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We need an Elano, Arteta, Deco etc. Someone that can make us get on feet when they have the ball. A right winder would be nice but not before one of these. However, i still want to see how Barton and Emre are going to fit in.

Well i certainly wouldn't drop Cacapa and Faye after yesterdays performances. I was also impressed by Faye, in particular his footwork. Cacapa and Faye seemed to have had a very good understanding too. It's important that we keep a consistant back four and right now mine would be: Beye Cacapa Faye Jose Enrique

Late but here goes: Given-6 Should have kept there second out. Beye-6.5 Out of positi8on for the goals but made some good tackles and supported the wide players well. Cacapa-9 Outstanding barely put a foot wrong all game and led the back line superbly. Faye-8 Impressive, i didn't realise how good he is on the ground. Drove from the back. Jose Enrique-7 Made a few good crosses, which suggested he is good technically. A couple of sloppy passes but he made up for them, good home debut. Milner-7 Not one of his best days but he gave 100% and never lost possestion. Butt- 7.5 From magnificent to idiotic sometimes. Not the greatest passer of the ball but a good DM performance. Geremi-7 Didn't influence the game massively but work well with Butt. N'Zogbia-7.5 A couple of good runs and worked hard. Smith-8 Held up the ball brilliantly and his best performance yet for us. Martins-7 Should have scored, thats his job. Ironically he looked electrfying sometimes. Subs: Owen 8 Emre 8

Joey Barton was Man Citys best player last year.

I looked at the Baba one and thought, whos he?

Which basically just means he won't play the Everton game so that he will have a week hard training under and a reserve outing under his belt before our next fixture.

If Sam gets Duff playing to his top standard we are different squad. Duff will fit in well with Sams plans IMO. Lukin forward to him and Barton coming back.

I've said it before and ill say it again Barton is the key. His creativity, productivity AND workrate will benefit the team massively. Imagine this: Given Beye Rozehnal Taylor Enrique Butt Geremi Barton Martins Viduka N'Zogbia Very good side IMO, obviously some will disagree with certain areas but you get the picture.

Best one.

My team would be : Given Beye Rozehnal Taylor Enrique Butt Geremi Emre Milner Smith N'Zogbia Why? On current form i'd like to see N'Zogbia and Milner off the frontman and assuming Viduka can't make it i would put Smith in his place. Allowing Emre to return in Smiths midfield role, which also allows a little bit more creativity in midfield. Because of form, the defence picks itself. Obviously i would like to play Martins somewhere in the team but he isn't firing on all cylinders at the moments. However, i want to make it clear that i don't expect this to be our team. This is more likely: Harper Beye Cacapa Rozehnal N'Zogbia Butt Geremi Smith Martins Viduka Milner

Arsenal kids could do that to most teams. Doesn't make us crap, it makes them good. Just shows how far behind we are as a club but we are improving.

My first thoughts were about how happy this news would have made Fergi. I don't like anything that makes him happy.

I think Mourinho is an absolute genius. Anyone who believes Mourinho to be arrogant is shortsighted, the guy is an amazing motivater and fantastic (yet slighty annoying) character. As for Chelsea, they have made their biggest mistake in getting rid of Mourinho. There's only a few blokes in world football who can replace him. Fergi must be having a right laugh at this.

This will be the team: Given Beye Rozehnal Cacapa Zoggy Faye Geremi Smith Martins Ameobi Milner

:lol: :lol: Owen didn't perform because he couldn't. I give him a 4 because of his absence in the game butt was awful when he was in the game.

I can barely type i'm that upset at this performance. We were boring and predictable throughout. Harper-6 Did ok, no chance with goal. Taylor-5.5 Raped down the left and provided no attacking support. Rozehnal-6 Should have scored, struggled to deal with Howards aerial threat. Cacapa-6.5 Did do anything wrong, looked good on the ball. N'Zogbia-5.5 Out of position he failed to give us enough attacking threat, certainly not to blame. Smith- 5 Gave us no protection or creativity. Butt-5 Worst performer on the pitch. He could barely stay on his feet let alone retain the ball. Geremi-6.5 Poor set-pieces but kept the ball better than the rest. Milner-6.5 Looked the only player anywhere near likely to hurting derby. Owen-4 Invisible without creativity. Ameobi-5 Terrible footballer. Subs: Faye-7 looked solid but gave us nothing in the part of the pitch where we need something. Martins-7 Our only threat should have started. Beye- Looked ok.

Thats stupid, they still dont have as good a squad as Man Utd and Chelsea. A don't think they will win the title TBH.

Sounds like Gillespie as usual. That lads a funny un.

Taylor is one our best young talents and indeed one of englands, it would be sad to see him go.

Not if he's injured constantly.

Actually i agree with yours.

Jesus Wept.

Given Richards Lescott Woodgate Barry Bentley Arteta Barton N'Zogbia Berbatov Owen

N'Zogbia was shite because of bad man management from Roeder, its as clear as day. Believe it or not that IS an excuse for poor form. Allardyce, someone renound for his man management skills has come in and made all the difference, simple really.

To add. The reason why foerign players are cheaper is because our clubs have so much money. It's almost impossible to buy good players from one prem team to another. Simply because the clubs don't need the money as much as they used to, therefore hang for a bigger prices. On the continent alot of clubs are quite happy taking 1m for their star players because 1m to them is BIG money.