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Yep. His hamstring goes it's season over, for him and Newcastle

Time for subs

He's got loads of skill and ability but I honestly wouldn't trust him to play in any position in the defensive 2/3's. He's not a CD, he's shocking there. He's not got the engine to be a modern FB. He's not got the positional discipline to play CDM and he's too sloppy to play normal CM. He's unique, a talented player with no position to play in.

Don’t think he’s out of contract. He’s 33, they only paid £8m for him last year so you’d think he’d have a year left. Fuck.

Is he out of contract? It's a staggeringly bad decision obviously and the only possible reason for keeping him is in the hope that some mug will come along and buy him for a fee rather than lose him for nothing. And they wonder why they're mid table fodder

Must admit it took me a few replays to decide who actually committed the foul.

Nasty one for Lamptey. Smashed mouth and looked like his head hit off the turf as he landed too.

BeIN spitting their dummy out and stamping their feet isn't going to endear them to the PL I'd imagine. There's only 80 fixtures left this season before it all starts again. If that's their play obviously.

Just started over the last week or two. Series A has been a mainstay of the free to watch on betting sites aswell. Unlikely to be linked with the TV rights issues that BeIN are referring to then?

Just started over the last week or two.

What was the little phrase he came out with a few months ago? Did he call the fans the "Sunderland disease" or something?

If you've got the LiveScore app then they're currently streaming both of the Serie A games going on atm. Not sure if this is common but I've never noticed it before.

Appears to be the case. I was really surprised at how poor they looked. I fully expected them to come back after 3 months off and be strong, physical and motivated like they were in August and September. Got it totally wrong, their heads dropped after the first goal and they just seemed to coast through the rest of the game.

Did anything actually happen to Guendozi for punching Maupay in the guts at the end of the Arsenal game? Any retrospective action, delayed red cards or video looked at?

Can't understand anyone who looks solely at a result and completely disregards how it was obtained. No context, no story, no background nothing. Just check the result after 90 mins and ignores everything else. It boils down to how much credit you give to Bruce for the good results, personally I think an awful lot of the good results are down to luck rather than the tactical acumen and guidance of Bruce. People will agree or disagree and that's fair enough. His results since he started managing would suggest he's not very good at his job though. I'll give him credit for squad morale though, they look a happy and committed bunch. He can have that.

Earned a chance. Dear me. He's a woeful manager and always has been. He's been managing for 22 years and he's promoted 2 teams from the Championship and lost an FA Cup final. That's it. He's not won a single thing as a manager and he's go the worst win % in PL history. He's palpably and demonstrably dogshit as a manager as always has been. He's done nothing in his previous 21 seasons to even deserve another crack at the PL in July 2019 with any club. To credit him now is ignoring 21 years worth of evidence that he's very poor at his job. It's a blip. It happens now and again, it's happening now, he isn't suddenly a good manager who's flipped a switch and decided to be good for 30 games. If people want to give him credit then they're more than welcome. If he repeats it for the next 3 or 4 seasons here or elsewhere and proves it's not a bit of a fluke then I'll change my mind.

Oh look, VAR favours Real. Huge surprise.

Well look at that - money wins. Who'd have thunk it?

This. It was clearly an issue and they were asked for a response to the WTO report. This is the response and I think it's the final hurdle, can't think of anything else to stop it. Human rights issues, Sheff Utd conflict of interest, Government interjections, Bein piracy, Khashoggi murder were all legitimate issues and I think they've all been dealt with. Buying shares in an organisation that televises PL matches won't do any harm either.

What this game needs is 6 Everton goals.

Genuinely embarrassing stuff. Gets worse each time

Second one was an easy save but no keeper is ever catching it. Love Evra laughing at him and Keane sitting there like someone's just shit in his kettle.

Keane booting the fuck off. First game back after nearly 4 months :lol:

They all are mate

Was it North Korea who tried to take 2 goalkeepers to the World Cup so they could have an extra outfielder, only to have to nominate some poor striker to be 3rd choice keeper and not be able to play outfield because of the way the rules were? I may have entirely dreamed that up but I'm sure it happened. Haven't heard that one but that doesn't mean it never happened