Slam Dunk

Reading he's passed his medical!

Might hopefully knock some sense into himself. In other news: 1000 reps. A momentous day

Amazing. He's poison. He'll be gone as soon as they can find anyone stupid enough to buy him.

He was moving in the right direction to be fair to him... Until the ball started moving in the air. Nothing he could do about it. Great strike.

Same here. Only downside was his finishing, but I suppose that could be said for everyone else in blue last night. I believe so, yes. The tournament starts on the 19th, and I know Benitez wanted Mikel and Moses around for the Southampton game at the weekend, but that was denied. If Nigeria do well and reach the final, he and Mikel could be gone until the 10th February.

Doubt there's anything in this. Probably just watching his mates and the media have put 2 and 2 together and made 5.

Because he hasn't had any competition and there has been nobody to replace him. Hopefully that'll change by the weekend when we have a big Senegalese guy up front fuelled by strawberry syrup ready to tear Southampton's defence apart... ...Or it'll be Torres again.

This should get the message across to the board that the squad isn't deep enough. Slow, lethargic performance that deserved a loss. Only 2 shots on target is embarrassing at home against the bottom club. Although let's be honest, rotation aside, the chances for Moses, Ivanovic and Torres may have been the only clear cut ones - but they should've been put in. Poor finishing all round. Turnbull - Fine. Didn't have too much to do. Azpilicueta - Needs to stop going down so theatrically, but was good otherwise. Cahill - What a tackle that was with Mackie through on goal. Ivanovic - Should'be scored at the death. Awful shooting. Luiz - Off day regarding his passing. Bertrand - Can't even remember seeing him on the ball. Lampard - Anonymous Moses - Good first half. Oscar - Didn't affect the game enough to be considered a true alternative to Mata. Was better 2nd half. Marin - Lucky boy. Was clearly trying too hard to impress. Torres - Not even going to bother, because he didn't either. QPR had a game plan and to be fair, it worked. Get a goal from a set piece and defend with 11 men behind the ball. Thought we afforded far too much room to Taraabt as well at times, who was actually quite good with the ball (minus his theatrics). Credit to SWP for not celebrating as well. Let's not dwell on it though. Southampton on Saturday!

Joke of a performance. I expect the announcement of Ba ASAP to appease the fans. Come on, Roman, we need a reaction. Time to do what you do best, splash the cash.

Joke. Absolute joke.

This is ridiculous. What the fuck is the obsession with crossing it to the far post? There's nobody there... Taraabt is definitely top of the PL theatrical dives table this year. He's pulled out some beauties tonight.

SMASH AND FUCKING GRAB.

Maybe we're waiting until after the game to announce Ba, you know, to soften the blow...

TORRES COMMIT YOURSELF FOR FUCK SAKE!

Ramires as well, let's get some legs in this game.

I don't want to make excuses, but the ref has been fucking abysmal.

Come on Benitez, Mata needs to come on. Hazard as well. Marin's going to get himself sent off and Oscar isn't affecting the game enough.

Cesar is going to have one of those games, isn't he?

Moses needed longer legs there. Better though.

Baines just scored an absolute beauty of a free kick for those that care. 1-1.

Pointless having wingers like Marin and Moses on the pitch (although Moses has been our best player), if we're going to walk it around the box. Might as well bring on Mata to pull the strings and move them about a bit rather than moving it sideways before taking a 30 yard shot.

We're playing against a wall of red, get it wide!

Marin's not known for his defensive ability, is he?

Seriously Ivan? Why are we being reduced to 30yard potshots?

We need to up the tempo. Big time.