Heartland

Welcome to a GW that straddles the New Year - commiserations to Watford and Spurs players who have to KO at 13.30 on Sunday, and to Arsenal and Crystal Palace who only get two and a half hours longer than that. Miserable gits who arranged that. Man City at least get a nearly home fixture on Saturday even if it is a later KO.
Here in the Batcave, things are slowly getting back to the usual. The smell has gone, the clientele have stopped shedding glitter and our Christmas jumpers are now on their way to the shed in case Steve gets cold. Never say that IGM aren't generous. We're giving away as much turkey/tofu curry as you can eat. Sorry.
So, with Swansea without a manager, Coleman and Giggs out of the picture, Bournemouth may fancy a big win away. So might Everton, though they're prone to slip up when the moment takes them. Will Leicester struggle even more? Klopp bulldoze City? Anyone take a proper penalty?
Walker is suspended, if you've got him. Waiting to see if Ibra has finally hit his groove so we can shove the triple captain points on him. Alli and Eriksen are hot at the minute too. Scout spots - Carroll, Firmino, Heaton and Mkhitaryan. Remember that the deadline for the first Wildcard is almost on you!
Oh, and Aguero is due back in this GW. Just saying.
Transfer window is also due to open. Watch that space.

As Steve has said over there, IGM are back on form, but not by much. Exciting times!


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Well played to the Roker Roar, Toluca Lake United and Oliver's Army. Pretty pictures to follow. At my mum's and in a hurry!

Hidehi everyone
Our neighbours started complaining about the smell from the burning xmas jumpers. It was those sequins I tells yer!
Looks like a feast of games on the telly this week
Count me in for some of that curry please. I get some poppadoms on the go, although last time I made some, smoke happened
Right. Now to read what the scout has to say...... & then do the complete opposite

In the land of the BRA be ...


IGM looks in good form

Haha.
I recognise those smilies

iesus wrote:
In the land of the BRA be ...


IGM looks in good form

As well as being easy points (at the moment) he's clearly the best thing to stride all colossus-like across the Old Trafford pitch since Eric, there really may well be another King in town. I dunno how he manages to operate in his own timezone, but he does.

Squeezed Miki into my squad at the expense of a shaky defence and a scouse midfielder who's playing left back anyway, do you score bonus points if you get away with being half a mile offside no matter how spectacularly you project the ball goalwards? You ought to. Good luck IGM

played "bench boost" purely for the f**k of it as i have an uninjured squad. i thank you.

Planet Dave wrote:

iesus wrote:
In the land of the BRA be ...


IGM looks in good form

As well as being easy points (at the moment) he's clearly the best thing to stride all colossus-like across the Old Trafford pitch since Eric, there really may well be another King in town. I dunno how he manages to operate in his own timezone, but he does.

Squeezed Miki into my squad at the expense of a shaky defence and a scouse midfielder who's playing left back anyway, do you score bonus points if you get away with being half a mile offside no matter how spectacularly you project the ball goalwards? You ought to. Good luck IGM

Just had a quick look at the upcoming fixtures and could easily see United doing a Chelsea and winning the next six or seven games, which could even put them back in title contention.

Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote:Just had a quick look at the upcoming fixtures and could easily see United doing a Chelsea and winning the next six or seven games, which could even put them back in title contention.

It's certainly plausible, Mikhitaryan is like having a new signing (as in we just bought him 2 weeks ago) and the rest are clicking nicely, but top 4 is good with me. It's all good, 20-odd years of (initially) unexpected success sits very nicely in this red head, it's impossible to get too arsey about not winning stuff all the time. I've more than a few reservations about the manager too, all of which would be sorted by a little Sehnsuchtian surgery, but that's neither here nor there. It's nice to see a bit of urgency on the pitch again, but they need to do it to top 5 teams and in Europe to really make a statement worth making.

(just checked the Rammstein cover to make sure I was making sense - his mouth's been barbed-wired open not shut, no no no that's not the idea at all!)

Oh yeah and congrats to bearskin, happy now Sir?

I've (prolly rather recklessly) flashed my WC this week.
So I have a largely different group of players that I can be utterly disappointed by

Planet Dave wrote: Oh yeah and congrats to bearskin, happy now Sir?

Much better. I'd rather get 80+ or under 20 than a dull 40 every week.
Historically my teams are late bloomers anyway, so here's to a great 2017.

Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote: As well as being easy points (at the moment) he's clearly the best thing to stride all colossus-like across the Old Trafford pitch since Eric, there really may well be another King in town. I dunno how he manages to operate in his own timezone, but he does.

I was making this point to my mate Steve on Christmas Day exactly. He's a ManUre fan. I said I thought that Ibra would carry them to the title this year.

Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote: Just had a quick look at the upcoming fixtures and could easily see United doing a Chelsea and winning the next six or seven games, which could even put them back in title contention.

I take it you mean Leeds United? We are on a decent run...[/b]

Thankfully I had no players up tonight.
Nice game though

I did. A nice 10 points from snodgrass.

emilystrange wrote:I did. A nice 10 points from snodgrass.

Good lad. He learnt his skills at the Mighty LEEDS.
I see him going somewhere like Everton in the January Transfers...

Oi! Norwich had him too!

A good week to bring in Cahill

Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote:A good week to bring in Cahill

I think if Grant had got behind that ball, he'd have been in the back of the net with it.
Interestingly, Grant is the 5th most transferred IN player this week. After shipping 6 goals in his last 2 matches & against Chelski today.

lol

blimey, GWs are turning round quick, innit? we finish the Arsenal game tomorrow not much before 6, and we're back at Middlesborough for 12.30 KO on Monday.
Anyone need more nibbles?

emilystrange wrote:

Anyone need more nibbles?

Thanks for the kind offer but points would be better

emilystrange wrote:

blimey, GWs are turning round quick, innit? we finish the Arsenal game tomorrow not much before 6, and we're back at Middlesborough for 12.30 KO on Monday.
Anyone need more nibbles?

I just whipped up a bowl of prawn crackers

i don't do points, just look at where i am in the table

i've got some ritz crackers and salt and vinegar chipsticks!

Am on the whisky now.

I see Tony Adams has dressed as a ...well....not sure really

that's a lot better than a lot of things footballers wear!