ElDiablo

Are bookies open today?

Class

Urgh

Have a good one errbody.

Obviously was deliberate.

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I meant player prices. I know absolutely nothing about economics, but surely if another club is in a better financial position than they were before, they can be expected to demand more accordingly? Just means even more will be invested abroad, which long term I don't like as it'll be even more difficult for homegrown youngsters to get a chance.

What are the details of this? I know it's more than in previous years, but how much more are we talking here? http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jun/13/premier-league-tv-rights-3-billion-sky-bt Won't that just mean prices will sky rocket?

Not on TV.

My immediate thought was they were an 'easy' target.

Couldn't really blame them either.

Would love to have a wander through some of these Soviet satellite states with a camera. Shame it's so expensive and shit to get to.

Excellent display. His link up is really good, looks the real deal.

Got to take your chances if you want to get anything against the top sides. A Cisse with a few goals puts that away and who knows from then on. Still, a tentative first 25 mins costs us. Cannot keep doing that.

Big cultural connection between Japan and Brazil, Sao Paulo has the highest concentration of Japanese people outside of Japan. Lots of Germans in Brazil aswell? Think I read that somewhere. All dem descendents of escaped Nazis after WWII.

I really think tonight's result was much more down to certain players letting the team down than Pardew's tactics. Tiote was absolutely awful, Cisse and Ba looked thick as mince and ball watch when we're in possession. We knocked it about well but were let down partly by poor decision making and partly an absence of luck. Pardew must take blame for 3 shite subs though, timing and personnel was all wrong.

Leaving soon. Feels like ages since my last game. (Chelsea) Going for 2-2, us pegged back twice.

BBC reckon Chelsea have had 68% possession.

Procrastination has got me involved.

I've not seen lot of City apart from MOTD this season, but it's still a bit early to write him off and advocate the signing of a new player in that position, especially when there's no guarantee they will hit the ground running. It'd only be worth it if they got someone like De Rossi in, who would be a success over here imo.

Javi Garcia?

Hope he capitalises on the chance he's been given, he knows it wouldn't have come under usual circumstances so it might give him extra determination to show what he can do. We could do with a striker like him, one to cause bother up front as foil for Ba/Cisse/Shola as none of them are the quick, strong bruiser type that can upset a defence.

11.03? This took far too long.

Might not go down well with the fashionistas, but we really lack steel and someone to pick the team up by the scruff of the neck when the going gets tough. We really miss Nolan for this imo.