fred milne

There should be a memorial to Heysel at the new stadium.

Presumably, the intention was that Aurelio would be that man. However, he has struggled with his fitness since he joined us and his defending at times has been worse than Riise's, although in fairness his last outing against Chelsea was much more promising.

The "biggest waste of talent ever" was his best mate. I don't buy the "one or two wonder moments" or "pass backwards 9 times out of 10" bits either. His final pass and shooting were erratic but he was a damn sight more incisive than (say) Redknapp was. He had a great understanding with Fowler and was involved in the build-up to a hell of a lot of Fowler's goals.

He's never been a particularly strong tackler.

I thought he said "small team", rather than "small club". That makes a bit of difference.

You must be joking. His passing was off but at least he looked interested, which is more than can be said for Gerrard. Agger was the best outfield player for us by some margin.

I'd go along with that.

He can conjure up a goal out of nothing and in the past we've been short of goals so that's just about outweighed his wastefulness in possession. However, I'd like to think that we now have enough goalscoring options that we don't need to rely on such an inconsistent player. All in all, I would be ok with him being sold in the summer to raise funds.

I've not yet given up on Gonzalez so in time he might be an alternative to using Kewell as the left-winger. However, I'm not so keen on using Bellamy as the right-winger (he should play through the middle) and or having someone as wasteful in possession as Garcia as a regular anymore.

Whoops.

I haven't seen the 3 striker system in the flesh but on TV it looks like Kuyt drops off the other two so its more like 3-5-1-2.

It only makes sense to me as a long-term move if either Alonso is leaving or Gerrard is going back to RM / we are going to switching to 4-3-3. The latter seems unlikely to me as we don't really have goalscoring wingers like Chelsea had.

Me neither but I'm very much in the "better the devil you know" camp.

Couldn't that be achieved without new ownership? Arsenal managed it.

I'm honestly not that fussed, as I don't see us as being that uncompetitive at the moment. We are a couple of early season blips away from being real title contenders and have won the European Cup and FA Cup more recently than Utd have.

Why on earth would they conduct their negotiations through the media?

I hope he doesn't start on Saturday. He'll be a passenger.

I thought he looked more comfortable than of late. That's probably because LWB suits his game better than LB - he doesn't have to do as much defending and can get into the box more regularly.

I thought Baraja was encouraged to get forward and ended up top scorer one season under Rafa. I can't see that happening for us unless Gerrard is playing in the middle.

If Momo was more of an attacking threat in and around the box then maybe you could say there was perfect balance.

Its stick or twist time for Ferguson and I can see why he might want to twist, as this is may be Utd's best chance of winning the league for years. Abramovich may throw silly money at the right players in the summer and/or this might be the last season Scholes and Giggs have in them.

Footballer fined for toilet seat fraud 'No one could quite believe a bloke like him, with all that money, would be moronic enough to nick a toilet seat' Staff and agencies Friday January 19, 2007 Guardian Unlimited Johnson is currently on loan at Portsmouth from Chelsea. Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty Images The Portsmouth full-back Glen Johnson stunned onlookers in at B&Q in Dartford, Kent, yesterday when he was caught trying to steal bathroom fittings. Despite reportedly earning £30,000 a week, Johnson - currently on loan from Chelsea - was spotted by a security guard putting a toilet seat into a box with a cheaper price tag. Aided by Millwall striker Ben May, he also hid a set of taps underneath a sink at the checkout to avoid paying for them. Both were handed £80 on the spot fines by police. "We all recognised Johnson," said one worker at the store. "No one could quite believe a bloke like him, with all that money, would be moronic enough to nick a toilet seat. But that's what him and May were doing. "They were spotted by one of our security guards, a chap of 74, and cops arrived as they were trying to leave. They seemed to find the whole thing funny and couldn't stop smirking even after they had been arrested." A Kent Police spokesman said: "Kent Police arrested two 22-year-old men on Wednesday on suspicion of theft in Dartford. Both men have been issued with £80 fixed penalty notices." Spokesmen for Portsmouth and Millwall declined to comment. http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,1994430,00.html

Carragher had a great game at LB at the Nou Camp in 2001. That would be an option for me, if we are really concerned about Messi taking Riise to the cleaners.

The flip-side is presumably the extra TV money.