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Unfortunate that Mirallas had to come off, was destroying the left hand side.

Boom, knew they'd come back, looking so good going forward. Mirallas looking a treat for them, go on Toffees.

Pumped, nervous, excited, anxious - just to start with. HAVE to bounce back, if we play well we can destroy them but it's United, you can never expect that - don't know what to think. COME ON LADS!!!!!

He has a realistic release clause, he isn't gonna go for less if it's straight up cash meaning if we pay it they have no choice regardless if they know we're desperate or not...

He's so good....

Jeez, I cannot wait till they can't be saved every week & they'll be embarrassed fortnightly. They've been incredibly ordinary so far albeit they were playing with 10 after 20 yesterday but 1 clean sheet in all competitions so far is very poor considering some of the opposition they've gone up against, & they've also gone behind on numerous occasions.

Must get AT LEAST a point here, because surely Juve will get 6 out of their double header with Nordsjaelland, so we're going to need at least 4 points our of ours with Shakhtar, don't want to be having to risk going to Turin needing a win to just qualify. I might get shot down for this but I say this is more important than the United game, they are a top side & we MUST get something out of this game to give us the best chance to quality before the last day - United are 4 behind us, and I think their midfield & defense is relatively poor & we'll be able to outscore them anyway. -------------------Cech---------------------- Ivanovic---Terry----Cahill-------Cole--- --------------Mikel-----Lampard------------ Mata-------------Oscar-----------Hazard -------------------Torres-------------------- Maybe Sturridge if Robbie wants Torres is tired & wants him for United.

Absolutely fantastic again, as I've said before he's been our near best over the course of the season so far - would be our best if it wasn't for our 3 magicians stealing the show week in, week out. Credit to John, he loves this club & was disgusted with himself after the Juve game, he's been superb ever since, hasn't put a foot wrong. Love him to bits.

Mata obviously the standout but once again Mikel was phenomenal, he's really matured on the ball - looks so much calmer & has a lot more composure - There doesn't seem to be any nervous moments for me when he's on the ball like their sometimes used to be.

After.having.no.net.or.paytv.for.the.past.days.ive.found.a.way.to.watch.to.watch!!!! COME.ON.LADS!!!!!!!!!

If that is correct, what an absolute joke. They have put max. 2 players up per week since the game has been out yet we remain top of the league, and we've had some brilliant perfomances by players who haven't gone up yet Silva who has been a spud so far goes up each week. Anyway started a Career Mode with The Baggies - Signed M'Bengue, Distin & got Montoya on loan all on deadline day with 6.5m, sitting 5th mid November with my standout a 1-0 win against City.

The only way I would be content if we let Ash go is if we bought Lahm, which isn't going to happen. As I've said before the policy is fine but for players who are still topping their trade, if the performance & fitness is still there to get through Tuesday-Saturday like cycles then exceptions MUST be made.

15m? His contract is up in 8 months.

If I'm honest I don't expect much more from him, we've got the other DM with a licence to go forward when realistic & obviously that isn't Mikel's strength but as a defensive player he's been fantastic, and fulfilled his job to the a great extent.

We're going to miss this guy in January/February, after the Juventus game he's been absolutely fantastic, close to our best over the season so far.

This guy is just unbelievably good, he's strong, quite quick & iirc quite good in the air for a guy under 6 foot, buying this guy would be brilliant & really send a message to everyone in Europe.

Brilliant.

Parker is more versatile, Sandro will be a good player but he's still maturing, I remember he played when we beat them at the Bridge not last season but the one before, and although we scored from a Gomes shocker, he was exposed heavily, and yes thats 18 months on, but I still feel Parker is better for this type of game.

Lamps out of squad vs. San Mario because of a knee injury, hopefully not too bad, hardly any midfield "cover" as it is...

I think they're fixing this in their update on the weekend.

If this once again is the case, unless they have Parker, I think they're significantly less than Arsenal.

They'll be more worried of us, then we will be of them, I see Robbie playing the exact same way we did against Arsenal, take it to them & defend when we have to, but we must also remember Spurs won't try to dominate possession as much as Arsenal do, so I think we'll be the dominant side, must say if we play like we have been playing I can't see us losing simply because it's inevitable we'll score, and I'm confident if they score we'll outscore them.

If we do opt do go for a temporary solution, I just really hope we don't go for a more expensive than need option, and if they are older we don't give them with a longer rather than shorter contract, like I said I would prefer to do something similar to what Spurs did with Saha IF a temporary Striker is brought in, or just take a half decent striker on loan for 6 months.

Love this video, everything about it is best. Gosh, I love Robbie's reaction when Didier equalized.

Fantastic OP, and thread, great read. I really do hope this goes to the CoAS as SURELY there is enough likelihood that there are too many loopholes, and too many unjustified reasons as to why this outcome has been reached that this will be overturned by the CoAS and the FA are rightfully made to look stupid.