Quote ="mutt1"The second best midfeilder in the world behing Micheal Johnson in EE's eye Oh and speaking of the tubby peice of lard Johnson www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... d-fan.html'" Yeah, I'd seen that. Even with with Sheikh's wealth, they'll always just be chavs from Moss Side.

Quote ="mutt1"The second best midfeilder in the world behing Micheal Johnson in EE's eye Oh and speaking of the tubby peice of lard Johnson www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... d-fan.html'" Yeah, I'd seen that. Even with with Sheikh's wealth, they'll always just be chavs from Moss Side.

Please, please, please tell me you didn't write that you'd pick Nicky Shorey ahead of Leighton Baines? I'm positive you didn't write that, it surely can't be right. If it is, I'll have whatever you've been taking.

Agree with that apart from Barry (depends who else is fit) and Milner (I like him and would definitely take him to SA, just not sure if he'd be the best option on the left wing). Barry has been solid under Capello but has been pretty average this season. I'd play a fit Hargreaves over him but sadly, I can't see him making it.

The team has to be built around Rooney and if that means dropping the big man alongside him like Capello seems to favour then it should be done. The formation Man Utd have been playing in recent months is something that England could easily replicate but I can't see Capello opting for it. Ideally, I'd like to see Gerrard (more advanced) and Lampard (sitting a little deeper but still getting forward) in the middle playing in front of a holding midfielder with Lennon on the right and a fit Joe Cole on the left. Before his injury he'd been England's best player for the previous two years and it's really sad that he can't even get into the squad at the moment. Never been a massive fan of Downing but he's been impressive for Villa and I'd be tempted to give him another chance if he carries on playing the way he is.

www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Sh ... 44097.html Wright claimed chief executive Cook and football administration officer Marwood are “full of themselves“ in a withering attack which must raise serious question marks about Wright-Phillips’ career at Eastlands. The serious questions asked about his career are because he ain't a top 4 player, not because his dad's a clickhead.

www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Sh ... 44097.html Wright claimed chief executive Cook and football administration officer Marwood are “full of themselves“ in a withering attack which must raise serious question marks about Wright-Phillips’ career at Eastlands. The serious questions asked about his career are because he ain't a top 4 player, not because his dad's a clickhead.

A clickhead huh? Thats new. He is though, he is a clickhead.

Barry's one of those players who makes good players around him play better. His problem at City has been that he's been asked to do a lot more than that and isnt really up to it. One of our weaknesses is that we do not have a dominant midfield player in the Lampard or Gerrard mould. I wouldnt take his City form (other than that he had his best game of the season at the weekend) as an indicator of how well he'd play for England.

Whilst one Owen is ruled out for the season and the World Cup, another is to make his comeback on Thursday against City, it's a shame the darts is on at MEN that night, I wouldn't have minded a trip to see the game.

Oh Owen Hargreaves....

Argentina looked surprisingly solid and coherent for a Maradona coached side didn't they?

I think there was an element of experimenting by the Germans. The midfield was maybe too offensively positioned, with Schweinsteiger (although I'm aware he's playing this role with Bayern, I personally prefer him on the flank) starting in the middle with Ballack. Özil has been struggling with form since Christmas when the speculation started to intensify about his future. Hopefully he can sort his head out and concentrate on his football instead of a move to Madrid / Arsenal / Italy before the end of the season and get some form back, because on his day he's a cracking little player.

A possible concern for Germany is, like with England, the goalkeeping position. Adler didn't look too convincing - maybe it was just nerves and a bit too much eagerness and wanting to impress. Löw had made it clear he's his number 1 and will keep the faith with him, so hopefully his confidence hasn't been knocked too badly. Despite what the pundits said, he wasn't [itotally[/i to blame for the Argentina goal, and he's still relatively young and learning. Apart from the goal with Mertesacker caught napping, the defence is looking pretty strong though.

The strikeforce is another problem at the minute though IMO. Podolski hasn't scored for months, Klose is getting limited game time at Bayern, and Gomes has never really impressed me at international level. Hoping Podolski and Klose can hit some form before the end of the year - we all know that they're class on the international stage.

It surprises me the backlash that the England team got. 3-1 winners at home to the African champions. Germany lost at home, barely created a chance, and it was generally a very unspectacular and boring game. Yet, everybody here seems realtively calm, and understands it was just a friendly, and that they'll get it right before the WC. Come on England fans cheer up - and keep the faith FFS!!

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How much of a sad act would you need to be to stand around all day waiting just to do that. I know what i would of wrote had I been in JT's position.

Pompey off to Wemberley and Bowton 2-0 up at the Hammers.
Davies and Wilshere with the goals.

Elmander is a shocking excuse for a striker. Should have made it 3-0 right before half-time but ballooned it over the goal when he had time and space. Saw him in the game against Tottenham where Bolton were awesome and he was similarly poor.

Club record transfer fee?

Swap deal with a total value of 10m, according to most sources. Never noticed him before the Spurs game and today was just an extension to that. Even the best strikers miss sitters but he just looks like one of those scammers who somehow manage to con managers into playing them. Is he really that bad or have I just seen a couple of really bad games for him?

Is Vokes an old English word for c**t?

7 yards out. Keeper rooted to the spot. You smash the ball over the bar. If vokes isn't an old word for **** is should be a new one.

Was watching the rugby and only just seen the Wolves - United score. Good game?

No. It would have been if Vokes had been able to finish, but he couldn't so United are top by 2 points.

Wolves were the better team really. They had a couple of decent chances first half, United none. An innocuous United cross wasn't dealt with by the Wolves defender, ball fell to Scholes, who went round one defender who was pretending to be a statue, and one who was pretending to be the Saadam Hussein statue being toppled after the invasion of Iraq. Easy finish.

Wolves were plodding in attack late on, ball pinged around a little and fell to Vokes, 7 yards out and he blasts it over the bar. Scholes chance was easy, Vokes chance made Scholes chance look difficult.

So United were second best and played poorly away from home but still came away with the three points?
Ferguson will be happy.

Was a solid player in France where he was the main man of a pretty average side. I remember when we played Toulouse in a CL qualifier, all the pre-match talk was about Elmander but he looked pretty poor, I'd seen him play a few times and he looked kinda like a Santa Cruz type of player when I seen him, he was strong, held the ball up well and was good at bringing others into play, but in his time here he's done none of that. I remember seeing him for Sweden at the Euro's and they used him as a right winger, he never really stood out, he tried and was a willing runner, but he never stood out in a pretty average side. Was extremely surprised when Bolton signed him, he wasn't exactly young and he wasn't exactly proven, for that kind of money, you'd be looking for a prospect who'd come in, offer you a few years of top service then be sold on at a hefty profit. It was a very strange signing IMO.

No, he's pretty poor.

Prefer Klasnic over him every time.

If united win this year it will be one of the hardest fought ever. The team has had to fight for nearly every win. The top teams are getting weaker and the also ran teams are getting stronger and the money isn't there to simply spend your opposition out of a chance of victory any more. Not for teams like united,Liverpool and nal. Man City are going to have the money but they're still playing catchup on teams with a few decades head start and Chelsea don't seem quite as dominant as they could be even though the money is still there.

Interesting times. Financially unsound, but interesting.

He reminds me a lot of Kuyt. Bought for a lot of money to score goals, doesn't get the volume of goals that a frontman should but has a lot of qualities that managers like so he always finds himself in the starting XI because of his workrate, versatility, team ethic etc. He's just not a natural goalscorer is he ?

I actually think one of the best strikers in the Premiership this year who's gone under the radar, and I'd expect a really big season from next year is Kalinic at Blackburn. In a better side he'd be exceptional. Scores lots of different goals, always seems to hit the target, I like him alot.

Went to the Fulham Spurs game Yesterday, free ticket from a Fanatical Ulham fan. 1st live game in 2 years and was bored senseless. I couldn't believe I was watching a Fa cup Quarter final.

No. In fact I sometime wonder if he knows where the goal is?