Madmax

^ No, Arabs buying Man City. Oh wait ...

SAY WHAT?

^ Just the kind of player we need. Hence, it won't happen

Can someone clear this up for me - why is Neville so hated?

+1

Right. The 'New Kaka' (# 63297)

I don't understand - if we have 17 million to bid for Luiz, why do we have to do with 2 million for a striker?

Love how they claim 27 mil as a 'cut price' deal

Too many people believe the world begins and ends with the West. Well, it doesn't :\

Not to play a blame game here but Mikel was at fault for the goal by Pavlyuchenko. The only goal yest really down to Essien was the penalty. The other two conceded by not putting pressure on the opposition man in possession combined with lack of concentration. Essien brings an extra something to the DM role that Mikel doesn't - case in point : our 3rd goal yest came from his persistence and desire to nip the ball off the Villa defender and swing in a dangerous cross that was cleared unconvincingly to Terry.

Doesn't matter whether Carlo thinks we need players. What matters is what the likes of Gourlay, Buck et al think

Welcome, stick around

The league's a write-off, best we can hope for is 3rd place. Atleast that'll guarantee CL qualification without having to go through a playoff. I was more optimistic before December because we were yet to play the direct title rivals and by winning against them we'd been in the thick of it but the dropped points at Spurs and Arsenal mean the postponed United game is useless. City/United will be long out of sight by the time March rolls around. We'll do well to go past Copenhagen in the CL. The players don't want to turn up for games. They only start stringing two passes together once we're a couple of goals down in the 70th min. There's no pace in the play, no movement, no understanding. You'd think they're playing together for the first time in the their lives. Were we to come up against Barcelona we'd be hit for double figures, even with Cech on his best form. A quarterfinal appearance is what I hope for. Only realistic hope of silverware this season is the FA Cup if the draws are favourable to us and some of the big boys knock each other out. This season is a replica of the 08-09 season. If I were Carlo I'd focus on getting the 3rd spot and riding our luck to a QF/SF CL appearance and a long FA run.

^ Exactly.

and Tom Henning Ovrebo - Ray Wilkins and Ray Wilkins - Uncle Fester (Adams Family)

If you mean position wise -

soz mate

Still bitter about THAT thread?

^ That was in 2009 mate. And to BL : How does the voting system work? Is everyone supposed to nominate a different goal?

It's okay, no need to make fun of his English skills :\

And some say Ancelotti doesn't learn ... I hope the ones who've been criticisng him for not showing faith in youngsters now give him due credit for starting Bruma in this game.

Ashley Cole against Sunderland in the 7-2. Assisted by Terry.