We were poor yesterday. I thought we were luckyto get away with onlya one goal defeat. Our midfield did not perform at all. TBH they looked a bit leggy.

Hopefully, this game will act as a wake-up call.

More a Clichy mistake than Kompany imo. That was Clichys ball to win.

It's a difficult one. Clichy was nearer but Kompany was facing the ball. It is not easy for us to make a judgement as we don't know if Kompany called for it.

Regardless, had we won it would have been unjust.



Seems that there is a strong rumour on a City forum that Nasri will sign in the next day or two. Hopefully that is the case as we need a ball carrier and someone who can link the play.

Agreed, large price indeed. Only seen him play once, against Utd in the FA Cup, he didn't look anything special, in fact he seemed like another young poser with coloured boots who believes his own hype. Does wenger not realise that he needs Centre-Backs and a goalkeeper though?

£12 million for a teenager who hasn't played championship football. Strange policy at Arsenal. I don't think they have enough small, tricky players in the squad.

Arsenal should be going all out to bring one - or both - of the Dortmund centre backs in. Hot property and would work well with Vermaelen if he's fit.

Agreed Rob. I really like Subotic. They definitley need a new CB especially with Vermaelen now injuired. I see Madrid have already bought one of Dortmund's 2011 Bundesliga winning players in Nuri Sahin.

Maybe Fab wants to be introduced to his missus, Emily O'Hara.

No way would Dalglish have paid £12m for Chamberlain. He'd have offered £18m plus Shelvey.

Kompany looked a little caught by surprise to me, so suspect he didn't

Lad I spoken to today told me of a rumour about Aguero still going to Madrid? Possibly in January? Madness, surely?

Tomorrow's League Cup games at Charlton and West Ham have been postponed on police advise and there's talk of England's game being in jeapordy as well. I know PL managers are against the friendly, but come on lads, surely this is taking things a bit far?

Think these rumours have come from a paranoid section of the Atletico fanbase because of what happened with Hugo Sanchez years ago (he left Atletico to join a club in Mexico, the next day they sold him to Madrid).

Perez wanted/wants Aguero badly but Mourinho is apparently not so keen, neither are a lot of the Madrid fans - when the move was first seriously mooted in January there were loads of anti Aguero banners in the stands at the Bernabeu when we played them in the cup a couple of weeks later, comments like "we will never accept Aguero" etc etc.

Whatever happened to Llorente to Madrid?

It's been Llorente to Spurs this summer hasn't it?

Spurs like to link themselves to everybody, but, as per usual with 'Arry, it will be some last minute bargains offered to him by agents, but he'll profess it as his own wizardry eye.

Might sound mad, but I'm sure I've seen Spurs linked with even more centre backs. Is 'Arry bringing back the old 5-4-1/5-3-2 from his Pompey days? Five at the back for an alleged manager who plays free flowing football and 'lets them do what they want'.

Deary me, I hope Spurs don't fluke another van der Vaart on deadline day.

Gabriel Obertan's PL career: 14 games, 4 starts, 0 goal, 0 assist, 4 shots on target, 7 off target. Pardew & Ashley, a winning combination.

On a 5 year deal too! Madness

Fair point. TBH I haven't watched the game on TV or any highlights. I made it based on the view from my seat - in the City end, first tier and about 30 yards from the bench.

Could Kompany have not been surprised by the way the ball bounced off Nani?

He was just left completely out to dry by Clichy. it looked as if Clichy was going to head it back to the keeper or back to Kompany, and then he just ran off at an angle away from the ball.

Nani's goal was ace.

The FA were on a hiding to nothing. If they'd played and there had been no trouble, they'd still have been criticised for diverting police resources. Wembley itself would have been probably the safest area of London but the problem would have been when 50-70,000 fans returned to different parts of London at 10-11pm. The sight of one person in an England top (irrespective of whether they'd been to the game) being attacked by rioters, joining in with rioters or fighting with rioters would have caused a media frenzy,

www.htfc-world.com/ Still think this is one of the best sites around. Hopefully might be updated more this season too.

www.htfc-world.com/ Still think this is one of the best sites around. Hopefully might be updated more this season too.

Anyone seen this Radosav Petrovic who Blackburn have signed?

I read an article in a magazine a few years back mentioning him as a big prospect from a minor league. I've seen bits and bobs (highlights in Europe) of him playing for Partizan, and I've seen him play in a Serbia game. Looked a good prospect, tall with underrated ability. Think he'll take a while to settle, but Blackburn could well have themselves a solid prospect for the future. I remember tweeting to one of the Eastern Europe footy journos a year or so about him (might have been Jonathan Wilson) and he said he was due a move, possibly to Serie A at the time.

Everton are going to surprise me and add two new signings before the season starts. I just know it.

Has any club ever signed no players before? Did Chelsea manage it when they were briefly banned from spending?