The 2011/12 Gary Speed Memorial Thread

[Lineker]

He'll probably be off this summer permanently. Depends who the manager is I suppose.

Magaye Gueye has broken the deadlock for Everton against Sunderland.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Dunno if Leverkusen will want to buy out his contract though - seems like he's only played a handful of games for them.

[Lineker]

Elliot fucking Bennett.

We have been so poor.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Blahdy 'ell. Could finish 6th at this rate.

Still, at least we'll finish higher than Liverpool.

[Matt]

Ben Arfa just scored... Newcastle go in the top 4 as it stands, I believe.

Edit: Matt can't do simple maths, they're behind on goal difference.

[Lineker]

I think we'd still be 4th on goal difference.

Pienaar doubles Everton's lead.

[Matt]

Yeah, when looking at the live table I forgot to account for the fact that they only gained 2 points because they were already drawing.

[Lineker]

Osman makes it 3 for Everton. And apparently Ben Arfa's goal is a contender for goal of the season:

Stop all the clocks. Turn off your phone. Hatem Ben Arfa has just scored a potential goal of the season here. I kid you not. The little Frenchman picks up the ball inside his own half, with his back to goal. He skips away from Sam Ricketts with a hell of a flick, turns and races in on goal. He beats Mark Davies, then bursts beyond two more defenders in one movement before slipping the ball into the corner. Just brilliant.

A 70 yard mazy run!!!!

[Lineker]

Papiss Cisse gets his obligatory goal for the afternoon to double Newcastl'e lead over Bolton. And Victor Anichebe makes it 4-0 to Everton.

[Starvinho]

So what's that for Cisse now, 10 in 9 games? Quality player.

[Lineker]

Cisse is now tied with Micky Quinn of Coventry for the best ever goalscoring start to a Premier League career (although Quinn only took six matches to net ten).

[Gazz]

Osman makes it 3 for Everton. And apparently Ben Arfa's goal is a contender for goal of the season:

Stop all the clocks. Turn off your phone. Hatem Ben Arfa has just scored a potential goal of the season here. I kid you not. The little Frenchman picks up the ball inside his own half, with his back to goal. He skips away from Sam Ricketts with a hell of a flick, turns and races in on goal. He beats Mark Davies, then bursts beyond two more defenders in one movement before slipping the ball into the corner. Just brilliant.

A 70 yard mazy run!!!!

I'm not going to lie, I would totally suck off HBA right now.

[DavidMarrio]

Blahdy 'ell. Could finish 6th at this rate.

Still, at least we'll finish higher than Liverpool.

Not exactly an achievement is it really. It'd be like me saying I beat my nan who has a broken hip in a race.

Also fuck off Everton and fuck off Spurs getting beat by Norwich. Stop trying to give me a stress related heart attack!!! Bet you Fulham and Stoke will win later on now

[Lineker]

Albeit playing a game more, Norwich are going level on points with Liverpool.

[King Ellis]

Spurs in Europe? Norfolkin chance.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Don't worry, I'm just as angry with Spurs right now as you are. Pathetic.

Assou-Ekotto aimless balls forward, Kyle Walker useless, Bale a diving over-elaborate show pony....

Modric giving away as many balls as passes he completes.

The crowd were right to boo at the end.

[Lineker]

Our collapse has been fucking catastrophic.

Can't see Modric et al hanging around with no CL football next year.

[MJB]

Norwich have now won away at Spurs and Swansea in the past couple of months. Everyone goes on about Swansea and Brendon Rogers, and rightly so, but Paul Lambert should get just as much credit, if not more for what he has done with Norwich over the past three years.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

No, if we don't get European football we can kiss goodbye to Modric, Bale, we won't get Adebayor, Walker will leave (which is probably bad but right now I'm just angry at him).

Parker would stay, Lennon would stay, Defoe might if he's guaranteed more games, VdV might actually stay for another year unless someone huge offers for him....

[Lineker]

I see a big summer of upheaval ahead, both on and off of the pitch.