Ronaldo

He badly needs to be replaced. It's that simple.

Souness did more damage to the club (with more scope to achieve it) but I hate Pardew far more.

Colo. What does he have to start doing before it's acknowledged he should be replaced, start kicking the ball into his own net?

Pretty strange how many mistakes get forgotten come the end of the season if it's a fan favourite making them, like.

I was practically Colo's biggest fan on here before we signed him and during his first 4 seasons or so. I've nowt against him other than he's significantly declined as a defender physically and otherwise, and the fact he's an awful captain.

Well I wouldn't sell Colo, actually. Nobody has ever wanted to buy him for a start. Do I want us to move past him and invest in a younger, more solid CB pairing including MYM? Yes, absolutely. The rest of the post is like you, not worth bothering to acknowledge.

Yeah, that's why I've spent the last year advocating a solid, physical CB signing like Shawcross that we can pair with Mbiwa. Quality nonsense as per.

Says the bloke who vigorously supported the bloke promoting that very philosophy. Debuchy's a good player. I just think if we'd got a defender less effective going forward and more effective defensively there'd have been less of a reluctance to start Ben Arfa in his rightful position on the RW.

His weakness is very much one-on-one situations and it's been evident throughout the season.

Don't think that has anything to do with it tbh, even when Debuchy was injured Ben Arfa still hardly played at all. Well, yeah, because the replacements were even worse in that respect.

If Debuchy was better at dealing with 'being exposed' we'd have seen more of HBA this season. And now they're leaving in the same window. Fucking typical, like.

Especially one who looks like Nasri, like.

Get to fuck.

Both Mancs have better RBs.

Mind, that's quite astute from Buffon based on one friendly game in which he played. Impressive.

This is true.

I've always thought Gerrard was overrated and he's certainly well past his best physically but that's a biased car crash of an article.

16th and 5th constitutes mid-table now?

He'll be 31 before the next one. What a waste.

Hitting the ball short distances instead of long ones, the true footballing barometer.

That stat doesn't surprise me. He's our best CM by a distance.

Yes he is and yes it is.

You don't like him, we got that 7 years ago, mate.