Geordie Boot Boy

You could look a little silly come the date of the final. I like the look of Valencia this season.

That's all you need to know about Man United fans TBH.

He's like an ugly version of Rio Ferdinand. Wait a minute... http://www.uglyfootballers.com/content/images/footballers/2004_premiership/ferdinand/images/ferdinand01.jpg ... uglier version of Rio Ferdinand.

I'm a big Emre fan, I have to admit. When on form, he is one of our best players. It's very pleasing to see him score the winning goal like tonight. It's also very pleasing that he seems to have put his injury problems behind him.

Seems harsh, Jai is just a late bloomer. Now, back to the matter at hand, just what do you think the Reading coaches said to Emre?

I knew him before he played football. I`m sure you don`t call your mates by their last name. Depends on the context tbh.

Because there isn't another player in the league called Titus, so it works just as well as saying 'Bramble'. Plus, if you were to be writing an article or something, you would refer to them as their Christian name once or twice, in order to avoid repetition. If you said Bramble in every other sentence, it just wouldn't sound good. Does that answer your question? You have convinced me. It is unavoidable. Do broadsheet newspapers adopt this technique? I don't have any huge problem with it, though it does strike me as odd.

Well, I've never heard of this. Anyone?

No idea Robson. Care to venture a guess Papodopolous?

Just why do some people insist on calling some players by their Christian names? Fair enough if it's for the purposes of a pun or something but, otherwise, why do it?

noobs imo.

Boro. Shit club, shit fans, shit area, shit team, shit history. The only things I like about them are Gareth Southgate and their chairman.

Everton, Leeds, Boro and Spurs. Had to leave out Sunderland, I doubted they'd need my vote anyway.

I like it.

Chelsea Clinton? Why haven't you taken this information straight to the police?

That's a fair point but Rossi looks a canny player to me. To label him as one of our worst players is wide of the mark imo. This lad thinks Luque's class man. For "master" read "know-nowt". Will know-nowtbation still make you go blind?

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Given that Roy Keane was a better player than Steven Gerrard, I'd say that's a good thing.

Aren't the UEFA Cup winners almost always Champions League drop outs?

Or a left back either. :winking:

If it weren't for that "lazy arrogant ba d", we would have won the Premiership.

A lot of the teams chosen wouldn't work in practice. If you want the best team that would work (for a given system), you need to think something like this: Assuming the system is a flat 4-4-2, Who has been the 'best' GK? Schmeichel. ... RB? Neville. ... LB? Irwin. ... CB? Adams. ... CB? Bruce. ... RW? Beckham. ... LW? Giggs. ... MC? Keane. ... MC? Vieira. ... St? Shearer. ... St? Cantona. If I was choosing a 4-4-2 system, I would have to leave out Henry. If I was choosing the 11 best players of the Premiership though, I definitely wouldn't. Hell, I wouldn't even leave him out of the a top 4 list.

Assuming that he was being honest in his interviews, Roeder seems to have little else but praise for the big-boned Irishman. I doubt he's looking to replace him. Again though, that is assuming he was being honest.

Martins will definitely come good. He has the tools, he just needs to learn how to use them in the most effective way. I am very confident of that.

Yeah, well, it just seems odd to me that people come out with the "nice guy" comments as if it's relevant to any question over his managerial abilities. Can you imagine going on a Man United forum to ask them what they thought of Alex Ferguson as a manager and getting replies like "He's a bit of a prick but a top class manager"? Forget that he's a nice guy. He might have other personality traits that in no way help his performance as a manager, they don't need to be mentioned either.