Ronaldo

Have you seen much of our reserves this season? No. How much of Norwich did you see last season? If they were genuinely better than Norwich City, i don't believe for one second that we wouldn't have seen a good few of them make some impact on the first team last season.

There's only one midfielder we should be getting rid of in January.

That's up there with whoever told me i was stupid for wanting Malouda here, because he'd be shit, apparently.

Our reserve team are better than the best team in League One. If you really believe that, you're just completely deluded, or simply out of touch with the modern game. We all saw what happened when a combination of reserve team and first team squad players met a pretty average League Two side last month. The Norwich City of last season would eat our reserves for breakfast.

For fairly obvious reasons, Nolan's the last player in the squad that should needlessly be playing a midweek game.

Forster has had a full season with the best side in League One. He's also demonstrated a level of composure and confidence that Krul hasn't, imo.

I'm down the coast in Naples at the moment, mate, or I would. Coming back in a couple of months, you can buy me a pint then.

So we should rely on him because we have to? What we need here is an option. Just a shame Harper didn't fuck himself a month back as opposed to now. The club's best keeper is across the border.

The priority is survival, not blooding a youngster into the least forgiving position on the pitch. He's a promising keeper. But if he's truly PL class, what on earth is he doing behind an average to poor (and deteriorating) keeper like Harper?

Given was 21 and had previously been at Blackburn and Sunderland.

Hart is the exception.

The right age? He's probably ten years off his peak.

Aye, saw the highlights on Fox Sports last night. Apparently Fellaini's blatant elbow/forearms smash wasn't his fault, embarrassing. We should all write in.

Really looking forward to seeing this game.

I'm not saying you're wrong, but how many times have you seen Tiote play in order to make that judgement?

The answers in this thread are too sentimental. Let's say we need a draw to stay up on the last day of the season, who would you be more confident of keeping that clean sheet - Krul or Given? That's essentially what it comes down to, every save and every point is crucial. But i'd be a tad surprised if there was anything in this beyond lazy journalism.

Soderberg, for crying out loud. People need to wake the fuck up.

Very true. We need a replacement asap.

We should bring back Mike Hooper.

Hopefully he steps up, the ability to do so is there, to some extent. But we're really counting on a keeper that isn't anywhere near the finished article. I'm worried.

Yep.

What, when they won 4-1?

Yeah, that's why he spent his best years at Bolton Wanderers.

He wasn't shit at all. He was just an easy target for Chelsea's failure that season.

Berbatov's a great player. Fantastic to see him doing well, even if he does play for the scum.