Window Cleaner

Perhaps at the end of the day people will stop taking all the family to football and it will go backwards in time. The other day they showed some images of a bloke with a little lad at the Everton-Newcastle game (I think) poor little bugger was about 3 or 4,totally kitted out in NUFC kit from head to toe and stuck there at about 9 in the evening, miles from home with his big fat dad who evidently thought that NUFC was the centre of the world. When Lukaku tore them apart he start crying, then he looked totally bored and 3/4 asleep. That sort of treatment of kids should be banned, don't know why blokes think that taking miniscule infants to football every week is one of the most important things in this world.

why is that ? A total disgrace I mean.

perhaps his criminal record counts against him.

well you'd need to read all the Leaders in Football conference briefs to really know but as far as I can make out from L'Equipe they're setting up a commission to study the number of foreign players in UK football and Hoddle is to be a member. He's suggesting something like the old system 5 foreigners on the field at any one time and all the rest English (expect he means UK though). This will of course fall foul of EU legislation on the restriction of trade so unless they can get the EU to change it's freedom of movement/trade rules it's just going to be a gabfest and little else.Might be worth notng that the PL has declined any participation within this commission.

Good, won't have to watch a sticky stream for those games then. They'll be on Canal +

Result for Dalek then.

Of course the national press always denigrate our efforts but the thing is that in today's EPL there are no easy games, which is why Utd lost at home to WBA,Spurs got thrashed by West Ham and Citeh have been beaten by both Villa and Hull. With the sums of money awash in today's EPL all sides can afford good players and the difference between a top top player on an average day and a medium player on a good day has become negligble. If the managers don't get it right then even the reputed top sides will struggle against perceived minnows because if the tactics are right most PL players are well capable of implementing them correctly. Still don't think we'll finish in the top 4 though.

If we wanted fast wide men we would have bought them, we didn't so we don't. As I said yesterday for all their speedy wide play Swansea still lost 2-0. Everybody tackles, everybody presses in our system, do Dyer and Routledge do that ? I've no idea. Dyer looked handy because he was up against Fox, maybe against Shaw he'd have looked less useful.

Inferior side devises tactics to get a point away from home, what's wrong with that? You just have to accept that football is about getting as many points as you can to give yourself a chance of promotion or not gettinbg relegated or whatever. They were inferior, they stimied us, mission accomplished. .

I would deny it as well, Mum looks like a real dragon, wouldn't like to get caught tupping her daughter myself.

That's just the thing, you never know what Utd's team is going to look like, Moyes just dips into a sort of mega million £ jamboree bag and pulls out a few plastic knick knacks from within. He won't play Kagawa, he won't play Zaha and he likes the dimuntive Phil Jones at CB.

In fact Swansea had plenty of pace and we even gave them a hand up in using it by playing Foxy, they still lost 2-0 though. Pace isn't everything.

Wow, from those photies I'd get Mrs Moyes to do the half time talks, players would be afraid of her, probably more afraid than they ever were of Sir Alex. Hard looking lady.

Anyone who had seen them getting mauled by Sunderland last Saturday would be doubtful of their ability against a side with a mean defensive record. If Sunderland had had a real striker or even converted a couple more of the easy chances that they had Utd wouldn't have gcome back from the dead. Altidore is crap and Giaccherini missed a real sitter.

don't know Bearsy, the number of young French blokes who've played for the Bleuets and then chosen to represent their African nationalities at full international level is infinite. I have absolutely no idea what they class as an official tournament.

You can push national pride to a certain point, when it becomes evident that you're not going to get a call up at any price then you either have to accept that or look at your other possibilities (if they exist that is) I've always said that Morgan won't get to play for France whilst he's at Saints and Deschamps is in charge, don't see any reason to change that opinion. He had a great season last year and was evidently a far better player than several that they've called up after one or two respectable games for sides like St Etienne and Monaco, he must know that he'll be passed over for ever and may want to change that.

Zaha has some sort of adaptation problems I believe, there was even talk of him being loaned out a while back. Ferguson bought him, Moyes doesn't seem to rate him anywhere near as highly. Seems to be a right mess.

tell that to the BBC and FIFA then England manager Roy Hodgson said on Match of the Day on Saturday that he had been keeping an eye on a player whom he described as a "real talent". The sport's governing body Fifa states a player is eligible if "he has lived continuously for at least five years after reaching the age of 18 on the territory of the relevant Association".

Sunderland looked OK in the first half against Utd, their problem is Altidore, he's just too slow and doesn't look too bright. They should try Wickham on point instead, can't be any worse really. Perhaps their US owner stipulates at least 1 yank in their side though.

Looked at that yesterday, don't think we can go much lower than about 7th if we lose by the odd goal or two. Can even stay top 6 if Everton and Hull draw or Hull win by not many.

just been rerading all the guff about that Belgian/Albanian/Turkish/Serbian lad who plays for Utd. Apparently a whole host of our players could (in theory) be capped for England if they should wish to abandon their home country. Morgan and José for instance. Both have been here continously for at least 5 years after they were 18 so they'd be eligible if they were interested and England wanted them. I think Morgan really has to decided soon because with that knobber Deschamps in charge he's never ever going to get the nod.

Seems a trifling injury to keep a footballer out for very long. Still it's Utd so they could just be using it as an excuse (sorry reason) to keep him out of international games. As they've Sociedad on the Wednesday after they play us they'll surely be up to all of their usual injury stunts as far as internationals are concerned. Think Belgium are already pretty much qualified already as they only need a point from games against Croatia and Wales..

Fellaini has a problem with his wrist, getting it done this week, out for an undetermined time.

It's probably something to do with Ferguson no longer being there but Utd's defence is ageing and has become porous. Vidic looked awful on Saturday, Rio looked like a complete mug against West Brom and the others are all erratic too. For years they've relied on Vidic and Rio to shore up at the back whilst they ground sides down and eventually got Fergie time winners. Now they ship goals that they wouldn't have done 2 seasons back. They have failed to reinforce the CB positions in due time and now they are paying the price.

Depends who Moyes decides to play in midfield. Think Fellaini will still be out so that means Carrick,Cleverly,Anderson and Nani to choose from in theory. Carrick didn't look at all great on Saturday so if he produces more of the same Morgan and Victor will eat them alive. Hope he plays Vidic and Jones in central defence again though...that was awful unless of course you see it from an opponents point of view. Sunderland squandered a shedload of chances and of course were made to pay for that in the end. If they'd had anyone more effective than Altidore on point they could have got 6 at least.