madras

People forget they hammered us at WHL last year as well. We were awful and they were attacking us like mad. It was a few minutes of magic which won it for us. and following that pattern i think we'll play better than last season and get beat (just about deservedly....but close)

good to have you back keefaz.....but this is a shite effort!

cos it's bloody obvious and they have no choice

would of agreed a few weeks ago but i think the current system shows how some of our players can play. for example i thought barton was good against fulham and i am more impressed by owen now. midfield is no doubt the problem though and apart from that we possibly need to decide about players such as viduka, those who when fit are excellent with when fit being the key phrase. the current system shows we should expect better from some of the present squad, but i dont think we'll be 4-3-3 next season.

it's due to over zealous celebrations possibly causing the crowd to erupt ( i beleive)

maldini or shilton had a mention yet ?

i'll keep it o one. the final whistle at filbert street when we won to stop up.

Shearer in his absolute prime wasn't fit to kiss the arse of most of the players above but was probably for 18 months or so the joint best forward in the world with batistuta. ronaldo is probably the best and most exciting player in the world right now and yes he is a diving ,cheating churlish twat (he has to be to fit in a the theatre of dreams). whare i would place him above messi is ronaldo seems to have more influence on a game than messi.

i wouldn't be surpised at 4 for the first team and a new spine to boot...centre half...2 central mids and a centre forward.

providing we stay up and i have the feeling we are going in the right direction i don't care where other teams finish. it's happened before under ardiles,for all we were down the bottom most of the season there wasn't a clamour for him to go or any booing as we were playing decent football till he realised we had to get points,by then it was too late and he had to go for us to survive.

Who'd you get to have a word with him Wull? He's obviously heard my statistic that I've been telling everyone. Let's hear it...............one more time..... Can't say I've had the pleasure of hearing it yet. Oh alright, you've twisted my arm. 30 points from 60 without Duff. 2 points from 33 with him. 27 points with allardyce....4 with keegan lies,damned lies and aaaallll that

It's hilarious when these debates on financial matters take place on here. Loads of people chip in but only about 1 or 2 people seem to have any idea what they're on about. bet you mean yourself and chez

joking....would you leave him in control of hot liquids ?

i'm speechless.

what would premiership crowds be like if it was £10 to get in. it's far cheaper in germany to go to football and good on them for having it that way Agreed, but thats also the reason it doesnt have the talent of the premiership! Also, few premier league clubs can hold 50,000. Bring back standing and have a world cup here. and it might happen. I always use the size of the stadiums as an argument that average attendances in England would be much higher if some of the stadiums were bigger. But here in Germany attendances have been very high and increasing since the 90s. Safe standing surely does play a part in it, as do the much more affordable ticket prices. not many sell out on a regular basis.

so he sold iff a large chunk of his company at an inflated price and is in the process of buying it back at knock down prices. seems rather a clever fella to me. he's not liked for the same reason warren buffet wasn't liked. he gets it right by ignoring what others think.

what would premiership crowds be like if it was £10 to get in. it's far cheaper in germany to go to football and good on them for having it that way Agreed, but thats also the reason it doesnt have the talent of the premiership! I would happily swap having the 'talent of the premiership' for having 10 quid tickets and safe standing. football would be miles better. Why don't you just support a league two team then? because league two isn't of the standard og the german league.

i've never played but i understand the premise.....however the way you describe it he could leave it open for years till it recovers.

and none of it matters if the bet has been settled and isn't on going.

Drogba misses a few, but I'd say the other two were fairly clinical. More to the point, all three are capable of making their own chances, and of creating things for team mates, to a far higher degree than Owen. If a striker is gaining his place up front as a specialist finisher, then his conversion rate is more important. Isn't that argument redundant now seeing as Owen is playing deeper and playing as a link man? I take your point, but the exchange was about his worth as a striker, as compared to other strikers. As I said earlier, if his future worth now needs to be decided on his performances in a more withdrawn role in a 4-3-3, then we need to see a fair bit more of him in that position. Everyone seems to be getting carried away, on the basis of one and a half decent-but-not-outstanding performances against teams in the relegation zone. i don't think his performances need to be seen like that as i'd think keegan is using at as the best he has at his disposal and probably not likely to be carried on to next season.

have you read kaka's post on this page ?

i'd think ipswich for him would be regaular games and a shop window.

Played one friendly match against Hannover was without Owen and Barton and lost 2-0. Then I went on to draw 0-0 with Wigan in the first league match The lines curve themselves when you set them to run askew. even on a virtual game he must have retired by now ?

what would premiership crowds be like if it was £10 to get in. it's far cheaper in germany to go to football and good on them for having it that way

i dont fancy this one at all. only hope the confidence isn't dented too much for rerading.