Strike

ffs, half way across the world.

true. but we'll be in a fix of our own. the Club World Cup, where is it held this time? Dubai? or Tokyo? The Premier League did not agree to reschedule our game against Sunderland right before the CWC. we'll have to rotate a lot then. use the likes of Marin, Moses, Sturridge

i was looking at the next few fixtures fr ManUre. looks like City away is the only fixture they MIGHT drop points. Norwich, QPR, West Ham, Reading, CITY, Sunderland, Swansea, Newcastle, West Brom

we will be playing catch up in the title race now. united will win their games against norwich, qpr, westham, reading. their only real test this year will be City away and i bet by December we will be about 10 points off the pace.

@Liam_Baggies, Disappointing that. About Lukaku. maybe we'll be needing him in January. we are short of options in attack. and btw, we have been open at the back since around Terry's suspension and now he's out injured. not expecting a cleansheet tbh

Romelu Lukaku - how do you rate him? (better than Long and Odemwingie?) Where do you believe you will finish this season?

Props to the Home page! very cool!

I don't think there's any reason to panic right now. The season has gone well so far and maybe 1 squad player is all we sign in January. it's the summer where the squad should/will be perfected. Falcao or Cavani needs to come in

Falcao in January will change the complexion of the title race

yes. we needed to sign a few players in the 25-30 bracket. i hope when the club buys a centre-back/striker, they sign someone in their prime rather than youngsters

Torres dribbling is knocking the ball 10 metres ahead and chasing it. more often than not, an opposition player gets a foot in. but i dont think we can get Falcao in January. Falcao in the summer makes more sense. wish we could loan Villa or someone just for 6 months

i would add a centreback as well. can't trust terry's body to hold much longer.

The factors which will stop us from challenging for the title this season 1. Torres 2. Lack of replacement for Torres

true. the season is going just about according to plan. no real concerns yet.

tbh, we are riding on individual brilliance. you saw how shakhtar played. well drilled and clever off the ball running to create space and shoot. we are exactly the opposite of that. static on the attack. playing the ball to feet. lack of off-the-ball movement. we are nowhere near full capacity but 1/3rds into the season, I worry if we'll ever reach the full capacity this season

Manchester United - struggling at Villa Park, send Hernandez on. 3-2 Manchester City - struggling against Spuds, send Dzeko on. 2-1 Chelsea's real problem is a lack of a Plan B. the 4-2-3-1 system is our only system. we have the flexibility to change but we didn't use pre-season to train in other formations (except for the Brighton game where we played a 4-3-3). so if we are stuck against any team, we don't have a real option to change the way we play. a quality striker was needed for a sustained title challenge

nah. we can't "Criticise" the board atm.. We have turned over a profit (deducting a 67mil loss) and the season is going according to plan. Sure we've hit a few wobbles recently but no need to criticise the board. We had a wobble in September (Atletico, QPR, Juve) and recovered well. We have a good team with good depth and are playing quality football. a little porous at the back i suppose but the Board can't do anything about that. the torres persistence seems to put off ppl but apart from that, there is no reason to criticise the board

Surprised to see lot of votes for Hughton to get the sack. he's got the team organised and are now gradually climbing up the table

Arsenal

Berbatov has been quality today. that's what a striker should do, Fernando!

Ah. Wenger finally had some sense kicked into him. Walcott has started tonight. hoping for le Arse and Fulham to draw and Villa to hold United later on. No hope of Villa cleansheet. just hoping Bent(eke) takes the few chances he gets

the Champions League winnings was a jackpot

Judge him after 2 seasons

Liverpool have this habit of doing well in the bigger games. we'll have to do well to beat them

it doesn't end with the pointless forays up the pitch. he has made most fouls among our defenders. i know he is the aggressor but 19 fouls in 12 appearances is a bit too much. Cahill on the other hand has made just 4 fouls in 8 appearances. Big difference