Ipswich v Middlesbrough is a big game for Aussies abroad. 

Luongo suspended and Burgess starts while Glover and Silvera are on the bench. McGree surely close but the clock is ticking for the Asian Cup. 

Boyle scores - he/we needed that 

Great goal too

he is really getting back in form

Ugh mabil injured

someone will steve bradbury their way into the asian cup squad

Bad? He was in and out of squads. Keep forgetting Silvera but he's been a mainstay of late. Capable type. 

Irvine scores a header on 6min.

hard to tell

silvera is getting regular minutes
hope he gets a start

Tilio probably 

What’s going on with Elder? Demotes himself to League 1 and then never plays. 

Tilio isn't hasn't played much & was apparently really cautious last game for Celtic. I'd be playing Metcalfe at RW (where he plays for St Pauli) and including Robertson in the squad - he's been Portsmouth's best player this season & he can pretty much play anywhere in midfield. 

Word is that Tillio will be away in January, probably a loan with an option to buy.

Jarred Gillett refereed Aston Villa v Arsenal. Biggest game of the weekend in the EPL. I've only watched the mini match but it looked like he did very well.

That's great news - They've got so many options that would be ahead of him in the pecking order at Celtic. I can't see him cracking the starting 11 this season, so a loan to get mins would be the best. Wasn't the best move to start with going to Celtic. I still reckon he's got a lot of potential - hopefully he does a "Metcalfe" and improves dramatically in a short period of time. 

Hernia op. 

lol he did not. 

Why, because Arteta had a wah?

OK, I'll bite. What did he do that was not so good?

No Tilio 

probably a good game to miss since they lost to kilmarnock

Celtic has actually been good to our youth, so I'm not worried yet. He has been injured for ages and only really just had a preseason and given a full half hour

look forward to him working his way into the team. I definitely think he is the right level. 

circati on the bench

he has been on the bench a few times this season but has tended to be back in the starting squad the next game. Hope that continues

Could be a rotational thing to keep players fresh

1-1 anderleicht standard leige at half time

tidy from o'niell but this time the whole team is on song. 

I reckon juliper league is slightly better than the eredivisie. Westerlo and volendam are both bottom of the ladder, yet westerlo is so much better than volendam it's not funny. The top teams in both leagues are roughly the same standard

yeah he has started 11 of 15 games. Looks like they manage young players load

Looks like circati is pretty important for parma. 2 wins, 2 draws and a loss without him at 1.6 points per game. 8 wins, 2 draws and a loss with him at 2.4 points per game. They have conceded 8 goals from 5 games without him and 8 goals from 11 games with him

I was curious whether leicester were mad to leave souttar on the bench and their performance was around the same with or without him, whereas circati seems a key player

I used to feel the Belgian league was shabby until Hannover played Liege and Bruges. You're right about Westerlo being better. 

it was shabby when ruka played there, looked around about spl level. Now it looks stronger than the eredivisie and is similar to the portrugese league. 

I don't want to jinx it, but that's 3 games in a row that O'Neill has started & played the full 90 mins. That's sensational for him & the Socceroos leading into the Asian Cup. Starting midfield should be
O'Neill, Luongo & Irvine - with Baccus currently out of favour with St Mirren. 

I wonder if Baccus has already organised a January move and St Mirren don't want to risk injury like how Bolton move fell through and start getting a new mid combination settled.

That midfield has a good balance. I feel like when we have Baccus and Irvine both we end up missing something technically. Both very busy and disruptive players but we lose the ability to possess the ball or hit a defence breaking pass. 

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