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Have we had a bad run of form yet? Does Sunderland-Norwich-West Ham constitute a poor run of form? Every club gets one, we're almost sure to get one, the Arsenal through to Man City games could provide one.

Head says massive disappointment, heart says he'll come good. I really, really want to see him reach his potential with us, but just can't see it. I voted with my head, and I really am surprised to see where the votes are going.

8-11 points there

They all look alike to me. (Bears, not Japs.)

I can't work out whose missus is whose...

Where do I sign up?

Katrina Ramunni looks positively disgusted by Paul Van Komen, that's why she's got her back to him. Orrrrrrrrr, perhaps she and Michael Gould is secret lovers...

I see Tony Pulis is favourite. They could do worse.

Dunno - all I know is that all the married women I know (apart from the wife) love having sex with me. :-D

...but she ain't so cocky when I shove the bedside lamp up there instead...

They did a song called Puppy Love, which is about a boy singing about his love for a woman in spite of his immaturity. It is not about banging young dogs up the butt. Although the video is quite Oedipal, in that he was singing about his love for Rachel Stevens, who was old enough to be his mother.

SRSLY? They must have tiny arse cavities then. :-)

Bugger - how do I turn the child locks off? :-D The last S Club 7 member I saw was Jon, in Jersey Boys a couple of weeks ago. He was a very good Frankie Valli. Not boneable though, as I'm not ghey. My favourite would be Daisy Evans, but baldy old Jonjo Shelvey is tapping that, so I'm going to go to Stacey MacClean for my fill of Sclub Love.

Don't forget PinkScarf. Her support of Lee Barnard was legendary. I wish I had a lady supporting me like that... ...wife doesn't count.

This. We're relying heavily on Lallana - and as class as he is, that means we have to hope he stays fit.

Agree. I would've travelled down for this game, but late on a Saturday and on Sky? I can watch it from the pub as a prelude to my night out.

I go with pretty much what everyone else is thinking - winnable game but one we could easily mess up in. Keep as we've been doing - solid defensively and hoping for a spark to get a goal up front. 2-0 my prediction, similar team with perhaps a tiny bit of rotation up front.

I like what I see of Osvaldo, and am convinced he'll come good. His flicks, his touches, they're a class above. I do think he's trying too hard at the moment, but he has to - a place at the World Cup as Italy's main striker is under threat - and this perhaps is the main reason I believe he'll come good. 3 "lesser" teams coming up - a chance for him to fill his boots?

A good draw so late in the game. At Old Trafford makes it even more special too. Have a look at the next 3 games: Fulham at home, Stoke away, and Hull at home. Potential for 9 points there? :-D

Agree about Johnson being first choice, and Jones or Smalling as versatile 3rd choices (especially in a reduced tournament squad) but I think Clyne could battle it out with Walker for the second choice spot. Clyne has proved he can play left back too, so he's versatile in that department too, and I rate him as better defensively than Walker too. It could happen, but he'd need to be consistantly brilliant all season. I hope Hodgson has one of those friendlies where fringe players get picked so he can have a look at everyone. (Similar to the MLT England friendly when he scored a hattrick before World Cup 98. (...and never got picked...)

NewcastlevLiverpool 12:45 ArsenalvNorwich 15:00 ChelseavCardiff 15:00 EvertonvHull 15:00 Man UtdvSouthampton 15:00 StokevWest Brom 15:00 SwanseavSunderland 15:00 West HamvMan City 17:30 I see those as being (in order) Away win, Home win, Home win, Home win, Home Win, Draw, Draw, and the toughest to choose is WHam vs City. Probably Away win there. I was awfully close to getting them right the other week, sadly I haven't put a bet on today and won't make the Ladbrokes website by the time I finish work at 3. Hey ho. Will probably win nowt anyway.

The Sun will probably make a deal out of it... His passing aside, I've been very impressed with what I've seen of Victor so far. There's definitely more to come. Celtic molded him into a good player, we now need to mold him into a world class player, which means working on his passing. I know Cork has his admirers on here, but there's a reason we've only conceded twice this season, and the two defensive signings in the summer are a big part of that. Anyone know if McDonald is any good?

He looks like Jerwayne from Phone Shop with that hat on...

What do you do if your defence is shipping goals? Stick a Cork in it! But it's not, so we must be doing something right without him. Good squad back up though.

It's there, scroll to the right. That's all wrong anyway. Everywhere should be coloured red... :-(