Tomaszk

Tee hee circumvented. Sorry.

This thread is a cracker! I think SGC is underestimating him. Forget the next Rooney, we've got the next Messi here. If this kid isn't world player of the year in 3 weeks I'll eat my own shoes.

...and we're just not That's the long and short of it. We'll need a massive performance to get anything.

Id go ---------------Friedel---------------- Lichaj---Collins----Cuellar--Young -----------Clark----Bannan--------- Albrighton-----------------Downing --------------Heskey---------------- ------------------Agbag------------- Wigan are not the most physical side in the world, they have a couple of rocks in centre mid but generally they are airy fairy passers. I don't want Warnock flying in giving away hundreds of free kicks for them to whip dangerously and score like they did last year. I had a nasty feeling he was going to drop Cuellar, move Clark back to bring in NRC, but good to hear Carlos is in. I think it'll be NRC and Clark centre mid, with Bannan in front. I think Heskey will start is on his own, which could be starting a bit negative. What a lift it'll give the team throwing Gab on though.

No no no! 3 was the worst and slowest by a mile. In order of incredibility: 4 1 5 2 3 Even three wasn't too bad, but it's the worst of an excellent show.

Big deal!

Staunton was electric at full back, nothing like Clarke would be. Not saying Clarke wouldn't be decent there, but he wouldn't be in the Staunton mould, more the Hermann Hreidarsson

I voted yes, but no I have not. Bet it was painful I like that he seems to be trying to do the right thing with us, but do we have time?

A big boot to both their heads should suffice.

Ash will be banging down Randy's door to sign a new contract after this one!

Warnock and Dunne are so bad.

We'll be able to tell if we've got a chance the first time the ball goes near Carew. If he looks like he can't be arsed, we ain't doing anything today.

Loved Bannan's jump in the air when Ash scored the pen.

Really excited O'Neill getting the job! Nothing can be worse than DOL, chuffed!!

The first comment was funnier Delf was poor, made to look worse by how well Gab played in the second half, and the fact the team was getting nervous.

:shock: are you for real ? Maybe a touch harsh but he was very poor. So obvious Gab has gone off, I didn't honestly think he was tiring all that much? Houllier prob beign proactive in pulling him off before he started lagging, fair play for it. But Fonz was not good at all, and made a right **** up of the one chance we had at 2-2, Lichaj burning down the outside ready to cross for Young and he delayed delayed....d e l a y e d, then gave him a stinker. Then stood around for a bit before deciding to get back and help.

That's what we can do with Gabby in the side. We got started crapping ourselves at 2-0 as soon as they got around our area. Albrighton just fantastic. Bannan is now free of any nerves whatsoever and looks a really positive attacking player. Hogg did a "Sidwell". If we can get that defence sorted I really like what we've got.

Dunne is itching to give away a goal. OK, but lets not forget they have had that Berbatov sitter and the WEs Brown flick that was close. Albrighton and Bannan great! Hogg struggling with nerves I think.

I'd have guessed Herd was ahead of Hogg in pecking order? Gabbby back in for Delf as well.

Houllier is so crackers it's brilliant.

Clark not working in midfield. Dropping deeper and deeper so all he is doing is laying it backwards for the centre halves to bang forward. Bannan on, young into the centre.

What a great drunken bet!

Fried - 7 Beye - 6 Clark - 7 Collins - 8 Warnock - 7 Downing - 8 Petrov - 7 Cokes - 7 Ireland - 6 Young - 7.5 Carew - 5 If we'd had a striker we probably would have won. If we can get some movement going on ahead of Ireland, I think his passes normally find their target. Can't wait to get Gab back.

Indeed, that's why I'm gutted. We need to press them, and Carew needs to put in a massive performance now.

Fickle? Its form mate, Heskey is in it, for about the first time in his career, so he should be starting. Gutted he's not made it to be honest.