Dr Gloom

the thing we've got this time that we didn't the year we went down is spirit. the quality of the squad isn't the greatest in the league so we're bound to have bad periods, especially with key players out. the unity in the side should be enough to see us safe. a couple of astute signings and the return of ben arfa and we could find ourselves in mid table security rather than a relegation fight. actually, i think we can stay quite positive. a lot of us were pinning our hopes on ben arfa this year and we've done way better without him than most of us thought we would.

It looks like Ponting's already done that tbf. His body language is terrible. it's still nill nill though innit. never write them off

even though they look hopeless, they're still australia and that means they won't roll over. hope we go gor it and declare early

this; i don't think we'll go down but a couple of decent reinforcements wouldn't go amiss and should help us secure survival so it doesn't go down to the wire. worrying run of form though leazes i agree. those three wins on the bounce seem like ages ago now

Not sure what game you were watching, but I thought he was the best player on the pitch. Tiote likes to play the simple ball, I've never seen him lump it forward. So when he has no options he's not being "found out", but let down by his team mates. same. one of the few not to tarnish his reputation i thought.

hopefully this nosedive in form will show ashley that he has to invest in january. he can't gamble again on this players being good enough to keep us up. we're crying out for more creativity in centre mid and some genuine pace and attacking threat up front

worst performance of the season. we've conceded too many points to too many clubs you expect to be around us in the league. it's all very well winning the odd big game against an arsenal or chelsea but we have to improve against the average teams if we're not going to struggle.

how gash is this australian attack? pure shite man. 439/3. pietersen on 149, colly 39. why does punter keep spitting on his palms? aussie twat

I'm sorry mate but Qatar? do me a favour. It's a charmless, characterless, backward desert backwater. One of the less plesant emirates, and that's saying something. Never in a million years should they be getting the world cup

A world cup in russia - just what a game accused of corruption needs.

The year before that we played Brazil in "Le Tornoi" in France the only thing we've won in my life time. Ronaldo was without doubt the best player in the world by a mile at the time, better than Messi is now imo, and Campbell marked him out the game, he never came close to getting a kick, best I've ever seen him play and that reading of the game was evident on Sunday you're right. Also he's old, but I can't remember too many players his age that quick, he's got 2 years left at least imo. I'd have Campbell and Taylor two centre halfs, Simpson is no where near as bad as he's made out on here. i agree. he still a bit to do before he's a proper attacking full back as his final delivery is a bit shite at times and his positional play isn't always the best but he's pacey, he overlaps well and he's loads of potential - he's canny young still. i'm not sure i'd have taylor ahead of him at right back if i'm honest. he might be better defensively but i think simpson would offer more going forward.

got to say i'm a big fan of my cheesy pasta dish. it's a piece of piss to make on a school night though contains about a million calories a serving so wouldn't recommend eating it every night of the week. basically, cook some linguine till it's al dente. at the same time, gently fry some chili and garlic. combine the two then add grated parmesan, gruyere, cheddar and gorgonzola and a table spoon of double cream. stir thorgh cooked pasta till melted then season to taste and throw in some fresh basil at the end.

aye, i enjoyed that - a good, faithful adaptation. looking forward to seeing the next two. hoping hollywood doesn't murder it, though i think david fincher is directing so should be worth a watch

fucking shit cgi for a high concept film as well tbh. roland emmerich's obsession with disaster movies is becoming a bit tedious now

You haven't watched this then: Mega Shark v Giant Octopus (2009) Starring Debbie Gibson no less. I've not seen it but should I be worried that my wife has a copy ? Yeah, I'd definitely be worried Jimbo

my inlaws accuse me of being a scrooge but i'm sorry, for me christmas starts the week before and end on jan 2nd. if you put your tree up now it'll be dead come christmas day

i'm personally a big fan of their current stadium, the mestalla. nice steep stands right on top of the pitch

there was one interception campbell made on sunday that was just different class, reminded me of watching him for england in france 98. all our other defenders were backing off and he just stood his ground and made a perfect challenge, the attacker running at him seemed to bounce off him, campbell stayed on his feet then found a black and white shirt when he cleared it. he's old, but he's still good enough.

Campbell/ Collicini centre back is one area we're fairly well covered for once.

hell yeah! not going to happen but you never know. fucking hell, if only we had some ambition and threw a bit of money around - not loads but enough to attract that sort of player. if we could add johnson, bellamy and carrick to the squadf - all players who you could potentially lure with the right cash, we'd be close to being a top side.

bitter dour jock tbh. i accept he was a class player but he's been a shite manager every club he's been to bar rangers and maybe galatasaray so why the fuck do sky keep wheeling him out as an expert match analyst. may as well have joe kinnear giving his full time thoughts

taylor and campbell both looked solid. we're probably better off for central defenders than we have been in years. you could make the case for any of them being in the starting eleven. taylor and sol aren't a bad backup pairing. we're not looking as blessed up front mind. shola annoyingly reverted to type ysterday after some decent performances this season. ranger coming off the bench is still raw. agree that we're crying out for someone with pace to get on to the end of carroll's flick ons. he won everything in the air yesterday but shola was always the wrong side of his marker to get on the end of anything. so annoying that we didn't bust a gut to get bellamy. with him and carroll up front this season i reckon we'd be challenging for top 6.

It killed me that, I said literally 15 seconds before the goal if we can hold on for one more minute we'll win this. Best I've seen Kalou play to be fair, and I think he's shit. Does anyone know what Souness said? it was along the lines that the players feel; the pressure from the fans. hard play to play because we graon ever time shola gives away the ball. apparently it's the crowd's fault for shola having the touch of a rapist.

Routledge should do that more often. He's got the beating of Cole for pace

Trademark Taylor to go missing when they're in a dangerous position. Wonder who he pointed at afterwards? Anyway, 1-1 is not bad. We've looked half decent in patches. Ameobi has looked poor, Routledge has no end product and Jonas hasn't been involved enough. On the flip-side Tiote has been good (spare what could easily have been a penalty), Guthrie's a different player in the middle. Their movement is so dangerous when they get forward, we need to be anticipating their runs and defending not only where the ball is but also where the ball is going to be. routledge looks a bit scared to take his man on. I wonder if he's been instructed to get early balls into the box i stead of trying to beat cole