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The speed of a team comes down to intelligence, passing and movement into space, both N'Zogbia and Dyer are players who i would not consider first teamers on merit, therefore it would not effect the pace of the first team. Btw, Owen and Martins aren't particularly slow.

He's a good player, no more no less. As far as i'm concerned if we were offered 6m+ for him he can go, as he can be replaced. I still believe it to be a matter of time before he gets injured and he 27 now so he's not going to improve. The worst thing about Dyer is the fact that it will be impossible to replace him....... only because i have no idea whatsoever of the position he's meant to play in.

I believe that Parker is being utilised in the wrong way. If Roeder played him as a defensive midfielder as Souness did he may give us better performances. However Butt has been fantastic whatever the stats say.

I'd a agree with that dave but out of interest do you think if he took more risks the crowd would get more upset at the amout of times he lost the ball?

Drogba was quiet because he was feeding off scraps tbh. The reason for that was because of chelseas poor midfield performance and the reason for that was because of our fantastic midfield perforamance.

Oh i forgot...... commentator 0 10/10 for sucking Chelsea though.

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Harper -6 Had very little to do. Barely made a mistake. Nobby-7 Kept possesion well. Taylor-9 Fantastic, out shone John Terry. Bramble-7 Usual titus, the odd shakey moment but made good challenges. Carr-7 Needs credit for another solid performance at left back. Milner-8 Most threatening player on the pitch. Butt-7.5 Fantastic, perfect dm. Emre-7.5 Worked his socks off at both ends. Dyer-7 Got into the game more in second half, had our best chance. Martins-7 Worked hard but couldn't quite find the time and space against a good chelsea. Sibierski-7 Same as above, defended well when up against terry. Subs: Carrol-7 Looks composed.

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Care to expand on that one? he was class, and wouldve been a great back-up That's a contradiction mate. If he's class then he aint back up. However, i agree the club made a mistake not convincing him to stay.

I don't think he would have that much affection for Bolton tbh, he's a scouser lad. If we put the money on the table bolton wouldn't have much choice. Cahill i hate and would be very hard to prise away from Scouse blue.

Nobby passing under the chinese arch thing a couple of mondays ago. I nearly bumped into andy o'briens nose a couple of years ago in northumberland street. I work in tescos hexham and i've seen Micheal Bridges, Harmison, Cram and Jony wilkinson every other week.

6m for Joey Barton, that would sort out our midfield. Sidwell Barton Milner Duff Other options such as Cahill or Nolan.

Erikkson is good manager and would get a better overall performance out of our players therefore a better league position. He's not as good as the likes of Mourinho, wenger and fergi but probably in the same bracket as O'Neil.

Harper Nobby Taylor Gooch Carr Butt Emre Milner Duff Martins Sibers

Ronaldo is quality but establishing himself as the best ever is a long long way off. It would be fair to say that he has more potential/quality than anyone in a very long time but the best ever? erm.... not quite. Are we forgetting some of the greats that have played on this planet and Ronaldo has had one good season. List still is as follows for me: 1.Pele 2.Maradona 3.Zidane 4.Henry 5.Ronaldinho There is noone that has breached in this bracket. In my opinion Ronaldo will some day.

4-5-1 does not work for teams unless their manager has a brain. Lets stick to 4-4-2, man utd have proved it can still be a success. The only time i'd like to see that used is if we are away from home against good teams. So without further ado: Butt Emre Milner Duff Martins Owen

Given- 7 One shot one save. Nobby-7 Fantastic distribution and defending Gooch-7 A bit shakey at times but a collosus in the air and di not let us down. Taylor-8 Fast becoming one of the best. Carr-7 Solid, can't fault the guy at left back Milner-7 Fantastic effort provided our best attacks. Butt-9 Awesome, won everything Emre-7 Looks far better balanced with Butt, good effort. Duff- 7 Looked alot better than recently, put his foot in. Dyer-6 Poor Martins-6 Bit better than Dyer still poor. Harper-7 Zoggy-6.5

We should keep butt but sidwell is a good player in my opinion.

He's the best english manager. Sadly, the standard of english managers is terrible. I agree with most of what people have said that he is way better than what we have got but i'm not a better than what we have got person so no. That doesn't mean that i think we can realistically attract anyone better.

Must be attempting to get his money back from the world cup. My mind is split, i agree with the sentiment that it's not what we need at the moment but would love to hear the atmosphere in the place.

Souness: Am not interested in how the chicken gets across the road.It's time to see how much of a man the chicken is.

Dyer LW? Aye, for me Dyer doesn't have enough steel to play in centre mid and would need a bullying striker to play alongside up front which Martins isn't. Duffs being playing average IMO so i'd move Dyer to the left where i'm convinced his pace would cause problems and his energy would act as cover. The rest has picked itself on performances.

Given Solano Gooch Taylor Edgar Butt Emre Milner Dyer Sibers Martins Based on performances. Only possible change would be Moore for Gooch.

We will get that straight back off the Owen compo.