Mario's ban is up......

[whp.blue]

Bench, I can see him getting a crucial winner somewhere, and maybe just maybe it could result in another t-shirt message. something like it's always me! ha ha. Followed by a cheeky wink to camel.

I agree whilst he can be a liability he can also do something very special like hit the winners against the rags and newcastle

plus I would bring him on if we were to get a penalty

don't want tevez blasting a penalty against de gay

 

[King Geedorah]

Got to start surely. Our big game man, and this game is the biggest.

 

[PistonBlue]

Bench. We have to win and we may need another striker

 

[Carver]

Let it be known in the week before that Mario is starting because Tevez has a niggling injury and will not be fit.

The rags always have a game plan to knobble the opposition in big games. Keane on Haaland, trying to rile Patrick Viera at Arsenal and of course Fergie admitted that he'd been studying the way that Vincent Kompany tackles before the cup game this season are just three things that immediately spring to mind. The rags will work their game plan around getting Mario's back up and sent off, particularly as he loves playing against them, loved the cup semi final and 1-6 and really stuck it into them. The rags loathe him so all the more reason for the Mario psychological warfare.

Then on the morning of the game, after all the paper talk it's all a mistranslation. Tevez is fine and it's Mario with the injury, Mario won't be there because he's gone to a specialist clinic in Italy (complete rubbish of course, he's fine, it's just to detract the press).

 

[Fat Chance]

The scorpion, in the course of a long journey, encounters a river. The scorpion cannot swim and so he is momentarily stymied until he spies the toad, on the opposite river bank. "Toad!" the scorpion calls out, "will you please let me ride on your back to the other side of the river because, you see, I cannot swim." "No way," replied the toad, "if I let you ride on my back you will sting me!" To which the scorpion replied, "But if I am riding on your back and I sting you then we will both die because I cannot swim." After thinking on it for a moment or two the toad agrees, swims over to the opposite bank of the river where the scorpion jumps onto his back and he turns to swim to the other side. When the toad, with the scorpion riding on his back, gets to the middle of the river, the scorpion stings him. "Scorpion!" Exclaimed the toad, "Why did you sting me? Now we both die."

"Because it is in my nature." Was the scorpion's response.

 

[BlueForever123]

Bench definitely. Then if we are in need of a goal with 15-20 mins left maybe give him a go.

Tell you what, if we got a pen with a couple of mins to go there would be 1 man I'd want to be taking it.

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

He'll be on the bench. I don't think Mancini will risk the title to indulge him any longer.

 

[Juddaman83]

Bench, can't seriously consider replacing either of our front 2.

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

bench, and we won't see Dzeko again imo.

 

[DTKOAG]

He should be locked up in his bathroom with fireworks and not released until after the QPR game.