Chez

Absolutely right. Poor finishing from strikers is always forgotten much quicker than keeper errors. It was woeful from Armstrong. Armstrong has some goals, and will no doubt score some more this season, so we are naturally hesitant to slate him, but we shouldn't. Our best striker has to be better than that. When we play Leicester or Leeds or go up and play Prem sides, that might be the only chance in the game and it needs to be taken. Everything is bloody brilliant right now though, so I will worry about Armstrong's ability to score in the Prem once we have got promoted.

great stuff Mara and Edozie.

play should not stop for cramp. If you are not fit enough tight shot. You don't slow down for your opponent when he gets tired. ....get in my man Mara.

if you say so.

the second goal was certainly from their left hand side. Bednarek got made to look like an absolute carthorse.

Surman has been coaching the younger kids at AFC Bournemouth, so is getting a promotion by working with our U18s. As you say, great role model. He wasn't the most talented of physically gifted, but he forged a bloody good professional career. Good to have him back.

good spot. That's a great signing. Coles gets bonus points for helping Niemi bleed the skates dry while offering nothing in return in terms of games.

I was told that Dibling was a pretty reserved and quiet kind of guy. Southampton was actually the ideal environment for him and he was perhaps not best suited for upping sticks, but the offer from Chelsea was too good to say no. The academy at Chelsea was full of top quality England youth players that all know each other very well. Lots of extravert types. Dibling became a small fish in a big pond. I don't think he got game time immediately and that made it quite difficult to settle in. A shame for him, but bloody great news for us as we got him back.

You are saying he is quick enough? That's great. The Watford game was the first time I've seen him at senior level and he wasn't involved in the play a lot, so perhaps I was mistaken. Pace is not everything of course. MLT and Sir Rickie both proved that. If he can beat players, create space and provide end product at the top level then we have a proper player on our hands. I'm excited from what I have seen so far. I like Ballard a lot too. I know youngsters often get overhyped, but there might actually be two or three that can become proper Premiership players.

I wonder if they might really need a full season of playing every week - in the championship - before they are ready to cope with the Prem? The jump up is massive. Doing that without a huge amount of games, especially against the better quality championship sides is asking a lot. Both players look talented. Maybe they can do a Shaw, but possibly a season out on loan would help them more than the odd few minutes here and there next season.

In Germany during the week, so cant go. Bollocks. Who's idea was it to have fifth round games bloody mid week. Shite.

Yeah, we could easily get smashed, but there's no point in worrying about that, we've been smashed by them many times when we had top flight players. The key is to play our normal game and see if we can actually get between their lines and cause them problems. It will be very difficult to do that, but we have to attempt to dominate the ball from the off. I fear we will be chasing shadows Not sure Liverpool lose to lower league opposition very often. They don't lose at home full stop. Great to be the underdog for once though and what a thrill if we take the lead or dare I say it get a result.

took mine to Norwich away about ten years ago as we were visiting friends in that area. I didn't tell her we were going to the game beforehand. It was bloody freezing. Bitter. And it snowed. When we arrived she didn't want to get out of the car. In the ground, everyone stood for the entire game. She sat down the entire time, didn't watch the game and just tried to keep warm. She has never been back. Fine with me.

I went to all the FA cup games in 1991. Great times. We were utter shit in the league, but despite that you always thought we could beat someone on our day. The game at Old Trafford was like a strange dream. I still don't know how they equalised. Brilliant game, even better outcome. I didn't think Timmy would get near any of the pens, but Giggs fucked it. Bolton away was some game too. Another massive away support considering the distance. The fans really loved the cup back then. We were absolutely cruising at half time, but in the end just scraped a draw. The noise from the home fans was immense. Burnden Park was weird, with a supermarket taking up half the away end and huge floodlight pylon in the middle of the other half. I think the Bolton replay is the most packed I have seen the Dell (not old enough for the Channon testimonial). What an electric atmosphere. We were so lucky to get through. That Bolton side was tremendous at the time. I know it's a cliche, but it felt like our name was on the cup. I can't remember the Norwich home game, I am guessing it was 0-0? The replay was another amazing atmosphere, but a massive nightmare of a game. Saints fans were not happy, especially with the ref, Ruel Fox for taking the piss and the police for keeping us in the ground afterwards. Sunderland and John Burn were absolutely flying and may well have beaten us, but you have got to fancy your chances. I can't imagine what it would have been like to get to the final and play the skates. It would have been absolute carnage.

I have to say I really like the look of Dibling. Good feet and he's big strong lad, which enables him to hold his own at this level already. My only concern is that he appears to have the pace of Le Tissier in his later years and not when Matt burst onto the scene as a winger. That's a shame. If he had that pace, we might have a potential £100m player of our own on our hands. If, when you say "coaching staff", that extends to the academy coaches, then I agree, as they are the ones most responsible for developing these young players.

great first touch and threaded pass from Mara to set up that Che chance. Has he been poor otherwise?

how far off Leeds strongest team is it?

can he play there?

and why not. £120,000 for winning this fourth round tie. Maybe £480,000 as the share of the gate receipts from Anfield, plus another £100,000 for the TV money...

Took all of about two touches to reaffirm to me that Brooks is a quality player and he's too good to be playing in the Championship again.

I wonder if the planned safe standing will help originate a few new songs.

Trying to work him into Pulp's Common People You'll never play like Kyle Walker Peters You'll never do whatever (Kyle) Walker Peters will do You'll never score like Kyle Walker Peters You'll never watch your life slide out of view And you dance and drink and screw Because there's nothing else to do

Not the first time a player looks strong at youth level, but doesn't make the leap. His physical attributes at 16 gave him an advantage against others of the same age, but at senior level that disappears and then it's down to actual ability. When you can't overpower and outpace opponents like you did before, you game has to change. He's probably spent years bombing forward and looking good going forward. When asked to truely play left back, maybe he just hasn't mastered the position. I'm just guessing here. I have seen one half of football, in which he looked like a CB type (strong but slow) playing at left back. For years I've wanted us to spend big on youth and despite relegation I still like the policy we have, so for us to spend big on him and it to fail, is a real disappointment. A club our size can't keep forking out millions if one or two don't make iot into the first team. I guess some you win (Livramento) and some you lose. Let's hope the likes of SAA and Meghoma add to the win column.

I guess once the first deal is done, then you have built a relationship between clubs that increases the chance of a second. Are a lot of Town's signings failed/dropped/loanee youth team players from Prem/ex Prem clubs? I am guessing head of recruitment, i think it's former player Weaver, spends all his time at u23 games.