Ronaldo

If Rafa gets all the players he realistically wants I'm fairly certain we'll finish top half. If our transfer business ended tomorrow it would be a horrible season, obviously.

He's a fucking disgrace, like.

Arsenal haven't regressed at all, like. It would be reasonable to say they haven't progressed, but in no way have they regressed, certainly not until this season anyway. Are you joking? They've gone from perennially challenging in the league and even reaching the CL final to having 4th and the FA Cup as the aim come every April. They've regressed.

Wow. Fair fucking play to the ref.

How the fuck aren't Arsenal 2-0 up?

So it's at the referee's discretion as to whether it deceives or distracts.

Some yeah, I didn't say he was perfect. But it's way over the top. You understand why they're unhappy, surely? Five teams from the PL in next season's CL and Arsenal aren't one of them. It's a bit of a fall from grace, and it's been on the cards for years.

Depends on the interpretation of the rule. He only potentially interferes with the opponent's anticipation, not his view or ability to move.

That haven't challenged for the Premier League in 13 years despite being one of the biggest clubs in the world. Of course he deserves criticism.

He didn't touch the ball, wasn't impeding anybody and didn't block the keeper's view of the shot. Goal. The keeper would have moved to block Sanchez much earlier if he hadn't thought Ramsey was going for it. What Courtois thought doesn't stop it being a goal.

He didn't touch the ball, wasn't impeding anybody and didn't block the keeper's view of the shot. Goal.

Dreadful.

Could being the key word. If he's been promised some spending money by Watford and he does an acceptable to good job, which he will imo, he's in a bit of a no lose situation.

It starts it 101 minutes.

Pardew would be fighting a losing battle there from the start. He would have had to be insane beyond tablets to seriously consider that job.

Not one bit weird, like. How does he further his career going back to Portugal? Probably offered three times the salary, too.

Does it really matter when he scored 23 league goals in the games he did play? Easily our best and most important player last season.

At the same time? Wouldn't he be dead?

We've had about 7 or 8 in my lifetime I've hated Pardew and Souness more, for example, but annoyance is a different category. I'd say he was more annoying than McClaren for example. He's an tedious twat at best. Remember him saying he never would sell Malbranque to a club like Newcastle and 'that lot up there', much to the amusement of whichever PFMs were in the studio with him.

That's what decent Championship defenders go for now? Puts into perspective how much we'll need to spend.

Completely deserved.

Except that never happened. I know he's a crap footballer but to imply he's been a persistent weakness defensively in his couple of seasons as a nailed-on starter is wide of the mark. Good on him, anyway. Coleman's always hated us as a club and a place. Wouldn't be one bit surprised if Dummett being overlooked was an extension of that, petty little twat that he is.

Holding the ball up? Yes. I realise because he's shorter than 6' I must be wrong, like. At leading the line he's quality. That side of his game doesn't get enough credit, probably due to the fact he scores every 93 minutes or whatever.

Gayle'a very good at that, to be fair.

We absolutely won't do better than Townsend.