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Well spotted. Suggests that Steve Davis is also not fully fit.

You'd think that someone opening an "appreciation thread" would at least be able to spell the name of the subject correctly.

I expect him to sign a new deal once he is 100% sure that he can return to playing. That may be quite soon, but I really don't expect it to be until he is at leas back in full training.

Think the OS has a bit of a problem with their predicted XI: "Toby Alderweireld is sidelined due to his hamstring injury PREDICTED XI: Forster; Alderweireld, Clyne, Fonte, Gardos, Bertrand; Ward-Prowse, Wanyama, Cork; Long, Pellè, Tadić." we have a bit of a shortage of players at the moment, 7 out injured or unavailable, that's a very significant portion of the very small squad. One thing we must do for next season, Europe or not, is add depth to the squad.

Less than 3 actually. Let's hope this doesn't go to extra time.

Clearly the guy knows very little, event he fact that he cited Sunderland as an example of how exciting we can be. well the reality was that we were quite poor in the 1st half, it was only when Sunderland had committed suicide for the third time that we really took them apart in the second half.

Thanks Richard. I was aware of AdBlock but didn't realise you can configure to just block adds on selected domains. Given that my own web sites serve ads, I didn't want to just block ads on all sites otherwise it is a bit difficult for me to see what is going on.

Agreed, it is one of the most aggravating things on a web site when music starts or people start talking in an advert, especially when you are trying to listen to something else. Ad-block does not solve the problem without blocking all ads, which I don't want to do. Most sensible web sites now make sure that this sort of ad is not served, but not the OS for some reason.

Not really, if you're from a software/computing background.

If Smalling's shirt pulling had gone much further, Pelle would have been booked for removing his shirt.

Smoking in the shower.

Please no, would be better to register Ronald as a player. Perhaps Liverpool could loan us Lovern

Didn't work against Sheff Utd though. He did look good today, beginning to show more composure and able to deliver a decent ball. Looks like we will be relying on him for the next 3 weeks. No back up again, our squad depth may be shown up if we are unlucky.

I think Pelle should have given his shirt to Smalling after the match. He had been trying to get it from Graz all match, almost taking it off at one point. Clearly shown on TV as well, cheating bastard. Its disgusting that referees do not clamp down on this, instead they seem to give the free kicks the other way (especially when it is Pelle, every single decision seems to go against him).

Quote taken out of context. He was actually trying to be very careful not to be disrespectful. He was really just stressing that Morgan is a truly great player. Some of us have known that for years.

Ramirez just hasn't pushed on as much as it was thought he would. He was young when we signed him and was seen as a great start player in the making. We weren't shafted, it just didn't quite work out and the player hasn't developed as expected. Osvaldo is perhaps a different matter, because of his antics, and clearly he really didn't want to be here.

Fat chance of that then.

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Geography not your strong point.

Its currently (at 11pm in the evening, 13C in Manchester), it is warmer than it was in the summer. It might get a bit colder by Sunday, but its hardly cold.

Thank Feck for that. Lets just hope he doesn't move to Sky or BBC, he is truly awful. He also seems very keen always to brush over the fact he used to play for us. I think this part of the Guardian report says it all "The former Republic of Ireland, Aston Villa and Chelsea midfielder" The former player, former pundit and current tosser.

Clear that Spuds have been alerted by our former head of recruitment

Sorry thought this was a thread about Pardew, then remembered he is now at Palace.

Any chance we could get him back on loan a la Frank Lampard? Would still be happy to see him on the bench sometimes when we need to close a game down.

Feckinnota