Ronaldo

This for me. 79 games in total. Did he come off the bench 14 times or is someone telling fibs?

Completely accurate though. You've not seen much of him, then. I've seen plenty of him, thanks. Clearly not enough. Mole's post is pretty accurate so I won't bother going over old ground.

The way he reacted to getting the captaincy makes it a one horse race. What the fuck was Keegan actually thinking?

Owen. Useless and gutless.

Sarcasm?

Colo. Love Hatem but half a good season pales in comparison to what Colo's given us. Hatem may be the answer in 2 years, though.

Indeed. Hope it's his last.

The Tiote to Man U rubbish is still being peddled? Just stop it, mate. At the time you (and many others) looked daft. Now you look stark raving bonkers. Tiote's frankly a lucky boy to be at a club like ours, and we're the best it'll ever get for him.

Completely accurate though. You've not seen much of him, then.

Pardew's done everything he can to keep Ba. That's perfectly understandable when you take in account the impossible situation the owner put him in and the sale of Carroll 2 years back.

Harsh on Higuain.

Aye. Demba's the real victim in all of this.

Are we even getting one?

He's not the right player to partner Colo, like.

Precisely, The Championship: Shola 2.

He's no Lampard in the air, like.

We need another forward in, no question whatsoever. One step forward, one step back if Ba goes without replacement - and we all know where that leaves us.

He's better than the starting forwards at Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs imo. Depends on who you're on about. I'd rather have Torres and Walcott any day of the week.

I don't think half a season is enough time to be talking about stagnation. The owner failed, in one transfer window, to bring in a defender Since 2008 we've spent less than £2m on the central defence, man. That's not failing in one transfer window; it's perpetual madness across several.

His defending was like that of a school kid. He's not a defensive player, to be fair to him. Wonder what Tiote's excuse will be.

The regression is mainly due to stagnation which is the fault, primarily, of the owner. The same owner you defend, mate.

Not enough goals there.

He's had enough. We all have.

2 completely different players.

Course he is. We're the only club stupid enough to pay his wages.