Chez

you are great.

straight outta Stockwell straight outta stockwell

brilliant. Love that tune. Keep a close watch on this lad of mine Keep your eyes wide open all the time At both ends, he's up and down the line Because you're mine; Nathaniel Clyne

no. If the Wigan showed anything it showed that we lacked a cutting edge up front and needed more quality in the wide forward areas, so I for one are glad we spent big in that position. Our defence isn't nearly as bad as people are making out. United put 8 past Arsenal last season. They also almost won the title and spent £27m on a striker.

totally. Said the same thing after the game. Exact same running style.

Brum finished top 6 last season, relegated the season before

it was our attack that was the problem in that game, with Lambert and Sharp being **** poor (I for one am glad we spent a fortune on attacking players after that showing, without them we looked certain to go down) yet hardly a bad word and a few days later you lot are crying your eyes out at Sharps departure. Fonte is not nearly as bad as some you suggest. Give him a chance and he'll do fine.

spot on as well. Fox was far far too casual, on his heels. if he had been awake no one would have hardly noticed.

absolutely spot on and I back that philosophy personally. Keep the ball at all costs. Swansea did it and it worked well for them

he's just desperate to try and keep possession. he is trying to hard, but then again give the ball away at this level and you struggle to see it for 5 minutes, which was why we struggled so badly against Wigan. Difficult balance. After the first one you'd of thought he'd have been a little less risky though. The fact is Fox should have done a lot better with the poor pass to him. He just stood there on his heals, having a cup or tea. Far too casual. Swansea suffered in the same way at the start of last season getting caught in possession. Once we get with the speed of the league well get the balance right

I didn't think Fonte had that bad a game, but his reputation proceeds him now on here of course.

the (card) ticket would not have worked as it can be barred using a central database. I suspect Matt was given advance warning though, rather than have some friend of his struggling to get the turn style to work.

You are probably right, but don't underestimate what Le Tiss did for the club. Without LeTiss there would have been no prem, no prem no stadium, no stadium no Leibherr. Besides, knowledgeable football fans have soft spot for le Tiss and that reflects very well on us as a club. Can't believe I am defending him so much on here. I'm still unhappy about the betting stuff.

We got promotion and everyone expects every player in the side to be a top premiership player. Accept that some players have their limitations, will make mistakes and won't get in the team of the year and you'll enjoy the season a lot more. We won't win games right left and centre. Players will be outclassed. Accept it and enjoy the ride. The wins will taste that much sweeter and the season will feel epic. Getting fed up of I want, I want,cry baby fans getting on the backs of players that have taken this club from the depths to the pinnacle in just two years. Yes their is no room for sentiment in football, but there is certainly some room to cut them some slack for at least a season.

My backing of MLT on this matter has nothing to do with how I feel about him as a former ex player/hero. He admittance to betting fraud has lowered my opinion of him substantially. However, I just think its petty by Cortese and if true (I can't see MLT telling porkies) shows what sort of person he is. Put yourself in Matt's shoes and you had lent your ST to perhaps your Grandad and when he got to the ground he found that he was barred because you and the chairman had had words. How would you react? Shrug your shoulders, sigh and keep it to yourself, or feel annoyed and have a moan about it?

why didn't one of our three midfielders just step up and extra 10 yards so9 they were right on Schole's toes. We gave him far too much room as we did Carrick to begin with. Once we pushed up in the first half and out pressure on Carrick he cracked. Should have done the same with Scholes. Was the Northam singing Adam or Lambert for England?

or see him start against Wigan!

Unlike with MLT, I guess they can't police your (general public) use of your own ST, but what's the official rule on sharing ST?

they would know in advance that he would be working for SKY and then could block his card.

it appears that's exactly what happened. Pathetic.

is this the tribunal figure, because it's going to keep rising if it hasn't been agreed yet as he is putting in some great displays. He's a much better player than I gave him credit for having seen him a few times.

Morgan was once again outstanding. Remind me again which of you were saying as recent as last season that they couldn't see what he does? Top top player. Game is usually won and lost in the middle of the park and we have a couple of players in Prowse and Morgan that are going to keep us competitive all season.

you'[re not, he didn't spot the two on one (Rodriguez) danger which led to the second goal. Plenty of other errors in the game though, it's just that Guly is the current wipping boy so his mistakes are highlighted.

how is that possible? I mean there isn't anyone checking the card at the gate matches the holders identity.