The boy to win us number 19!

[el matador]

he's ****. headless chicken with no brain whatsoever. yeah he is fast but not with the ball, he cant dribble or pass. he has a powerful shot but a la cisse it could go anywhere. when he plays on the wing he doesnt protect his full back well enough cos he is lazy.....

and yet despite all this i'd really like to see him given a proper run upfront. his few chances he has been put up there he's been decent

he looks **** because he isnt playing in a position suited to his strengths. If you put Torres out on the left he'd look terrible too.

The funny thing is that even the dutch play him on the left and i cant understand why that is because his left foot isnt that great and certainly his delivery from the left is pretty poor.

if anything i would be tempted to play him on the right.

there's more to come from this lad and we might only see it when he's played up front or behind the striker. but i wouldnt write him off because he's started this season very well and hopefully we will see the real babel and not just the hype that surrounded him.

[ronanm]

In the absence of Alonso, I can see SG playing further back with someone needing to push up alongside Torres - I hope Babel can make that position his.

[Mattshark]

In the absence of Alonso, I can see SG playing further back with someone needing to push up alongside Torres - I hope Babel can make that position his.

Nah, Lucas and Aquilani will be in Alonso's old role.

[Mattshark]

he looks **** because he isnt playing in a position suited to his strengths. If you put Torres out on the left he'd look terrible too.

The funny thing is that even the dutch play him on the left and i cant understand why that is because his left foot isnt that great and certainly his delivery from the left is pretty poor.

if anything i would be tempted to play him on the right.

there's more to come from this lad and we might only see it when he's played up front or behind the striker. but i wouldnt write him off because he's started this season very well and hopefully we will see the real babel and not just the hype that surrounded him.

No he wouldn't, Torres would still do well. The problem is Babel just has no brain, which is a shame because if he can get his head around he could be a an excellent player.

[ronanm]

Nah, Lucas and Aquilani will be in Alonso's old role.

Fair point - Initially though, I think SG will have to drop back to give Lucas a hand.

[flyboy]

joke.if theres a brick wall on the pitch leave it to babel find and run into it.

[tommyg]

Benayoun as a regular starter would be infinitely more likely to win us the Premiership.

Yossi = much more influential than Babel in my opinion.

[scully]

Benayoun as a regular starter would be infinitely more likely to win us the Premiership.

Yossi = much more influential than Babel in my opinion.

I think today's performance against Spurs has proved that argument.

[BobTheCharmer]

stop playing babel wide. use him where we can utilise his pace. with the amount of long balls today, we'd have a better chance if we can have him & torres chasing them.

[shelly]

stop playing babel wide. use him where we can utilise his pace. with the amount of long balls today, we'd have a better chance if we can have him & torres chasing them.

the problem was he wasn't playing wide today he just wasn't playing.. never anywhere to be found!

[Rehan]

He was wasted on the wing today. Didnt get much space.

[JohnDoe]

stop playing babel

[wiw]

Right, that'll do for me. He clearly has **** for brains. Sell.

[Exiled_red]

Babel was awful today, he did nothing

[Fierce]

Babel was awful today, he did nothing

Got to agree

He also looked very nervy in possession and didn't use the biggest asset to his game at all. His positional sense is sorely lacking too

I thought after the first 10 mins that we were going to see him play well, he looked sharp and tracked back a little also, which I took to mean he was listening to Rafa more

Couldn't have been more wrong. He was rubbish