Sifu

Oooo, goal to QPR.

Spurs' slump is happening at the wrong time for them like.

Yep, City are really bottling it. Tevez to save the day?

You just know that he's going to come on and score the winner.....

Yep, he'd be crazy to do it!

One thing I remember brummie saying is that O'Neill is pretty much an old-fashioned manager who hasn't really adapted to modern football. That is, O'Neill apparently sticks to old routines and doesn't really incorporate the more modern methods/tactics into training. This could go against the mackems in the long term like (if he stays there for the long haul [5+ years], that is).

Stoke. On a wet Thursday night. Do it. Seriously though, imo the one thing you can't deny is that, at this current point in time, Messi is the best player in the world. Sure, you have your CR7s and Xavis/Iniestas but Messi most definitely stands out as the best. Everything about his play is just world class and is pretty much unrivaled at the moment. People can debate all they want on where he ranks amongst the past greats - different opinions will bound to come about. 24 years old, 234 goals. What an achievement.

Ha! The honeymoon period is officially over. On another note, just seen Ji's miss from last night's game ;D

About Ranger's ability, he's certainly athletic and does have a physical presence about him. We saw on various occasions last season that such attributes can be useful (Ranger's introductions off the bench arguably helped to change some games tbf). Having said that, his terrible attitude is completely outweighing any positives he has. He's wasting any talent he has by being an absolute dick and the sad thing is, I doubt he gives a fuck about that. Definitely get rid.

It's probably a link to an article about Santon.

FWIW, I'm still pretty confident that the Cabaye-Tiote partnership will click at some point. It's been mentioned by some before, what needs to be done is to let Tiote do all/the majority of the defending while at the same time, tell Cabaye push up and essentially do all the attacking. In short, Yohan needs to be instructed to be further forward while Cheik needs to be told to sit deeper. It really seems to be the other way round in the games they've played together though. With a proper, uninterrupted pre-season and a simple tweak in instructions, I'm sure Cabaye and Tiote will form a formidable partnership. Here's hoping.

McClean is still a young lad (23 next month) and this is his first season in the PL so he's still learning really. But teams are really starting to figure him out - show him on his right foot and he basically does nowt. Probably still one to watch.....

Get in!

I hear Ji's just missed an open goal?

Well done, Neil Warnock.

1-0 to Blackburn. Wooop.

I predict a Yakubu hat trick tonight (I'm basing this on nothing, haha).

aye, the unlucky orange shirt worn only once away at Blackburn in the cup co-incIding with our 1st defeat of the season. Tbf, it was a draw after 90 minutes (A loss is a loss though )

And Ashley Cole doesn't get punished for shooting a youth player with an air rifle. Nice.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17433293

Full back or Centre back? cant say i have a clue who he is tbh. I think we were linked with him a few months ago. 19/20 year old CB iirc. EDIT: QBG

Must. Acquire.

Seriously, terminate his contract. Enough is enough.

Pretty much. The Independent has been very tabloid-y for a while now, so I wouldn't say that they're very reliable these days. Shame, it used to be a decent newspaper.

Completely agree with your post, High Five o/. I, for one, don't want to see Pardew sacked whatsoever. If we finish strongly this season (ie. a top 6/7 finish with the possibility of Europa League qualification), then he definitely has my support for next season. Finishing in such a position will represent massive progress for us and one which we should/have to build on. What I've highlighted in bold has quite a bit of substance imo, Pardew and the lads will get a whole summer to properly reflect on the good and the bad from this season. We'll hopefully build on the good and learn/improve from the bad. If, over the course of next season, it turns out we're making little progress and/or actually moving backwards, then massive questions about Pardew will be rightly raised (his future may even be called into question). As it stands though, the season's not over yet and there's still some work/a job to be done. Clearly, we need some work on our play/tactics, I'm not excusing Pardew for our "performances" these past few months - he's been very poor in this aspect and he needs to change his mentality and fast. So what I'll say is, I do/still have faith in Pardew and I do want the man to succeed. Fingers crossed.