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moyes should have made subs the minute they scored the second. starting to get frustrated with Moyes.

Is Johnny playing rugby now?

Fucking awful defense. Moyes needs to get that shit organized.

Pienaar!!! Get in!

I think that was Hibbo going for goal just there.

Coleman will not be starting any important league games until he gets better defensively Moyes sacks up and takes a risk.

No way. If we're not going to play a recognized striker it would be better to play Rodwell up front. We don't need two players up top who can only score with their heads. If we're not playing a striker then something like this could do quite well. Howard Neville Jags Distin Baines Fellaini Coleman Arteta Pienaar Rodwell Cahill Mucha, Beckford, Gueye, Heitinga, Bily, Osman, Hibbert With Rodwell just off Cahill and Beckford ready to come on at the half if things aren't clicking. No reason to force Fellaini up top when it is clear his best position is holding mid. And Rodwell can shoot! Would still prefer to see Becks get the nod as he scored against them in the FA and may be keen to prove it wasn't a fluke!

Line-up guesses? I want to see Howard Neville Jags Distin Baines Fellaini Rodwell Coleman Arteta Pienaar Becks

better dust off the trophy case!

Just got my home kit today. LOVE IT!

1- Chelsea 2- Arsenal 3- Spurs 4- Man U 5- Everton 6- City 7- RS 8- Brum 9- Villa 10-Sunderland 11-Fulham 12-Stoke 13-Newcastle 14-Blackburn 15-Wigan 16-Wolves 17-West Ham 18-Bolton 19-West Brom 20-Blackpool

This always happens. Every time we open a 2 goal lead the squad sits back and has a drink, even if there is half an hour left in the match. If we're going to be successful this year that bullshit has to stop.

Howard Coleman Jags Heitinga Baines Fellaini Bily Arteta Rodwell Pienaar Saha 2-1 Rodwell, Bily

good to win this one, but it needs to continue to the Prem. Our boys did their job today and drubbed a team that they should have, now they need to do the same in league.

After that we have to see Coleman and Bily together on the right. Every match Coleman plays he makes a huge impact, how does Moyes not play him more often?

King Louis! Good to see your scoring boots have been laced up and tied.

He'll come good. Just my gut feeling.

Mikel for me. Pienaar ran a lot, but his touch was well off his usual deftness.

Got to see Coleman on the starting sheet for this one, especially as Neville is a doubt. Moyes needs to give the kid his shot, he's more than proved himself and his desire. Heitinga also has to start. Saha needs to be benched, he's lost his crown in my eyes. I hope Moyes brings the match to Wolves from the get go and plays something like this. Howard Coleman Jags Heitinga Baines Fellaini Bily Arteta Pienaar Yakubu

I'd create a scholarship like account in which the interest (~10 mil) is given to the club for a transfer kitty. Imagine having a free 10mil a summer!! I think Moyes would be quite content with that.

I would leave TC out. He's easily the hardest worker and knows how to score a goal, but I can't see him being more valuable than pace on the right. And we've seen how wasted Arteta is on the right, I'd like to see him never put there again. I could see TC being put in for Rodwell and moved behind the striker for games against lower-mid table teams where the hustle and harrying is needed. Room needs to be made for younger talent to develop and TC is probably the weakest midfield link.

Surely Pienaar is a player who has proved he deserves a similar wage deal to Arteta.

that formation c1982 posted looks, on paper, very nice. It's a wonder why DM doesn't give something like that a go. It even fits his defensive mantra, playing both fellaini and rodders as defensive mids while also playing to his lone striker model. I'd be really encouraged to see this side played in big games where the experience of the older players (arteta, pienaar, jags, saha) would be complemented by the youthful enthusiasm of rodwell, fellaini and coleman. That said, surely Coleman has to see some time on the pitch this year after playing so well in the Championship with Blackpool. If, BIG IF, the rumours of Izmailov come true then I think we'd have a clear-cut best XI in: Howard Coleman Jags Heitinga Baines Fellaini Rodwell Izmailov Arteta Pienaar Saha

first rumour i've gotten excited about this summer. I hope it's got some truth to it, he'd be a fantastic signing.

Moyes has built his squad. Over 8 years, he's brought in both established and potential talent, and while there have been some bad buys, DM has largely made strong signings and managed to do it spending a mere 20mil net. So, having spent those years building the club to what we can assume is his ideal what is his best starting XI, if indeed there is one? The more I try to pin down definitive Best XI the more I start to think there isn't one. there are a few players; Arteta, Baines, Howard, Jags, Felli, and Pienaar, who make every edition, but it's the others I can't figure out. Who is our best striker, right back, right winger, left-center back and attacking-mid/2nd striker. Hell, I really can't even say whether our current squad is better off playing DM's trademark 4-5-1 or switching to a more aggressive 4-4-2. Here are a few formations I've seen and liked, but again, which is best really depends on which players decide to show up. Howard Hibbert Heitinga Distin Baines Fellaini Anichebe Arteta Rodwell Pienaar Saha Howard Coleman Jagielka Heitinga Baines Fellaini Bily Arteta Osman Pienaar Saha Howard Coleman Jagielka Distin Baines Heitinga Bily Arteta Pienaar Yakubu Saha Howard Neville Jagielka Distin Baines Heitinga Bily Arteta Pienaar Fellaini Saha Those are a few of my thoughts, none of which really convince me that we have a definitive Best XI. Thoughts?