Stevie

Maybe you would be better supporting Real Mardrid? There's was enough talent on the pitch to get the points today - you can't just point the finger at Rafa. In the real world, your boss doesn't get sacked because you've had an average day.

I remember seeing an interview with him a while ago and he said that was his biggest regret in football.

Why didn't he go to Madrid instead of coming here when he left Valencia? Not an awful lot seems to have changed at Madrid whilst he's been with us - it still seems a circus there from the ground up. Coaches never seem to be appreciated there and when things go wrong it's always their fault and they are soon shown the salida. Thankfully their hierarchy seem oblivious for this trend. As for it being inevitable that Rafa will one day manage Madrid, maybe he is wise enough to understand that dreams don't always turn out as they wish, and that some dreams really should stay as a fictional fantasy.

If we bunged the FA a few quid do you think they could push it through a bit quicker?!

That can't be right. It's usually one of our players being linked with the opposition before a big game.

Ah, but are those statistics accurate?

Apart from the typo...

I think it's only fair that Gerrard now gets to play in his most comfortable position i.e. in the centre. He's seems quite out of sorts by his own standards, and playing him out of position seems to only exasperate the problem. He looks like he could do with people getting behind him rather than on his back. He's not the only player playing below par.

That'll be daylight Ribery if that deal goes through.

As a matter of interest, what other teams use zonal marking?

But you can't really expect the players to be able to play in all games though? I think the real problem is we just don't have the quality and depth in the squad. In most cases we can't just bring a like-for-like player in and expect the same sort of quality. I'm sure Rafa is doing his best, but it all takes time if you don't have a infinite supply of funds.

And that's just with his hair. He makes Parry look likes he goes to Toni and Guy.

That's what I thought. If the ref and linesman had been doing a proper job in the first place, none of the persuing acts would have happened.

I'm pretty sure it was 2 yellows he received.

It's quite sad to see, but you just seem to see it so much in the modern game. I think the days are gone when players will grin and bear it to show how hard they are.

It looked like he had a bit of an injury or something because he was hobbling a fair bit which may explain why he didn't look his usual mobile, cavalier self today. It's a team game so I think it's a bit unfair to single any one of the players out.

I don't for a minute think that Heskey meant any malice with either challenge, but there's only going to be one outcome in the officials eyes.

Why would Stevie G want to move to Chelsea? They are proving that they don't need him as they are doing very well without his services. At the end of the day you can only go so far up the league. If his motivation is proving he is the best then I can't see how he can achieve that going to Chelsea if they stay on track to win a few trophies this season. I wouldn't really have thought money was his motivation either as surely he has enough to make do with now. I can't see him being a legend there either as he isn't one of their own. So that pretty much leaves us with him wanting to win medals. Well he could do that, but going back to my first point, they could win medals without him so in a way he would be a bit of a periphery. He would have the medals but so what? They're just items to shove in a drawer. Muttley had medals but what did he ever do? I'm sure anyone could buy a medal off e-bay but it wouldn't really mean much as you haven't earned it. If he wants to win medals and actually earn them so they mean something and prove he is the best he will listen to his boss and stay. If my boss told me he was going to build a team around me I'd be pretty chuffed. He will also have the respect of his own fans and the footballing nation. People will know what he has gone through and what a cracking story it would be to tell his kid. There is only one logical outcome to all this for me.