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Just for show in my opinion. We need to have excuses for the next 6 months. The fact we're still going after Remy of all people shows just how seriously we're taking this. The fact he's turned us down again is just the slap on the face we deserved. Clearly Riviere was bought as our new main striker. Very very risky.

3 days to go and not even a rumour of a striker. After failing to score in 3 games. We're asking for trouble, again.

Thank goodness we're putting a decent side out.

Di Maria fee could rise to 72M with add ons apparently. God it will be funny if he fails . And fail here means be anything less than spectacular.

We'll go in for Remy at the last minute, and fail. But it will be ok because we'll have tried.

Aye. He'll have his moments but they need someone in the middle of the park who can control the game.

Yup. It might also mean the signings of Cabella and De Jong go largely wasted. Sign a freaking striker and a CB ffs. How hard can it be considering the amount the likes of Everton have been splashing out on one player.

Phew.

Was initially gutted to have missed this due to work but I gather I didnt miss much. Definitely need that striker.

That advertising space on Uranus could have waited......

Possible but Sissoko's not a DM anymore than De Jong is a CM.

True, I just wanted to accomodate all of those players

Days without as much as a rumor of a striker coming in.Given up on the hope for a new CB. Anita or Colback might be able to 'fill in' for him on the team sheet but we just dont have another midfielder that can do his job as effectively as he can. I'd love to see how our midfield does with both him and De Jong alongside Cabella. -----------------Tiote------- --------Sissoko-------De Jong --HBA------------------------Cabella--- That would be a wankfest but I suppose thats just not happening now.

The co-commentator said Drummet a lot. No idea why he wasnt corrected.

Zero shots on target is rather poor. And they did deserve to win, they had the more accomplished players in the final third. But there were so many positives in this. The work rate, the performances of the new guys, we seemed to have pace and a bit of oomph up front again that was completely gone towards the second half of last season. Credit where its due. Seems that long ball to Williamson on set pieces is still on though which is insanely frustrating.

The second half that is.

Wasnt it clear I was speaking in general rather than just this game? I mean he's lost the cutting edge he first seemed to have when he first came here. He's still useful but a squad player at best now. Cabella created a couple of clear cut chances. I like Gouffran but Cabella is an altogether different class of player, or has the potential to be.

Tad bit early to be saying that about Aarons I think.

On the basis of that performance, a couple of more signings and we're going somewhere. If we had a decent coach anyway.

Gouffran has completely lost that threat of penetration he had when he first came here. He's in danger of becoming the next Lee Bowyer.

Might have said credit to Pardew for today's performance if he hadnt brought on that useless twat of a thing known as Obertan.

Sad at the result but very encouraging. All the new boys looked good. Looking forward to seeing De Jong link up with these.

Dummett ffs.

Looking forward to it but not expecting anything out of it. Just hope for a good performance. An early season tonking is the last thing you'd want.