Mick

He didn't look injured to me when he went off, I just thought that the game was over and he was being protected.

I thought of Souness when I'd seen the team for today, square pegs in round holes again.

Sammy if far too over-rated, he's a good kid but he's got a lot to learn and I don't think he did that much against Chelsea. He made a couple of runs down the left but they were dead easy to defend as he just dropped his head and went on a straight run. He had one shot on goal which went straight to the keeper.

I've just has a text off my mate who supports Man U. Hahahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahaha. I got it the day we signed Obertan and get it every time he plays.

He could have made one change in defence, I don't know if things would have changed but I would have had more confidence if we'd had a central defender in the middle.

You've got a new baby? Take it back, it's bad luck if today is anything to go by.

Pardew picked the wrong team as far as I'm concerned. Obertan was Obertan, Perch was Perch and Ryan Taylor was Ryan Taylor, oh and Alan Smith.

I'm confident that Coloccini will be back for this game.

He didn't have a decent game.

Agreed, we should expect to lose to a team who played in the Championship last season.

Ba is lethal, he's probably the best forward we've had since Shearer.

I agree with all of that, I thought Santon was too narrow at times when he could have stayed wider and I thought Krul might have came off his line a bit more to help claim some balls in the air considering we had little or no height in the middle of defence.

Posts have tits, wear shirts and sing, I've missed them.

Good post.

You're clueless.

Perch was marking Drogba, Cabaye was tracking Lampard from the throw in.

Obertan had a game like he did today and you single out Jonas.

Perch played, you know, the bloke who was supposed to be marking Drogba last week when he scored.

I couldn't give a shit how they look in training, it's what they do in a game that counts.

Well the only defender we could of brought on was Kadar, who has no experience at this level, so to put him and Perch together at CB would be even more suicidal, no? He was right to keep it like that, we scored. It was the difference between who we were missing, and our 'reserves' which unfortunately was the difference today. How many times has Perch played in central defence at this level?

Yet Ryan Taylor, Obertan, Perch, Lovenkrands and Smith have.

I don't know what I was drinking last night but it was dodgy stuff, I even imagined that Alan Smith was on the pitch today.

First half, Perch and Simpson have played really well. Ryan Taylor is shite, Obertan is doing nothing as usual and Shola will probably be off if he comes out for the 2nd half.

To think some wanted him dropped if Tiote came back.

Santon has tights on his arms.