Taylor Swift

He's the most talented player in the league. He hasn't put it together yet but he will. No one can score a goal like he did v Bolton and Blackburn. No one. He just needs to be fit for a whole season and everyone will realise that this guy is pretty much it.

If Hatem hadn't been injured for three months, people would be talking about him in the same reverential tone as they do Bale today. I honestly believe that and I'm sure he'll prove me right.

I'm getting killed by my mates for saying I'd take him over Bale. Obviously Bale is in the form of his life and Hatem is injured but seriously they're not far apart when both are in form. Hatem better not let me down. We're a better team than Spurs, dammit.

£12.50 on us to win the Europa.

We close down when they're in our half,which is made harder when Taylor doesn't press their striker and push him back into our midfielders. It means the whole team has to turn and causes all sorts of problems.

Except Colo's leaving. Taylor's not perfect but he's easily good enough to start for us. If he does leave, which I'm not certain of because someone will have to stump up £6m, we'll sign someone like Douglas, who's better than Taylor anyway. Out of all the CBs playing and starting for teams in the top 7 teams that will be our competitors next year, he'd be the worst. If he slims down and regains some agility then all bets are off but this version of him isn't good enough.

It's also noticeable that he backs off against many players because he's scared of them taking him on because he's not agile enough. I think slimming down would help a lot. He should look at a similar build to Vidic and Terry, both were strong, relatively slow players who could defend pacier players because they were agile enough to defend attackers intimately.

He's still not good enough against better opposition. He likes to sit back and invite pressure, which is against the team ethos and causes problems for other players. He's been all right since he's been back but he's not as good as he was last season. I'd rather see him be a backup permanently and have Colo and YM as the starters.

What he said in the interview.

Agreed with Stu although I have to admit that I panicked after seeing how long Ben Arfa was out for and us getting beat quite easily in a few matches. Stick a fork in this thread, it's done. It ain't happening. We'll finish 10th and win the Europa League

Sweet Prince is back. Five sleeps.

Second time we've come from behind to win a match in three weeks.

What a fucking ball by Cabaye

Owen is on my TV. Cunt.

He'll be fine. The cold probably made it feel worse. Nothing a bit of hot bath and a massage won't solve.

Shit, he hurt his back.

Holy shit

Our set pieces are useless. No point cross from there, honestly.

Imagine Ben Arfa doing that on the other side

Fuck yeah

Why do we launch it long from every free kick? Why can't we just pass it short and play it from there? Every time we get a free kick near the halfway line, it's launched long.

Twitter is pretty good for these things.

Good team. Let's do em.

They should have banned loans a long time ago.

What a hit.