Ronaldo

Shearer and Woodgate also hit terrible penalties.

Twas 03.

Understatement.

Smith.

Yeah, that'll be an all-out war.

Smith will only play in the defensive midfield role. Barton should only play as a playmaker as his tackling is atrocious. I can't see how one can play instead of the other, it'll be Barton and Tiote with Smith as a stand in. bartons tackling can be attrocious but he reads the game better than smith so intercepts rather than tackles. smith often turns 70-30 (in his favour) into thundering 50-50's that end up as 50-50's 10 yds further away. Yep. Steven Taylor is also bad for doing that, but he's a defender, so he has an excuse.

If Hughton plays Smith ahead of Barton he should be sacked.

No he won't.

Complete myth. Yep. Dogshite.

No.

Perhaps he wants SWP to play behind the striker(s).

There's no concrete reason to believe that a smaller, quicker striker would make different runs.

Like Shearer and Ferdinand did?

Oh, I can.

It's Accrington Stanley, who cares?

Krul Raylor Williamson Colo Tav Inman Guthrie Vuckic Ranger Xisco Lovenkrands

He'd also probably be our best striker. It wouldn't be ideal but it would beyond a shadow of a doubt be a massive improvement on Shola and Lovenkrands

Torres should run and not look back.

http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/563/mofo.jpg Terrible weekend of betting for me, but I just managed to break even thanks to this.

Their squad is about the same as last year. They've got real wingers now, that's a plus, but overall they've got an average side. Real wingers? Who I can't think of any.

I hate them more than ever right now, hope the bastards have to sell all their players minus Carragher, who truly belongs in that shithole of a city.

Like it or not, Man City have better players than Bellamy now.

Man City played Liverpool last season with Bellamy in the team, it finished 0-0.

Agree, I think there is some talent there, and I like Hughton's ability to instill confidence and belief in younger players. Either Caicedo or Jo for me too. There is no life left in Santa Cruz's body. Racist.