Neil

MY WORD THAT YOUNG MAN SCORED

I'll have "the guys" 2 Shots if Wilkins ever 'name drops' - "JT" for example. Or launches into a story about a player. 2nd half special has to be "Frank"

Drinking game anyone? "My word." "Young man."

Balotelli scores already.

Don't underestimate my power. Roma ahead already. Admittedly a long time to go.

In his prime he was one of the most physically imposing players I've seen in my (albeit not long) lifetime. The term 'unplayable' gets bandied around a bit but he was. Still good to see he has it in him i.e. last Wednesday but, obviously, he's past it now in terms of consistently doing it. Age catches up with everyone.

Luiz is suspended.

Is Drogba back to his best? 1 game.

What about the Man City XI?

I no longer think he's a cunt. Never thought I'd actually come to like Gary Neville, but he talks a lot of sense and is a lot more generous towards us than I ever thought he'd be. I give it until March before he's spouting total bullshit on a weekly basis.

As an aside, the commentary for the Athletic Bilbao vs. Racing game yesterday was refreshingly good. Actually talking about the respective teams, how they were setting up, talking about the form of the players, analysing certain situations. Yes, it was Spanish football of which I don't know as much about as English football obviously, but it felt like the co-commentator had taken the time to research some stuff. Makes a change.

A whole quid each on Terry FGS, and Ivanovic anytime.

2 unbeaten records, Man City and Juventus. Who can stop them? Me. Man City and Juventus both DNB.

Not very often that happens. Changed my mind. It's just far too tempting. But it's blinding my actual thoughts on the match. I'm just giddy about Man City being 2/1.

So, a last minute winner against one of the worst sides in the league at home, with that side a) missing its 2 most creative players, b) picking up several injuries as the match went on, c) not being awarded a rather clear penalty and d) being denied a legitimate goal just because Westwood completely misjudged the flight of the ball? I can entirely see why they think they'll be taking trips to the likes of Seville, Rome and Eindhoven next year.

Aye, 5-1 City -1 on b365 as well.

Why are Man City 2/1?

What a man.

I think it's widely been said (not least by me on numerous occasions) that the bonus points system is a complete and utter joke. P.S. Thank fuck Rooney finally did something.

What the fucking hell's going on?

Dare say that what he's getting at is they've played better than what the results would tell you, and not to expect an automatically easy game.

3-1. One way or another, Atletico will provide entertainment.

3-0.

Yeah, two wins in our next three would be ideal. What would three wins be?

Atletico 2-0 down at Espanyol already.