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Still injured is he not? If not, i don't think he is favoured by Pardew anyway.

Elliot Simpson Taylor Coloccini Taylor Tiote Cabaye Marveaux Ben Arfa Lovenkrands Shola At a guess. I think Pardew will throw a bone to Lovenkrands btw. On the other hand we know he likes two strikers so perhaps Ben Arfa will start on the left. EDIT: If Vuckic is injured, Cabaye will surely start.

What's the other option, Perch at centre back? Gosling is injured btw (he's in your team).

Can't see anyway that Ben Arfa will start this match. He will get a half at most.

The guy has seriously got something wrong with him. I'm not even joking.

Van der Vaart on. Gutted for Liverpool

They have an excellent squad, it's their manager who is the problem.

It's not bad side by any stretch and there are far worse sides in the league but there really isn't much be proud of is there?

Who Clattermole? Thats one less sending off at least.

I've said all along that Dalglish will only ever provide team spirit and fan support, he will never have the tactical capabilities to battle with the top four. Today: Skrtel vs Bale Carroll moved to the left (after sending off) Both very poor decisions.

HAHA offside. Dogleash not getting the decisions again.

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Well done Joey!

Some players just have that un-explainable ability to score goals. He doesn't contriubte a great deal to our build up play but you could say that about quite a few very good goal scorers. Keep it up Besty!

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Aye, that's what i reckon too. Oh and cunning linguist, there is no way Barton will give a bad gesture to our fans, in fact he is almost certain to do the opposite. I reckon we will give him a good reception too.

Pardew will play Obertan, after his "pace away from home" comments, i'm sure he'll play behind a lone striker. I think it's the right decision too, if it's not working we can always change things around.

Stay positive, no reason whatsoever why we can't get a good result from this game. We have pace in forward areas and they their defence is awful. Should be a cracking game.

There back five is shocking, we are bound to create chances against this lot. It's whether we take them, perfect game for Ba to get his first goal.

The difference is that the players who have left our club, have done so due to the owners fucking the club around. Why are the Sunderland players leaving, since Quinn is the next Jesus and that?

Didn't Warnock say he was quite impressed with the signings we had made, despite not spending big money? Always had him down as a bell-end. On today's game we need to keep Barton and Taraabt quiet, other than that this is the worst team on paper we have played so far, with probably the best team spirit we have played so far. So it's something a bit different for us. We need to keep the ball and knock their spirits back. After that we are relying on the quality of our attackers to do the business, who knows what to expect on that front. I would be happy with a draw.

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I think it might mean we enquired several times about him.

Have we a January transfer window thread yet? Pass me the noose...

Wonder if perchy might go the other way, would solve some of their defensive problems.