The 2011/12 Gary Speed Memorial Thread

[Summers]

I wish I was an injured Chelsea player in need of a rub down.

[Lineker]

Oh dear Adam Bogdan.

[Jimmy]

That twenty goals a season is looking pretty realistic now.

[Lineker]

Holy shit, twice in a row Bogdan!

[Jimmy]

Oh that keeper is having a nightmare. This could get really, really ugly.

[The Pub Landlord]

I know he's gonna be a big star in the music industry but Ed Sheeran really shouldn't be playing in goal for Bolton

[Cymbols]

Bolton comeback?

[Lineker]

Boyata makes it 4-1.

[Jimmy]

So Lampard's Chelsea and England career is definitely over...

[Liam]

Fulham go 1-0 up after 81 seconds or so. Andy Johnson scores.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Wow, I thought Spurs had a tough start to the season playing Man City, Man Utd, Liverpool and Arsenal in our first six games but Bolton had Man Utd, Man City, Liverpool, Arsenal AND Chelsea in their first six. No wonder they've only got three points. It puts them in a totally false position, much like Newcastle.

[Cymbols]

Swansea are 1 up. Scott Sinclair penno

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Friedel; Walker, Kaboul, King, Assou-Ekotto; Van der Vaart, Parker, Modric, Bale; Adebayor, Defoe. SUBSTITUTES - Cudicini, Bassong, Corluka, Giovani, Livermore, Sandro, Pavlyuchenko

Dunno the Arsenal team cos I don't tend to check their official site.

Are there many better midfields in the Prem right now than Van der Vaart, Modric, Bale and Parker? Man, it's great to be firm favourites over Arsenal for once.

[Liam]

Are there many better midfields in the Prem right now than Van der Vaart, Modric, Bale and Parker? Man, it's great to be firm favourites over Arsenal for once.

Murphy, Sidwell, Dempsey and Dembele. Naturally.

Fulham now 3-0 up after just under 40 minutes.

Edited October 2, 2011 by Liam

[Summers]

Sidwell ruins any midfield.

[Liam]

I don't like Sidwell either, but it is who we are playing in the middle today.

Replace him with the most creative midfielder in the Premiership, Dickson Etuhu.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Wait, let me do my Lineker thing...

Tottenham v Arsenal line-ups

Tottenham: Friedel, Walker, Kaboul, King, Assou-Ekotto, Van der Vaart, Parker, Modric, Bale, Adebayor, Defoe. Subs: Cudicini, Pavlyuchenko, Giovani, Bassong, Corluka, Livermore, Sandro.

Arsenal: Szczesny, Sagna, Mertesacker, Song, Gibbs, Ramsey, Arteta, Coquelin, Walcott, van Persie, Gervinho. Subs: Fabianski, Park, Andre Santos, Arshavin, Jenkinson, Frimpong, Benayoun.

Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral)

Arsenal haven't won a game with Mike Dean in charge since 2007.

[Jimmy]

Well taken goal and a fantastic assist from Adebayor. A goal's exactly what this game needed.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

GET IIIN! Beautiful. I love VdV! 4 goals in 3 North London derbies. :wub: :wub:

[MJB]

General Thoughts from the this weekend so far.

- We were so lucky against Norwich, they played really well and deserved to be ahead. Evans was woeful while Jones did his best to try and keep things together.

- Rodwell's red card was ridiculous. Howard's save was fantastic. And Suarez is a cunt.

- Tim Krul was awesome yesterday but I can't wait to see where Newcastle are in about 6 weeks' time.

- Bolton were dreadful, worst 1st half display I've seen for a while. Oh and lol Adam Bogdan. And an even bigger lol goes to John Terry.

- Fulham have 6? Really? Before today they were the only team without a win, they might get it today though

- The more I see Szczesny play, the more impressed I am, behind that 'defence' he's a great young keeper.