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You already said Rooney is Englands best player and had his best season playing as a lone striker in a 4-5-1/4-3-3, so wouldn't it be a waste for him to be put out wide in a front 3? Can't argue with Walcott & Johnson/Young out wide though.

My God They really are a group of bitter b*******. Even if we had Messi they'd say he's s****, over-hyped and over-rated.

Linus Hallenius' goal was the best there, for me. Unbelievable tekkers

Saha Distin Goma Domi Robert Bernard Guivarch Sibierski N’zogbia Boumsong Ginola Ben Arfa Beye That's 13. Can't get any more Beye's Senegalise. All the rest were on my list, along with Frank Dumas. Not got the last one though EDIT: Pancrate as well

This. He has potential, but not the right attitude to make it imo

Definitely deserves his place in the team, just hope he doesn't pick up an injury.

No thanks.

Oh yea, at €3m he's a bargain. He'll be eligible for the Champions League as well won't he? Since PSV are only in the Europa League.

We are paying something ridiculous like €3m, if reports are to be believed. Suppose he'll be cover/rotate with Iniesta in the "A"MC and winger positions. Anyway, he any good? Not good enough to get in your first XI. If he was to start I imagine it'd be in the LW position but I rate Pedro so I'd start him ahead of Afellay. He is a very good player though.

James Beattie?

U - Unsworth X - Xavier

I'd stick him out wide right. Adam Hammills a good shout, good young prospect and probably wouldn't cost too much.

Giovani dos Santos on loan from Spurs. Could provide a bit of a spark when we need it and hasn't been playing for Spurs so might be available (unless he's just been injured and I missed that)

This. I don't really see how booing a team can do them any good. There was some muppet sat a few rows behind me in LC on Saturday that was booing Danny Simpson quite a lot. Same idiot shouted "Shoot!" at one point when Tiote had the ball, he did shoot, then the guy started shouting grief for shooting. F**king tit.

How much did Man Utd pay for Hernandez? He was around £7m wasn't he?

Spurs strikers are all overrated except Pavlyuchenko tbh. There and left back are their weakest positions.

Hate stats like that, you know exactly whats going to happen now. They've only had one league game this season with a margin of more than one goal as well, which was when they beat Wigan 2-0. So they'll beat us about 4-1 then?

This. He was below par against Blackburn really, was very impressive against Arsenal and the unwashed though. Putting him in the England squad would be a bit of a snap decision like, he has been better than most English RBs since he's come back, but he's only been back 3 games, needs to show a bit more consistency first really. Micah Richards is definitely Englands best choice at right back at the moment, Johnson is pure s****.

We conceded from 2 defensive errors and our final ball let us down going forward against Blackburn. Can't really blame Hughton for that like. We have looked like a one trick pony though with no alternative game plan at times though in a few games this season. That needs to be addressed. With regards to Vuckic, it might be worth giving him a try. He could rise to the occassion of playing in the PL and have a great game or he could flop and do nothing, only way to find out is by giving him a couple of games really.

Showed how much it meant to him after he f'd up, he was devastated. I'm confident he'll bounce back when he returns.

It'll be a close game, will come down to how well our midfield plays I reckon. 1-0 win if they play well, 1-1 or 1-0 loss if they don't.

Aye you might disagree, but Craig f***ing Bellamy would've been great. We would have a team of mad men playing, would be great to see. Couldn't agree more. Carroll and Bellamy would be a lethal partnership

It was 2 mistakes and a lack of creativity/final ball that cost us yesterday. We dominated possession and territory but only managed to score from a long free kick into the box, which really underlines the creativity/final ball problem, which is what has cost us a few points already this season.

He really showed his quality in the air last night beating the Blackburn defence to the majority of the balls in the air. It's already been mentioned a few times this season but if he had a pacey striker alongside him they could make an excellent partnership, Shola's not doing a bad job really, but someone with a bit more pace and quality would be a better partner for AC imo.

For me, it's more a case of Hughton and the unity of the 'group of great lads' that's steering the club in the right direction, although Ashley hasn't really done anything to hinder that as of late *touch wood.* Having said that, as long as the club is going in the right direction, I don't really care who it is that's behind them getting there.