MattM4

yeap, no blaming the referee there. It seems to happen a lot that the refs book players reluctantly... the FA should take a hint. What can a ref do though? can he really take a stand and risk losing his high profile position over something so trivial? I guess not.

aye, that was a nice little moment. I think he did well, wasnt omnipresent, but showed quality when called upon. He gets my vote for next season.

Aye, like Taylor a proof that sometimes you just need to give players a chance. He could be a massive player for us in the next couple of season, he's showing maturity beyond his years already.

at first I was going to say "It's nice to see that he didnt get booked": but he did get booked didnt he? ... pfff ridiculous.

I'm glad to see it's not me then. Im not going mad. Even though I do admit I am developping an irrational hatred for him, it just makes me cringe so much to watch him play, but I try to keep an objective view.

we should cash in on this reputation he seems to have before it's too late and he's 30 and still playing the same. We might be able to get a couple of million for him!

well thats not a goal is it. The shot that came off the post, he needed about 3 or 4 touches before he could get himself in a decent shooting position ... and in the end it was on his weaker foot, and he ended up not hitting the target.

Well my view on Shola is quite clear. He shouldnt be playing unless Owen, Shearer, Luque, Chopra, Dyer, Nzogbia are all injured. And the fact that there is a good chance he will be playing week in week out next season is flipping me out. The man cant dribble effectively, fouls players all the time and breaks down our attacks, is almost always offside, and when he isnt offside he stops because he thinks he might be... cant hold the ball up properly, and just doesnt have a footballing brain. Add to that he can give away a needless penalty away from home when we're on the verge of a vital 3 points. You can tell players around, Emre, Dyer, Solano, Parker, Zoggy manage to link up well, but always seem to have to wait around for Shola to understand whats going on. If we could get Kuyt in during the summer that would be great... we need another striker.

I was pleased he said that too.

Parker's been quite what ? aye Bramble's been quality, would have been ace and well deserved had he gone all the way just then!

Soton have got themselves a neat little diver boy there in Madsen ... That Subbuteo adboard cracks me up everytime I see it!

some great quality balls in from SOlano, but nobody on the end of them. We dont look 100% at the back though ... thank god for Bramble mopping up at times.

aye .... why does Shola always try and foul players when there is no chance of him getting the ball, like he pulled the shirt just then for no reason ?? grrr

Gutted for Al, but a good preview for next season hopefully with Parker leading the team out.

good. Was hoping so

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Bloody hell, what will it be come the end of the season when he retires once and for all ?

lol, when his career is over he'll be able to look back with pride at how he stood his ground, im sure it'll be worht missing out on being part of the squad that would bring back the ACN title back home

maybe lol. To be honest, I'd rather see bust ups like that now and again rather than have to put up with Robben's antics every other week.

Did you hear the story they were willing to let him go to Liverpoo for £9million on the last day of the transfer window? 90562[/snapback] pfff, ridiculous... .. can we have him ?

Big Ron speaks Ronglish as well as English tbh. 90146[/snapback] "Danger here...." http://www.dangerhere.com/ronglish.htm 90207[/snapback] haha... I had a football trainer for one season who was just like that, had his own lingo and knew every football fact there ever was. He'd be screaming at us at half time of a game, then talk about how its the same as Whatisdopoulos did back in the 1974 European Cup, and we'd all start laughing. Hilarious.. good man.

lol, Wright Phillips springs to mind

Emre got a 6 games ban as well I think I read earlier ?? Thats kinda good to be honest then he will be able to concentrate his efforts with us. ... unless its makes depressed and he becomes shite :s