Bazdavies79

So was I; having read some of the misinformation and uneducated drivel in this thread I'd have thought it much higher

I see now I'm not on my mobile.

It's 09:30.

Good, but what are the ticks in the corner for?

WTF is going on here, how can there be 'rumours' at the beeb, how can a member of staff catch him being inappropriate with a girl, how can he refer to all of this in very thinly veiled terms, on TV and in books and STILL nobody took any action.

There's no reason why he can't succeed in the premiership. It's definitely a case of physical prowess over technique with him, but I'd have preferred to add diminutive creative attacking midfielder come striker into the mix of forwards we had. I saw a bit of lobbing forward to him going on yesterday, it rarely stuck either.

He was fine, but he needs to learn not to dawdle to long on the ball. He got caught out in possession on two occasions of the top of my head, which he can't be doing in our half of the pitch.

I think he's class. He was class again yesterday.

Delph was decent. I thought he got caught in possession 2 or 3 times, but was otherwise good. In contrast I thought El Ahmadi was class today.

Guzan 7 - did ok Lowton 6 - at fault for the goal Vlaar 6 - ditto ^ Clark 7 - did ok Bennett 7 - ditto ^ Delph 6 - tidy but caught in possession once or twice. El Ahmadi 8 - class Albrighton 6 - needs match fitness Holman 8 - MOTM, excellent work rate Gabby 6 - some good balls, disappeared a bit though Benteke 6 - poor control, touch, shooting and decision making Bent 8 - excellent finish Bannan 6 - did ok N'zogbia 6 - ditto ^ Very much a work still in progress, but we're getting better. Defence needs sorting.

Lowton, he does that too often.

Well done Clark, Neville talks some shite.

Oh dear, Benteke.

Benteke has terrible control, not enough sticks for my liking.

..................Guzan.................. Lowton...Vlaar...Clark...Bennett ................El Ahmadi.............. ........Holman.........Delph........ ...Albrighton..............Gabby... .................Benteke..............

3-0 win. UTV.

.....................GIVEN...................... LOWTON...VLAAR...BAKER...BENNETT ......HOLMAN....KEA.....DELPH.......... .....N'ZOGBIA...BENT...GABBY..........

Deffo - when Gabby's in the form he was in the other night he's not unlike Rooney in the role that he plays, running at defences from deep and bringing in the other striker. I reckon it's why he thrived under O'Neill's system - he was able to burst forward from deep as we caught teams on the break. They don't call me the Football Professor for nothing*. I think Gabby's general play is good enough and well-suited enough to do Ireland's job, or pretty close, but with the added bonus of pace and ability to score actual goals. Saying that, hope SI gets well soon, I like him as a player fwiw. *or, indeed, at all. I'm sure Houllier experimented with him in that position in a pre-season, and I seem to recall him being a bit poo there tbh. Houllier then moved him to RB.

The government are useless, and this guy sounds like a right prick.

If he blew 80 million dollars I don't think it would have been a weeks wage donation that broke the camels back. But anyway, not really the appropriate thread for this.

How much and to which charity people donate to is their own private business, but I really can't imagine a footballer missing a weeks wages in the same way as at least 95% of the rest of us would.

not sure if serious.

What formations did we play last night?

He scored and assited in more goals than anybody else last season though.

Are you suggesting he's been good in spells? I think he's been consistently crap since we signed him.