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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.

I look at the name Aston Villa and think it'll be a tricky match but, looking at their team, we really should beat them.

Haha yeh the same happened to a friend of mine lately, but he got a few attempts at it. Its a great idea!

You should try opening your eyes and seeing for yourself.

Gonna give this a go anyway, even if it's too early: OUT: Ba, Best, Simpson, Perch, Lovenkrands (as well as Smith, Harper, Xisco and Ranger which we wouldn't notice) IN: Mbiwa/Douglas, Clyne, Carroll, Cissokho, Barnetta, Some Foreign Striker

Keys & Gray had Dermot Gallagher on today and it was an interesting discussion on these new ideas. They wondered if we'll ever have American-style timers to prevent cheeky injury time tactics. Dermot wants to ban substitutions in injury time and Keys suggested using both goals for a penalty shootout so that no team has the advantage of being in front of their own supporters.

64pts, so a second good week in a row. The Bale-Sessegnon-Silva-Valencia-Ben Arfa midfield is doing great. Just the strikers that are the problem...

Krul Simpson Willo Colo Santon Ben Arfa Guthrie Raylor Jonas Shola Ba is what I think we'll see, with a bench of Cisse, Obertan, Best, Gosling, Perch, Ferguson and Elliot. Personally I'd put Santon RB, Raylor LB and Gosling/Perch in midfield, but don't think Pardy will do the same. 3-1 win (Ba x 2, Guthrie)

You should be docked points for that. My attitude is "well, it happened anyway. i may as well benefit from it".

Still don't reckon he's a good manager and they've had a very favourable run of games (home to Blackburn, Swansea, Norwich and away to Wigan, QPR). Things will go back to normal soon.

Captain Sessegnon worked for the 2nd week in a row Need to get my strikers sorted soon though. Want Papiss Cisse in but that'd leave 8.7m for the other one, when theres nobody good in the 7.5-9m range.

Thought he did alright for 45 minutes. Certainly no worse than the others.....that substitution baffled me. It worked though.

C'mon Equatorial Guinea!!!

Immense. I'm running out of words to describe him, it'll have to just be noises soon.

That was an ugly, turgid match where we were simply awful. But, based on that performance, Blackburn are going down faster than lightning. 2-0 is extremely flattering. Also, the ref was going out of his way to get Blackburn a point there......terrible stuff. Coloccini, Krul, Guthrie Shola, Best Obertan should be used as an impact sub and Shola as an emergency defender isn't that bad of an idea (he couldnt be worse than upfront). 5th in the league

Just noticed Kurt Angle I used to cheer for him, dammit! Did he not know SJP used to play his song? TNA sucks anyway..