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this is the worst i've ever seen chelsea play. absolutely pitiful stuff. its actually embarassing.

He's injured for us as well though! I agree with the sentiment but he'll surely miss Bolton and probably Chelsea now, I reckon. If he was fine last night and now he's suddenly injured, it must be precautionary thing, like Man Utd do all the time. If so, the point still stands because he might be OK enough to play, but we can't risk that. We come first.

Even though I was interested in England for the first time in years, this club comes first. So yeah its a shame for him, but we need him. His time will come.

Without overreacting, we are completely and absolutely royally screwed if anything happens to Andy. Anything at all.

And thats discounting draws. We'll draw games. Probably only need 4 more wins. That takes us up to 9, which is two more than 08-09 season.

I'm concerned about the way January signings are dismissed in that article. Lets hope its the usual 'tell them nothing' spiel....

Apart from Keane on loan and Tuncay, I can't even think of any Prem strikers that would be allowed to leave/would be interested/be a reasonable price.

3-1 Messi

2-1 Messi. What a goal!!!

Said it in the other thread too, but well done Andy - you deserve it! It'll be the first non-WC England game I've seen (properly) for years.

Carroll's probably about the 10th best player in that squad! Its a very weird collection of players. Smalling, Henderson, Gibbs and Bothroyd are very strange decisions, but I understand why Capello did it. Well done Andy, I think he'll start. He's the best striker in the squad.

Apart from Wigan, the other scores have been alright for us. Its looking very grim for Wolves and West Ham. And obviously Blackpool will eventually be down there. But West Brom have been proper bellends lately.

From twitter: simonbirdmirror Hughton has a video analyst sitting in press box with us passing tactical notes to bench. Studying freeze frames of Fulham corners. #nufc

Positives: 7th in the table and already on 18 points. Halfway to safety. At times (Villa, Sunderland, Everton, Arsenal, West Ham and Man City) we've shown we can be a very good side We've shown the ability to win matches away from home These players really do care We seem to have some stability, at last Carroll, Tiote, Coloccini, Barton and Enrique Negatives: Theres no plan B. Teams that do their homework can see a very clear way to deny us victory. A weak subs bench, with nobody that can change matches. 2 points from Blackpool, Stoke, Wigan, Blackburn and Fulham is quite simply unacceptable. We've had a good fixture list so far and still haven't played any of the big teams at home yet. ....basically. If we can keep our heads above water until January, I trust Hughton can get in the 2 players we need.

That tackle on Johnson was exceptional.

At least we still have Wolves, Birmingham, West Brom and West Ham to come at home. Don't know if thats a good thing or bad.

Thats very true, but our next 3 away games are pretty nice. Can see us squeaking 4 points from them.

Basically, the game was there to be won. But we've lost this sort of game so often in recent years. Still disappointed though.

FINALLY!

He's gonna get sent off, man

Cant believe im saying this, but we need Smith on for Tiote

We're doing alright, but Jonas is so frustrating. Guthrie and Loven haven't been that bad actually, although Enrique and Carroll have been very good. Think we need Ranger at some point.

Tiote needs to be very careful today. Otherwise for the next game it'll be Guthrie-Smith-Nolan-Jonas. May as well forfeit that one.

Ahhh Chris man, I think you've messed up in a big way there. If Shola isn't fit, Loven is acceptable I suppose, but Guthrie on the right? That won't work. Although I'm happy to be proved wrong....