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He is a very very good player. His ability is almost overshadowed by the fact he works so hard.

I think that is such a non-starter as an argument - Messi is in a better team.

I rate Long. A sort of poor man's Bellamy.

Nah. More to the fact of him getting caught in possession while trying to Scott Parker pirouette away from trouble and attempting things he isn't capable of often, like repeatedly "shooting" from 25 yards out. It seems now that he is breaking up play and then playing a simple pass to players who have more creative skills. He still does a lot of the 'pirouetting' now - it just seems to be working better at the moment.

Couldn't agree more. Absolutely spot on. Tiote was never as bad as people were making out. Not even close. Same goes for Jonas.

The 50k stadium thing is such a red herring. The only way to generate more income from a 50k stadium is to charge more money for tickets.

He needs a song.

I love the way he just glides across the pitch. His running style is effortless.

14 brilliant saves...

I'd love a pint with Shola.

Crazy match. Very good first half, terrible second half. Was standing in the first row in the away end - first time I've ever been in the first row. Unfortunately Krul threw his gloves over my head.

Was going to come in and post something.. But that sums it up perfectly!

Bloody brilliant today.

I do wonder what Ronaldo would need to do for people to think he is better than Messi.

Nah, he's a very good defender, Dawson. Martins used to rape him twice a season, though. Shearer tore him apart in the 3-1 game a while back. Thought he did again but I can't find it.

Glad to be honest - used to really annoy me.

Must have been a fair drop off in corporate hospitality and boxes being taken up etc? But maybe not 10 million...

In fairness, I am assuming matchday revenue is down because Ashley has not increased ticket prices to the same degree as Spurs. I work with a season ticket holder at Spurs and his ticket (which isn't the most expensive you can get) is over 1k. The commercial revenue decline is a disgrace though.

I loved the fact that the ground was full before kick off. Meant a better atmosphere and a bit more anticipation. Really annoys me that people saunter in just before kick off just to cram one extra pint in. Also the announcement that the players were in the tunnel..

Spot on.

Playing really well at the moment - hopefully he can keep this up and be the Tiote we knew from before.

Can't agree with that - by far and away the best journalist when it comes to us. I am not sure I have actually read a bad article by him.

Never scored 20 league goals in a season. I don't think he was technically good enough to ever be regarded as great.

completely irrelevant to anything at all to do with this thread or pretty much anything except my own personal gripes but my god I hate that phrase. http://www.theguardian.com/football/quiz/2013/oct/29/are-you-a-football-hipster

He's perfectly within his rights not to resign. However I'm also within mine to think that he's a spineless coward with no self respect whose only purpose in life is to coat Mike Ashley's arsehole in saliva on a daily basis. You can think what you like. I just think it's unrealistic to expect many managers to resign on principle. 99% of managers will just hang on until they are sacked either hoping for a pay off or until they have something else lined up.