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Maybe it's some shit free agent centre half, hopefully not Ronny Johnsen.

So we'll have loaned out 3 keepers when this goes through, so generous.

Still say we may as well start Marveaux on the right. Afterall, that's the only place he can fit in the first choice 11, surely? Jonas has the left side sewn up.

Didn't mean the pun

No reason why we can't rotate the team and still win, especially as it'll be Marveaux, Santon, HBA etc coming in. Most people want them in our best 11. Steve Taylor has a broken nose so give him a breather, but again most people rate the likes of Shane Ferguson and Gosling/Abeid as the future so get them involved here. If we win, it's luck of the draw, there's some all lower league ties so home to one of them fuckers and we might be looknig at a semi final appearance. Why the fuck not?

Ferguson should play the entire team against Aldershot. And he just might, the petty old wanker.

+26 after 9 games. Shit me.

If I was Mancini I'd have done the Ferguson grandad celebration when the 6th went in. Then started tapping my watch.

Fuck me, what a ball from Silva.

In what way is that a "clever effort"?

Yaya Toure may well kill someone if he catches this

It's a absolute shit, the ESPN game 9 times out of 10 is Top four team at home to some other fodder.

If you look at another source it'll say the possession is 50/50 or some bollocks. My pet hate at the minute

Man Utd look fairly easy to defend against today. I know they've dicked a fair few teams but City are making it look easy. There's no creativity in the centre of the park for them and it's basically get it wide and try and work the opening for a cross, which is difficult as City's wide players are tracking back well. Cleverley is being missed I think, he could pick a pass as opposed to just spreading the play or aimlessly dinking it into the box like Fletcher

Kevin Horlock?

He's joined Simpson and to a lesser extent Shola on the hiding to nothing bus, certain fans have it in for them before they've even kicked off.

I just chuckled at Gary's MOTD end pun, I hate myself.

Aye but...Obertan created nothing. At least Cabaye scored

If he were our manager I'd start self-harming, tbh.

With Long & Keane injured and Doyle suspended, surely Trapattoni has to call up Besty for the Euro playoff? Or does he really think Cox & Keogh are going to fire them all the way to Poland/Ukraine

Go on Roy lad

Agreed, central midfield & central defence in particular are areas where our backup is nowhere near the ability of the starters. Need Williamson fit sooner rather than later for starters. Obviously losing Cabaye and/or Tiote will be a huge problem, nothing convincing about Gosling's ability or fitness so far and Guthrie, whilst tidy, isn't even half the player Cabaye is. Having said that it's not like you can except to have superstars playing backup, so having young players like Gosling & Abeid as back up in there is quite smart. Just not Smith, ever.

Positive defensive montage about us!

Second on match of the day, we are mint.

Steven Taylor has a broken nose, so I'd assume he'll sit this one out.