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Lamela on.

Cardiff nearly scored just now when a clearance hit their player in the face and rebounded straight to Odemwingie. The Fates are taking the piss here.

Bastard. Honestly, I cannot believe we are not winning this. It's not that Cardiff have been all that bad, we've just mullered them and cannot get a break. I wouldn't put anything on us having watched this.

NBC stats. 20 shots to 2, 15 on target to 1, 9 corners to 2. We've hit the bar, and hit pretty much every part of the keeper's anatomy. We're going to f***ing lose this. I'm crying Dave, I'm crying.

FUUUCCCKKKK!!!

In other, less entertaining news, I repeat - how the fuck have we not scored? Now 17 attempts to 2, after Siggy beats the keeper all ends up and hits the bar, then Soldado smashes the rebound back in and the keeper gets a foot to it. Getting silly now.

I could have blown it up last week as literally half my team got injured, but it feels like cheating . Four points isn't really anything much. Ah sod it, think I might make a couple of extra moves this week.

Yeah, but they did need a bit of presence in the middle. I wouldn't judge him until he's had a month or so more. In other news, how the fuck are we not winning? Seen this movie before. Away from home - Cardiff too - we have 67% possession, 14 shots to 1, 6 corners to 0. So frustrating.

Different styles of play, different situations. Now City have scored, Man U will get a lot of possession and will need to break them down with quick, clever passing. That's something that Fellaini can't really do, so he looks a bit shit. He's also just started playing with his teammates, really.

Hang on. Aren't you allowed to carry one free transfer over from the previous week if you don't use it? I didn't touch my team last week (and they were all injured), yet I only have one FT showing. Edit: Shit, looks like my Cole transfer was last week. Ah well.

I'm not sure you read my post too carefully . I'm not gutted, for precisely the reasons you suggest.

Yeah, fair point, although it would be hard to argue that he was underserved by the media while he was in the UK.

No doubt about it Agreed. If you actually had a Category 1 academy I presume you would be shouting it from the rooftops.

Not sure how I feel about Bale. I should be gutted, but really I'm just glad the whole thing's over, plus he's essentially paid for a new team. That has salved any pain. I wish him well, although a career-ending injury would be slightly funny just because of the insane amount of money Real paid for him. The only thing that really rankles is that it's a neat demonstration that a handful of clubs can essentially do and pay whatever they want.

Interesting! You would have thought Bale played for Reading or something. So let's look at what Ramos "said" in July, when Bale was a Spurs player (http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/gareth-bale-transfer-real-madrids-2109687): “Bale is an excellent footballer. I have viewed many Tottenham matches in the past season and he was excellent on the pitch. A player with his characteristics would be great for our squad. I always prefer to play with the biggest players, rather than as rivals.” Spot the contradiction. I really wouldn't pay too much attention to any of it - it's all manipulative bullshit.

Liverpool looking very good.

Humble pie galore today. Tasted fucking great too .

Still not sure why AVB is persisting with Sigurdsson, though I understand he was ace in the internationals this week. Our bench is fucking mint today though. Draw. Bastards.

Not watching the game right now, but that sounds like Young's M.O.

Aaaah bollocks. Forgot to make any changes this week, and now everyone's injured.

Sure I've said this before. My wife - who's a Villa fan - says that he's one of the dumbest people she has ever met.

International-itis.

I upgraded our Dish when we moved for NBC Sports, but BeIn was a massive surprise. Made up.

So that's, what, 23 players that Chelsea have out on loan. They brought in 10, spending 64M. And they recouped? 2.5M. Fucking hell.

Yeah, it's made that pretty clear. No pretending any more. (Your net "spend" was still about the same as ours, mind )