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You can still get 33/1 on them being relegated this season. What could be better than buying next week's SMS season ticket from the proceeds of a winning bet on the skates going down?;

Just before Christmas I was in the car driving to work . We had just announced that Elia was joining us and Swansea had announced the acquisition of a new player (Oliveira I think). I then caught the sports news on Talk S hite. Did either of these acquisitions warrant a mention? No way. The only football news that day was apparently Matic announcing that Chelsea can do the quadruple and that Wenger believes that Walcott has lost none of his pace. Acquisitions by 2 clubs that are perceived as punching above their weight are not of interest to the football "world." Is it surprising therefore that our achievements this season have come as a surprise to so many? When I get asked by people whether I am surprised by us this season I reply that I am more surprised by the poor standard of football punditry in this country. If the information that people get fed on football is a diet of soap opera style tittle tattle it is little wonder that they are amazed by us unearthing yet another "surprise" player capable of scoring twice at St James Park.

I was confined to listening the game on Talk Sh ite. Stan "I just cannot help talking bo llocks at 90 mph" Collymore reckoned that we looked like a youth team. Our squad looks that young and inexperienced.

Brentford away, Plymouth aqay and Walsall at home when we came up is all I can remember. Copious qantities of beer however do not help the brain matter

No. 6th place is definitely out because both Liverpool and Spurs won on the same weekend a few weeks ago.

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Brilliant. But lets follow the bear and aim to win the thing. Title decider ?? Last match of the season at the Etihad ???

I want the Champions League ... but I think we should be aiming to go straight in at the Group stages. Lets concentrate on finishing in the top 2 this season to miss out on the CL qualifying rounds next year. I don't expect this to happen but we should set our sights high. Chelsea have shown they can be vulnerable (conceding 5 at Spurs !!! ) and although Man City looked so good against us they do have their frequent wobbles - recent draws against Burnley and Everton for example. Realistic? Who knows .... but we need to aim high and see what happens. What would be certain is that there would be a whole new load of "experts" and "pundits" as so many of the old ones would die of shock!!

It may be something to do with the beer that I have been drinking ... but I have just watched this clip non stop for the last 5 minutes. Thanks for posting it.

Every time that this thread gets resurrected i shake my head in despair at the childish nature of some of our posters. And every time that it gets resurrected I am delighted as it means we have had another great result. Brilliant.

Don't worry about him mate. He has some kind of personality disorder. Just inore him. Most people do.

I thought Chamberlain had a great game. He seemed to be in central midfield for much of the game and was involved in many of Arsenal's good moves. Chambers was awful. Simply dire. He seemed to be avoiding the ball whenever it came near him and looked totally out of his depth. He is still only 19 but if he wants a long career in the Premier League he needs to find his best position. On the evidence of that match it is certainly not as a holding midfielder.

Never, Mr Turkish, have you spoken truer words.

Looking at our results this season it is clear what we need to do to win the League - just get all our matches played at 3 pm on a Saturday. When you look at it, so far this season we have played 9 Saturday games and have won them all bar WBA in which we drew. That makes it 25 points out of a possible 27 when we play at 3 pm on Saturdays. We have plajed 6 matches at other times // on other days and out of a possible 18 points have obtained just one. Can't we get all our matches rearranged to Saturday 3 pm and bob's your uncle the title is ours!!

Good call - especially if they get promoted.

I don't disagree with your assessment of Lallana last season .... but I never thought he would fit into the Liverpool team and so far I think I am being proved right. He was a big fish in a small pool when he was here. The team was built around him. He was never going to get the same treatment at Liverpool and his career is suffering because of it. I think that he is more likely to find himself at another "smallish" club and within a couple of years can see him somewhere like Norwich, Sunderland or Stoke. We will just have to agree to disagree.

Such a good signing that he is sitting on the bench all through the match when they need a win. What a waste of £25 million

So you think that Lallana was a good signing for Liverpool?

How times and opinions change!! According to you and that great strawman warrior CB Fry anyone who back in the summer questioned why Lallana was going to Liverpool needed their head examining. Lallana was a great player and anybody who questioned him making an impact at Liverpool was showing him great disrespect. I think that CB Fry even reckoned that questioning Lallana at Liverpool was showing great disrespect to our academy !! According to you 2 Brains of Britains there was no way that Lallana would be sitting on Liverpool's bench this season. Don't you know that "Lallana was in the PL team of the season" - well I think you know that as you reminded us of this constantly in the summer. How opinions change!!!

I agree with the sentiments in that blog. Clarke has acted in a dignified and admirable way since Phil Hughes's death. I wonder if he now regrets his threat to "break your f ing arm" to Jimmy Anderson.

Hope so. I said the same at Villa last week and v Citeh on Sunday

When you consider the relative fortunes of the 2 clubs , I reckon that Corpy , Mero and the rest are right. We are just jealous of them !!!!

My thoughts exactly!!

My thoughts exactly. Far better than the normal drivel that he comes up with.

Nice to see that you agree with the description of yourself as a d ickhead,