Tachikoma

Duff. Also, the Johnson pen, wtf?

I dunno, that actually made sense to me. Guthrie had totally lost it at that point and was just giving the ball away for nothing. Pardew should have been telling the players to slow down the game in the second half, instead we got cocky and paid for it.

Oh fuck off man. This result is 100% about the defence man. Yeah our defence has been bad but two of their goals were after Shola rather hopelessly lost the ball. Attack is the best form of defence. That's the mindset that lost us the game today, we pressed forward too much and gambled a little too much, which meant we kept giving the ball away, and left tonnes of space for Johnson and Dempsey to exploit. We could have gotten away with some of it if Tiote was here. Also Shola, to be fair, wasn't nearly as static as he had been against QPR. He's still no Demba.

Meh, wouldn't have happened with Tiote on the pitch. Its more or less Martin Jol pwning the fuck out of Pardew tactically today.

Ben Arfa not doubled up on = goal

Not whilst Gerrard, Lampard, Barry and Parker are still around Not while Capello is around, more accurately speaking...

Hasnt had his best game would equal Ober having his best! Ober couldn't even dream of being this good man

Guthrie for Ingerland

For good reason unfortunately, that central midfield is waaaaay too lightweight. A 4-3-3 with Vuckic Guthrie Jonas and Barfa Shola Best might work - we sort of did that against QPR already. That's just the same but more attacking Well, the logic is that it can revert to 4-5-1 when defending.

What form? He barely had any games last season, barring that blooper against WBA he wasn't horrible either. (iirc)

For good reason unfortunately, that central midfield is waaaaay too lightweight. A 4-3-3 with Vuckic Guthrie Jonas and Barfa Shola Best might work - we sort of did that against QPR already.

The only way they're going to be stopped is if Coca-Cola et al decided to stop giving FIFA their money. There's a real need for an alternative to FIFA, too.

yeah, has nothing on Ben Arfa or Luque. Seriously, they're mostly soft goals against shite opposition. No evidence he can do the business on a cold night at the Britannia. Its not like the club scouted him through youtube, apparently they've monitored him for 2 years.

yeah, has nothing on Ben Arfa or Luque.

A new contract for Colo. Nothing else.

Shola's holdup play has come on leaps and bounds since he first came in though, can't say he really hasn't adapted to it. I think we just need to hire a hypnotist to make Shola think he's either playing Sunderland or Tottenham every game.

There's always Aly Cissokho (hopefully). We'll sign Jose back when Dalglish gets Liverpool to finish around 10th and the owner bails out.

He reminds me so much of Gareth Bale, except he can actually defend. And is right footed.

Nicky Butt would never delay the pass either. and never run around and let you down~

Oh dear

This.

Man, if he had scored from that, my fantasy prem team would have had a mini orgasm.

Tbf he does lose them in risky areas every now and then, which is why he will be better on the wing, perhaps the left this time so he doesn't have to cut inside everytime he needs to cross?

Did alright at keeping the ball.