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I hate to break this to you but Ted Bates is already on there, 2nd from the left.

Shaw for England and Schneiderlin for France I reckon. How Morgan hasn't had a call up yet is beyond me.

Jason Dodd and Alexei Cherednik?

I heard his name being sung to the tune of 'Brown Girl in the Ring' tonight, but I agree it's a travesty we haven't come up with a unique one for him before now.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25934660 This is very bad news indeed. It essentially places massive restrictions on the ability of charities and other non-political organisations to campaign in the run up to elections, effectively silencing them. The government have forced this through despite bitter opposition to it from the public, and I fear it is another nail in the coffin of democracy in this country. First we had the bill which will allow police to disperse peaceful political protests. Then the police want to have the use of water cannons, which ACPO admit would not have made the slightest shred of difference in the 2011 riots, on the basis that the current economic conditions might lead to more rioting. Now this bill. What next? How far do we let it go before we stand up and say 'no'? Bit by bit we are slowly losing our liberty, but as long as X Factor is on TV and we can all have our cheap iPhones to pacify us, nobody seems to give a damn. Dark days.

I know I'm going to get slaughtered for asking this, but who is he?

Yeah he did. Wenger wasn't happy but a flying two-footed tackle right in front of the ref is always going to earn a red card and he can have no real complaints. Aside from that, I thought the ref was shocking tonight. Missed so much and gave so many 50-50s to Arsenal. The handball in the box looked deliberate to me (in as much as he had so much time to move his arm out of the way but didn't) and there was a blatant foul on Guly towards the end that he just waved away. Really poor again.

errrr... We drew 2-2 HTH.

I'm sat here angry that once again we didn't win a game in which we were so dominant, and then I have to remind myself they are the league leaders. Frustrating because on the balance of play Arsenal didn't really deserve a draw, although you can't really argue about the quality of their second goal. But missed chances and a couple of defensive lapses have, just as in the Sunderland game, cost us two points. Some good performances out there tonight. Shaw was excellent, as was Lallana. Morgan bossed the middle of the park and Cork was everywhere. Steven Davis may not be the most gifted player but he has proved time and time again he will never let us down and put in a poor shift. Have to say I was impressed with Gallagher. Playing against the best (statistically) team in the PL and he didn't look out of place at all. Gave us another attacking dimension that we often lack due to Lambert's immobility. Shame he couldn't convert that decent chance but I won't hold it against him as the spin on the ball from the deflection off Lallana (?) made it very difficult to hit cleanly.

But true. If that had gone in there are plenty of people on here who would be critcal of him for not getting to it.

Straight at him really. We would have been calling for his head if he didn't save it.

Seems that way. If i was a neutral watching this I would have to laugh at how biased he is, but as it is I find it distinctly unfunny.

That's probably the best chance Gallagher will get tonight. He'll be disappointed with himself for not putting that away.

We are making Arsenal look nothing like a top of the table side at the moment. Totally bossing them.

Hopefully Big Vic will be fit for this one so he can snap that c**t Wes Brown in two!

I'm sure you'll get that chance before the end of the season. As good as Schneiderlin is, his gameplay means he is never far away from a suspension.

This for me please. The last time I went to Hillsborough we somehow managed to lose 5-0 to a very average Wednesday side, and I never hear the end of it from my Owls supporting mates so it would be nice to lay that ghost to rest. And although we have played there at least twice since I have been living up here, I have never yet been to see Saints at Bramall Lane.

From the BBC report... "Substitute Jack Redshaw rescued a point for Morecambe as they were held at home by League Two strugglers Portsmouth." Just let that sink in for a bit... League Two Strugglers Portsmouth. Maybe we could adopt this in the form of an acronym to describe them: LTSP

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25789059

One or two people may have put forward the opinion of 'the debate is over' but actually the IPCC's latest report concludes with a 95% probability that human activity is responsible for the observed warming over the last century. I don't know about you but to my mind, a 95% probability is a pretty sound basis for implementing policy. As this thread and many other debates like it have proved, there will never be a 100% consensus on the issue, therefore we cannot afford to continually delay and wait for that which will never occur before taking action. I believe it was Minty who has mentioned the precautionary principle a few times already on this thread, and you don't even need to know a single thing about climate science to appreciate just how much common sense it makes in this matter.

Don't see why not. I know what would happen if I was to lose my temper and leave one of my workmates with serious facial injuries. I would be out the door so fast my feet wouldn't even touch the ground. I imagine 99% of people would expect similar, but then most of us exist outside the bubble of professional football.

I believe he played there a few times for Celtic, but would rather have him back in CM when he is fit again. I believe Cork can play CB as well so with Wanyama back in midfield that will give us another option

Must be serious if he has been suspended. Most of the time players will get a fine for being naughty but to make him unavailable selection when we could really do with him in the side seems quite drastic. The only surprise is that it has taken this long. It was well known he had history for this sort of thing before he signed, and was the reason why he was so unpopular with the Roma fans. It was a big gamble signing him, and so far it has not paid off. Just when we needed him as well, because Lambert looks burnt out at the moment and the only other option we have is an unproven teenager.

I'm assuming when Huffton said "had agreed a fee" that this was prior to the departure of Cortese and KL's statement.

Strangest game I've seen for a long, long time. Should have been out of sight by HT given our dominance. J Rod needs to practice his shooting. It's all very well creating space for yourself like he does very well, but it's meaningless if he is just going to waste chance after chance due to poor finishing. I hate to say this, given his legend status, but Lambert was a waste of f*cking space out there today. Was OKish for the first half but after HT he just wasn't on it at all. I'm starting to think that if we can get £7m for him we should take it. As for the injuries though - The Gaston one looks nasty, but (and I mean this with the utmost personal respect to him) he isn't actually one of our key players so won't actually be a huge miss. Lovren, on the other hand, is instrumental in our defence and if he is out for a while (which it looks like he will be) then we are seriously f*cked.