Ashley17

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

Brian Deane, probably

Aye it's his fault people aren't picking men up in the box. f***ing hell. If he'd managed to put the ball in the net from 4 yards, we'd have still been in control. fucking hell. There is no sadder sight than Neesy facepalming you. It's the equivalent of Nolan calling somebody fat and slow.

That was a really quick half, end to end (as in, half of it was at their end and the other half at ours), plenty to be positive about though despite trailing.

Ewanks-Blokes 1-0

Carroll misses fantastic chance, gets booked for complaining it's not a corner.

Nolan volleys over, decent chance

Perch

Lowes furious with Jelle van Damme for a challenge on Gutierrez

Inept clowns running things down there, 30 fucking minutes down the drain. RAGE. Least it goes down the drain the other way