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http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/596325/Slaven-Bilic-hint-West-Ha...

Possible line-up:-

Randolph

Jenkinson Oxford Burke Page

Poyet Lanzini Jarvis Samuelsen

Nolan Maiga

i don't know about everyone else but i'm still waiting for the so called 'big' signings that we were promised to arrive. Payet yes ok, good one….but jenkinson and song back, obiang and a couple of others? with the new tv windfall i was expecting to see an impressive haul of better quality players for Bilic to work with but in all honesty i'm feeling a bit deflated. the new season is upon us and looking at the squad we're talking ourselves into hoping the likes of valencia and zarate come good still. the owners have a habit of promising much, linking us to so and so and simply not producing. lets not fool ourselves other clubs are improving rapidly, even the likes of southampton have put their money where their mouths are, villa spending big, liverpool etc. is this going to be another case of 'the signings that got away?' because the owners won't spend to match other teams? we're a mid table prem league side based on our squad, nothing more…so expectation for me is low especially with a new manager who has to learn prem league management this year, but i did expect and hoped for three or four big name signings to arrive but it looks like this won't happen.

Lazy to some but just look at his goalscoring record, even last season he averaged over 1 every 3 games. He is a class act on the ball and will get into good positions for goal scoring opportunities so why not bring in a proven and experienced player that the younger attacking players will learn from and benefit? 1-2 year deal for a free agent that I guarantee will make an impact so what do you think?:

Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1998–2001 CSKA Sofia 49 (26)
2001 Bayer Leverkuse II 7 (6)
2001–2006 Bayer Leverkusen 154 (69)
2006–2008 Tottenham Hotspur 70 (27)
2008–2012 Manchester United 108 (48)
2012–2014 Fulham 51 (19)
2014–2015 AS Monaco 38 (13)

does anyone have an idea from the matches so far what sort of formation bilic is trying to implement? is it a diamond with payet or is it one up front a 3 behind? haven't seen any matches so far so wanted to know what to expect against arsenal.