Ronaldo

he WAS bollocks last night, i admit that, he has played well recently but where it really mattered he became a bag of nerves. However, is there a defender in the world who would look forward to playing between Taylor and Huntington?

swap him with Carr, fucking hilarious BottledDog ;D ;D

why was called the best player in the world by respected ex-pros at 19? why was he 2nd top scorer in Euro 04 at 18? scored around 20 goals last season, will do the same this season for sure at 21, get a grip ffs

fucking spanish coward

Owen = world class on his day, but contribution to overall play is lacking, against physically stong defenders who read the game well, he will always struggle. Martins = potential to be world class, but again, contribution to overall play is lacking, antipation/intelligene is poor therefore he is inconsistent. He is however a player i wouldn't swap for any other top 4 striker except Drogba and Rooney. Dyer = finishing has improved but still can be poor, shirks physical battles, and will naturally sit deep, will start to lose pace in the next year if he hasn't already. Ameobi = decent finisher these day, strong, unpredictable and presents a good attiude from which to imrpove. Aerial ability is shocking, not a hint of pace, has a tendency to show overconfidence with great defenders, which 95 times out of 100 becomes a massive hinderance to our play. Not a natural goalscorer either and never will be.

i live with one, he laughs every time i mention his name

can't believe people still have faith in Bernard, Ranger's 3rd choice left-back, even the frenchman didn't want him there, neither did Sheffield United ffs.

I always liked Bernard as a player, but Wayne Bridge is miles better defensively and going forward. sadly, football comes last on Oli's priorities, so fuck him, twat

He may not be now, given his problems. But when he was here and Bridge was at Ston he certainly was no worse than Bridge. doesn't matter, Bridge is ten times the player Bernard has ever been, and an unsubstantiated rumour goes here.

it's a massive weakness of his, against quick strikers he's always struggled

fucking idiot

Taylor needs to strengthen up, try to build up his calf muscles for more pace, work at timing his tackles and use his excuse for a brain a bit more.

Peter Ramage

an article written by 'Bacon Sarnie' yes, lets start celebrating now

'overweight' is harsh. The guy is barell-chested nice to see him getting praise from someone other than myself in this thread, keep up the good work Titus!

it's a shame he has to make a tackle like that to illicit some praise. The fact is, the amount of winning tackles Bramble makes every game puts our other defenders to shame. 4 excellent games in a row now for Titus. In terms of aerial and tackling ability, none of our other defenders can touch him. And when was the last time he made a notable error that cost us?

Given 7 Solano 7 Taylor 5 Bramble 9 Carr 5 Dyer 7.5 Parker 6.5 Butt 7 Duff 7 Sibierski 7 Martins 8.5 Alkmaar are a decent team, and we could have absolutely destroyed them tonight, should be good for morale if nowt else.

When Martins learns to anticipate and how to use his pace effectively, he will be unstoppable.

Shearer what a stupid thing to say pardon? it's hardly relevant mate the comment made by Testa basically said: no-one would choose Newcastle United over Man Utd, i just said: Shearer did ...seems relevant Tesla didn't say that though

Shearer what a stupid thing to say pardon? it's hardly relevant mate

Shearer what a stupid thing to say

the defenders are blantantly being told to play the long ball, not as if the midfield (without Emre) can come up with anything more creative

Welcome back Emre, we need you, you daft little racist

by far the worst player we've had here in 10 years

Yep, hate the guy as much as the next prick, but what a fucking player, destined to be world's best player in a year or two