Rich

Beat Spurs and I'm going to have a lovely Christmas.

Ah well. It lasted the entire 90 minutes at least and it going down for a brief moment isn't too bad when we've basically just had 100 people logging onto the forum at once. Considering the state the forum software is STILL in (we're still sorting out some absolutely major stuff that it's missing, basically, which should improve things no end) I'm personally amazed it's done as well as it has since the move. The problems we've been having aren't server related, they're to do with our forum lacking a lot of what a forum of this size needs (namely an optimizer/accelerator that can improve performance by 80%, having all our images hosted off-site which also supposedly makes a huge difference and the fact that our database isn't fully tweaked yet to work with the forum). The hosts are installing all of that stuff for us as we speak though and they should be in soon. I'd expect SMF errors to be banished with all of that happening. I know it sounds crazy, but we are actually one of the biggest SMF forums on the internet - especially when you consider how many posts we've deleted from here over the years (our archive only goes back to January 1st 2007 now). The biggest SMF forum (redandwhitekop) has 6 million messages over almost 6 years of running, we have around 1.2 million in less than 2 years, so imagine how close we'd be to that size if we'd kept everything since 2005. Just to give people an idea of the scale we're working with here.

What happened? Did we lose it? The server load got to above 4 for a moment there, but I didn't get any SMF connection errors myself...

Credit to JFK for his team selection today, mind. I did worry that Taylor would be back in and that Enrique/N'Zogbia would be pushed out with Duff coming back in too. Jonas/N'Zogbia is our most potent wing combination, Martins/Owen offers the most threat as far as strikers go and the back five needs no explanation after recent performances. Despite Butt's typically frustrating performance from an attacking perspective (he was awful at times) I still think him/Guthrie are the best we can do in the middle at the moment, especially away from SJP.

Fuck off man Hope that was tongue-in-cheek. While I'd like to see Barton in for Butt when he's fit as I think that would be our best XI from a footballing perspective, I think both he and Enrique were very good in the second half. Jose in particular was fantastic. EDIT: Basically I think the team is fine as it is, especially if we're just concerned with staying up - it's been managerial decisions/tactics/substitutions that have cost us recently more than personnel.

Oh... and the server has held up brilliantly as well!!

Hope to fuck Martins is alright. Only negative on what has been an outstanding afternoon. Great result... Mackems back in the bottom 3... back above Spurs... Owen and Martins both on scoresheet... clean-sheet for Given/defence yet again... Amazing. I'm just going to enjoy this moment regardless of the situation the club is in. Everything is alright as long as we're winning games. 3 great goals.

HEAVENS TO BETSY!!! WE'RE ABOVE SPURS!!!

Was gonna post the same! HOWAY!!!

OH MY WORD!!!

N'Zogbia. Move Jonas left.

I've done us proud by putting Defoe in my Fantasy team this week, like. Did the same with Anelka at Stamford Bridge as well. You can thank me later.

He's got no end product man! HTT said so

Time to move Owen into midfield now, surely? Protect the lead Joe, protect the lead!!

HAVE SOME OF THAT!! Owen yet again, heard him mentioned about 6 times on 5Live, but that's what he brings. Now howay lads, let's not fuck it up!

Exactly, still offers a constant threat. He's similar to Martins in that respect. Duff offers more huff and puff and is less of a risk player, but he offers far less end product.

I have to admit to enjoying these features, like

...then Craig Hope has gone the extra mile yet again and delivered your wish: http://www.nufc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/sub/Features/0,,10278~1483239,00.html? For those that can't see it: Magic.

DID YOU MISS THE FUCKING LINKS TO ALL THE PAPERS IN THE OPENING POST!?! (Safety.)

Fulham look good at the minute too. They don't concede goals, for starters.

Dave's not that bad man.

Bullard doesn't really fit the "big and aggressive" mould that JFK outlines... although even Roy Keane, who he mentions, doesn't tick both boxes He's not the brightest bulb in the chandelier is he? Really, he's not. Saying that, fair play to him for identifying that we need a "big and aggressive box-to-box midfielder", I couldn't agree more!

No need, fredbob, thought it was a decent response with some obvious effort behind it myself. Can't hurt to remind people of quotes from the various people involved at different times, surely?

Jimmy Bullard speculated to be one of the 4 central midfielders we're after (two abroad, two at home). Despite the shite we're in, potential new signings at left-back and in the middle of the park STILL get me excited... I suppose that's until all Kinnear's targets tell him to get fucked and then we end up with no natural left-back at the club and less central midfielders than we started with...

The man's a clown with that Enrique comment, but if he gets us one of these who can stay fit and do the business I'll kiss his feet.