Ronaldo

That 3 is easily the best we can put out.

The ones you've mentioned that I haven't disagreed with, Carrick especially.

Brilliant quotes from Suarez basically saying he cannot stay at Liverpool.

Very good passer, beautiful, but never a playmaker.

The best attacking midfielder the PL's ever seen. Not a playmaker at all.

Modric can drive a team forward, that's the difference.

That's exactly how I see him. Problem is, central playmakers rarely work in this league.

Not if Colo isn't replaced.

Who said he was creative? I've just said the exact opposite. He just isn't anything approaching a defensive midfielder.

I think he is, he's certainly not a play off the main striker like we had him doing on a regular basis, or a winger. Box to box midfielder/defensive midfielder. He certainly isn't our creative midfielder that's for sure. I don't think his end product is much to worry about in the slightest. Defensive midfielder, man. Come on.

Cabaye is one of our slowest players by far.

Oh good, one midfielder making runs forward in a 4-3-3. That's a big reason why we don't score goals.

Who's a defensive midfielder, Sissoko? Rubbish.

That was the puzzler for me, as I said in another thread his numbers are pretty much in line with say, Yaya Touré's, even a bit better. He's not going to be Frank Lampard but his end product is just fine. He isn't really creative is what the scout is getting at. Obviously he makes thinks happen because of his running and presence.

I said Cabaye wasn't mobile enough a year and got exactly this reponse. He may cover very good distance but he's static on the ball, can't dribble, rarely makes the type of Sissoko runs we need to support the striker and is generally all used up by 70 minutes. Lovely footballer in a sense but I do think the PL isn't the least suited to him out of the big 4 leagues.

I don't remember flashes of brilliance or mediocrity from the young players.

Doubtful, given that his feet can't leave the ground.

And we'll let him go.

The media gave him stick for playing Benetenke over Bent, even early in the season? Ignorant, xenophobic wankers.

To be fair there's been a fair few good corners taken in the last 2 seasons too. Can't blame it all on the delivery. That said, Cabaye should never take one ever again.

Then Hatem gets a knock, misses 5 months and we have another excuse to play utter shit out wide.

He's right about the wide players being key. It's one of the reasons that we badly need investment if we are to use it.

You'd think after watching some of our lot pretend to be footballers folk would know the difference.

He looks fine to me.