ChrisMcQuillan

Another great performance.

I think he's hurt his knee.

Joins Sheffield Wednesday on loan for rest of the season.

Aye, Elliot was getting warmed up. AHa. Is that who that was? Saw him head back to the dug out with short fairish hair and thought he's too tall to be ferguson but didn't have a clue who he was. Yep, that's Elliott. Unremarkable.

I don't dread Pardew's games as much as Allardyce's that's for sure. Allardyce could never have produced the 3-0 over Man Utd, or the 4-4. Not a chance. Pardew might frustrate, as he did today, but he got us three points. And from the sounds of his interviews, he knows he has to grind out wins with our injuries. We certainly were better in the first half of the season, and hopefully next season with some reinforcements we'll see ourselves back to that level.

Perch won most of his tackles, if I remember the stats correctly. Guthrie and Cabaye put in a few uncharacteristically sloppy passes, but I think it was the unfamiliar formation.

It was a 4-3-3 initially. Then it just became a 4 at the back and blob in front formation. I still don't think it was a 4-3-3, like I said a lopsided 4-4-2 at best. Ba and Cisse were both central so who was supposed to be the wide man of the front three on the left? Cabaye wasn't tucking in enough for it to be a 4-3-3 either. Initially, Ba started wide left, but kept getting pulled in. Cabaye then had to move out to cover Gutierrez, but was meant to stay more central. Then Ba and Cisse swapped, and Cisse hugged the line better, but left Ba isolated. Like I say, I'm 99% sure it was a 4-3-3, just a really bad one that ended up being pretty unrecognisable.

It was a 4-3-3 initially. Then it just became a 4 at the back and blob in front formation.

Can't believe I'm saying this, but he was my MotM.

I hate to say it but it seems there's little or no chance of him surviving at this stage, even if they were able to resuscitate his body after that amount of time trying he'd surely be in a deep coma. After about 45 minutes, there's pretty much no chance sadly.

Journal claiming he got a massive pay rise?

Sammy strutting his stuff in Eldon today. Off the crutches, at least.

2-2 draw.

EthiGeordie is screeeewed...

Martin O'Neill's record in derbies is quite frightening. Taking four points off the Mackems in a season is absolutely fine. Could easily have won, had it not been for Mike Dean's inept performance and Demba taking the penalty. I don't understand that call either, Shola should have told him where to go. Also, someone should have shot Mingolet. The guy was in slow motion for the entire match. Shameless timewasting from the moment they went ahead. And Ben Arfa. You little beauty you.

I think he was better today than he had been in previous weeks.

Simpson has too much ego to stay as 2nd choice. Hopefully Williamson will realise that 4th choice here is probably as good as he'll get.

Is there anyway we can genetically splice Obertan and Raylor together? Give Raylor his movement and speed, whilst retaining the ability to actually do something with the ball.

Fuck sake.

I'm glad someone did something.