Ronaldo

Jagielka's too old for that move, surely.

Chico's a cheating coward who couldn't batter a fish.

Who threw a tantrum?

Course it was. As if that's worthy of a red ffs.

It's quite incredible how often you post such petty guff.

It was, to be fair.

Disco the only one with good eyes. Disco just wonders that about all the athletic fellas.

And I endorse that 100% long term. We just needed someone to come in with size, presence and the aptitude and experience to fit right into a PL defence.

I still wonder why we signed him tbh.

If Tiote has good technique for a DM fuck knows what you'd say about the likes of Parker, 04-08 Butt, Batty, Hamann, 02-04 Speed.

Because I've no idea what 'other abilities' superior to Anita's you're referring to. Anita's a far better footballer.

I prefer to go on what I've seen.

What other abilities?

At their best and in terms of talent, absolutely. If I had to sign one of them 10 years ago the answer would be different, though. Terry's a much better player to have in your team and even at 33/34 is an absolute colossus defensively.

This is the type of match where Tiote normally does really well at. Without him, our central midfield looks p*ss poor defensively. Without Cabaye it does. Without Tiote we keep the ball better. If Tiote was fit would you have chosen to drop him for this match? Who would you play in central midfield out of Tiote, Sissoko, Anita, Marv, Bigi and Gosling (the assumption that everyone was available). Depends who we're up against. Anita, Sissoko and Marveaux would be my pick most of the time at home with Tiote coming in away. I really don't think Tiote protects the defence as well as people think, but with no alternative he has to be there away from home most of the time.

This is the type of match where Tiote normally does really well at. Without him, our central midfield looks piss poor defensively. Without Cabaye it does. Without Tiote we keep the ball better.

I think I'd just play Sissoko, Anita and Marveaux. What's the harm? I think he'll play Gosling, though.

Steady on.

The case with a lot of his quotes TBH. It's pretty fucking relevant when a lot of ridiculous people, including some on this board, want to paint Pardew as a victim, as opposed to an accomplice.

A lot of good work.

He did exactly the opposite at Real Madrid, particularly in his last year there. Always deflecting blame. Exactly. Wait till stuff doesn't go his way, it'll all be 'players who betrayed me etc' like last time he left Chelsea. Ummm, no. Chelsea 1.0 was all Jose vs Roman and his cronies. Oh yeah, Jose battling that cunt who give him hundreds of millions to build a dream team.

£30 on: Leicester Chelsea -1 Man Utd -1 Real Madrid

Like you've just done, you mean?

Carlo's so fucking gorgeous.