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Would've been epic if the ref gave Arsenal a penalty there

Paul Robinson has made some absurd saves today.

Should've scored. To be fair, he looks like he wants to kill himself

Someone somewhere bet 10 quid on 4-3 or 4-4 today and is walking away with a few grand.

Don't really see what the point of having both Shola, Loven, AND Sammy on the bench. When would we ever bring on all three?

Yakubu was already pretty high in my estimation thanks to his legendary miss that sent us into the second round of the WC. This just makes me love him more.

We have the worst strike force I've ever seen Newcastle with

I'm going for Gervinho to get sent off again for a four-match ban.

Gee Arsene, don't you wish you had Wor Park on the bench to come on and score a hat-trick for you?

If anything, Blackburn will score a couple more. Arsenal is in full on deer-in-headlights mode.

Arsenal Oh well, at least this is some good, soothing entertainment in advance of the spanking that Villa will no doubt give us in a couple hours.

I'd like to see both Shola and Taylor benched, but I'm willing to be realistic and take one of the two.

How did the Nork get out? Unsure. He's only 18, was playing youth football back home and made a couple of international appearances before Basel picked him up out of the blue. I guess the regime is okay with it. KJI's successor went to college in Switzerland after all.

Ryan Taylor v. Aaron Lennon Actually, Ryan Taylor v. Any right winger in the entire league

South Korean and North Korean players on the pitch together in European competition for the first time ever. Park Joo-Ho and Park Kwang-Ryong for FC Basel in their 2-1 win vs. Otelul Galati.

Consumerist armpit

Alan Smith has a pretty impressive injury record. Plus, even if he was injured right now, would you notice?

A statement of intent from Redknapp!

N'Zogbia has been shit this season, so obviously we're going to do him a favor by helping him kick-start his Aston Villa career with a hat-trick.

RYAN TAYLOR TIME

Next time in Abu Dhabi I'm going to have me a long, hard look for any rich dudes who'd like a football club.

I'd rather he just renamed the stadium to sports direct park or something. Nobody could force you to call it anything other than St James', but you're forced to see that ugly lettering every home match now.

That thing is just ugly as fuck and completely tasteless.

Would be great for Australia though Nah, you lot are terrible Honestly I think the writing is on the wall for us this qualifying season though. With all the terrible luck the national team has had, I feel that we're, very, very likely to miss out on 2014. We were atrocious vs Thailand. We need to get rid of a heap of older players atm. Kewell, Schwarzer, Neil, the Og Monster (such an amazing story playing park football 5 years ago now he has played in a WC and named Asia's best player for 2010), North, Grella, Bresciano and Thompson. I'll be honest, I can't name a single decent Australian player under age 30. You really don't seem to be replacing your older guys at all. In any case, qualification is going to be such a bitch this year.

Would be great for Australia though Nah, you lot are terrible Honestly I think the writing is on the wall for us this qualifying season though. With all the terrible luck the national team has had, I feel that we're, very, very likely to miss out on 2014.