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In which case he'll play 4 average games, then injure himself and be out for a year. But he is young and from our academy so chances of Wenger signing him are pretty high!

I'd have thought training with world class coaches in one of the best academies in Europe would be more beneficial to Gallagher than playing League 1 football and getting battered on pitches used more for rugby. Looking forward to seeing him back, seem to remember he had very good movement off the ball even if his shooting left something to be desired.

All winnable games, on paper. I just really really hope that we can beat Liverpool, give Lambert a rousing chorus of 'Southampton's goal machine' whilst putting 6-7 past Lovren and breaking Lallama's ankles. West Ham will be tough, don't think we'll win that unless we've got Toby back to deal with their lump upfront.

I assume nobody's calling for a recreation of this retro shirt?

5 in his last 6 games!

Yep, got to be Rickie Lambert, we wouldn't be a PL club without him.

Personally I'm very happy with Pelle. First 10 games or so of the season he was deadly; now teams have worked out that he needs to be at least double marked and that referees will always penalise him. He occupies two defenders on his own, and is still able to pull off things like the chest down for the first goal against Newcastle, and I think because of him our other players have much more freedom and space up top which is why we're seeing more goals coming from our wider attacking players. Yes, he could take some of his chances better, but what strikers couldn't? He's had more shots than anyone else in the league - and after the frustration of watching us play possession football last season with barely any shots, I'm not complaining.

No.

Great work from Shane Long, really excellent. Elia got lucky with the deflection, but if you don't shoot you don't get them!

Newcastle playing well now. Sissoko scares the heeby-geebies out of me.

Would like to see Corky on for Reed soonish please, thanks Ron.

Jose Fonte is utter class. Great to see us starting five Englishmen again too, with another six (? not sure on the nationality of some of the youngsters) on the bench.

Gooooaaalll Elia! And another assist for JWP! Loved the celebration too, big hug with Koeman. COYS!

http://riderhd.org/ This one's good if a little inconsistent and about 30 seconds behind live. I don't like Tadic on the right so much...

I hope you put a bet on that.

Will be on here when it starts. QPR vs Man U now.

Oh wow, Falcao misses the ball from about 3 yards out, coming at him fairly slowly, open goal. He really is a bit sh*t.

What's Rickie Lambert doing on this early? Bet he can still taste the toothpaste.

Gotta say, I am shocked and surprised that the prolific midfielder capped 13 times by England, Tom Cleverley, has been unable to turn Aston Villa's fortunes around. Gobsmacking.

Dammit, the first week I've made Sanchez my captain over Costa and the latter has two goals and an assist before half time...

I wish you were joking...

Luke Shaw... wait for it... is out injured. Jonny Evans starts too, so there's gotta be some hope for QPR!

Harry Redknapp? Complaining about his squad to the media? Surely not!

I hear Defoe's getting £70k a week. Still utter madness though at his age. I wonder how much Altidore was on?

I think the reason we're going with this kit is because when we played them at home, with both teams in their home kit, it was 3pm in September. This time it's 5.30pm in winter, in the north of England, so it'll be dark, probably overcast/raining/snowing, with the match being played under floodlights, so the white stripes will stand out a lot more than the red/black ones. Also possibly something to do with Newcastle losing 4-0 last time, and have complained about the kits and blamed those?