Ronaldo

It'd be a disgrace if we fielded that central defence in League One.

Nobody is that good.

He really is, like. Best striker we've signed since Shearer by a mile.

Rather have Smith there I see, doubt Pardew will let that happen though. Who would?

A little more application would be nice, too.

James Perch starting a CB, man.

The backline did improve though at Bolton. He bossed us around a bit. Irrelevant, he did well that day. It is relevant; you said 'sub appearances'. He was an accident waiting to happen for the vast majority of his time in black and white.

Bolton? He played about 10 minutes, during which we were all over the place and conceded. Against Chelsea he started.

This is actually an excellent idea under the circumstances. Chris Sutton did this and Dion Dublin also with great success. I think it is easier for a skilfull front man to make the transition back rather than a centre back to go forward. Alan Shearer could have played another season if he had done this and still come forward for free kicks,corners etc. Would have scored another 10 goals. I actually can't remember Shearer scoring from corner during his last season as a forward. Plus, a traffic cone would probably do a better defensive job than Shola.

You mean against City. The rest of the time he was basically crap.

Yorkie's clearly never been to a real football game.

What the hell does that even mean? The lad's prone to long-term injuries.

I expected this to happen to him sooner or later. Still a real shame.

This would only involve two signings,one of them apparently already done..... Krul Santon. Taylor. Colo. New LB Guthrie. Tiote. Cabaye Ben Arfa. Maiga Ba That looks tasty, Ronaldo is gonna start foaming in the mouth though that his manlove Best might not be in the first team, which would make it even better! I spent the entire summer advocating a new striker to start alongside Demba Ba. I've done the same recently in regard to Maiga. Try again.

Ancelotti getting sacked killed whatever affection I had. I'll be supporting Valencia in 2 days time.

That seems to be a question that gives rise to two answers. El phenomenon.

Yep, something big must have happened. For the sake of his family, lets hope it stays a secret. Call me selfish but I'd like to know what's gone on. In fact, I need to know what's gone on. Millions have been affected by this, and as Martin Luther said, 'peace if possible, truth at all costs'.

Jonas didn't play today.

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What did you mean by this then? The two sentences are to be read disjunctively like the mad rambling of a senile 80 year old who no longer have a coherent thought process? OK if you prefer that then being an idiot Yeah, that's the same sentence, mate.

We did play a top team today, we played a team that were on 1 point less than us and one place below us before kick-off. Before kick-off we were 4th and they were 5th and that's on form so far this season. Where they are or aren't by January is irrelevant to how they've played so far this season. If you think Chelsea have looked like a top team recently you simply haven't been watching the matches. Arsenal put 5 past them; defensive Livepool put 4 past them at Stamford Bridge in 2 games; QPR beat them; Man U demolished them; in europe they've been absolutely all over the place. They aren't a top team anymore. But they still have some top players capable of bumming our bad ones. They are very capable of beating any of the top sides barring City as well. Poor form doesn't make them finished by any means. Stop acting as if they are on a par with Villa, they are still clearly a class above. They're the 6th best team in the league in my view. Sad state if we can't aim to get a result against such a team at home. Everything about this post is wrong. What's wrong about it? Do you think we should be aiming to get beat at home? Everything is wrong. Chelsea are easily in the top 4. And it's certainly not a 'sad state' if we fail to beat them. youre full of s*** man. Eh? I never said that. Idiot. Change fail to beat them with fail to get a result. Point still stands. Your still on the wind up and your still full of s***. I never said that either. There's only one person on the wind up here, like. I said we should aim to get a result. If you disagree with that you need to support someone else. Oh so what your saying is we shouldn't be aiming to lose? Cheers for that Sherlock You were the one who disagreed with it, not me.

It wasn't precautionary. He was fucked.

Did I once pin the blame on Ben Arfa?

We did play a top team today, we played a team that were on 1 point less than us and one place below us before kick-off. Before kick-off we were 4th and they were 5th and that's on form so far this season. Where they are or aren't by January is irrelevant to how they've played so far this season. If you think Chelsea have looked like a top team recently you simply haven't been watching the matches. Arsenal put 5 past them; defensive Livepool put 4 past them at Stamford Bridge in 2 games; QPR beat them; Man U demolished them; in europe they've been absolutely all over the place. They aren't a top team anymore. But they still have some top players capable of bumming our bad ones. They are very capable of beating any of the top sides barring City as well. Poor form doesn't make them finished by any means. Stop acting as if they are on a par with Villa, they are still clearly a class above. They're the 6th best team in the league in my view. Sad state if we can't aim to get a result against such a team at home. Everything about this post is wrong. What's wrong about it? Do you think we should be aiming to get beat at home? Everything is wrong. Chelsea are easily in the top 4. And it's certainly not a 'sad state' if we fail to beat them. youre full of s*** man. Eh? I never said that. Idiot. Change fail to beat them with fail to get a result. Point still stands. Your still on the wind up and your still full of s***. I never said that either. There's only one person on the wind up here, like. I said we should aim to get a result. If you disagree with that you need to support someone else.