OTF

Fucking villa appealing for handball when it was their own players hand!

Jonas has to stay calm now. They'll foul the shit out of him and everything will be called.

Jonas giving him a fucking serve there and rightly so.

Fucking brilliant strike Cabaye!!!!!!

Wrong thread.

Great ball Sissoko, composed finish Cisse. Great start.

Santon and Debuchy are being given so much space, hope they can take advantage.

Villa extremely nervous out there.

Sissoko already looking very good.

Gouffran up front with Cisse in a wide position according to the teams named. Haven't won away in nearly 9 months.

And yeah, Taylor is pretty decent in set pieces which is a weakness of theirs.

In terms of ability to change the match, our bench is pretty damn weak. I'd say Pardew will consider bringing Mbiwa on for Steven Taylor when he invariably fades as a result of not being match fit. Prior to that hopefully Taylor will be able to bring some feeling into the game to help press the importance to others.

Finally.

Worse for Colo, yes.

Make no mistake of that! At least he has addressed it in some way. Trying to spin it in the most positive way for the club is only logical. Whether or not Colocini is committed to the cause will be seen in his performances.

The difference here is that we've got a bunch of new players through the door and Coloccini's situation sorted out for the time being. It really is the time to launch into a positive end to the season, but it's a game of football so regardless of the makings of positive momentum here and the full swing of negative momentum there anything could happen.

Agree. Crazy that we sold Leon Best for more than Sissoko was bought for. Wages won't be comparable obviously.

Is that thread up to date?

Does not compute. If I had something to say I

Another indefinite statement from Pardew again confirming that he really doesn't know what's happening on the transfer front. In this case though I don't doubt that it's true. If noone else comes I'll be left wondering who in total we would have signed if Remy didn't defect at the 11th hour.

Parker got his knickers in a real twist with Spurs getting dumped out at Elland Road.

Cabaye's back now and Ben Arfa's around the corner - they're our most likely suspects for scoring. I believe Cisse needs some time out, but we don't have the options to facilitate that as it stands. If another striker doesn't turn up then really Ashley hasn't changed and his signings are primarily about buying valued products when their prices are low with the aim to sell them for a profit, rather than being about improving the team. This window they're taking advantage of the influential French players in the side to make us more attractive to others, at the same time hoping it will be enough to pull clear of the relegation battle that we're currently in.

Hey yeah let's field Tiote.

Double fisting ham toasties?