Ronaldo

good news, he's strong, quick and capable of putting the ball in the back of the net

He did ok, pissed me off the commentators went ballistic for saves that any premiership keeper should be expected to make

Martins used it, just not frequently to clever effect. Lovenkrands on the other hand is quick of the mark but not a strong runner. In a nutshell, he's slow with the ball .

I remember a daft Martins quote about not joining Portsmouth being on Wikipedia and it appearing in the times later that week

I said at the start of the season he was a 1 in 4 man and I maintain that tbh

Who he didn't accommodate. I think you've missed the point

Nolan would be about as much use to a 4-4-2 as Nicky Butt

You'd think the 4-5-1 would protect the defence but it doesn't, it just means we tend to lose the ball an awful lot in the final third and end up with more defending to do

So he should for what we are paying him. Genuine question Ronaldo, what is it with Colocinni that makes you rate him so highly? I agree yesterday thought he was the better of the two central defenders, just you defend him to the hilt, even last year when he was absolute rubbish for a lot of the time. I don't particularly rate him as highly as you might think, but I think he's a lot better than the general opinion. I just see him as a good defender who'll do an excellent job in this league and hopefully learn from last season.

Still remember that daft article in the Sun that said King was going to be 'England's key man' for South Africa

I agree

Considering how little you rate Carroll I would've thought you'd want Ranger ahead of him. In fact didn't you say that before the Plymouth game? I think you'll find I picked Carroll to start

The only people judging him are those making out that he's the next big thing and should start every game

He's done OK when he's played, no more. People raving about a forward who hasn't scored or even looked like doing it is pretty daft. As I said a few months back, when he finally plays and doesn't do too badly the f***ing roof will come off. Absolutely embarrassing

Annoys me seeing Bellamy in colours other then Black and White, had we backed him and f***ed off Souness we'd comfortably have easily been back in the top 5 in 05-06

Happy days, thats £500 i've taken off skybet so far in september

Even Bobby Moncur mentioned Colo as motm behind Carroll, he looked a touch of class yesterday

Fuck Bassong and the rest of them

I love watching Chelsea, I hope to fuck they win the league

Tevez is the man

Rooney never seems to stop scoring past Given

Nolan would be even worse in the middle of park, that would require more running for a start. Barton has only had one game in his true position this season, lets not get the knives out just yet

Have to say, right now Guthrie would easily be the first midfielder on my teamsheet

Nolan and Simpson better than Coloccini? Honestly, says it all