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I would be surprised if we don't see at least one or two bad decisions going their way, seems to be the trend recently for us.

First game I'll get to watch this season, I've been at work for the rest following along on Twitter. Looking forward to it, can see any result being realistic but I reckon 2-2.

Did you see either of those free kicks? Nothing any keeper could do about Sanchez's, and Kranjcar's too would have beaten every keeper in the game had it been an inch or two lower. The positioning of the wall will not make any difference at all; we need to stop giving free kicks away in those positions.

2-0 victory against a Norwich team with Bassong and Hooper both playing, all of our team was 21 or under. Not too shabby!

I love the fact that half of our under 21 team could play for the under 18s.

He's definitely better than Shaw! Get in there!

I've not been to many, but of the ones I have visited, Sorrento in Italy stands out a long way. Stunning place.

"In mine opinion" has quickly become my favourite.

I always thought Lambert was bought to help persuade Lallana to leave - Rickie's was his best mate at Saints by most accounts, and they played so well together, they knew each other's games inside out. £25m for Lallana with another £4m to persuade him to join.

The stream I was watching showed it again at half-time, they reckoned it was moving at 91km/h when it hit the net!

Claire Balding = CB. She posts on here as CB Fry.

Wouldn't like to be a QPR player watching us tonight, that's for sure

This stream is very good with English commentary, if anybody was still looking: http://premierspor.com/ch2.html

I'll see you in eleven pages, trousers

What a position to be in with our four CBs - Toby and Gardos both look very handy, Fonte's been outstanding so far and is rightfully our captain, and Yoshida has improved hugely since he joined us, he's gained real confidence in his abilities. Unlike last year where a CB getting injured was a disaster, this year it shouldn't affect us too much at all.

He went there thinking he'd get to play in the same role, with the same amount of freedom, that he did here but with better players around him. Brendan Rogers went 'Oh, he's RM in the team of the year! We need one of them!' That was the strength of our front 3 last season - they were fluid, they knew where each other would be and weren't tied to a single position.

Who's the ref?

From what he said about both us and Swansea wanting to dominate the midfield and Vic being a controlling midfielder, I'd say he'll be in the starting line up. Wonder who will drop out? I guess Cork or Davis.

To put this into some perspective, Ashley Young has a rating of 78.

He knew that was going to be the case when he left, he must have decided he'd rather play 10 minutes a week for the team he supports than full games for us, and fair play to him for making that decision. Still, it is sad to see that he's now a permanent fixture in the England squad (because of who he plays for more than his quality) he only gets 5 minutes at the end of each game.

Says it all when Jack Cork plays half the game as a second striker - and does it well! How are Newcastle supposed to prepare for that??

I hope you don't make a habit of watching Spanish football then.

I don't think Jay is greedy enough to go to Man City, he knows he'll be fourth choice at best. I think it's more likely he'll go to wherever Pochettino is in January (probably not Spurs, let's be honest).

Hopefully Roy will be sacked when we fail to qualify for the Euros.

Ox off, Milner on. 'This change should liven the game up' from Townsend. What??