Crouch & Riise off in Jan? Players in?

[Alpha]

---------Reina
Finnan-Carra-Agger-Arbeloa
---------Masch
Pennant---------Babel
--------Gerrard
---Torres-----Anelka

-----------Pepe
Alves--Carra--Agger--Insua
------Masher--Alonso
------Gerrard--Lucas
-------Babel--Torres

Magic Square.

[Joe King]

Quaresma for left wing?

[Joe King]

-----------Pepe
Alves--Carra--Agger--Insua
------Masher--Alonso
------Gerrard--Lucas
-------Babel--Torres

Magic Square.

That could fit with the 'We got the best midfield in the world' song

[AFII]

Insua is ready, he showed that at the end of last season when he played in the league without any trouble at all.

He is already our best left back IMO and I really can't understand why Rafa don't use him in the league, at least as cover.

[peekay]

Maybe it is time for another round of Dani Alves !!!!

[peekay]

Anyone for Diego Milito?

Balague said that Milito was one of the options in the summer but Rafa was not that keen as he does not have any pace at all.

[Dan]

Balague should be Rafa's assistant

[Red_Polo]

Insua is ready, he showed that at the end of last season when he played in the league without any trouble at all.

He is already our best left back IMO and I really can't understand why Rafa don't use him in the league, at least as cover.

Sometimes I find it hilarious when you come out with this weird overhyping of kids ****, sometimes it just stumps me. Insua's an 18 year old kid with 2 caps for us and very definite potential, not 'our best left back'. Looking forward to him playing a few more first team games for us as I think he has a great chance of making the step up for us some time soon, but he's no certainty in my mind.

[Dan]

Sometimes I find it hilarious when you come out with this weird overhyping of kids ****, sometimes it just stumps me. Insua's an 18 year old kid with 2 caps for us and very definite potential, not 'our best left back'.

[Joe King]

Insua is ready, he showed that at the end of last season when he played in the league without any trouble at all.

He is already our best left back IMO and I really can't understand why Rafa don't use him in the league, at least as cover.

He's not better than Arbeloa, our resident handsome waiter

[AFII]

Sometimes I find it hilarious when you come out with this weird overhyping of kids ****, sometimes it just stumps me. Insua's an 18 year old kid with 2 caps for us and very definite potential, not 'our best left back'.

He doesn't have much competition has he?

Arbeloa is probably the only one that may be better than him but I don't think so.

Give him a chance and he will deliver, he is that good.

[Red_Polo]

He doesn't have much competition has he?

Arbeloa is probably the only one that may be better than him but I don't think so.

Give him a chance and he will deliver, he is that good.

Experience tells me you just say this kind of **** about any old kid, so whilst I'd be delighted if Insua was already better than Riise, Aurelio and Arbeloa, I'm inclined to believe you're talking tribull. He might well prove to be a quality LB for us and in the not too distant future, but to say he's already our best left back after 2 caps thrown his way when we were playing a number of reserve teamers (the only 2 first team caps in his career iirc) is just silly. Hilarious even. Not as funny as 2 years ago when you said Hammill should be playing for us already, but funny all the same.

[kurtangle01]

Experience tells me you just say this kind of **** about any old kid, so whilst I'd be delighted if Insua was already better than Riise, Aurelio and Arbeloa, I'm inclined to believe you're talking tribull. He might well prove to be a quality LB for us and in the not too distant future, but to say he's already our best left back after 2 caps thrown his way when we were playing a number of reserve teamers (the only 2 first team caps in his career iirc) is just silly. Hilarious even. Not as funny as 2 years ago when you said Hammill should be playing for us already, but funny all the same.

[Joe King]

You have seen him in two matches, Pompey and Fulham away, correct me if I am wrong. In both matches we lost, we didn't play particularly well. Now, I watched him in the reserves against Sunderland and he looked pretty ordinary, nothing special and made a fair few mistakes. If he was that good, he would have started the season as the primary left back ahead of Arbeloa but Arbeloa has deserved it. He has played out of his skin and has tremendous fitness.

[Lee]

Insua is ready, he showed that at the end of last season when he played in the league without any trouble at all.

He is already our best left back IMO and I really can't understand why Rafa don't use him in the league, at least as cover.

How can you say that?? If he's ready then Rafa or Ablett - the guys who see's him train daily - would have him in the team. Insua can't get near the squad at the moment and there's obviously a reason for that