Ronaldo

Fair play to Pellegrini, didn't know his English was that good.

Far more chance of that than him turning out to be a PL player, sadly.

I'd say ours is significantly wider than average.

Big gap between first teamers and squad players.

I think there's a pretty good chance he's 5 years older than he claims, like.

Wasn't it Shola who hit the bar in the 0-3?

For a 21-year-old he's woefully underdevloped physically, technically and mentally. A lot of that is the club's fault, but there it is.

Nobody touching on why he was so poor in the Championship, then? He might turn out to be a decent player but he's got no natural instinct for scoring and has no end product. League One would be fine.

Ruddy hell. It's Soft Cell.

West Ham are aiming for Europe.

Yep.

Ask a Boro fan who had to watch him in the Championship instead of just assuming he's good enough because he's ours.

He's League One standard. Championship is too much for him.

Gouffran's more competition for Cisse, I think. He's not much good wide left.

Aye, similar players tbh. They are if you used to listen to the Three Legends. I'm sure Malcolm McDonald said something about 'get Ryan Taylor on the wing, running at fullbacks'. I remember Slaven saying that during Taylor's time at LB.

Why would they? He's just the club's ringpiece.

Today or yesterday is the safe bet.

Everton at home last season: "With Ba gone it's Ameobi's chance to stake a claim for the shirt."

I don't think he'd be a nailed-on starter, dude.

Wouldn't go that far, like. He's generally good going forward and mostly decent defensively with loads of potential to improve in both areas because of his age and attitude.

Nice edit, Teasy.

Get over it. Start by looking at the current crop (of crap) we have to call upon if Cisse gets knacked.

He really is as thick as pigshite.

Aye, similar players tbh.

All one alternative.