The College Dropout

Mr. Benedict McCarthy still scoring & still getting over looked... a great signing by Mark Hughes, they sold their best player 2 years ago (Bellamy) and replaced him with a more natural goal-scorer.

I keep telling people the lad gets piggy backed by King. Amazes me how he gets into the England squad.

Don't forget Bramble and Dabizas. You might as well stick Bernard & Caldwell in. That was only 5 years ago, where are they now? Hughes = Couldn't get in the Villa side. Struggling to get in the Fulham side. Griffin = Couldn't get in the Pompey side. Struggling to get in the Derby side. O'Brien = Couldn't get in the Pompey side. Now playing for Bolton who are bottom. Bramble = Playing for Wigan. Dabizas = Winding his career down back home. Bernard = No club. Caldwell = Burnley captain. Scary! Have people forgot about Boumsong? He was f****** terrible Yeh but we're on about when we played Champions League. I remember that home game against Juve - Griffin, Hughes, Bramble and O'Brien were absolutely outstanding! Very true. individual very shit players indeed but we got 4th & 3rd with them. Granted they always looked like getting rattled 6-2 but for the most part it worked.

The whole thing is a shambles tbh. From the top to the bottom. However I must say Rio Ferdinand & Ashley Cole is the only individual to perform at a consistently high level. Defensively Cole has been solid & our defence looks more vulnerable without Rio than it does without JT.

lo that has to be my fav. N-O phrase. Only here has anyone ecer said "Shower of shit".. i'm usually to pissed to laugh about it.

We didn't deserve anything from the match tbf. Had some good chances though but general play was atrocious.

goalfest on monday Probably plays a blinder. The defenders where slow to react but still a mistake from the Fatman. You can blame a few people for the goal, but the truth is we were defending desperately for 40 minutes. True. Terrible performance all round. You know your in trouble when you have Rooney defending from the edge of the penalty box within 10 minutes of the second half.

goalfest on monday Probably plays a blinder. The defenders where slow to react but still a mistake from the Fatman.

Gerrard was very poor today. Didn't look faintly bothered. For L'Pool he's rushing around like's superman or something, he looked lethargic tonight & his and all the other lads head dropped as soon as the penalty was given. No fighting spirit. Russia where first to every ball and looked stronger and faster than our lads.

Aye, didn't string together any decent passes. Owen didn't have a sniff of goal all game and looked injured towards the end. Owen was forever "working" the channels. He should be in the middle at all time, goodness knows he can't run anymore.

Torres & Anelka up top for me. The pefect mix of rough & subtleness. (no homo)

How much do you think Bent and Smith are worth in todays market? i think smith would go for the same.... bent... omg... impossible... freebie? hehe Bent probably scored more goals last year/the year before than Smith has in 3-4 seasons. Bent imo is worth 8 to 10 million. Smith.. much more close to what we payed for.. still pretty crap though. Smith was not an improvement on Dyer.

I'd say Smith might be a worse signing than Bent or Gordon (who has looked dodgy).. Bent at the very least is a good player.. i'm not too sure about Mr. Smith.

Owen is still dangerous but now is pretty much strictly a box player. I don't think he has the legs to score a goal like his winer in the FA Cup. Every team needs pace within the last 3rd. Teams can then emply a very high defensive line which causes a long list of problems. It's rare to find a winger without pace these days who is any good.

id suspect that if SA leaves given out of the team, morale and confidence damage is much higher and that cant be good for the future. players need to know they will get their chances regularly and that they wont just be forgotten if they go through a spell of bad form. Johnsons shot hit Smith & Given scored with his hands. What did Harper do to get dropped? What can be worse for marally than playing well and being instantly dropped.

Yes... i'm sure he sorta came out to punch one of Evertons goals? He should be dropped as soon as he lets in 5 against us.

Fucking Paul Merson

EMRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If Shay is 6"1 then what kind of monster is Forster?

Well I absolutely disagree. Of all the positions on the field, and all the stats you can pick the number of saves per shot when taken over a large enough range of games is one of the least subjective stats you can use. Over time the percentage of easy saves to unstoppable shots will even out, and this stat is especially valid when you are talking about how good a shot stopper a keeper is. FACT is this - Given rarely makes mistakes. I've come to realise that a lack of making mistakes is enough for a large proportion of people to pronounce a keeper or defender as being great. Not making mistakes is a great attribute to have, but it is not the be all and end all. FWIW the first goal on Saturday was saveable - not easily, but saveable non the less. I've believed in this for a long time.

Ahhhh.. the old Shay Given discussion. He's so over-rated by bour fans it is unbelievable.

I put Duff & Owen in the same category. I rarely think of either player, it's a bonus when they can start.

Owen has been no better for Newcastle than Martins has. I suspect if you compare their goals per games ratio, Owen'd be miles ahead. I suspect if you compare goals scored in their time at Newcastle I think you'll find Oba will be ahead. Fact is: Owen has barely played for us. Oba is much more a permanent fixure in our side than Owen... you can't replace someone who barely plays.

Oba's scored more goals than Owen this season...... Owens only scored one. Small shoes there....

Have you ever heard Paul Merson try to say anything? Him and Ian Wright take the fuckin biscuit like. I actually like Wrightey. It's like having your very passionate England fan friend on the tele.