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I see Modric scored today and played a good number of minutes. Is Kranjcar just going to be a sub the rest of the season now? He's been too good for that surely.

Exactly. It's completely backfired on him and is now more likely to negatively affect the team the rest of the season, particularly if they lose against Burnley. Very, very poor decision. Yes it's his perogative to do as he sees fit, but he had to see this kind of reaction coming.

Precisely. Still is horribly average as a winger in my eyes. However, through the middle, his strongest assets, which are his workrate and his shooting, are really paying dividends for him. Also looks like he is pretty good at threading a through ball too to be fair to him. He has always been a hard worker so really can't fault his success. Well done. you thought routledge was better, didn't ya? As a winger, yes I did back in the day. You underestimate my dislike for Milner out wide. I find him incredibly frustrating out there.

Precisely. Still is horribly average as a winger in my eyes. However, through the middle, his strongest assets, which are his workrate and his shooting, are really paying dividends for him. Also looks like he is pretty good at threading a through ball too to be fair to him. He has always been a hard worker so really can't fault his success. Well done.

There has been somewhat of a breakout this season for England strikers, and I think it would be crazy to take a step back by re-introducing this has been to the team now. He's been out of the frame internationally now for so long that it really would be pointless. He plays once every three/four games for Man U for goodness sake. Defoe, Bent and Carlton Cole have had very impressive starts and really have been outstanding. Heskey was involved throughout qualifying and Capello knows what he will get from him and considers him to be very valuable. Crouch has consistently performed for England for a good while now. Then you have the likes of Agbonlahor and Walcott who can be very dangerous of the bench late in games when defenders start to tire, with their pace and unpredictability. Taking Owen would be a silly move imo.

I thought I was seeing things just then. How rotund was he looking just then?! Woah!

This Nicky Butt thing really is frustrating ...

Now that is just uncalled for. Loven should be taking those.

I can just about stomach Nicky Butt being in there now we are actually starting Jonas, Pancrate and Lovenkrands, as these three should be able to more than make up for his uselessness with their pace movement and bit of creativity. Just make sure Butt sits back alongside Smith and stays well out of the way.

All this fuss about Owen when the real story was Obertan. Looking a major steal for Man United.

How unbelievably lazy is Harewood. We should start Carroll and Loven upfront with Ranger the first striker off the bench. Harewood just goes through the motions out there. No sense of urgency whatsoever. Physically he has some great tools but talk about a lack of desire, heart or fight. My goodness.

In a season when Defoe and Bent are doing what they are in the premier league you still have these thick pundits going on about taking Owen to the world cup. It is absolutely laughable. England are going to have some amazing options this summer with Rooney, Bent, Defoe, Crouch and Heskey. Take these five and they are in very very good shape.

This is a pretty positive move I think. Good stuff. I think Mike Ashley's vision of Newcastle was always to go for these kinds of signings or cheap young players, both of which do not have a large transfer fee. With a manager in place who is more amenable to this it will be interesting to see how it works out.

Have you seen the hangers on that surround this guy? Believe me they're getting all they can from him.

Duff's soft effort when through on goal and Keane's unbelievably poor decision to try and round the goalie in a one on one position proved to be absolutely massive.

What a motherfucker Henry is. Absolutely filthy thing to do, and then to run off celebrating like that?! Laughable.

1) Pancrate plays on the wing, or upfront. 2) Bramble and Bassong were defenders. 3) Bassong and Bramble had totally different scales of success when they were here, so grouping them together makes no sense at all. 4) Both of those players cost us a transfer fee. 5) "guna b" 6) "brambel" if anyone else can find anything else wrong with that rather baffling post, feel free to add to that list. 7) Just 8) ain't

The whole Lua Lua thing is disgraceful really. No reason why he shouldn't have at least made more appearances this season. Even if it's just off the bench. I think there is a bit of hesitation because of his size, but I don't think that's fair at all. Give the guy a chance to prove he isn't up to it before holding him back for whatever reason. I've seen very little of him, but I've always been intrigued. On the whole I haven't seen anything to suggest he isn't good enough.

The man has no shame ...

Bingo! What a motherfucker.

Decided to keep the club and push for promotion with Hughton as manager is my bet.

Guilty conscience.

He definitely doesn't just leave things as they are when they don't work in the previous game, and I for one appreciate that.

Actually happy with that team. With Taylor having to drop into right back due to Simpson going central we've had no delivery into the box from out wide, so Geremi is a good idea. Guthrie and Smith in centre mid also gives us the most mobility we can have in there.

So how screwed are Man U now? Rooney is now injured and the guy they brought in to fill in managed to get injured yet again even before Rooney did. Predictable as anything. Owen will be discarded next summer and they'll likely get another striker in who can at the very least not get injured all the time.