Ronaldo

Worse keepers would've been much more timid. He went out of his way to help the defence and we benefitted massively. Harper (and a lot of other keepers) would've been rooted to their line for lots of their ball in the box. Exactly, commanded the box, and made sure didn't get in too much trouble. He had weird brief moments of bad kicks and nearly falling over, but he showed a different talent to shot stopping here, and he got it spot on. That's going too far. He isn't the finished article yet and that was exposed under extremely difficult circumstances tonight. Considering his lack of experience, he did very well. A marked improvement on the last time he faced Stoke.

Even for you.

Krul did Ok.

Don't forget 2 points clear of 3rd.

I don't think he quite understands how to impose himself in the English game yet, and we've seen strong evidence of that in half of our PL games. He'll be fucking dynamite when he does.

The last time a striker of ours got to 10 goals before December was Bellamy in 04-05.

The towel that lad kept giving Simpson was different to the one he gave Delap. Pulis had smothered the former with Castrol GTX.

Dundee.

Not a drop as of yet.

I feel like spending the next hour driving to Stoke and going trick or treatin' in my black and white dressing gown.

He actually got defensive credit from his very first game in England. Such magnificent athleticism, like. Compounded with his effort levels it makes for superb industry.

Cabaye wasn't in the game at all in the second half.

Raylor deserves a 7 - 7.5 actually. Got it wrong.

And which one do you disagree with? Best could've had a 9 maybe? All 3. How does Best get 2.5 more than Raylor? Best was never .5 points behind Ba, same as Colo etc. Gave the ball away on a canny few occasions, poor at winning it back... Best was fantastic on the ball and tenacious off it all night, and played a key part in all 3 goals. Hang your head for clinging onto your bias against the lad on a night like this.

And which one do you disagree with? Best could've had a 9 maybe?

Krul didn't really put a foot wrong tonight. His kicking wasn't great but he dealt with Stoke's long throw's/corners brilliantly. Don't really see what Raylor did wrong as well, linked well with Jonas and Pennant wasn't getting a sniff. Raylor was Ok and Krul did good things and bad things, as you yourself have alluded to.

Must say, I don't fancy Messi's chances on a cold Monday night in Stoke.

Luque was good though.

Krul 6 Simpson 7 Taylor 7.5 Coloccini 8.5 Raylor 7 Obertan 6.5 Cabaye 6 Guthrie 7 Jonas 8.5 Best 8.5 Ba 9

Words can't express what I want to say about him.

Colo's better in just about every department.

Mockery made of this article tonight, like.

Woodgate was better.

This is insane.

Mon the filth.