Positives Wilshere's goal and 2nd half performance. Looked a completely different player 2nd half Roberto in goal - dealt with everything. Seemed steady. Good distribution from memory. Sanchez - Possibly his most composed performance for us. Negatives 1st half performance in general Wilshere's 1st ...

Seems a bit of a contradiction on here. We're talking about taking this competition seriously, but then people suggesting 6, 7, 8 changes to our 1st team. Should our reserves beat these guys? Of course. But how often are we gonna get make that mistake? if we lose / draw, MP would be accused of not t...

If I was a Watford fan, id feel a bit mugged today too. Over the course of the 90 minutes, I thought they had the better chances, they just didn't finish them off. I think they're quite similar to us as a team. Always a bit ropey at the back, some nice players who like to play, and inconsistant in a...

I'm neither surprised nor bothered that it looks like we wint be signing Gomez. He clearly wasnt that fussed about signing for us so fair play, let him go to Valencia.

It's funny though how the panic button seems to have been well and truly pushed in this forum. Sturridge, Balotelli, welbeck. Blimey

I reckon the Rondon to China headlines are purely lazy journalism. He's the easiest player to link to Rafa as he was Newcastles 2nd top scorer last season and West Brom have to sell.

I still believe he's nailed on to come to us. :shock: :shock: :shock:

as much as I want Gomez, I'm a little worried about his motivation and mentality whilst playing for us if he's basically sent here against his will by agents with too much power. This would be my fear too. Players need to want to play for us. In his first press conference, Frank Lampard said he onl...

"the truth here is that Gomez has zero intention on coming to us" reads a lot more like a statement of fact then an opinion! Yes mate. Its an expression. "The truth of the matter". You've chosen the literal version of it. Its like when someone says "he's literally the worst...

Haha. Well that's cleared that up then. Depending on which source you choose to believe, he's going to Valencia, he wants to go to West Ham, his agents can send him wherever they want its not his decision and finally, the deal is done - He's a West Ham player.

Clear as mud

I don't know the situation but do you honestly believe you can see things that the people trying to make the deal can't? What gives you a greater insight from your computer than say, the people who are actually speaking to him? This is a forum mate. I give an opinion, you agree, you disagree. If yo...

According to that recent article in sport Witness, the Gomez deal hinges on whether Valencia will match a 3m Euro fee to the agents. We've agreed to pay it, Valencia haven't (so far) If this is true, this should ring alarm bells for all involved. I can understand a player choosing his move based on ...

The Gomez debacle whiff's of his agent trying to get Valencia to stump up more wages. We've been after the fella for months. You're telling me at the last hour, he's suddenly happy to join us? Nah. We've offered a decent salary, now the agent is trying to get Valencia to improve their offer by wavin...

The Rondon deal is done imo. His Copa America journey is over so I suspect he'll be announced in due time. Deals for Gomez and Belotti are pie in the sky. You either admire our ambition to at least try and capture them or you are frustrated because we are going after players we have no hope of signi...

Very disappointing to hear that we are not taking the central midfield position seriously once again. According to Ex attacking midfield and striker is where the bulk of the money will go. And a small fee, freebie, or loans for central midfielder. So Gary Medel will probably be as good as it gets. ...

I've got 2 Geordie mates who both said conclusively that we are more than welcome to take Hayden... Ive not seen enough of him to comment myself, but when his own fans aren't too fussed if if he was to leave, that doesn't bode well.

For the record, our current squad is possibly one of the most 'profitable' we've had for a few years. Rice you can easily see going for around 50m in a season or 2. Diop I honestly see going to a top 6 club in a year or 2, he's possibly another 30-35m player in the making. These are young players wh...

Regarding Antonio, would I sell if we could get 30m for him? Absolutely. Towards the end of last season he was possibly one of, if not, our best player. He's a handful for most defenders when he's fit and firing. He's pacy, powerful and assuming he plays a full season, you can expect a fair few goal...

Micah Richards? Haha. That's it, I'm done. Someone has actually bothered writing that down? I'll debate pretty much anything but that is just absurd. What next? Usain Bolt? That guy from the film "goal"? Brooklyn Beckham?

One thing is really like to add to our first team this year is a specialist set-piece taker. We very rarely score direct from free kicks. It's another reason why not going for maddison last summer was an error. Payet was a great player but even more important was his delivery and goals from free kic...

Has anyone got any Evertonian mates? What do they say about Gomes? I didnt really see enough of him last season to form an opinion. My question would be this. If he had a half decent season with Everton, surely they'd be going all out to sign him. Either his agent is trying to drive up his salary by...

We're being linked to Djaniny, 28 year old striker who plays in Saudi Arabia. Excellent scoring record there, fairly mundane everywhere else. Everton interested as well. If he's cheap definitely worth a punt alongside another striker. Im sorry, but i'll never really understand this mentality. Im go...