i don't in general pay to much attention to the media regarding us,its usually all guff you know the stuff...punching above their weight...exceeding expectation in a false position ect,its red biased anyway thats the only reason an average team like them gets so much coverage.as for their place...
howard was never good enough,new keeper signing for us is great news,with luck robles will know how to boss his back four and command the box like all top keepers should.
no player is irreplaceable ,if and when we lose baines / fellaini the money generated if well spent will improve the overall strength and depth of the squad,so though down two high quality players we bring in four or five of slightly less quality but who improve the overall strength of the...
stoke are a very hardworking physical team who's main tactic is to stop the opposition playing ,so you have to compete physically with them in order to earn the right to play .having said that what fellaini did was wrong (he's held his hand up already by the way).but shawcross is no innocent...