Ronaldo

Very sad. Good to hear he's still fighting

York, you're absolutely right about Kinnear and the clueless c*** is the last person I want selling players in January. However, you talk about the squad at times like it would be top 6 with a competent manager in charge. In reality, we had one not so long back and still looked like mid-lower table garbage. The midfield in particular is championship standard at best man.

Drogba offers little more than goals? fucking hell funny he managed the most assists in the premiership 2 seasons running, honestly man

That's the thing I'm worried about tbh; he doesn't seem to be learning. It was f***ing obvious Stoke were on top and going to score and what does he do? Take off Martins then Geremi. Fulham, Sunderland and Wigan were all similar games where we took our foot off the gas after scoring, so it's not just bad luck. Personally I am still raging that Stoke were allowed to boss us for the whole second half in front of our own supporters. Can you imagine that happening to Chelsea or Liverpool? It was an absolute disgrace and the manager allowed it to happen. No wonder Kinnear didn't have the balls to face the press after the game. bang on

Just words. He'll take us down, an eventuality that looked nailed on from the start and even moreso now. f*** all we can do either way. I don't think he'll take us down. There's still 22 games left in the season. and I expect at least 20 to be tougher propositions than Stoke at home

Coloccini, as much as I love him often gets ghosted past far too easily for a guy with a nice amount of pace

anyone who thinks Taylor being in the team week in week out is a good thing needs shooting tbh

took his chance here to show how good a defender he was and was then sold to Stoke, dont blame him for being pissed off

Where's the 'rather have him than Avram Grant' lot tonight?

wow, comfortably our best side

The selling of Faye ranks as one of the most ridiculous nufc transfer dealings in the the last 15 years tbh. Get the feeling Keegan told him he was behind Taylor in the pecking order and it didn't sit right, who knows. neesy you're talking rubbish again tbh. The top 10 clubs all have very established CB pairings tbh. Right down to Spurs. Faye is a good defender but he's 31. Were the top clubs in for Pedro in 93? it's a daft and lazy argument

He's been back to his brilliant best this season but he's nowhere near Buffon tbh.

oh i see

I hear that from my lass all the time. "lass" ?

I dont believe Owen is more likely than Oba to 'sneak' a goal tbh, certainly not anymore.

I agree Anelka is a great player tbh funny that half the forum didn't want him here 3 years back

If we get beat twice by Hull in the same season we have no business being in the forth round of the FA cup anyway

Anelkas proven time and time again across different countries (except Spain) that hes amazing. They're pretty much even I reckon, not scoring in one match doesnt mean theyre missing him. Especially when he's scored in almost all the others. Anelka is not half the footballer Drogba is mate. Drogba is the absolute key to the way Chelsea play. Btw are you talking about Anelka's awesome record in Turkey and France? The same leagues that have Boumsong and Colin Kazim Richards in their all time hall of fame

Anelka's been scoring goals for fun but he's precisely half the footballer that Drogba is, struggling big time without him

2006-07 was awful man, worst season i've experienced in 15 years going to the game, dont want to be reminded of that pile of shite tbh.

Pretty sure it was "to the top of the Premiership table". Could be wrong though. Great piece of commentary anyhow. yeah you're wrong, the dickead actually said 'could' even though we needed a win to go top and it was 3- 1 in the 96th minute

havent seen any of the game, was away all weekend but the fact that we've managed 2 away clean sheets in a row speaks volumes tbh. credit to Kinnear for putting Taylor on the bench where he belongs, Keegan wouldn't, at Faye's expense. Bassong really looks like a quality defender and a great partner for the flawed genius Coloccini, especially for his age.

seems big Mike doesn't want to sell

for all Kinnear's fake machismo he's a fucking arse licker of the highest order

I am shocked no one went for him. O'Neill would have been far better off spending that £12 million on him rather than Milner. Larsson is at least 3 times the player. You really have to wonder wht some of these managers are looking at sometimes. Milner doesn't do a single thing better than Larsson. Not one thing. Crazy. There's no way he's 3 times the player like. You are speaking to the guy who was claiming Routledge (currently being loaned out by Milners club to championship side Cardiff) was better than Milner you accused me of saying as much a few months back, hope you're facts are right this time