mouldy_uk

The whole squad certainly needs a massive overhaul, but surely it can't be good to make too many changes pre-season or we are really going to struggle when the season kicks off with players not having time to gel properly. Lets just hope Allardyce can get that balance right!

As long as we get some decent replacements then it's a great start, I have been dreaming of getting rid of Shambles for a long time. Would be great to get rid of Baba & Carr but do we have the resources to replace that many players? Or looking at it the other way, can we afford not to replace them!

Classic Bramble turned up again today, if we give him a new contract we deserve everything we get.

Unfortunately spot on normal clueless rubbish from Newcastle.

Annoyed that we gifted them two easy goals but I thought it was a pretty positive result overall. I really fancy us to score one or more in the away leg so I think we have a really good chance. All the players put in a decent shift, though Duff could have easily had a bigger impact. Carr did ok though wasn't really tested much. Butt or Solano would be my MOTM

Didn't expect anything from that, so a nice surprise! Thought we played pretty well, with the young defence doing well. Best bit was Fergie & Roeder reactions to Edgars goal class! I would have loved to see how we would have done against Manure if they had such a make shift defence. Thought Martins had a poor game though he wasn't given many chances and I thought Dyer needed to get into the game more.

Excellent result, wasn't sure if we could get the 3 points from this. Will reserve absolute judgement until I know how Given is. 11th position, and looking up!

Pros - Thought our defence looked pretty solid and kept a good shape most of the time - Huntington did pretty well at left back though he was overly tested, perhaps another player better than Babayaro! - No injuries that I could see Cons - Overall I thought we were pretty gutless, Chelsea were there for the taking, it looked like we were hoping for a goal to happen out of no-where rather than actually creating one from some decent build up play - I don't like Dyer in that position I thought the game past him by though he did work hard tracking back - No urgency in our play, build up was far too slow - Please don't play Butt and Parker at the same time - Parker doesn't offer anything going forward - Robben is fucking cunt who deserves a face full of boot - Anyone can see that launching high balls to Ob up front is not going to get us anywhere - Roeder is just far to slow in making subs, he should have brought on sibi a lot earier Overall gutted, thought we had a really good chance tonight

Well said that man

Cool, lets hope West Ham lose then it will have been a good weekend.

where are we in league now?

Excellent result, lets just hope we haven't paid a too heavy a penalty with the injuries

Liverpool's Luis Garcia sucking his thumb really pisses me off

Pretty dull game, we only got the point because of their dreadful finishing. Given - Nothing to do really, apart from the header right at his feet Solano - Has to be his position now, if Roeder puts Carr back in I wont be happy!! :/ Taylor - Made a few useful interceptions but I thought he lost his man a few times Bramble - Few mistakes as per standard Bramble performance but not bad overall Butt - Thought he got quieter towards the end, my MOTM Emre - Same as normal always puts a decent shift in but his forward play & creativity were poor Zog - Where has the real Zog gone? this one can't beat a player to save his life and didn't play a decent ball all night Milner - Quiet night, didn't get much of the ball and struggling to get down the wing Luque - I have been willing to give him the benefit of the doubt all the way up until now and I was looking forward to seeing him get another chance, but he was a complete waste of space, would prefer to have seen a youngster who might have actually shown some motivation Sibi - Ran his arse off and was lucky not to score Martins - Played in a nice cross for Sibi's chance but apart from that was pretty poor in the time he was on Roedent - Would liked to have seen some younger players get some time and I thought he stuck with the 4-5-1 for too long, but overall the tactics were ok + a large slice of luck.

Given 6 - Not much to do, shame about the goal Solano 8 - Looked really good in his new position, lets hope we stay with him for Sunday Taylor 7 - Nice to see him get a goal, otherwise a pretty solid game Bramble 7 - Apart from the wild swing and miss early in the game not bad Ramage 6 - Feel sorry for the guy being played out of position, surely there must be someone who could do a better job than him Milner 9 - Excellent, started slowly and I thought he looked well off the pace for the first 20, but after that he was excellent, really have to keep him playing on the right. Nice run to beat 3/4 players late in the game! Butt 7 - Solid, I would keep him in the team as I think we need a DM Emre 6 - I like that he always puts 100% in but his final ball is terrible for a so called top international N'Zogbia 6 - Thought he was better than some of his recent games but would prefer him on the left Sibierski 8 - Played really well, held up the ball the best he could and has some nice touches Luque 6 - Really can't make up my mind about this guy, you know the quality is in there when he whips in some decent crosses and a corner better than Emre has managed all season, but I can't stand a player not trying. I have a feeling he will be lucky to get on the bench for Sunday. Roeder 7 - The opposition played some pretty football but never really threatened. Well done to him for getting us through the group but it will mean very little if we don't get 3 points on Sunday! Commentators 4 - John Barnes is a legend, but so bad as a commentator he makes Ron Atkinson look good!

Shit for 85 minutes then a great last 5, could have won which would have been hilarious! - Dyer makes us look like a much better team and that is without him being properly match fit. - Duff was non-existent and should be dropped for a game or two - Milner & Emre wouldn't know what a final ball was if it smacked them in the face - Our set pieces are shit, not being able to beat the first man at a corner is the most frustrating thing ever! - Our only outlet up front was a Man City reject, which is depressing

That was your first mistake

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Utter Crap! Charlton were there for taking and with enough decent attacking players, i.e. Duff, Zoggy, Solano etc.. we should have won easily. Not the biggest fan of Luque but he really should have been given 30 minutes in this game at least. I think the game against Sheffield next week is crucial, anything else but 3 points and Roeder really has to go.

he is still way better than what we have at the moment

2-1 to us Duff and Parker

Don't know too much about him if it's true http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Sibierski