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A few injuries and we'll be fucked? We've recently beat QPR and Blackburn without Saylor, Ba, Tiote and Cabaye.

Aye. Two defeats in a row only to be followed by an ugly win against Blackburn - we're surely very arrogant right now. I meant all the hype about being 5th in the league, not selling anyone and bringing in Cisse.

Like the description many would use for us. Fair point. For Colback, Meyler and Gardner we have Simpson, Raylor and Guthrie. But whilst Sess is their only big player, we have quite a few.

Starting to feel uneasy about this match. The snow, Given making his return, the 6-0 revenge factor and their quick counter attacks......things have been going too well lately and this is the 'brought back down to Earth' match we often get.

Yep. A completely average team, yet they just keep winning.

The faces on there

If luck evens itself out, the Mackems are gonna have a horrible spell soon. Such a shitty team.

Ridiculous stuff, like. Van Persie got me 40 points, but was wasted because everyone else got it too. Cisse gets sent off, Fletcher is missing every chance whilst Graham and Sigurdsson (who I very nearly put in) are doing well.

Wasn't terrible when we beat Villa 6-0.

Apparently to who? Think European refereeing and any I've seen in WC football is worse than anything I've seen in this country. Just something I read online. FIFA giving the World Cup Final to Webb backed that up, although he did a fine job of ending that myth. Pretty much every game over here revolves around a bad decisioin now, especially this season. In some cases their hands are tied by the laws of the game, but many calls - like the Luiz/Ba one - are all wrong.

Apparantly if you go abroad, they regard British refereeing as the very best. Bit of a joke tbh, as the standard in this country is absolutely abysmal.

You have got to be kidding me....

And of course he'll get 3 --> 6 bonus points Hoping for Cisse and Fletcher to get a hat-trick each in a 3-3 draw....

Captain Van Persie doing the business!!! On a bit of a hot streak with choosing captains. Unfortunately, the top 4 in my mini league have him as captain too!

Just dump him in a river and walk away. What a cretin.

Should definitely bring out the 'I Love Horses' theme for Papiss. Papiss Cisse Number 9 for Newcastle Papiss Cisse He's our friend

Has brummie dropped by with his thoughts yet? That stats about only losing two away games is mental, like. It was Villa who infamously went ultra-defensive at Spurs in November, which is what teams do when they normally travel badly.

;D http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4108266/Martin-ONeill-dug-out-his-French-O-level-books-so-he-could-praise-Stephane-Sessegnon-and-fine-the-striker.html

Demba seems to love being here too. 5th place in the league, playing with his mate......now is definitely the time to get that contract sorted out.

Man United will be too busy buying central midfielders, hopefully.

1. He's our most gifted player. 2. They were ALL shit vs Blackburn (except Krul and Colo). 3. The alternative is Obertan. 4. He's involved in many of our goals. 5. He's up against Stephen Warnock. ....all reasons why playing on Sunday is a no-brainer.

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Well using his logic, Birmingham are bigger than Villa because they won the Carling Cup last year.

Dunno what strikers to put with Van Persie.....Bent and Dzeko are appealing for some reason but it doesn't feel right. What about the likes of Yakubu, Graham, Papiss, Djibril and Fletcher?

I'd start him, like. Is his short on match fitness? No. Is he tired? No. 10 years of Shola knowing the place still doesn't make him a better option for scoring goals on Sunday. I'd take the risk, though we know Pardew won't.