Billy Dane

He's spent more time on the right than Morientes and Crouch and has had more games on the right than he has playing as a striker, including appearances as a sub, but thanks for the informed reply.

I hope Gerrard is fit as well

He's the most consistent goal scorer (after Gerrard) - admittedly not difficult compared to the others, even though he has spent most of his time since the Super Cup playing on the right.

Feck all to do with Gary Neville. The mindless idiots responsible for attacking an ambulance, throwing cups of sh*t down onto Utd fans etc are going to tarnish our reputation if we start claiming mitigating circumstances. The joint statement by the two clubs is a good move, and it would help if the media widened the criticism to also focus the attention on the mindless idiots who follow Utd and other clubs.

Barcelona were able to field players, he's not been able to buy.

Eh? Sky said Chelsea were robbed???

The last 15 minutes was like watching a cat play with a mouse.

aaaah the poor wee Scottish man, he's sounds heart broken.

Looked to me like Terry pushed the defender when the goal went in

Think the main commentator has.

Yeah, but according to Sky he grew up playing football on the beach, so the pitch isn't the problem.

Biased? Andy Gray? Surely not....

Does this mean we shouldn't agree with him?

That's part of the point I was making in an earlier post.

and of course he had none of these attributes when we (and others) chased him for 2 years before parting with £14 million did he?

When Cisse first arrived he was very confident (could use cocky and arrogant), he was used to being No 1, hadn't really experienced failure in his carrer. Since joining us it has all gone pear shaped for him. Rafa decided that he didn't fit in with the style of play he wanted from the team and has tried to sell him at every opportunity. Cisse's confidence has been shot to pieces, which you can see whenever he gets on the pitch. He hasn't handled the situation well, which has made it worse for him, and barring a miracle I think he will be off in the summer. Rafa clearly doesn't want him, he has given plenty of public support for Crouch and Morientes but very little (if any) to Cisse. I think Cisse will do very well at his next club, if he gets a manager who will manage him differently, e.g. make him feel special and all the touchy feely stuff Rafa doesn't appear to indulge in.

Thought there weren't going to be any replays for this round, cos of the World Cup/fixture congestion?

12 games without scoring apparently 12 games without looking like scoring why does he still appear to be first choice with Rafa?

B*gger, hope it's not too bad and he gets well soon.

That much is clear.

I think there was an element of complacency about our performance tonight - we had a number of players believing the hype about The European Champions playing one of the poorer teams left in the competition.

Should have at least made their keeper break sweat.

b****x

We are playing the type of forward balls that would suit Cisse, instead they are highlighting how slow our forward line is.

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