Ronaldo

even if Guthrie, smith and Barton left? Yes. Barton's not a CM anymore, and Guthrie and Smith can effectively be replaced/upgraded by Championship players.

Mate, I said it was an instinct - and I stand by it. We've both just established that throwaway monday - friday quotes from managers are generally worth less than the rags that put them in print.

Those quotes from Pardew mean nowt tbh. Megson said much of the same before selling him.

Just an instinct, but I don't think Pardew rates Nolan all that much.

Why the name-dropping then? Because you've never really been one to be unduly harsh about players (Colo an obvious exception), yet I remember you laying into Saylor on a few occasions a couple of years back. You were one of many - the lad's stock was close to zero after his horrible start to 08-09 and almost everyone on here wanted Bassong and Colo on the pitch and Tayls nowhere near.

God almighty.

So Barton was 50-50 for Everton but is now unlikely to play 2 weeks down the road? What the hell is going on, seriously?

true.............so ? He hasn't. Not in this league anyway.

Never said there was.

We wont be spending anywhere near that amount on a CM unless he's replacing Tiote.

Good CBs generally look pretty good consistently.

The treatment table is crowded enough.

If he's just draining medical resources, what's the point?

We haven't paid the fucker a penny, hopefully.

For crying out loud. Send him back.

Nah, terrible player Was Shearer not world class? I wasn't talking about that, was calling Zlatan a terrible player Was in response to Neesy, not you.

So you're telling me that a significant proportion of the outright contempt on show here was being expressed two seasons ago? Give over Dave. In early 2009 there was a fair bit of comtempt for him on here. Even Yorkie had decided that the lad was complete crud.

Nah, terrible player Was Shearer not world class?

And then we'd have 4 strikers ... How many do we have now?

Italian sides really can't chase the game, just not in their DNA.

What did he say? That Bale is the best player in the world. He's not even the best player in England. Or the best player at Spurs. Ah, I was going to say that. You could always go one better and say he isn't the best winger at Spurs.

What did he say? That Bale is the best player in the world. He's not even the best player in England. Or the best player at Spurs.

Is any of this relevant at all? There's not much between Williamson and Taylor at CB. This is Mike's first season at this level, in fairness. Taylor's had nearly 7 years to become a decent PL defender. Relevant to the fact that you insisted - repeatedly - that Taylor was clearly a better bet than MW less than a month ago. Relevant because you're now ridiculing Taylor's performances in games which were played before you claimed he hadn't been destroyed like MW was by Arsenal in ages. Deal with it. If you give it out, you have to be prepared to take it. Take what? You don't even seem to know what point you're trying to make. Taylor's always been a lower-level PL defender and i've never waived from the opinion that we should sell him the second we get a half-decent offer. You might remember this post, considering it was in response to your nonsense: So you're denying that there was significant dissent on this forum towards Taylor while the contract thing dragged on? You're denying that coloured people's opinions of him, despite him barely putting a foot wrong when fit last season? Yep, heard it all now... Got to be said, Taylor's had 6 seasons in the PL. The fact you're pointing to half a season in The Championship as proof of his quality says it all. Ultimately, both Taylor and Williamson are lower-end PL defenders. The players around them on the pitch have lots of quality and consistency, so replacing one or both is not a major priority at this moment.

Capello's a fucking fool.