Colos Short and Curlies

We're still in a position where its more than possible that 2 out of Pullis, Pardew and Allardyce get relegated in the same season. I'm holding onto that thought rather than us going down - but the irony of us finally spending some money and then going down in the same season is quite funny

Danny Murphy is a massive gob-shite (one of the worst "pundits" going IMO), but in this instance, he's right isn't he? Yes and no. Take our games from Villa onwards and the number of decent chances we've had at 1-0 up, 0-0 or even 1-0 down. Potential game changing moments where a goal could easily have us 6-9 points better off. I'd expect a striker with a decent ego to be thinking (and his agent suggesting) that he'd have buried them. I know that if my aunt had a penis she'd be my uncle and all that jazz and the fact is we didn't score, but I can see a valid argument for saying that West Brom to Newcastle now is a risk worth taking and a massive step up

Cant remember the last deadline day that we were involved in. So by midday I reckon we'll all be longing for the days where we irrelevanty bystanders in the whole thing. Still, today is the day that dual screens at work was made for!

Right back wasn't he?

Can't see why Adebayor would be massively motivate at Palace. He would have an eye on a bigger wage come the summer - mayber China or the US and this is just something to keep him busy for a few months. He'll get a move come the summer regardless of what he does now

Typical

Simple reason for this, throwing yourself at the ball for a block is low risk. You can't then fuck it up with a poor pass or get caught in possession. Having the ball at your feet is a completely different story....

Well I doubt any other player could have scored the goal he got against QPR - at least not in the same manner

Rubbish, one point from their last five games or something like that. Obviously they beat us in the cup in the middle of that run though. To be fair we beat ourselves in the cup

I hope he reads this post and is nodding is head in approval. Then I hope that the nodding leaves him with a cricked neck that takes days to go away

Tore Jason McAteer a new arsehole that game. Just turned him again and again and again. And again. And again. Was it Neil Cox who he completely burned at the beginning of the season? (Was against Boro). The poor lad is probably still dizzy today Edit: DOh

I hope he wakes up to be greeted by a naked laughing Ainsley Harriott, bottle of lube in one hand, Persy Pepper in the other. Then I hope AH forgets to use the lube

Would like Watford and West Brom be pulled in for numbers. 6 or 7 points from the next 3 would make things look better, no reason that we can't get something from all 3 games either

Options

You can't place the penalty under 'huge mistake'

Long term conceding one and then (fairly comfotably) seeing out 40 mins might do the whole team confidence more good then cantering to a 3/4 goal victory I'm not sure I get your point here? Maybe I wasn't clear in my post. But I was actually pointing out that it's good that we are now creating chances and scoring goals. Something we've struggled with all season. Not that we should have beat West Ham 4-0 and I'm annoyed we didn't. A win is a win ATM. So long as we keep creating chances and scoring enough to win, I'm not overly arsed. But we haven't really done this on the road, hence the grand total of 5 away goals all season. Sorry, I was adding to your point, not questioning it. For ages we've had a brittle confidence where a 2-0 lead becomes 2-1 and then inevitably 2-2, regardless on how well we've played. Or a 1-0 with 10 mins left is an inevitable 1-1 etc.etc Going 2 up and coasting, giving a goal away but then being pretty comfortable in keeping the lead has to aid the belief in the players that we can hold on to leads, whereas a 4/5/6 nil win is very nice on the day but does nothign to prove to the players that they can grind out a win/keep a lead when necessary

Long term conceding one and then (fairly comfotably) seeing out 40 mins might do the whole team confidence more good then cantering to a 3/4 goal victory

Hope he steps in some dog poo and then when he's looking at his shoe a car speeds through a puddle giving him a right royal soaking

Without wishing to get all Liverpool in the wording, what impressed me more than the long passing was the amount of short passing and moving that he got through

Agreed, you'd expect a good 80% or 90% to come from the 95 - 96 teams or the 01-03 teams

It was a dumb back pass, which happens. But looking at a wide angle, when he played the ball back of looked pretty safe, it was actually pretty intelligent running by Jelavic and made quite late. Not enough credit for the striker but not taking away that it was a gifted goal

Or a tenner to pick it up in store

So Riv scores, Aaron's wins a pen which Marv scores. Start em all sat!

Put it this way, If Mbemba's was a hand ball for a unnatural position of the arm then so was Dummetts when he blocked a shot (when Fellaini got booked). Nothing less natural than an arm being on the floor