Pilko

Agree, his asking for soft as fuck fouls is the worst thing about his game and it's otherwise a fairly positive set of quotes, for a change. Soon as Jonas is ready to come back to training he needs to have a few hours with Cabella and run a "How to win a free kick" seminar.

Smith - Geremi - Butt - Duff could possibly be the worst midfield lineup ever fielded by a Premier League team, and yet I think Pardew has had our midfield functioning at a level as bad or worse as that at times, even with the likes of Cabaye playing in it.

Shite opposition in the Europa tbf. Even we looked good. Actually no we didn't. We played some right shit and still bored the living fuck out of everyone. Fuck off, I found the goalless draw at Maritimo absolutely thrilling from start to finish.

Fazio loves a straight red

I love this maverick fat mad-haired winger they've brought on.

Berahino looks promising and it'll be great to see him get 8 minutes in one of these two fixtures.

Sweepstake on the first idiot pundit to decry the City gig as "an impossible job"?

I don't think this Man City team would have gotten past our 2006/07 stroll through the qualifiers and groups of the Waffa Cup. They look absolutely turd every single time they play in Europe.

You definitely need a strong, physical leader in the centre of defence. Vlaar wouldn't be the worst shout.

Our defending has often been like a Vauxhall Cavalier, racing against a Pagani Zonda.

When I say "the last time I watched it" that was the tournament when Bikey got sent off for attacking the ambulance guy

The last time I watched it there was so many piss poor games finishing 0-0 with the occasional 5-4 and three red cards cracker.

As a tournament, it's like watching Danny Dyer's Goals and Gaffes, except without most of the goals.

GW 11 Liverpool 1-2 Chelsea Burnley 2-0 Hull Man Utd 1-0 Crystal Palace Southampton 3-1 Leicester West Ham 2-0 Aston Villa QPR 0-2 Man City Spurs 1-1 Stoke Sunderland 1-2 Everton West Brom 0-0 Newcastle Swansea 1-2 Arsenal

Aye, the pen and red card that should have been given against them after twenty seconds and was ignored by that fat cunt Dowd is 'lucky' indeed.

Great news.

Free money that one lads. Outrageous price from Betfred.

What a load of shit that Vonnegut quote is.

Need Godot to tell us which one of these is any good. You could be waiting a while. What, has he been banned ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiting_for_Godot

Gary Lineker BBC Sport "Cristiano Ronaldo has scored nearly 450 goals since Sunderland last won on a Monday night."

Need Godot to tell us which one of these is any good. You could be waiting a while.

Jedinak/1-0 @ 80/1 - £1.25 Fraizer Campbell FGS @ 5/1 - £1.25 (DD/HH) Cattermole to be carded anytime @ 6/4 - £10 Palace win @ 21/20 - £2.50

Pantilimon comes in for Mannone tonight - get your money on Palace!

Agree, but still think Palace will pull it off. The mackems love to bottle a floodlit Monday night game.

Had a dece little win on Aguero FGS at 7/2 yesterday but little else this weekend. Going to be going on Palace tonight, possibly even on a handicap.