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His form whilst with us suggests otherwise Compared to who? Well personally I think Guthrie has outperformed him, but admittedly Barton didn't have the chance to piss it in the Championship because of his various injuries. I really want to get on this Barton bandwagon, but honestly, he's rarely had a good game for us. The amount of short passes he misplaces is frightening.

His form whilst with us suggests otherwise

To be honest I'd be pretty fucked off if I was Motherwell. Cardiff won't pay them £175k for Peter Quinn or whatever his name is but they can afford to loan Bellamy and Koumas. It's like lending a grand to someone who's in financial trouble who then goes and buys a car or something.

Caroline Cheese has left, if that helps at all

Haha, I knew what a trequartista was before this years edition of FM The problem with Nolan playing there is he doesn't have the vision and creativity to be a foot on the ball, archetypal #10 but he also doesn't have the pace or directness to be a more attacking second striker. He's basically just a complete waste in that position. The thing is he's proven out of his depth in central midfield aswell, I do wonder what use he's going to be at all this season tbh He's good craic, one of the lads whey etc.

Nolan playing in CM in the Premiership would require a defensive midfielder who is basically a powerhouse. Nolan & Guthrie in the Championship was fine, especially at SJP, as we were always on the attack and the opposition was dire. We might get away with that at home to Blackpool and the occasional other shite team, but in general, Nolan will be pissed on in centre midfield in 4-4-2. Look at the WBA home game last season, team who can pass the ball against Nolan and Smith in centre midfield, had the better of the game for the most part. The fact that Nolan is captain worries me because it means he will play more often than not, and the 4-5-1 will probably stay home and away.

Lovenkrands & Guthrie have minor knocks and are expected back for Villa, according to the Journal.

A Liverpool fan i know said that he really wants a homegrown keeper to be one of his 8, dunno why it matters what position... Was thinking about this before, I think it's because it's expected most teams will name 3 keepers, with the third barely (if ever) being used. If that 3rd choice is a home grown player, it kills two birds with one stone.

step away from the bong You're just jealous someone had a crazier formation than you Skirge

Wasn't as bad as it could have been, too many passengers in our team but we'll see how we do against worse teams. Harper - Only had 2 shots to save in the first 80 minutes and didn't have a chance with either really, Andy Gray's mighty analysis suggests he was too far over but he could have been in the middle of the goal and wouldn't have saved it. Perch - Gash, absolutely no confidence in this fella. Hopefully he'll fare better against worse teams. Constantly too narrow but not helped by Routledge I suppose. Enrique - Average, some stupid mistakes and couldn't get forward. Was never raped though, so hurray for that. Coloccini - Alright, nothing glaringly obvious Williamson - Big, didn't do badly at all. Routledge - Good start, good outlet. Then faded badly, didn't track back well and it led to one of their goals. I'm beginning to think those who said playing with 2 wingers was ging to bite us in the arse, may well be accurate. Jonas - Poor, offered nothing bar one surprisingly good cross. Smith - Good, by his standards. No booking! Barton - Dross. Can't pass and got booked early on so couldn't be his usual self. Get used to this, he will get booked a lot because of who he is. Awful free kicks but some decent corners. Nolan - Gash. Better without him. Carroll - Worked his arse off, deserved a goal but missed his big chance. Still though, encouraging if he stays out of prison. Subs: Shola - Usual Shola lark Xisco - Well why not Sky - Paul Scholes might be a great player BUT IT IS NOT FUNNY THAT HE CANNOT TACKLE.

Subs are Krul, Tav, R Taylor, Vuckic, Ranger, Xisco, Shola

I'm loving the old style studio, I used to Love Monday Night football when I was growing up

I imagine we'll hold him back until Accrington so he can get some game time where his lack of match practice might not be such a problem

Where's this Guthrie injured stuff coming from?

3-6-1!

Talksport have the rights now To all games? What is wrong with the BBC these days losing the rights to even this? it's all about $$$ to the EPL You make it sound like they've sold their souls. BBC radio and Talksport are both free to the public so surely it makes little difference which of them covers it?

West Brom getting what they deserve, filthy fuckers have got what they deserve, two goals from free kicks. Got away with being cynical last season in a poor league, hopefully get dicked this season.

Talksport have the rights now To all games? What is wrong with the BBC these days losing the rights to even this? Not all games, they have exclusive coverage of the Saturday evening games and the early Sunday games. Sam Matterface of SSN is the commentator

Talksport have the rights now

Cross into the box, simple header back to the keeper, glances it out for a corner. Goal from the corner.

What position does Albrighton play? He's a right footed winger

Harewood's scored twice past Wigan, he's clearly the missing link. It's not the point that Gary Taylor-Fletcher has also scored.

Captain cuntlugs off at the SOL

What would you do? Dive in and get skinned and leave the player a lot of space to run into?

What a waste of bandwidth