those imo.

I'm glad you got the joke and the reference!

The man from Delmonte?

Honourable to a fault some might say....

Makes sense. How do we know that Matic didn't do the same?

Wise man say Drinkwaters run deep?

I've been thinking about these starting fixtures for a while now and I know the league is a marathon not a sprint but if we get poor results in these opening games then I think it will be extremely difficult to correct over the remaining fixtures. I'm really concerned with how threadbare our squad is looking at the moment and that is without all the cup games thrown in during the early part of the season. God, I hope we figure this out sooner rather than later.

Agree if that was the case, luckily they are moving ACN to the summers now I believe.