Anderson

Meireles didn't really show up until the latter half of last season IIRC, was certainly nowhere near as good in the first half. Edit: Aye, 0 goals in 2010 for Liverpool, 5 in 2011. Obviously the change in manager will have been a factor like, but it's harsh to already be trying to compare Cabaye to Meireles when Meireles had a slow start to life in England himself.

"Alex McLeish confirms Emile Heskey and Jermain Jenas will both miss the weekend clash against Newcastle."

Fucking hell...

http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20110914/pedro-santon-can-be-a-star_2281670_2450772

David Luiz, tek a boo son.

I think that clearly he's had a shocking start to the season, but I think everything should click for us soon. Tiote, alongside Cabaye, will find his form, Ben Arfa will come back, and everything will be rosy.

I've just thought, did Bardsley get away with just a one match ban for his assault on ? Because surely if he'd got a three match ban he'd have missed the Chelsea game. Absolute joke if so. Anyway, what a horrible cunt he is.

Mike Williamson outside Central Station at half 1 this morning, with a massive cast thing on his foot, waiting for a taxi.

Based on the first few games, should definitely be leading the line once Ben Arfa's back.

Apparently he received a ban and everything else, it just wasn't made public, so not much of a cover up either. Fucking hell, what a shit story.

What a scoop! http://www.thesun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/3584877/Garry-OConnor-does-runner-after-drugs-swoop.html Doesn't add up with the "he was later sold by his club in a multimillion pound deal but his new team were not told of the drug test, a TV investigation claims" bit though.

Fuck off man!

Wow, very surprised the Chronicle have contained themselves and not made one 'Cheick mate' pun in the whole article.

Ryan Taylor as an advanced left winger? :lol:

If it was Gyan, that actually could be his silhouette.

Quite possibly, I was barely interested in it before tonight, but now I dunno, like I said it seems ridiculously strange that the FA would go to such lengths for a mid-table plodder. Saying that, this article could be massively wide of the mark...

The whole things even stranger when you consider how hard they were with Toure recently for diet pills, and the fact they came down hard on Ferdinand for a missed test just before a major international tournament, yet they're willing to try and cover this up...

Saying that, like you've said, the article reckons there are dozens of players involved who's identities will also be revealed... although again it's strange for them to highlight one specific player if this one player was a relative nobody. Sounds like it could be massive though.

Tbf, if the FA deemed it to be in their best interests to try and cover this up, it would possibly suggest someone seen as a future England star? Either that or he plays for Man Utd. Also The Sun probably won't know exactly who it is atm, otherwise they'd no doubt try to break it before C4 do tonight. The Sun must know something if they are reporting that he has since moved clubs (although they could just be talking shite). I think if it was a genuine top player we'd have found out by now tbh, ala Giggs. That's probably all they've been told by C4 in an effort to promote their show. The fact that the FA know about this is the biggest point for me, would the FA really be willing to risk their already battered reputation for the sake of a mid-table plodder?

Tbf, if the FA deemed it to be in their best interests to try and cover this up, it would possibly suggest someone seen as a future England star? Either that or he plays for Man Utd. Also The Sun probably won't know exactly who it is atm, otherwise they'd no doubt try to break it before C4 do tonight.

If the silhouette is the player in question it's definitely not Carroll.

I know we go on about the profit's Ashley is making from transfers, but Short can't be too far behind him for the past year or two and they think he's the fucking second coming of Christ.

Just remembered I put a fiver on him to be the next manager to go at 15/1 straight after the Brighton game, will be bittersweet if he does go soon.

Would it be newsworthy? Him posing for pictures with a toy gun was, so I'd assume it would be.