The co-commentator said he was the only England player playing to the required level at the moment

Does a decent job as back up. Glad we've extended his deal

I was thinking the same?

Goodbye Neill. Thank you for 6 years of service, which people seem to forget.

Doubt he'll play on Saturday to be honest. He needs to be at full fitness before he plays, otherwise he'll just get injured again.

Welcome back Dunny! Just seen a picture of him on SSN training for Brum not so long ago - looked really tubby.

Great deal, as long as he stays fit.

The Mirror and Daily Telegraph report him as 'doubtful'.

I had a go at todays Guardian Christmas special - 3 out of 10

5 (stocking half full)

IT'S OVER!

YES!! Bentley!!!!!!

YES!

Porstmouth are 2 up at Arsenal

Ooijer has been one of our most consistent performer since about October time.

Im sure McCarthy doesn't properly understand the offside rule.

Scrappy 1-0 to Rovers. 11 500

1-1 Not too confident, however.

Agreed. But it is beyond me how a player who wants to leave the club is captain. I caught Neill just jogging back many times yesterday, he just isnt interested.

Did anyone else notice that we may have had a penalty for a handball with 2 minutes to go? They didn't show it on MOTD.

I was very impressed with him today. Hopefully he can make more appearances from now on.

We need to show the fight and determination we showed in the second half for a whole 90 minutes. This is Hughes' biggest test in management so far, lets see if he ever responds. We need to get back to basics (concentrating on the oppostion having no time on the ball).

1-0

I'd rather progress to the latter stages of Uefa and finish about 11th in the league. But, hey, look on the bright side, we are only 1 place lower than we were at this stage last season.

I'd love to know how somebody like him ended up at one of Europe's biggestclubs?!