Saint_Tony

I'd expect to see Lambert back, he's scored the last couple of times against Fulham, hopefully he'll be a bit fresher after having a couple of weeks out from competitive action. It will be interesting to see if Wanyama features, but it seems like Cork has been our best performer for the last couple of games.

Good point, sounded like a cracking game. Don't want to be too negative, but we've all been praising the last two performances and saying how well the team has played, isn't it about time to turn one of these performances into 3 points?

Looks like they're set to sign Mitroglou today, I've mentioned him several times on the transfer threads. Great bit of business by them.Hopefully he won't be ready for Saturday

What, a two and a half week rest?

People talk on here about Clyne going to the World Cup, he can't even get in our team! Must still have a slight injury, there's no way Chambers is the bettet option

Big night for Gallagher, hope he does well

We've not heard much from MP, does anyone think the Osvaldo decision might affect his own decision on whether or not to stay at the end of the season? After all, Osvaldo was clearly a player that he wanted despite being aware he had a bit of history with some similar incidents. Or maybe even he's realised Osvaldo is a complete nutter who is better off not being here

Poor draw, we've shown 3 times we're incapable of beating them

They're going well, but probably due a bad result. We outplayed them here last year when they were on a good run, I'm going for a 2-1 victory

Guly to score the winner in the final?

They look like best mates. Maybe MP is desperate to keep him still? Also, I had no issues with what Boruc did and thought the reactions from many were extreme. But players who are involved in these sorts of incidents on the training ground never seem to recover from them and I wouldn't be surprised to see him shipped out by the end of the week, even if it's only a loan. Internet firing squad? It's an opinion

It really isn't too early. Now with what Super Kelv said yesterday, I would guess most of the squad want to get rid of them too. I don't think Osvaldo himself wants to be here either. He clearly has a big ego and we don't seem to have any in our squad (apart from Lallana since he started playing for England ;)We thought it was the best signing we have ever made, turns out it was the worst. That's life, sell him quick, draw a blue line under it and move on

Must be one of the most boring FA cup weekends ever, and now the strongest looking last 16 for a while. Charlton at home and then hope Chelsea draw Man City and Arsenal draw Liverpool. I genuinely believe we can make the semis/final this year, COYR!

Not seen much of him, but it's a lot to ask of an 18 year old with very little top flight experience to step up to the plate for us, we really need to try and get rid of Osvaldo and bring in a replacement within the next few days

Good shout, we'll let you claim that as an exclusive

If we're buying a midfielder we need one who scores goals. I've mentioned Mitroglou before, not sure how realistic that would be as he's been linked with other teams. Plus Olympiakos are still in the Champions League and they're only playing Man United in the last 16

Peaks and troughs. We've had both, so it is likely things will level out this season. 9th place finish and FA Cup semi final defeat against Liverpool

Yeah Mayuka's only had a few games to prove himself. We like to allow our foreign signings at least 2 seasons of not doing a lot to finally confirm that they aren't very good

Waste of space. In an ideal world we'd get shot of him before the window shuts, but it doesn't look like anyone's coming in. It is a blow for squad depth, but if we're honest he's contributed **** all and we've largely got by without him

Yeah it would be stupid to risk players in a competition that we have a chance of winning. Let's save them for Arsenal, we might just stay in 9th place if we beat them!

I think there's a lot more to come from J Rod. Maybe in 2 years time he might be worth 20 million, but right now absolutely not

It feels like J Rod could have a hat trick every game recently. Creating chances certainly wasn't an issue against Sunderland

He'll be gone in the summer. I just hope it gets resolved early on, and that we get a decent fee for him

This might be all we have to play now. Get through this game, and it might be a big factor as most other teams left in will have either relegation fears or european commitments/aspirations which might be deemed more important. I think most fans would be happy with 8th/9th place and the FA Cup

I think he needs a rest for a couple of weeks. Maybe MP realises this, but it's difficult when Osvaldo is busy getting injured or suspended. Osvaldo hasn't really done a lot when he has played to suggest he is first choice. Hopefully he will be raring to go having had a nice break over the festive season