Skeletor

No Nicky Butt? *Optimism returns*

Worming his way into the team.

Previous league games without Butt - Only one goal conceeded. Butt's first start + Huddersfield game he started in - 5 goals conceeded. Single handedly his fault tbh.

I assume this is from a game a few years ago?

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/9227/hughtontacticboard.jpg Couldn't resist

Guthrie out, Smith in. Same team other wise. You know it will happen.

You can guarantee it's Guthrie out, Smith in at the weekend.

Boooooooooooooooooooo-utt.

That drum is fucking annoying.

"Joey Barton is a cock sucker" ?

Was it a headed goal?

Derbytastic tbh. Allardyce must be getting a hard on as we speak.

That's a long ol' poke ain'it. Hate that fucking advert.

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/2204/footballinpaint.jpg Football in paint.

http://www.goal.com/en/news/1863/world-cup-2010/2009/09/14/1499709/european-based-players-cut-from-argentina-squad-by-diego Maradonna has officially lost it.

Nile has aged considerably

Must have taken you fucking ages. Well worth it though

Everton in bad trouble.

http://www.elmundodeportivo.es/gif/20090912/Getabar.jpg always been doing that since Bjuve days oh.... and Eto'o and Milito http://www.director-file.com/cunningham/aphex1k.jpg

Didn't see him touch the ball so I'll take your word for it. Well that's partly what I meant .

Why not play both of them together. Lovenkrands looks way off the pace at the minute.

Sorry but no they're not, at all - and to say so is purely succumbing to the ridiculous bumfest he receives on this board. I mean for isntance, on a couple of occassions in the second half... he was holding the defender off on the edge of the box - admittedly with his back to goal - but with a good yard of space between him and his encroacher. A turn and shot is hardly against the rules from these situations and i saw him score a similar sounding goal for England the other day. I can't understand it; it's almost as if he's compelled to pass in those situations in the first team, where he'd shoot in the reserves or England team. It's not bad like - and i'd largely put it down to confidence... and the midfield not being that great does make him look wasteful when he isn't as such, but a bit more striker's instinct definitely needs kicking into him. He's nowhere to be seen from set pieces, either. Carroll's the more rounded striker at the moment and i'd definitely have him in the side ahead of him; especially in a 4-5-1. I was majorly discouraged with Hughton's second half tactics. When Lovenkrands came on I assumed it was to go up along side Ranger and give him some support but fuck knows where Lovenkrands was actually playing.

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/5841/borisc.gif WE ARE INVINCIBLE!