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Welbeck has previous so he passes the striker test of "can I play him on the wing?". He's easily good enough for us, but there's no way we'd pay what is required.

Man U will need at least two new defensive starters next year, with no obvious leader left to marshal the defence as a whole. I think it really limits their chances of making a strong comeback next year. Vidic-level scouting coups may be required.

So what did JFK call him? Granny? Grenade? Granville?

Fellaini leaving in the summer might help them out in that respect. Indeed, but there is a stronger case of Felliani being a must sell at that price. To their credit, Everton are only +12M on transfer activity this year, and most of that may have gone on financing all those loans.

Third biggest gate in the country and we still have to make money off transfer activity. What a disgrace.

However inevitable this transfer may be in some people's eyes, it's still depressing. Especially with the perennially penniless Everton sitting there above us and not taking what must be their best chance to cash in big on Baines, who's older than Cabaye into the bargain.

Please no Shola!

How many ex-Man U players would get in that team tonight? Howard (arguable), Pique, Pogba, Morrison, Rossi, Tevez, Ronaldo makes seven.

This is a spectacular turnaround, a real collapse. My sympathies to anyone who lives next to or works with mackems, however.

Dem penalties

If Chelsea could beat BM and Avram Grant be a John Terry penalty away from winning it, Man U can still fluke the CL.

Rooney's going in the summer. They can't afford to keep him for a year and let him walk on a Bosman. Vidic and Evra are out too, so it sounds like they're going to need maybe seven new Top 4 quality players. It's a perfect storm!

Top 4 looks beyond them, but I wouldn't put it past them being another English team to fluke a CL win and ultimately deny Liverpool or Everton a CL place next season. Moyes effing up in the league but winning what Fergie struggled to and getting one over Liverpool or his old club is an almost perfect script.

Maybe a slight exaggeration but Rooney is a much better footballer than lots of people make out. It's trendy to knock him for his physique and maybe his temperament (cf. Zidane was sent off about 15 times). Come summer, he's a year off a Bosman and will probably force a cut-price sale. Unless his wages are super crazy, there will be no shortage of suitors from top clubs. Personally, I wish he'd gone to Barca etc. a couple of years ago, maybe instead of Fabregas. We don't produce that many English footballers capable of playing for top sides on the continent, and it would be nice to see the ones that do doing it if it makes them into more complete footballers.

Eriksen looked very good when we beat them. I don't know why he didn't get more game time off AVB.

I'd have brought him on as first sub for Cabaye in the Man City game because it looked like he was going to get sent off and Marv has the same pick a pass vision. Second sub would have been HBA for Gouff or Sissoko.

Speak for yourself. If it pushes Shola closer to damnation I'd say it's f***ing brilliant. Very much this de Jong only has to beat 0 goals in 749 minutes!

It'll be hilarious if Rooney just runs down his contract and walks away on a Bosman. It's not Moyes fault, but Rooney's in a very strong bargaining position at the moment.

Them's the rules. What a berk!

The improvement in Debuchy should provide greater leeway for playing HBA on that side. He looks up to Prem speed now. With a double DM formation like yesterday, the attacking and creative players really have to produce otherwise there is no threat.

Could have gone either way. Looked a penalty on an idiotic push by Flamini. Anita was also bundled over (Sky said Sissoko, but I think it was the red boots) about 10 seconds before the Tiote foul they scored from. Obviously we cocked up on the marking, but no more than Chesney did on his clearance. So unlucky on the whole.

Anita bundled over from behind and gets nothing

What was up with HBA's shorts there?

Contained them great and created the better chances. If the plan is about keeping it level till the last 30mins like at ManU, it's working so far. Its looking well poised for HBA to come on. They look wobbly when we attack them though, so maybe a bit more positivity wouldn't have gone amiss. We haven't looked that stretched at the back, maybe partly due to their absentees.

The onus must be on Cabaye to get forward. Remy will be isolated otherwise.