Bad Mongo

Shola isn't a premiership striker. Owen, otoh ...

Ranger!

As second striker.

Sounds like Routledge has some pace.

Whaa.

That's better. Thank you.

Nolan really needs to stop bombing forward if he can't track back.

Sounds like they have an easy game.

In hindsight, Baggio was as much of an idiot as I thought he was at the time.

It obviously helps him that some of the players around him now are capable of running around a bit.

The right thing? Only if you think Ashley's money is more important that the team.

Has been denied by his agent. That means it's true, doesn't it?

This. (With the exception of Ronaldo, of course: at least he'll be able to tell us he told us so.)

How about a leaf thin mint chocolate?

Agree. I hope for ManU's demise because of their fans. Schadenfreude is a beautiful thing.

He probably makes his assistant manager do the half time talks, making the results entirely random.

The innocent until proven guilty principle is for the courts -- that the burden of proof is on the prosecution -- not for fans of other football clubs. As far as I'm concerned, he's as guilty as the Yorkshire Ripper.

A brilliant video. Haven't enjoyed watching a football video that much since GhoeberX's Hellas Hell, and this one didn't even have a goal in it.

The club's two best spells when he was on our books came when he was out of the team, Roeder end of 05-06 season when he was at Villa on loan, and Keegan end of 07-08 season. Yes, and some of the club's worst spells were also with him out of the team (Souness, and after his final transfer to Villa). No one has claimed he is Maradona; he doesn't transform a team.

He was our best player under Roeder. He's only been shit for us under Big Sam -- and who wasn't? Milner was by far our most underrated player.

We usually play terrible and end up with 1-1 in these games.

N'Zogbia might offer a bit more in attack, but he's a lot worse defensively. Who's the better one depends on the team and how the player is employed.

From what I've heard, you've seen correct. Apparently he was over to watch as a "fan" though. I read that he was punched out by some Trønder (the Norwegian equivalent of a Scot) on the piss the other night.

I always defended him: we had no movement in the middle, and no height (nor movement) up front. Of course that would make a winger look bad. His only fault was a lack of communication with Michael Owen.

No, he couldn't. (Unless the ball fell down on his head.) And neither of them had Michael Owen's ridiculous wages, and then went on a free transfer.