Ashley17

More or less what I meant, you'd see at least 5 pens a game if that was always a pen.

Softest penalty ever.

Chelsea was at half 5 after the Thursday trip to Greece. In the Roeder days we played in Palermo on the Thursday then Sheff Utd at half 5 on the Saturday. Seem to remember something similar under SBR when we played Wolves away at lunch time on the Saturday after a European game but I can't remember who we played on the Thursday. They have the capacity to change it though - QPR/Spurs was due to be on a Monday night a few weeks back and it was moved into the Saturday 12.45 slot as QPR had a cup replay - I'd hope for something similar should we still be in the Europa

I'm surprised he's still got so much support, in the 15 months (ish?) that he's been in charge there's been one purple patch of good results and he spent a fair whack in the summer. Still though, it's refreshing that a manager isn't being hounded out and I guess you're well and truly midtable, 8 points from 7th and 8 points from the bottom 3. And you're above us of course, which probably gets him some credit.

Fletcher's hair transplant is impressive like

Fucking hell, trial by television for Cabaye. Ramires' two footer not even on the highlights last week

Brazil's number 1

With no league game in between the home and away leg I'd hope he'll go for it in the home leg, especially as they haven't had a competitve game in a while

Agree with that, only seen him in a few of their TV games and he gets forward well

Confirmed squad changes are in here: http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/General/01/91/64/25/1916425_DOWNLOAD.pdf But Haidara is in, as well as the other 2 previously mentioned. Abeid, Inman, Knight, Newton, Xisco & Ba all unregistered.

City were atrocious in that first half, Liverpool doing well to stifle them though

Thought Southampton would tank after the unnecessary turbulence but they actually seem better...

I let myself get excited earlier reading what FA cup games were on TV in round 5. Just when it looked like these cunts weren't on, BAM, Monday night football.

Could we not let them have Williamson also. Don't Wigan play 3 at the back, can't see how Simmo fits into that like. Maybe they've realised that playing an open back 3 including Gary Caldwell and Emmerson Boyce is only going to end one way

Bringing on Benayoun over Marin

Pretty incredible that considering they threw everything forward we didn't have one shot on the counter

Yep, in the morning I will happy to agree with this fully. We did drop our arse in a lead again, though. That's the point. What's the message from tonight's lesson? Sometimes our keeper will have a blinder and everything will be rosy? Or last season, as it is known.

It's only a problem once we go ahead

Agonlahor for Bent & Weimann for Joe Bennett

Pick that out baldy locks

That is a mighty wallop

Just read the last 2 pages and wanted to poke my eyes out. Marveaux is injured, not dropped. Get over it

Is swapping full backs when chasing a game the new in thing?

"Friedel can't get near it" as the replay shows him getting hands on the ball