James

Newcastle United: 1st in Division 1, 3rd, 6th, 2nd, 2nd, 13th, 13th, 11th, 11th, 4th, 3rd, 5th, 14th, 7th, 13th, 12th. That pretty much indicates how a club can quickly rise and fall. It often isn't a gradual process, in fact those that climb gradually one season tend to fall gradually the next, getting nowhere. As I see things, us and Villa are the best placed to break into the top 4 next season. My league table was deliberately a bit silly, but one of the top 4 could easily drop down, we've all seen it before, and I believe we can capitalise.

Vic, is that you?

3rd Aston Villa 4th Newcastle 5th Arsenal 6th Liverpool 7th Everton 8th Portsmouth 9th Spurs 10th Sunderland 11th Middlesbrough 12th Blackburn 13th West Ham 14th Manchester City

Sammy McIllroy falling over at Wembley.

Is it possible that Ashley, who is of course an expert at flogging football kit, while not being a fan of some of the slightly dodgy industrial practices that go on in that line of business, may have different ideas regarding the release of our strips?

no he doesn´t. he looks very strong, like Messi and Tevez. Messi is a tricky winger (ie lightweightedness allowed) and Tevez is an absolute monster. Nasri is nowhere near Tevez in terms of build, and he plays central midfield where physique is needed.

He was in a flop sidebar iirc.

Nasri is widely regarded as the next Zidane. Would prefer him to the next Didier Drogba.

Bafe Bafetim Bafe Bafetim Bafe Bafetim Bafetimbi Gomis.

I like Ferdinand, Tevez, Giggs and Scholes, I hate Terry, Ashley Cole, Drogba, Lampard. Therefore I want Manchester United to win.

I'd be embarassed with that one

The jurisdiction of the Welsh FA really needs addressing.

I can see Sinawatra making some of his players stay, even if they want out...

Looking at the teams in the other leagues, one name that stands out is Bradley Orr, who has been named in the Championship team.

In terms of finding a player who can lead from the back and has Premiership experience, Dunne is possibly the best we can get. Must be slightly wary though that he was considered a laughing stock a couple of seasons ago before he turned things round. There is always the risk that moving him out of a settled defence and less pressured environment could turn things pear shaped.

When we played the Mackems, I thought that Jones was the best player on the pitch, but was being let down by the Mackems over defensive tactics, and most Premiership teams could build a team around him.

Viduka has been playing with an achilles injury the last couple of games by the way, making him even less mobile.

One semi final, one quarter, one round of 16 plus we generally won more games than the CL teams do in that period explains our position. We'll plummet next season when I believe our semi disappears fromour scoring.

On that basis, I'd probably bring Duff and Milner into the team for the rest of the season as two players who can stretch their legs a bit more.

Keegan reckons we are tiring now and don't have fresh legs to bring into the team, hence the performances.

If manager of the month is solely down form this month, Keegan has won it, although I reckon Grant will get it because of today and the CL.

Full time. Unbeaten in 7. Not the best performance though, but no complaints.

West ham penalty call, hit Owen's arm.

FS, anal Smith

Milner's not on the bench I'm afraid.