Very pleased to see Daniel Sturridge started and scored in the Chelsea win at Sunderland yesterday!

 

Will AVB dare start him ahead of Torres in the CL?

 

Am taking WBA win/win n Shane Long to score anytime today.

Four games and four penalties awarded against Norwich. 

Join the club Carnelian.

Hi Garage Joe

 

In some ways I preferred it when Norwich were still in the Championship.  I know it's not the done thing to say this but that league's wide open and not a foregone conclusion by the end of August.  How can a club like Norwich stand any chance against the likes of Chelsea, Man City?  The money involved is ridiculous and has corrupted the game and the refs who are in awe of monied clubs and their influence.  I think Norwich will get shitty ref decisions against them all season.  I can't see where the win's going to come from either.  I sound like an old git now, but it was so different (and better) before the Premier League and the money became ridiculous. 

I turtelly agree! In our house it is the done thing to say that the Championship is more enjoyable. Everyone there supports the club. No having to queue behind gloryhunters (our gate doubles for the Premiership) and more games. 

I remain convinced that footballers retain witty peeps to write their twitters!

Extra kudos to MOTD 2 for using The Doors as incidental music!

Carnelian  Haven't seen the game so don't know the ins and outs but know how you feel mate.

 

Saw our Ladies progress to the final of the Conti Cup where we will play Birmingham. They will probably win. We took one point out of 6 against them in the league this season and they have a knack of scoring very late lucky goals.

 

Jer xxx Boro doing really well this season

Early days mind, though but.

£30 QPR.

 

Just flickng between the qpr game and dispatch on C4... A lot of clubs getting named and shamed. However, the FA were covering up for a bunch of nobodies for taking cocaine... But were quite happy to smear Kolo Toure for taking just bloody diet pills

In just watching it now on plus one......

I hadn't realised the drug Toure got banned for....it's so bloody common...loads of people take it as a diuretic and for high blood pressure.

 

Yeh, Liverpool were hard done by at the weekend too.  I suppose sometimes you get the rub of the green and other times you don't. Probably our own fault we didn't wrap the game up, difficult when Stoke parked the bus after the pen but we missed a clear chance with Suarez at the end.

Didn't expect it to be a cakewalk but disappointed that the Toon only got a point 

No I don't think so, the stats speak for themselves.  Prem refs consistently decide in favour of the so-called 'fashionable' bigger clubs, especially on their home turf.  Clubs coming up from the championship like Norwich are gatecrashing the millionaires' party and are seen as relegation fodder and are only there to make the numbers up in the prem, so get turned over by biased refs match after match. 

Don't forget the "one-nil to the referee!" song. (go west) It doesn't change anything but makes you feel better!

"eleven men and a referee!" "you don't know what yer doing!" Etc.

LOL! 

I would say we were robbed plenty of times from last year and the year before... I still ain't got over that 97th goal at Stretford.

I've just put a daft couple of quid on Merte to score anytime at 11/1.

WTF are Chelsea playing at?

 

Get the ball in the net ffs - it's not rocket science  

I've just had the Gunners on, am faffing on here and have turned over to the Blues. I contemplating putting Barca on 

I stuck with the Blues...what a dud Torres appears to be here  

That's one half of the Autumn double up.

 

Come on ye reds.

Well done Chelsea, good win there

 

We rode our luck, you can see how frail the confidence is but I would have taken a point beforehand. Disappointing to concede late but it was an excellent strike from them.

Pat Rice loses his 100% managerial record though with that draw

A workman like performance fromChelsea I thought. Torres with assists on both goals made a significant contribution – as did Mata who is adding much needed creativity to the team.

Flicking tonight.

 

I'll set them up.

 

Mancini's a likeable bloke.

 

That would appear to be my Man Utd win/win bet rendered unlikely.

Blerim Dzemaili playing CL football for Napoli, good call on releasing him Megson...

The papers said we only have to fear Barce.... I think you can add Napoli, Villareal and Bayern to that list. Along with every other side that we come up against in the CL

 

 

Couldn't break Napoli down and they were threatening every time they hit us on a counter attack.

I'm satarting to feel really sorry for Torres, he is a shadow of not only the player but the man he used to be. His attitude completely stinks. I don't know if he is happy at Chelsea he didn't seem to celebrate the goals on Tue night, the 2 goals he created.

 

The best thing for him is to get away from the Premier League and the English media.

I well remember when he was first mentioned. It was strongly rumoured that United were after him. The rest would have been history. Probably.

TONY Mowbray was today expecting to complete the signing of Manchester City  striker Alex Tchuimeni-Nimely.

The 20-year-old Liberia-born forward is set to join Boro on a 93-day loan  deal and is likely to link up with the squad for the trip to Crystal Palace  ahead of tomorrow’s game.

If, as expected, the deal does go through, Mowbray will be relieved to have  finally added some depth to his front line.

He said: “Alex is a lad we’ve been watching for a while.

“He picked up an injury in the summer but has been back in training for a few  weeks now.

“I’ve spoken to (City coach) David Platt and Brian Marwood (City’s football  administrator) about him and they’ve allowed him to come here on loan.

“He arrived last night and we hope to complete the deal today.

“Having him here will give us some depth on the bench and some competition up  front.

“I’m sure he’ll be looking to impress and force his way into the team.”

Not seen Nimely for a while now, was wondering what had happened to him... looked promising during last season pre-seasons but that was the last I saw of him.

Not that I feel a game against Norwich will be easy, but it's nice to be playing a somewhat normal team again after Man City, Liverpool and Man Utd back to back...

 

Alas, it's only a weeks reprieve as we complete the set with games against Arsenal and Chelsea next up.