Ronaldo

to be fair, Barton has proved he can do it in the premiership So has Jonas in spells, I doubt you'll find many wingers better than him in this league same as you won't find many CMs better than Barton. very true. But I can understand why more people are willing to work with Barton. Jonas at times (including today) looks like an absolutey woeful footballer and I can see why people are getting frustrated.

How did he tarnish Shearer's image?

to be fair, Barton has proved he can do it in the premiership

I suspect today's performance has nowt to do with their view on Barton. He has to stay and most acknowledged that long before today, including myself, most recently 2 days ago

which will allow Big Al to play his big pal, Nicky Butt. I can't wait either actually

was somewhere in the middle

what is going on with this board today? An astonishingly ignorant post, to go with the ridiculous knee-jerking and James's horrific player ratings

Probably because of yesterday's training ground incident during which he allegedly walked off, take it you haven't heard about it

Shearer is no longer having any input whatosever man

Not all of them. pretty sure he used the word 'all' like, seemed like he was half-joking but still. Can anyone honestly see us signing a capable striker between now and Sep?

we have 3 fucking weeks for all that to occur Pedro. As Shearer said earlier, all the signings he wanted have gone to other clubs

To be fair we wouldn't be here discussing this if your 'considered, consistant opinion' that Harper has had no more than five bad games for us in his whole career wasn't a complete crock of s***. Krul had a very good game and Harper has been below par for some time. That's all i'm trying to say. I've no idea why you've decidd to take issue with it and act a bit of a tart. What constitutes as below par? He looked a tad dodgy in his first couple of games last season but improved quickly after that for me. One of the few players to escape with some credibility last season

Like yours on Duff? Or Cacapa? Cacapa WAS a good player, which changed with age, nowt to do with consistency.

exactly, we weren't exactly a team of angels when we finished 3rd under Robson, good man management is what it's all about, and we've had none for years

the sad thing is, if Krul completely f***s up and costs us this season it'll be the usual suspects praising him to high heaven today that'll be the first ones on his back. Having a considered, consistent opinion seems to count for nowt here

Well apparently one game is knee-jerking, but two clearly isn't?

need I remind you of this post sir? Follow your own advice time

To be fair no one is saying that, after all young goalkeepers are notoriously inconsistant. The point i'm trying to hammer home is not only that Krul did very little wrong and therefore doesn't deserve any stick he is getting on here by the Ron Manager's sitting behind their computer screens, but Harper is far from the "Ingurlundz numba one!!11!!111" he used to be. In fact he's went right off the other end. now you're just talking rubbish. I said Harper was a 'decent' keeper and Krul looks good but has a very, very blatant weakness.

Could it be that Allardyce, Keegan, Shearer etc all believed that Krul wasn't ready for a place in the squad because of what we've all witnessed today - very talented but suffering from inexperience and underdeveloped judgement? Of course not, he made 3 good saves today and 4 against Palermo, those managers are all idiots for not selecting him ahead of Harper Why all the knee-jerking? He appears to be a great shotstopper with a lot to learn and certainly one the future if not the immediate future

Have you voted yet? Not yet, but I'm reckon I'd keep. so you're not with Madras at all are ya

Pretty much every game he played at the back end of last season? Absolute garbage

As good? I said he was a decent keeper, no more than that

Name me some more then, do it. If you can remember further back than Krul's save at 7PM

He is over confident and under talented. 5 bad Games?? take the rose tinted specs off man, he's a crock of s***. Well go name me 6 bad games then. Harper is one of the few players who'll actually do ok for us in the championship

Have you voted yet?