Pilko

Not to mention some of the rubbish that's worn the number 9 over the years (although admittedly not since squads were introduced). It's not been all Shearers and Milburns. I liked Martins anyway. as did I. I've been lambasted for defending the guy on here many a time and I'll continue to defend him tbh. Everyone could see his limitations, everyone knew he was unpredictable, but at the end of the the day he scored goals at a consistent rate in the number nine shirt. Fair play to him.

There were a lot of raised eyebrows when Fergie spent £10m on Smalling but he looks like he's worth every penny.

Van Persie is basically carrying this team at the minute.

Fucking hell, what's with the Martins bashing? Yes, he was unbearably shit at times but his goalscoring record here was 39 in 105, which is 1 in 2.6. You can't argue with that figure, really.

Man United my only hope of a return.

get in

Fuck off Fergie! I've already bet on your cunting team

This.

'Classic' premier teams please. QPR, Forest and Leeds.

Notts Forest QPR Plymouth Brighton Man United

Best was offered it when he arrived and declined, I very much doubt he'd want it.

no he didn't, fuck off james

There was this brilliant time against man city when he slid to keep the ball in, stood up, whipped in this perfect cross and shearer i think it was planted the header in. sublime it was

Perch at left-back away at Spurs wasn't too bad an experiment. He wasn't brilliant by any stretch, but he coped okay. I do hope Ferguson starts on the left side of midfield, however.

Hopefully by now, the club will have learned that bringing in a dour Scotsman to manage the team is never a good idea.

Pardew's comments on .co.uk suggest to me we'll be seeing Perch or Simpson at left-back and not Ferguson. He says he needs 'big headers of the ball and the team selection will reflect that' or something of that ilk.

Torres has played as 9 in the Europa League so I'm assuming you can't have 2 players on the same number in one campaign.

Harper Simpson Coloccini Williamson Perch Guthrie Nolan Tiote Ferguson Best Ameobi Subs: Krul, S.Taylor, Kuqi, Lovenkrands, Richardson, Newton, Airey Best we can hope for tbh.

2.5+ goals in Spurs/Milan

I'd have welcomed seeing him upfront if it meant Lovenkrands removed.

class on fm

Were you there on Saturday? Genuine question, because if you were, I'd love to know which Taylor you were watching. The goal was only one of the many many times he was caught out at fullback. But he isn't a full-back. Solano, Duff and Pancrate have had games at full-back for us in recent years and were better than Taylor's showing against Everton. You would argue that playing CB and moving to RB is perhaps easier a transition than moving between full-back and winger, as Simpson showcased nicely for us at the weekend.

I really hope one of our forwards (Airey, Kuqi, anyone) scores a hatful tonight so there's more grounds for Lovenkrands to be dropped. Starting Kuqi away at Stoke might not be the worst idea in the world.

If you could do a montage like that absolving Taylor of blame for the other dozen times he was found wanting and then backed off and let the man past him, then I'd be really impressed.

I think practically anyone who knows anything about football could tell you that and yet you just know Arsene will do nothing to address it and stick his stupid French head in the sand.