Pilko

Soderberg may well be a very good keeper but there's no way he's old enough or experienced enough for us to even consider playing him in a Premier League game. We need someone with at least some experience to sit on the bench and provide cover for Krul. Mike Pollitt from Wigan, Carlo Nash from Stoke, someone like that.

Don't be so fucking stupid. There's no way we should be bringing anyone who 'jumped ship' back to the club, particularly those who bottled it in January.

Chokey Totem

It's no gareths, it means they're allowed to have just one

Sunderland :lol: :lol:

Malbranque excellent to win that corner.

To think this guy cost less than Nolan or Smith.

Tiote lost the ball once, after about two minutes. Other than that he didn't misplace a pass or surrender possession that I can remember.

Garth Crooks on final score: "Marriner, the referee, misses the worst penalty you will ever see. It's an absolute stonewaller, takes Nolan's legs, and I don't know how on earth he missed it."

And even he couldn't save them this time.

What a class act this guy looks.

Much better.

:snod:

Karma on Yakubu and Fellaini at the end.

The penalty shout was a fucking joke. Also, Hibbert should have been booked, Fellaini should have been off and Nolan was booked for nothing.

Fellaini is a dirty cunt.

Perch man, just fucking retire.

No, just a tap in. Scrappy, or was it the end of a move? He kneed it in from 6 yards, it was clever but not brilliant or owt.

I have heard this urban legend for several rivalries in world sports (Red Sox scarf in the foundations of new Yankee stadium, Barça scarf in the new Espanyol stadium...), so I doubt it. There's Middlesborough programmes and stuff rolled up and in the Wembley arch. Was a feature on local news about it after it was built.

Ben Arfa is better in the middle as he has the freedom to go either side, if we try to play him wide then we'll not get the best out of him. Makes sense to play him wide left today. Hibbert is the weak link and Ben Arfa could take the piss, whereas shunting Barton there just makes us lopsided. I agree though, I'd like to see him play off Carroll in the future.

We've tioteally dominated this, now we have arfa chance of a win.

Not bad.

That was a bit good from Ben Arfa.

Moncur and Lockwood saying Tiote doesn't look very big.

Sounds like a positive opening minute.