James

How can you have Dawson in a worst of XI? Bramble hasn't been dreadful either!

Is Etherington really in form at the moment? He started the season well but seems to have dropped off. Although he doesn't play as often Adam Johnson always seems to do well in the limited time he gets.

Hart Simpson Cahill Dawson Baines Barton Nolan ? ? Carroll ?

Joey Barton has been saying recently that if players for the England squad were picked on league form and not reputation, he'd be one of the first names on the list. So using that criteria what would the current England XI be?

He is actually very good technically and mentally, probably top 6 level technique and top 4 level mentality. But he is relegation standard when it comes to physical ability. But because we play to his strengths and accomodate his weaknesses he is great for us.

Man arrested.

Mackem fan arrested for attack on Harper - PA.

We are safe. We were minutes away from a Europe-o-meter, but now it will just be midtableness

I hope Coloccini and Enrique both have two sons who go on to play for us. Coloccini Coloccini Enrique Enrique

Coming back from the injury he had he's only going to get better, so can't really judge him based on a few minutes. I look forward to seeing how he develops in the future, but have no expectations on him for this season. If he's shit this season, I'll accept the situation and then I'll wait to see what he is like next season after getting a good pre-season and run of games under his belt.

I think we just got consigned to mid table mediocrity today. We were minutes away from starting our challenge for a UEFA Cup place.

Two hours ago I'd be happy with it, but the circumstances are disappointing. Still, we can be more positive about it all than them once it settles down.

Kind of, he got injured, physio said he had to come off, he then tried to come back on but Pardew stopped him.

Yeah two mins later Bent runs across and shouts at the linesman and Webb does nothing.

This game definitely has a Dabizas feel to it.

Frenetic.

Coloccini has been fantastic.

Smith had admitted that he stopped playing up front because he couldn't turn around on his ankle. Well he needs to turn around in defensive midfield too. Basically putting him there means the defence can't pass to him as he can't turn around quickly so they are just going to hoof it.

I think many will echo this view with the concern about the money being re-invested in the squad. If it was under a different board, with the fee likely to be re-invested, would your view differ at all? In this window, no. There is simply no time.

As there would be less than two weeks left to find a goalscorer to replace him for the remainder of this season, I'd value him at £80m. That is the cost of us going down and struggling to get back up again.

I actually left Carroll in my Fantasy Football team imagining a scenario of it turning out that he was fit after all.

James Troisi?

We won't sell Carroll this month. There is no time to get a replacement for our goals and we would get relegated which would cost us more than we'd get from the sale of Carroll.

I am channelling all my positive thoughts into Shola.

Leon Best's full Premier League debut.