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Watching the highlights back on MOTD, if you’ve got it recorded look at Cairney for the first three goals, on third there is an angle where you can see him look at Torreira, look away, and then completely lose him. Torreira ends up at the back post and Cairney, as in the other two, has barely...

Suspicion that Kamara won't start but will come on as an impact sub, tempted to put £1 down on Kamara last scorer, 2-1 win to Fulham. Madness, I know. It could be a game for Stefan to start in too, if he's fit? We're thin in defensive mid and central def positions so I'd look at putting him...

Re FFabio's question on Vietto - I like him. Partly because he was a beast on Football Manager some time back, partly based on little I've seen of him. He is quite scrappy and looks a bit less lightweight on the ball than Sess (he is a few years older). He's got a trick or two and does try to...

I'm disappointed they let Slav go so early, I wonder if something happened internally to accelerate his departure. What happened at Liverpool was such a freak bit of sodding bad luck it could push someone over the mental edge. I still had faith in him to keep us up and hoped we would go on a...

Naturally disappointed, on the one hand the scoreline seems deserved, on the other i do think it could have gone either way but for our wastefulness in front of goal and Arsenal's lethal attack. On the whole i thought we played quite well - aside from Seri having a nightmare performance, which...

Looking forward to the highlights! There was an amazing bit of interplay between Vietto and Mensah in the second half I want to see back, along with the 4 goals and countless missed chances. The first half was one of the best I can remember in recent years in terms of entertainment and the...

Zambo number 5

Jetro Williams served me well on FM a few years back, never seen him play but he was a beast on the game. Going to see if I can get odds for Fulham finishing above Chelsea this season, bit of long shot but I can't help getting excited now! Fair play to Shahid, I've been critical of him, even in...

Get in there Mawson!

I had similar feelings but was reminded of 2008 by an article today, although this is shaping up to be great, that summer we had Bobby Z, Zoltan G, Mark Schwarzer, John Pantsil, Chris Smalling, Andy Johnson, Dickson Etuhu and David Stockdale join (plus a few others). The players we are bringing...

Upsetting to hear Lawro on the air again more distressing is Danny Murphy appearing to model himself on him and pitching for the role of dour, jaded and sarcastic pundit.

Think he was awarded best keeper in super lig trophy/status for the last two years. In goalkeeping terms he should be near his peak - Bets deserves a chance but no harm in having legitimate competition Button in goal against PL opposition would tense my buttocks beyond the point of comfort.

Schurrle can play in a lot of positions, reckon we'll only see him play LW when we're at home against a weak team, otherwise expect he'll be on the right hand side or playing through the centre. He's dropped off a bit, mainly because of injury, but looks a good candidate for a riverside...

I'm happy with the way things have been ticking along, expect we will confirm the signing of a new centre back and striker in the next week. The signings so far look good and no signs that any of our stars are looking to leave. I understand the protracted negotiations, felt that Mitro isnt worth...

My knowledge of players has really dropped since I weaned myself off football manager so I've put in a description rather than a name for some positions - my thoughts: GK - experienced backup in case Betts struggles DL - ideally Targett or someone at the same level to start + experienced back...