Yeah, he’s shaping up brilliantly. Imagine if we played him in his preferred position!
I thought Riera looked pretty solid as well: went past some players without cutting inside (!), created a bit of space, and only shanked one cross into the stands. Kuyt had a great match, too; I’m starting to get quite fond of the lad. Wouldn’t swap him for 100 Darren Bents. 
::Ahem::
Manchester City 6 Portsmouth 0
…and my friend from Southampton is as over-the-moon as you are.
In other news…we beat ManU at Old Trafford and follow that up with an Anfield draw with fucking Stoke? The hell?!
Was Stanley Mathews playing?
Matter of fact when that result came through I was gobsmacked. I expected Liverpool to notch up at least 3
Hartlepool 3-3 Oldham.
Not our best result of the season, but not the worst either. Losing Gregan will be a blow, but we’re still top for the moment.
An excellent result.
However, considering the vastly differing resources of the clubs concerned, this is trumped by Blackpool’s 1-0 thrashing of Birmingham City at St. Andrews.
Our pre-schoolers thoroughly spanked Sheffield Utd yesterday.
There’s some scarily good players coming through our ranks.
I liked Platini’s rant at Wenger the other day. I can only assume there’s a Minimum Dickhead Level checklist you’re given on becoming a FIFA or UEFA administrator. Particularly brilliant was his abusing Wenger for being concerned about the performance of his own team above all others. A football manager, involved in a winner-takes-all sporting competition, has his own team’s interests at heart? Say it ain’t so, Michel!
What an arse.
It’s just a pity that Wenger can’t keep his conk out of Man City’s affairs.
Anyway, Mark Hughes told him to concern himself more with Arsenal than with MCFC
Having thrashed Portsmouth, a premiership team, just a few days ago City now lose on penalties to Brighton in the Carling Cup.
Brighton being in Div 1, two divisions below City.
Fucking typical:(
I’m pretty sure I’ve already proclaimed my love for Torres around here, yes? If not: Christ is that man beautiful.
And Keane is still an appendix.
Bitchtits to Mike Riley for inexplicably chalking off a hat-trick. What exactly was Dirk s’posed to have done, eh? And to be fair to Keane, he stuck in the lovely ball from the left for the opener.
I just can’t believe Hull beat Arsenal. My housemate is going to be over the fricking moon. Although he had to give up his tickets to go to a wedding. Gutting.
Don’t be surprised if City make a bid for him in January.
Personally I think he’d be surplus to requirements, not that he isn’t good, man he’s bloody brilliant.
Agree about Keane, the wanker
I guess the Man City and Arsenal fans will be a bit less bullish tonight…
When was the last time Tottenham were not in the top flight??
When was the last time Tottenham AND Newcastle were not in the top flight???
Looking VERY likely to happen next year… :eek:
If that was a penalty I’ll show my arse in Woolworths
Have you ever actually met a bullish Arsenal fan?
We specialise in being resigned to watching our team either play brilliantly or so fucking awful its embarrasing. Hull ran rings around us, quite frankly.
At least I have the comedy genius that is the Spurs Experience to keep my spirits up
1947-48, according to my Big Book of Football Facts. Spurs have been top flight since 1978.
I particularly enjoyed a short piece on the front of yesterday’s Sunday Telegraph, pointing out that Joe Kinnear, the new Newcastle manager, was unable to direct his new team’s first performance as he had to serve an unexpired touchline ban carried over from his last job. It then went on to say how he had to apologise for swearing in a live BBC interview, and to cap it all, Newcastle lost 2-1 to Blackburn.
Another hilarious episode in everyone’s favourite North-East soap opera!
Yes, it’s very good of Tottenham and Newcastle to cheer us up when we drop a point here or there.