Heitinga got hammered every week for his performances for Atletico and I don't remember him being great ther tbh however as I say very early days but he has looked solid so far. Another run out tomorrow. He was poor at cente half for Atletico, I'll go with you on that.

I like Hibbert, I won't knock him tbh he is Everton through and through. His distribution is shockingly bad but defensive he is decent, great tackler of the ball, decent turn of pace too, positions himself well also, if he could distribute the ball better he would be more highly thought of.

I'm sure every single England player is passionate and loves playing for his country.

Fantasy wise..Jack Rodwell is the biggest steal.

Tony Hibbert makes Gary Neville look like Carlos Alberto.

Methinks Robbie is ever so slightly exaggerating what I wrote about Heitinga last season.

He actually started off quite well at centre half for the first month or so at Atlético last season, but as soon as he made a big mistake they started coming thick and fast and he was shunted out to right back where he was usually OK, particularly going forward, but tended to get caught out too often and he conceded a string of penalties.

I can't see him being big enough to play at centre-half in the Premier League.

Carling Cup Fourth round draw:

Blackburn Rovers v Peterborough United

Manchester City v Shorpe United

Tottenham Hotspur v Everton

Barnsley v Manchester United

Chelsea v Bolton Wanderers

Sunderland v Aston Villa

Arsenal v Liverpool

Portsmouth v Stoke City

You need the luck of the draw to win the biggest trophies. We just don't have it in the Carling Cup.

Arsenal again





Hopefully it will be a cracker of a game


but I bet it isnt........................

Bye Bye Pompey. Great finish from Saha.

Fantasy teamtastic. Always liked Saha, skillset wise one of the top 5 strikers in the league. Fast, strong, good in the air, good finisher.

Close for the bluenoses, there.

Pompey and Hull the two certainties to go down at the mo' for me.

Deffo, awful team. Both are Derbyesque.

Who do you think the third will be? Burnley for me.

bolton. blackburn, burnley or wolves for me

Don't sit on the fence then.

Liverpool v Wolves on Spanish tv this afternoon. I'll go 3-0 to the Scousers.

there playing hull

Probably Wolves. IMO, there is now starting to be some kind of gap between the top half and the bottom half teams. You have your top 4 teams, then the likes of Everton, Villa, City, Spurs, Fulham, Sunderland and maybe, just maybe West ham, then pretty much anyone out of the rest are bad enough to go down IMO.

That's what happens when you glance at the screen



I'll stick with score prediction though. Almost there thanks to Fernandinho.

Make that 3-1. A minisleep from the Liverpool defence.

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wigan 1-0 chelsea

Fergie will be sending a carriage clock to Roberto Martinez this evening

Titus Bramble - big game player

Titus Bramble - shipped out of my fantasy team last week

Wounded.

Just read we've been denied an obvious penalty.