Noelie

Frankly after watching the Bolton & Everton games I'm not too unhappy that 'Damage' will not be in the starting line-up against Man.U. Lot has been said about him playing out of position but I don't think he is establishing that he is what we want in his prefered place in the centre. He is not that good with his head, not that good in the tackle, and has the speed of a herd of turtles.

Another nail-biting game after we score first then let them equalize!! Wouldn't have surprised me one bit if they had scored again as they threatened more than we did!!! Poor 2nd.half after an industrious first, praise be to who-ever or what-ever that we got the 3 points!!!!!

Personally I think a lot of you are are little too hard on Babayaro, I think he had a half-way decent game and got some good tackles in. He is the best left-back we have at the moment and should be given some slack and not be slagged as much as he is. Ramage was for the most part average, he is easily turned, lacks pace, and is not the most efficient of tacklers or header of the ball. Taylor had a good strong game but occasionally he has the touch of Bramblesque about him in his sometimes wild moves. Huntington was only fair as a right-back but held his end up. Had Chelsea been on song he would have had to face a different kind of tune. His ball distribution could have been better. As a back-four, under the circumstances that prevailed, they held the line quite well and it was most unfortunate that they leaked in the winning goal. I sat down to watch the game feeling very sure we were going to lose and just hoped the score could be held down, never thinking that we could possibly come away with a point. And we very nearly did, it was a very good effort. Wanna knaa wot aa thowt aboot the mid-fielders?

To be fair, they have improved greatly in the last couple of years. I couldn't be bothered watching streams until recently, but I've seen quite a few games on streams this season and the quality was mostly decent. The only downside is that the majority have Chinese commentary and they're usually up to five minutes behind the real action. Ah so, no fu kin su pah, but the last 3 I have watched have not been jerky, no stoppages, colour not great, definition not great, and who cares about the oriental lingo if you can at least watch the game that ordinarily you couldn't.

I've gone tight off Roeder, he did not play one reserve player. The result was un-important we were already through. He took the chance of more starters getting injured when he could have given some reserves a run-out.

SO TRUE, SO TRUE, And I hope to watch tomorrows match too

Other than you mixing up your left and rights i agree in principle it may be foolish to take unesscessary risks with certain players and i'd like to see more of Huntingdon pattison and O'brien in particular. You don't rate Martins then? or is he there just to give us a chance? Ooops, I just corrected that It isn't that I don't rate Martins, I think the more playing time he has the more chance he has to start scoring and prove he was a good buy.

As we have already qualified for the next round and we have so many injuries I would sugest:- .....................................................Given ..Reserve team LFB.......Huntingdon..............Taylor.............Reserve team RFB ...Nobby................Reserve team LMF.............Butt.................Reserve team RMF .........................................Martins....................Luque Sibby Res Res Res Pav Let's see what we have in reserve!

C'mon, I've had worse than that on me pecker

True he's only 20 but when you consider the likes of Pele, Best, Edwards, even Rooney etc etc who were brilliant when less than twenty you can't always make excuses because of age. Inccidently, Best was past his best at 27. it was more of a guide. Some people develop at different ages. To write someone off at 20 when he seems to have a lot of potential is a bit harsh IMO. I think thats part of the problem in modern day football though. If they arent as good as rooney when he was 18 then he is crap. Ian Wright didnt even play professional football until he was 26ish. Oh dear, I hate correcting people, don't you? Ian Wright was 21 going on 22 when he signed pro forms with Crystal Palace. I may have got that mixed up with playing TOP FLIGHT FOOTBALL then.... But thanks for proving my point anyway. Oh dear, you may have got mixed-up, well well well Why is it people can't admit they made a mistake when trying to make a point.

You Worm

True he's only 20 but when you consider the likes of Pele, Best, Edwards, even Rooney etc etc who were brilliant when less than twenty you can't always make excuses because of age. Inccidently, Best was past his best at 27. it was more of a guide. Some people develop at different ages. To write someone off at 20 when he seems to have a lot of potential is a bit harsh IMO. I think thats part of the problem in modern day football though. If they arent as good as rooney when he was 18 then he is crap. Ian Wright didnt even play professional football until he was 26ish. Oh dear, I hate correcting people, don't you? Ian Wright was 21 going on 22 when he signed pro forms with Crystal Palace.

True he's only 20 but when you consider the likes of Pele, Best, Edwards, even Rooney etc etc who were brilliant when less than twenty you can't always make excuses because of age. Inccidently, Best was past his best at 27.

My opinions; Luque continues to be awfully woeful. Ramage was woeful as always at left-back. Zoggy was bordering on woeful. Milner was close to being woeful except for his cross to Sibby.

NO it isn't!

Yes you did Barney and so did Matt4 and I am watching the match with no problems. Got a little sick when they scored but feeling better now Thank-You both.

HELP is there anyway I can watch tonights match? HELP

Oh dear, I guess you lot are too young to know the likes of Frank Swift, and our own Ronnie Simpson

Well I do, I think Luque has had more than enough chances to show his worth and he hasn't done it, and that's his fault, not the fault of the management, When you set foot on the field it's up to you to show you belong there among your peers and Luque has failed to do that, time and time again. Young Rossi has had far less chances than Luque to show his worth and even with his limited chances he has already shown he has more to offer than Luque does. Luque lacks effort, lacks agression, lacks attitude, lacks urgency, and has never shown that he is the answer.

Pretty much what I thought after seeing a replay of the match on Monday via a Spanish channel Gol TV. Ramage always seemed to be too far away from his man and kept sticking his leg out at fresh air. He's too slow to contain the likes of Hleb and is totally out of his depth at left-back, it's hard to understand why Roeder persists in playing him there. I know we are short on players for that position but against Arsenal Duff may have been a smarter choice with Zoggy in his place and Ramage on the bench.

Good name to bring up, Puskas played 354 games for Kispest/Honved and scored 357 goals. For Real Madrid he played 179 games and scored 155 goals. He played 85 games for Hungary and scored 84 goals. I doubt Pele or Maradona could match that goals to games record.

Holy mackeral Andy, lotta darkies south of the Mason-Dixon line might argue that point. them hooded Klan boys could kill you because of skin colour

Did you know that Pele said George Best was the greatest player in the world? And did you know that Pele's goalscoring record is questionable as a lot of them were scored in friendly games which wouldn't count in some places.

Bollocks Maradonna himself said that he didn't know if he was better than Pele but without a doubt Di Stefano was Di Stefano played 6 times for Argentina, 4 times for Columbia, and 31 times for Spain, best ever in my book