This Weekend's Fixtures (26/27 Oct).

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bent hauled off, Rodallega on.

[Dennis Bendtner]

Martin LOL will be the next managerial casualty.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sidwell is not going to score two 'worldies' in two games.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Southampton 2-0 Fulham, FT.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

I wish Liverpool would piss off though.
Haven't really watched much of them.

Any good?

Today, yes. We were pretty good. I broke my own vow not to chant Suarez' name because he's just too damned good; I imagine we'll try to target Mertesaker and attempt to get Suarez and Sturridge to play around him.

Our defence is still terrifyingly dodgy though. You will create chances, don't worry about that.

But although Suarez will get the plaudits, it was Lucas and Henderson who ran the show for us today. They both have insane fitness levels; not unlike your own Ramzi they're still sprinting about after 94 minutes popping up everywhere. I'd disagree with MS, though it "doesn't look good on paper" our midfield with Lucas in it is very solid. I'd say we were still pretty weak in defence though and we do panic with set pieces. Without Lucas though, our midfield is like a colander. I don't know who you play in terms of attacking width, but if you do play quite wide then you should find a few opportunities to get in behind our wing backs, especially with your speed and range of passing.

Saying that, if Coutinho is fit to play then we might change back to a more conventional 433. You can cut off supply to Sturridge, but it'd be a far harder task to do the same with Suarez. The tricky fucker.

[LDG]

Today, yes. We were pretty good. I broke my own vow not to chant Suarez' name because he's just too damned good; I imagine we'll try to target Mertesaker and attempt to get Suarez and Sturridge to play around him.

Our defence is still terrifyingly dodgy though. You will create chances, don't worry about that.

But although Suarez will get the plaudits, it was Lucas and Henderson who ran the show for us today. They both have insane fitness levels; not unlike your own Ramzi they're still sprinting about after 94 minutes popping up everywhere. I'd disagree with MS, though it "doesn't look good on paper" our midfield with Lucas in it is very solid. I'd say we were still pretty weak in defence though and we do panic with set pieces. Without Lucas though, our midfield is like a colander. I don't know who you play in terms of attacking width, but if you do play quite wide then you should find a few opportunities to get in behind our wing backs, especially with your speed and range of passing.

Saying that, if Coutinho is fit to play then we might change back to a more conventional 433. You can cut off supply to Sturridge, but it'd be a far harder task to do the same with Suarez. The tricky fucker.

Cool.

Hope we stuff you.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

MotD running order:

Man Utd/Stoke, Liverpool/WBA, Crystal Palace/Arsenal, Aston Villa/Everton, Southampton/Fulham, Norwich/Cardiff.

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[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Cool.

Hope we stuff you.

Any injuries/knocks for you?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Flamini, in addition to those already injured.

[Xhaka Can’t]

MotD running order: .

Man Utd/Stoke, Liverpool/WBA, Crystal Palace/Arsenal, Aston Villa/Everton, Southampton/Fulham, Norwich/Cardiff.

Yeah, I'm not watching that.