Robster

Aye, I think that's fair. Really need to see how the next games go.

Come on Everton. The last thing we need need is for West Ham to find a run of form.

Maybe Pardew will reverse the trend so we beat the poor teams but lose to the better ones.

Sadly Dave, Pardew is part of this wonderful management structure of ours and therefore as a general house rule probably doesn't give a flying fuck what we think.

Forgive me for speaking on Dresden's behalf but I am guessing that he saw Keane as a completely unrealistic possibility.

Does anyone serious expect us to "strengthen" the squad. We may add to it, but personally, I am not expecting any genuine quality to be added.

Usual matchday F5-ing, nothing more.

SMF Connection errors for me just there.

Yup. 2 x top 4 sides. Not the end of the world.

When was the last time we had a good set of results over the Christmas holidays ?

We need a deflating balloon emoticon.

Ashley will wait until the fans' attitude towards him has calmed down again before he sells Carroll. He likes to have something in his back pocket to make things kick off big style every now and again to raise the club's (Sports Direct's) profile. Cynical I know.

Bosingwa as a child. http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/3139/1248190716evilsimpsonsb.jpg

What the hell has happened to Chelsea ?

I'm speechless

learning from the mistakes of others is a good start He wouldn't have been following us religiously over the last eighteen months so you can't expect that of him in two weeks.

England are shit.

Plenty of people said that Hughton needs to learn from his mistakes - Pardew needs to be allowed the time to see if he can.

Did I miss the headlines ?

Just started browsing the thread from kick off. You should put spoiler tags on that picture man.

I'm sure on Talksport, Bobby Gould has just called him "Nigel Ranger"

Italy v USA seems worthy of a thread

Been told by ?

That makes me laugh

Apparently Rafa has enrolled his kids back into schools in the Liverpool area. Does he expect a return ?