Ronaldo

go put a grand on it, if you're so sure

To be fair to him his free kick taking is actually fairly decent. It's his inability to pass the ball to team-mate 5 yards away that grates. fairly decent? not really, abysmal is the term i'd use

Owen gets tackled and knocked off the ball a ridiculous number of times for a player with his experience. It's like he's spent the last 12 years avoiding the physical aspect of the game completely. Catches up with you when your pace and sharpness is gone

Llambias vehemently denies that Xisco was anything but a Keegan find what the hell is going on?

Beardsley is by an absolute country mile the best player i've seen in b&w, this based entirely on his second stint Pav ahead of Rob Lee? fuck off

How many times on Monday did he lose the ball? More than any other player bar Butt from what I saw

far too good to miss, even with Madrid shitting the bed

hmmm, dont think this is a going to be a good weekend for betting tbh got a fair bit of money on a treble consisting of Man U, Liverpool and Chelsea, at 2/1 odds

had we scored an extra 3 goals during Shearer's reign, we'd have another 5 points. Scoring goals against well organised defences has been a problem all season. But I agree, another defender should be a priority in the summer, given the fact we only have 1 CB I have genuine faith in.

Viduka has skill and heading ability Martins has pace and heading ability

No longer our top scorer in the league as of tonight, that would the striker who has played less and isn't 'half the finisher' mate wake up, since Owen scored his last goal, both Carroll and Love have netted 3. It's embarrassing

Out of all those 11 players tonight he'd actually be the very last one you'd identify as a captain, it's pathetic that he was ever given the armband

Fulham's defence is miles ahead of Boro's, we'll need to keep it tight until we can bring Martins on with 30 left and hope he can destroy Hughes

A bit dodgy at times tonight but stood tall in the second half, and yes, our player of the season by a mile

fair play to Taylor, still dont want him at CB but did us proud tonight

5 for me now

He played better in his debut for me, but did OK tonight

that said, I have no doubt Shearer will offer him another one

it's on Setanta 2 now, complete replay if that helps

I'm looking forward to getting back to Boro tomorrow feel no sympathy for them whatsoever, and anyone who saw them arriving in their Linthorpe buses like caged animals today knows exactly why, twats

If Shearer had the raw skill of Viduka, he'd have been possibly THE greatest striker. His touch, the way he holds onto the ball, the way he seems to wriggle free of 2 or 3 players with his footwork, the link-up play...immense striker. I said this a while back actually. If you give Viduka Shearer's professionalism he'd have been right at the top of the footballing world

has a mackem player ever had his own thread on here ? Didn't Greg Halford get one last April?

all you've done tonight is moan. c***. very brave. Try answering the question Did Guthrie have a good game against pompey? In fact....do you think he had a good game tonight?! (apart from corners) Guthrie is the only player that I remotely trust to ping a ball into the box, on that basis alone he should be on the teamsheet every week and yes, I do think he had a good game tonight, always wanted the ball and only wasted it a couple of times. Against Portsmouth he was bad like everyone else you're using hindsight. Apart from his corners, Guthrie has been nothing special. And I rate him. I've never heard you speak about Guthrie's dealball skills before tonight? Care to give me links to some posts of yours where you stated that? (before the boro game obviously) I've said time and time again on this board that Guthrie is our best midfielder after Barton and our best set-piece taker alongside Geremi. But no, i'm not going to rifle through my posts. I do remember pointing out his talents after the Man U (a) game though