Ashley17

If Stoke are safe Pulis will throw the game for his mate. that gives them quite an advantage- still think even despite this they are still bad enough to go down worse team in the division imo. my head says tho-- a very tight escape for the jammy twats . edit- that said, I predict a full scale relegation campaign next season. Hopefully Stoke's recent form will lead to them being down there when that game rolls around. Can only see them winning 1 of their next 4 anyway

Who was it on here who won the WC with San Marino on FM? Might have been Sewelly

Did Dyer end up going to full-back that game? If so I am sure he was class. Think he might have done. Just remember losing him, Jenas and Bellamy to injuries that day, fairly certain we lost Woodgate not long after? He went to RB aye, Hughes & Woodgate into centre back after AOB red card. We lost Woodgate in the Chelsea home win a couple of games later

Of course.

It is a good read but if you think of the bone cruncher's Anita put in on Thursday and Cabaye on Dembele I'm not sure we should be looking for sympathy. Granted, it's ridiculous that neither Haidara or ben Arfa even got a free kick but in a way that makes it worse - the ref has called a foul and thinks it's only a yellow - the same punishment for kicking the ball away, time wasting, taking your shirt off etc.

Just wasted half an hour on this old classic: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/predictor/default.stm Had us finishing on 40 points in 15th, Villa 18th, Wigan 17th and Stoke 16th. mackems were in the bottom 3 until their double home games against Southampton & Stoke saw them to safety. I was probably too generous to Wigan but I've backed them to be similar to the end of last season, I don't think I had Reading get another point (which is ridiculous) and we relegated QPR officially. Thought I was being harsh on Stoke but they have hard games, which could be fun.

Friggin hell, 14th-18th all have home games next, and we go here. Villa have Liverpool, the mackems have Man Utd, Southampton have Chelsea, West Ham have WBA and Wigan have Norwich. By the time we play Fulham, most of those teams will have played the previous day, could be a very tense atmosphere if we're right back in there.

Hughton: "You have to give credit to a group of lads desperate to getting something out of the game"

Football's always had an annoying little habit of evening things up. Anita could have broken the guy's leg on Thursday but was only given yellow, obviously two wrongs don't make a right and Halsey's inability to deal with it is disgusting but I think I'd have been more annoyed if he'd seen it and given only a yellow. It was a horror tackle. The winning goal is also a ridiculous decision on the handball but sometimes it's not your day. Cisse could have walked last week and ended up scoring the winner, they've slam dunked in a winner this week. I just hope it doesn't cost us, I'd like to think we've got enough on the board to be safe but those two home games are looking vital - and we've never faired well with back to back home games, let alone three in a week.

Just seen these jammy fuckers will play Man Utd on Saturday 30th March - Man Utd's FA cup replay at Chelsea has been arranged for Monday 1st April at 12.30. So probably an understrength Man Utd team on the Saturday.

Has anyone come out with "he's not that type of player" yet? Fucking hate that saying. He did it for ffs, so he is.

No Al-Habsi for them

Think Rose counts as a full back to be fair

I see they've gone for the old Vaughan/Larsson centre midfield partnership today

Having seen it there it's a fucking awful back pass. Doesn't excuse the keeper particularly but still

Shola will probably start then, Cisse on the bench.

Enjoyed seeing a pundit celebrate a goal against Liverpool.

Internationals, have a party.

Hopefully City can't be arsed now, starting in 2 weeks.

One of the richest clubs in the world need a goal and they've brought on Clichy & Scott Sinclair

The fuck is going on?

Otm Shank

The opening 20 minutes of Steven Taylor blocking everything was terrifying, can't believe we didn't concede.

There was several occasions tonight where he was in a lot of space and the pass to him was refused. Beyond that I don't remember him contributing anything except nearly breaking that lad's leg and looking exhausted after 20 minutes