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He won't make any changes at half time, he didn't against the Baggies so certainly won't here. Goal in the first 10 to 15 minutes otherwise get Kozak on, we all love Benteke but he isn't looking sharp.

As rubbish as they are, rooted to the bottom of the table, they've looked more likely to go into the lead than us. Our only chance has been Benteke's poor first time shot. Good job that Sunderland haven't taken their chances. And to top it off we end the half with a stupid dive. As I said, boots up the arses or take Benteke off for Kozak in my opinion.

I can't believe how rubbish they are, hope our boys come out with boots up their arses because losing to this lot would be ridiculous.

Looks completely off it

Prince Will is decked out in gear!

The refereeing this season has been really bad, across the entire league.

Booked after the Sunderland players moan.

Great ball in from Bacuna to Weimann on the wing though

Sunderland are really rubbish, we need to get a goal asap.

Clearly trying to let them try and play so we can counter, just hope it doesn't turn out badly.

Luna with some very strange positioning then

Spot on from HH, again.

I'd rather have him as back-up for Luna than trying to use Baker or Clark at left back. They aren't full backs, wing backs or anything apart from centre backs.

So, we're playing the same formation as last time around but Bacuna in for Lowton, Luna in for Bennett and KEA in for Sylla. 8-1 anybody??

Isn't he injured?

For those that criticise Lambert for saying we played well and such after games in which some of us believe we didn't play well at all, here is an interview that Vlaar had with The Sun: "He lets us know in private but I cannot think of one instance since I've been here where he has criticised any of us in public," he told The Sun. "He always protects his players and that is appreciated within the dressing room. "He would rather take the blame himself than blame one of us in front of the fans. "It's really helped us through some difficult times." "We all know managers who will take pressure off themselves by criticising players publicly," he said. "But ours is always easy and relaxed when he talks to the media about us and we trust him. "That's what we did last year and we managed to avoid relegation. This year we've learned from our mistakes and so we are aiming higher."

After getting bored very easily every time I tried to play an Assassin's Creed game, I have to say that Black Flag is one of my favourite games this year. What could be better than being a pirate?

Why? We're against the team at the bottom of the league with the worst away record in the league. It's a must win because it should, in theory, be one of the 'easier' games to win in comparison to others. The points could prove a vital difference between success and failure this season.

Goose Bacuna Ron Clark Luna KEA Westwood Delph Weimann Benteke Gabby If so, yes!!!

I agree to an extent, although I do think Vlaar is a strong leader in terms of leading the youngsters and 'taking care' of them, especially at the back. I think Popov will be the guy we sign to be fair, he's a number 10 who will offer a goal threat and also creativity. He's also the Bulgarian captain, which I guess helps on the leadership side of things. He's only just turned 26 too, but he'd obviously be a senior player in comparison to the majority of our team. January should be interesting hopefully.

4-0 win, Benteke hat trick, bet is on.

Hilarious how he came out and said nothing was phasing him a few days ago, what a nobhead.

Anybody want a game on XONE ?

Looking suave here as well along with Prince W, giving Benteke his shirts for the next 5 seasons and explaining what will happen if he tries to bugger off

It is nice to know that HH says Lambert does indeed want this number 10 player though, I can only assume that we were after those we thought we were after in the Summer so hopefully we land one in January!