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He had his good moments but was generally poor again. So frustrating.

Did nothing wrong. Nice that Bellamy didn't say anything though.

Did you get an extra £10m to spend or something?

I fancy putting Cahill in, but not in place of Jones, Kompany or Enrique so it probably won't happen. Finally bit the bullet and brought Bale in for Silva this week.....unsure whether to make him, Nani or Van Persie captain.

Just take out those minutes of 'punditry' on MotD and turn them into a block of football league goals at the end. No studio, no Manish, no Clem.....just basic highlights.

I used to love Jose and can understand why he left, but I'm spiteful so hopefully he gets booed.....anything that might give us an advantage.

Nice guy, used to be a great player but I just see this as one massive lap of honour.

Before Boxing Day he cost 7.2m. He did nowt, got 2 points and is now 7.4m!

Good stuff. Everybody wins here, really.

Only here Only us

Arsenal? They're short at the minute, but thats just Santos and Gibbs being injured. All I can think of is Spurs wanting to upgrade Assou-Ekotto (who I think is good) or maybe even Sunderland. But thats it.

Whilst Bellamy, Gerrard and Carroll have the ability to cause us trouble, Suarez is one of those players that will score against us EVERY time. So this is good news, maybe only a 2-0 defeat now

Who else is after a left back and has £8-10m to spare?

Then add the 2nd top scorer in the league to that.....

Bale/Valencia or Silva/Cabaye? I've got a nasty decision to make....

Not getting a striker is annoying because it shows how unambitious the board are - we're 2 or 3 players from a very good team, but they're fine with mid-table. Also, it sucks that we're hearing the same old bullshit again and again. However, we need at least one defender and even a right winger before a striker, so as long as we make progress there AND DON'T SELL ANYONE then i'm ok with this.

Would we really bid again and let it fall through? After the summer, hopefully we've had a re-think and know exactly what it takes to get him. Thats what I'm banking on, anyway

Michael Cox from Zonal Marking (3-4-3): Neuer; Hummels, Thiago Silva, Kompany; Cabaye, Modric, KP Boateng, Silva; Van Persie, Di Natale, Soldado Ben Lyttleton (4-2-3-1): Neuer; Maggio, Hummels, Thiago Silva, Jordi Alba; J Martinez, Yaya Toure; Cavani, Silva, Suarez; Van Persie Dave Farrar (4-2-3-1): Neuer; Debuchy, Hummels, Thiago Silva, Monreal; Cabaye, Inler; Gotze, Silva, Hazard; Falcao

This anecdote in The Guardian made me laugh:

Nut is on a power trip!

Also, my team. Gareth Bale just confirmed it really. You're right though. Look at this gameweek's top scorer - Berbatov captain. His team is a great FF team from last season. The dude hasn't touched it since. The team he/she's knocking out is a pretty decent outfit this season. Quite funny. If you have a team full of Silva, Nani, Rooney, Van Persie, Aguero or Van der Vaart you've gone out. If you have Bale, Berbatov or Park you've stayed in.

It's not fair - out of the cup in the first round to an inferior team. Such a terrible week to kick it off, i bet loads of great ones are going out.

Be shocked at that signing, althought that really would push Erdinc through the exit door.

I saw a poster in Chester-le-Street Leisure Centre recently and it advertised a Merse talk-in

He's the 31st best manager in the Premier League.