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Apparently so, a few Blue noses are not happy we seem to have scuppered their bid.

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Is episode 5 up anywhere yet?

RIP Graham YNWA

AVB I am hearing is #1 target

Downing has a history of good performances against Baines, especially when in a Boro and Villa shirt. I think we will have a front 3 of Carroll/Suarez/Downing. They will cause them problems and we will win comfortably

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Joey Barton was at Haydock races on Saturday and said Villa was his most likely destination

As long as he scores a bag full of goals, his transfer fee wont mean 1 bit. Its the owners money not ours and if Kenny thinks its worthwhile then we will have to see if he is right

I am not one for singling players out but I thought Aurelio had his worst game for 2 years last night. He did absolutely nothing right and offered us zilch. Very disappointing

Who cares, he was Madrid's best player. Had 4 good games after signing but wouldn't get a game for my Saturday team. No pace, no flair (after the first month) and a complete waste of a shirt. The only danger tonight

I have to agree. Insua is light years ahead of him. When he was running ahead of Hibbert, he couldnt even dribble the ball in a straight line which allowed Hibbert to catch him as he was all over the shop. Should have been shipped out in Jan as he is worse than Traore ever was.

I think Johnson would be a great signing, especially if we can offload Dossena back to Italy for more or less the cost of Johnson. Arbeloa to LB and Johnson to Rb could be the difference between 1-0 wins and the hugely frustrating 0-0 draws we have experienced this year at home to poor sides

I would definitely be looking to get Nemeth involved in the 1st team squad in these types of games, maybe the last ten mins or so if the game is won. He definitely has more of a future at Liverpool than El Zhar in my opinion

Good luck JAR, Not the greatest player but far from the worst also, played his part in our trophy successes over the past 5-6 years.

Downing is playing for a poor team but is far from a poor player. I remember watching last year against the scum and he was excellent, best player on the pitch by far. This is why I think it would be a good signing. Gives good balance and has an excellent left foot

Do you think he would stand up to the physicality of our league. With Bentley he wont need a year to get used to the league which would further our team towards a title challenge. However if Quaresma came in and hit the ground running (like Torres) we would probably be a better side still.

With Hughes being allowed permission to speak to Man City, do you think we will be back in for Bentley. I hope so. We need somebody to dominate our set plays with quality

Love or hate him, Mourinho is an excellent manager. fair enough he had Romans ££££'s at Chelsea but he did ok at Porto too if I am not mistaken. I wouldn't like him to be our manager but I do have respect for his record.

I will be honest and say I did want him out around the turn of the year, but since the Barnsley defeat he seems willing to play stronger sides in every game and if he takes that into next season we might just be in touch come easter. However if he doesn't and we are already 15-20 points behind at xmas I think it would be time for him to move aside and let somebody else try

I disagree, Utd have players like Fletcher, Park, O'Shea, Carrick etc who are on a par with those. You need a fair share of solid unspectacular players if you are to win the league. The difference between ours and theirs is that their poorer players play consistently to a fair level whereas ours have very erratic form when selected. I think Downing would be an excellent addition, a step up on all we have at the club for LM at the moment,

Three yards out should have been keepers ball too. Between the pair of em we have made life 100000000 times harder next week

This is the first time under Rafa where I have felt that we are going to play Utd and he truly feels we can win. Normally he is very very cautious in his approach to the big games with UTD, Chelsea & Arsenal, but with the new formation and the form the players are in (which may in part down to the rotation early on), I feel we will attack today (which I believe is the way to beat the scum) and come away with a 2-1 or 3-1 victory. Cannot wait now, just over an hour. Hope i am not feeling like I did at xmas after not creating a true chance after going one down

I don't understand what he has to replace. When Alonso first came he never gave the ball away, every time he plays this season his pass completion rate is average at best (check out the opta stats if u dont believe me) he scores 1 in 30 games and he has about 2-3 assists per season for the last 2 years. I used to love Alonso but he has been poor for at least 18 months.