The Prophet

Harper: 8 - Two good saves to prevent us going one down, caught well and distributed well for a change. R. Taylor: 6 - Steady away, crossing was hit and miss. Simpson: 6 - Solid. Taylor: 7 - Probably our best defender today. Enrique: 6 - Solid but sloppy going forward. Barton: 4 - Awful, seemed to give the ball away every time he got it. Smith: 8 - Worked his bollocks off, pretty much nullified the threat of Howard and broke up play well. Guthrie: 7 - Brilliant in parts, sloppy in parts, took his goal brilliantly. Geremi: 5 - Slow and gave the ball away a lot. Put the odd half decent ball in, marginally better than Barton though. Nolan: 5 - Got more involved in the second half but a pretty nothing performance. Ranger: 7 - Worked his bollocks off. Nothing special first half but created several chances in the second, deserved a goal.

Highly rated Plymouth centre half? I'm worried about our lack of strikers more than anything.

I'll chuck my name in the hat for the time being.

He was clipped by Almunia, totally different from the Eduardo situation. So a "clip" constitutes Rooney hurling himself to the floor and ultimately a penalty?

So is Rooney going to get charged with fooling the officials then? Actually, do UEFA's decisions bind the FA?

Cahill doesn't create, he gets in the box and scores goals. When he isn't scoring goals he isn't contributing much.

Diniyar Bilyaletdinov off to Everton for £9 million according to Sky Sports News.

Was listening to the radio this morning while I was waking up. Apparently his sister was involved with a bloke who is supposed to be a part of a bad crowd, both him and his mother tried to talk sense into her but she passed on the word and it all unfolded from there. They also said the next 48 hours are critical, could still lose a leg apparently. Hope the pair of them make a full recovery although it has to be said it looks unlikely. What's the world coming too.

MA: Get yer tits oot for the lads Derek. BM: Oh dear God.

Nothing compared to the incident where Dennis Wise and Kevin Keegan had to spin the bottle...

With the Benny Hill theme playing in the background.

"More importantly what's happening with Man United..." Sickening comment from the presenter on Soccer Speical when referring to the Birmingham match.

Fucking Derby, as if I took Preston out of the treble for them too, pair of them are twats.

Won £20 earlier so put a daft fiver on: Cardiff to beat Plymouth Derby to beat Blackpool Charlton to beat Leyton Orient Pays around £75 roughly

What never came out of that match analysis was the Bristol had a perfectly good goal disallowed for offside. I don't blame Bristol, you play to the whistle, apparently they didn't even know why it had been disallowed until full time. Whether that is true or not remains to be seen.

Thought we built on the West Brom result with a decent victory but we'll see what we're really made of on midweek. Harper 6 - Not a lot to do, commanding from set pieces, kicking could have been better. R. Taylor 6 - Solid defensively, delivery into the box was hit and miss. S. Taylor 7 - Commanding performance against an unsettled attack. Coloccini 6 - Another decent performance against an attack lacking a physical presence. I still worry about him against the stronger forwards but did alright today. Enrique 8 - Commanding at the back supported the attack well, a great full back display. If I was going to be picky his delivery was inconsistent at times. Barton 6 - Got better as the game went on, was sloppy to start with but it became apparent he'll do well in this division when he finally gets himself fit. Nolan 6 - Better, needs to get himself fit but looked a lot sharper today. His distribution continues to improve and generally looked more of a threat today. Smith 7 - Did well again the defensive midfield role, needs to learn when to control himself. Jonas 6 - Always threatening, linked up well with Enrique, but for the love of God does the man know how to cross or shoot. Carroll 6 - Won most things in the air, battled well, probably unlucky not to get himself a goal. Shola 9 - Still a cumbersome b****** but at the end of the day he scored three goals, well played lad. Lua Lua 5 - Quiet when he came on, looked light weight at times. Xisco 5 - Some classy touches but looked unsurprisingly off the pace. Geremi - Can't really remember.

MA: See Derek, told you the new board room system would win us games in the long run. Take note Barry. DL: But Mike...

I enjoyed the game but had mixed feelings overall, it was positive but it was anything but perfect. Positives: Improved retention of the ball Looked 'up for it' Smith was a hell of a lot better Krul's shot stopping Enrique Negatives: Set piece defending Distribution in the final third at times Coloccini Ryan's performance Krul's flapping

Although Juninho was mearly a suggestion he has been playing to a consistantly high class for a number of years in the Champions League.

I was going on the context of the initial list.

Juninho is getting on but is one of the best play makers on the planet. Probably the best set piece specialist knocking about too.

World Class? World class.

Drogba wouldn't get near that list either, part of being world class is doing it on a consistant basis, same goes for Rooney.

Yaya Toure is absolute class, can't believe no one has mentioned him.

Philip Lahm Javier Zanetti Esteban Cambiasso Yaya Toure Marcos Senna Andrea Pirlo Juninho