Colos Short and Curlies

So do we reckon Messi is a Rafa type player?

Palace, Huddersfield, West Ham for me. Everton 4th bottom

Liverpool have knocked her back twice, even after she offered £1.2bn. I'm still not clear whether it's her offering £1.2bn or she's doing it on behalf of some other party. If she is looking to buy a club personally then she'd want Liverpool I'd have thought, since that's the club she supports. Why would she want to spend a daft amount on a club which she doesn't follow? See Ashley, Fat Mike

To be fair when touting himself for the Wales job pre Coleman all Hartson could say is ‘no one will be more welsh than me’. Sums it up perfectly

I’d say more 2-1 after being one up in the 90th minute

One thing with Ashley, if he is in anyway involved you can guarantee that HMRC will be all over Sports Direct for years to come looking at every single tax angle they can. So even if we’re fucked, he is more so

Even before the weekend I had noticed a shift in how we were being written about in the press, it really does feel that something is up, what though is unknown

Fancy Gayle to cause problems against these second half, as long as we keep it on the deck

What a Newcastle goal to concede

I think you’ll find he’d shag you, only it would be meticulously planned love making

Doesn’t Gayle like scoring against these lot coming off the bench? Motto and Shelvey in for Joselu and Hayden 4-3

Only one person involved in our last 2 cup finals (both teams and management) is still active in the professional game (excluding punditry). Thigh to be fair Wenger will still be Arsenal manager in another 19 years time

Not surprising to me. Academies/Centre's of excellence have a piss poor record of developing players who go on to have a full career in the professional game. I really think that youth development should be taken out of clubs and put into regional centre's with a broader access point and a focus on the kids' development, not the club's interests. Would love to see it run through universities, a bit like in the US. There would still be affiliation to the areas where professional clubs are to allow sponsorship and support, and it adds in a bonus that those who don't make it get some form of education to support them afterwards

Not if your postman is incredibly handsome. Here's hoping, wouldn't want him stuck with my looks

Away fans were in fine voice for 90 mins today, great job. Does taking my pregnant wife to the game count as taking my boy to his first game?

5 rows and a Perspex screen between me and Pardew, offers for a hit?

4 Spaniards in the starting 11 potentially today. What was our peak with the French invasion?

Kuyt, Skrtl (however you spell it!), Spearing all in one picture. How did the lens not crack?

11pm surprise deal. Come on let's make it happen!

But wouldn't that be the case with a hell of a lot of fouls where the ref seems it a yellow at worst when replays show studs up etc? Ref sees an incident and rules it as he sees fit, end of story for the incident surely?

Off to this - every away game I've been to we've picked up 3 points , unfortunately every Swansea home game I've been to they've picked up 3 points. Draw it is then

Probably off on holiday this week before the kids go back to school

Murphy, De Jong, Atsu/Aarons, Joselu/Mitro front 4 for me. Young fast wingers, a bit of guile and a focal point. It's simple and crude football but looking at the squad quick wingers seem to be where we are well stocked

De Jong didn't even make the bench last weekend. Unless he's had an incredible week of training, then why would he jump from not being in the 18 to starting? Horses for courses? Pretty sure we saw a few lineups last season where someone (ok usually Mitro or Murphy) would go from out the squad to first 11

Could possibly see De Jong start if Hayden and Merino are the midfield 2 to give a bit of an experienced head with them