The 2011/12 Gary Speed Memorial Thread

[Cymbols]

*Breaks kayfabe.

Did you see the Blackburn fans' reactions after their second penalty? Priceless.

[Summers]

That was never a penalty. Oh my. Everton got so lucky.

di Santo's first goal was quality. Wigan look good.. but it's QPR. QPR are currently a Championship team with Premiership level players waiting in the wings. Taarabt looking good.

[Summers]

So was his second one. Wow.

I don't care about deflections. Well done di Santo.

[Colly]

Fuck off Hugo Rodellega! Nice.

[stokeriño]

Glad I wasn't commentating when Drogba copped a nasty one. Not sure how sympathetic I'd have been. Hope he's ok. Top player.

This just in: Clive Tyldesley is a cunt.

[Colly]

Glad I wasn't commentating when Drogba copped a nasty one. Not sure how sympathetic I'd have been. Hope he's ok. Top player.

This just in: Clive Tyldesley is a cunt.

Just a tad, whats that all about?

I totally want Di Santos laugh as my message tone too.

[stokeriño]

He attempted to backtrack from his cuntishness. Unsuccessfully.

Ok folks... I meant not sure how sympathetic I'd have been 'initially'. I reiterate - top player and I hope he's ok.

He's not the most unbiased observer of Chelsea football club, let's put it that way.

[Summers]

Wolves wanted a penalty for that? WHAT?

[Lineker]

Newcastle: Krul, Simpson, Steven Taylor, Coloccini, Ryan Taylor, Lovenkrands, Cabaye, Tiote, Gutierrez, Obertan, Best.

Subs: Soderberg, Smith, Ba, Marveaux, Sammy Ameobi, Vuckic, Ferguson.

Fulham: Schwarzer, Briggs, Hughes, Hangeland, Baird, Dempsey, Murphy, Sidwell, Donegan, Dembele, Kasami.

Subs: Etheridge, Kelly, Johnson, Senderos, Gecov, Etuhu, Frei.

Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)

Nasri starts for City, Modric starts for Spurs (I couldn't go ). Full team news for that match coming shortly.

[TCO]

Ugh Lovenkrands is starting. Ben Arfa needs to come back and not get crocked, very soon.

Suprised Best is preferred to Ba too.

[Lineker]

Scott Parker has also been left out of the West Ham squad to face Forest this afternoon - surely a sign that a move may be imminent?

[Lineker]

Tottenham: Friedel, Corluka, Dawson, Kaboul, Assou-Ekotto, Lennon, Modric, Kranjcar, Bale, Van der Vaart, Crouch.

Subs: Cudicini, Huddlestone, Pavlyuchenko, Defoe, Bassong, Walker, Livermore.

Man City: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany, Lescott, Clichy, Toure Yaya, Barry, Silva, Nasri, Aguero, Dzeko.

Subs: Pantilimon, Richards, Milner, Johnson, Savic, Tevez, Balotelli.

Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)

Great to see Niko starting but Crouch over Pav? I know that Pav missed loads of chances in his last game, but he's still better than Crouch

Although having said that, every time I criticise Crouchy he ends up scoring. We'll have to wait and see!

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Happy to see Kranjcar playing. He's started brightly too.

Also, lots of yellow cards for Man City within a 5 minute period.

Bale missed a real chance. Boo.

[Summers]

Bale shoulda scored.

Spurs midfield looks weak defensively, but City haven't had a chance to test that. Spurs playing very well so far.

[Pesci]

So the solution to Man City's 9999999 attacking players problem seems to be to drop Yaya deeper. If Mancini's smart he'll drop Barry all together when De Jong's back.

[MDK]

Nice Dzeko goal, 1 - 0 to city.

[Lineker]

Man City goal: Fine move, fine goal - advantage City. Samir Nasri swaps passes with Sergio Aguero on the edge of the box to get clear on the left and his pin-point cross is slid home by Edin Dzeko six yards out.

Bleurgh.

[MDK]

And Peter Crouch nearly scored with a Superman header.

[Hobo]

2-0 now. Dzeko with a great header.

[Summers]

Nasri is running the game. Dzeko looks world class.