Sifu

Really like Al Habsi.

Great save.

That dance

Typical Motty like.

Arry's comments about this game should be interesting...

Really looking forward to hear him speaking French tbh If he is indeed "cultural", then I can see trying to learn the language.

I'm not surprised that Carroll bossed it today tbh. From the looks of it, Allardyce's system really does suit him. Whilst it's still early days, can see him being a success at West Ham. Meh.

2 goals for Nolan already this season. Can he get 10+?

January signing then or is it reasonable to assume that he's never going to come here/we're not going to be in for him ever again?

Not only f***ing praising but he said 'I enjoyed that' (in regards to the Fletcher goal) f*** off! Was a good finish tbf.

Chico should have been sent off for having a silly name tbh.

Anything that annoys O'Neill is fine by me

Ah feck, didn't realise MOTD was on at an earlier time.

Given's on the decline unfortunately. My bitterness towards him has pretty much disappeared, I feel sorry for him nowadays.

I echo this very much.

Rodgers

So, that's another summer transfer window which has ended in disappointment. I can just about accept us not signing a new RB/CB - our options there are quite decent (for the next 4 months anyway) but our failure to sign a striker is not on tbh. Of course, we do have two top strikers in Cissé and Ba but our options after those two aren't the best - Shola's best role is coming off the bench as an impact player; Sammy was impressive during pre-season but can he properly step it up this season?; and Campbell is still a young'un. Signing a backup/third choice striker should have been at the top of our priorities. I shudder to think what we'll do if Ba and Cissé get injured/go to the ACoN. Though, on a more positive note, we didn't lose any of our top players. As far as I'm concerned, the core of the team is still intact and that must count for something surely? A couple of additions would have been brilliant, that goes without saying but think we can still push on for the next 4 months - like I've said the core of the team is still there and our youth players should help us cope with the high number of games we're expected to play. Our lack of options upfront will be a continually worrying issue though. With these two paragraphs in mind, this summer's window has been a disappointment. Hoping for some good news in January...

Only just seen Liverpool's squad there - yep, certainly makes me feel better about our inactivity yesterday. Don't really know where Liverpool's goals are going to come from like - they really don't have any natural finishers in the side.

Agreed. Would have made much more sense to do that.

Big fall out at the club on the board... offer him money NOW!! I'm sure the Pardew charm will be more than enough to lure him here

7th. Would be satisfied with that.

Already planning my trip to Bordeaux.

Sooo, was nice to see/hear the other clubs around us doing something yesterday whilst we did nothing. Good stuff () But, looking on the bright side, at least I didn't go on a rampage in town.

Boo-urns.