Ronaldo

I can see a small flaw in that plan... It wouldn't be called gambling otherwise.

He's finished.

Guarenteed to win £140 if Man City win, just put £85 on a draw at 12/5, returns £289.

Bit of a shame for Hall but in fairness he's in no way, shape or form a top level defender. That said, he's looked as good as Williamson when on the pitch imo. I'd imagine Carroll, Shola and Lovenkrands have probably shown him up in training though.

Heskey and Crouch are better than Bent? I'm going to bed.

I disagree with that, but even so, surely Defoe is more of a natural goalscorer than him and has done it for England before, therefore rendering picking Bent completely pointless. Based on what? Bent has far more goals this season in a far inferior team.

He's a natural goalscorer, we have very few.

right back,central midfielder and striker before all those. Where did I say they weren't? I was responding to a post in which two of those positions were acknowledged.

A left midfielder is surely more of a priority than a right sided one, as is GK.

Mallorca played very well against Bilbao but they won't win this one, 2-1 Madrid.

Why? He has no chance of starting and has never been an impact player so there is no point in taking him. What?

Really enjoyed both games tonight, absolutely beautiful football.

Had Sky Sports for over 4 years on Virgin.

It's ignored.

Where's the 4? Albin, Boyd, Macheda & Maynard He said 2 of those were free and another on loan. On an unrelated note, Albin was born on exactly the same day as yours truly, good omen. Good player too.

It would be a mistake to play a direct style, we don't have the players for it. Carroll has his strengths and weaknesses and bringing others into play most certainly isn't one of them, no matter what his fans would like to think. He's an effective player in the box because of his ability at getting above defenders and getting power onto his headers but he isn't a good target man, yet. To base our build-up play around him will end in tears. Really, we just need to find a style and become very proficient with it to the point we can impose it on any team next season. Blackburn have taken points from all of the big 4 at home this season. Birmingham have done exactly the same and could have easily beaten Chelsea, Man City and Man U. With Blackburn it's all about balls into the box, their training sessions must be about as interesting as watching white paint dry. Birmingham have a lot of energetic steel in midfield, sit deep and break in numbers, they're a very difficult team to break down. Either of the above styles won't sit at SJP, we all know a large contingent of fans just won't accept it, especially if it isn't achieving the results because of players being generally unsuited to it, we've all seen it before. Hughton has seen the damage we've done playing 2 wingers and getting as many balls into the box as possible. This needs to be the basis imo, but an effective poacher alongside Carroll is a must if this is to be continued in the big league.

Where's the 4?

Lennox.

Take one look at Wigan, they're an absolute shambles of a football club, we should be looking to anihilate teams like that. If we can't, we deserve to be going back to Scunthorpe.

1 bad game, 5 good ones.

Terry has been solid in the last month.

Nah, Terry, Ferdinand and Cole are all brilliant, we don't have to worry about those 3 if fit.

David James should be nowhere near the squad at 39. Look what he did at 33.

He's done alright this season. Experianced and can still whip in a decent cross. Who else goes with Johnson for you? Richards or Brown.