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Norwich to Coventry - Step up in level Coventry to Newcastle - Step up in level Newcastle to Celtic - Bust-up Newcastle to Blackburn - Same as above Blackburn to Liverpool - Step up in level Liverpool to West Ham - Not good enough, regular first-team football West Ham to Man City - Step up in level Apart from the Souness bust-up, all his other moves have been for the best for his career.

1.Chelsea 2.Liverpool 3.Man U 4.Man City 5.Arsenal 6.Spurs 7.Everton 8.Villa ftw

completely bang on. Beyond the defence, I have little to zero faith in our players being good enough to keep us in the premiership

Good news on both counts. what a load of bollocks Why? I don't think for one second that Hart and Cahill are better than Robinson and Lescott

Green Johnson Terry Ferdinand Cole Lennon/J.Cole Lampard Barry Gerrard Rooney Heskey is what i'd personally go with. Defoe, Walcott and A.Young coming off the bench if needed

Good news on both counts. what a load of bollocks

Strikerless...Rooney drops too deep to play lone striker role. completely agree, depends on who we play but Defoe or Heskey have to be there

Walcott will be a decent impact sub, he'll be there ahead of SWP and perhaps even Ashley Young

Gerrard doesn't and will never suit a patient game. Lampard on the other hand would imo, with his magnificent vision.

I agree with the theory, just saying it's unlikely. And tbh, without the billions we're unlikely to capture a great manager

Sadly for that thoery, there are more Arabs in the world than geniunely good managers

the idea is with stability and financial prudence in spending then the club can generate its own finance. Everton are an example of a club that competes at the top level and only spend within their means without the resources of a chelsea man city man u Everton are going backwards though. Going backwards or maintaining their same level of stability, ony losing their league final placing due to Villa and Man city spunking wedge left right and centre. Villa? Yes Villa have spent more wedge then everton over the pat couple of seasons, less then man city tho I'll admit. Everton finished above Villa last season

Similar to Owen, you put Lovenkrands in a position where he needs to use strength or guile and he'll come off second best the vast majority of the time. I'm glad he's here though because alongside a Carroll or Shola he'll likely get in behind a hell of a lot with his acceleration and slot them away. That said, with Harewood in the team I'd only ever put Lovenkrands on the bench, as I said before Saturday's game

He's a central defender, he's entitled to making 2 costly errors per season

Wes Brown is better defensively

I always thought Lampard got far too much grief for his England performances. Gerrard on the other hand possibly got off too lightly, some of his performances pre-Capello were woeful. Especially his cowardly and gutless performance as captain away in Moscow. He should never wear the captain's armband for England again (if the opportunity arose) after that night.

the idea is with stability and financial prudence in spending then the club can generate its own finance. Everton are an example of a club that competes at the top level and only spend within their means without the resources of a chelsea man city man u Everton are going backwards though. Going backwards or maintaining their same level of stability, ony losing their league final placing due to Villa and Man city spunking wedge left right and centre. Villa?

Am with you and Dave here. Count me in to, we just cannot compete with the oil money. Short term it would be great to have that investment. Long term is another problem. Just look at where it has gotten Chelsea probably the best team in europe and clear favourites to win the permiership?

I worry that Shearer will play Butt, apart from that I couldn't really care less

Right on the button - this side are not in the same class as KK's 92/93 promotion team ; even the midfield, supposedly the best part of the side, is mediocre and one paced. Promotion is still a long way off in my view and the Play-offs would be a success bearing in mind the problems surrounding the club. Defence is the best part of the team by an absolute mile.

Cole is the best in the world at LB, Ferdinand and Terry are the best international combination in the world on paper. Johnson is the weak link but he can be protected

Or Xavi and Iniesta. Pfff. Gerrard and Lampard are absolutely top-draw, comparable in terms of quality to those two, imo, if different in style. absolutely, easily as good as the spanish two. Truth be told another striker in Rooney's league and we'd be looking comfortably better than the Spainsh first Xl.

When you're as good on the ball as Bellamy is, you afford to drop deep and wide

Brown's a good defender, never fulfilled his potential but still good enough to be in that squad. I have absolute and complete faith in Capello to pick the right players.