Ketsbaia

Didn't full German international, debut hat-trick hero Serge Gnabry start 2 games at WBA last season? At the end of the day, he's no Craig Gardner.

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Pardew-esque

Pickford is promising but, as always, they've taken things to the extreme.

Well he'll soon be sampling Jailhouse Rock.

He interferes with dogs… in the worst possible way

To be honest when they beat Hull they're very much back in it. I can't confidently say they'll go down anymore. Defoe

This enabled the shock return of Snodgrass to come off the bench with 14pts. First good week in ages - 72 thanks to Costa, Coutinho, Firmino, Aguero and Snodgrass - has shot me from 2.4m to 1.4m in the rankings. Just need a way to force Hazard in....

Brought Callum Wilson in for Boro and Sunderland. He blanked the first and isn't playing today

Held prisoner by an elephant. Still sounds better than stepping foot in Sunderland or watching any of their games.

£90m for Sissoko, Carroll and Wijnaldum. Magic.

A few interesting tweets from Nick Barnes (their BBC Newcastle guy) that suggest the club is in a very bad way. Nick Barnes ‏@Tweed_Barnesy 2h2 hours ago @kevinoneillmitt there is much to digest. I'm sure it will be revealed in time. Nick Barnes ‏@Tweed_Barnesy 1h1 hour ago @kevinoneillmitt It would be a major surprise if he [Allardyce] agreed to return under the financial restrictions he would face. Nick Barnes ‏@Tweed_Barnesy 1h1 hour ago @Potbellypags I can't say a great deal publically but there's an elephant in the room & Moyes is working with both hands & feet tied. Nick Barnes ‏@Tweed_Barnesy 45m45 minutes ago Dunston, England @reverend_taylor the problems are more deep rooted than David Moyes. Whether he's the right man or wrong, the problems remain.

Report in a storm On Skysports.com, Alan McInally has given each Premier League club a rating for this season’s performance. You might think that there is already a table that does that – we call it the league table – but you’re an idiot. It’s half-term, you see. So we need half-term reports: – Liverpool are level on points with top of the league; they get a ‘B’. Arsenal, who are level on points with them and finished considerably higher last season? ‘A-‘. Of course. – Tottenham are one point from the top of the Premier League – they get a ‘C’. They’re level on points with Chelsea, who get a ‘B’. That league table really is misleading. – “I’m going to go as low as ‘C’ for Tottenham because I thought this would be a big season for Spurs and I think they’ve struggled a little,” says McInally about the only unbeaten team in the country. – Tottenham’s grade is the same as Manchester United’s, who they lead by five points. And Leicester, who have gone from top to 12th. That league table really is misleading. – Watford and Bournemouth are both in their second season back. They’re level on points too. The marks? ‘C’ for Watford and ‘A’ for Bournemouth. Sure. – “I want to give them an ‘A’ because of the position they’re in at the moment and the football they’ve played has been excellent,” says McInally on Southampton – they get a ‘B’. Sensational. http://www.football365.com/news/mediawatch-we-never-said-mata-would-leave

Scored 80 - finally! Jumped up 1 million in the rankings even though I chose Sanchez as captain over Aguero.

Sewpa dewpa

Nothing comes below 2010, but 1998 always felt good to me.

Player prices change according to form, so Chadli was dirt cheap a few weeks ago but is now a bit more. I like to do 2 games - a safe 'top half wins' one and a fancier one that could win more money. And, depending on if you play on a day with few fixtures, you can easily fit all the big players into your £100m budget.

They've only been hammered once (Lukaku's 11 minute hat-trick) and had narrow defeats at Man City, Spurs and West Ham. Yet there's nothing about them at all. It kinda does feel different this year but still have to assume they'll find a way out of it like they always do. Bloody Defoe.

Down to 2.4 millionth in the world :lol: My team's good too. Gonna give up and just Fanduel it for the rest of the season.

Don't rock the boat right now, things are going well on the pitch. Besides, maybe Ashley has fallen for Rafa like we have

Just got to hope this takes a while and they're already adrift by then.

I had 12pts from 8 players at 5pm :lol: Luckily Lanzini bagged 11, but it's another shocking new-low week.

They're shite every season but this seems different. Hope so, anyway.

football manager [emoji38] What's wrong with that? It's very accurate when it comes to football organisations rules on players/transfers.

Norman Conquest