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Well said.

Brighton are my top choice for promotion (not just because of Lua Lua or even Craig Mackemslayer-Smith), but I have way too many Palace-supporting mates not to wish them up as well and it would be a huge turnaround for them after dodging relegation and administration these last two seasons...

No, he's not. Inconsistent, yes, but quality when on form. It sounds like he's on a wave of confidence at the moment, so here's hoping he can ride it for a good while.

Ooh, someone's jacket's on a slack nail...

I used to know a QPR fan whose season ticket was marked "diabolical view". Nice to see some things haven't changed.

My problem with England is that playing for the national team doesn't seem to be considered much of an honour anymore. At best, it's another platform for the players to expand their global "brands", at worst, an unwelcome distraction from club football. While I acknowledge that the clubs are...

Krul has an awesome accent - truly, he is the anti-Steve McClaren. Will second Nobby, Tino and Hughton. As for the current team, I'll wait and see how this season pans out.

Michael Ow... nope, can't do it.

Unlikely NUFC press releases: "And now, a word from Mr Ashley regarding our future spending plans..." Unlikely quotes from Steve Bruce's autobiography: "It is inaccurate to say that I am Fergie's bitch. I prefer the term "lapdog"." Unlikely Joey Barton Tweets: God, I hate being the centre of...

Quality username!

Exactly, but what I can't get over is the lack of transparency in the club's communication with us. Why can't they just admit that the club's current circumstances/ market conditions make signing key players difficult instead of putting on the same patronising show every transfer window with the...

Just hoping his current awesomeness will now mean lazy journalists stop calling him "inexperienced"...

Let's not forget that the club's age and wage caps also make life that more difficult in terms of signings - if it seems that the likes of Stoke, Sunderland and QPR have had a more successful time of it in the transfer window, it is largely because they are more willing to sign players we'd...

Democracy in action, folks!

I think "doing nothing" is slightly overstating Carroll's current predicament, but Best certainly looks the better player right now. Which brings me to my issue with stats as a means of measuring player ability - all these will ever tell us is how the players have performed in the past, not...