They're probably the best team in the country. We're utterly ****, 0-4 (or worse) then we move on. This game is almost irrelevant, it's games like the home loss to Brighton and draw with Fulham which cost us. I'd say we'll lose 10-0 but chances are they'll ease off once they're 3 or 4 up by half time.
Really odd. Given the players we've NOT signed over the past few years who were relatively safe bets it feels like a massive gamble. It's like buying someone from the dutch league (well that's pretty harsh on the dutch league but i'll make my point), for every Van Persie/Suarez there's a lot of Alfonso Alves/ Jon Dahl Tomasson players. He's the right age but I'd argue he's not even the right position we need. Perez is very limited but he wouldn't be in my top 5 of players to replace in our team. RB, LB, Striker, CM (both of them)... The purchase was possibly just to keep Rafa pacified. I'd say 30% he's totally rubbish, 10% he's great and a 60% he's a decent attacking midfielder for us in the Championship next year.
Apparently he told him to wait for the whistle and he didn't. Another ref imposing themselves for no reason. Though De Bruyne should have learnt to play to the whistle, schoolboy error.
Yeah, it's a huge gamble. Even if it was a better player, I think you need to plug a few gaps, one big signing won't cut it.
Agreed. We really are a poor team. Our keeper is actually good, our centre backs are half decent and Rafa has them well drilled. It all falls apart after that though. Our back five are good enough as a unit to be above the bottom 5 but our front 6 slice through teams like a butter knife through steel.
