The 2011/12 Gary Speed Memorial Thread

[MGW]

Wasn't a red card, the ref got that wrong, but it was definately a penalty. Hopefullynwe can use the man advantage in the second half. Still have Stevie and Bellamy to bring on as well.

[Summers]

The penalty was won more than anything, anyway. It's all about Suarez so far.

[therockbox]

It was a clear penalty, Jagielka comes right through the back of him. Suarez's reaction is OTT, but the majority of players would have gone down in a fairly similar way.

Fears about Adam being confirmed here, though. A pastiche of Alonso.

[Colly]

Definite pen, foul in the box. The red card is embarassing though, both of Rodwells feet are on the ground after making a perfectly clean tackle and Suarez has ran into his knee. For a quick example of Mr Atkinsons consistency, he is the man who waved play on to Hatem Ben Arfas double leg break.

I'll be interested to see if it gets revoked on appeal. Obviously it should but you never know these days with the 'referees are infallible' viewpoint of the FA.

[MGW]

It was a clear penalty, Jagielka comes right through the back of him. Suarez's reaction is OTT, but the majority of players would have gone down in a fairly similar way.

Fears about Adam being confirmed here, though. A pastiche of Alonso.

I think Adam's doing alright, he knocks the ball around quite well. Yes he's no Alonso, but hardly anyone is. He does a job, and will probably be on the bwnch when Gerrard is fit again anyway

[Matt]

I think Adam's doing alright going forward, not brilliant but not bad either, when Liverpool don't have the ball though he looks utterly dire.

[Lineker]

1-0 Liverpool; Carroll.

[EddieG]

Beauty.

[Lineker]

2-0. Suarez. Least popular goal of the day for sure!

[Colly]

What a mess.

[Jimmy]

What was Carroll's goal like? How's he looked, back to the kind of form he was showing at Newcastle?

[Lineker]

What was Carroll's goal like? How's he looked, back to the kind of form he was showing at Newcastle?

Liverpool goal: Out of nothing, the Reds take the lead. Jose Enrique does well to get to the by-line down the left and Dirk Kuyt cleverly ducks to get out of the way of his pull-back, which finds Andy Carroll to turn his first-time shot into the bottom corner. A quality finish.

And that was not Leighton Baines' finest moment, for sure.

Wolverhampton: Hennessey, Stearman, Johnson, Berra, Ward, Hunt, Henry, O'Hara, Jarvis, Doyle, Fletcher.

Subs: de Vries, Edwards, Vokes, Hammill, Zubar, Doherty, Guedioura.

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

Subs: Elliot, Santon, Guthrie, Ben Arfa, Lovenkrands, Marveaux, Sammy Ameobi.

Referee: Mark Halsey (Lancashire)

Blackburn: Robinson, Lowe, Samba, Dann, Givet, Petrovic, N'Zonzi, Pedersen, Goodwillie, Yakubu, Hoilett.

Subs: Bunn, Formica, Slew, Rochina, Vukcevic, Roberts, Hanley.

Man City: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany, Lescott, Kolarov, Milner, Toure Yaya, Silva, Johnson, Aguero, Balotelli.

Subs: Pantilimon, Dzeko, Savic, Barry, Nasri, Clichy, de Jong.

Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)

Man Utd: Lindegaard, Valencia, Jones, Evans, Evra, Park, Fletcher, Anderson, Nani, Rooney, Hernandez.

Subs: de Gea, Ferdinand, Owen, Berbatov, Giggs, Carrick, Welbeck.

Norwich: Ruddy, Naughton, Russell Martin, Barnett, Tierney, Bennett, Hoolahan, Fox, Pilkington, Morison, Johnson.

Subs: Rudd, Drury, Crofts, Holt, Jackson, Surman, Chris Martin.

Referee: Stuart Attwell (Warwickshire)

Sunderland: Mignolet, O'Shea, Brown, Turner, Richardson, Elmohamady, Gardner, Cattermole, Larsson, Sessegnon, Bendtner.

Subs: Westwood, Colback, Ji, Meyler, McClean, Cook, Laing.

West Brom: Foster, Reid, McAuley, Olsson, Shorey, Brunt, Mulumbu, Dorrans, Morrison, Odemwingie, Long.

Subs: Fulop, Tchoyi, Thomas, Jones, Tamas, Cox, Scharner.

Referee: Lee Mason (Lancashire)

Aston Villa: Given, Hutton, Dunne, Collins, Warnock, Petrov, Ireland, Bannan, Delph, Agbonlahor, Bent.

Subs: Guzan, N'Zogbia, Albrighton, Heskey, Clark, Weimann, Herd.

Wigan: Al-Habsi, Stam, Caldwell, Figueroa, van Aanholt, Moses, McCarthy, Boyce, Watson, Diame, di Santo.

Subs: Kirkland, Maloney, Gomez, McArthur, Sammon, Jones, Lopez.

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear)

[therockbox]

Name me one other player that would use being hit by a coin from the crowd as a disguise for a quick corner.

Suarez

[Colly]

Anyone know whats up with Ashley Young? Knackered? Dream Team...

[Jimmy]

Oh cock, no Young and no De Gea Sir Alex, why're you trying to make me lose my fantasy league?

[Lineker]

Sunderland 1-0 down already >_<

[Lineker]

Sunderland 1-0 down already >_<

2-0.

[Jimmy]

Oh wow, Sunderland.

[Fry_4000]

bye bye brucie

[9 to 5]

I worry about us, but by Christ, Sunderland have been rank for a long time now.