OTF

3 points. No injuries. Job done. Excellent debut for Sissoko, good one for Gouffran and they'll all know what this league is about now. Would have snapped your hand off for all of that yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Thank fuck for that. Almost made a meal of it.

Fallen off the edge of my seat there.

Villas legs should fade if we can wrestle momentum even briefly.

Shit, thought that was in. Was offside anyway...

That was Santon actually, well out of position.

About ten passes there where it was all Frenchmen. Where was santon then!?

Nice from Perch there. Cabaye playing silly buggers.

Fucking villa appealing for handball when it was their own players hand!

Jonas has to stay calm now. They'll foul the shit out of him and everything will be called.

Jonas giving him a fucking serve there and rightly so.

Fucking brilliant strike Cabaye!!!!!!

Wrong thread.

Great ball Sissoko, composed finish Cisse. Great start.

Santon and Debuchy are being given so much space, hope they can take advantage.

Villa extremely nervous out there.

Sissoko already looking very good.

Gouffran up front with Cisse in a wide position according to the teams named. Haven't won away in nearly 9 months.

And yeah, Taylor is pretty decent in set pieces which is a weakness of theirs.

In terms of ability to change the match, our bench is pretty damn weak. I'd say Pardew will consider bringing Mbiwa on for Steven Taylor when he invariably fades as a result of not being match fit. Prior to that hopefully Taylor will be able to bring some feeling into the game to help press the importance to others.

Finally.

Worse for Colo, yes.

Make no mistake of that! At least he has addressed it in some way. Trying to spin it in the most positive way for the club is only logical. Whether or not Colocini is committed to the cause will be seen in his performances.

The difference here is that we've got a bunch of new players through the door and Coloccini's situation sorted out for the time being. It really is the time to launch into a positive end to the season, but it's a game of football so regardless of the makings of positive momentum here and the full swing of negative momentum there anything could happen.

Agree. Crazy that we sold Leon Best for more than Sissoko was bought for. Wages won't be comparable obviously.