Besty

Arsenal 1-0 Sunderland, 1200 BST LATER GAMES: Blackburn v Birmingham, 1500 BST Bolton v Chelsea, 1500 BST Fulham v Portsmouth, 1610 BST Liverpool v Tottenham, 1500 BST Manchester City v Middlesbrough, 1500 BST Newcastle v Everton, 1500 BST Reading v Derby, 1400 BST Quality free-kick from Van Persie give Arsenal an early lead.

Bawan?

And they're getting beat now... 20-18 to France.

Happy Bday mate.

TRANSFER RUMOURS Manchester City star Micah Richards' talks about a new contract have stalled over the club's refusal to grant him an escape clause. (Mirror) QPR want former England boss Glenn Hoddle to succeed sacked John Gregory at Loftus Road. (Various) Ajax boss Henk Ten Cate has agreed to work under Avram Grant at Chelsea as assistant coach and former Scotland captain Gary McAllister may also join the backroom staff. (Sun) Ten Cate will not work under Grant and has demanded assurances he would be part of a Dutch team headed by Russia coach Guus Hiddink. (Guardian) OTHER GOSSIP Ajax have made Spurs boss Martin Jol their top target as current coach Henk Ten Cate prepares to join Avram Grant at Chelsea. (Mirror) Former England keeper Peter Shilton has emerged as a surprise candidate to take over at Port Vale. (Mirror) West Ham striker Craig Bellamy could be back in two weeks after having a groin operation performed by Michael Owen's surgeon in Germany. (Various) Steve Bruce hopes to discover if he has a long-term future as Birmingham boss. A new two-year deal hinges on Carson Yeung's imminent takeover at St Andrews. (Sun) Frank Lampard has told England boss Steve McClaren he will be fit for the crucial European Championship qualifiers against Russia and Estonia. (Sun) Everton boss David Moyes and former star Wayne Rooney face a High Court date in May after talks aimed at settling a libel wrangle broke down. (Express) AC Milan keeper Dida will face a Uefa investigation as well as Celtic after his altercation with a fan at Parkhead. (Independent) Scottish Football Association chief executive Gordon Smith has urged Uefa to ban Dida after his theatrics at Celtic. (Daily Record) AND FINALLY A poll in Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport took more than 60,000 votes by noon on Thursday in an online poll on Dida - with 83% calling on Milan and Uefa to punish the Brazilian. (Mail)

Vermaelen (sp?), quality left/centre-back.

Not nee more sonna! Only 3 of me players played yesterday though, just wait. Told you.

So true.

Doesn't matter, got enough.

Howay SMO, kna u wanna.

Since he doesn't want to play with subs, does anyone wanna be our 6th? Be good though. 8:30 kick-off, Pitz.

Nar I want to play, but I hate playin wi subs, am not bringin anyone. Ne bother.

Aye, what he said, you dropping out like?

Not nee more sonna! Only 3 of me players played yesterday though, just wait.

The majority of Geremi's passing is completely shite.

Bruce Hornsby - The Way It Is

Fuck, had just got into 5th position and playing well... 'Thank you for playing the demo'. Fuck. Off.

It last a season?

Who the fuck throws a WWF party ffs, if it's not a under 13 year olds party then you want locked up you sad twat!

Other team cancelled. Stevie's playing doon Pitz for us tomorrow though.

I think most of the matches basically just depend on what you've set for the opposition instructions, if you mark the best players properly then they seem to get nothing from the game.

5, Astro I think.

Sorted.