ChrisJbarnes

Thought we were going to see another Pacers @ Pistons. No card. Malice at The Palace!!! This is a must read if you haven't before: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7612311/an-oral-history-malice-palace No one will click that. Was more for you, man! It's awesome reading what the players say about Artest in the locker room after. Read that article, it'll change your life. Read it a while back. It's top work. I'd recommend people click it, but this is a soccer board. So...

Always had respect for the Polish, and Eastern Europeans in general to be honest. Think they get a lot of shit they dont deserve from a lot of Brits- as a general rule they are friendly, outgoing and honest hard working people and I think we could learn a lot from them to be honest.

Habib Beye sent off for Doncaster, who are in the championship drop zone. Bet he must be kicking himself!

The stats are pretty damning: League Apps (2011/2012) Goals Papiss Cisse: 8 8 Demba Ba: 27 16 Luis Suarez: 26 7 Andrew Carroll: 28 3 Craig Bellamy: 18 6 Dirk Kuyt: 26 2 Steven Gerrard: 14 5 Cisse/Ba combo: 35 24 Liverpool combo: 112 23

Going to go with 1-1 AET with Liverpool jamming it on pens. EDIT: Didnt realise Howard Webb was the ref. 1-0 Man United it is.

Chelsea still have 4 tough away games against arsenal, fulham and liverpool as well as their champions league and FA cup fixtures. Get anything at Stamford Bridge and 5th is a very realistic possibility. Pinch me.

Still the only oppositon team to get something at the CoM though

I'm in Kenya and they are showing the celebrations of some meaningless game which inter win on pens!

I won't be donating but it's sad to see any football club in danger of collapse. All the best in sorting it out.

Didn't play

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/feb/09/bath-city-football-rename-stadium?newsfeed=true Bath City football club offers right to rename Twerton Park stadium for £50 Fans can enter a draw to rename the stadium after themselves or a family member – or choose a more mischievous name Bigger football clubs expect to bank millions of pounds when they give up the naming rights for their stadium. But for just £50, businesses, fans and even rival supporters are being given the chance to rename Bath City's stadium. The club suggests the winner could name the stadium after a friend, family member, a beloved past player, a charity or perhaps a newborn baby. A worry is that the winner might also favour a more mischievous name. The club is also encouraging traditionalists who do not hold with such frippery to enter the draw so that should they win they can keep the current name, Twerton Park. The Bath City chairman, Manda Rigby, said the idea was that those interested would pay £50 to enter a draw. The winner would be pulled out of hat and rename the stadium as he or she saw fit. Rigby said: "We pride ourselves on being innovative at Bath City, and the stadium name draw is just the most recent example. We hope that businesses locally and nationally will recognise the tremendous value of acquiring the naming rights to our ground for just £50 but we also want our fans and the general public to get involved as well." Rigby is entering the draw herself but for the moment keeping her choice of name secret. The club's captain, Jim Rollo, who has made more than 450 appearances for Bath, said some of the players were also entering the draw. "I think it's a brilliant idea," he said. Twerton Park is in the south-west of the city and has been home to the club since 1932. It has raised terraces and a view of central Bath. The club, whose most famous fan is Ken Loach, is not enjoying the best of seasons and is pretty firmly stuck at the foot of the Blue Square Bet Premier league. Those who enter the draw will also receive four tickets for Bath's match against Forest Green Rovers on Easter Monday. The draw will take place at half-time and any traditionalists should not worry too much – the new name will last for one season, 2012/13, only.

Id like Millwall or Dagenham away

Fulham away in January could be a big game. Currently only 8 points behind us- thought it was more and they always improve 2nd half of the season

Couldn't put it better myself.

I just feel that game for game, point for point, Pardew has done extremely well taking all factors into consideration. Starting Obertan raises eyebrows certainly, but there might well be perfectly good reasons why he isn't doing it. We're on poor form admittedly, but I'm not sure any other managers would necessarily have us in the same position given the circumstances. A few people wanted Jol, Hughes and O'Neill instead of Pardew. Jol isn't popular with Fulham fans, O'Neill isnt popular with Villa fans, Hughes is fairly meh. Is the grass always greener? I just think a few people are quick to jump on bandwagons. If Pardew had made all his team selections, tactics and substitutions according to the general consensus on here, would we be 7th? I have my doubts. He certainly isnt above criticism but I think people on here do have a tendancy to oversimplify managing a football team. Off to bed now so probably won't reply

SOmeone just told me that he just paid for 24 tramps to stay in the Hilton for NYE. Might well be bullshit

Cant believe how fickle some people are. The poll I'm reading at the top says that 95% reckon he's been either good or excellent, and the fact is 19 games through the season we are 7th in the league with 5 points clear at the moment. A few frustrating results recently but largely a fantastic first half to the season and Pardew has to take a large amount of credit for this. Lets not forget this is despite having Simpson as our undisputed best right back and Best and Ameobi as our best strikers bar Ba. We have quality in the squad with some obvious gaps, and if we want to point fingers lets point them to those who are sanctioning the transfers. I'm as frustrated as many by some of the tactics and not playing Ben Arfa but what could just easily have happened is we attempted to pass them off the park and get strolled completely. The last time I remember a manager going with the consensus on here, we lost 3-0 at Derby. A few weeks ago some were hailing him as a tactical mastermind, tipped for England etc. etc, he's no Mourinho but I don't see a queue of big names queuing to manage us under Ashley. The realistic alternatives are going to be worse, not better. We're 7th in the league despite glaring weaknesses in the squad and Pardew has done more than enough to be given a bit of faith and cut a bit of slack given how bleak recent seasons have been.

Howay the 0-0 draw

Take him on a free to get him off their wage bill?

"Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas believes Newcastle counterpart Alan Pardew should have kept quiet after last weekend's defeat at St James' Park. The Portuguese has been firmly under the spotlight for the past week after accusing the media of a premeditated agenda against his club. Villas-Boas believes Pardew also demonstrated double standards when complaining about David Luiz's escape from a red card in Chelsea's 3-0 win last Saturday lunchtime. The centre-back committed a last-man challenge on Demba Ba and escaped a red card, much to the annoyance of Pardew, when only receiving a booking. But Villas-Boas said ahead of Monday's match with Manchester City: "Nobody tried to focus on the fact that maybe Demba Ba was offside in the David Luiz challenge. Nobody took that option. "They all wanted to give him the red card straight away. Big scandal "Alan Pardew made a big scandal out of this but the guy is offside. "Maybe the linesman should have done his work - and maybe Pardew was lucky! "He even got a free-kick which Ryan Taylor could have scored from, and I got a yellow card and a player suspended. "So maybe, now, I should get the player and the card rescinded, because it was an offside the linesman didn't give. "And this is the same manager who got a (controversial) penalty at Old Trafford to get a 1-1 making a big scandal out of this. "And then it was 'It got their player (Steven Taylor) injured, because David Luiz wasn't sent off' - come on!"

Cabaye to score anytime 4/1, R Taylor to score anytime 5/1. Taylor could be good odds, no?

i hope the club made them all buy memberships

wikipedia has it down as "St James Park- which is known for sponsorship as the Sports Direct Arena". SDA doesnt have its own page.