Beren

That's dogshit man. Embarrassing.

Cisse, man

We can never ever slow games down, we're incapable of it somehow Yes, I was going to say that this is the thing we are worst at, after my post We're worse when we're in the lead. We're okay when on level-pegging/behind. Southampton's gameplan isn't complex. They're expending a lot of energy here. We need to keep in this for a bit, then hit them.

The defence isn't tight enough to their forwards.

Need to slow the tempo of the game down. Get Southampton to run themselves out a bit more.

Yes, they are playing fearlessly.

Shit. Frenetic start from them.

Not a bad general rule tbh.

Lampard is a very difficult one to judge IMO. Throughout most of his glory days at Chelsea, he's had a team fitted around him to accentuate his strengths and stats - arguably to the detriment of the potential of the capabilities of their changing squads over the years. I guess you could rather cruelly point to his vastly underwhelming international career and use that as a stick to beat him with, but that's a little unfair (though not totally) as the national side has been mismanaged for fucking ages. You also can't just ignore his club career in its entirety because Chelsea's system has been built around him either. I'd say he's rated about just right. Not in the calibre of a Paul Scholes or a Gerrard in his peak (which was a while ago) but a good player.

Shocker. Pog sent off, captain Walcott useless, Baines cleansheet... GONE. 15 points. Papiss/Mata/Sissoko saaave me.

Diaby goes off and Ramsey comes on: 1-1 Like clockwork

Change 'tomorrow' to 'next game' and that could be our season DVD title

Should've sat on their one goal lead.

Time for Wigan to transform into Invincibles

Alan Pardew was, is and will always remain a complete cunt.

Wilkinson not playing for Stoke. Hope Fulham win 10-zip.

I don't know. I'm sure I was reading another tweet in the Ben Arfa thread that he and Krul were having fitness tests for the match.

Duff signs one year contract extension at Fulham. May as well add two to our 2013/14 goals conceded column now.

Great photograph.

5 games: 2 goals, 3 assists

Seems more like a Kasper gif than a possibility, but I wonder if Pardew will give Boo-rendan a ring to ask for advice on Anzhi.

Post-match comments from Myron Markevych: http://en.metalist.ua/news/4971.html

Please be real. That's a play on a classic Brent line :lol: Texas

Bit old, but meh.

We've played plenty of games where I'd wished we had shut up shop so being able to do it is a good tool to have in your locker. I have no problem with us playing 'shut up shop'. I think it's an important ability for a team that hopes to be successful, but there's a way to go about it. I'd have no problem whatsoever with Pardew settling for the 1-0 after Shola scored given the circumstances, it's just the methodology I take issue with. As Hanz says, the methodology ought not to involve Krul demonstrating he's world class