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Originally Posted by Bjørn
Pardew ruined him! I was a big fan of Cabaye at Lille and thought he could have been even better for Newcastle with some tweaks but was still at a high level and thinking that he was bad (?) definitely the more surprising opinion. He was universially praised most of the time, became France starter and PSG grabbing him suggests some quality also.
For Palace though, Pardew notwithstanding and Jedinak being there, playing somewhat similar to what he did at Newcastle should be just great I think.
I don't think he's bad per se, just that he was massively overhyped at Newcastle despite putting in quite a few average performances and seemingly running really well on Hollywood balls/long shots etc. He obviously is technically gifted and surprisingly combative for a fromage eating surrender monkey. I agree Jedinak and him have the potential to form a very solid partnership, although it might not be the best in the blitw
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I'm very satisfied with Liverpool's transfer dealings, I'm personally very high on all three of our biggest signings - Milner, Firminho, Benteke - plus Gomez and Ings will prove to be very strong additions - i really think Ings especially may play his way into a regularish starting spot, although Benteke will be hard to replace as it's unlikely he's going to be anything but an absolute beast for us.
Whilst, as the most reasonable Liverpool fan on this forum, I feel the need to admit that i don't think it's a lock we'll win the league, the room for regression from our rivals is certainly there.
Utd especially have had a terrible transfer season so far, and look likely to go into next season with lolRooney as there number 1 striker. I always thought that claims Utd are willing to spunk their wad have been overstated, the Glazers remain the Glazers, and the squad is still massively unbalanced.
Arsenal should progress from last season, they ran so bad with injuries that just running a little below ev this season is probably worth a multiple point swing. Only glimmer of hope imo is their over-reliance on Sanchez and the chance that the Mertecielney partnership has a longer, sustained crisis than it did last season.
City will also progress, unfortunately. Sterling is a great signing and they did rrun pretty poorly last season - ACON didn't help either and the fact that it won't be on this season is a massive boon.
Last point RE Pool is just how much room there is to progress - not hard considering how big a turd last season was. No Gerrard and Johnson is MASSIVE (look at our results with and without Gerrard last season if you want proof) and the vorp eminating from the Johnson/Clyne swap will keep Keith Woolner's cock stiff well into 2016. Also, we're unlikely to ever start a game with Balotelli(!!) and Lambert(!!!) up front together next season which is essentially a freeroll for 3 more points than we finished with in 14/15.
Holy ****, we're actually going to win the league!