2 points

Fergie's much discussed 9 point gap, is now two points.

After our poxy display against Arsenal, the gap became 8 points, with a game in hand. This was Newcastle, and another poor show, yet a valuable 3 points. The gap 5 points going into the weekend on 17 games played each.

We travelled to Pity City again, for the lunchtime kick-off against Everton, and the Mancs were against "Curbs" and his new West Ham side in London.

To begin with, we did our best to screw it up, and with 25 mins to go, we were 2-1 down, and Fergie was telling his Mancs that they were getting the title for Christmas. Two wonder-strikes in the final 15 minutes gave us the 3-2 win. Lampard, finally reaching the 77 goal record mark, and Drogba, with another world class turn-and-shoot from 30 yards.

Reo-Coker managed to give West Ham all three points, unexpectedly, and the difference is now two points. Four games over Christmas, and we have virtually the same fixtures , so it will be interesting to see what happens.