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they could have walked through the chunnel. Dodging trains is nothing for the team you love

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I bet the first thing Rafa did when they got in the dressing room was point out where they should have done better

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Exactly

If he's looking seriously at both Defoe and Bent then it isn't definite he's after the Welsh dwarf I dont see us signing two of that type of striker in the summer

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That Figgers

A brazilian on both flanks? It'll be like Cafu and Carlos

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I wouldn't be surprised if a club making a denial is done from a request by the selling club "Deny interest so as to dampen the story and we'll carry on talking in private"

A few of our lads will have one eye on Everton, whereas momo will have one eye on everything

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Such are the depths we've plunged this season. That people would prefer Bellamy

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I thought, and continue to think that Cisse on the right is crazy. The rest I thought made sense Every other player was in a position they were comfortable with

He's a total c*nt. He used to do Sky stuff a lot last season and i had to turn the sound off a few times in order to preserve my tv screen

The goading was daft but once Carra got in his ear he cut it out so that's done with Of greater concern is his own godawful ability on the ball coupled with Rafa's belief that he can play wide. He cant. At all. The player I watched at Auxerre is nowhere to be seen. There were times in the second half I was thinking just how more effective a counter attacking side we'd be if we had a proper fast striker upfront, and that type of player used to be Cisse but for a variety of reasons, some his fault and some not, he's totally lost it

2-1 is probably the right scoreline. We've played some excellent stuff, but we've also played some woeful stuff and Newcastles goal wasn't much of a surprise Next goal is obviously crucial

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I think Anelka's stock has risen in the last 3 years because the fella we signed in his place was probably the biggest mistake in the clubs 114 year history We should be looking at better, safer bets this summer. We've made too many mistakes on strikers in the last 5 years as it is

As one of at least two, I could live with that

Rafa's signings upfront in his time here have been Morientes, Crouch and Fowler. 3 players who can join in with the build up but if asked to run a mile would need 5 drink breaks. So if Rafa has targetted 3 quick players who can play on the shoulder but struggle to hold the ball up it would mean a major shift in his ideas Personally i'd be feckin delighted if we finally signed someone who would be able to stretch defences and give us the option of actually counter attacking teams, but i'm not sure it's Rafa's way