Angry fans

The Examiner’s football correspondent Liam Mackey will be back in the New Year to argue the toss with you about the issues dominating soccer.

In his place substitute ALLAN PROSSER gets his third run-out of the season as we enter the crucial Chritmas fixtures.

This week there’s dispute over the form of Michael Carrick and Wayne Rooney; a call for ball boys to stop cheating; our correspondent Alan Green continues to win the popularity stakes; there’s a warning that Liverpool should beware of what they wish for; Arsenal fans bite back over last week’s comments on Ashley Cole and a response to Eamon Dunphy’s prediction on football’s death .