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Pretty sure Ledley is on a free in the summer so they haven't got any choice about losing him and if money is a factor then they'd accept bids for Chopra

They've had a shocking run of form. Still harsh though. He's had no money to spend, worked wonders when he first went there and then, in his first bad patch, they sack him? Tossers.

Sean Davis is at Bolton and crippled. AGAIN. No point. I think he means Steven Davis, ex-Villa & Fulham. He always looks good when I see Rangers but then it is the SPL...

If it wasn't for Darren Bent's form then Sunderland would be in the relegation zone. They've spent a lot of money in the last few years to put together a very average team.

I think you will, their away form is woeful. I think they have like one point on the road. Can see Saha bagging two here. The way we're playing, someone's going to get a twatting off us soon. It would have been the Birmingham game had Saha's goal to make it 2-0 not been disallowed, and even then, we dominated yet contrived to only draw. 4-1 today, howay. We had something like 67% possession against Sunderland away from home too. Should have been two comfortable wins and six points against them & Birmingham but we end up drawing both games. I might just give up if we don't win today.

Rooney

It's boring as fuck.

I hate that little cunt Wiley but to be fair even I can see why he didn't give it. The movement of the ball makes it look like Brown won it.

If you're not careful the scout will have come back recommending Kenny Miller after his performance today

Peach of a cross but shite defending as well. We should have won that game easily, played them off the park for long periods. Someone is going to get a right twatting off us soon, maybe Burnley tomorrow. I've always thought the opposite about Dowd, he seems to be one of the only ones willing to upset the Sky 4 with red cards, pens etc

Merry xmas everyone. I trust you've all had a goodun.

The Basque could get a decent XI together as well. Basically the Bilbao team but with Arteta, Del Horno, Alonso, Llorente (the other one), Garrido & Aduriz added to the squad

I seriously doubt it will be us. We can only get loan signings according to Moyes and the local papers. I'd be shocked if we've made a £3m bid for anyone, even more so if it's not 70 pence up front and free tickets to Blood Brothers with the rest paid in installments, bonuses and clauses over the next century. Plus, I don't even understand why we're being linked with keepers when John Ruddy is playing so well for Motherwell.

Was he? They were relegation favourites in the Championship and he got them promoted. Didn't he actually have a better record in the Prem than Jewell ended up with too?

Village Idiot is our Spanish Correspondent, but I'll just say he's done f*** all Jermaine Pennant watch: Games played: 11 Goals: 0 Assists: 0 Wow. He's worse than Leon Osman. What the hell ever happened to him, he used to alway seem to pop up with goals, never hear of him now. Was he ever very good? He's been injured for months. Still scores his fair share for a midfielder but has been largely crap for the past 18months. If he had any pace whatsoever he'd be quality. As it is, he's just alright.

Weiss looks top quality to me. I doubt you've got anyone as good in your academy, not many clubs across the country can say they have. He's in the first XI for his national side even though he's only a kid and doesn't play regular football.

They got a totally undeserved win last week against Burnley. They were played off the park for large periods. Great result for us today though. About time we had a bit of luck this season.

We signed Anderson Silva (on a free I think) from Racing Santander then loaned him to Malaga until he got a Spanish passport so he's played at a higher level than the Championship already. When he finally came here Moyes didn't give him a chance at all and he signed for Barnsley after a loan spell there. I've seen him score some great goals in the Championship and I remember he had a good game for us against Werder Bremen in pre-season one time. That was one of his very few run outs for Everton.

He was actually a lot more bloated than that at one point. That's him after getting his act together enough to get back on the pitch.

Going to Man Utd for 6months according to tomorrows Mirror

Head to head is retarded.

He's s****... really I've seen Bolton twice this season and even though he scored against Everton, he's still no good, he's just fast, nothing else... awful handling of the ball... Disagree there like. I've seen him play a number of games for Bolton and he looks a clever little player, skilfull on the ball with an eye for a pass, looks very out of place in the Bolton team in that respect! Has the typical work-rate of Korean players aswell. He looks good from what I've seen. Don't see why Bolton would sell when they've only just bought him though.

Signing him would virtually guarantee you promotion. To do anything in the Prem he needs the team to be basically built around him with wingers whipping balls in which is why he was useless for us. Cross that bridge when you come to it though, certainly did the business at Sheff Utd, Stoke and So'ton.

That is class. One of my favourite EFC banners was "Hibbert Scores We Riot" at Wembley

I think you're right, he probably gets treated harshly, but if he does it is largely because he's shown himself so willing to use his elbows. I like him, he's a very good player, but it's pretty hard to argue against the elbow thing when the evidence is there for all to see. The elbowing gets exaggerated massively though. Nobody is talking about Crouch elbowing Fellaini in the first place for example. How him and Corluka never got booked for constant fouling was a mystery.