It is now time to switch to a new Money AM football blog as the world cup is now over and we all look to the future.....World cup 2010 is over, Bravo Espana, and Forlan, once again and bring on the new season !.....I never expected the last thread to be such a success...thanks all.... so this new one might go on for years without the need to edit the title...we shall see...

After dominating Liverpool for long periods on Boxing Day and ending up with no points, today Burnley get just deserts with a magnificent 2-2 draw away to Man City after being 2-0 down!

What a performance from Barnes throughout.

He he he ....Everton..........be lucky to survive the drop.

Bring back MOYES he he he ha ha ha LOL. pml

UTD UTD UTD UTD UTD UTD UTD UTD UTD UTD.

Yep SHAMBOLIC doesn't cover it! But to even think they will be relegated is nearly but not quite as ridiculous as Rooney saying United will win the Premiership this season. Now that is funny! :0)

Well done Burnley!

Yes well done Burnley - from a CFC fan

Thank you friends... thank you tremendously -):

Burnley were excelent yesterday. Never gave up.

Shame same cant be said of Everton.

Barklay is fast becoming a BIG TUB OF POSING LARD.

By Luke Edwards
5:03PM GMT 29 Dec 2014
Former Crystal Palace player will return to Selhurst Park with Hull City manager Steve Bruce the early front-runner to replace him at St James’ Park

Alan Pardew is set to become the new Crystal Palace manager after they agreed a compensation package with Newcastle United thought to be worth around £2.5m, with Steve Bruce the early front-runner to replace him at St James’ Park.

Pardew has decided to take on the challenge of keeping Palace in the Premier League as he feels he will never win back the support of the majority of Newcastle supporters and is fed up with being ignored when it comes to player recruitment.

Telegraph Sport has been told Newcastle are also considering appointing a foreign manager for the first time under Ashley. Saint Etienne manager Christophe Galtier has been linked with the job in the past.

The final straw for Pardew is thought to have come when Ashley informed him that his request for a new striker in January had been turned down.


The 53-year-old was the fourth longest serving manager in the country, but has been unpopular on Tyneside for much of the last 12 months after a series of lengthy slumps in form.

Although Palace do not have the same resources or media profile as Newcastle, Pardew has come to the conclusion he has taken the club as far as he can because of the restrictions put on him by the board at St James’ Park.

However, many would argue Pardew has not made the best of the players available to him this season and, significantly, his departure will be celebrated on Tyneside rather than mourned.

Although their parting has been amicable, Newcastle owner Mike Ashley has not fought to keep Pardew after he indicated in a phone conversation on Monday that he wanted to leave.

Instead, Newcastle were keen to make sure they received suitable compensation for a manager who had five years remaining on his contract and will now look for a replacement.

Hull City manager Steve Bruce is one of the name’s under consideration and significantly, the former Manchester United captain gets on well with the club’s influential chief scout Graham Carr.

Other names likely to be considered are former Palace manager Tony Pulis, who has been waiting for the right job to come up since quitting at Selhurst Park in the summer. Tim Sherwood is also keen to be interviewed.

Another fabulous performance from Burnley Stan. My team are Donald Ducked, I doubt Our Chairman has the balls to sack Martinez, Everton fans may well force the issue. In a way I admire his stance not to change his philosophy, but only he is blind enough to realise that the present players are just not up to fulfil his obvious fantasy. The reality is on present results, shite doesn't cover it. Martinez biggest failure, will not take advice.

David Moyes greatest achievement 4th in Premiership, following season 17th. If Martinez is not careful 5th last season, God forbid relegation this? :0(

Everton lose again miserably. he he.

Bring back Davy bring back Davy bring back Davy.........ho ho ha ha he he

Blinkin' hell.....Spurs have turned into super-beaters...!....5-3......my betting gone down the spout this end of year !...

Yes indeed CC, it's never over till it's over.

Quality listening in about 45 mins on Talk sport (difficult to believe I know but) when the manager of the year is on... guess who -):

Reckon Lockets would make a good sponsor for Burnley Stan, Sean's voice needs all the help he can get. :0)

I find it interesting you guys have nothing to say about Stephen Gerrard who is apparently going to terminate his career with Liverpool and move to the the USA and play for LA Galaxy.

EL - What is there to say, great player, great servant to LFC. Coming to the end of his career making a few bob before hanging up his boots. Good luck to him.

You think that was rough CC, should here him after a game -):

... Who needs Ings and Vokes: http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=2jcdkwn&s=8#.VKgdMltMuEc

BBC scraping the very bottom of the barrel with Jimmy Bullard as their latest pundit - "need a bit moa cuttin edge, noah wot a mean" . Scruffy looking twit, what did he ever achieve in football apart from being an absolute silly useless as-----e?

Everton need to win FA Cup tie against West Ham as Roberto Martinez's boundless optimism begins to grate
Four successive defeats have made Tuesday's third-round match at Goodison Park 'the most important of the season' according to manager who needs a spark


By Mark Ogden, Northern Football Correspondent10:30PM GMT 05 Jan 2015 CommentsComment
It has taken only 18 months, most of which have been spent on the crest of an Evertonian wave, but Roberto Martínez’s boundless optimism and faith in his football principles are beginning to grate at Goodison Park
Four successive defeats – the 2-0 New Year’s Day loss at Hull City was Everton's seventh in nine games – have led to the FA Cup third-round tie at home against West Ham United on Tuesday becoming, in Martínez’s words, "the most important game of the season" and one which could shape the Spaniard’s future at the club.
Few Evertonians appear to want a change of manager, but the exasperated mood among the supporters was summed up neatly by the Hull match report on the thisisnotfootball fans’ website which claimed that the "eminently likeable and intelligent Martínez is looking like the mayor of Amity Beach now, trying to convince everyone that the water’s fine as the body parts keep washing up on the beach".
If trophies were handed out for positivity and optimism, Martínez’s CV would resemble Sir Alex Ferguson’s at Manchester United, but even Everton’s supremely confident manager is beginning to change the mood music. In Jaws, it got worse before it got better, but as he prepared to face Sam Allardyce’s team at Goodison Park, using unfamiliar words such as "anxiety" and "adversity", Martínez conceded that Everton are approaching a line in the sand.


"The next game is the most important of the season, even if it’s not in the Premier League," Martínez said. "This could be a pivotal moment in our season. It’s important that we support each other and trigger that bit of momentum that we haven’t really had. It’s completely normal people [supporters] are getting upset.



"But we are here to build something for the future, not just for now, and become a winning team, so the message is very clear – we need to react in the proper way, find solutions in adversity and find a way to become a winning side."
Having admitted to researching the chairmen for whom he chooses to work, Martínez will know that Bill Kenwright is a man blessed with greater patience levels than most, someone prepared to offer time for a storm to blow over. But the Spaniard, 41, needs a positive result against West Ham, if only to gain a glimpse of blue sky behind the clouds. "We need to start enjoying our football again," Martínez said. "The FA   Cup could give us that as it’s a completely different game and a different situation where you don’t carry any luggage from what happened in the past."
The past is Martínez’s problem, however, in that it makes the here and now appear bleak. Twelve months ago, Everton approached FA Cup third-round weekend sitting in fifth position in the Premier League, with 38 points from 20 games. Now, Martínez’s team find themselves with 21 points from the same number of games, with a goal difference of -4 – this time last year, it was +13.