Neil

Bournemouth Brentford BTTS in Grasshoppers-Lyon

It's a bit bizarre but I think it'll grow on me.

What an odd character. Seemed to be able to put in some fairly reasoned debate, and at the same time said stuff like "well I sang about Sir Bobby's death" and expects people not to give him a particularly hard time.

Thought he looked very decent at Boro but just hasn't kicked on since then. Depending on the fee and wages, he'd be a decent addition surely? Upgrade on Jonas I'd have thought?

Fucking Roma and their class kit. Middle kit is off the chart though. Sexy.

Miami. Jagielka is Will Smith.

I thought everyone did this on a daily basis? Maybe it's us standing TALL next to... 'Pool! Liverpool! Liverpool are shit! Yeah.

Move out the way Boca. http://d25yla7xp697oa.cloudfront.net/assets/_files/images/aug_13/efc__1375775724_jagskit.jpg

If Remy pulls out wide, it could work. Exciting trio.

Premiership Winners: Chelsea Runners Up: Man Utd 3rd-6th: Man City, Spurs, Arsenal, Liverpool Relegation: Stoke, Hull, Crystal Palace Overachievers: Cardiff Underperformers: West Brom, West Ham Top Goal Scorer: Robin Van Persie Break Out Year: Mirallas, Barkley, De Bruyne, Sturridge, several Villa youngsters Season to Forget: Allardyce, Ferdinand, Negredo First manager to quit/be sacked/'mutual consent': Jol Newcastle United Where will we finish?: 9th Top Goalscorer?: Cisse How will we do in the cup competitions?: 3rd round LC, QF FA Cup Domestic Championship Promotion: Reading, Watford, Wigan Championship Relegation: Millwall, Huddersfield, Doncaster League One Promotion: Brentford, P'boro, Wolves League One Relegation: Shrewsbury, Tranmere, Coventry FA Cup: Man Utd League Cup: Spurs Europe La Liga winner: Barcelona Serie A winner: Juventus Bundesliga winner: Bayern Munich Champions League winner: Real Madrid Europa League winner: Napoli World Player of the Year: Ronaldo Other Will Di Canio still be at the mackems come May 2014? No Will Pardew still be at NUFC come May 2014? With bells and whistles How many points will Rangers win Scots Div 2 by? 8 Will we field a team with 10 French players in this season? No How will Moyes do at Man United? Not as badly as people are predicting, but arsey Man Utd fans/media wankers will criticise. FA Cup glory seen as insufficient. Knocked out in last 16 of CL Will the new goal line technology be a success? Yes. Still controversy, but ultimately more accurate decisions will appease people. Will NUFC finally score from a set penis? Yes. Several, in fact.

One of my favourite bits of non-NUFC commentary is him scoring on the last day of the season, "put through by Steve Bould, WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT?!" Yes, I fucking would, as our net bristles for the 4th time.

Good stuff mate, good stuff.

I can say from my position as an opposing team yes, yes he was. I know plenty of other clubs' fans did not like Robert playing against them one bit. Unnecessary smiley to finish.

Score? 1-2. Jelavic; Ronaldo, Ozil.

Anyone (well, Yanks probably) catch any of our game last night? Seeing your own team play Real Madrid gives you an idea of how good they are and how obscenely rapid they are on the counter. Fucking ridiculous. Thought we did very well though, could easily have taken it to penalties on another day.

My original £20 treble yesterday went down the shitter, but an in-play £50 @ 7/5 on Reading helped things out - cheers Danny. Looks like the bookies took a bit of a hiding yesterday, well played everyone. Starting to really fancy Chelsea for the league, think I'll construct a season bet or 2 tonight.

50/1 is too long for him, certainly. Think he'll bag a fair few goals this year. Opening day betting is fraught with danger. Won't stop me.

Been very quiet on the betting front for the past 4-6 weeks. NEW SEASON! :yao::yao::yao::yao::yao:

Yup. He's been very good for a number of years now and I can't work out why it's only been the past 12-18 months the media/public at large have cottoned to this fact. He's had some completely unjustified criticism in the past.

Playing Real Madrid Saturday night (1am), bring it on you fucking Spanish part-timers.

Moving the goalposts a bit though there mate. Of course from a long-term point of view you'd want Cleverley there. But Osman currently, and has been, the better footballer for a good couple of years now, so my point was very much based on the present, and, IMO, the false perceptions of Cleverley's footballing ability due to what club he plays for. He may well raise his game this year, you'd certainly expect him to. I just think you're fucked if Moyes sees him as a regular starter/playing the vast majority of games. Don't see enough in him currently, simple as that. Also think it perfectly illustrates where England are if players like Cleverley are generally seen as "the future". Oh, I think it's fair also to point out I actually was a fan of his at first. Thought his loan spell at Watford was extremely encouraging and I was expecting big things. Just been disappointing since then I reckon. Time on his side and all that.

Not in my mind. Osman is quite simply a better footballer. Tom Cleverley would not look at all out of place at a side like Fulham, for example. You'd think, oh, he's alright. Absolutely classic example of a player being overrated because he plays for Man Utd, or a team like Man Utd. If he improves drastically over the coming few years then fair play and I'll happily say he has become a quality player but until then he'll offer little to a team with genuine title aspirations. He's just not very good.

If Moyes can get Gibson and Osman playing top football I'm sure he'll manage with Carrick and Cleverley. Not so sure about Cleverley, considering Osman is superior.

Spectacularly false comparison.

The panenka after Pirlo missed his penalty. :lol: What a fucking bloke.