Stottie

After doing more than anyone to demean the FA Cup, ManYoo are now demeaning the league title. How many games will it take for two blatant dives to be given as penalties in a 0-0 situation against ManYoo, one with a sending off? 50-50 handball shouts against them when they are 3-0 up don't even anything out.

As an experiment, giving the fourth CL place to the FA Cup winner would be interesting. They should ensure its only for one season at first to see how teams react. A big obstacle in recreating a sense of occasion for the FA Cup is the fact that there are three or four live games on tv every week. The FA Cup final used to be pretty much the only game on live all year.

Swansea two up. A catalogue of defensive errors started by Scott Dann.

Ho ho ho!

Aye! If we're being greedy, it would be nice for Demba to get back to goalscoring form against this lot.

He's been good whenever he's not been injured. He was f***ing hopeless at SJP, albeit playing at right back. He's mediocre at best at defending. He gave away numerous fouls the CL final when they were on the back foot and could have walked. Magic going forward though.

Twenty times worse than what Perch did when Reina came at him. Will Ashley Young be called a cheat? Will he feck!!

Here are the league goal tallies since Carroll last played for us. Shola 5 goals in 36 games (20 starts) Carroll for L'pool 5 goals in 36 games (21 starts) fwiw during the same period Ba 16 goals in 27 games Cisse 7 in 7 Best 10 in 29

Thanks, I hadn't noticed.

Haven't read the thread yet but I really don't understand how anyone has a problem with it. Even in the studio Danny Murphy was saying it wasn't a goal for him, how thick do you have to be to fail to understand it? "I like the old rules better" is clutching at straws punditry. Our first goal was described as a failure to stop a cross and a failure to mark properly. The inch perfect cross that took out the defender wasn't worthy of any credit from Sky.

Perfect commentator too, the red-loving twat. "A good bet to finish in the top half" - don't you mean Liverpool mate?

Played great again! We didn't play it right side enough second half though.

Looking seriously like the worst football transfer of all time!

This is like Apocalypse Now but with Roflcopters!

GIVE IT TO HBA!

ALL HAIL THE POPE!

Champagne football!

Class from HBA! Class from Cisse! Howay the Lads!

Says it all!

It was noticeable that both assists came with him on the left. It seems like Pardew has never trusted him as a team player, but he's been putting him on the right where he's far more likely to cut in and shoot. I feel that this only led to a vicious circle of him then being dismissed as selfish and confirming any prejudices Pardew has had against him. He's scored numerous times from the right recently, and in some games has been our major goal threat, so I'm not dissing him or him in that position. I just think it has been bad management to play him there and never on the left given his need to overcome the doubts over his overall contribution. If we're thinking of getting in another attacking player, it might be a good idea to look at someone who can drift right. Just as an option that is. I think Obertan has had enough chances now.

When Ba hit that shot into the ground that bounced over a couple of minutes after kickoff, Cabaye was stood pretty much in front of Foster and would have got any rebound. I don't think I've seen him that far forward all season.

Yesterday was more about non 4-4-2 than the combination of players in our midfield. Would Tiote in for Guthrie with the same orders have made such a difference?

See this one out and those two dropped points to Wolves and the lost point at Arsenal would have had us two points behind Spurs for fourth.

Great to see Ben Arfa popping up on the left. It should have happened more often earlier in the season.