Ashley17

Did it go to print with the wrong name? Or just online?

Got it yesterday as well. Never realised how good Beardsley was, some of his goals were just outrageous. Was actually going to post about this, watched 1-100 last night. Beardsley and Cole as a partnership were unbelievable, considering we'd just been promoted we were fucking teams up with ease.

I wonder if he knew or if he just turned up today and was denied entry. Bit of a twatty thing to do

If the OG was to be disallowed then you'd make a case for the flag going up everytime a free kick is sent into the box, there's always at least one opportunistic cunt who stands offside and is still offside when the ball comes in, waiting for the ball to break so that he is onside in the "second phase"

Ryder reckons Anita is having a scan tomorrow then we'll know more (obviously)

No chance Perch will get subbed in then?

Listened to this on the radio whilst the family tried to play the Pointless board game. Never has boxing day been more of a challenge.

Anyone kind enough to post some prem lineups for today please?

If they get to ten yellow cards it's a 2 game ban. The yellow cards aren't reset they just no longer get banned for reaching 5 I think.

That makes no sense. Rest them for one game in case they get booked where they will miss 1 game.

Probably that but Shola on the right of a three, Obertan left

Removing Murray instantly made this MOTD2 the best in ages. I like this Chappers fellow too, keep him on I say. I still want James Richardson to do MOTD2, that'd be ideal.

I've lost my cup tie on goals scored, RVP's booking is what I'm blaming.

Have Pienaar as a sub, was all set to be subbed in for Sterling who then came on for 20 minutes, fuck sake. Going to go out of the cup to a guy who blatantly hasn't seen his team for a long time: http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/1413867/event-history/18/ Fucking Ramires

Defoe gets so much shit, when all he's ever done is score goals wherever he's gone, useless cunt

"Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert has two options. He can bring on a more attacking player on at right-back in place of Matthew Lowton who has struggled to get in the game, Marc Albrighton springs to mind. Or else stiffen the midfield by bringing on Fabian Delph. Either way it will be a massive psychological victory for Villa if they can get anywhere near Chelsea from here." That's why Pleat doesn't manage anymore...

Rob Green's handling was hilarious today.

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I do miss the Fitzy dink, he'd get the ball, assess all options and stride manfully to half way before delivering a little dink towards Carroll. Majestic.

Us or them?

They have a lot of attacking players who were good a few seasons ago or have shown flashes, and some like Granero who have never played in the Premiership. Their defence is dogshit though and Taraabt is very hit and miss, it's like they have thought about parts of the team and not others. Hoillet, Taraabt, SWP (5 years ago), Cisse/Zamora is a decent front 4, but with Clint Hill & Shaun Derry trying to keep things at bay you're doomed for failure. That M'Bia looks a bit of a unit

Do you ever think Onuoha isn't really that good after all the promise he showed? He can't get in that defence ffs, Clint Hill played centre half today with Anton Ferdinand at right back.

Two red cards for a high foot, fucking hell.

I thought that, everytime Ba gets the ball he shoots (except for the 1-2 with Cisse) and it's normally when there's about 3 players in the way. I can understand that Pardew would get pelters for taking off his top scorer at 0-0 but BA was shit at most things today, his free kicks were horrific.

Was probably the lowest quality match I've ever been at first half, considering it was quite an important game we created absolutely nothing. A lot of people in the stand were calling for 442, calling Pardew stubborn for persisting with 1 up front, which is like opposite land to here. There is absolutely no point in playing Cisse on the wing, he is not a winger. When you have him one side and Jonas the other backed up by Perch, Tiote and Anita it's obvious your creativity is going to be suffering. It is obvious to me that Marveaux will be off in January, that is the only reason I can think of that Pardew persists in benching him when we are lacking any sort of creativity. Anita is growing into a useful player for us in there but he's not a "final pass" kind of player, he'll keep it ticking over and I would like to see a him, Tiote & Cabaye three-man midfield at some point. QPR came for a point and rarely had more than 4 men in our half, they deserved everything they got. The referee was wank and seemed incapable of getting any decision correct, including when Cisse turned his marker who then fell over and got given a free kick. Shola came on and we went a bit more direct - to be fair there was still some shorter passing but we had a focal point to our attack and, to be fair, on a day like today when the conditions were quite bleak it was a smart move. Shola gave them all sorts of problems and of course took his goal exceptionally well, but he was played in by Marveaux who made such a difference to our play. Man Utd won't be worried at all by us, with Tiote out I assume he'll move Jonas back inside and play Obertan but it won't make a difference. So let's enjoy this win as the rest of the year might be quite bleak.