PaulW

Maresca was doing it in the Championship. It's generally accepted that the gap in class is enormous. We were never going to storm the Prem.

FFS! What were you all expecting? We're newly promoted, with a team of largely average players, many of them have barely played half-a-dozen games together, and as a team we're low on confidence. We gave it a good go against a team that will be challenging for a top two or three spot. Thought the players deserve considerable credit for getting it back to 2-2, many teams won't lay a glove on that Arsenal team this season. Let's have a bit of realism please.

Trouble is, Ricci was poor in pre season. If he's not showing more than that in training, then he's not the player we're all remembering.

At least it's shut up all the moaning from the keyboard experts for a while.

There's one for all the N'didi haters!

No point in putting Edouard on the bench, not allowed to play against his parent club.

Can't "cash in" on a player if nobody wants to buy them, and/or they have no wish to leave.

By gradually introducing them with about twenty minutes to go, when a positive result is fairly certain.

This, - a hundred times over!

Are you for real!

Yes is. Red faced poster here. I was hoping nobody noticed!

Ooops! my bad.

Iverson is out injured for several months. Pay attention!

It's being so cheerful that keeps you going!

Is it compulsory to make snide and/or sarkey comments about the Club on here? Really gets a bit wearing. Support the Club for fvks sake.

We can afford to buy.....the problem is being allowed to.

That's OK then.

But I doubt they would enable us to win the Prem., and the FA Cup and compete in Europe on equal terms.

Has he done that?

Careful what you wish for....Mike Ashley has plenty of cash floating around, and there are still several Arab states keen to do a spot of sports washing. Add the possibility of asset stripping Americans or shady Eastern European businessmen, and suddenly the grass may not be so green elsewhere.

That post makes my eyes hurt.

Whatever the question, Jordan Ayew isn't the answer.

Just because he was allegedly on a short list, doesn't mean he was either available, or even interested in the job.

Which particular 'decent manager', that would contemplate coming here, were you thinking of?