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Just the extra eight league games and the extra round in the League Cup. Plus the possibility of playoffs, and the fact that if for once we get a few shit sides in either cup theres a chance we could end up having a longer run than our usual one or two rounds.

Both of Andy Carroll's headed goals for the club were preceded by a shocking headed miss beforehand.

West Brom, Swansea, Cardiff and Derby will be up there next season imo.

1 game vs Depor 1 game vs an Irish league team 2 games vs Scandinavian teams 1 game against a local team - Darlington to boost their coffers? 1 game against an Italian team at home imo

Whaddya mean I haven't got a leg to stand on? I make a belter Piers Morgan lookalike in profile!

I think he'll get 7 goals next season. He won't get as much game time as everyone thinks, however. He'll be something like fourth choice.

The sky buildup was like that David Mitchell mock advert for skysports.

What was wrong with Kinnear golf? He kept "hanging his hat" on the flag.

Interpolic shoved the pin into his face I think.

And with that, you don't have to leave for a year.

Fergie going a lovely shade of purple.

And in other news, a man in Blackburn with a huge head is having a heart attack

Nicky Butt is like a piece of bread when the butter has been in the fridge for fucking ages and you end up making a hole in it because the butter won't spread.

Interpolic clearly has a Cliche Clive voodoo doll.

When the press say things like "he's on £60,000 a week" they tend to ignore the fact the basic wage is much lower, they just assume every clause (such as appearance fee, goal bonus, clean sheet bonus, win bonus etc) has been fulfilled and just say that. That would go some way to working out where that money from nowhere might have come from.

Neither is it a requirement to have any. KK didn't. Owen Coyle just got Burnley promoted with zero championship experience. Roy Keane had no managerial experience whatsover before he won the league with the Mackems. It's a red herring to think you need to know about the way the league works, it's the same as any other division the teams with the best players and most sound managers will be at the top. It's not rocket science or a completely different game to the PL, it's still freaking football. and also

This is shite, The Apprentice is imminent.

Aye, where did they say Thursday gimp? I wouldn't have bothered posting that otherwise.

I'm being told that it's highly likely "some sort" of decision will be made tomorrow - that's from my mate who knows Dowie. (through a friend of a friend, some tenious link)

The commentators are so fucking boring.

I thought that, he's clearly channelling Scott Parker's spirit for the evening.

Fat Boab as Mike Ashley tbh.

Yeah, usually the clock thing disappears when someone scores, I thought there was a goal when I came back upstairs.

midds will like that.