jimmylibel

Very clever!

I thought it was one of the worst away performances I've seen at Anfield - EVER. They were a joke, I'd be absolutely gutted with that performance if I was an Arsenal fan at the moment.

Weren't you tipping for the Ireland manager's gig though?

Missed the interview, what did he say?

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Maldini will know more about this but I think they still use Pat Devlin as their main Irish scout...

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Have to say I can't understand the preference for Defoe over Owen either. See that's more like it

Is that down to us not particularly rating him or him not being happy playing second fiddle?

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That's right about Leeds, they beat Stuttgart in a 'third' leg (having originally lost on away goals) but Stuttgart brought on one 'foreigner' too many. That result set up a tie with Rangers. The winner of that qualified for the Champions League, which at that time only consisted of two groups of four teams with the top two going to the final. Rangers came second in their group that year, behind Marseille I believe.

Cop yourself on would you. No one has said that there's a problem with criticising things or expressing disappointment, its the going over the top that you and others have been guilty of that we are annoyed with. Take things in perspective. Some of the posters on here act like everything is completely black and white, when its not. Sometimes we win and play badly (eg. against Man City) and no one bats an eyelid, next minute we loose having played well and its the end of the world, we're s**** and everything needs to be fixed. It's never that clear cut FFS. However I will give you credit for not being a knee jerker, you always stick to being a negative miserable fecker. Cheer up lad would ya

If it was limited to disappointment no one would have a problem with it, but it's not. Some people really are making out that its all 'doom and gloom' and that's what's annoying. A bit of perspective is all I'm advocating and not the kind of 'up one minute, down the next' view that has been seen in this thread.

Agreed, this place is going to the dogs, it really is. Beginning to remind me of the 'other place'. It's like everyone's feckin manic depressive.

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I don't know what to say to you. If you can't see the benefits that he is bringing to the team and the difference he is making then there is no point in trying to explain it to you. He has been a fantastic signing and is vital to the side that Rafa is building. He wasn't bought to score goals, he was bought to hold the ball up, bring the midfielders into the play and to create opportunities for others - that is his main function in the team and it is a role he has been filling fantastically. If he gets a few goals too its an added bonus.

Can't believe people are having a go at Crouch again... I see the kneejerks have been well and truly let loose. Baros... I ask you! Why did we ever let Sean Dundee go is what I want to know - he was treated like a dog.

Never heard that before. Hilarious!!!!

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GH and McKay didn't get on anyway - I remember that from during the Boumsong saga. Have had run ins in the past. I certainly hope we aren't talking to him, he's the worst kind of agent. I still find the story that Kev has put forward about Boumsong being blacklisted by the G14 clubs quite interesting though. Agreed. Played well at Auxurre, played well at Rangers, goes to Newcastle (where they don't bother with defensive training) and all of a sudden he's crap... think he could come on a lot under a different manager.

In fairness I'm not too sure any of our defenders would look too good if we completely ignored defensive training too.

For sure, he'll be looking at all the possibilities.

Well obviously Victor will be on a Bosman but his wages are likely to be higher than Pennant's alright. I could see us signing Victor and Pennent. Will also be interesting to see what happens with SWP if Chelsea are in for Simao.

Think Birmingham will be comfortable enough now they've got their players back from injury - they are picking up results quickly at the moment. I'm not sure about Portsmouth, they looked a lot more solid against us in the cup but will be interesting to see how they fare in their next few games. I definately think WBA will be pulled into the mire over the next few games, can see Birmingham leapfrogging them fairly soon. After that I think Villa are more likely to get pulled in that Newcastle, but you never know.