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They are neutralising Routledge's pace really well so far, a little frustrating.

Go fuck yourself Perch.

Nolan with a hospital ball for Barton

Good delivery again by Barton on that FK.

This is a good game.

He should have done a Berbatov like last week... outside of the foot shot.

BARFA

How fuck sake. Arteta just dropping on the ball and grabbing it with his hands now just waiting for the ref to comply...

Fucking hell... who's refereeing? Everton players then crowd swaying the ref.

Nolan front row seat for some Arteta skill.

If ever someone needs a goal or some sort of breakthrough... we are the team!

Like that starting XI. At least it's probably the best we could realistically hope for.

That avatar is really perfectly cropped! Makes me chuckle every time

He sounds really relaxed. Wish he was interesting like this more often

Thanks for the link. Can't help but feel they're a little generous having gone through the actual footage. Will have to double check. Edit: Yeah that assist count seems pretty fucked.

I've actually been trying to put together his assist total. Where did you get that number from? No way did he average over 10 a season at Rovers I don't think. Of course they're in the same league!

Cool, thanks. He has a tendency to go down far too easily as soon as he's in the box. Hope he cuts it.

Haven't seen the Arsenal goals... Just heard Chamakh was fouled for the pen. Was it a foul? Or did he 'win' it? Glad he's got himself a goal though.

Had been mentioned a few time in other past threads too. Shearer probably wouldn't make his top 50 Prem strikers list though.

As much as I hate Cronaldo he is a must.

His last Blackburn season he was also quite the colossus, probably his best individually for them (and thus his best ever also obviously). His passing, crossing and awareness were often praised he had all that very early on.

You're talking as if there was an alternate regime to work under. Unfortunately which manager they hired was the only variable.

That Crouch header was pretty sexy!

Well that's moot seeing as he didn't want to continue doing any kind of job.

Because the truth lies somewhere between the two. He'll give us more loyalty than most youngsters at other clubs do for sure. But at the same time if we don't improve at the same rate he does in the next 2-3 years he'll be off.