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Vicious elbow by Carvalho.

They're the exception. Well searched though.

Hope we grind them into the dirt. No sympathy, no going easy, no let up for 90 mins. Play the big guns and fucking humiliate the mouthy little cunts in their own back yard.

Considering he had to look after Didier Drogba for 90 minutes I thought he did pretty well. Not exactly who you want to face on your first game in months.

Forgot that 'exceptional' goals are worth more than 'bundled' ones. Wankers.

The tactic worked so I suppose it was fair enough. It was seeing the likes of Anelka and Malouda dropping deeper and getting involved which was the frustrating part! They looked dangerous when they did it and started opening us up in the last 15 mins or so. The end justifies the means though.

wouldn't that time and space be partly down to their movement ? Partly yeah. The Sunderland midfield didn't give them the space we did though. I'm not complaining about the result or performance it was just a bit frustrating seeing us back off time and again and let quality players run at us without any pressure.

The amount of time and space that was given to Anelka, Malouda and Drogba was ridculous. Very happy with the point and they're a quality team but we've got to put more pressure on them than that.

Be surprised if Barton doesn't come straight back into the team. With it being away I think he'll replace Routledge on the right and tuck in. Nolan will come in for shola if he's fit.

Probably been mentioned but there's fuck all on the roads and paths. This game was never going to get called off.

Fuck off, he's a MAAAASTERMINDDDD.

Fucking champion.

Rangers are capable of nicking goals. If they bombed forward they would get raped. So no, no it is not ridiculous. They barely got a sniff of nicking a goal. They should have atleast gone for it with 20 minutes left, they might have got 'raped' 0-1. Oh wait, that happened anyway. Kenny Miller had more than a sniff of goal. Should have scored imo. If he did then you would be saying the complete opposite. Never been Rangers biggest fans but I was really impressed tonight. Very unlucky, Walter Smith as he has shown time and time again is a tactical mastermind. In todays football climate you can only do so much. Keeping your shape and defending for your lives whilst relying on your keeper to make save after save is being a tactical mastermind?

Plan A - keep it tight for 80 mins then have a go.

Wonder if they'll be an investigation into that. For some reason I had a feeling it had been done before and UEFA looked into it. How can they prove anything? No idea, just have a memory (probably made up) of it being done before, perhaps not in the Champions League, and there was some sort of investigation into it. Wasn't it Beckham? He did it to miss a meaningless qualifier iirc.

He's not going to improve sitting on the bench and MUST have more to offer the team than Smith. What's the point in scouting, signing and training him if we've not got the bottle to risk him as opposed to playing Smith who has proven himself to be a complete liability? Why did we even bother? What's the fucking point if we're going to pick Smith regardless? Get to fuck man.

We're 4 points above the relegation zone with 24 games to play. Our fixtures in the second half of the season are much tougher and our squad is starting to pick up injuries and suspensions. The league is tight and we've got enough about us to finish mid-table but a couple of injuries and we're knee-deep in the shite. Let's see where we are on Boxing Day.

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We only have 3 sell able assets, Krul, Enrique and Carroll. But you are right It applies to every player at every club unfortunately. If City threw £20m at Ashley for Carroll he'd take it in a heartbeat.

Just say the word.

Everyone's for sale at the right price.

I could kick Phil Brown in the face all day.

I like Williamson, he seems like a decent CH and a good lad but he's looked a little shaky recently. I thought today was the ideal opportunity to give Sol a game against Davies and give Williamson a bit of a break. Horses for courses.

Think Gibson might pull the plug if they do. Got no more cards to play tbh. If it goes tits up now they're fucked.

Exactly. Sometimes you've just got to take it on the chin and accept it was dreadful. It wasn't the referee or the linesman it was us making stupid mistakes and Bolton taking advantage.