Stottie

Evans in ahead of Ferdinand?

Hypothetically speaking, if he doesn't want to stay, don't let him join any of Arsenal, Spurs and Liverpool. Not that we are realistic contenders for fourth, but helping one of those clubs cement a position there isn't our job. If he won't sign but wants to stay in England, get on the phone to Citeh or Chelsea. I'd even take a lower fee than give him to Liverpool like Enrique. Its great that we've got wages under control, but Coloccini deserves to be treated as an exception. Any replacement would cost a fortune, so I think we should pay him whatever it takes to keep him.

Thanks for the report Ash Sorry if someone else has posted it but http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/9376/vlcsnap2011102714h51m48.png That's clearly a fair challenge. Only saw the highlights and we looked unlucky with the above and the deflected free kick they scored. The last looked borderline onside. The defending on their first was woeful mind. Another chance goes begging. More gutted than normal seeing how our results have been going.

Poor things. Won't somebody think of the global brand? Selling replica shirts, bog seats and other tat to Asians is what football is all about. I don't see any more romance in the corporate PLC model Man U pioneered than the billionaire model, and spare me any plea for sympathy over the uncompetitiveness of football when you've enjoyed the un-level playing field for 20 years. Ferguson broke the transfer record three times before he won the league, he had nine million pound players in 1993, and he didn't have to sell anybody - nobody else had more than 5. Their average spent per player was higher than 3rd placed Norwich's record signing, the gap in resources was about as big as between us and Man City. Then they went and broke the record again by signing Keane for £3.75m. In the last 30 years the only league winners who could probably argue they didn't have a huge money advantage over most of the competition are Leeds and Villa, no surprise they both fell apart soon after. You're right. Fergie's had great success but with a massive sleeping giant, possibly the biggest in all of world sport. They did it just at the right time as well with money about to be concentrated at the top. All that foreign exposure and the CL allowing someone else to come in and nick the league without you losing the gravy train. The Glazers though are a huge millstone around their neck. It was obvious they needed reinforcements in midfield after the CL final debacle but they got tinkering at the edges (Young) and Fergie started sprouting bollocks about "no value in the market". Why the feck should that matter to them? People don't refer to their ground as the "Theatre of Value for Money". The club is way in the black and could afford Sneijder (sp) or Schweinsteiger or Yaya when he was going easily with their own generated revenue. As things stand, how many of their players would get significant playing time in the Citeh team? Once you get past Rooney, Vidic, and Nani, it gets pretty tricky pretty quickly.

Strong team please. Let's keep the run going.

I'm sure as hell not clicking on that link but what would it take for us to finish bottom half in a typical year now? 0.9 points a game?

Haha! Quality!

Didn't do too well yesterday, but neither did Cab as it was two against three for a long time. After today's debacle, a big bid from ManUre in January suddenly looks a bit more likely.

Evra worse than Ryan Taylor today. Maybe he is worth 10 million after all!

Where's your white Pele now?

If the Glazers hadn't been pulling out a fortune in interest on their loans, ManYoo could well have had all the players Citeh have. Its tens of millions a year.

ManYoo have been bad winners, so I think this is welcome. Lets see how well they do if some of their plastics start deserting the cause. They've got a thirty million pound player on the bench too, remember.

I think it was right that we've stuck by him and he got a good go yesterday. He was very disappointing though in this latest big chance, and its time for Marveaux who'll keep the ball better. The team will need that with the fixtures we've got.

Odemwingie is just the type to do well against their center halves too.

He telegraphed some of his passing, but overall he seems to make space for himself at will. Always there to receive it.

Looks canny, and a miss if we could have had him for two million or so and say 15 grand a week. We were top of the Championship at the time.

Bust out the RELEGATIONOMETER and vote for zero!

Keep it up lads! Still time to get one.

Howay lads!!!

Getting close again!

After some of the comments on here I'm wary of saying this, but a midfield-attack link man looks what we need. Three vs. two in midfield means Ba is dropping very deep.

Getting close now. Keep it up!

Slow out the traps again today. Rodellaga should have done better there.

Good to see Colo fit after that murmur. No Shola for Best is a plus too. Just hope HBA and Marv start in the CC.

Massive stick from the crowd for Mick McMackem's subs.