Ronaldo

We're going nowhere fast if he's still a key player. Obviously he can be useful in certain games.

I think we'll get a draw.

He's not much better than Downing, to be fair.

I'd start Taylor from those we have.

Neither him nor Taylor should be starting, tbh.

I don't think anyone's 'mocking' him for aiming for 4th, that's what we should be aiming for - but performances will have to improve drastically to get us anywhere near and maybe he'd be better keeping quiet about Champions League prospects until they do. If it was me, I wouldn't dream of saying those things before a trip to Anfield for a start, asking for egg on your face. Yeah. Timing's completely off.

Yeah. In terms of actually 'making it count' Jose was underwhelming at best.

Santos is a joke, but a funny one.

As much as his insistence on always playing centrally has hurt us, in that role this season he's been feeding on scraps and has 7 league goals. Got to stay.

Ba hasn't gone backwards , the other 2 are debatable. There's no debate. Cabaye and Tiote aren't playing well.

Which results in Europe? They've been good (and well deserved) considering the teams put out.

Keepers get far too much credit for saves in general. It's not difficult to dive and knock a mid-height ball around the post when it's hit from 25 yards.

Because Harper does the basics better.

Why does this rubbish only seem to surface in the autumn?

All depends where you sit, I guess. There's been times I've gone to away games and felt nowt but jovial intentions from all sides. On other occasions I've been embarrassed to be there and have ended up kicking off with folk.

Yep, it's not for him and we need him elsewhere. End of.

He'll be in there for Orange Wednesday.

Just telling you what I've seen, man. I've been an argumentative prick at times but I was genuinely just trying to offer a bit of insight.

Nice of you to get personal. Personally, I've seen Tiote away from SJP a couple of times and he's neither 5'11" or 'built like a tank', nor does he appear so on internet streams. Mole's right. You don't have to have size to be a effective DM in this division and there's a lot of evidence of that - Makelele and an older Roy Keane are probably the best in that position I can think of right now. I thought Tiote would be a pretty straightforward example of that as a current NUFC player, obviously I was wrong.

Again we read this tripe, it don't matter for s*** most of the DM's in this league are tiny..... it's about positional sense and footballing brain more than physicality. Man Utd seem fine with Carrick, City seem fine with Barry, Liverpool with Lucas/Allen, Everton with Neville, Arsenal with Arteta etc etc. The fact everyone needs to be built like a brick house is a myth. Anyone who's seen Tiote up close knows that he's not a big guy by anyone's definition. He's actually quite small. He's built like a tank though. And by no stretch of the imagination can 5'11" be considered "small." He's neither of those things, though.

I'm not having that bit, like. He's been poor from an attacking perspective since he signed with the exception of a couple of purple patches here and there. His attitude, workrate and defensive contribution (until recently) can't be questioned, however.

Again we read this tripe, it don't matter for s*** most of the DM's in this league are tiny..... it's about positional sense and footballing brain more than physicality. Man Utd seem fine with Carrick, City seem fine with Barry, Liverpool with Lucas/Allen, Everton with Neville, Arsenal with Arteta etc etc. The fact everyone needs to be built like a brick house is a myth. Anyone who's seen Tiote up close knows that he's not a big guy by anyone's definition. He's actually quite small.

dont blame carver, pardew is the boss so he has final say, if carver says "lets attack like barcelona tikki tacka!", pardew would say "f*** off carver u just came back coaching from canada, t***" Words fail me.