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GW22: Sunderland 2-2 Southampton Arsenal 2-0 Fulham Crystal Palace 1-2 Stoke Man City 3-0 Cardiff Norwich 0-1 Hull West Ham 1-1 Newcastle Liverpool 2-0 Aston Villa Swansea 1-2 Tottenham Chelsea 2-0 Man Utd West Brom 0-2 Everton

'Here, we offer you a new 4-year contract til age 32 and on top of that, add another 3 years once you reach 200 appearances. How does that sound?' Sounds like BS. Should have made it an exclusive option to extend on the club's side like WBA did with Shane Long. Those amateurs never learn. I think it's just something that has been made up when people look at his appearances and see how close he is to a landmark. The press used the same trick on Xisco too. How many players actually had appearance-triggered contract extensions for the media to spin such tales? And we supposedly did it a second time.

'Here, we offer you a new 4-year contract til age 32 and on top of that, add another 3 years once you reach 200 appearances. How does that sound?' Sounds like BS. Should have made it an exclusive option to extend on the club's side like WBA did with Shane Long. Those amateurs never learn.

GW22: Sunderland v Southampton Arsenal v Fulham Crystal Palace v Stoke Man City v Cardiff Norwich v Hull West Ham v Newcastle Liverpool v Aston Villa Swansea v Tottenham Chelsea v Man Utd West Brom v Everton

Feels like an anti-climax this.

Good luck with that.

Shola the goat?

Wonder how those three will look like with Hodgson's face imposed.

Remember that episode of Friends where Joey is up for that award and doesn't win it?

No disciplinary action from the FA.

Prob mid-30k to low-40k considering the average PL footballer wage is about 30k. He had also signed a contract extension. We save about 1m in wages then.

Over a season's worth of games not enough for you? Seriously?

don't think you can judge him on that tbf. Give him 1, 2 or 3 starts in a row! Cisse is not the type of player who makes a great sub, i think. He needs confident (like many other strikers) obviously - he will only gain that by being trusted. He started the first 5 games of the season like. anita being better than cisse yesterday is silly arguing. I know cisse played badly beginning of the season. So five games and its over? You can´t come back into the team? Im not defending his performances I'm just saying i do believe he can be really good and it might be to early to write him off. Replacing him only means we might have to sign 3 quality strikers the next 2 windows.... Aren't you talking about Cisse having his 1, 2, 3 starts? Can't see why you mention Anita out of nowhere. And Cisse has been playing badly for months on end, not just the 5 matches you think he will turn it around. I'd be more than happy if he comes back to his first half-season form but he had been given ample opportunities to prove he still has it. He didn't do much much in his recent sub appearances either and continues to be offside. You are being very generous if you think a few consecutive matches will change things when every evidence has been to the contrary.

Not going to happen but I'd love for Ribery to win just to see Ronaldo's reaction.

Blatantly will be. You won't get him to turn up if he doesn't win man.

don't think you can judge him on that tbf. Give him 1, 2 or 3 starts in a row! Cisse is not the type of player who makes a great sub, i think. He needs confident (like many other strikers) obviously - he will only gain that by being trusted. He started the first 5 games of the season like.

No need to watch. Ronaldo is the winner. /ITK

Lead to believe that referee schedules come out weeks in advance. Is this a case of Jones not having a scheduled week rather than being officially dropped? Iirc when they do drop refs, the offender usually has to officiate a lower league match. Scant consolation anyway. He'll still come up with those terrible calls in future.

http://i4.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article2973270.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Samir-Nasri-who-appears-to-be-performing-a-quenelle-2973270.jpg Same top? Edit: Same cap too I think.

2nd player in Manchester to have that face.

Siem de Jong is a very good player, easily the best of the two. As for Luuk, the jury is still out on him, but he's youngish and worth a gamble imho. Isn't Siem more of an attacking midfielder? What's his game like?

How long has he been out of form though?

You lazy sod.

Only possibility is to get rid of his wages for 5 months. He's definitely not going to make the WC squad. I would rather it be a permanent deal. If he comes back with a serious injury, we could be burdened with him for the remaining year.

Cos journos believe every BS they spin.