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that arteta sending off was harsh.

good game the brighton watford one last night. i would say it was a fair result though i know watford fans will be miffed about the goal that wasn't given. forestieri looks like a player who would have fun in the premiership

skrtel is shit

Glad it's not just me then, I know everyone does it a bit but he looks like he's completely lost what little speed he had so just has grope at players to stay with them - going to get shown up badly one of these days...

looks like you can officially do anything you want to the opposition's shirt in the box and not concede a pen - refs just run a blind eye. skrtluv showed that better than anyone. arteta deserved to go though...difficult to argue against it. the rest of his team all out of position, 2 men vs the keeper. easy decision.

Skertel is keeping Agger out of the team.
His performances since he was dropped last season have improved but I don't think he is the most intelligent of players

...he looks like he's completely lost what little speed he had so just has grope at players to stay with them - going to get shown up badly one of these days...
He's the new Carragher.

One for Chalfie

http://www.theguardian.com/football/quiz/2013/oct/29/are-you-a-football-hipster

You scored 34 out of a possible 60

Nope. YOU'RE NO FOOTBALL HIPSTER! You like goals, goals, goals,

I didn't realise that Wegner has never beaten a Mourinho team.
That's a very poor record.

22/60

You scored 47 out of a possible 60

CONGRATULATIONS! You say Italian teams in an Italian accent, love stories of tactical innovations of the 1950s and prefer a well-executed lateral five-yard pass to a 30-yard screamer into the top corner. YOU'RE A FULLY FLEDGED FOOTBALL HIPSTER!

If CronDog doesn't get 60/60 I'll be very surprised.

22/60

Neanderthal!

38/60

Liking 4-2-3-1 was my downfall.

I see Benitez is nominated for coach of the year.

At those prices, I think the term is "Executive Transport" rather than coach.

I liked him in Trainspotting.

lol wtf is going on with his teeth?

Photoshop Mike.

36/60

He looks a lot better now you've airbrushed him up a bit, just work on those skin blemishes and we're good to go.

You scored 39 out of a possible 60

Close but no cigar – YOU'RE A BIT OF A HIPSTER! You love a bit of tactical talk and wear your 1991-92 St Pauli away shirt with pride, but deep down there's part of you who prefers a cavorting mess of a 4-3 to a well-disciplined 0-0. You heathen, you. Still, you're well on your way to zen-like hipsterdom

CONGRATULATIONS! You say Italian teams in an Italian accent, love stories of tactical innovations of the 1950s and prefer a well-executed lateral five-yard pass to a 30-yard screamer into the top corner. YOU'RE A FULLY FLEDGED FOOTBALL HIPSTER!

You scored 46 out of a possible 60

50/60
#tooeasy

does anyone else think Zaha should have just stayed with Palace?

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/oct/28/manchester-united-norwich-capital-one-cup

Moyes talks about having a surfeit of wingers, but most of them have been out of sorts recently, Young, Valencia, Nani? Wouldn't Zaha do more than any of them, and the rise of Januzaj, and a possible mooted loan spell somewhere else seems to show how far down the pecking order he actually is?

so again wouldn't he have been better off shining and putting in match saving shifts with Palace?

No.
He wouldn't have put in any shifts with palace. He'd be played, he'd not get the ball.

Palace are at the bottom for a reason.