Unbelievable

Zog should be booked got that imho

Siem warming up

Willo did very well for that header

Close!

HT: 3/10 WNB

We're absolutely rancid..

Damn, close!

Yep - he's a much better player than people are making out on here.

Worth noting that back when we got Tiote the rumour at Twente was they had agreed a decent sell on percentage. If true, the fee we may receive might not be what the club gets for him.

Oh dear

41 with 24 on the bench

Welcome to the Prem Burnley

Fabregas

Wow

Shit

Nice goal

Balloons Edit: just joking btw, appreciate your posts. Personally I find it hard to believe that nothing more serious than that would have gone on for him to be frozen out completely. There must have been a bust up or at least a serious fall out of some sort, but, I hasten to add, I believe Pardew has to do what's right for the club, and this most definitely isn't it.

Since those three games you keep mentioning (2 goals conceeded in total vs Man City, Chelsea and Spurs) we have played 29 competitive fixtures letting in 47 goals, mainly playing Williamson + Coloccini or Williamson + Saylor. Tried and tested indeed.

What's changed? as you know I'm not Colo's biggest fan but with all the changes in the final Third, I would go with the tired and tested for now. He tends to start league seasons well anyway. When it gets a bit cold he seems to go off the boil. I don't have any faith in Mbiwa too. I know he'll get a chance but I'm in no rush to see him out there. Tried and tested? if anything Williamson and Yanga-Mbiwa was tried and tested at that stage, yet cuntface had to break it up at the first instance and we've been a shambles at the back ever since. You're going on like Mapou is a 19 year old who's only just joined the club. Edit: ah, you said tired and tested. We may be in agreement after all

Another defensive midfielder. Just what the doctor ordered..

What's changed?

Colo has had over 200 games for us in central defence. How many has Mbiwa had? Twenty? Also, it's been quite a while ago that Colo has had great games for us consistently, and if he hadn't been awarded a very long bedding in period (that Yanga-Mbiwa is apparently not entitled to), including a season in the Championship, he wouldn't have even had those. Apart from experience I really fail to see what Coloccini offers nowadays that Yanga-Mbiwa doesn't, only one will only go downhill from here and the other has the potential to be a key player for years to come.