Stevie Finnan

[captainfog]

People in here before the Manc game insisted Arbeola was at the same level as Finnan, I agree Arbeola has the potential to be better but I think Sunday was a real wake up call for the fans who thought he was at Finnans level.

We missed Finnan big time on Sunday.

Disagree. Finnan wouldn't have made a blind bit of difference.

[JRG]

Finnan is being missed although Arbeloa is class

[Maestro]

Reluctantly, I agree.

Especially as we have the finest anchorman on the planet allowing our fullbacks more freedom to advance in the knowledge they are well-covered.

..for now.

[bigfooty]

I think the only way we missed Finnan on Sunday was that Arbeloa might have played left-sided instead of Riise. Whilst JAR did a fine job of snuffing out Ronaldo he had plenty of chances going forward and really disappointed with all of them whilst wasting a couple of free-kicks. Arbeloa might have shown a bit more craft.

[CAD]

Disagree. Finnan wouldn't have made a blind bit of difference.

[kopash]

..for now.

fingers crossed he is signed up. He is as you say the best in the world at what he does and all the best teams have a player of that type