Northern Monkey

No. Because they are not anywhere near good enough, in the main.

Even last week, there were people saying he was worth keeping, had ptential to improve, was very strong, yadda yadda. Fact time, kids: Titus Bramble is NOT a defender who has the ability to play in a team with aspirations of the top 7, and to push on from there. He simply isn't very good.

Haddaway and shite man, we've kept 1 clean sheet in the last 20. Just cos they say our defence is shit doesn't automatically mean it's not. It is. My attempt at brevity has, as ever, resulted in ambiguity. I was referring to how Bramble is blamed irrespective of what the circumstances are. He is blamed because, like last night, he is shit.

Aye he does good stuff, but fact is, he is a prima donna. Football is a team game, and he never plays his part in the team, instead just living off his own individual moments of brilliance, which is why we'll never win anything while he is between the sticks. In my eyes, there is no difference between Shay Given and Laurent Robert. You must REALLY hate Babayaro, Carr, Bramble, Ameobi etc, then

When he is there. allegedly screaming for the ball in a good position (which is actually very rare, his movement is poor), and he gets it, what does he do? Fuck all. And who's fault is that? Not HIS, it seems...........its because no-one passes to him (a defunct argument as to why he loses the ball when he gets it).....because he has no decent LB behind him.......because he's playing in midfield next to a right footer (?!)......because he's a ginger.......never HIS fault, oh no.

He might want to also find a coaching team worth more than fuck all. Oh, and some managerial talent for himself, and some more outfield players.

We created plenty chances. When you play with certain players who don't give a shit, that is when you are caught out. Duff's effort was a disgrace, Martins didn't look interested and Bramble just isn't good enough. We didn't create plenty of chances, we played like a team full of very mediocre players (ah, i see), managed by an very poor manager (check), and with no real leadership (ding, ding, ding, we have a winner!!!)

Couldn't agree more and it's a regular thing. Yes, he has the spectacular saves which time and again overshadow his total lack of being able to command his six yard box. Believe me if he was that good he have been off somewhere else a long time ago. Shit argument. He IS at fault at times, but not as much as his defence. As for going somewhere else if he was good, what about Shearer? Or ir staht different, because some fans (incorrectly) believe he was a god?

Emre changed nothing, as we did nothing. He ran about a bit, but no real product, lets face it.

His lack of control of his area and the defence has always been his weak spot, but he is nowhere near as culpable for our past defensive shitness as the likes of Shambles, Moore, Babayaro and Carr, etc.

Given - 4 - great shot-stopper on the whole, has fuck all command of his area, or of the defence. Solano - 5 - best Toon defender on the night. Also our best right winger for the entire game. Bramble - 3 - shit, again. Positioning, decision-making, pace, awareness, intelligence. All attributes that Shambles once again proves he does not have. Get rid, for fucks sake. Taylor - 3 - best central defender we employ, and you were shite. You fucking eejit. Huntington - 3 - Goal-line clearance gets you an extra point, you were taken to bits. Still better than Babayaro. Dyer - 4 - Poor. Anyone who said yesterday he was best at right wing might want to watch a video of the game. He was all over the place, but not in a "Gerrard, making the game go his way from all over the park" kind of way. Just in a "unable to grasp the concept of beinga winger, or carry out the basic functions required, while still offering nothing when in the centre" kind of way. Butt - 4 - rarely seemed to get round to doing his job. You don't mind a midfielder being quet if they are doing their job, but he didn't. Parker - 4 - As Butt, neither of them could take control of the midfield. Also seems to be actively LOOKINg for the chance to twist around when he's on the ball. Pack it in. Duff - 4 - Actually tracked back a bit, which is an improvement. Still nowt there, though. Sibierski,- 5 - One player who actually looked able to cause them a problem, but too slow. Probably not even got one more season left in him. Martins - 4 - Unfortunately, Awful Touch Martins showed up last night. Shocking lack of control of the ball. Unable to amend his game to counter the fact that the AZ players/manager had sussed him. The Zog - N/A - got around 86 minutes less than he should have. Emre - 5 - Awful set pieces, can someone PLEASE stop him from taking them. Runs around a lot, to no avail. Roeder - 2 - the ONLY reason he put Emre on was that Pattinson wasn't on the bench, i reckon, the fucking genius. Tactically absolutely inept, and without any clue as to how to amend our game to suit the actual match we were playing. Out-thought and out-classed byt he equally wrong-faced Van Gaaaaal. NOT a decent premiership manager, Roeder, and lets not pretend he is.

Of course. We'll see. The "Bramble has potential/no-one stronger/made a great long pass once" brigade will be out soon, re-writing history again.

Taylor was worse..... But Shambles was once again proven to be a defender of little ability. That is undeniable.

We have no big players. Oh, and blaming Roeder? Its largely his fault. He chose the wrong players. The wrong tactics. And he - unlike the AZ manager - was unable, at any point, to see how the game (or 2 legged tie) was going, and amend the way we played to match it. He's fucking awful.

AT f****** LAST he used it as an excuse.. Im not trying to protect Glenn here,but thats a fact and something that we have coped very well.Hes not pointing it out as one of the reason why we lost,but whether the entire season has been a failure for us. How many first team players WHO ARE GOOD ENOUGH TO BE IN THE TOP HALF OF THE PREMIERSHIP are we missing? one?

Woudl you rather we said that the players were good enough, the manager competent, and the results acceptable, wven though none of those are true?

he'll come good in time, some say!!!! muahahahahahahahaha!!!!

Taylor was shit. So was Bramble. Anyone who has defender Bramble but is now calling Taylor - Shambles has made far, far more mistakes than Taylor, are you calling him shite and a liability as well?

ITV's coverage (not the verbals, the actual look and feel of the whole thing) is far better than C5's.

aye you're right, he's getting injured more and more as the weeks go by...snap him up, 10m? His price is not 10m Chelsea probably will sell him for 5-6m and for this kind of money its the better option then Baines imo And he is miles better that what we have at the moment at LB ANYONE, as stated, is better than what we have at the moment. we dont need anyone we need class there Yes we do, IDEALLY. At the moment, we have NOTHING there. So anyone would be better than that.

it'd take some negotiator to get ANYONE to take Carr. 10 bob? I'd want 15 bob change for the fat useless twat.

aye you're right, he's getting injured more and more as the weeks go by...snap him up, 10m? His price is not 10m Chelsea probably will sell him for 5-6m and for this kind of money its the better option then Baines imo And he is miles better that what we have at the moment at LB ANYONE, as stated, is better than what we have at the moment.

More consistent so far than Oba? Or is that because i've watched more of Martins, so seen more of his bad games?

Aye, but then thats really predictable and a good full back will just put him onto his left foot and he'll be wasted. Which we've seen with Dyer. And Duff on the right.

i like him, me. What's his league goal tally? I think he was amognst the best buys at that time, personally.