Neil

What a brilliantly and needlessly emphatic finish from Walters for Stoke's 3rd.

They keep seemingly playing pretty well but losing. Alarming.

Well that was an acceptable strike.

Because Stifler's intelligent enough to do that. http://imgur.com/DfEhX.jpg :lol:

Because Stifler's intelligent enough to do that. No offence Stifler. Actually, quite a bit of offence, really.

Christ man. It was his own abysmal control of the football that caused it.

1st: yes it was. 2nd: harsh free kick, barely offside. Defending was asking to concede. 4th: Colo wasn't strong enough. Tough.

At least he's contributing.

and he's by no means the first to point it out. I know. Just saying.

Anything Barca can do, Real can... sort of do not quite as well. Finished 5-1, Ronaldo with a hatrick.

Lampard and Alex are expected to be out and Terry is expected to be fit. Essien will be serving the 3rd of his 3 game suspension. I think. Alex played today, so if he dont have his operation this week, i expect both him and Terry to play. I think he delayed his surgery in the hope Terry will return in the next 7 days, which I believe he's expected to do. Hence, Alex will have his surgery this week and he's out for 6-8 weeks if I heard correctly.

Which manager, available and willing to come, would you suggest bringing in?

They are an entire back four & a goalkeeper away from it for a start. Their defence is weak, I agree. What's to say they won't go and improve it drastically with the revenue from the CL? I don't think it's outlandish at all to say they can challenge for the title in the next 2-3 years. I'd argue they're only 3 or 4 players away from it. I know that's significant investment but it's not a million miles away. Also, it's interesting to see Man Utd and Chelsea struggling (in different ways) this season so far. Arsenal and Chelsea to have lost 4 games each by this stage would have been fairly unthinkable at the start of the season. Man Utd are unbeaten, credit to them, but I think they're in a bit of a decline at the moment, by their lofty standards. The entire back four & goalkeeper I think they need is almost half a team. Half of a title winning team costs a lot of money. As I said, I don't think they'll win it in the next 2 or 3 years however they can challenge for it. I don't think they'll need to replace every single man in the back 5 to do that. I also know it'll take significant investment but with the consistently high prices they get for players sold as well as the revenue from the CL, I don't think they'll be short of a few bob.

1.30pm/2pm next Sunday isn't it? I'd expect it'll be on Sky/ESPN.

Lampard and Alex are expected to be out and Terry is expected to be fit. Essien will be serving the 3rd of his 3 game suspension. I think.

They are an entire back four & a goalkeeper away from it for a start. Their defence is weak, I agree. What's to say they won't go and improve it drastically with the revenue from the CL? I don't think it's outlandish at all to say they can challenge for the title in the next 2-3 years. I'd argue they're only 3 or 4 players away from it. I know that's significant investment but it's not a million miles away. Also, it's interesting to see Man Utd and Chelsea struggling (in different ways) this season so far. Arsenal and Chelsea to have lost 4 games each by this stage would have been fairly unthinkable at the start of the season. Man Utd are unbeaten, credit to them, but I think they're in a bit of a decline at the moment, by their lofty standards.

Who?

Wow, great attempt from DROGBAR

DROGBAR!!!

It's amusing how much Man City have missed a chance with their pathetic, negative tactics in their last 2 home games. Big game for them tomorrow.

True, but the general statement isn't that crazy. Title challengers within a couple of years? I can see it. Saying they'll win it in the next few years is somewhat audacious, like.

And you'd rather have Mr Kinnear than Mr Hughton then? No, silly, some quality, experienced PL manager will magically turn up.

Real 4-1 up btw.

I guess I'm the only one who didn't particularly disagree with what JH was saying? I just think he was getting increasingly het up about various comments and didn't articulate himself very well. He is bang right in saying to get 2 points from those much talked about 5 games at home is nothing short of woeful and that your away form is/was unlikely to continue hence the pressure is on you to improve your home form.

Chelsea 0-3 Sunderland Newcastle 5-1 Sunderland Less than 15 and it's Hughton out, I'm afraid.