Neil

Delighted he hasn't gone to Chelsea.

Nah I intend on being disproportionately offended. Wouldn't get in our team anyway. Doesn't work as hard as Naismith.

"In Newcastle they really like French players. They still speak a lot about Laurent Robert. I really love Newcastle. It's the only club that's given me this responsibility, this love. I feel really loved by the fans. There's everything you need to be happy in England, even at say QPR or Everton. But I'm ambitious and I want to win trophies. I won trophies at lyon and marseille. That's why I said if there's no ambition then I'll leave. There was contact with Chelsea and Arsenal last summer but it didn't happen because I wanted to stay at newcastle. Today those clubs are better than us. But if we sign players we can catch up with them." :'( :'(

Oh, it's been posted.

Southampton in it too of course, Sunderland could get sucked in, think one team will drop from mid table too, like West Ham, West Brom or Norwich. There's a lot of crap down there no excuse for us really being in amongst it. Yeah, think there'll be a "mid-table"-ish team which gets sucked in and for me, that team currently looks like being Norwich. Great first 13, 14 games but they've hit a wall recently and are in danger of getting dragged into things IMO. Not in serious danger currently but if they don't get a win or 2 soon they'll be very nervously looking over their shoulder.

Let alone 2-0 behind.

Stuart Holden on for Bolton.

Valencia should be winning this, let alone drawing, let alone 1-0 behind.

2-0.

Bolton lead.

What a grim night of football.

Might not have been my wisest bet, this.

3 goals after half an hour, going goal bonkers.

Boselli's one of those players I just assumed had left the Premier League but nope, still there at Wigan.

Got BTTS in the Bournemouth and Blackpool games.

Might have a dabble in the BTTS market tonight. Doubt I'll touch the results.

When the fuck did Ben Arfa say that why let facts get in the way of an agenda? Not that I'd take anyone with spelling like that seriously The opinion of the "commenter" in question has reached a level so worthless, absolute zero has had to be redefined.

Joe Hart and Jack Wilshere. I've come to the unscientific conclusion that they are self-righteous twats and generally unpleasant people.

I'd laugh a lot if QPR go down despite splashing ridiculous wages on mercenaries.

Pardew's Hitler? Pardew out.

That article.

Chelsea 3-0 Southampton Liverpool 2-0 Norwich Man City 4-1 Fulham Newcastle 1-0 Reading Swansea 1-0 Stoke West Ham 1-1 QPR Wigan 1-2 Sunderland West Brom 0-0 Aston Villa Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal Tottenham 1-2 Man Utd Southampton 2-2 Everton

Got a mate that's horrendous for that. Can have some good conversations, but as soon as you're sat watching a match as a neutral, for some reason it always comes to him trying to bait me. If I respond, I've bitten. If I'm quiet, I'm stressed. If I do the same to him though I just get looked and spoken at in the most condescending tone like I'm a 5 year old. Bores me rotten. Odd you mention stuff about conversations with other fans. Weekend just gone had 2 totally different experiences. On Saturday, I was watching the Everton match in town (all hail Greek TV) and of all places, Darlo, we bump into a Swansea fan. Ended up watching the match with him and talking for a good couple of hours afterwards and it was abundantly clear he knew his football. Talked about everything from the game itself, to how Laudrup's been doing, the Swansea-Cardiff rivalry, some funny tales, various different Premier League players/clubs, and the other usual sort of stuff. Really interesting to talk to him. Compare that to Sunday, when I went to watch the Man Utd-Liverpool game. Pub packed out with mainly Man Utd fans and a few Liverpool fans. Getting over the sad state of affairs that a Man Utd-Liverpool game gets the most fans out in Darlington, it was equally clear that the vast majority of them were fucking morons. Didn't know the first thing beyond "VAN PERSIE WHEYYYY!!!" and "VIDIC HAS BEEN CLASS THIS SEASON!" (he's been out most of the season so far). 2 completely different mentalities and attitudes when it comes to football. One with fans who clearly know their teams very well, and others who wouldn't know half the subs bench of their own team if they walked past them in the street. Sad.

Footballer in being a greedy cunt shocker.

So-so for me. 43, with Lambert and Cole © to play again.