DavidEU

We won a throw in for that.

Can be sure the Red one we have now will be used again, especially with the red trim being used through the home and away kits. Then any other colour that isn't blue, red, white or black I assume. Place your bets on yellow or green I'd say.

These could potential be three pretty good kits to be honest. Great work guys.

Do it do it do it. Or just PM them to me.

Jose's quotes on the official website make out that Filipe is fine. He finished the game, so see no reason as to why he wouldn't be available.

What's the latest news on Ake? Is he fit and available?

What's this fingerprint thing all about? Jesus.

Ake has been out since pre-WBA which would be around 3 weeks prior to Sporting, so by the 3 week logic he could be back for it.

Arsenal have an awful record at Stoke. Hopefully that'll continue. And Southampton end there losing streak at home to United. Us winning coupled with one/both of those would be a great weekend.

I'd be more than happy with that if it was anything close. The neck and cuffs are similar to City's home kit last season. Looks really smart.

Why won't this work?!?!

Good man! Cheers for the updates today.

What have you seen? A list of the colours or the actual design?

Definitely. We've got a good chance to win there and win well. People on here are nervous as there's a few stats against us and Matic is out.

Other than under AVB, I don't remember us winning anywhere near that comfortably at SJP. We actually lost there in 2004. Or do you mean at home?

Mikel was actually starting to get a little bit more popular this time last year. Got a couple of goals, played a lot at a decent level, even captained the side at Derby for a bit. And then Matic signed and blew him out of the water.

Moreno on FB this morning... Look down there Alberto. Right right down near the bottom of the table. That's where Liverpool are.

Yep, absolutely. The whole team stepped up, but Drogba almost came back from relatively no where. Robbie didn't have many managerial qualities IMO, but he has to be seen as one of the best managerial motivators. Get the impression at times that he made the players believe things that even he himself wasn't sure we could do. And that applies to Drogba too. Yeah, I think the goal came a bit earlier than that, around an hour, but it was a very dull game. Remember being there, and all anyone was talking about was Napoli.

Jose will be in his ear making sure he doesn't get booked this weekend, and then the exact opposite for the following weekend. He'll want Cesc suspended for Derby.

Yeah, without doubt. Though pretty much every game under Robbie was a 'big' game. FA Cup, Champions League and fighting for fourth. He scored in Robbie's first league match at home to Stoke which was huge at the time. I don't know what Robbie fed or said to Didier but his form changed almost instantly.

Maybe we should set the negativity on here about Mikel at an all time high so that when he actually plays quite well, he gets a little bit of appreciation. Granted he's no Matic, but there are far worse players out there!

True. Forgot about the malaria. Oddly he was never really given any time by the club to go and recover and get fit despite Anelka, Kalou and then Torres being available.

If they're both available I wouldn't be surprised if Oscar drops out and Mikel and Ramires both play in a three with Cesc. Can't see that being a particularly popular selection. But would allow Mikel to shield, and then the legs of Ramires or the vision of Cesc to alternate within our attacks - whilst at all times remaining defensively stable. Almost like two men to do the job of Matic. I'll go and hide and await the negative responses now.

He played really well in that three months under Robbie, a lot of big performances, not just goals. But the 12 months leading up to that wasn't particularly memorable.