Dr Gloom

an away win by the odd goal with a big decision going against us so we feel cheated.

“I've said that we need to improve our play in the final third and if Luque comes in then he'll help us to do that.” Graeme Souness

i'll be tuning out. his interview persona is about as interesting as shearer's.

finally...a man that tells it like it was

the worrying thing is we don't seem to be targeting a left back at the moment.

...and yet not a pot to piss in it seems.

Well now! for a while I considered you to be quite knowledgable in assessing players but now I can see I vastly over-rated your ability. looks like i over-rated your ability to rate my knowledge of assessing players...or something

double wanker even?

i've spent the last 20 mins reading this board, taking no notice of the match at all

I'd say N'Zogbia was major competition tbh not exactly the same as competing with cole and robben for a place though is it? when fit, he's guaranteed a start under roder.

never said he wasn't a good player. he was over-rated though in my opinion.

80s equivalent of darren anderton tbh In what sense, other than being injury prone? none tbh but i stand by my claim he didn't win a league medal in his prime. took him until the end of his career when he was bit part player and cantona was the main man at man u. he never achieved anything with england other than the captaincy. was either injured or disapointing in every major final i can remember him playing in apart from maybe spain 82. we looked far better in mexico and italy after he went home injured. i'm not saying he wasn't a good player but captain marvel was massively over-rated. I go the impression you weren't old enough to remember Spain 82? i don't remember it particularly well but it was the first major tournament i remember watching Watertight argument. well i did say that it might have been his only non-failure in an international tournament for england. i can remember enough. he scored a free header in the box against france and we went out on goal difference because of the weird old format. hardly a success story, in keeping with his no-shows at mexico and italy

80s equivalent of darren anderton tbh In what sense, other than being injury prone? none tbh but i stand by my claim he didn't win a league medal in his prime. took him until the end of his career when he was bit part player and cantona was the main man at man u. he never achieved anything with england other than the captaincy. was either injured or disapointing in every major final i can remember him playing in apart from maybe spain 82. we looked far better in mexico and italy after he went home injured. i'm not saying he wasn't a good player but captain marvel was massively over-rated. I go the impression you weren't old enough to remember Spain 82? i don't remember it particularly well but it was the first major tournament i remember watching

80s equivalent of darren anderton tbh In what sense, other than being injury prone? none tbh but i stand by my claim he didn't win a league medal in his prime. took him until the end of his career when he was bit part player and cantona was the main man at man u. he never achieved anything with england other than the captaincy. was either injured or disapointing in every major final i can remember him playing in apart from maybe spain 82. we looked far better in mexico and italy after he went home injured. i'm not saying he wasn't a good player but captain marvel was massively over-rated.

80s equivalent of darren anderton tbh

shit manager, over-rated player

"...i wanna see you jiggle jiggle fo sure 6ft 3 in a compact, but luckily the seats go back." all spat in his posh southern accent. genius

Eugene Terreblanche (sp?) was fucking foaming at him he was scary. he was lucky to get out of there alive. i liked the gangster rap one he did in the deep south. the bit where he rapped live on that radio show was hilarious, especially given most of the rappers thought he was serious. the porn one was good too. i like the way that the joke is always on the people he interviews but his style is such that they don't realise.

ronaldo has to win the play of the year awards. he's been different class. i especially like the way he's stood up to his critics and ignored the abuse from fans and tabloids. it'll be interesting to see if the world's coaches get over their fixation with spain and italy and award him the world and european player of the year awards, which he also deserves.

surely it's only a matter of time untilk he picks up? we all know he's talented, but if he doesn't improve he can be considered a waste of money. it could be a case of the same syndrome nicky butt went through when he first joined a smaller club....or the fact that he doesn't have major competition for his place so he doesn't put a proper shift.

phil neville at left back?

That can sometimes be regarded as a drawback to a comedian well, quite. he's a talented guy. the way he can get up on stage and talk for over an hour, mostly unscripted, is impressive - i'm sure he'd be a funny bloke to go for a beer with - but he's not funny enough for standup in my opinion.

his improv is impressive but i don't find him that funny tbh

assuming everyone is fit and on form, the front 6 should be dyer-----parker-------emre------duff ----------owen---------martins although on current form you could argue that butt should start for parker and milner would be unlucky not to start. maybe even n'zogbia for duff too.