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nice one neesy

I always thought they do the numbers alphabetically after the results were done. They name you after your best player's number.

I'm starting to think that isn't even a rule anymore. Almost half of all throws I see look foul to me but I can't remember the last one I saw given.

Surprised so many people seem to think Santon needs a rest. Jonas on the other hand definitely needs one. I'd like to see Fergie start on the left but would be perfectly happy if Sammy did.

Fucking love Skirge, you just know he's the only man alive who put this scorecast on today

Sturridge gave him a very tough time when Bolton visited last season.

I think what he says to him in person will probably have more of an effect. I find it staggering how much emphasis is placed on interviews with players and managers, they're extremely boring.

Jose was superb for us for two seasons and eventually left when a more ambitious club who were willing to pay him more money came calling. I've got no problem with him apart from the fact I wish he still played for us. Granted I'll be sat at home (or maybe at the pub if I'm feeling brave) with a crippled leg rather than at the ground so he won't actually hear my opinions on him in any way, shape or form but I like to think he'll subliminally hear the sentiment.

Astonishingly good at his best. Sublime to watch. One of the few I'd love to see have a glory day back in the prem (provided it isn't against us. if it is he's a cunt). Always came across as a decent bloke too.

Yep agreed. Altough against Norwich Arry admitted he gave both VDV and Bale free roles and it worked brilliantly. It was something like.. -----------------------Sandro----------------------- -----------------Parker----------Modric------------- -------VDV------------------------------------Bale-- -------------------------Adebayor-------------------- that was the starting formation but throughout the game vdv played far more centrally, Walker overlapped, and Bale basically played upfront whilst Ade dragged a few defenders to Bale's starting position when he dropped deep. When it work it looks great so hopefully we stick with this until a inger is purchased. Didn't see that but it shows the benefit of having two quality full backs. Plus Sandro and Parker working together will give enough cover. I hate to say it but Spurs really have some class players at the moment, a really good team.

I think Bassong would be a cracking signing for us at the right price although I would imagine Spurs would want too much. Absolutely agree on your two top priorities, you need another striker not just to compete with Ade but also one you're happy to start with him (Harry doesn't seem keen on starting Defoe) to give you a different shape and more options for different fixtures. It's weird how reliant your shape seems to be on Lennon a lot of the time too, clearly need cover there.

I'd be very surprised if the team isn't the same with the one (possible) exception of Ben Arfa starting ahead of Best.

I've done this exactly as per the rules, except instead of picking the best players in each position I've picked the players I (for a variety of reasons) find funniest. Humour is clearly a subjective thing so I've included reasoning for each of them. The main thing I've learned from typing this list is that I didn't enjoy doing it and couldn't be bothered to finish. Also that nothing or no-one is anywhere near as funny as Emile Heskey. Keepers: Howard (sweary bastard), Cech (funny little hat), Gomes (funny big nose, brilliantly shit), Hilario (us) Right backs: Hibbert (white, defensive Shola), Angel Rangel (silly name), Centre backs: Luiz (silly hair), Coloccini (great hair), Mertesacker (hailed as fixing arsenal's defense, hilariously shit), Wes Brown (looks like a duracell), Bramble (massive winkey), S. Taylor (chest injuries) Left backs: R. Taylor (gormless), Assou-Ekotto (doesn't like football), Elokobi (funny to look at), Robinson (brilliantly shit) Centre mids: Delap (shit), Right wing: Obertan (looks like that version of Homer that's constructed from a lightbulb and a fish), Left wing: Sa. Ameobi, Giggs (big shagger), Bale (fully looks exactly like a monkey) Attackers: Heskey ©, Sh. Ameobi, Yakubu (chubster)

I think that's what happened. I don't think he actually dived from the replays mind, just lost his footing. Didn't look like he appealed.

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01389/eric-cantona_1389972c.jpg Bergkamp n all. If you've the talent to make things happen from nothing for the good of the team then running around like a blue arsed fly is not of importance. It's the classic northern European issue, preferring braun and effort over ability and nous. Whilst that's true they were both components of significantly better teams and as such could afford to fit in players of that ilk. They were both fairly hard workers mind from what I remember.

Our main strength over the past few weeks has been Demba Ba. It looked like we were desperate to get the ball to him as quickly as possible for much of the game yesterday, with numerous attempts to replicate the first goal he scored against Norwich. Not pretty stuff when it's not working. However we were still the better side in the first half and looked more like scoring than Bolton. When this was being reversed in the second half Pards made the correct change and it won us the game as the new style proved too much for Bolton. Worth pointing out that this doesn't necessarily mean using this style would have worked comfortably if we'd used it from the start - the withdrawal of Muamba massively helped it to prosper by creating far more space for Hatem to operate in. Good result. S Club Pardy.

Played a great ball through which led to Ba having a shot (absent) Huge deflection. Anyway, he played quite well against City and Man U. MO'N reckons that's not lucky. Only saw it live, didn't realise tbf. I actually thought he did OK against ManU, it was noticeable that they'd picked him out as the dangerman and doubled up on him whenever the ball went near him. Great run for the pen too even if the decision was incorrect. Great tekkers on the finish today anyroad. Lovely to see. Goal and an assist in his last 45 or so minutes of football.

Played a great ball through which led to Ba having a shot (absent)

£10 on Manchester at just over evens and £6 on us at evens.

Recent week, yes. Recent months, no. Not at all, tbh. I couldn't throw that much on betting if I wasn't in the black over the course of the year. Fair play, not having a pop

I've got absolutely no idea. Most gamblers claim to. Fair play to him if so but he seems to throw hundreds on near enough every day and the few times (i.e. I could well be wrong) I've looked in he seems to be losing. I always assumed he was about 18, maybe it concerned me where all this investment was coming from

Everytime I look in here, any day of the week (not that often granted) david seems to be throwing hundreds of euros on any football matches being played without all that much success. I think you've got a problem.

That's the other side of the coin: beyond what the words Suarez used may mean, there's the question of what's racist, which is *very* dependent on culture. What would be perceived in hyper-sensitive Britain as racist would not be in other cultures less sensitive to racism. And then there's the differing sensitivity to perceived racism against different races: in the UK, people are very sensitive to racism against blacks but not against, say, Albanians because there are a lot of blacks but few Albanians. A few weeks ago, an extremely liberal, pro-immigrant German lass who spends all her time helping kids from immigrant families, who would never dream of saying anything anti-Turkish, told me that "laying an Obama in the White House" is slang for having a shit (there are very few black people in Germany, and most racism is directed against Turks, Arabs and East Europeans). ------------------- With regards to the FA's ruling: it's a complete cop-out. They've found him guilty of indecent/abusive behaviour and punished him for racism. An 8 match ban is ridiculous for what they've found him guilty of. FFS, Rooney got a 2-game ban for running up to the TV camera and shouting "fuck off" into it. They should have either given him a punishment typical of the violation they found him guilty of or had the balls to label him a racist along with clearly you've-been-found-guilty-of-racism ban they handed him. Whilst I agree with the first half of your post that's not necessarily the point. It may well be inoffensive in his culture but there are ramifications beyond that - he's been in Europe for some time by now and as such must realise that it's extremely offensive to refer to people in such a manner. He's not a complete idiot, surely he knew what he was doing and as such theoretically it could still be construed as racist? I'm just theorising mind, don't know the ins and outs of the case. Plus it's funny as fuck he's been banned for 8 games. Or maybe not. It seems bizarre that this could have been the first time he'd said such things in four years. Also, seeing as there were no other witnesses, why did Suarez freely admit he'd said "negrito"? If he had believed it was racist, surely he'd have just denied it. More likely, he wasn't aware of how hypersensitive the UK is to perceived racism. Hmmmm. Perhaps. It seems like a cheap (attempted) get out of jail card, playing stupid, to be honest. My guess is that there was no racist intent used but that he was trying to wind Evra up as much as he possibly could and pushed it a bit too far (possibly down to a lack of understanding around the connotations of that word in England and France) and now it's come back to bite him on the arse.

As long he's not an adult using a kids ticket there'll be no bother. You trying to insinuate John P's a pedo?

They've not won at our place for 30 odd years. Not that this is a logical way to predict the outcome in the slightest...