Liverpool 1-0 up at HT thanks to 'Average' Joe Allen! I actually want them to win this game so we can relish the treble against them this season like we did that year v Spurs!

Here it goes again.

Another nobody delivered and no " real money" spent.

So according to his Sky interview Diddy David Sullivan says we are looking to bring in a top class 20 goal a season striker on loan, he's played in the top league but is now playing in an unusual league. What's an unusual league, is it a league of Tom Jones tribute acts. Anyway he says he cant tell us as everyone will get it straight away. I'm just getting worried as I don't know where Samuel Eto'o is playing right now. Thoughts anyone who is that masked man??

Sullivan has gone on record as saying we are after a striker on loan from abroad with a view to buy in summer. He plays in a unrecognised league like Lanzini but has played at a lot higher level. It will be in the next 7 days if it comes off. So who do we think it is? For me logic suggests someone who hasn't played in that league long 6-12 months? So I'm thinking gignac. Rumours on twatter are saying its ba.

with sakho the latest footballer to crash his high powered motor should footballers be allowed to drive themselves anywhere during the season lol maybe a fleet of chauffeurs should be employed by clubs to safeguard there multimillion pound stars

Well, we've heard often enough in this window, from the Davids and now from Slaven that there is no room to add to the squad. Apparently it's the wages issue and FFP. Now in one way, I'm happy with that. The board have been honest with us, the team is in relatively good shape and is competitive in the league. But with both Lanzini and Carroll re-injured and Sakho still out, I wonder if, despite the recent return of Payet, Valencia and Moses, we lack a certain punch up front. And I also wonder about the psychological effect of NOT strengthening in this window, while other teams around us are. A few bargains have passed us by. So what do you think? Will the lack of activity in this window come back to bite us? Should we be thinking about next season already and accept a slide down the table, just like last season? Or do you think we will pull it together and finish strong.

Well, it is the transfer window and this rumour had to raise itself. Balotelli linked to West Ham. He's obviously having a poor time back in Italy, his agent thinks he can get him some quick extortionate cash in England on a 6 month loan, with the view to a permanent deal. £10 milliion. This has to be total and complete utter madness, written to sell a few papers and I hope our Slav and the board kick it out the Park. If we had that sort of money available, then we should go and sign Rhodes and Byram now. Don't wait for the final days of the window, get them in now.

So we lost after 8 unbeaten but I have to admit the people who did not see this coming surprized me.....Bilic said he thought it strange that Newcastle were more up for it and going for the win more than us...but on a number of occasions this season we have started slow and need a kick up the bum at half time to get us going.. yesterday we could of easily gone in 4-0 down and were lucky to keep them to only 2 goals the whole match.....every player was very poor yesterday..... its not a told you so moment but I mentioned this in a thread earlier in the week and take no credit for getting it right I wished I was wrong but for some reason we just don't seem to get going early on.
now for something else it is clear Valencia cannot lead the line its not him it is not his kind of role and yes I am going to mention it but noble could of easily been subbed as yet another performance whilst not the worse we have seen many of this term.....I do not dislike him and I think he is a good prem player but no more than that...I understand this will upset some but I am not slagging him off I just see how ltd he is and again blowing my own trumpet I had mentioned being happy if we had got shelvey in to replace mark..... only one game but already the drive the passing ability and the shooting ability(although many way off yesterday)head and shoulders above noble....still we move on from this defeat and we have citeh and maybe the scousers in the cup(come on the grecians!)to come...we need to start faster in these matches or we could be in for more of what we saw yesterday.

Charlie Austin from 15m to 4.5m Southampton snap him up,have we missed a trick or dodged a bullet,with his injury record....me personally feels a bit gutted...

Just read a great article from mirror journalist. Get on google type in Darren Lewis you get what you Payet for and click on the betway insider blog with that title