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Great finish to be fair

Scholes off, what a twat

After seeing the recent comments by the player himself to the media today, and the club bringing in what can't be seen as anything else than a replacement. I feel rather sure Skjelbred is one of them. If he's not pissing off to Blackburn that is. You'd think Blackburn would have enough central midfielders now with Villanueva and Grella now signed.

Some of the stuff of him on youtube is quality

What a legend, I've just gone from feeling a tad sick to wildly optimistic after reading that. Bring on Monday!

Disagree, think he's quality.

We can't just offer players a new improved contract every time they kick up a fuss. Agreed but I think in Milner's case it would be worth it.

Or why not give Milner what he wants at the cost of a few extra k and bring Larsson in anyway as a central midfielder? Edit: didn't see Baggio's post

He's a good player who might not offer enough for the first team but would certainly add depth and usefulness to the squad. Honestly I don't see the harm in giving the lad a slight pay rise - his demands will probably be very reasonable and would certainly cost us less than shelling out on SWP or Lennon who aren't as big an improvement on Milner as many seem to think. Would rather keep Milner and use that replacement money on a quality AMC tbh.

As said before, I doubt Portsmouth will be able to afford him.

Doubt Pompey can afford him given their financial plight.

Not happy with this at all. If he'd done this a month ago I wouldn't mind but to leave it so late is just taking the piss.

How can you be comfortable defensively and yet not be dependable as a defender? Surely as a full-back your priority is to defend first? His distribution admittedly wasn't up to usual standard but it was hardly shocking and defensively he was excellent - he didn't lose out on a single challenge all game. If that isn't 'dependable' as a defender then I simply don't know what is. And this one 'mistake' leading to Morrison's goal is all a bit of bollocks tbh, Bassong and Colo were at fault as much as Beye in that situation and yet they seem to have slipepd under the radar. aye i think colo and bassong could have done better for the goal, but beye was a lot more guilty than those 2, who were mainly caught out by a lucky deflection. beye wasn't dependable in the same way that taylor isn't dependable, he cost us a goal and gave the ball away quite a few times. he was pretty comfortable when they were in possession (what you would expect, as we were playing championship oppersition). he did nowt in the attacking third either. The ball was behind Beye and he was forced to deal with it at sprint speed as well as coping with pressure from his man. That's not an easy clearance to make and it hardly cost us a goal. Yes his distribution and attacking play wasn't great but as a FULLBACK do your defensive duties not come first? Beye was strong in defence and in being dependable surely this overshadows average passing/attacking.

How can you be comfortable defensively and yet not be dependable as a defender? Surely as a full-back your priority is to defend first? His distribution admittedly wasn't up to usual standard but it was hardly shocking and defensively he was excellent - he didn't lose out on a single challenge all game. If that isn't 'dependable' as a defender then I simply don't know what is. And this one 'mistake' leading to Morrison's goal is all a bit of bollocks tbh, Bassong and Colo were at fault as much as Beye in that situation and yet they seem to have slipepd under the radar.

Given - 7; Not many saves to make but responded well when it mattered. Beye - 7; Consistent and quality in the tackle. Coloccini - 8; Class on the deck and only missed one header all night. Bassong - 7; Very composed and clean performance from the lad, look forward to seeing more from him. Enrique - 8.5; My MotM. Best I've seen him play, contributed to the attack well and was faultless in defence. Looks to have a good partnership going with Zog down the flank. Brilliant assist to top it off. Geremi - 6; Sluggish and sloppy at times but linked well with Milner and Beye and delivery looked a notch above the usual. Guthrie - 8; Played some killer passes and displayed excellent work rate and vision. Looking like a really shrewd piece of business. Butt - 7; Nothing remarkable, good distribution and strong in the tackle and yet had a few little shitters here and there where the ball was lost far too easily. Zog - 8; Our most threatening player today, showed plenty of buzz and industry as well as real quality in one on one's. Surely deserves a spot on the left after that. Milner - 8.5; Played very well tonight albeit against a lower league side. Brilliant play for his goal and assist and passed well. Kept it going for the whole game also, great performance. Jonas - 7; A bit quiet I thought but won't hold that against him playing in an unfamiliar role. Looked a constant threat in possession and combined well with the rest of the midfield. Owen - 7; Took his goal well and worked well coming in deep. Hoping he starts against Arsenal. Very impressed with the performance despite two moments of complacency, we were a joy to watch at times tonight and played Coventry off the park imo. Hope Keegan fields a similar side against Arsenal with Milner behind Owen and Enrique and Zog going on the left with Jose on the right.

Course all the plaudits will go to Coventry despite us completely outplaying them for the vast majority of the game.

One way of doing it! Fuck me..

Bring some subs on man!

You couldn't make this shit up. Completely undeserved.

Come on Newcastle!

This sort of formation worked alright against PSV didn't it? Granted the circumstances are a bit different but surely the cohesion is there.

Viduka's been out and he was one of the main reasons for the success of the 4-3-3 last season imo as he could sustain possession while Owen and Martins could make runs off of him. Without that targetman type player in the front-line, I guess Keegan sees it better to go with more width and midfield support.

I thought he was excellent despite what a few on here have said. Definitely Premiership class and I can understand why Bolton wanted to keep him so badly, but don't really understand why Liverpool let him go so easily, he'd have been a decent saquad player at least and potentially much more. But can you see him viably challenging Gerrard, Alonso, Lucas and Mascherano for a first team place? The impression I got was that he was rated highly but would fail to break into the first team.

Given Beye Colo Taylor Enrique Jonas Butt Guthrie N'Zogbia Milner Owen

Didn't see or hear any of the match but am chuffed with the result.