Idrissa Gueye - now gone

[mr underhill]

agreed. Much as I will give Ayew a chance, I think there were better options around for the money, with the obvious caveat that the other options were always going to have an element of risk;  Rondon, as you say, looks like a decent signing .

[tomd2103]

agreed. Much as I will give Ayew a chance, I think there were better options around for the money, with the obvious caveat that the other options were always going to have an element of risk;  Rondon, as you say, looks like a decent signing .

I think you've been listening to WM too much.  Franksy was fawning over his performance on Saturday, but from what I saw he looked a few stone overweight, very slow and exhausted after about 25 minutes.

[ClaretAndBlueBlood]

agreed. Much as I will give Ayew a chance, I think there were better options around for the money, with the obvious caveat that the other options were always going to have an element of risk;  Rondon, as you say, looks like a decent signing .

I think you've been listening to WM too much.  Franksy was fawning over his performance on Saturday, but from what I saw he looked a few stone overweight, very slow and exhausted after about 25 minutes.

I thought he looked like a decent target man on saturday

[mr underhill]

slow, a few stone overweight and exhausted after 25minutes sounds more like one of ours

[Dave]

agreed. Much as I will give Ayew a chance, I think there were better options around for the money, with the obvious caveat that the other options were always going to have an element of risk;  Rondon, as you say, looks like a decent signing .

I think you've been listening to WM too much.  Franksy was fawning over his performance on Saturday, but from what I saw he looked a few stone overweight, very slow and exhausted after about 25 minutes.

I thought he looked like a decent target man on saturday

He didn't look to be anything amazing, but he looked better than any striker we've had in our team so far this season.

[Rudy65]

slow, a few stone overweight and exhausted after 25minutes sounds more like one of ours

Looked good first half. Then tiny oenis shut up shop and he didnt get a kick

[chrisw1]

Gueye back in full training.  That's pretty quick for a hamstring, but fantastic news.

[passitsideways]

Excellent news. It's a bit annoying that for all we spent (even considering the fact that we needed replacements for two very good players), he's the only midfielder we have who can carry the ball forward with confidence - although hopefully Veretout will show that he can do that as well in due course.

[KRS]

Gueye and Veretout were the only 2 midfielders we signed this summer...if anything it simply emphasises the lack of quality in midfield before we signed them. I suppose Traore could also count as a midfielder but all 3 are comfortable on the ball and are great additions to the squad. Hopefully we'll be able to strengthen in midfield further next summer.

Anyways, great news that both Gueye and Traore are back in training...hopefully they'll be able to get some game time against Stoke after a week training. We'll be a completely different prospect with both of them in the team.

[Steve67]

An exciting prospect at that.

[badminton]

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[Ozzjim]

Can't believe he was dropped from the squad for anything more than fitness reasons yesterday.

[Randy Gurner]

Can't believe he was dropped from the squad for anything more than fitness reasons yesterday.

He hasn't looked fully fit since he injured his hamstring and tired rapidly in the last 10 minutes against Swansea (shame Sherwood didn't spot that or Richardson getting overrun by their sub). Hopefully he'll be back, fully fit, on Monday

[Toronto Villa]

Can't believe he was dropped from the squad for anything more than fitness reasons yesterday.

I didn't have an issue with resting some players. But there were some players who could and should have played, and we could easily have selected players in a system to create and score goals. Gil hasn't played much. Neither has Ayew or Traore. We don't need to go over Kozak. There was no need to set up the side to stop Southampton from playing. He could have rotated the squad but still showed a desire to attack and win.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

slow, a few stone overweight and exhausted after 25minutes sounds more like one of ours

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