Ronaldo

The Human Rights Act certainly needs repealing and for the record a lot of lawyers (I'll hopefully be one soon) actually agree with you on that. Not that it has much at all to do with what we're discussing in here, or Britain's place in the EU which has even less relevance here.

Mick's suddenly become a Pardew sympathiser.

We paid £6million for Dyer, back in 1998. Dyer was outstanding, though.

£8m for someone who looked very good in the Championship is ridiculous, mind.

Smith kinda faded out, which ruined that party.

Which front 3 do you mean?

Has a letter from Ronnie Kray in it, if memory serves.

I thought he played just in front of the back four there? Afaik we've tried playing him pushed up near the top of the midfield, less time on the ball and less time to create and harder to get in the box as he's often the one playing the final ball? Just my thoughts. I think he's very well suited to the deep-lying playmaker position. It's just (as I've said a million times) not a position that is suited this league, with a few exceptions.

Yeah I completely did. I actually think his tackling is OK.

Why did he score so few goals in France then, penalties excluded?

I've never beaten him with the tackling stick. It's his mobility, dribbling, presence going forward and consistency I have issues with. I do think he fades pretty badly after 70 minutes, like. For the record I do want to keep him.

No, it's just far easier and more optimistic to blame tactics. Nah. It's just more correct, really. Like it's Pardew's fault his corners are dreadful and he won't make the runs required to support the attack?

He has genuine quality, yeah. His suitability to this league is questionable.

No, it's just far easier and more optimistic to blame tactics.

Like Tiote's a 'midfielder' anyway.

Was I genuinely not clear enough? Sorry if I wasn't, like. Seems pretty straightforward to me. Obviously neither would be in the top 3.

Just don't even bother full stop if you're gonna ask silly questions like that.

Best 3rd striker in over 10 years, tbh.

I'm amazed so many are picking Colo and MYM for CB. It's never gonna happen and it'd be a bloody disaster against even moderately physical strikers.

And better than all of our strikers put together bar Cisse.

I'll have a fucking party when the useless cunt retires or fucks off to League One where he belongs.

Not if Anita continues to get bullied and go missing.

TRon is absolutely right here, like.

If Anita's a wrong fit, then in what position is Cabaye a right fit in your ideal team? Both are on the smaller side to be playing as a defensive midfielder and neither is really suited to getting forward into attacking positions. Cabaye would be a best fit in a continental side for me, one that sat back and counter attacked with him being a deep lying midfielder who could pick the passes. I quite agree that Cabaye is far better suited to other leagues. In the PL for us he'd have the deepest midfield role.

Load of absolute rubbish, Yorkie.