Ronaldo

Wullie also loves throwing this one up for some unknown reason. Any footballer can have a bad game.

The guy is a c***..... his "handshake" with Mark Hughes explains it all. Yes, Hughes is a c***.

Mancini is the only remotely likeable thing about City, but i'm very glad they've won this.

Dirty cunt.

O'Shea must be the slowest professional athlete since Neville Southall.

I'm amazed you were conned by it all, man. First you had Sky sources saying he was on the way to Liverpool, then 20 minutes later we'd rejected a bid. It was obvious the whole thing had become PR damage limitation long before Carroll's 'request' was announced.

Like he isn't a cunt, man.

I'll remember that Kelly goal forever, and that was 18 years back.

There's the word again.

He does just about everything a little bit better than CR.

Give over, the pair of you. He's living the high life whilst cutting corners and you think he needs an arm around him. He needs a slap.

Yes.

Cristiano is the 2nd best forward in the world and probably the best player ever to grace the Premier League. He'll have to be content with those meagre accolades for now.

The miss away at Forest last season is still the one that pisses me off most.

Some of those were signed in 2004, mate. Drogba, Kezman, Ferrreira, Tiago and Robben to name a few.

Exactly.

I think it's a huge indictment of your attitude that you're writing off a promising-looking youngster after only a handful of appearances alongside Peter Lovenkrands. (Everyone in Spain isn't Barcelona BTW) I'm not writing him off. This is England, is it not? So you don't think he'll make it, he's not a talent but you're not writing him off? I think he has a chance of making it in this country, but I do resent the fact that we sometimes seem to look for athletes first, footballers second over here. And Ranger is certainly an example of that.

I think it's a huge indictment of your attitude that you're writing off a promising-looking youngster after only a handful of appearances alongside Peter Lovenkrands. (Everyone in Spain isn't Barcelona BTW) I'm not writing him off. This is England, is it not?

I've said it before but it's a huge indictment of English football that players with Ranger's footballing ability are considered 'talents'. In Spain he'd be scrubbing a filthy toilet at McDonalds.

He inherited a team that had just finished 2nd and added the likes of Drogba (and Essien a year later) for £25m. There was nothing ingenius about it.

He really shouldn't be on enough money to make him comfortable, he's not even a Championship player as things stand.

Get a grip.

Like Hughton would have put his foot down anyway. Anyway, he probably signed something to ensure he couldn't criticize the current ownership.

Explains to some extent why Pardew is so reluctant to play him.