Sifu

1-1 draw will do nicely for me tomorrow.

I found this rather amusing: Mike "The Whirlwind" Williamson, Rob "Dilsh" Elliot, Steve "100 years old" Harper

If you don't have a bit of a mancrush on Cabaye, then there's something wrong with you tbh

Looks like this is another European game I'm missing. Ah the wonders of working late...

Ah, good old KPMG...

Supporting Barton all the way on his (albeit random) fight against Bieber Go on Joey...

Now I really want this to happen having read that tweet saying that "he was too good for the bench".

What you mean by that? I say, SIFU seems to appreciate why the Premier League (and by association it's football clubs), which is admired and watched around the world , might want to maximise it's advertising revenue by allowing foreign languages to appear in adverts. He must be a person of intellectual disposition. Someone please restrain him before he spreads this cultural awareness, and burn him at the stake. Globally though the language with the most football (Premiership) watchers is English. Taking Japanese for an example, how many people who speak Japanese who watch the Premiership is there compared to how many who can speak English and watch the Premiership? Also take note that many people who's native language maybe say Japanese, or Chinese and watch the Premiership will also likely be able to speak English as a 2nd language. In all honesty I'd say advertisers are cutting off their noses to spite their faces with it. Having their advertising in English would undoubtedly hit a larger target market than limiting to one language that is spoken primarily in one or a few countries compared to a language that is spoken worldwide. Not very likely. Chinese people's English (written and spoken) is atrocious, the only way you'll draw their attention to the PL is Chinese writing. The Far East is a very lucrative market so I can understand why they would have some form of advertising aimed at them.

The PL is globally watched like...

Whilst Pardew has really disappointed me this season, his seasons with us go as follows: one average half season; one brilliant season and one crap season (as it stands). So in essence, he's brought us the best and worst already - two ends of the spectrum if you will. Next season is make or break for him really - next season will truly define who Alan Pardew really is as a manager. Like Dave says though, we'll see.

I smell blood. The Arsenal fans are going to give Wenger so much grief.

The idea of moving the World Cup to the winter can go to fuck. FIFA are a farce. Would love to see most of them within done for corruption - the organisation needs a fresh start with fresh, reliable faces. Although admittedly, nothing is ever that simple.

Just seen his goal, brilliant skill there. Pleased for him.

So it was your fault. Tut tut Jill

I'm almost tempted to start Shola for this...

Still baby steps really. There's still so many things Pardew can improve on - he still needs to learn from his mistakes. But I will give him credit for the last few weeks. It's going rather well and the team spirit is slowly coming back.

That loss hurt. On the balance of play, we were the better side but unfortunately a combination of poor finishing and poor defending on our part has really cost us today. Swansea are jammy bastards (and diving cunts it seems) - lost quite a bit of respect for them like. Oh and I would have certainly brought Marveaux on much earlier than the fucking 90th minute though. Whilst we were dominating possession and had some great spells of pressure, some fresh legs in the form of Sylvain on the 70th minute wouldn't have gone amiss - would have been a sensible option. Need to try and just take the positives from this game, despite it being a completely undeserved loss. Football eh?

Good stuff Sammy

On the money. End of thread.

Too late Alan.

They're all probably like that ballboy.

The red...

Jonas is as professional as they come. Don't think he'll mind too much, sure he might be a bit miffed but I have no doubt he has the club's interests at heart so even if that means stepping aside in terms of the captaincy then so be it [/ideally].

Hope we see Dyer and de Guzman having another argument/fight on the pitch. Would disrupt their team...