Ronaldo

I'm no fan of Simpson but he's looked pretty good for the last 4 games.

Chelsea don't need Tiote, man. They can put out a midfield 3 that he wouldn't get anywhere near.

What a load of shite. The source is no surprise.

"It's Austria, Austria!" Love that ep.

This, perfectly. Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better Right?

Oh, I'll admit I only saw it as a stand alone post. Can I assume it was laced in sarcasm? There's really no comparison between the two situations. Our striking partnership consists of two players who've both been playing well. The defence consists of four players, one of which has been shown to be abysmal over the years as well as within the current side. Does Best make Ba's job easier? Yes. Does Raylor make Jonas and Coloccini's job easier? Does he blithering f***.

No chance. Not for a good few years anyway.

Shearer makes Al Gore look like a livewire.

2-3. Madrid are sleeping in defence and have been all night.

Jesus, Ronaldo. Incredible. 1-3.

Madrid have been awful in this second half.

Yep. Him and Colo were superb. The strongest part of the team.

Hell of a player.

We'll be 5th after the completion of this round of games.

As mouth-watering as that is, I'd rather stick with the combination that got us to 3rd.

This is completely my way of thinking. Ba's miles better at the support play than he is at playing the centre-forward. I would play Best when he's fit, especially away from home, but you can't drop Ba. If Ben Arfa's being stubborn about playing in midfield then i think it's just tough - he'll have to settle for the bench, cos B+B have been our best partnership so far this season. There's a place for Hatem down the right, no doubt about it. I'm happy for it to be tried and be proven wrong, but i can't see it happening. Best and Ba has been our best partnership because they've played the most though and we haven't really seen Ba and Ben Arfa yet, except today, where they linked up well. They linked up well twice.

For one thing, I don't think Ba holds the ball up well enough to bring HBA into play through that route. HBA would work best with Best. But since we can't drop Ba, RW is the only place for him imo. Let him do what he basically did today from a wider area.

De Jong's a nice man.

They're as bad as each other. I agree that Ben Arfa needs to be out wide, though,

Benzema with a stunner. Beating Valencia 0-1.

A rather smaller audience. That'd be some sight.

:lol: http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11096/7317824/City-streets-ahead Merson once rang my mate up at William Hill and asked to place a bet on a sporting even that had occured 3 years earlier. He'd been watching the 2005 PGA Championship, perhaps oblivious to the fact it was 2008.

That's the greatest contingency plan I've ever heard of. I appreciate it, Harris. You can take comfort from that much.