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Palace just got Ki on loan. Maybe they decided to go for the cheaper option? I think Bannan is a better player than Ki.

I would be fine with no more signings.

no where am i suposed to go if this tread shuts down? Don't be such a philistine...there are another 10 players that play for Aston VIlla. I understand your interest from a nationalistic point of view, but from a footballing point of view it does'nt stop me admiring the rest of the Belgian Squad. For me Luc Nilis was a player from Belgium who could occupy all our thoughts....what a player. Christian is not the first from your shores. It will endear you to this forum a bit more if you expanded your thoughts a bit broader than our favourite son Christian Benteke, despite our support for him. or we could just sign more Belgians! Works for me!

Looks like Lukaku is available

The part that confuses me is from Liverpool's perspective, why get rid of Reina only to bring in Given? Not that I would complain. Wasnt Reina on some truly absurd wages? I think it was reported as double Givens absurdly high wages?

What happened to Jordan Bowery? I thought he looked alright at the end of last season?

I like to be supportive of our players and I do not like to get on their backs. But lets face it Ireland has just been poor for us. He can have flashes of being an ok player (I love his interceptions) but for whatever reason just fades. His time at the club has been an expensive disappointment.

Yeah I noticed that. Very hard on himself.

you need to stay in that room when we're playing Or just dont leave the room when we are about to score ffs! Its not rocket science!

Lambert seemed to hint we may have a signing in the works during his post match interview. Comments like "Well I cant talk about things that are not there at the minute, we will see in the next few days." Interesting.

Good post Con. Yup. Con nailed that one.

Vlaar is fine imho. I also agree. Defenders or midfielders for me make the best captains just because of their positions.

Honestly still too hard to predict. We could collapse and be in a relegation battle again or we could be pushing for europe. Could break either way in my mind. Loving it

Is that Gary Gardner as well?

Sylla needs to play more. His chant is tops. Particularly when everyone goes mental afterwards.

Correct. I have a chip on my shoulder when it comes to the different standards the rich teams are held to versus the rest of us. edit. There seems to be no actual source for this. So until proven otherwise I am going to put it in the "Arsenal blog makes shit up" category.

Doesnt seem that bad to me. He was frustrated and he has a point. Onwards and upwards for him and us.

Ok after seeing the game three times now (yeah sad I know) he really did have an excellent game. He didnt give a toss about playing at the Emerates, (I imagine after being hammered at Barca and Real Madrid the Emirates doesnt seem that intimidating) and kept quiet a very good England international. Love him.

You can't lock in managers like players. They can quit when they like, like Lambert did to come to use. I just want to sprinkle more money over him. That will surely help retention.

Has he signed a new contract yet? Lerner, time to lock in "the dour one" for another 3 years.

I loved seeing Tekkers go out of his way to celebrate with the fans at the end.

Just rewatched the game. You know the lad thinks fast, very fast. I like that.

Same here. Not just England but all national sides. Please do NOT pick our players.

I am grateful Richard is passing on anything he has heard. He has nothing to gain other than being mocked if nothing happens. Its a snifter of good news on top of a great weekend. I will take it I've never seen anything at all to indicate that Richard is an ITK. (Not getting at your back Richard, I just haven't) Yet he's been duped as an itk for quite a while, is it because he met Paul Lambert some time back(?). A lot of his comments that's been made has just been general comments, that's also been made by other players. I don't get it. To me the only guy/girl who's close to being an itk on this site is HH. Feel free to fill me inn if there is something I've completely missed though, most properly I have. I have no idea, maybe he heard from a friend of a friend. I just see no reason for the bloke to make stuff up, and if he has then we can all have a giggle about it and move on, no big deal.

I am grateful Richard is passing on anything he has heard. He has nothing to gain other than being mocked if nothing happens. Its a snifter of good news on top of a great weekend. I will take it