Henri Saivet (now a free agent)

He looked shaky in possession but his positioning and discipline etc was good. I think he'll turn out to be a good signing if we don't get relegated.

 

I thought that he did at first, but seemed to calm down. He got about 82% completion i think. What I like is that he only played 6 passes backwards.

I noticed it more in the first half as well, yeah.

Far better then Shelvey was last night.

He nips into challenges well like. I'm not used to it, a couple of times I was thinking "what you going in like that from there for?!" only for him to come out cleanly with the ball.

He looked shaky in possession but his positioning and discipline etc was good. I think he'll turn out to be a good signing if we don't get relegated.

 

I thought that he did at first, but seemed to calm down. He got about 82% completion i think. What I like is that he only played 6 passes backwards.

 

I noticed it more in the first half as well, yeah.

 

Def looked an asset if we use him right, horrible situation for him to come in to, but fair play he hasn't shirked it all, was always looking to get on the ball

Where's Dr Death and his hatchet-job massages when they're needed most, because the The Ginger Apocalypse a cometh.

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Going to be buzzing with confidence being replaced by a player they don't even want to keep.

Going to be buzzing with confidence being replaced by a player they don't even want to keep.

Odd decision considering he was one of the few to perform well midweek.

Pardew-esque decision.

Loan him to Marseille?

He was probably our best player during the week and then gets dropped, that's a terrible decision and is hardly going to motivate him or any other player when they come into the team and play well only to then be dropped.

Joke that he's dropped.

I like Saivet but Tiote has been pretty key for us when he's played recently. He won't be intimidated by West Brom's physical approach.

is the market still open for Tiote? as his price may rise.

Surprised he was dropped but turned out to be the right decision given how well Tiote played.

Another Graham Carr signing who the manager doesn't want to use at all. Great isn't it?

he's looked ok - no worse than colback and a few games on the bounce would have done him and the team no harm at all.

Bought as a replacement for Tiote, who doesnt play in the first place

If McClaren isn't going to play him then we might as well have used the money/squad space on a centre back/left back, same applies to Doumbia

Should have stayed at Bordeaux, i would no doubt be £200 better off if he did they useless twats

Must be bad when Colback and Anita get games in front of you. Bet he wonders what he let himself  in for..

Wonder how much Carr made off this deal?

Why exactly hasn't he been used after looking decent in the limited time he's been given? Against Sunderland we cried out for a defensive midfielder as they were eating up space for fun and Shelvey was being pegged deeper and deeper.

Maybe because he's not a natural defensive mid? He's played upfront, as a winger and as a number 10 in his career.

So we signed him to play all those positions?

Pretty sure he was signed to replace the orient-bound Tiote who suffered from a change of heart. To play in defensive midfield.

Another signing made by the board for the manager, he'll be nothing but a utility player in the absence of Anita.

We should just see how he does at Winger