OTF

Fair bit of time attributed to their player getting stretchered off at the start of the half.

Was very borderline. His legs were behind the last defender but because of the angle of their bodies part of Cisse was in front. Difficult for the linesman to call anything but offside.

Norwich players complaining there, wasting time, eedyots.

Shit

Not Pardew evidently with Cisse readying himself...

We'll oblige you that one Shola.

Good sub I think this, he was definitely fading.

Cabaye looking for an awful lot of long balls at the moment.

Historically big challenge for Pardew to ensure that there is no Jekyll and Hyde effect in the second.

Remy making Tiote look likely from distance with that effort.

He's clearly on a high from his crushing performance against Italy. Completely undroppable in this sort of form.

Lol! Shola working them hard all over that goal for Gouffran.

True to the word.

It really has been. Mixing in some quality passes now as well. Geez that was close!

Nice ball from Shola good run Sissoko... the shot, not so good.

Tiote still getting the shoot calls from the crowd from distance, and still obliging them willfully!

Me too, but shhhhh!

Lovely start there. Terrible from their keeper though!

Sports Direct, I suppose don't figure in that reckoning because they not only get shed loads of advertising from their 'sponsorship' but they also get money.

It's largely a semantics argument. Something may have been said or an action may have been taken without any racist intent, but it can certainly be construed as racist by someone else. So the statement or action itself wasn't racist but the interpretation of it was. In this case I wonder if anyone has actually felt persecuted or belittled by Taylor's picture. Perhaps Anita, though we're all victims of dated looks retrospectively.

Cheery bunch of films there.

Thought he was catching up with Oba and Kazenga

As much as he had a poor season last year there was still a game or two where he was our best player. I'm hoping he comes back refreshed and renewed as his biggest problem last season was how stale his thought process was. Certainly not suggesting that he comes back into the side, but if the chance arises he deserves a run.

Debuchy is suspended for this match I believe.

Adding to that - With Debuchy missing next game through suspension I'd like to see Santon moved onto the right and either Haidara on the left, or M'Biwa moved there to facilitate Coloccini's return to the side.