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or how about playing Beye and Enrique at full back once the specialist CB's are available again? Cos none of them have looked as good as Beye, tbh. Bollocks imo. Cacapa, Pompey aside, has looked imperious. Beye's made cock-ups too (winner for Reading, even Blackburn's second he was somewhat culpable for), we need unity and some sense of a back four, rather than just whoever is available slung in. None of our new defenders have done themselves justice so far - and it is absolutely not because they are shite, any of them. The way some people have totally written off Cacapa (and I'm not talking about you Keefaz, I know you're a level headed soul) is mind-boggling to me. Apart from the fact he wasn't even fit, good defenders make mistakes - did you see Carragher today giving Anelka an open goal? Hyypia too makes mistakes, and the pair of them are incredibly one paced. They know each other's game inside out though and that's what's made them one of the best defences in Europe over the past few years. This bloke's won five consecutive French titles as captain in a side which has also been excellent in Europe during that time - one bad ten minute spell and suddenly he's not good enough for NUFC or the Premiership. Sometimes I wonder just who the fuck we think we are.

"When the Bramble's Bloopers DVD comes out, it'll have to be four hours long" Nice one, Adrian. Ronaldo is writing a furious letter to the BBC as we speak.

Agreed.

Spurs. What a fucking strike though. Probably goal of the season so far.

Must say, I agree with this 100%. Folks mention Hughes, O'Neill, etc as if they could simply step into the St James cauldron and transform us into a decent team. But we haven't been a decent team for years despite having a squad stuffed full of well-paid international players. It'll take time to sort this rabble out - I'd expect Sam to faff around with formations and team selections through most of this season. If nothing else, he finds out who can do a decent job for the team, who needs to be shipped out, and where to stengthen. That's not something that can be figured out on the training pitch - it's only in the heat of battle (and the full glare of the supporters and media) this can be done properly. Frankly, some of his selections are baffling, but I have faith he will get it right and we'll be a much better side...next season. I agree. Unfortunately I don't think we're going to get a chance to find out. I'm as sick as everyone else at the moment, but 15 games ffs.

Stoke away. They're not bad either. Wank.

I said as soon as Villa came out that it would be Man Utd. Every single year. brummie must be sick.

God I hope Martins doesn't carry out his threat! Or make one.

Unbelievable.

Bang on. I think it'll be a very poor start for the new regime to be sacking Allardyce after, what is it 14-15 games, when we lie in 11th. I'm as frustrated as everyone else with the past month but for God's sake, let's not hit the panic button yet again for fuck's sake. A month ago after the Spurs game, we were fucking laughing. There is no way in the world we are going to get relegated so Allardyce should see the season out. Alan Shearer, man.

As brummie says, if he's doing the business on the field, he can do what he likes off it, especially in the privacy of his home. I think he's absolute fucking class.

We pose zero threat from free kicks now. Geremi's have been crap and Milner can hit some good ones (think he's hit the bar about three times) but not consistently enough. I miss Laurent Robert.

No, his dad gave him the other £146. fuck off man half of you wankers on here wont have a season ticket Give your head a shake lad.

Steve Bruce when asked whether he'd made errors as a centre back after Titus's today: "Never that bad."

myth. we could have easily destroyed liverpool if we had showed some commitment\"!!! definitely agree with the bold bit though. blackburn finished in the euro spots last year and portsmouth will probably do so this year. Is that a joke? yes, although to some people its not. Thank Christ.

I'd back Martins over Smith any day of the week. Smith's a tidy player at times with some skill but he's just not worth a shirt every week. For a striker, the lack of goalscoring positions he gets into is criminal. It's far less than, for example, Shola, although Smith is a better player. It's difficult to know where he could ever fit into a side every week in the Premiership.

myth. we could have easily destroyed liverpool if we had showed some commitment\"!!! definitely agree with the bold bit though. blackburn finished in the euro spots last year and portsmouth will probably do so this year. Is that a joke?

We've not once this season played Milner right, N'Zogbia left, Enrique LB, apart from about half an hour against Everton before they switched over for some bizarre reason. I can't get my head round that because it's such a simple thing to do. Swapping Enrique and Charlie round every game is doing nobody any favours. How he expects them to switch their form on and off like a tap in different positions is anyone's guess.

Eh?

Give your head a shake ffs.

They don't have better defenders imo, they just have a more cohesive unit. We've been all over the fucking place all season because you never know which back four will be out there, plus they're new to the league. That Ooijer did alright for them today, remember when he first arrived? Every goal they conceded was down to him, he was giving away penalties like there was a prize available.

Odd that we didn't bring on either Emre for Butt or Enrique and moved Charlie further forward. Butt was ok first half (apart from giving daft possession away) but second half I thought he went missing in a big way and they bossed us around because of it. For me, Butt just doesn't do enough away from home.

So should they tbf. Still a miles better performance surely? Definitely. Still pretty gutting though.

So should they tbf.

Fucking bollocks man. I hate football me. >