ITV team of the week...

GK: Sorensen
RB: Wes Brown
CB: Morgan
CB: Terry
LB: Bridge
RW: Ronaldo
CM: Essien
CM: Campo
LW: Bowyer
ST: Kanu
ST: Rooney

Looks fairly good to me, based on the weekend games.

Anyone else agree?

Terry and Brown had next to bugger all to do though. If they're there why not Carvalho, or Evra - he was just as productive going forward as Bridge, for example.

I don't know... I just think the defenders should have actually had to do some defending to be in there.

Zamora maybe?

Didnt see enough of the chelsea game. But evra very unlucky not to be in there. Brown maybe lucky to be there, did well at rb but was only there 45 minutes. the rest looks good.

Bowyer is going to have a good year

Bridge had an absolutely excellent game.

Terry scored and on a weekend where perhaps CB's didn't play there best, he dealt with everything comfortably, as did Ricky Carvalho. The only difference is that Terry scored.

I didn't see Man Utd match, so I can't say about Brown.

Evra got in the sky and BBC one he's showing signs of his Monaco form

For right back i thought Micah Richards had a great game vs Chelsea and at left back Fortune was outstanding for Bolton.

oh they put brown at right back :?

Well he ghot an assist but there must be others that did better he only played there for 30 mins max

poiuy1 wrote:Evra got in the sky and BBC one he's showing signs of his Monaco form

Like I say, I didn't see your game (only the highlights on MOTD2), but he'd have had to go some to outperform Bridge, who along with Lampard and Essien, was our best player imo.

@ sgoater

how old is Richards?

S4P wrote:

poiuy1 wrote:Evra got in the sky and BBC one he's showing signs of his Monaco form

Like I say, I didn't see your game (only the highlights on MOTD2), but he'd have had to go some to outperform Bridge, who along with Lampard and Essien, was our best player imo.

@ sgoater

how old is Richards?

Just 18, and he has played agianst Arsenal and Chelsea now and has not looked out of his depth.

he was terrible for the U-21's did you see that game?

Been great to far in the prem

He's almost as good as McMahon.

campo! he's only on their because of that lucky goal

poiuy1 wrote:he was terrible for the U-21's did you see that game?

Been great to far in the prem

He wasnt terrible imo, he made just one mistake and tbh although it resulted in a goal it was a bit of a difficult header under pressure. The rest of the game he looked fine, a few misplaced passes but his positioning was good and defended pretty well.

Good point on the Terry goal. If you haven't had to do much but still handle everything compitently and bag a goal you've done well I think.

Love seeing a CB bagging a goal off a set-piece.

Sgoater1 wrote:

poiuy1 wrote:he was terrible for the U-21's did you see that game?

Been great to far in the prem

He wasnt terrible imo, he made just one mistake and tbh although it resulted in a goal it was a bit of a difficult header under pressure. The rest of the game he looked fine, a few misplaced passes but his positioning was good and defended pretty well.

i don't know prehaps terrible was a bit of a strong word but he kept giving away the ball going to hard into tackles giving away stupid fouls and getting caught up the pitch. I'm not criticising him or anything it's just he had a bit of a shocker i'll shut up now

Luso 'Sporting' wrote:Good point on the Terry goal. If you haven't had to do much but still handle everything compitently and bag a goal you've done well I think.

Love seeing a CB bagging a goal off a set-piece.

He'll score 4 or 5 more Prem goals this season too, as well as making very few errors I'm sure.

poiuy1 wrote:

Sgoater1 wrote:

poiuy1 wrote:he was terrible for the U-21's did you see that game?

Been great to far in the prem

He wasnt terrible imo, he made just one mistake and tbh although it resulted in a goal it was a bit of a difficult header under pressure. The rest of the game he looked fine, a few misplaced passes but his positioning was good and defended pretty well.

i don't know prehaps terrible was a bit of a strong word but he kept giving away the ball going to hard into tackles giving away stupid fouls and getting caught up the pitch. I'm not criticising him or anything it's just he had a bit of a shocker i'll shut up now

No mate your allowed your opinion and fair enough if you think he wasnt the best, i just didnt think he was terrible from what i saw of the game. Still he is only 18 and will improve with experiance.

Sgoater1 wrote:

poiuy1 wrote:

Sgoater1 wrote:

poiuy1 wrote:he was terrible for the U-21's did you see that game?

Been great to far in the prem

He wasnt terrible imo, he made just one mistake and tbh although it resulted in a goal it was a bit of a difficult header under pressure. The rest of the game he looked fine, a few misplaced passes but his positioning was good and defended pretty well.

i don't know prehaps terrible was a bit of a strong word but he kept giving away the ball going to hard into tackles giving away stupid fouls and getting caught up the pitch. I'm not criticising him or anything it's just he had a bit of a shocker i'll shut up now

No mate your allowed your opinion and fair enough if you think he wasnt the best, i just didnt think he was terrible from what i saw of the game. Still he is only 18 and will improve with experiance.

of course he's still a great prospect to be a full international,

I think like the full England team the U-21's were guilty of underestimating their opponents

Carvalho should get a couple as well I would think. He hasn't been as regular as Terry with the goals, but he doesn't lack the ability.

Ok team , so no Rb played better then Brown who played 45 mins there?

Obispo wrote:Terry and Brown had next to bugger all to do though. If they're there why not Carvalho, or Evra - he was just as productive going forward as Bridge, for example.

I don't know... I just think the defenders should have actually had to do some defending to be in there.

Did you watch our game?

Brown defended well and then when switched to right back got up and down the wing and provided a great ball for Rooney to score.

Sgoater1 wrote:For right back i thought Micah Richards had a great game vs Chelsea and at left back Fortune was outstanding for Bolton.

True.

I watched both games and i thought richards was more impressive than brown. I was closely looking at him because we were linked with him a while ago. He is very strong, comfortable on the ball, quick and is very difficult to beat on one vs one, i observed that since last year when he played against henry. Can he play in other positions aswell?

Parks Lives wrote:

Obispo wrote:Terry and Brown had next to bugger all to do though. If they're there why not Carvalho, or Evra - he was just as productive going forward as Bridge, for example.

I don't know... I just think the defenders should have actually had to do some defending to be in there.

Did you watch our game?

Brown defended well and then when switched to right back got up and down the wing and provided a great ball for Rooney to score.

I saw enough to see how utterly incompotent Fulham were. I don't know, I just think a defender should be in there for actually defending - even if he is offering something different to the attack.

Bromby was superb on Saturday (better than Morgan), not sure why he isn't in there.

fulham didn't attack at all; a quickly taken free kick and a deflected goal is all i can think of

punty wrote:campo! he's only on their because of that lucky goal

Very true, I thought he was average apart from that game.

Axeslammer ! wrote:Bowyer is going to have a good year

It's about time.

So glad that GH didn't sign him for us....

Roger_Hunt wrote:

Axeslammer ! wrote:Bowyer is going to have a good year

It's about time.

So glad that GH didn't sign him for us....

...nine million aswell. One of the few bullets he dodged.

How in the world Eboue didn't get in at right back is beyond me, he was more like a right forward the amount of times he got forward and posed danger for Arsenal.