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Agreed. Looks a bit slimmer than the photos when he signed, especially around the face.

The Hammer openly admits he didnt get on with Advacaat either yet he still performed superbly.

Brenda came out perfectly yesterday saying their aim is to be in Europe after Christmas - certainly wont be in the CL with that group. Man Utd must be laughing, 6th in the league and put all eggs into the Europa basket and have been rewarded with a easy group. Tough for Spurs, Real and Dortmund will play them off the Wembley pitch.

Just makes them stronger and gives them unreal options for 4 competitions.

You dont wait until you get a call up to retire. What good does that do for the managers planning for a world cup. Rooney's timing is good for him and him only. He may well have thought about it for a while but its looking like he put himself first. But Southgate is shooting himself in the foot anyway. Some of his selections are awful and he is another FA puppet. 4 goalkeepers for a match against Malta and one of them is the out of favour Joe Hart when Forster is clearly the better keeper doesnt make it. He has selected Aaron Cresswell who is a fine left back but hasnt kicked a ball for West Ham this season.

Was Kanchelskis really with us for 4 years? My guess was 2 or 3 at the max. I remember his arrival in 1998 well and knew he played a bit in his first 18 months but Reyna seemed a more regular pick at right midfield when we were back in the CL in Advocaats second season. Disagree about the football also, some of it was outstanding in the first 2 years. 1998-2000 was as good a side as Ive seen. The 1992-93 CL run team was legendary as the did the treble and double the follow season plus that mamoth unbeaten run, not to forget a team made mainly up of British players. Then the 9IAR team includes possibly the best memories of the 90s and had outstanding individuals. But the set up Advocaat got made us competitive in Europe and had Mols not got injured in Munich who is to say where we would have reached that year.

Sounds like partly he wanted to get Southgate back for dropping him previously by waiting for the call up then retiring in his face. Why didn't he retire when he joined Everton.

Certain loan moves have worked out well and been better performers. Dom Ball, Toral and Hyndman were all pretty key in the team. So lets hope the trend continues. Obviously the Weiss rumour is nowhere near - no doubt my first choice of winger to come in.

Didnt see that result coming from Chelsea. No draws in 9 games so far. That cant last....Everton have to draw tonight. West Ham close to signing Carvalho from Sporting lisbon, that would be some signing. Not sure why likes of Arsenal arent going for him. I like Bilic but think his time may be up there and West Ham could go for Beneitez. A midfield trio of Kouyate, Carvalho and Lanzini is easily top 8 material.

Not sure. Id be taking Neil Warnock all day long. Just to come in and win a load of games. Big Eck perhaps fancies the Aberdeen gig after McInnes, he obviously still has one job left in him. As for the Scotland manager comment I think Allardyce would be the one for that.

Huddersfield 0-0 Newcastle half time. Toon Toon v town town.

You know I was so close to having Gerrard. Probably make it a 3-5-2 and bring gerrard and terry in and take out the full backs. But couldnt drop keane - asshole of a guy but a wonderful leader and player. Away to Inter and Juve in 1999 CL says it all.

Greatest Premier League XI: http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40483774 For me its Schmiechel Neville Desailly Stam Cole Ronaldo Keane Vieira Giggs Bergkamp Henry .

Or maybe 5. Performance wise Motherwell could have been 3-3 and there is no excuses yesterday.

How is is supposed to sound?? I was also guessing Pee-na.

Isnt that what he should be telling them before they take to the pitch though? We cant be working these things out after the games.

Yup...He needs an open cheque book and relies on retirement players. In that sense Im wondering why he went to an unattractive place such as Brum. Villa are the tidy option in that city. Good start for Forest also but something wants me to see them not do well due to Warburton. But all Ex Rangers are doing well so far this season and we say that league is similar to our standard. IMO we shouldnt have sold Waghorn - he should have been played through the middle more. no excuses on Garner though I just didnt like him as a player.

Scary that this is the trending thought at the moment. You can take away bad refereeing but Hibs and hearts should be bread and butter for Rangers. I have to say we still are on the road to recovery, its all about getting close and improving but are we actually improving - thats key. Aside - for RTV viewers - works fine for me. Perhaps overseas different places has different quality. I had it on the laptop on silent and only had a few buffering moments.

I hear you but not sure about Pena yet until he kicks a ball. On the left is our issue again. Id perhaps give Dalcio more time but Dodoo would start there for me. Windass is another enigma - can be brilliant one minute but looks like he doesnt know what football is the next. Foderingham Tavernier Alves Cardoso Wallace Candieas Rossiter Dorrans Kranjcar Dodoo Morelos

4-5-1 or 3-5-2 is the way to go for me. With real midfielders and players in the proper position. As big a Miller fan I have been he is the one that needs to make way and let Morelos be upfront. Why Wasnt Herrera even on the bench yesterday?

You have a point mate. The debate will never go away after Europe and it was imperative we got a good start. 6 or 7 points was minimum from opening 3 games. As such I dont see a clear direction. Im looking at Cardiff and seeing how good Neil Warnock is doing. He has a winning mentality and just gets results - which is exactly what we need to be doing at the moment.

Ipswich new striker partnership of Waghorn and Garner blasting them up the league. I cant believe that. Look at Cardiff and Warnock - awesome stuff from the old geezer. What an impact he has on teams. Id take him at Ibrox straight away.

Arsenal suffer at Stoke again. Good results for WBA and Watford. Man Utd blow Swansea away.

4 points from 3 games isnt good enough. I think someone mentioned it earlier - there is a good team in their somewhere. But managers decisions especially with subs are baffling. We are putting pressure on ourselves now as we have to go up to Ross County and win. Cant believe Im saying that - growin up Ross County was a highland league team and not Im not so confident we will get 3 points there.

Matchday 3 today. Should be no excuses and he should be ready. We really dont need another bizarre case.