DOWN AND OUT I heard that Boumsong is on his way to Juventus. Have they seen him play? The Juve fans won’t believe their eyes. Maybe its part of their punishment — relegation, points deduction and Jean-Alain Boumsong. — www.football365.com
MIND GAMES I love the quote from José in his programme note; “Also, welcome to Mr Bennett (the referee). It is important to forget some big mistakes he made against us in Blackburn at the end of last season, but he is one of the best and I wish him a good season.” — chelseafc.com
COMEDY OF ERRORS Why do the words “Fulham”, “shambolic” and “defence” always go together? If Coleman doesn’t buy a decent centre back, it’s going to be a long season. — www.bbc.co.uk/606
KEEP THE FAITH Rafa’s never won an opening game of the season, but hey, he has never lost one either. We need to see where we stand after about ten games to see if we can realistically challenge for the title. — www.thisisanfield.com
SOUR GRAPES Martin O’Neill has Wenger licked tactically. Every time his teams play Arsenal they end up spouting sour grapes for days on end. No tackling, please, it might hurt us. — www.bbc.co.uk/606
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RED MIST How ridiculous were Luque’s red boots? You would think that to wear such boots you would have to be a bit special. Supremely confident that your ability would surpass the shocking awfulness of your footwear. Albert knows no shame. — www.football365.com
WASTE OF MONEY If the Hargreaves fee is £17million, that means that after buying Carrick we’re up at 35 big ones for two players who hadn’t a hope of playing in England’s midfield 3 months ago. Are the Glazers following this? If they were our first-choice targets, why didn’t we go for them earlier? — www.rednews.co.uk