Matt

indeed congrats, though the comment that Rodwell should go to the world cup (not by Pearce i will point out) is a little crazy. Best of luck to them both!

idiot... this could determine if he goes or stays. If we punish him, as we should, then in the summer he could go to another club after feeling hard done to. Hopefully he will stand up and take responsibility for his actions, hold his hands up and say sorry, i screwed up and sign a new 5 year contract as a sign of intent to make it up to us....

Lennon out for a while now too! Spurs main wing threat... anyone else going to start believing now?

Amen to that!

so business as usual for them but gives others the chance to play CL! Just one small issue i have with the CL, surely only the champions, by which i mean the people who are the best in that season, should play in the champions league. At a stretch top 3 (gold silver and bronze). 4th is nonsense. I like the idea of giving it to a playoff of the 2 finalists of the cups, champions of that competition. either that or change the title to "the champions-and-next-3-teams-who-werent-good-enough-to-come-1st-but-we-want-to-make-more-money-out-of-the-competition-so-we-look-at-which-leagues-are-the-most-marketable-and-include-some-of-those-runnerup-teams-who-most-tourists-and-foreigners-recognize-to-make-up-the-numbers League" Catchy dont ya think?

Distin is suspended so i think theyre talking about who should partner Yobo. Might be wrong though....

agreed. i personally dont want to see him playin a full game in the league this season. Give him a full preseason to get going and have a world class defence fit for the start of next season!

same link as above. Where is this rumour of 7mill? I would be very happy with that!

I have ESPN and ESPN-Brazil so i think the 1st one is international. It had the shite on last week but wanted to make sure we were being broadcasted. thanks for the warning though...

tis an exciting prospect. Want Coleman next season to get more of a chance and think we need some competition for Baines. fantastic back four in prospect...

spare finger nails. pacemaker and/or high up on the list for transplant. patience of a saint. forgiveness of a saint. tolerance of a saint. an ability to live without breathing for long periods of time. resistance to smug kopites taking the piss and windin you up all the time or ability to hold back from killing smug kopites who take the piss and wind you up all the time blue tinted glasses... think thats about all i can think of for now! Welcome to.... well Hell is a little strong but you get the drift!

does anyone know if its on ESPN on thursday? Ive got that one in the hotel and dont want to be fighting with internet streams...

fantastic news! lets just hope he gets through the game unscathed!

agree with both above. Skippy faces a lot of competition for his place now so dont see him being a shoo-in. Not counting Donovan, because I dont think he will stay (happy for more of that humble pie though, got a few more buttons on the belt!) i would go: Felli (Rodwell if Screech is unfit) Billy, Arteta, Peanuts Ossie (if he plays like he has been if not Skip) It all depends who is fit to be honest and who isnt...

i dont want to admit it, but youre right, Luckypool will probably get 4th especially with Ladyboy coming back. But everyone is condeming us to not even beat the likes of Villa and Spurs! Dont get me wrong, theyre good teams but over the past 4 weeks we have been better. This happened last year and everyone wrote us off for Europe again (though that was back when i was a blueroomer, glad those days are behind me!) and what happened? Villa collapsed and we carried on climbing up the table with a harder "on paper" fixture list than we do this year. I acknowledge the fact that it will most likely depend on how we play against Villa, Spurs and Citeh (whenever that may be) but no reason that we cant take at least 6 points from those 6 game, if not all 12. Plus, as i mentioned above, theyve all got tougher games than us. Also accept that if we go out of the Europa league that could have a potentially crippling affect but if we play like we have and at least score at Sporting were sure to continue! (oh, and ive had this dream where not only do we pip the Shite to 4th on the last game of the season but then 7 days later we beat them in the Europa final!) I used to be a bookie so i refuse to bet (except the lottery but only because that helps charity too) but on those odds, its perfectly possible to punish ex-employers of mine...

there was another moment too when Pip was left for dead, he came to cover with a fantastic tackle. it was in the area and as soon as i saw him going to slide my heart was in my mouth but he completely took the ball and nothing of the player. He does still make me nervous but has also put in some very good performances recently!

screw Turkey and the rest, if he plays like that get him in the England squad!

did noone pay attention to what I wrote above! 4th is perfectly possible! Citeh are without Tevez too apparently which is a huge blow for them. Liverpool have to play the top 2, which hopefully means 6 points dropped. Spurs and Villa still have to play us and theyre point average is crap! Talking about fighting for 7th!?! Can noone see the similarities with last season?

Is he the holder of the sacred words? :laughingsmiley:

like the thinkin Mike, for me gotta be Pip in the middle with Yobo and young Coleman in at RB. Can you imagine his pace and strength supporting Donovan?! Only thing is im not sure how comfortable i feel about pushing Yobo over towards Baines side of the field, hes normally with the RB right? If we bring Duffy in we lose Coleman but have a more natural CB in place instead of Pip. I know DM has Rodwell down for a CB one day, but i dont think he is ready now. One thing that worries me is this away goal that theyve got. If we score, we are through. But 1-0 to the home team normally is a good bet. A little nervous, shouldve been clear cut...

its Billys first season! yes its frustrating but to see the best of someone you need to give them time and games. Were you all like this last year with Screech? How frustrating has he been! Same for Rodwell. Moments of brilliance, moments of stupidity, moments of complete indifference. Give them a chance to get settled, have a little patience and look forward to the reward that will come! i hope not, he would be wasted there. Waiting for Coleman to come claim his stake on that position!

Citeh and Liverpool game was great! im sure we were further off the pace this time last year so dont see why 4th isnt an option. Look at the opposition fixtures: Spurs have still got to play Citeh, Arsenal, Man Utd and Chelski. Citeh have still got to play Chelski, Spurs, Utd and Villa. Villa have still got to play us, Chelski, and Citeh. shite have still got to play Utd and Chelski. Not getting my hopes up too much but we will be making them sweat...

youre forgetting Mike, thats when men played football, not prancing fairies who clutch their knee everytime theres mud on it and cry that their hair has fallen out of place. Thankfully, Moyes doesnt seem to put up with that crap, theres only the Yak who goes down too easily. ive got to say the new home and away shirts are the best ive ever seen! like it, simple and classic, very nice...

not sure about that Mark, if we lose 1-0 at Sporting i wont care that he put the icing on the cake agains Utd, that game was won. Sporting have an away goal because of his cockup. if he scores against Sporting, then he will be forgiven... agree with the rest though, as usual!