Ronaldo

His biggest test so far by a mile.

He isn't a winger in this league. He'll never win the one-on-one battle consistently.

Par for the course for this thread.

He's been awful almost every time I've seen him.

Should've flown. They're incapable of moving it along the ground.

Ranger's better though.

We're pretty decent a nullifying the opposition when we're behind the ball, tbh. It's only problematic when teams get in behind us, then we're the worst of the worst. The teams we've come up against so far haven't tested us in this way, fortunately.

Was it not Waddle who said Shola would be disappointed with his finish (that went in) against Bordeaux?

Aye, not even Hughton would do that. Oh, wait.

Aye, we give him a 4 year contract which a fair few didn't expect us to give him, within a year he's wanting to leave. We convince him to stay until May, he gets injured and goes home anyway. Absolutely ludicrous isn't it. I just hope he's replaced. MYM has probably shown enough to say he can be our main defender but like f*** do we want to be relying on Saylor and Williamson AGAIN. It could actually work out well, he might be able to use his time to sort his family problems out while he's injured, we'll see. You mad.

Love it when folk try to attach daft labels to players not worthy of them in a month of Sundays. 2 years back Jonas was getting recommended for that role.

We both know that Sissoko will be far further up the pitch than Cabaye, like.

And the summer before.

Who?

He did the right thing tonight.

Lawro, you're doing an OK job.

He's bucked up his ideas since last season, like. Rarely do I read one of these predictions and want to pull his hair so hard his neck breaks.

The lad's quality. No reason him and Taylor (if the latter can stay fit) can form one bastarding hell of a partnership. MYM, not Boumsong.

He did well tonight, no doubt.

I agree that he's been inconsistent at best, but this really is a fucking baffling post when you consider that you talk up Gosling all of the time. I've probably mentioned him on this forum 6 or 7 times since we signed him 3 years ago.

He's a good footballer technically but he's missing too much of what's needed for the PL, imo. That said, there's certainly a place for him off the bench in some circumstances.

The worst thing about Babayaro was that he could actually play when he wanted to, he had a brilliant game when his brother had just died. That was the Liverpool game? Remember him doing OK and everyone going OTT because he'd just lost his brother. He was a dreadful cunt with a dreadful attitude who couldn't defend.

Dead.

He is what he is. Impact sub or a luxury player at home but not a player to rely on as a regular starter. Just not good enough, really.

Horrible game but fair play for the result.