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3 points ahead of Man City after round 1 would be bad for my mental health when we dont win the title.

Did you see him going off in a sulk? And Obertan is wank. We are gonna get relegated.

Hazard looks like a player. Ivanovic being allowed to play this disgusts me though.

Aye everyone keeps panicking about Douglas, but the crux of the matter has been he wants to be eligible for the dutchies and thats some date near the window afaik.

Ben Arfa gets motm for me. It was so funny in the start when both central midfielders just took a yellow each to stop him on our side of the pitch, tells you how feared he is. Steven Taylor And Jonas were very good. As a team we didnt play that well but we defended great and got the win which is what matters. Tiotes passing wasnt all that good today but he won every header and alot of tackles, thought he had a good game personally. But seriously, Ray Wilkins is such a twat. Was sat in the norwegian studio going on how spurs were the far better team and we were not going to be close to what we were this season before the game. Then when we win he goes "unfortunately spurs lost the match". Then he goes over to suggest we will have problems with too many big heads in the dressing room after Hatem takes the penalty. Disgraceful how shit a pundit can be at times, trying to make waves. Also, funniest moment of the match when Obertan comes on, they zoom in on Hatem and he looks at the board and it looks like his daughters virginity's been taken, so angry.

He is still coming back from a serious injury and will probably not play 90 minutes twice in a few days.

Aye i think some basic rotation is in Pardews thoughts. I very much doubt Steven Taylor will feature there for example.

Arsenal looking very average too. 1 point at home isn't good enough for them.

Perch I suppose? I guess he is preferred to Williamson cos defoe is more likely to turn him than beat any of them in the air.

Lukaku.

Subs: Harper, R Taylor, Williamson, Anita, Gosling, Obertan, Shola Ameobi No Marveaux, Sammy or Colo then. Im happy enough with the team though, hopefully we have Colo back for the next one. Delighted theres no Obertan instead of Ben Arfa bollocks.

Krul, Simpson, Perch, S Taylor, Santon, Jonas, Cabaye, Tiote, HBA, Ba, Cisse

I absolutely love watching Liverpool.

Had money on WBA to score first, but the fact that Liverpool are down is far sweeter Enrique is on the bench with Kelly and Johnson on the full back spots. Transfer request and Debuchy money on him pls!

Simpson(7) > Dani Alves (not that many)

Surely versatility is irrelevant in a discussion over which right back should play right back. And you paint Raylor like a fairly good defender, which he isnt. I'd prefer Simmo every day of the week at right back, he does tackle and position himself far better than Ryan Taylor does imo. Though I am dreaming of us playing Jonas and Santon as full backs. Which would allow us to play Tiote, Cabaye and Anita in a 433. Or to put on Marveaux and Ben Arfa on either wing. Dont think Pardew will drop Jonas, and he could certainly link up very well with a winger if he gets played as a full back.

Cazorla looks great. Arsenals defence seem incredibly easy to get behind though. Mertesacker has to be the slowest turning player in football. Also seems like Podolski would prefer someone ahead of him, some of his movement has been incredibly wank. Did the last other games thread get deleted or something, couldn't find it?

Also if we put Jonas on a full back position, we would basically Have 0 incompetents going forward. Could have some tasty offensive play if thats what we go for.

Deano-time. Krul Simpson - Taylor - Colo - Santon Jonas Cabaye Tiote Marveaux Cisse - Ba Benny and vurnon to come off the bench.

5th. (we are a better team than Liverpool, and im betting on us narrowly beating Spurs. Could probably mount a cl challenge but will fail again.) We will get 2 embarrasing results in domestic cups, yet give the Europa a proper go. Getting knocked out in the semis. We will also sign one more major player.

Is the game today? Half the squad is supposedly doubtful, but we dont know what Pardew is thinking. The press certainly doesn't. I'll be very surprised if more than 1 or 2 of the main players are unavailable.

Most expensive signing excepting Cisse after we got promoted this. Should be a cracking player, delighted!

Aye just watched the highlights from the Cardiff match. Campbell looked to have excellent technique, pace and vision, creating 2 good chances. He was very quick and the ball seemed glued to his feet.

Looks likely that he will come, very happy with it, supposed to be a very good player. Can also play full-back, even if its not his preferred position. We will have no trouble accomodating him through injuries and rotation.

Suspended for our match then, delighted. One of the more disgusting players in the game him.