themanupstairs

Game over IMO. Spurs will not score unless they get a penalty.

That's shoulder to back, not shoulder to shoulder. BTW how shit is that Naughton? Looks like a homophobe dear in gay strobe lights.

Spurs are dogshit

When does he ever say anything other than one or two? It's the bog standard line every window.

That's foul.

Do your intuitions have a past history of coming to fruition? Yes except I never follow my intuition and end up opting for the more sensible captain. And regretting it.

Drafted Khal Drogo, Sissoko and Howard in for Giroud, Shelvey and Jaaskalainen for this week and took the points hit. My intuition says to captain Coleman or Barkley, as I have the feeling one of them will hit a couple of goals in their match against Fulham.

Well at least he's recognised that the direct football route will only take you so far, but the worry remains for me that it's not his natural instinct like it was for Keegan, so we'll have to see how it will hold up under pressure. Also he needs to work out how to translate harmless possession in your own half to passing that will actually hurt the opposition. Swansea for example pushed men very aggressively into our half and we found that hard to cope with. Will Pardew be able to do that against the lesser teams? In theory if he has the right personnel on the pitch, then it shouldn't be a problem. Attack minded and/or progressive minded players such as Cabaye, Anita, Ben Arfa, Remy, Gouffran, Sissoko, and even Vuckic, Sammy, as well as our two starting fullbacks have more than enough in their locker to hurt teams.

That's some serious money laundering. Absolute filth how these cunts are allowed to take charge of clubs and splash money around like it's nothing while billions around the world live in poverty. It's fucking shameful. The human race at its very worst.

Would be nice to win this and put a bit of daylight between us and them. No use getting this far only to get complacent. We are away to Palace and home to Stoke after this, and I reckon 7 points from 12 would be a decent way to end the year

Agreed. I'd even go as far saying he's one of the best defenders in the league on current form.

Throughout the match, and with all of Man U's futile attempt at getting an equalizer, I always thought if there was going to be a second goal in the match it would be us getting it. Never looked in doubt tbh. I didn't feel as nervous as I did in the last few minutes against Norwich or WBA, the reason being the point you make in the bolded paragraph.

Wednesday night, for example, there was like 8 games. It would be absolutely impossible so I don't know why, week on week, they try and pass it off that they've seen all the games. That's showbiz

Yup. I think there's more to his crap performances when he first joined than just him being shit at the time.

It actually does.... because he came from France were the pace was a lot slower he could get himself back into position. He thought he could get away with it here but he can't so he's adapted his game, hardly ever see himself allow players to get in behind him anymore his positional sense is a lot better. He's had to adapt his game a bit to adapt to the league and as you say its all happy days now. There are a lot of factors that go into this. It's not only him who has adapted his game. Pardew looks to have also adapted to Debuchy's playing style. Sissoko now covers for his marauding runs, and quite often slots into RB while Debuchy catches his breath and jogs back into position. Clearly instructions coming from the manager and coaches during training and match preparation.

This whole dorty foreigners are all glory hunters is fucking bollocks. It's a fucking global sport, and has been for 20 years. My first exposure to NUFC was through watching a documentary on a disabled girl (big fan), and how her love for NUFC kept her positive and made up for all the difficulties she faced. The name of the club stuck with me, and I followed the results on ceefax and Match magazine, and by the end of that season, NUFC were promoted to the premier league, managed by Kevin Keegan. The rest is history. If that's considered glory hunting, then fuck it. Whatever. I'm still here 20 odd years later, and if any "true" supporter doesn't like it, they can fuck right off because I'm going nowhere.

In a nutshell

DAT tackle in the first half All over the park today. Stupendous effort. Should still be wearing the armband. It's not about taking it away from Colo, but rather giving it to Tiote because he has been transformed since he got it the first time round.

I know. I just thought maybe RC hasn't seen the game and didn't know about the incident.

Should have been given. Can only imagine that the referee didn't see it hit the arm and thought it hid his head. Missed call though. Just seen the replays, Mason was standing head on to it. If he's missed it, then he really needs his eyes and brain checked. Absolutely shambolic that Ramires dives to rob WBA of a win, and handballs such as Sandro's and Williams' the other night go unnoticed.