The Prophet

Did he put his money where his mouth is? Did he fuck.

Does anybody still want to make the case Man United are a better side than Real Madrid?

When's the draw for this bad boy?

I've had a bad feeling about this game for a while. All the talk of the trips to Manchester and Chelsea at our place, but Carrow place is a realtively diffiuclt place to go. If Simpson and Perch are at centre back I can easily see us being turned over.

Ben Arfa was crap against Chelsea, we may want to go more direct with Ba and Best/Shola.

At this moment in time I don't think we have any intention to sell Tiote and he has no intentiton of leaving, however it'll be interesting to see how both parties react to a substantial bid from a side further up the food chain.

It'll be Gosling in for Guthrie.

Doesn't he have his scan tomorrow?

What if there is no alternative? Kadar is fit? Is he match sharp? You're also neglecting the fact it's been stated several times in various press reports Kadar has been told to pull his socks up or his arse will be out the door sooner rather than later. Frankly, a comment such as the above is nothing short of moronic. Frankly, your comment is moronic. If you have a fit centre half you have to play him. Playing one FB as a CB is asking for trouble, playing two guarantees it. They'll get pulled all over the place and at some point the oppo would be able to drive a double decker bus through the middle of us. The defence is going to be crap in the absence of our three main men, full stop. To suggest we deserve to lose for not playing Kadar, who's fitness/attitude/sharpeness in question is madness. Whoever plays will be drilled throughout the week, we just need to hope the midfield takes the pressure off them.

Same, but to a) Say we deserve to lose if we don't, and to b) Make that comment knowing full well there is virtually no match fit players who fills that criteria is idiocy.

What if there is no alternative? Kadar is fit? Is he match sharp? You're also neglecting the fact it's been stated several times in various press reports Kadar has been told to pull his socks up or his arse will be out the door sooner rather than later. Frankly, a comment such as the above is nothing short of moronic.

What if there is no alternative?

It's vital we keep the wingers quiet, Morrison will have a field day againt that defence if we allow him too much service.

Another alternative would be to throw caution to the wind try and renew the unsuccessful 3-5-2 we tried last season: --------------------Krul-------------------- Simpson----------Perch----------Taylor ------Tiote/Guthrie------Cabaye------- Obertan--------Ben Arfa---------Jonas -------------Best------------Ba------------ Personally I think it would be a disaster wiating to happen, but it's an option.

-----------------------Krul----------------------- Gosling-----Simpson-----Perch-----Santon -----------------------Tiote--------------------- Obertan-----Guthrie-----Cabaye-----Jonas -----------------------Ba------------------------

He was walking alright so I can't see it being anything too bad.

He had a good game against Stoke and a decent first half against Man United, that aside he's been a frustrating watch. Shame there's no one to challange him for his place at the moment.

I'm going to reserve judgement until the verdict on Colo is back.

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For what it's worth I was going to give him a seven.

agree with this actually, some excellent passes today So say I've been harsh on Guthrie, what are these other ridiculous scores?

Guthrie's passing was decent when we had the ball but for large spells of the first half he was completely overrun. Ramires and Lamaprd caused havoc at times.

Bollocks.

Krul 9 - Class. Simpson 5 - Defended alright, awful in possession. Taylor 7 - Decent display. Colo 8 - Made some quality interceptions until he went off. Perch 4 - Didn't cover himself in glory for the first or second. Taylor 2 - Awful, sadly saw it coming a mile off. Obertan 5 - Wasted some great corssing oppertunities. Cabaye 6 - Got a bit overran at times, decent overall. Guthrie - See Cabaye. Lovenkrands 6 - Thought he was one of our brighter players as much as I slated his selection. Ben Arfa 5 - Contributed little. Ba - Looked a handful, our most threatening player. Shola 7 - Great little cameo. Ameobi 5 - Not really enough time to make an impact. Pardew 5 Pretty poor team selection and tactics, his changes weren't too bad when you look at his options.