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He had a couple of quiet games, and AVB wanted to give Holtby a chance I guess. I'd prefer Eriksen, but then I'd rather have Lamela on the pitch too. Don't think AVB's got his head round our best team yet.

Loads . You just invent your own - see Brighton and Crystal Palace.

Our bench today is ridiculous. Sadly, it's better than the players on the pitch. Can't see us getting anything today .

Have to disagree with you about the Europa League, Baba. It's more broken than it was when it was the UEFA. Bottom line - what do you want it to be? Since the Champions League is not a league of champions (and has never been, since the end of the European Cup), then there is theoretically no need for any second european cup trophy. The also-rans still qualify for the CL, in the bigger leagues at least. If you really do want a trophy for those who just miss out - fifth place and cup winners in the big leagues, winners of the Moldovan league - then just a straight knockout (two-legged) trophy will do. Like the old UEFA Cup. I couldn't give a fuck if it generated no money at all, it would at least be more fun than the current slog. And for fucking fuck's sake, don't let the CL failures in.

Did Alan Comfort ever get to play in the top flight for Middlesbrough?

What a fucking goal this is btw. Sigurdsson. Watch the build-up too. Bloody hell.

Fantastic miss by Graham.

Finally got to watch the match - well, most of it. Fuck me, that has to be the ugliest crowd ever. I thought you were unlucky, they didn't look very good at all, and really just exploited your central defenders. Borini's was a bit of a worldy, but was also the first time I thought your midfield left too much space between them and the back four. That's been one of your biggest issues, and Tiote and Cabaye seemed to have sorted it out for the most part. Maybe there were one or two signs that Poyet might save them, but they really don't convince me at all. It will be a struggle for Sunderland this year. Your key will be how you deal with November. Three home matches out of four sound good, but it could all go tits up very quickly, particularly if you can't get your centre-backs fit. Failure to get at least six points will be a problem, as December looks awkward. Not incredibly tough, just awkward.

35 out of 60. Not sure if choosing Ossie's Dream meant missing out on hipsterdom or not (I have two copies of the 7" btw).

You really didn't need to wait for the book to see that he's a massive bellend.

Beautifully constructed goal for Wigan.

Job done, btw.

Pretty much! Only the right-footed version.

This is really dull, apologies to anyone watching this .

Casillas?

That'll be me in a few hours if the Sox win. Do what I did - just completely tuned out the baseball after we went out. It's genuinely as if it's not happening.

Fantastic reaction shot from the CSKA manager.

It was an awkward height, could have gone either way IMO. Despite playing on a ploughed field, this has been a really good game.

Hilarious challenge by Zabaleta.

This ref has been ace. Really, really good, not been sucked in by any nonsense.

That's very kind to Jack Charlton .

This really is a shitty pitch. No surprises that CSKA's goal barely touched it. Nice equalizer though.

That was out of nothing.

Celtic guy is the total opposite. This game is mint. Wish I was there, the atmosphere sounds amazing.

Train was full of the rancid b******s on the way home from work. Don't miss all of that, like. Well, I suppose some of the banter was fun, but I hated the fact that so many non-weegies were fans. Used to see them all on the train to Glasgow from Edinburgh.