Sour Mash

Why wouldn’t he trust him? It’s not like Cork has a long history of red cards throughout his career.

Exceptional no, but your point was that he hasn't got very good at using the media, when he's clearly learnt very well to use it to his advantage.

Is Osvaldo still ill? Seems to be happily out and about going by his twitter bits and pieces. Be a good chance to get him back into his rhythm, see how he links up with Ramirez.

Just to let you into a little secret, this is a forum for posting what we think.

Interviews with Jim White on Sky, threats to walk away in the summer, behind the scenes article in (I think) The Mail recently and that's just off the top of my head.

Here's a final question for you; How many teams have had so little to play for in the league at the 3rd round of the FA Cup?

You haven't asked one question to answer. Fingers cross we manage to stay in the Prem this year though.

"Stay in the Premiership" No more questions required here.

Which squad players do you want to see how they perform? What do we currently have to play for in the league?

We're 10 points off 6th place, 7 points off 7th place, it's pretty fair to think that it is very unlikely we'll catch either of those places.

I doubt MP even knows what Lee Barnard looks like.

Which players in our squad are desperately in need of game time? Why should we jeopardise our chances in the cup just to give them a run out?

Ignore the abuse, there are some on here who like to shout "troll" whenever they read something they don't like. It's a fair question you've asked in the OP. For what it's worth, no I don't think NC will sack MP, MP will be here at the end of the season at the very least. He seems very much NC's man and fully tied in to his way of working and the "project". However, I've got a feeling NC won't be happy at the moment and will certainly be putting pressure on MP to step up a bit, I don't think NC changed managers and spent £30m+ to move up a couple of mid table positions. Hopefully though, this recent run, might bring NC's expectations back down to earth a bit and realise how much it really does take to break into either of the top 4 or 6 in this country.

No, that's not what I mean, but don't worry.

He does use the media very well these days, you can't deny that?

I don't think he's being serious is he?

I'd be happy with that side, good mix of players there.

Why do you think we should play a 2nd string side in the cup then?

A full strength side is more likely to beat them than a side with many changes. How many sides have nothing to play for in the League by the 3rd round cup date?

Where do you think we can now realistically finish in the league this season? Why do our 2nd string need to demonstrate that?

The support was very subdued, matching our performance.

Agreed, no problem with getting beat by an excellent Chelsea side, but that 2nd half was horrifically one-sided, we didn't make a game of it at all.

So you don't want to win the FA Cup? You'd rather we solidified our position in mid table?

The majority of the team shouldn't be tired though, maybe a couple, but surely better to rest them against West Brom? Any news on what is actually happening with Osvaldo?

You two are clearly talking at cross purposes