Respect for Newcastle's performance this season.
Solid at the back, hard-work in the midfield and some technical skills (Ben Arfa, good player) behind a powerhouse (Ba) up front.

Very weird that 31Dec is matchday in the UK.
If Southampton had an away game vs Middlesbrough at 3pm local time....would the fans be back before midnight if they travel by coach?

Santon is awful! He cant beat a man when hes running down the wing and cant get a decent cross in when he does

As an england fan its good to see Gerrard back. Him wilshire and parker for the 2012 euro's please.

He does that constantly lol. He's really quick, has good ball control and can pick out a good pass. He didn't do as good as he could have against Liverpool, but the whole team were pretty awful yesterday so you have to look on the bright side.

As for putting a ball into the box, yeh you're right. When he gets forward, he does tend to try to work it into the box himself rather than cross it, which is the same for Obertan (although to be fair, Obertan has tried crossing, he just isn't very good at it).

The way I see it is we're actually in trouble for 2012... Ba will be away for 4/5 weeks, so we won't be scoring many goals at all. Jonas and Obertan just aren't doing enough at the minute. I think they're both extremely inconsistent.

I'm just bored of the way we're playing lately.. Booting the ball up field rather than playing out from defence.. There was a moment yesterday where we strung about 30+ passes together, and all that came from it was a crappy free kick.

Next game against Man Utd and I can't help but feel we will get absolutely hammered. Although.... After only 1 win out of 7 is it? We're still in a pretty decent position which is credit to our unbeaten start.

A win against Man Utd would put us back in the fight for top 6, but at the minute I don't see us finishing the season any higher than 7th.

To be honest I can't see you finishing any higher than 7th anyway, if you think of it Liverpool have had their bad run with 6 draws at home and the away loss to Fulham included in that. Arsenal have had their bad run and look in tip top form now. Chelsea seem to be turning a corner now and are looking alright just a matter of converting chances just like Liverpool.

I hope you beat United, and I think we will get a point vs City will be some tough games in a few days time!

What a win for Blackburn, was at work and made my customers wait while I cheered the 3rd goal for Blackburn, but them being Cockneys and supporting Spurs they fully understood.

Blackburn Rovers

Happy New Year Fergie

Happy Birthday Fergie

Lmao that result is actually hilarious.

I'll be seeing some Mancs tonight, can't wait

Happy birthday Fergie.

Nahh doubt it, they will be crawling under their rocks, you know what they're like nearly as bad as Everton fans.

Or even worse, Nottingham Forest fans.

Just where has M_Wood got to? Lmao.

Wow some really surprise results so far!!!

Man Utd lose 3-2 to Blackburn
Chelsea look as thought they're guna lose to Aston Villa
Swansea & Tottenham are at 1-1

And the biggest shock of all, Newcastle lost to... wait for it.... LIVERPOOL!!! Very shocking results!!!

All over for Chelsea!!! 3-1!!! C'mon Villa!!!!

Swansea, possibly the most boring team in the Prem, (bar Fulham obviously), get a draw at Tottenham. Nice result for them!

Gonna be a few glory fans crying into their Baileys tonight

Boring? They are quality. The Welsh Barca! Love the way they pass and move. They came to Anfield and played us off the park. Had about 65% of the ball. Unlike some

Swansea are ace. At least they can defend at home. That was their 4th goal conceaded today, and City have conceaded 4 also.

Must say 3-1 looks as if Villa deserved a win, but they didnt it was 2 goals from 2 mistakes when Chelsea had 80% possession.

Was 1-1 - torres hit the bar after 30 seconds of coming on, we had 2 pens turned down Bosingwas shot tipped over the bar just, Drogba missed a chance.... but Chelsea were dirty crap. And the fact we lost to Villa who were pathetic today, shows that AVB doesnt no what he is doing.

He has had half a season and only a 2-1 win against city was all that came from his time here. Luiz was wicked today, 25 yard no look passes, mugged off Bent by chipping it over his head, but then their 2nd goal, I just dont no where he is going? Or terry. You could literally of put a bus through the gap, and Petrov was standing there? Nobody did anything. Embarrasing. Third goal Lampard gave the ball away and it was Ireland and Bent v Cech...

Miereles, the worst buy in the planet of football. He is ruining that midfield. He has such a rubbish shot on him, and he shoots 5-10 times a game. He hits the corner flags, he misses the ball completely.. He thinks he is Lampard, when he isnt 25% the player Frank is. Frank was good, creative.

When we have Romeu, Ramieres, Miereles... who is creating? They are 3 defensive midfeilders? So theres NO service to the front 3. None

Cardiff 1 - Forest 0

Forest 0 - Leeds 4

Brighton 1 - Forest 0

Briston City 0 - Forest 0

Forest 0 - Palace 1

Forest 0 - Peterborough - 1

Forest 0 - Cardiff 1

Lmfao.

Actually I've only seen them play when they came to St James and they didn't even have a shot on target.

As for the game yesterday, we actually had the majority of possesion until you got that lucky free kick and made it 2-1