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I'll be in The Duchess of Kent and/or The Hemingford for post match banter

where you at for pre match?
I am meeting a mate (Everton fan) at the Hen and Chickens before, then to the Che for usual afters with the usual crowd

in other news hereford united have strengthened both their backroom staff and midfield with astute signings of dave kevan and rob purdie
hopefully that will keep them in the 4th division

and Ozzie Owl ( the Sheffield United mascot ) thanks the supporters and Edgar the Bull saying they are a credit to their club

where you at for pre match?
I am meeting a mate (Everton fan) at the Hen and Chickens before, then to the Che for usual afters with the usual crowd

Not sure pre-match as I won't be out of work 'til about 6.30 then have to meet a mate to get the ticket so I'll be short for time....may squeeze a quick one in....

A few mates are in the Che afterwards so I may try and pop in. What street's it on?

where you at for pre match?
I am meeting a mate (Everton fan) at the Hen and Chickens before, then to the Che for usual afters with the usual crowd

I might nip down to the Che for a pint after the game Pip.

so no repeat of our VDV miracle this time round. Pitched in for loads of big money strikers and came away empty handed with one less striker on our books.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/feb/01/tottenham-hotspur-transfer-deadline-day

Time for 'Arry to look to youth methinks. Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you.

Think both Liverpool and Chelsea overpaid, Andy Carroll will have to come on leaps and bounds, but he will be getting better service now, and Newcastle best hope that lovenkrands, ameobi, best, and nolan can fill the gap, otherwise that 36m will be feathering a championship nest.

Who will provide the service for Carroll? YJC? Kuyt? Serious question btw.

either being cocky or you don't know

Kalou isn't a first team starter now is he? do you feel Anleka will get less game time or Malouda drop back or on the bench?

Before Torres, the strongest line up was

Malouda Drogba Anelka

with varoius options behind them. Kalou would be a fresh pair of legs for the last 10 or 15 minutes. Sturridge and Kakuta also could provide this particularly in circumstnacves where Kalou started due to injury, illness or resting.

Torres Could play alongside Drogba or Anelka or, on occasions both. Malouda could drop back to mid field either in the hole or wide. On Chelsea TV last night, the speculation from Walker and Minto foresaw three up front and only disagreed on the positioning of Ramieres and Malouda.

Alternatively, Chelsea could play 442 or vary formation depending on who they were playing and the state of the game.

By the way:

Kalou has started 10 league games so far this season and made 9 appearances as sub.

Anelka 19 starts and one as sub

Drogba 20 and 2

Malouda 22 and 1

Kakuta 1 and 4

Sturridge 22 all as sub

Who will provide the service for Carroll? YJC? Kuyt? Serious question btw.

The Crown Prosecution?

Che is first left after the railway bridge heading up Hornsey Rd. And it's not called the Che, it's called El Comandante, but everyone knows it as Che.

Who will provide the service for Carroll? YJC? Kuyt? Serious question btw.

Ashley Young and Charlie Adam .... oh whoops we didn't get them did we

miereles, gerrard, johnson, joe cole (if not injured)?
liverpool have a better class of player than newcastle, though they haven't been showing it for most of this season. Newcastle rely on barton and nolan, and everyso often gutierrez,

need a little help from the liverpool supporters here..

Che is first left after the railway bridge heading up Hornsey Rd. And it's not called the Che, it's called El Comandante, but everyone knows it as Che.

Nice one

miereles, gerrard, johnson, joe cole (if not injured)?
liverpool have a better class of player than newcastle, though they haven't been showing it for most of this season. Newcastle rely on barton and nolan, and everyso often gutierrez,

need a little help from the liverpool supporters here..

yeah +1,000

need a little help from the liverpool supporters here..

They just signed Carrol for £35m, how much more help do they need to give us.

Che is first left after the railway bridge heading up Hornsey Rd. And it's not called the Che, it's called El Comandante, but everyone knows it as Che.

See you at the Che then?

See you at the Che then?

Possibly, it'd be rude not to really.

From Twitter:

"Everyone is saying that the medical for for Torres at Chelsea is a formality. What happens when they find his vagina?"

ha ha

i liked

Manchester Utd have finally confirmed Howard Webb is not for sell

I might nip down to the Che for a pint after the game Pip.

shit yeah Tim, be great to catch up. if you like we can not talk about football ;)

Before Torres, the strongest line up was

Malouda Drogba Anelka

with varoius options behind them. Kalou would be a fresh pair of legs for the last 10 or 15 minutes. Sturridge and Kakuta also could provide this particularly in circumstnacves where Kalou started due to injury, illness or resting.

Torres Could play alongside Drogba or Anelka or, on occasions both. Malouda could drop back to mid field either in the hole or wide. On Chelsea TV last night, the speculation from Walker and Minto foresaw three up front and only disagreed on the positioning of Ramieres and Malouda.

Alternatively, Chelsea could play 442 or vary formation depending on who they were playing and the state of the game.

By the way:

Kalou has started 10 league games so far this season and made 9 appearances as sub.

Anelka 19 starts and one as sub

Drogba 20 and 2

Malouda 22 and 1

Kakuta 1 and 4

Sturridge 22 all as sub

I couldn't make sense of those numbers, i just saw a list of overpaid bench warmers for an average mid table team

miereles, gerrard, johnson, joe cole (if not injured)?
liverpool have a better class of player than newcastle, though they haven't been showing it for most of this season. Newcastle rely on barton and nolan, and everyso often gutierrez,

need a little help from the liverpool supporters here..

I would expect Kuyt to play the main striker now if Carroll is injured with Suarez as partner
meireles and lucas in centre mid stevie G on the right and maxi or even jovanavic on the left

long term pacheo being Suarez's understudy

Cliveo I could see torres on the left in your front 3 he's destroyed you guys a couple of times from that position

Cliveo I could see torres on the left in your front 3 he's destroyed you guys a couple of times from that position

Which would fit well with Drogba in the mioddle and Anelka to the right.

No need to remind me of Torres' goals against Chelsea. They were showing them repeatedly last night on Chelsea TV.

hopefully our defenders will know how to deal with him come the weekend
will he start tonight

• and yes i know talk about your own striker !
  

He isn't playing tonight, the team flew up yesterday afternoon. He will be available on Sunday.

Coping with Torres is one thing. Coping with Torres, Drogba and Anelka together will be quite different.

Carragher will probably try and injure him in retribution for perceived disloyalty.

if he wasn't injured himself

Blimey, do you share treatment rooms with Everton?