S-Clarke

Yeah, really poor these days. I think it's clearly struggling ratings wise too, hence the recent changes to an hour less - and it's exposure on sky one, as well as Sky sports - probably to try and bring in more viewers. I think it's on it's last legs, can see it going and being replaced by something less sketch showish, more informative in terms of the weekend buildup with guests etc. A more lively/big version of goals on Sunday to that effect. At the end of the day, it's about football and sport. I don't want to hear from random rappers who are clearly intoxicated and stoned on the orange sofa's. The lifelessness of some of their 'guests' is sometimes so embarrassing.

Pretty boring all being told, but it was another game whereby we were totally in control and didn't allow the opposition to really get up any sort of head of steam. We didn't have to over work and we weren't too knackered by the end of the game, it was very similar to that of the Utd display, and it was a very disciplined, clever tactical performance - which once again limited the opposition to no hope of getting a chance, let a lone a goal. We are an incredibly drilled outfit and Fonte is the heart of that.

The bonus for us is that they are still in somewhat of limbo. Carver is still there, he wants the job, but clearly isn't going to get it. So there's going to be a lot of uncertainty around the place. Added to the fact that they've lost Tiote, Cisse and Sissoko is injured (I think) we have as good a chance as any.

Sure it was a hammy, done it myself before and you just know. You get a 'ping' and you feel like your leg is being stabbed in the back. To me it looked like a nailed on strain/tear of the hammy.

There were simply just seconds between him getting injured and the HT whistle being blown. Now that's just plain old unlucky crap.

Maybe we should have thought about that before getting rid of him.

Not sure what your gripe is with Morgan, but you're coming over as a bit of a loon with anything associated with him.

Welcome to the snap, knee jerk world of the modern football fan. Ignore the long-term, focus on the short-term snap shots. Apparently.

Why would anyone want him at this moment in time? He had a set back, he's not been seen for nearly a year. Why would you pay anything until you've seen him back playing and scoring? It would be stupid for the buying club to do that, and it would be incredibly dim for Jay as well. He could easily end up like Scott Sinclair or Jack Rodwell without any trouble.

He's a media WUM, that's what he's made his name for. Saying far away, controversial stuff, to provoke comments and reaction. It's what he does.

Yeah, I think he's now gone a notch above Spurs level, and secondly as we saw in the summer, they can't afford him - even more so now. They don't have the finance require to pull him away, and they can sod off with all their player swap ********.

Depends how in demand he is, really. If he attracts attention from the likes of PSG and also clubs from England, then we could be entering into silly money territory. I wouldn't be surprised to see huge money put down in the summer. He's simply one of the best midfielders of his sort in Europe right now. If any world giant wanted a midfielder, he'd probably be top of the list. and with 3/4 years still remaining on his contract, we are in a very strong position to get top, top dollar should he leave.

He's like a hyperactive hamster.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2906405/Premier-League-race-4th-Manchester-United-Arsenal-Liverpool-want-it.html

They'll sort themselves out. Their start has probably meant a top half finish is the best they can hope for, but they're a good side. They will win more than they lose in the final half of the season, but they've given themselves too much to do in terms of being a threat for us. Still will be one of our hardest remaining away's.

And they're at home, which gives us a great advantage. Well, not the Everton game. But they're not involved in it this year.

Touch was a bit off at times, but that's due to lack of games. But the technical ability is there, seemed to be eager to prove himself (maybe a little too much, at times) and was defending as well as attacking when he had the chance. Liked the fact he worked hard, will fit in with the rest of the bunch. No room for any lazy mavericks!

Finishing in some sort of European place, I think. We've got somewhat of a cushion at the moment, and all we really need to do is maintain what we've done all season. We'll have a blip, but the beauty is that we've given ourselves a little margin for error in terms of a Europa league place. But for a CL spot, we simply have no margin for error really. We need to be amazing for the rest of the season, can't really afford a blip at all (i'm saying a 5 defeats on the bounce kind of blip). Given our remaining fixtures, it's possible as well.

He can't play in the cup game as he wasn't registered for the original tie.

He was one of the best CB's in the world in his pomp. His free kick taking technique was quite simply stunning, and so was the way he struck the ball. He was technically a genius of a CB. The sort of ball playing, passing CB that is few and far between these days.

That is true, his future centre back purchases were awful. Smalling, shocking player. Jones, an injury prone mess of a player. I'm sure they were in line to replace Rio - Vidic partnership down the line, but he didn't leave his successors much to play with. They need to ditch that 3 at the back ******** for a start, get 2 top class CB's (In the Pique, Hummells mould) and stop farting around with Valencia and Shaw as wing backs. That's another fergie cock up actually. He choose to go with Evans rather than Pique at the time, and sold him back to Barca for a cut price fee....brilliant

To be fair, when players were leaving left right and centre, with reasoning along the lines that the ambition went with Cortese, then it's quite easy to come to that idea! But to be fair, this is a solid club. It doesn't seem to matter who manages us or who chairs us, we are strong and resilient throughout. One constant though, the Liebherr's. Forever in our debt.

So after Man Utd's awful season last year, during which time Moyes destroyed them according to fans and the media, they are this year not a single point better off at the same stage. With players such as Falcao, Di Maria, Herrera, Blind, Shaw and all, LVG doesn't really have any excuses. Good for us though, but he's no better than the pushed out Moyes as it stands - and he's had far more resources to play with.

I'd expect to see the likes of Long, Tadic, and maybe Targett feature. Possibly a chance of Corky being back on the bench for this too. But other than that, we don't have a great deal of scope to change it, as Elia isn't available for this either. Isgrove as a bench option again I assume. In many ways, we're forced to go pretty strong!

Thought I'd have a quick look to see how we rank in Europe in terms of our defence. Then noticed Bayern Munich have only conceded 4 goals. That's the standard we could be up against!