Ronaldo

The worst being no one believed he was on 90k. I remember receiving dogs abuse for saying he was. I don't see why. He was signed when we were the height of paying silly sums for s**** players, I'd have thought it was common knowledge. He's comparable with Owen for me in terms of contempt shown to the club towards the end. People forget he feigned injury or illness under Allardyce, Kinnear and Shearer when he didn't fancy it. Christ, under JFK he was rarely at the training ground even when he declared himself fit. I'm not surprised to see his career has went down the pan. Libelous.

He is essentially a striker. Just one that needs play behind two other strikers, because he's about as difficult to mark as a three piece suite.

eh? so you would have him further back int he midfield where he offers nowt and cant keep up? Just about all of his goals this season and last have come with him behind two players.

No thanks to Woodgate, not that i'm ecstastic about Williamson's continued presence.

Why on earth are folk moving Nolan up the pitch? It's incredibly obvious that he just doesn't function there.

LSD?

Got to be said, he absolutely rapes The Championship.

I must say, unscripted Keys is a really good talker. Remove him from that deadpan Lineker-like role and he'd probably be watchable/listenable.

Give over, man.

Berbatov, Rooney, Hernandez, Van Persie, Tevez, Dzeko, Drogba, Anelka, Defoe, van der Vaart, Torres, Carroll, Bent. Perhaps doesn't quite stand up to the mid-90s, but there's plenty of striking quality in the PL at this moment.

reads really harshly as well. Not dissimilar to what Keegan said about Milner though. I just hope Pardew will be backed this time and everyone is singing from the same hymn sheet. It does appear to be so. Keegan said he didn't want to lose Milner.

I didn't watch that much of the analysis either, bits and pieces. The Last Word was the most infuriating thing on television - just show us a goal from start to finish man, you boring dickheads. I still think Andy Gray was really likeable for a number of years though - mainly for his enthusiasm - but he started thinking he was more important than he was by a long shot. Was interesting when he turned down the Everton job. It would have been nice if this business had just brought him down a peg or 2 and he became a bit more humble and bearable, but maybe he was long gone anyway. Presenters like Richard Keys are ten-a-penny though imo, no great loss there, who cares. Completely agree.

Rob Green's a fucking disgrace.

Shades of that fantastic left-footed goal against Deportivo for us.

I think Bowyer would be a better example Proved wrong.

Shola's better, apparently.

Keys is scum, he should have gone a long time ago.

I wish we could have signed Kluivert when he was 24.

Complete non-starter. Great player, though. Take him in an eyeblink.

Other than the low risk part, that point to prove stuff is exactly what we said in the summer. He's out of his comfort zone, unfortunately, and he's not handling it well. I get the feeling it would have been like this had he gone anywhere - anywhere that isn't Man City, that's the issue. He's apparently dreadful in training, doesn't want to know. On more than one occasion, he's ruled himself out with iffy sounding illnesses - the last time it was a "virus" and the very same evening he was seen out boozing with Heskey and Ashley Young. When he came here, someone on the City staff said he was in the top 5 percent in terms of talent there, but the bottom 5 mentally. Houllier said that any loans out, the other club would have to pay all the wages, and that we'd rather players stayed in the stiffs rather than subsidise them to play somewhere else. So, five months of Ireland = 70 x 4 x 5 = 1.4m, add on NI, and you're looking at 1.6m. On top of that, there's win bonuses etc etc etc. So, whilst it could be more expensive otherwise, it certainly isn't free. That quote for me sums the lad up. Think brummie's making a mistake here though, he should be looking out for Villa's best interests and really extoling his virtues You agree that he was in the top 5% of talent at the richest club on the planet, yet you think we - a team that has started Leon Best, Peter Lovenkrands, Alan Smith and Danny Guthrie recently - don't have any place for him in the squad. Wake up, man. Complete and utter buffoon.

If he clearly remembers a player who made his name in the 40s and 50s, i'd say he's pushing his luck.

Ireland operates well off the striker, how many times do you have to be told that? He can play off Carroll/Shola.

How old are you lot? He retired over 50 years ago.

That one, yes.

Hope David Pleat takes over his commentary role.