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Bring Heskey on -> start lumping it forward. Not ideal, but understandable. Except Heskey's playing centre mid and seeing the ball sail over his head, where our two strikers (not tall) lose every ball to Olsson (tall). Down to 10 men? Try not to lose the midfield. What happens? We end up with Petrov basically in their on his own against the entire WBA midfield, as Heskey doesn't have the positional sense to play centre mid (which is understandable, he's never played there before McLeish had his Eureka moment this season). There was no Plan A when we went down to 10 men, let alone a Plan B. To be honest, there rarely seems a Plan A when we have 11 men.

Wouldn't make too much difference given the Lower North is always stood up anyway, but this has been too long in the offing. Germany have shown for years that this is a viable option and I'm surprised it's taken this long for it to even be discussed.

Please do, preferably soon :bonk:

Ok, bye then. I trust/hope you'll not be posting here anymore too

We have access to someone at the club as senior as General Krulak and he has to read drivel like that? I am embarrassed for you

Well there's £60 odd I won't ever get back, what an awful game of football. Ratings wise, everyone gets a 5 - average, with the exception of: Petrov: 6 - for, as ever, being there to cover where others should've been Collins: 8 - imperious defensive display

It's been a while, but here we go. Friedel: 7 - couldn't have stopped either goal and made 1 great save Cuellar: 5 - defensively ok-ish, but we need more from him going forward, which frankly we're not going to get Warnock: 4 - didn't get to grips with Valencia, not much of a threat going forward Dunne: 5 - crucial mistake for the equaliser Collins: 6 - bit of a nervy start, otherwise ok Young: 6 - beat his man more often than not, but his final ball was mainly poor Milner: 8 - always looking for the ball and always dangerous Petrov: 7 - typical Petrov performance Downing: 6 - see Young Heskey: 6 - held the ball up well, but we need more than that Agbonlahor: 8 MOTM - lead the line well, linked the play, scared their defence shitless and was physically imposing too. In the end we didn't have enough and they did deserve the win. However, if Mr Dowd had done his job properly it might been a completely different story.

And some nasty steward stole Cameron Jerome's shirt from some 10 year old

Stefan Dennis - Don't It Make You Feel Good

ABU And happy to admit it

How do you make a greyhound go faster? Whippet

Yes, however: a) no better alternatives fans' patience won't last forever

Rape Me - Nirvana

Hatton. Please.

I'm a believer (but only after seeing her face...)