"Take it you're not keen on Anelka, Baggie Man?"

"Whatever gave you that idea old boy!"

I hate these....'look at me, I was right all along articles'.

I never make them. Ever. Check my history. Go on. Go on.

Do it...

Go on. And you'll see I'm right!

And stop referring to yourself in the third person. Another thing JH would never do.

Twerk.

Thanks for the comment JH - greatly appreciated......

Glad you guys put in your place today, too many times in our recent fixtures you have lucked out but not today, the better team wins.

I have to admit to a sigh of resignation every time I see Anelkas name on the team sheet...

All I can do is to wait patiently unil his 'form' dips and SC notices...

'until'

Quite agree, when we signed him, I think most fans thouht wtf? Supprised JP even sanctioned it.

I'm not convinced he's 'past it'. It's more likely that he can't be bothered.

He still looks pretty rapid to me so the age thing doesn't hold much water.

For me, I think the problem is that he keeps dropping short into an already crowded midfield.

With the system we're currently playing we need our centre forward to stay 'up top' to occupy the centre halves.

If Anelka had converted the 3 (ish) good chances he's had in front of goal I doubt we'd be having this conversation.

If he's getting in those good positions, he's not past it. If he's missing those chances, he's either low on confidence or simply not bothered.

Either way, isn't he on a performance related deal?

Good point Coxy good point

Baggie Man, I used to read your comments on 606v1 and enjoy them immensely - imagine my shock when your first post I read on ja606 says

"Great pity he didn't decide on retirement when his agent retired permanently!"

For shame man, for shame.

The rest I agree with, Anelka needs jettisoning in favour of younger, hungrier, worthier forwards.

Do you even have any other strikers??? you cant complain when you have a proven goalscorer for free.

Haha how droll, coming from a team that has Torres (worthless), Eto'o (dreadful) and Ba (awful)

Shane Long - perennial 8 goal scorer in the PL
Victor Anichebe - big target man, eager to play
Saido Berahino - England U21, scored some big goals this season despite playing LW
Matej Vydra - scored tons in the Champ last season, hd an injury recently
Markus Rosenberg - pedigree there but never really shone

Those are our other options, we'll be fine. Two of those would be upgrades on your shabby lot (hence you being linked to Berahino already).