Ashley17

I wonder if this increases our chances of getting another striker in on loan. We do have 2 weeks, don't we? No.

Yep, no goals.

They didn't get squad numbers (Ferdinand, McCartney, Healy etc) so they are reserve team players to all intents and purposes

29 Mins: Wow, that took some stopping. Sol Campbell assuredly brings the ball out of his own half and builds a head of steam. It takes two Sunderland bodies to stop the former Arsenal man, who goes crashing into the ground hard.

This is all sorts of horrible.

There are 25 in that list but not all of them need to be registered. Can we leave off Gosling (in favour of Kadar, Vuckic or Tavernier) and then alter the squad of 25 (we register with the FA) in January? Surely the squad list is resubmitted after January anyway, or there'd be hardly any transfers. It is re-submitted at the end of the January window if the fountain of all knowledge (FM) is to be believed

Matterface works for talksport now aka bullshit radio

Ranger, 1-0

For those who care, Xisco is on the left, Ranger and Lovenkrands through the middle.

Very pleased with the squad. We're blatantly going to play this 4-5-1 (pretty much 4-4-2 tbh) thing, big question mark over who plays where with Ben Arfa/Nolan probably wanting the same position. Getting another striker in would have been one too many I think without anybody leaving, it would have had to be a striker happy to sit on the bench, as it's Carroll and Ben Arfa or Nolan as far as I can see. The most pleasing thing is that the squad seems together and the spirit of last season has been carried over, and I think by signing a few players as opposed to a whole new team should see us through, it's really a toss-up between about 8 teams for who will be stuck down at the bottom. I'd like to think the extra quality we have with Ben Arfa should at least mean our home record is competitive, and frankly if you can win 9 or 10 of your home games you're well on the way to staying up.

We scored, they didn't. Finished 1-1

Wasn't it Decky who asked the other week as well

Think it'll be dependent on Spurs getting another striker in, they can't compete in Europe and domestically with 3 strikers

Nasri, but he got the ball IIRC

Shola is such a fucking idiot

This is funny as fuck On the plus side, Psychic AL was right on the Blackpool match if it stays that way

Jeff's microphone has been muted, fucking hell Sky you deny us him for free then mute him, cunts

The fuck happened there

Carroll off, Shola on

Guthrie's still injured. Whether that's true or not remains to be seen

CARROLL!

The only way this could get any worse will be when Lowes says "And here comes Shola"

This ref man Fucking hell.

I swear he gets more excited when we concede

Brian Deane, probably He got first goal i think I've got all the answers, just in the wrong order