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GW5 Norwich 1-1 Aston Villa Liverpool 2-0 Southampton Newcastle 2-0 Hull City West Brom 1-1 Sunderland West Ham 1-1 Everton Chelsea 3-0 Fulham Arsenal 3-1 Stoke City Crystal Palace 1-1 Swansea Cardiff City 1-2 Tottenham Man City 2-2 Man Utd

Pretty much this. Standard MLS player through and through. Lovely guy though, great attitude on and off the pitch.

Dan is spittin' hot fire right now.

It'll be held in the likes of London, Amsterdam, Paris, Munich, Milan, Rome, etc. Boring and pathetic. Smaller, regional cities won't get a chance like they would if the tournament were held in a single country.

Oh you. Zany as always.

What's the earliest in a season a club has been relegated from the top flight, statistically?

Dropped Silva for Ramsey, gonna bring-in Benteke next week.

Aye, problem solved.

So was everyone though. Like I say, it's some poor performances, it's not a general long-term decline. Yep. And Colo's poor play I think can be attributed a lot to his personal struggles last year.

The MJ statue at Craven Cottage is finally leaving. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2424724/Fulhams-Michael-Jackson-statue-history-Mohamed-Al-Fayed-set-remove-Craven-Cottage-eyesore.html

She works for Fox Sports. On a talk show hosted by Regis Philbin.

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Salah

Does anyone know how Curtis Good is performing?

I get what you're saying. For the time being, they form a strong partnership. But MYM was clearly brought-in to be Colo's replacement, particularly in light of Colo's issues last year. If we're looking to add another young CB in the future, which we'll inevitably have to do, it would make sense to get a more physical/aerial threat type CB to complement MYM. Okay yeah that.

Regardless, set pieces, on both sides of the ball, remain a primary weakness. We need to figure something out because our system clearly isn't working.

Why? Surely all that matters is getting the job done, not who does it. If Sissoko was our best defender on set pieces, would it really matter that he's not a CB? But you're arguing that a CM taking set pieces is indicative that our CBs aren't great defending through the air? While I agree that that is probably true to an extent, I don't think it's something that really handicaps our defense. MYM and Colo aren't Anita-sized and the majority of PL attacking players aren't Benteke-sized.

See, nobody was doing that, at all. I was using a set piece situation which wasn't defended by those who should be our best bet for doing so, whether it was Benteke or Patrice Evra. The 'aerial prowess' in the squad is nonexistent. Sissoko being the one marking Benteke is the key point, not the fact he scored. Unless Sissoko is really poor (which he may very well be, I can't say I've noticed either way) at set pieces, does it matter that our CBs aren't the ones marking the opposition's jumpers?

I'm dropping Silva for Benteke, need a cheap option in midfield to replace him. If Lampard continues to be hit or miss, I'll swap him out for HBA over the next few weeks.

My favorite of the new signings. Cool as you like. Also, it's rather futile to use Benteke as an example of our squad's lack of aerial prowess, considering he's one of the most physically dominant CFs in the league and not many CBs can match him through the air. I've yet to see Colo-MYM get truly bossed by anyone since they started playing together.

Tough one, what are the fixtures like? Arsenal has Stoke (H), Swansea (A), and West Brom (A) while Liverpool has Southampton (H), Sunderland (A), and Crystal Palace (H). I'm thinking Moses should see more playing time with Coutinho out, but I'm worried Liverpool's offense might not click as well. And I genuinely don't know Wenger's plans with Ramsey, whether he's worked his way into the starting XI for good or not. I imagine once Podolski's back, Ramsey will be back on the bench.

Interesting stat re: Coutinho FourFourTwo ‏@FourFourTwo 2m #LFC completed attacking third pass once every 70 secs with Coutinho, but once every 185 once he'd gone off

Should I bring-in Ramsey or Moses?