I'm really pleased that Coppell took the decision to drop Hunt and match the Chelsea line-up in midfield-in fact in the first-half Doyle was playing almost left-midfield and support striker. Hunt has not contributed much recently and it was only a matter of time before we started playing with just t...

Bryn for Hunt and playing centrally would be my suggestion No way, that would completely detract from the focal point of our attacks. We have a limited attacking outlet at the best of times (ie, not through the middle) so taking away one of 2 attacking focal points seems absurd. :? So you haven't n...

Did you notice Sonko's feeble attempt to head away the cross? Did you notice Shorey's pathetic attempt to tackle Arteta before he set up Johnson for the first? I just wonder if the "superman" and "Shorey for England" chants are perhaps a bit wide of the mark. Coppell did criticis...

We were outplayed by a damn good team, with bags of Premier League experience who are very "streetwise" - remember not so very long ago they qualified for the Champions League. So why do we always have to have all these post-match sessions of arguing which player(s) are to blame for the e...

It's very difficult to judge a player who only played for us in the lower divisions. Based on the fact that Neil Webb and Kerry Dixon also played for us at those same levels and went on to get England caps maybe those of us that saw him can make some sort of judgement. I feel that he could have been...

Funny how all of a sudden we don't want to be like Charlton any more but to be like Bolton or 'Boro.
Last season it was all about building in the way Charlton have and yet now.........
I wonder why.

I would be amazed if Sonks ever got selected for France-his ground play just wouldn't be up to it. Regrettably it will be Senegal if anybody but didn't he once go into an Irish bar somewhere? I say "regrettably" because, as the other poster said, the African Nations Cups take up a hell of ...

Silver Fox Best referee in England

Is that saying much?

Just back from the game which looked like a relegation contest with both sides afraid of losing and not being brave enough to try to win the game. In a match crying out for somebody to put their foot on the ball can anyone explain to me why Little spent all that time warming up but only eventually c...

i backed kitson :roll: Same here. For a few minutes during the 'Boro game I thought my £20e.w at 150/1 was a decent bet. Then that ba****d Riggott came clattering in from behind and didn't we just know that he would be out for ages? Well done to Kevin Doyle though and good luck to you loyal Royal ...

I thought Sonko did o.k in the air against Anelka but that is not Anelka's game and on the two occasions when he took Sonko on for speed he left Sonko trailing. When Sonko came up against Kevin Davies in the air Davies beat him on almost every occasion. What Sonko did really well was to react quickl...

The shame is they are ALL bad. So much for being professionals-just like our rugby team professionalism doesn't appear to have improved standards. Not only did Gallagher miss Brown's kick at Sidwell but what about when two of theirs collided with each other towards the end and he gave a foul against...

A Fulham-supporting mate has never been able to think of Marcus as anything but a clown. Hopefully Marcus will show Fulham what they missed on Saturday. One of our best three or four keepers ever IMHO and a top man. Nobody mentioned it but he did his customary great save on Saturday which made sure ...

He's done a fair few reserve games in his time as well. He's a good bloke , shared a few beers with him in Japan 2002 WC. He is amongst the more lenient refs out there and generally lets the game flow. Uses common sense more than most but in my view sometimes prone to bottle out of contentious deci...

John Carew You took the letters out of my keyboard. He is about 6´7", dark as the Ace of s*****,but holds a Norwegian passport. Very strong holds the ball up well had a couple of good seasons at Valencia, seem to remember him saying he would like to give the Prem a try. Think he is in France ...

Walking away from the ground with another old-timer he suggested that this was the biggest victory in the history of RFC. He also lived through the era in the very early 60s when Spurs did the double and of course they have won FA Cups,League Cups and (?) the old Cup-Winners Cup. Man City won the le...

soggy biscuit

Victor Meldrew Anyone know what happened to Diego Tristan?

He plays for Real Mallorca. Was that another comedy rumour on here?

If we are meant to be a Premiership side then we need to sign Premiership standard players.
Even lowly West Ham got two current Argentinian internationals .

1. No idea really - he is tall (6ft 2 or so) and strong on the ball, so as much of a target man as Kitson I guess. 2. If we can't afford Dave Nugent, we can't afford much at all. £2.5-3 million would do it. There's no way he is 6ft 2 ins,more like about 5ft 10 ins and he isn't a target man. People...

In his position I would do the same as he is confident in his ability to play for a top 5 club and now has to play well to attract the best teams and he could become very rich very quickly. He has not taken the opportunity to speak to other teams as he wants to concentrate on his game. He and Shore...

One observation I made which doesn't seem to have been mentioned - the area surrounding Anfield. Has anyone ever been to a more run-down, boarded-up, burnt-out hell-hole than that delightful district? People talk about how dull the area around the madejski is, but given the choice, I'd know where I...