Dr Gloom

christ i don't fancy that team much. but at least it gives the makeshift back four another game together

no different to fat fred tbh. the most importrant thing is that they're not simpletons, like our current chairman.

get rid. he's not good enough. no doubt there's an improved 5 year deal incoming

aye, i wonder how bad a combination of moore and taylor or ramage would look if we had a couple of competent fullbacks that could overlap and defend.

i reckon he'd be a good buy

great. just what we need...another fucking midfielder

waddler's an absolute legend in marsaille. he was different class over there - awesome partnership with papan.

(in my lifetime) for the toon: keegan pedro micky quinn non toon platini barresi maradonna digger barnes (he was gash for us)

i'm enjoying the fact that he's doing so shit at liverpool. a spell behind bars would be even funnier...not that i think he won't get away with it

you think the likes of mamhood, anderson and plunkett would fare better? lewis is no pace merchant but i'd fancy him to tie up an end more than any of our other bowlers. at least he puts it in the right areas. did you see the graphic sky uses to illustrate a bowler's accuracy for harmerson? jesus wept!

What's that? Around £2.5m ? FFS. let's be honest, it's either that or loan him out and let him go on a freebie in a year or two

i can't see us ever buying a spanish player ever again after luque and marcelino

win our next couple of games (reading and watford) and we'll start moving away from trouble. watford is a massive game. it's tight at the bottom this year - there's usually at least one team that gets stranded.

send the buggers back

anyone reckon owen and martins could play together with dyer roaming around in a free role? it's a three-pronged attacks go it's a bit short arsed but there's plenty of pace about it

i'm supposed to read every paper as part of my job but i usually lean towards the guardian, observer, ft, sunday times, the indy and the sun

not looking good is it? seems about our average this season

what a piece of shit article

i rate emre but his end product isn't good enough. maybe playing alongside butt instead of parker will get the best out of him.

we should throw all the kids in and save our senior players for reading, a must win game.

absolutely. he'd be an england regular if he wasn't such a sicknote.

the dragon house is my fave although mangos is probably best for dim sum...

at least we put up a bit of fight after the no show in the first three days. fletcher's got some big decisions to make. jones is in the side to make runs. he failed on that score yet again. giles doen't take enough wickets. harmeson is in the worst form of his life. our problem in the field seems to be bowling accuracy - only flintoff has got his line and length right so far. we should have taken john lewis along imo. he can put it on the money - he would have lapped up these ozzie pitches. not sure if i fancy mamood or plunkett...

he's surprised me with how good his touch is. he's slow as shite but he's actually not a bad player with his back to goal. just to reiterate what others have said: not good enough in the long term but you can't fault his work-rate and commitment - he might even have earned himself another year on his contract. howay le sib

...his finishing isn't the greatest either tbh