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Given Taylor Ramage Bramble Zog Solano Parker Emre Milner Sibierski Luque Resting Dyer and Martins, and working on the theory that it will be 4 at the back. N'Zogbia hates left back though and I'm really surprised it's not Solano at right back. Meh, that's probably not even close.

So...N'Zogbia at left back...maybe?

Save Dyer and Parker for Pompey, Bring Sibierski in, Zog on the left, Duff at left back, Milner for Nobby, Butt and Emre in the middle, hope Martins can get a goal for confidence. Bob's your uncle

If Bramble's errors were only giving away free kicks then the odds of every single one being punished is a lot less likely than his multiple air kicks/inability to mark/lack of concentration.

I only listened but the criticism of Nobby sounds harsh, considering we were away from home he spent 99% of the match defending he seemed to do alright, nothing special admittedly. Mick Lowes went off it at Martins repeatedly, saying "he doesn't even look like he knows where he is" then to come on here and him getting rated at 8's and 9's in a huge extreme. Personally I think Mick Lowes dislikes him intensely, he's always having a dig at him. Can't believe Dyer and Martins lasted the 90 considering they were both supposedly knackered after an hour, can't believe how bland Duff is and I can't believe we just took a point from the Emirates!

Rumour was posted on readytogo not so long ago http://www.readytogo.net/smb/showthread.php?t=175615 Does that make it more likely or even less likely?

Judging from the nufc.com match report from City and Oliver's height-o-meter, I'm pretty sure we have an interest in Distin - although I doubt it'd tied up to be honest, I think Oliver will have been on a fan appeasement mission.

Have you read the nufc.com match report from Man City? Something like "Sibierski may have swapped one average club for another, and his fromer team mate Distin might yet do the same.." Bet the Zog told you that already, given you're now a friend of the players

Phil Cave?

Start to clean up that mess you've left everywhere Pievert

Andy Johnson must be gutted, when he was on form he got a half an hour run out on the right wing or didn't get in the squad. Now that he's not scored for 8 games, he starts. Good idea.

What the hell has happened to Henry? Mind in Barcelona?

What annoyed me most about Shola and Sibierski being the front 2 was other than the fact Shola can't move, our best chance was to use pace against Dunne, putting 2 big men up top when we have 2 wingers with quite possibly the worst ratio of crosses being converted to goals with 2 midfielders scared of the 18 yard box and you have a very toothless team. Inject some pace and they're quite dangerous. Fully expect 4-5-1 next week, I just hope sense prevails and Dyer is played off Sibierski, or if we fancy being daring and keeping it on the deck, Martins.

Who would your central 2 be HTL? I am also of the opinion that Parker and Emre together offer very little, but can't see a better alternative

Ah, fair enough then.

Well Leeds are also in for him, I'm a tad surprised the m*ckems aren't in for him, thought Keane would get first refusal on any Manc loanee's

I thought every Prem club only got offered 3,000 tickets for away games, and then offered more if it wasn't sold out or likely to be sold out? Or has that ship sailed a while ago, or is it different because it's Old Trafford?

Well at least if he joins we might get him on a 6 month loan to bed him in to the Premiership blueconfused.gif

Spelling Police tbh

Taylor at fault on the second goal - he gave away a needless freekick and then from the resulting kick he let his man go free. That's according to Mick Lowes, who was hilarious tonight - "Doyley on the far side HITS THE POST....................Damien Duff has hit the inside of the post."

His knee locked up in the warm-up, Pav had to run and get medical help from the dressing room and then Krul got stretchered away. If it just locked up a la Martins then he should be ok.

Where is Sibierski!!! I can't believe I've just asked that

Well he has just equalised, and Jeff Stelling claims we're rueing letting him go. Are we?

If it happened last Friday, and he's out for 2 weeks, he's already missed one week, how the hell does he miss another 4 games? By that theory he should miss Watford on Tuesday and probably Man City. Or do we just double the amount of games he'll miss because it's nearer the truth?

Newcastle (from): Harper, Krul, Taylor, Moore, Bramble, Carr, Bernard, Ramage, Parker, Solano, Milner, Emre, N'Zogbia, Duff, Pattison, Rossi, Sibierski, Luque, Carroll. - From the BBC match preview No Butt