The Doom and Fate Tempting Thread

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It's an odd time of year. Since when was Malouda a player that any of us gave a **** about? Now, he's a potential 'missing link'. My guess is he'll be the just above average player he is now.

I'm not sure the missing link is necessarily a world class player though. I think it is a combination of a couple of players who allow us to expand our style of play. Whether Malouda is good enough to help us do that is yet to be seen but he ticks a lot of the right boxes in terms of what he brings to the team - decent pace, slick passing and he offers a goal threat from wide midfield.

I think last season many of our players played beneath their best and one of the major influences of new players may be to help maximise the talents of the players we already have.