I never thought the officiating could be worse than it was in the first half. I was wrong.

Been nothing wrong with it this half.

Liverpool look very, very ordinary.

OK, that handball FK decision was bobbins

When I see games like this and the low standard of officiating on display I actually wonder whether it's worth watching football at all.

Pi$$poor.

Streaky & ill-deserved win for us but 2 wins from 2 not to be sniffed at. Bournemouth very unlucky, great team to watch, hope they stay up this season & have some great results. 

It was poor , just looked at the goal again, how the hell did the flag stay down?

Suffice to say, we'll get our back sides slapped if we play like the first two games against Arsenal next Monday. Pleased with the two full backs, and I genuinely thought Benteke had a very good game, he surprised me with some very neat first touches throughout.

If Arsenal play like they did against W Ham you wont

I see Chavski have gazumped Man U for Pedro

The talk in the office this morning from Manc fans (who are generally ITK on these things) was that they'd done the deal for Pedro, and he was flying over today to wrap it up.

Did Maureen meet him off the plane & bundle him into a waiting limo or something??

Anyway, I'm confused. Pedro is leaving Barca because of a lack of 1st team opportunity. And then signs for the Chavs?

From Red Cafe. No doubt there will be further additions as the day wears on, once the Salford and Surrey fans realise they've been 'Willianed'.  

'We can do things in the transfer market other clubs can only dream of' - we weren't lying!

No value.

At least we don't have to pretend that he is a great player anymore. Pedro you are trash.

This is all Ballague's fault.

Bale was booed again by the Madrid fans last night apparently

The only people trying to play down what a feck up this is are the Mata fanboys because now he'll slowly play every week.

We'll probably get slated on Soccer Saturday.

Quick, sign someone! Especially a reported Chelsea target!

At least won't have to put up with his diving.

To the Jefferson Montero thread.

Ok, who changed their vote from "Yes, Pedro will be a great addition" to something else?

Mane scored the fastest hattrick in Premier League history last season. He reminds me of Nani in his prime a bit, potentially devastating, often frustrating. Lightning quick and unpredictable.

Malcolm
Wakefield & Gothenburg, SWE

Oh, this guy is so full of sh*t. I must imagined him hijacking at the 11th hour deals for Willian (Spurs) & Salah (Liverpool)

Hey Gooner... fancy your chances tonight?

(I don't fancy ours!! )

Me neither

Woolwich an absolute shambles at the back. Coq Au Vin keeping them in the game.

Marty Feldman largely anonymous further up field.

Liverpool should be 2/3 up. Given the arses won't be as bad second half, I think our chance of 3 points is blown. Encouraging performance, though. We look much more balanced than in the previous two games.

Wish Cech would have saved one of his week one gaffs for tonight.

We're hanging on here, I fear a late arsenal goal, which would be so cruel

Excellent performance from the Dippers, despite hanging on at times in the second half.

The Coutinho-Benteke partnership is going to end up being a fearsome one.

Phew. Fair result over the two halves.

Agreed

Cech could well make quite a difference to Arsenal , if Shezza had been in goal it would have been all over at HT , spirited 2nd half from Wengers men , I actually thought Arsenal would get a late late winner

Agree, but too many mistakes and still lacking a top quality striker IMO. Hope I'm wrong but I doubt my interest will last beyond Xmas again this season. I'm sure a decent run of wins will be put together again at some point but by then it will be too late. 

You, me & Haghir!

Looks like Lamela is off (to Inter), so that will mean five of the seven bought with the 'Bale money' will now have been moved on.