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Based on what? Guthrie is talented in some areas and severely deprived of talent in others. Isn't every footballer? What an absolutely ridiculous thing to say. I wasn't in any way trying to criticise Guthrie, just comparing his talent with Barton's.

All of the criticism regarding Xisco's attitude is predicated on a solitary quote reported by Brian McMackem. Xisco endured almost a full season of ignorance on the part of Kinnear and the only noises he made were about wanting to play and being prepared to work hard in order to achieve that. I'm not making a judgement on his attitude here, btw. There's not a whole hell of a lot that can be said about it. But he always seemed to try on the pitch, even if he did look clumsy and off the pace.

Based on what? Guthrie is talented in some areas and severely deprived of talent in others.

Bellamy had been a pro for a good 5 years or so before joining us. Jenas should never have won it in a million years. Cole, fair enough. But he was here during a different and completely unique era. Milner didn't look any better in 2008 than he did in 2004, his improvements only really became evident at Villa. Far too many players have come to us at a youngish age and left with their reputations in complete ruins. We just don't get the best out of them.

Too early to expect Vuckic in CM. His first appearances will probably be in a role behind the striker.

'kin hope not Me too.

Neither are in the least bit creative.

Spain by a mile.

He's lucky there's a Championship club that want him. Christ, it was only 6 months back that some on here wanted us to sign him and put him in the starting Xl.

It actually looks the other way round.

He certainly did. If he was English the media would have left him alone.

He played well for us in his last season, under Roeder.

Dyer had the shot that an old lady with severe arthritis could have saved before Bellamy tucked it in.

What on earth suggests that Xisco will contribute in any way at all? Perhaps the fact he's comfortably better than 2 of our 5 strikers?

Very good news if true.

Yep, Van Bommel is scum. I think his hardman act would actually look a lot funnier when cast opposite Vinny Jones as opposed to 5'7" Spaniards who live with their parents.

Well done, Messi. Pissed off you won a couple of hundred more than me but I suppose you need it a fair bit more. You have absolutely no excuse now, stop it with the daft sweatshirts and skinny jeans.

Look what happened to Holland against Spain today. 0-0 draw.

Doubt Best will be fucked off so soon after arriving.

Smith or Barton? f***ing hell. About as much chance of getting rid of either tbf. Difference is though that Barton can, if fit, do a job in the Premier League. Playing with Smith is like playing with ten players. Yep. I wasn't saying they were of equal ability, and I doubt Stifler was either. He said he wanted rid of one of them, which implies to me that they're fairly equally worthless. They're clearly not.

Why on earth not?

Smith or Barton? f***ing hell. About as much chance of getting rid of either tbf. Difference is though that Barton can, if fit, do a job in the Premier League. Playing with Smith is like playing with ten players. Yep.

Smith or Barton? f***ing hell.

Harper's form from about February was somewhat iffy, lots of indecision and handling errors. Plus, we're going to need a lot more agility than he provides for all the shots we'll face next season.