Unbelievable

We're playing 4-3-3, Milner has been good, so how do you come to the conclusion that Milner is not suited to 4-3-3?

Oba's namebeing sung..

Owen on for Martins

Milner getting some good crosses in!

Owen preparing to come on..

Good shot NRC, good save Harper

I miss Solano..

Good saves from Harper..

Corner Villa..

8 minutes gone already from the second half.. Don't like what I'm seeing.. We're playing like this is an away game..

I was just thinking how most of the decisions are going our way at the moment, except when Viduka is involved.. There's been a few moments where it should have been a foul to them..

Yes, that looks to have been a good spot by Allardcyce..

Agbonlahor is ripping Carr and Taylor apart.. We will need to defend deep to prevent an over the top ball they can run onto..

That was better.. Viduke holding the ball up, people moving into the penalty area and Milner putting a cross in from the right..

Yep, Zoggy is our best player so far..

our 4-3-3 is not working at all.. Will be interesting to see if Allardyce will be able to change the game by changing formation..

I haven't seen Viduka hold the ball up once so far..

You're looking the better team so far brummie.. Moore is a different type of striker to Carew, isn't he?

Carew is ill from the looks of it..

Excellent tackle from Butt..

good header Villa but straight on Harper.. Villa looking dangerous..

good shot Carew..

Flippin´hell..

Jesus wept, I'm not "annoyed" with anyone. You're missing my point altogether. I merely stated that Owen could have prevented all of this by, when he was ACTUALLY BEING LINKED WITH A MOVE AWAY (which was long, long before July 11th), putting an end to it there and then with a simple statement eithe commiting himself, or the opposite. But he chose not to, and that's why some fans have reacted badly towards him. Eh? Of course I had. That thread is basically one of the things I'm reffering to. If you read through it, you'll see that in the eyes of many it came too late. Which is exactly the point I'm making :-/ How many of our players would stay here if Man U or Chelsea came in for them? If he would have been interested in moving away before pledging his future to us, why would he have needed to come out and lie about his true feelings? He obviously thought about it long and hard and decided to write an article in early July pledging his future to our club. If he would have come out with this earlier when it wouldn't have been heartfelt and he would have moved a week after, how would the fan reaction have been? The sad fact is that Owen is a player who has been of a higher stature than us in the past couple of seasons. Shepherd somehow pulled it off selling the club to him, but it seems inevitable that fans would have always second guessed him because we know he shouldn't be here. On top of that he has been really unlucky with injuries, which has made the situation worse as fans feel he´s taken more from the club than he´s given, even though he´s not been personally to blame. I think all this put Owen in a lose-lose situation regarding talking about his future at the club. From that point of view, I can understand him keeping his mouth shut and trying to become fit again and then doing his talking on the pitch.. No doubt when he will come back and will be on fire people will moan he´s only doing it because he wants away in January..

Ouch..