Rich

Must be why its the highest ground in the country. Remember that for your next pub quiz! Was at the Hawthorns the other night, was very impressed by it. Lovely tight little ground, reminded me a bit of White Hart Lane.

I need 2 goals in the Fiorentina/Roma game or all my good work over the past couple of weeks will be for nought. Fiorentina have missed a fair few good chances like - and had a perfectly legit goal chalked off - I'm tearing my hair out. HT.

I think based on form he has to. Long way to go until the end of the season though. While some will go on name value ahead of form, he's one of the few players on the margin who need to keep performing at an eye-catching level to be certain of his place. If he does that, not only will he get on the plane he'll probably get some minutes on the pitch as well.

I reckon Milner could be one of those players who misses the final cut for tournament squads for the whole of his career. I didn't think he would have a sniff if you'd asked me at the start of the season, but Capello seems to rate him very highly. If his form in this second half of the season is anywhere near how he played in the first then I think he'll go. A lot depends on fitness of other as well, as is always the case of course.

Walcott, Beckham, Lennon and Joe Cole for me. Milner could still go in place of an extra striker, as well.

The Man Utd 4-3 in 2001/02. Was the last season before I got my first season ticket ticket as I was still a youngster, but it really galled me that I wasn't there as I listened to it all unfold on Metro FM.

Best was offside then, anyway. Agree he should have still found the net, although that's easy to say from my couch.

Huzzah. Some very nice bits and bobs in there, Lovenkrands' second was a right little peach. Cross from Simpson for Carroll's second looked class.

Where the fuck are the goals man? SSN boils my piss.

I meant 2+ goals, sorry. What a doylum.

"Rested", been struggling with a bit of an injury.

Had a ton on 3 goals+ tonight, after seeing the two line-ups. Paid back £34 on Betfair. Pretty happy with that, stuck it all on 1 goal+ at Scunthorpe tomorrow. Pays back a mighty £13 if it comes off.

I've only seen the lad play about half a dozen times, but he's been fucking gash every single time. Does absolutely nowt.

Ah sorry mate, that's what happens when you only start dropping in and out of this place. Completely out of touch.

Bassong done alright. Although that's because he has pace and Coloccini is disadvantaged because he isn't as quick, so we can't criticise him on that respect. He certainly did, though there is a lot to be said for the different expectation levels between the two players upon arrival. Colo was never really going to live up to his billing/price-tag, whereas Seb came in for relative peanuts and didn't have any expectations on his shoulders really. Obviously that can't be used as a complete cover up because at the end of the day, where it mattered, Bassong generally performed well and Coloccini generally struggled, but it would definitely have had an effect. You're being very polite about the pace difference between the two like, especially on the turn/over a few yards!

I'll be at the Scunthorpe game at the weekend, and they haven't been involved in a 0-0 all season, so surely that's a safe bet?

It's honestly just Colo's physical attributes moreso than his technical/mental ability that concern me. He's too small, too weak and too slow for the Premiership and I'm not sure his other abilities compensate adequately for those deficiencies. He simply can't be as bad as he was first time around though, given the experience he will have gained since, which does equate to there being some hope for him here. A massive plus for him is his sheer robustness, his fitness record is absolutely tremendous (going back years). Ronaldo's point about the difference in quality of personnel around the particular defenders in question is a great one as well mind, as much as I disagree with his stance on the matter and his view on the two players. Coloccini was given a baptism of fire last season being thrown into such disarray with such dross around him.

Follow my weekend tips Rich, and you could spunk your profit away like never before! I'll keep my eyes open mate. Got to be honest I'm tempted just to start sticking the total on "1 goal or more", as you usually get odds of about 1.15 on Betfair.

What am I missing with Colo? Has he got any stronger, taller or quicker since last season? Not sure if it's just some daft inbuilt bias against the bloke carrying over from his performances last season, although I will readily admit that he has had a couple of storming games this season - as in really outstanding centre-half displays, the likes of which I haven't seen for a good while. Still think he's going to be an absolute liability if we go up next year against stronger, faster, better forwards. Doesn't hold a candle to Woodgate, but again that could be the bias talking because I loved that bloke when he was here. One thing he definitely had over Colo was acceleration/general pace as well, like. Certainly from a recovery perspective.

Circumstance to blame for that more than anything tonight, I'd say, especially second half. First half when they were getting the ball into the front men (well, Becchio, as JB kept losing it) and to Snodgrass in particular they looked miles better.

Another Leeds/Spurs game, another decent haul. Same bet as last game (+3.5 goals) and an £80 win as a result, delighted. Got to love injury time goals when they go your way. Now, let's not try to spunk this away like I did on Charlton (home to Leyton Orient) last time.

Named a very young squad for it as well: Goalkeepers: Ole Soderberg, Max Johnson. Defenders: Matthew Grieve, Darren Lough, Ben Tozer, James Taylor, Dan Leadbitter. Midfielders: Ryan Donaldson, Shane Ferguson, Jonny Godsmark, Liam Henderson, Kazenga LuaLua, Michael McCrudden, Patrick McLaughlin, Ryan Page. Forwards: Dan Taylor, Frank Danquah, Aaron Spear.

Agreed. Would score for fun at this level and could even step up if he got any kind of service. Hopefully it's just a lazy link from the media.