Stottie

Gouffran has been turned into a bad version of Jonas. One that doesn't win freekicks, goes awol defensively, and creates less than very little. I had hopes for Riviere after that header he scored in preseason last year, but he genuinely looks hopeless in this league. Williamson is out of his depth, and is also error prone. Neither is acceptable for a CB. Eliot is out of his depth, looks unfit, and smells of Pardew. Obertan is very poor, but better than the other four. Hmm, Gouffran it is. Some sympathy because he was originally a forward, not an extra full back.

Ayoze is my favourite but I voted for Krul. His kicking is crap but I blame that on Pardew and Woodman. His shot stopping is class. Give it 10 games for Gini to settle and Sissoko to be decontaminated/find a role, it'll probably be between them. Hopefully Perez will get chances (not at CF) and kick on too.

I started watching football in the 1970s and it was completely different then. Among Leeds players, Gordon McQueen wasn't a standout hardman, but stick this into Youtube for a look at what a bad-tempered game was like back then. In a high-profile game I think you could be looking at a 10-game ban for that now. "Barca vs Leeds 1975 MCQueen sending off" He actually contests the decision! Even nice guys like Keegan had to be up for it, as witnessed by him trading blows with Billy Bremner in the Charity Shield (!)

The main factor in him staying may be him personally not getting the type of deal he wanted, but at least he hasn't upset the fans. If he scores twenty again (look how many Shola got) and is available on a Bosman, he'll get a fair chunk as a signing bonus wherever he goes. That might be worth more to him than the chance to play for Crystal Palace at this moment in time. Woy has also picked non Premiership goalies for England, and may have assured him that Austin does not need to be in the Premiership to be in contention.

Just a warning, but with Bilic at West Ham, the media are going to push the "wally with a brolly" narrative down everyone's throats once the international games are over. It's going to be tiresome. They will be willing West Ham to win the game to push the "told you McClaren's useless" angle.

We have to keep Dummett I reckon. Tiote can go though! There's no point selling Perez for big money at this stage because it'll just go to Ashley. There is no time to spend it on a replacement or any other hole in the squad, even if the will were there.

If he can play a major role in getting them promoted, he's worth 15m to them to stay. Probably what he won't do is sign another contract, or at least one without promotion clauses.

That's what Madrid paid Monaco for James! What a massive gamble on such an untested player.

I doubt they'd have sold to a Prem club, and perhaps he wouldn't have wanted to go, but 9M is an absolute steal for Chicharito.

In case anyone is worried about all the cards, we're actually only midtable when it comes to fouls committed as a team. The cards seem to be more of an individual thing than the way we are set up to play. Top of the league in fouls committed are Crystal Palace.

Riviere got 10 for them the season before we bought him. 4th richest club in the world! 7th, 4th, dodgy signings and hoofball, and it doesn't matter, the commercial money just keeps on coming. Maybe all those fans in South East Asia aren't fickle glory hunters after all.

I'm amazed that Southampton sold Jack Cork. They only got 5M or something stupid for him. Home grown Young but mature enough to play DM, a very difficult position to play well. Par has to be 10M.

Rooney looking like the new Schevchenko or Torres, where you keep thinking he can't be as bad as this. He should have gone to Chelsea.

Man U need a goal so both Mata and Herrera subbed. None of that tippy tappy nonsense for Man U.

Hoof it to the big man time.

De Gea would have stopped that. Probably Valdez too.

Down the left again!

Luke Shaw gone totally awol

Get in!

Derby finished 1st and 4th in goals scored in his seasons there. So your opinion is wrong. Remind me again please what Derby done at the end of the season? Derby have four draws and a defeat since he left. They lost in the league cup too, so winless in six.

The "King" is back! What a tool!

Let's not forget that the biggest benefactory has actually been Pards whose lot conceded an overhead kick that was disallowed for "dangerous play" despite no contact with another player. So strikers aren't allowed to kick it inside the penalty area any more. That's what it's come to.

I looked it up and Marinner only sent one player off in all of last season. Timing wise, I guess it must have been that case of mistaken identity for the poor ol' Arsenal. It was for a handball on the line as well, not dangerous play. Anyway, I find it hard to believe that Mitro's challenge would be the worst thing a referee's would see in a season's worth of games.

My favourite outburst about refereeing came from Brenda when he said "We all know the big teams get the decisions. We're a big team, so why aren't we getting the decisions?!" There is also http://www.thesecretfootballer.com/articles/the-secret-footballer/13015/referees-told-to-respect-premier-league-brand/

I had the match on and they played well. Chelsea are in a state at the moment and were poor against West Brom last week, but it's a great result for Palace all the same. It's only four games so let them have it. We won five in a row or whatever it was just last season before normality returned. Charlton, W Ham, Southampton and us all know what happens next. Let's see how their players perform when they have their first downturn and Pardew blames everyone but himself. Lets see how their fans feel about Bolasie not starting, or Conor Wickham or whatever, then.