DJ_NUFC

You banned him?!

OMFG you weren't lying: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany_1%E2%80%935_England_(2001)#Match_details With McManaman, Heskey and Fowler in the squad! This was like a freaking reunion.

Hatrick, Gerrard and Heskey got the others. Also remember Nicky Barmby played, as he often did at that time. For the Germans? I honestly don't think Barmby played If he did, goodness me, either I'm losing my memory having just turned 30 or I had blocked out his entire existence since the mid-1990s.

Scored 4 in Munich, didn't he? He was a great player but wasted it with his lack of ambition and attitude.

Owen: "I can still break England's goalscoring record." http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1010298/michael-owen:-i-can-break-bobby-charlton's-england-scoring-record?cc=5901

There are over a billion of us so you probably have met only "the boring ones." It's a very expansive statement to make, anyway, as you're not taking into account what you consider funny and what culturally may not transfer over well to any other culture different from yours. I've grown up in both India and Africa, and met hilarious people in both those places, including England. Humour, like everything, is subjective to the person.

Incredible, fantastic news, and totally unexpected. Have to give credit where it's due, Ashley and Llambiarse have done something positive once again. All credit again to our manager and the scouting setup we seem to have. Anyways, does this signal an end for Shola? Or is.... *sigh*... Ba going to leave, so this is the replacement?

Surely that's a physical threat, and if they're charging people for racist comments, physical violence will get a worse treatment? I'm not too sure, and am very wary, where this whole charging people for saying things on twitter is going.

Still a ridiculous thing to say, he could act and sound a little more victimized instead of sounding like an infomercial, but maybe that's just how the quotes come across in print.

Where is Babatunde, our man on the ground?

He's gonna leave, and would be right to do so. His talent is being wasted. The old adage of "skilful" foreigners not knowing how to "track back" in English football is tiresome, lazy and stereotypical. The kid will learn to do so once given the chance, as most players of that ilk have who've succeeded in England. They didn't do so sitting on the bench. "Yeah, but he doesn't track back in training" sounds ludicrous.

Incredible that people are judging him on tonight's performance. Especially after he's shown us so much in his short amount of time here. People are fucking retarded.

He hit the crossbar with a header that was most likely going in on any other day.

They were there for the taking. No idea why we caved in so easily. That's what hurts.

Who do you play instead of Obertan though? And don't say Ben Arfa because he's been just as bad since coming on. LOL, not even gonna bother arguing with that logic. I'm not seeking an argument, I'm simply saying that we have a lack of alternatives in our squad. Move Ryan Taylor there? I agree. Fuck, we have a squad thinner than Kate Moss after a night out. Seriously need recruitments in Jan.

Who do you play instead of Obertan though? And don't say Ben Arfa because he's been just as bad since coming on. LOL, not even gonna bother arguing with that logic.

Why do I even bother getting hopes up when we go to Anfield? No point in watching our games there, we go there without a spine.

Simpson was actually pretty good in the first half, not sure what match you've been watching. Yes, second half they were all shite, but let's not kick our only right-back out the door Santon's not gonna get a game anyways.

This guy has to be fucking dropped. I have no idea what he brings to the team.

We were absolutely awful in the second half, should be down by 5 goals by now if luck and better finishing had gone their way. It's just unfuckingbelievable we have to put up with fucking the Gerrard show. The commentators are not even trying to be impartial or objective. As if Jesus himself came down. Fuck's sake.

Pards messing up again, our attack is fucking toothless. Vuckic in the role Pardew apparently sees Ben Arfa occupying, who he's left on the bench. The kid looks like he's drowning. We need someone to hold their own, be quick on their feet, and create a link between Ba and the midfield. Tiote's been fucking boss. Cabaye could do better, but Obertan on the right is pathetic as usual, and Raylor is being raped on the flanks by Downing. Simpson's been fantastic, as have Willo and Colo (so glad to have a decent CB pairing again). Raylor's funnily enough done well to recover once he gets skinned, so at least he's done his bit

He'll need to leave to find a manager who actually values him (again).

Alright, so what would the attacker have done if the keeper hadn't kept him on the ground by kicking him until the steward arrived? This is the case in point people are wilfully missing or ignoring. The keeper was keeping the attacker on the ground using the only weapons HE has, his legs. He's a footballer FFS. If the attacker was carrying even a tiny razorblade, as soon as he was up, he'd have gone for the keeper. I'm sorry, all those being all high and mighty about a few kicks to keep the attacker down in self defence are smoking crack.

Anyone who sees anything positive in Obertan is delusional. It sucks for us that anyone happens to be our manager.

In all honesty, this is a shocking, shocking result, as were the previous two games. This can unravel our whole season, to be honest, unless serious work and searching is done by Pards starting now. Horrific result at home. WBA are great et al, but really, we should've taken 3 points, or at least TRIED to from the go. Embarrassing.