Ronaldo

Everyone loved Pav, but the fact is he gave was at fault for more goals in 94-95 than most will be in their career. Was a pretty shocking keeper to be honest, could never be trusted on crosses especially. Easy to see why he was 3rd choice for his country even at his peak in 96

Udinese

Have a rather considerable sum of money on a Hamburg/Werder double and a £5 on a treble consisting of Werder, Shaktar, Dynamo with a return of £60

i'll throw up if Nolan and Butt get picked again

never liked Nolan to be honest. Defintely one of those midfielders who gets a few goals and every thinks it makes him a great player. As TRon said, no pace, no engine, no vision, no passing ability In an ideal world neither him nor Butt would be allowed anywhere near SJP ever again, but the reality is they'll likely form the most important part of our team for the next 2-3 games at least

Sunderland cant put the ball in the back of the net, which is what some idiots on here choose to ignore

Here we have Greg deleting his posts, should do it more often

dont remember Emre ever scoring for us in europe with the exception of that intertoto game in July against the farmers

Geremi should take them all if he's on the pitch. Sadly yes, he's the best Viduka strikes me as the type could place a good free-kick, but we'll never find out. Guthrie should take them imo

He was never really a good player to begin with, just had 2 good seasons

£10 Man U Sheff U Leeds Barca return of £70

perhaps, but there's only one Taylor I have any faith in whatsoever at RB and it isn't the free-kick 'specialist'

Beye and Bassong might work out nicely tbh. didn't you admit the other day that you'd seen nowt of Beye to convince you he'd do well in the centre. to be honest it's Edgar i'd have more of an issue with, definetly not the player you want anywhere near a relegation scrap

icnewcastle

"(Bassong) will be back and will be paired with Habib Beye or David Edgar in the centre of defence if Taylor is not fit enough to play" my fucking word

Jesus christ. One of the most ridiculous posts I've ever read on on this forum. Well done. Coloccini makes 2 glaring errors, yet it's all Duff's fault for playing it simple. I feel sorry for the kids you manage. I already said that Colo made dreadfull errors, but the ball was safe out on the touchline, and instead was hooked into the top of the Penalty area. One bounce (and a poor touch) and the Anelka was all over Colo. If you think "playing it simple" means putting the ball into a dangerous area in such a way that it requires a one-time hoofing clearance than I'm glad you're not coaching my kids. That's an even dumber a statement than you think mine was. The way the ball came in to Colo (in hindsite) he should have hoofed it out of there, instead took a touch, bobbled it and then was in deep ****. I expect more from both players.....better control and touch from Colocini and not passing the ball into dangerous places. It's hard to disagree with some of what was said there, Duff could clearly see that Anelka was running at Colo before he even passed the ball, so it was stupid to play it back. It's a shame really because he'd been having a very good game before the mistake and it would have been interesting to see people's reactions had he not done it. He in general plays a lot better without Bassong, it's just a little too late atm because he's lost so much confidence. what on earth are you talking about?

a very strong, agressive striker exerting constant pressure in the box, excellent with his back to goal

Faye left just into the new season

if i say he's not a battering ram will you disagree with that too? Why is he a battering ram? Drogba is a battering ram type, albeit with a lot more to his game, Heskey, Carew, a latter day Shearer, Shefki Kuqi if you want to bring it down a few levels why on earth would you consider Carroll a battering ram?

Keegan played Faye and Taylor together. The reason he left was for refusing to do something under Keegan (travel, train or play, I can't remember). Faye was always going to be the one losing out once Coloccini was brought in

probably not helped by the fact he was considered behind Steven Taylor in the pecking order

and he clearly doesn't, stop making yourself look daft

that can easily be addressed and you both know it. Anyone can build strength he needs to be more agressive yes, but that can develop with time

He's looked fast as fuck off the mark to me like, shame there's not much else to him

Zaki could do well with the right partner and midfield behind him would absolutely love it if we went back in for M'Bia in the summer