OTF

There appeared to be nothing in the second yellow. He'll be missed in our next match.

Sissoko two yellows in under a minute. ffs. The first for kicking the ball away, the second for standing over Andy Carroll.

West Ham have been surprising so far this season. Saw them in pre-season and they were awful. I really do like beating them, which I think we can do if we can maintain our enthusiasm and are able to put out a good side. A number returning to training including Coloccini and Steven Taylor so the make-up of our defense remains to be seen.

A cameo or two off the bench couldn't hurt and should keep playing regularly in the youth team.

Written or illustrated?

The quality of their team has dipped severely since their peak, you have to question how much of that is down to Wenger's stubbornness, or whether it's the sensible financial stewardship that ultimately has prevented them from competing for anything major of recent times. They've never replaced Fabregas.

Mike must be looking at the table now and patting himself on the back for not sacking Pardew. Likewise in January he'll not spend anything unless he jags a deal.

His tweet before that also says he has no major problem. Hopefully that's true and not just him being positive.

Sissoko! What a lovely goal.

Ryan Taylor knee, shattering stuff, poor bloke.

Liking the pluck and spirit.

The ultimate outcome would result in more transparency in any international/World Cup related sponsorship. Electronic Arts may be slightly annoyed if FIFA are made appropriately redundant.

"To your left is Athens, to your right more Athens, ahead of us Athens again and behind us is the Acropolis. All in all it's pretty big, any questions?"

Brilliant

... And thanks for the thread title change. Champions of Asia > Champions of Europe* * Based purely on population you massive thundercaths.

Twats.

Western Sydney Wanderers - Champions of Asia! One game away from playing Real Madrid.

He does look a lot quicker than when we saw him last. Both in mind and body.

This too. Being greedy here, but it would have been great for Cabella to open his account on that counter attack.

It doesn't really matter how we got the first couple of wins, it's plain to see that the confidence has been established. The youth coming into the side has helped as well. Abeid got man of the match, that's excellent.

Deserved result. Tactics good, execution good, general effort exceptional. Hope Obertan is ok.

If we can hold on for this result it seems unlikely that we'll be shot of Pardew this season. If we play like this consistently there can be no complaints.

One striker short of a wonderful goal there.

Could easily have been two there. Our energy and effort has been great and we deserve the lead.

When was the last time our defensive line was so cohesive?