Ketsbaia

Nolan needs to score his 8th on Boxing Day against Mancity. Something to get the taste of Smash, Quality Street and frozen Yorkshire puddings out of Messi's mouth.

i'm still in disbelief, like. graham taylor just said that FIFA people are the type that say yes to your face and no behind your back and he's right. lets not bother bidding for any more because it clearly isn't quality related. its blatter in his quest for a nobel fucking peace cunting prize. FIFA reeks of corruption and its dripping from them. the qatari victory baffles me the most. how can a country the size of newcastle, with absolutely no footballing history and temporary flatpack stadia even have the audacity to bid for the World Cup? its as if all logic has been turned inside out. i see the british media as scum, but i sincerely hope they go all-out and completely rape FIFA, exposing every dirty secret they have. and lets introduce goal-line technology - why not? we shouldn't be pleasing those bellends anymore. they can get lost.

another reason why FIFA are an absolute joke. there is no good reason why any of those countries should've won and clearly they're corrupted. if i worked for them, i'd be embarassed tbh (and rich). this had nothing to do with bid quality and all to do with politics and the ego of Sepp "I gave Africa the World Cup, now I give it to the Middle East" Blatter so all the hellholes he gave WCs to can say how great he was at his funeral. if sportugain and usa/australia won, then fair enough - i get it. but russia and qatar? nah sorry, that is completely out of order. but to finish below holland/belgium

For those still wondering, the commentators are Martin Tyler and Alan Smith.....i still dont know if they were Sky's commentators that day, but its plausible.

From Marcotti's twitter last night......... My FIFA buddy who loves this kind of political stuff and works for one of the ExCo members sent me his predictions for 2018 voting... (note that he has included David Chung, though we don't yet know if he'll be allowed to vote) Round 1: Iberia 8, Russia 7, England 6, Bel/Hol 2 Round 2: Iberia 8, Eng 8, Russia 7 Round 3: England 13, Iberia 10. This is just his educated guess... NO IDEA if he's right... (been right in past, also been wrong in past) He's adamant that his source does these kind of predictions for a living and whilst only a guess, should be a good indicator of tomorrow's events.

I've heard that Fanni can be a proper cunt sometimes

Which bit was he impressed with? Losing last night to Arsenal or the way they caved in at West Ham?

What time is this all going down tomorrow?

Scott Dann or Roger Johnson would be good.

The thought of building a team around Forster, Enrique, Tiote, Ben Arfa and Carroll really excites me.

Can't Kezman get some of his journalistic contacts to get this started? I'd love something like this.

Fine, let him sign. Then sell him for moolah in the summer.

There were times in that first half where I was sure they had magnets on their shirts. That Ameobi nod down was the perfect example. If Carroll had simply stayed where he was, it'd be 2-0.

that match probably defined an era. people talk about the greatest teams of all time, but in my opinion this barcelona team are just on a completely different level to any other team that has existed.

Xavi had 110. Wonder if he had a Tiote-like completed %

Xavi's goal had a beautiful rhythm to it

Carvalho = Bramble in this comparison. Just need "Darren Bent" to score in injury time.

Un-be-fucking-liev-able

the passing in the last 5 minutes (especially) has been of the highest order possible. its just a privilege to have grown up watching this team.

leaving a wedding ring on the touchline

Words dont work anymore. Although when it comes to rape recovery, Real Madrid should learn from Sunderland

Phenomenal. Just....phenomenal

should've just been a yellow for carvalho

Put him in that Barcelona team and he makes them perfect. Aerial presence ftw!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS