The Prophet

Gladbach Southampton West Ham Huddersfield Sheffield Wednesday

Dortmund have signed Marco Reus for around seventeen million Euros too.

The commentry as a whole was just plain embarassing: desperately trying to find fault in the Bilbao goals, screaming for a penalty following the handball, analysing the game as if Bilbao had performed a miraculous smash and grab. Why not just enjoy the spectacle, enjoy the great football Bilbao are putting on show and accept Man United were throughly outplayed on the night? Pathetic.

Well played sir Hannover can go and suck on a fat one though.

La Liga is a two team league where many players would struggle to cope with the extra intensity in the English game, have you not heard?

From a betting perspective I'm beginning to develop a strong hatred for Hannover. Bet on them, they crumble. Lay them, well you know the rest...

Twente/Liege double.

Howay APOEL. I'm a sucker for a good underdog story.

Reading had a similar run a year or so ago, naturally a surefire home banker they drew 0-0 in a late kick off costing me a healthy looking accy.

Can't see us taking a beating, there's no way we'd of taken such a predictable battering at Spurs if we'd of had Tiote and Cabaye available.

Some of Milan's defending has been comically bad like, even Thiago Silva is having a shocker. They must have been using Wolves as an example of how to defend in England.

A cheeky little knock for Van Persie wouldn't go amiss.

Milan do enjoy a good collapse don't they? Recent history has thrown up classic come backs for both Deportivo and Liverpool, this could better both of them if they aren't careful.

For a player that has recently enjoyed success just off the strikers Emanuelson is cracking value to score any time.

I've been meaning to respond to this. You raise some very valid arguments, if I've missed any of them apologies:

Oddly I don't have the usual crushing pessimism before a visit to a pass and move side like Arsenal, give it a few days.

Well, we were comfortable enough to be shocked at Hughton's departure. Cant compare it to the shambles Sourness left us in. Give the very different circumstances of their arrivals and the very different teams they inherited it's a bit of a strange comparison to make.

Foolish career move on his part, especially with the exciting side being built at Dortmund. You see it so often though, a player going to a 'big' side only to sit on the sidelines and essentially ruin any development they could have enjoyed in their footballing career.

If anything it's the other way around, we attempt to contain when we're under pressure leading to poor football.

You mean such as the second half today where Sunderland parked the bus and we played some really good stuff?

We kept it on the floor for the first and last five minutes of the first half and during a large majority of the second. I can't help but feel as soon as the Cattermole challange flew in all compsure was lost and we resorted to what is a very poor plan B, by that I mean aiming to get it into Ba or Cisse by lumping it long.

You're wasting your breath fella. I know, people will look back on their posts on here with utter f***ing embarrassment! Jeez, there's some fuckwits gan about. I think some of his tactics and decisions are far from perfect, but come on. Realism needs to hit some of these fuckers clean on the nose. So what football team have you been watching for the last 2 months? We've been fluking results i.e. Blackburn, QPR and Villa. Can you please explain how those games were flukes.

A mixed bag for Pardew today. Conforming to expectation, Taylor was chosen in favor of Ben Arfa in a line up most could have predicted. With his team talk ringing in their ears the players started well with some early possession, but any form of game plan soon went out of the window and it was Sunderland who looked the more composed side. Many of our lads frequently panicked on the ball resulting in a misplaced pass or a wild long ball, there was no focus, no intensity and no composure. Pardew got his half time substitute spot on, a below-par Santon being replaced by Ben Arfa. Whatever was said at the break appeared to work, we looked more comfortable on the ball and far more dangerous in the attacking third. This was aided further by the Sessagnon red card. Overall we were well worth our point and with a bit more composure in front of goal we could have won the game. Two points from our recent back-to-back home games is a disappointment. Wolves being some of the worst football we've played this season, but today we were a little unlucky. His team selection is typically what we've come to expect and while we lost our cool for thirty five minutes few could argue we were worth of three points. On top of that we're still well in the mix for fifth spot with both Chelsea and Liverpool dropping point this weekend.