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Amorebieta dropped

Greece vs Romania is boring. I fancy Sweden to knock out Portugal, while France will do very well to get past Ukraine. Iceland have a fighting chance against Croatia.

I'm at 2. We aint going down, mofo.

This year's quiet confidence is actually based on something. Whilst 5under1and are still terrible, last year's 'confidence' was based on losing to Benfica and squeaking past Fulham. Now we've had 2 positive results, with positive performances. Our players finally look bothered.

That sucks

So happy for Rossi. He's had a turgid time with injuries and Roeders.

It needs to be Colo plus either Willo or Taylor. If its just the last two, I'd be very nervous. Luckily for us, we're against Fletch & Antiscore instead of Suarez & Sturridge.

Considering our expectations, 2-2 felt like a miracle.

A win for us and they're gone gone gone. It'd be very tough for people to argue against that. Fair enough their fixtures after Xmas should get much better but football is very much a mental game - if they're cut adrift by then, it doesnt matter how many home 'bankers' you have.

That is Sessegnon in a nutshell.

All those goals today....imagine being sent to Stoke vs WBA.

Kone

If I'd stuck with my gameweek 1 midfield, today wouldve been: Mirallas (13), Hazard (18), Silva (11), R Morrison (5), Walcott (inj) 47 just from those 4 FML

That price for Fellaini, man.

Class goal. Cabaye's was better

So pleased for him.

Why did he bounce it with Eto'o right there? He must've known that would be his intention.

Somewhere around the 30-32 mark, at a guess.

The same people who want a wave from Pardew. Absolute thickets.

He got it right, incredibly. Twice in a row now. Let's hope it gets to three....

Entertaining match and a superb effort from our lot - especially Cabaye, Debuchy and Tiote. To get a draw after playing for 50 minutes against a better team with more players is fantastic. I thought the ref was poor, especially with the Skrtel backpass and I still don't like the 'penalty + red card' combination. We played well at times and finally showed some desire - a great setup for next Sunday's war.

Today went remarkably well, Sunderland are horrific. Having said that, the derby is the one match that is independent of every other match. Form and momentum aren't factors and this will be a clean slate for many of their lot. It's a horrible week, a horrible day but let's hope we emerge from this war with the win. We have more than enough quality there.

Superb today, much more like it. Couple of important headers in the second half too.

Watching it with a mackem season ticket holder was such a privilege. I had no idea what to say to him but he was crestfallen at 2-0. I think it's time to hang my coat in the Poyet Foyer.

Whether he's playing to get a move or playing for the World Cup, he's in the best form he's ever had here. Great timing too.