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Come on Lamps. Take that record.

Ba not looking sharp today.

Chelsea's defence in pieces.

Is Rafa wearing a black tie to coordinate with Chelsea's away kit?

Ba...

Benteke scores.

He's a bloody good sales/con man, I give him that.

Doesn't matter if they are safe. I just want a Villa loss today and we win tomorrow to secure our PL place.

Villa: Guzan, Lichaj, Vlaar [c], Baker, Bennett, Westwood, Delph, Sylla, Weimann, Agbonlahor, Benteke. subs: Given, Holman, Williams, Gardner, Bent, Bowery, N'Zogbia, Bannan Chelsea: Cech; Azpili, Cahill, JT ©, Cole; Ram, Lamps; Haz, Mata, Moses; Ba. subs: Turn, Ivan, D Luiz, Ake, Benay, Oscar, Torres. Come on Chelsea!

Heart says yes, mind says he will stay for next season.

His admission of his failings may have just bought him some time next season. The interview has somehow put him in a better light. Some fans will buy into his sale pitch and there is a higher chance of Pardew being sacked by Ashley had he continued with blaming everything but himself. Need the crowd to turn against him during the Arsenal match but can't see it happening. Some people are already advocating giving him more time ('it's a start') based on him holding his hands up. To me he's a tumor that shouldn't be given time of the day that we will do well to remove immediately. Hope I'm wrong but sadly I think he's here to stay now.

Yup, he did. The contract's worth a reported 5m in compensation too.

What would be the point of those crosses when no one's getting to them?

I just wish Debuchy would show it because he hasn't yet. He isn't helped by the lack of bodies in the box. Most of the time he has a physically-dominated Cisse to aim for.

Simpson is not fit to lace Debuchy's boots when it comes to crossing and the final ball. Worlds apart.

No more nominations for best football poster from me. Edit: safety wink.

Alright, you have a point full fucking stop.

You can't afford him even if he wants to come. Not unless you sell someone to generate funds. Seriously, where does Everton's money go? Can't believe you have the transfer budget of a league 1 side. Lets not over exaggerate Net spend of less than 2m a season under Moyes.

You can't afford him even if he wants to come. Not unless you sell someone to generate funds. Seriously, where does Everton's money go? Can't believe you have the transfer budget of a league 1 side.

For real? He just said that?

Shola out for the season *signs new 8 year contract*

My initial thought was that there is a case for Simpson playing. I've since bought into Felipao's argument that with a more defensive MYM on the other flank we can afford a more attacking approach on the right while being able to deal with their counters. Having faith that it will be a win for us.

It's the 2nd interview he's done this week with them, he's sounding like a media whore. You realise they speak to the player once and then the paper string it out and make more than one article out of it most of the time. This.

Probably. It really hits home how ugly the new 'NEWCASTLE UNITED' sign looks though. If we didn't need reminding... Probably sponsorship issues. They blocked the SD logos during the Olympics too.

So much wrong in that.