rob_filler

I'm wondering about a cheeky bid for Glen Johnson. A sly one.. pushed under the door inside a Christmas card.

Ha.

sell him for £80m and get in a decent right back etc

Piece of piss that! Nerves? I say feck off to nerves me.

We'd be down one holding midfielder... what with Momo not being a holding midfielder an' stuff..

League Cup games, for me anyway, are games that should be used for a bit of gentle experimentation. We're always going to go into this competition with a great number of squad players but that doesn't mean that we should miss out on an opportunity to take a look at something. We have a depth in our squad that can take us all the way each and every year but I just can't understand walking out with a 433. Xabi Momo and Lucas just don't shout out 'a 3 in midfield' to me. OK.. maybe worth a peek.. let's see how it goes, but we haven't scored there for a while and to say I was surprised is an understatement. I thought this game cried out for a chance to see how Babel could do up top with another striker. Yossi was rested quite rightly as we need him, but I thought we might of gone with Voronin on the right in a 442 with Leto/Riise on the left. I just don't think we have the players to play a 433. 451? yes, most definitely. This doesn't come with a great in depth knowledge - I've never won a football tournament for instance - but I just don't think we're going to feed ourselves very well like that. Was miffed that Babel was taken off, tho I understand how Rafa is using him right now, but.. oh I dunno. 10 men down, 10 mins to play.. go 3 at the back. What's there to lose?

weird... I got redirected to Greggs bakers.

You got a link to an internet petition by any chance?

It's quite startling isn't it? He goes in like a frustrated penis and bingo! It's 'get rid'? He lost his head... shhit me, I've seen it many a time and I'm bloody sure I'll see it again. As for Crouch's 'f*** off' to the Chelsea fans... good. Totally agree.. 'f*** off'. Great! Well done! t***.

Yep. Totally agree. Get rid. One 'petulant' foul mixed in with a lot of media tittle tattle. That's what fans are for. We're the best.

funnily enough, I thought Crouch was one of the better players out there. Three or 4 times he magaged to collect the ball and pass it to a team-mate and we suddenly looked like a team who could put some life into attack. An extraordinary performance in the context of that utterly dire game.

agreed.

I think the scare mongers were goal.com who were watching the game thru a very dodgy sopcast feed. I'd gladly bring the petrol... what a waste of time that website is. http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=412084

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