Sifu

It's been said before but in Pards we trust.

My mate runs that site. It's canny stuff, I encourage people to have a good look around that blog

Mehdi's scoring these quality goals for fun really. First York, now Wigan. Canny.

Yes. Out for a month.

Jonas should stay on the left wing, there is absolutely no reason to switch him to the right. Carver mentioned a few weeks back that Marveaux can play on either wing so it's essentially a no-brainer when deciding who comes in for Obertan while he's out injured. The midfield will be: (right to left) Marveaux Cabaye Tiote (if fit) Jonas

Penalty to Birmingham. EDIT: scored. 2-2.

Birmingham pull one back. 2-1.

He really is

2-0 to Club Brugge.

What happened? It's related to François Sterchele who died in a car accident in 2008: The Birmingham fans were applauding in the 23rd minute.

1-0 to Brugge.

Soderberg goes to Chesterfield on loan:

Aye

Zigic's "dive"

Wildcard time methinks.

Same.

In all seriousness, I reckon this will be a close game. Like I've said before, a draw will do me (disregard my post on the first page, got caught up in the post-win buzz on Monday) but with the run we're on and the confidence we've got atm, we have a good chance of winning.

That means a win for us then

Guthrie has been hopeless out wide, in the past. I wonder whether Pardew will change the formation to a 4-3-3, with Guthrie, Tiote and Cabaye in the middle, and Jonas, Best and Ba up front. Not sure how well that'd work, and the better alternative would probably be simply putting Marveaux in for Obertan in the usual formation. This is more than likely to happen.

The actual shirt is meant to be something "similar". I hope not.