Ketsbaia

that first half was one of the best halves of football i've seen in a while, despite the lack of shots. the intensity was pulverising!

currently: gomes g johnson - terry - dann etherington - scholes - malouda - bale chamakh - anelka - carroll Bench: Robinson, Dunne, Samba, Routledge

Milner - RIGHT. Some people thought he was awful here, but to me he (along with Given) were our best players. Was gutted when we sold him. Sibierski - WRONG. I think everyone got this wrong. Bit of a cult hero by the end. Best & Perch - RIGHT. They're obviously rubbish (I know its early for Perch....) Luque - RIGHT. I just couldn't imagine him being good. Onyewu - WRONG. Thought he'd be fantastic for us. Cacapa- WRONG. Lyon captain on a free.....sounded great! Xisco - RIGHT. Similar to Luque. I was always under the impression that he was rubbish. Routledge - RIGHT. I was so giddy the day that he signed, because I knew he'd do well here.

the thread telling us not to post fixtures should probably be stickied

Couldn't really detect the German-ness there. Apart from saying 've' instead of 'we'.

0-10% because we won't win it. We just won't.

i truly love this football club. sometimes i forget just how much, but this past week has brought it all back. it's much easier to love them when you're proud of them

malandro, it was touch and go for a while, but you've pulled the victory out of the bag. i know who i'm voting for

love him. he definitely reminds me of bobby, although i wouldn't go as far as Taylor27 i think of this team just as fondly as the SBR era

Draw, which I'm not sure how I'd feel about. Annoyed, i guess. 2-2 with a late Abdoulaye Faye goal

now the good teams are going out, yes we should go for it. however if we get arsenal or man united away, i'd probably rethink that. i know we've just beat chelsea, but i dont see it happening again.

Only Arsenal, Man U and Villa now, really. This is too good. Dare we dream?

have we actually won? i understand the words, but the logic is confusing me. because in no real world can we beat chelsea at stamford bridge.....

Me and my brother were neck and neck before Chelsea'a match. My 3 (Terry, Lampard and Anelka) didn't play and his 3 were Drogba, Malouda and Cole. He's now about 40 points ahead and i'll never catch up!

the problem with chloroform is that it wears off

Football Ramble is great. If I owned a TV network I'd make that into a TV show, and make an equivalent of the Sunday Supplement but with Marcotti, Sid Lowe, Honigstein etc. The best mainstream punditry team is Sky's Champions League (sans Redknapp) because Souness and Gullit at least know what they're talking about.

sometimes, this place is so mad looks like he fell asleep on some chalk. its so shiny!!!!

I'm almost tempted to change 'Ketsbaia's Shiny Head' to 'Tiote's Freaky Head'

Just a random thought: since this is the first generation of footballers since people like Wenger revolutionised footballer's diets, does that mean the era of most players retiring near 35 is over? will we see carrying on until 39 or 40 as the norm?

Nelson Valdez seems like a proper nice guy. After listening to the Football Ramble, I read this fantastic Sid Lowe article regarding Barcelona 0-2 Hercules..... Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2010/sep/13/hercules-stun-barcelona-sid-lowe

he's a human bobblehead!!! its mesmerising

His name is Arfa, Hatem Ben Arfa He's costing us five and a half-a is all i have!

I've never understood why Shearer gets called a bad pundit. Firstly the others are generally terrible and secondly he's actually alright. I just think the media really want to not like him.

i've never played with it tucked in. us playmakers stick together.....