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People back then suggesting we should sign Andy O'Brien or Fitz Hall.

FAO the pair of bellends stood in front of me and the pair of bellends stood to my left: don't bother going to another game if you're going to remain motionless throughout the full 90 minutes, even when we fucking score. Cheers.

Keep him in, please. Hopefully he'll back that up with a red card on Friday night.

Douglas is OOC at the end of the season too isn't he?

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/16415/7357190/

Man Utd fans' Luis Suarez 'racist bastard' chant Hope we get this one going next Friday.

Is this from the same lad who told you all of that other guff a month or so back?

Forgot to alter my team. Got Kompany sat on my bench with Sturridge captain rather than Aguero.

Have you watched Richards play for Man City? If not then I suggest that you do and see what happens to him when he gets forward and can't beat the ball back when he's out of position. I don't expect him to beat the ball back but I do expect him to bust a bollock to get back into position, especially when losing the ball comes from his own mistake. Richards also doesn't stand pointing at his teammates blaming them for his own mistakes.

Simpson is a better defender, you must watch a different game to me. What aspects of his defending are better? I'll start by saying Taylor gets tighter to his man when marking him, doesn't back off as much, is the calmer of the two when in tricky situations, actually makes a decent attempt to get back into position when we lose the ball up the field and is better in the air. Your turn...

Demba's scored 1 since Ramadan, he just can't get enough, he just can't get enough... And so on, until the current total of 13.

Agreed. Fair play to Perch tonight, done well again. Couple of really good tackles where we've come away with the ball in some form or another when we had no real right to.

Taylor can't defend, for that reason alone he's not. Neither can Simpson. In fairness he's pretty quick and gets into reasonably good positions, which makes up for some of his flaws. But FFS man I'm a better footballer than he is, and worst of all he seems to think he's made it and doesn't need to continue to improve his game. Sorry but I can't agree. Positioning is woeful and this business about him being quick doesn't rub either. He certainly doesn't show it when he's supposed to be tracking back after an unsuccessful attack anyway.

Who is the best defender out of Ryan Taylor and Simpson? They're both as bad as each other, neither have any attributes that really stand out to make me want to pick one from the other apart from how they differ when they have the ball at their feet/going forward.

Simpson should have been the last defender at the back post as Perch should have moved over to challenge for the cross as he was the last centre back. No way on earth is that Perch's fault.

He isn't one for the future, he's one for right now. Needs to be in the 18 every week as far as I'm concerned. Hope he isn't dropped against Bolton, would be extremely harsh. With Tiote and Cabaye on the pitch controlling the midfield, he could cause some real damage. Same goes for Ben Arfa too.

Taylor can't defend, for that reason alone he's not. Neither can Simpson.

Ryan Taylor was a defender today, where was he for the 3rd goal? Remember he was playing left back at the time. And what was Simpson doing for the third exactly? He made no attempt to even get to that cross.

Ryan Taylor will always be a better option than Simpson, simply for the fact he can put a decent ball into the box. Simpson offers absolutely nothing and is a key component in holding the team back at the moment. When we finally sign another fullback and have Santon on the opposite side we'll improve so much, both offensively and defensively.

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Completely agree, Gosling is a shocking player. No wonder why Pardew only picked him when everyone else in CM was injured. That tends to be how a pecking order works.

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Transfer-news-Alan-Smith-finished-at-Newcastle-after-Alan-Pardew-snub-and-may-return-to-Leeds-article845187.html

You're only just noticing this now?

I appreciate what he's saying about him not just doing a fullback on the outside with his pace but when does he actually ever try it?! That's what frustrates me the most about him, that he doesn't back himself to go around somebody, especially when a good opportunity arises.

Hope Liverpool get charged with bringing the game into disrepute following that statement, arseholes.