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Point is about fair but a couple of points.... Kane's elbow in the first half, if that had been costa it would be all they showed at half time and owen's pick for MOM? Zouma all day long

I'll take that, mainly because of the organisation. Costa though

Cup half full kinda guy arnt ya?

Think we where 1-0 up at this point nyd

Imagine if that elbow had been Costa, we wouldn't be seeing anything else at half time

Think Spurs have has the edge just but that said, kane could easily be of the pitch

Good movement

Oliver proving a prick already, he looks like he never got picked in school as well

Maybe Fabregas?

I thought Da-jobi had gone already, Is Remy Injured? Will traore ever play? Fals number 9 ? so many questions

Yeah I trusted him when he said Kennedy wasn't up to much either. Also he said that paulinio was the real deal

Some context is needed here. Sunderland where at home to Stoke, we played them twice at there place and played damd well both times, I have no idea how we didn't put them away. I watched the city game and KDB was OK, nothing amazing, when he was with us I was very excited about him and all evidence points to that he could end up being a very good player but it's hard to say it was a mistake still. I'm not all that confident about tommorow but also wouldn't be surprised if we won in style. And as for Leicester.. Fair play to them

All paper talk for me still

I fealt that way watching him for a. Madrid and didn't fancy the look of him, looked clumsy on the ball, but then he came in and was banging in the goals and didn't look all thst and skill. Level wise but it was obvious he wasn't going to be hitting any screamers. But he reminded me of RVN and that's not a bad comparison. Now he's taking far to many touches, he's out wide far to often and he seems to not be chasing any more. Thing is Jose is fiercely loyal, and often that loyalty has been a major component of his success, so I don't see him being droppes

Not his problem for me. If I could add one thing to his game it would be to see him attack the 6 yard box more often, try and get on the end of things

1.07 - looks like an assist to me. Generally players that don't take corners or free kicks have slightly lower assist numbers

a) How many goals have we had from midfield open play since Lampard left? Last season we said that if Costa's goals dry up we would have a problem and low and behold... we have a problem, so me personally I don't see goals as a bad thing b) To say he has 0 assists is absolutely ludicrous?? it means your so lazy you can't even be bothered to go watch a you tube compilation?!? c) even is he had 0 assists so what, you realize football is not made up of simply the assist and the goal players like modric and iniesta have relatively poor output in terms of number but they are some of the most important players for their respective clubs d) if we are to be wary of singing some one because the key element of their game may stutter and stop, maybe we shouldn't sign any one ever again? (Again, this point is minor because points a to c pretty much cover it for me And lastly, regarding this weaker league stuff, I think it's about time we got our head out of our asses on this one, it now seems arrogant to be saying this. The golden years of the 2003/4 to 2010 really are over. We won the CL as an anomaly, in 2012, almost like fait paying us back for every year we actually had a claim at being the best team in Europe and got screwed! but we weren't the best team in Europe not really, to believe that is to be as deluded as the scourers in 2005 when they believed they where all while finishing a full 30 points of the top. Since then English teams haven't really got close. it says something that 3/4 teams our still struggling to get out of their groups and city really haven't set the world alight. There is every chance that Kiev go through top of the group in a few weeks, Zenit saw to us a few years ago. So I for one am not going to buy in to the "stronger leage" bull. Different yes, I'll even accept that the delta between teams is much smaller in the prem then other leagues but it doesn't make us stronger. Would he be a success, I don't know, but I wouldn't rule him out for any reason above

I'm good as I am thanks, most of your posts border on Troll level so for pure entertainment I'll hang around

We have a shed end end of year awards at the end of the year, this may just make my ridiculous post nomination!

We don't know what goes on behind closed doors, Jose could be very friendly with RLC behind the sceans I will say this, much as I love Jose it does seem that RLC and youth in general are held to higher standard then the more established players, which you would think is odd and should be the other way round?

Linked again with him yesterday, Has 23 goals in 23 games. 25 Years old Looks rapid I say give it a shot....,,

The only difference is now he's scoring set pieces, still the same player (which for me is a good thing) On another note, out of those 12 free kicks only 2 have not hit the target as I understand, and one of those rattled the bar against Kiev, in Ukraine. Actually add's to the quality of his dead ball currently

From what I can tell he seems to be a main stay in a defence that hasn't tasted defeated since September 30th and that easy against citay.. Could be time to start getting excited about this one

Aain, just asking questions. Kane didn't do wanders out on loan before becoming what he is today.

The lack of open play I agree with, it's worrying that we don't seem to be incisive enough in the final 3rd but considering the mistakes of the oppo, this is because of pressure, it's part of the game plan