Ronaldo

AVB asked for that. Managerial inexperience.

Probably helps that the players that in theory should be pushed out of the team by the arrivals are worse than shit and have been killing our ability to play football for years.

It was Gerald Ashby, was it not? He's dead now, anyway.

Good assessment. It kinda fills in the blanks (if you'd never seen either of them play) while also being a bit of a contradiction in terms. Robert made the difference in games far more often, and he (along with Bellamy) totally transformed an average side into one of the best 3 in the country, so he gets the nod ahead of Ginola for me.

Poor Aaron. Age has really caught up with him this season.

I'm confident we'll finish above Norwich.

Should just offer them Shola, Jonas and Simpson.

Do your research, perhaps? He's exactly what we need. Top, top player.

Sky have just said he's on his way to Newcastle, for whatever that's worth.

Which, let's be honest, is going to happen if certain players start.

Considering we've signed Debuchy and Yanga (ie, filled two absolutely gaping holes in the team), it's comments like this that have got me so excited about Sissoko. We didn't even 'need' a CM. Guy must really be class based on what people have said. For me it's partly because it should push our weakest link out of the side. That being? Jonas.

Used to think that. Nobody will pay anything close to that now, or else he'd be gone.

Considering we've signed Debuchy and Yanga (ie, filled two absolutely gaping holes in the team), it's comments like this that have got me so excited about Sissoko. We didn't even 'need' a CM. Guy must really be class based on what people have said. For me it's partly because it should push our weakest link out of the side.

This is the big one. Opening a bottle of champagne if this is sorted.

He said what?

He makes a few good points but ultimately is also a disgrace.

I honestly just don't get what people have been smoking. Even Pardew rightly puts him in midfield.

Norwich ffs.

key word, hes clueless and always comes across as hating us. At least Edwards who you get a similar vibe from hating us wise gets some of his s*** right Yeah he never says anything seriously, like its one big joke. I don't rate anything he says and find him annoying. Martin Hardy, Culkin or even Simon Bird are far, far better. Caulkin, Bird and Douglas are the ones I take most seriously when it comes to how true or not what they write is, the rest are middling (Edwards) to clueless (Ryder) to vindictive (Hickman) Edwards is the most vindictive. Bird's a cunt, too.

Getting rid of Williamson and Simpson in the same window

I was sad enough to count. 18 goals.

Who was it that said earlier he could be our new Rob Lee? I really miss Rob Lee. As highly rated as he is, I still think the era that he played in with Beardsley and Cole probably washed away what would otherwise have been the focal point of our comments and conversations from that time. Magnificent player, I loved him. I'd love to know how many goals he scored in the 94 calendar year. Was absolutely on fire in the latter half of 93-94 and first half of 94-95.

Who was it that said earlier he could be our new Rob Lee?