Mikey

Floyd posted it mate thats why I asked.

What release clause?

Ronaldo is world class - end of. Can't believe some of the s**** in here, he will never come to us in a month of Sundays but if he would and we could afford him we should snatch his bloody arm off.

Really? Whatever

Oh shut up. the world and his wife knows you're wrong.

And you're still bloody wrong mate, watch it again he was Sami's man all along. Or do you think it was planned that Finnan would pick up their tallest player and best header of the ball at set pieces? As for Zonal marking it doesn't mean you mark zones and not people, it applies to who attacks the ball in any given area. We still mark men in and around the box same as other teams, watch any free-kick or corner we concede, the problem against Chelsea was that EVERYONE attacked the ball at the same time and they all missed it.

Blimey - no-one agrees! Thought he was good yesterday but there you go!!!!! So is 'speedy' the answer for RM next season then?

Fast, strong, goes past people, can cross, hard-working, scores goals, takes corners and free-kicks. Impresses me every time I see him to be honest.

Cheap and worth a punt. Roberts, Bent, Bellamy. Mid price range but proven in PL Yakubu, Johnson Expensive but class Owen, Defoe Keep Robbie and Crouch, sell Moro and Cisse, buy Yakubu and Defoe(unless Owen is les than £10M).

My lad thinks he's worth a punt at LB. He's only 12 mind.

Utter w***. Finnan has been outstanding but Gerrard has been our best player by a f****ng length, no-ne has gotten close to him this season.

If LG isn't fit I'm struggling to find anyone to play RM and let SG play in the middle! And I'm sure I never used that term!!!!!

Do you not think that centrally we lack pace and movement to cope with Arsenals passing game? I would go with DC/LG, SG, MS, HK Don't laugh, overpower them through the middle and keep their wide men defending. We are at home and if we win Arsenal are realistically out of the run for 2nd and 3rd place.

Chreyrou is out of contract in the summer so there's not long left now to pay him is there? As for £30M+ to 'complete the jigsaw', massive overstatement if ever there was one. We need a Striker and RW urgently, and a 1st choice LB if ones available for the right price. Defoe and Pennant would cost between £15 -£18M for the pair, with no swap involved - hardly massive money and what we usually spend anyway. Bridge for LB would cost £6-7M and would see us sorted for the foreseeable future. Cisse, Morientes, Hamann, Dudek, Traore, Kirkland all out would raise well over half of whats needed and would leave the wage bill actually less than it is now. Give Rafa my number please because this is p*** easy! Anyone saying that Defoe and Bridge aren't good enough can't reply because you don't know enough about fotball!!!

Cisse, Morientes, Traore, Dudek and Hamann for definite. 1 out of Garcia and Zenden when Gonzales arrives. 1 out of JAR and Warnock if/when we sign new LB, probably JAR as he will fetch more money. Should raise around £20M for the lot of them depending on WC performances. Buy Defoe, Bridge and SWP.

Wayne Bridge - great LB. And I think Rafa played Warnock LB to fit HK in 'up front'. If Zenden was fit or Gonsalez available he would probably have kept JAR there most of the season.

Are Spurs really going to swap Defoe "the best finisher in England", for Cisse ".....not" though? Defoe is far better than Cisse regardless of what we paid for Djib, and if anyone can't see that then I despair!

Birmingham at home remember? Reina Finnan-Carra-Sami-Warnock SG-XA-MS/DH-JAR Crouch-HK Subs Carson Traore LG if fit Moro Fowler Sami to play because with Sutton and Emile up front it'll be long ball mania from them, but we should still be looking to do these by 2 or 3 at home.

Indeed there are mate.

What he says!

Quoted a lot on here and still not true. He's been here for over a year now and he has played OK in a couple of games for us at best, not scoring and not creating chances for other strikers for me does not equate to playing well for a forward. Lets be honest now, both him and Cisse were absolute gash yeaterday and have been in most games they've played, the 'payback' we're getting from both of them, who are international strikers for decent countries, is bloody laughable. We are in a great position this season playing with virtually no strikeforce. Prefer Cisse to go first but only if Morientes is already booked on the next plane.

CB's mate like I said. Fast FB's can give players 1/2 a yard and more and still catch them, Ashley Cole does it every week, and that 'art' kept Silvestre at LB for United for 3 seasons. I think JAR is worth his contract because of the versatility he offers to Rafa, with him in the squad, side or on the bench he can cover LB, LM, even CB or left side of a 3, he could also play CM as he has done in the past for Norway. He's a decent PL player and scores some good goals for us, personally I'm not expecting him to be 'first choice' in any position 12 months from now. Not a criticism by the way.

Not the worst call made today at all.

We could offer them £4M up front, rising to £9M on appearances etc, and give them Mellor, Potter and Whitbread as well. Good deal all round.

I thought Winter was quite entertaining, he shot Andy Gray down for not knowing the rules regarding booking players for leaving the pitch without the ref's permission and gave Fergie a bit as well.