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No, plz god no, Loven starting is a nightmare

Definitely HBA time.

I see where he's coming from but to compare us with Blackpool is a bit harsh. To be fair we are just having our 2nd season since back to EPL.

As predicted and it's the best one we should go for.

In that case, the starting partnership must be Phil Jones and Smalling.

The key point is to get most of the points from the 2nd-tier and below teams. We have done this consistently for the last ten matches. Certainly luck is needed but because of our great start this CL places is no longer impossible, believe it or don't.

We are on the course of finishing top 7 and with a bit of luck we may qualify for Champions League. Ashley won't be daft enough to sell our best players unless the amount is even higher than the money we can earn in Europe. I am not afraid of Man Utd to be honest. What I am worrying at is Chelsea --- they desperately need someone to boss the midfield and both Tiote and Cabaye suits them. A bid of 30m for each of them may come at Jan.

He earned us 3 points today. Simply as that.

Sorry for Santon but Raylor is simply brilliant lately.

Fair Well done ref

Thats a penalty since crouch is standing firmly at that position before getting pumped

The reason why they looked shit is because we defended very well especially in midfield

Guthtie stepped up perfectly today

I think Blackburn has turned the corner n unless they sold samba n hoilett in January they could stay up. Not so for wigan n bolton. Could see them relegated with Norwich or Swansea That said, the mackems are just a bad run away from the bottom3.

To be honest, the only controversial decision was the red card for Bosingwa. All the others are pretty justified.

It would cost us 10m at least. For a squad player? Nah.

Am I the only one who think Raylor actually plays better at left back than right?

I don't think it's coincidence that we played much better since starting Ba and Best together.

To be fair, a decent backup RB. His contribution is a let down but apart from that he is okay.

Nah don't read too much from that. It's usual that Bale starts bombing after 70 mins when the opponent RB is tired. Pardew just wants to prevent that.

He deserved those "on the match" training times. That's a horrible injury and we all know how good he could be.

Should be credited for his tactics and subs. We lose 2 undeserved goals but still managed to get a result and Alan should be praised for the teamtalk and motivating skills. That's a great team, a team that we are proud of and longed for.

:clap: :clap: Couldn't imagine that but that's his best performance at left back. Can see why Pardew keep Santon out of the starting lineup before. Fair play to Raylor, he deserves a run. Brilliant.

Alrite, Shola, you are awarded another bench appearance next match.