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(1) Player injured in the warm-up... proof of the physical and mental fragility of modern day wimps!

(2) Pantilimon in goal for Sunderland: far better keeper than either of those in our squad, how come we didn't sign him for peanuts?

(3) And Sebastian Coates has been hastily enlisted for duty because of (1). Can't wait to be amused by the actions of a 6' 6" fairy!

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Now if I could just see someone maiming that Janmaat cnut from Newcastle... would be ultimate value for money!

Coates having a good game ???

Not incredibly bad. Got booked after about 10 minutes for nothing, but its the type of game in which you hardly notice the defenders

He's a decent player who was judged too quickly by BR imo, certainly no worse then our current defenders.

He probably is, in a technical sense, but just too soft for the EPL. That FA Cup match against Oldham will make me squirm for ever and a day :-)

Saw a guy named Ogbonna playing for Juventus yesterday. He is the sort we need and should break the bank for!

Pretty sure he was sent out to get some gametime.

Why is it we always end up with grade Z defenders though, no matter what we pay?!

Just heard Sakho is in the team today... FGS...

I'm excited for Lovren and Sakho partnering in the future, even if he is replacing him at the moment. They've not had much chance in that respect, but I think that is a formidable partnership for the near future.

I think we've bought good defenders. Just look at Sakho for France, Lovren last season. They're not bad players but they play [oops] for us so must be how they're being asked to play?