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And now Vorm has been inexplicably dropped for Tremmel.

They have a decent chance if Rooney can stay fit, but even then it's far from a certainty.

Kinda... http://www.fourfourtwo.com/statszone/8-2013/matches/695045/player-stats/28301/OVERALL_02#tabs-wrapper-anchor Found it and posted in the match thread but thanks.

They absolutely don't do it justice

Bit cliche, but again I'd say this one is a case of who wants it more - I think if we turn up, with our quality (compounded by their injury list), we'll win. Hopefully we have a bit of fire, and don't rest on our laurels after toppling Man Utd.

We all know the world we're in. You can never assume a Chelsea or Man City won't throw loads of money at us for him and he could have his headed turned. Who knows? What I do know is if he stays with us over the coming years he is going to develop into one brilliant player. I, obviously, think he should develop with us. Martinez has made a point to protect him at times too which is encouraging to see (rested him a couple of games in a row a month or 2 back). Fwiw, he seems a level-headed bloke who is just enjoying playing for us. Then again, Rooney was once a blue, always a blue. We'll see. All I'm bothered about right now is the fact we're going into very tough games believing we can win them and that's reflected in how we play. Might be harsh to say but I definitely think we can play even better - plenty of times today we breezed past Arsenal's midfield but made the wrong choice/ball wasn't good enough. It's good to be ambitious. Aim to keep pace with the top sides and if we don't, fair enough. We've shown we can more than match the top teams. No offence Neil, but I don't really see you as our rivals

Speed's shooting wasn't great as I recall. He probably scored a few, but I remember him missing a lot of very presentable chances and hoping the ball never fell to him on the deck in goalscoring positions .

He's a lot more technically gifted than Speed ever was. I don't really see it as a contest. I loved Speed, but he's got nothing on Cabaye technically. He's stronger in other areas than Cabaye though. He gets more involved in play throughout the 90, was more solid defensively and was fantastic aerially. They both have similar weaknesses to their games in that neither are the quickest or can drive at defences, but it's just not the type of players they are, I suppose.

Vurnon http://i.imgur.com/c3LzE0B.png Cabaye http://i.imgur.com/J3cApzl.png Sissoko http://i.imgur.com/4ENNETI.png Debuchy - impressive density in their half http://i.imgur.com/nLRHM2R.png ...wait for it... Tiote crazy density! http://i.imgur.com/wNp6aAq.png

His heat map was like a Predator. Link please?

Couldn't stand him on the left tbh much better when he moved over.

It's a bit unusual, I think, that we haven't got more draws lately - as I don't feel our performances have been especially polarised (extremely good or bad), but we've been pretty good at hanging on to leads lately, partly due to luck or factors outside of hand yes, but also because of a lot of discipline and hard work. Equally, I can see the Swansea game being repeated throughout the season too.

You do yourself no favours

That picture is class

Fleshy bit or the crack?

Wonder if Fletcher's head could be turned

Anyone have a heatmap for Tiote today?

Think the mackems have a much better chance of getting points against big teams (and I'm cheekily including Newcastle in that bracket) because they're up for it. Think they'll play much worse against midtable and below sides.

Worth watching the full 90 to see how good Tiote and Debuchy were

Try 4 decades for the likes of Mick etc. Fair enough.

Folk have fantasised about this sort of decline for about two decades. Let's hope it lasts. The top 8 without them is a beautiful sight.

Crooks :lol:

Crooks talking on Football Focus about our game. Waiting for the gold

Went with Kun today Thought the Hammers might contain Suarez a bit better. Ugh.