Ronaldo

Whenever I watched Xisco in La Liga (probably 6 or 7 times tbh) he always looked a genuine goal scoring threat and I was quite pleased to find out we'd signed him. Likewise against Hull (yes, I know) on his debut it looked like only a matter of time before he'd score and sure enough he did. These games COULD be the exception, but we'll never know until he gets any sort of run in the side. What's not up for debate is that he adds much needed mobility to the attack. Not quite blistering pace but strong and constant running.

He's a great CCC striker? His record is 9 games, having only made any sort of impact (or scored) in one of them (helll of an impact, fair enough)

What worries me is that both will basically be relying on fantastic service to score goals, we certainly do not have an abundance of creativity going forward. That partnership will not get us promoted, Carroll is a 1 in 4 man in the Championship and Shola may hit 20 but it's unlikely. Xisco needs a chance, i'd happily give him 90 minutes on wednesday and tell him to stay on the shoulder of the last man, he's quick, and has a good first touch - Probably just what we'll need against the more physical defences who wont lose much sleep over the propsect of facing Shola and Carroll

or how about because he was our worst player in a season which saw us relegated

he's not more injury prone than Owen, he just had a very bad season last time round

come on, of course there's a difference. Whether or not the ball crossed the line should be absolutely simple to define. Minimal resources or technology could be implemented in order to avoid mistakes like Saturday without compromising the flow of the game whatsoever.

Ameobi is the only man alive who can slam a revolving door

35 next month

young and up and coming defenders will either cost you goals or cost you a lot. Stability and experience is the key in defence

Leaving us with Kadar and Tozer as backup, my word. Coloccini was part of the element that got us relegated and people seem to want the entire element to be sold off at the expense of actually winning games, it's pathetic

Andy GRAY, and yes we're all aware of his daft bias, he just about came when Liverpool were awarded that penalty

I don't remember that either

Not yet. Wont be there for long though

yes

my word

Old news, most of us with sense figured it out years ago

According to Bobby he was a talented young player when he left in 2004

He IS s***, he was by far the worst player on the pitch last week and struggled again for most of the game today. For all of the first half and most of the second Readings no. 9 (not sure who he was) got the better of Colo, which would have cost us the game against better opposition. Lost count of the amount of times today I had my head in my hands after he f***ed up. He's slow, irrational and if he focused half as much on his performance as he does his hair style he might actually justify the wage he's given. what nonsense, he was brilliant yesterday, got pretty much everything spot on

What a load of bollocks, clearly don't have a f***ing clue Taylor = quick :lol: :lol:

When we all and sundry slagging him off? He's always been popular on this board

If Butt gets back into the starting lineup, Hughton literally deserves a baseball bat to the jaw

tosh.........if he doesn't want to move he doesn't have to. absolutely

ie an excuse to leave

having met the lad several times I can tell you that he is a nice lad. Who's basically been so woeful in the last 7 years that I cant stand seeing him in black and white. Don't blame people for seeing what's really there, he's a terrible, terrible footballer who may just do ok in this league.

Is it just cool to think Colo is s***? Just because he struggled in his first season and Lawrenson says he's poor? Honestly, get a f***ing grip