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I have to say, I think it is because Bent isn't on the pitch. McLeish can't seem to decide on a team and formation to get the most of the team when Bent is on the pitch.

Watching Blackburn, you realise why they've done so badly, they leave so much space all over the pitch.

It was good work by Carlos, what with him being the only Spanish male on the planet with no ball skills.

I have never wanted you to win a match so much.

i was going to turn this match on once the mrs has finished watching some guff she recorded, but reading this thread has reminded me how much i fucking hate Liverpool and the media's fawning over them. so I won't.

Aye I've never understood the popularity of both Clarkson and Hammond. Both massive cunts. I hope Clarkson's daughters go blind /stewart_lee Hs routine about Clarkson taking the piss out of Gordon Brown was fucking spot on.

Is Downing playing? If so, I hope nobody snaps his vile insect-like body in two.

From "Not Jamie Redknapp" on Twitter: Brilliant stuff.

In fairness, it has. Before Kenny = fairly racist After Kenny = incredibly racist.

Our match is fucking awful. Our fans singing the full repertoire of chants of unhappiness. "Don't know what you're doing", "what the fuck is going on?" and "we want our Villa back".

BBC text service on the ball as ever:

incidentally, Gabby always scores against Wigan. It's practically free money. I've had Gabby f/s and 2-0.

Yep! Fingers crossed. *blatantly insincere facial expression*

attacking line up from you today though. has ireland been dropped ever since he swore at the manager? I'm not entirely sure. Yes, it is an attacking line up for a change. No Heskey wide midfield, THANK FUCK. I notice two things, though - four academy graduates starting today - future England captain Gary Gardner starts - that's a really soft midfield, not a tackle in it. Oops. Three.

I wonder what most fans would think of mind numbingly dull, defeatist football and six wins in 25, including no win at home since bonfire night. You're hardly fickle if you're not impressed with that. It just means you've got eyes and know what you're seeing.

I loved Merson as a player, but he's frighteningly stupid. The other week i turned that saturday afternoon shite on SSN on, and he was saying how McLeish was a good appointment, fans just need to get behind him, he's doing a decent job ... literally 60 seconds later, they go back to Merson and he's talking about how we could easily get dragged into the mire, and we're his outside bet for relegation. What a fucking tit.

It's also good to see Downing's run of six entire months of laughably bad form is being recognised.

Walcott really is the modern day Tony Daley.

Quite, it utterly beggars belief.Who the fuck are these retards? Re the Ajax fans... Have to say, when we played Ajax in the Europa league two or three years ago, they were fucking amazing supporters. 3,000 turned up, all old style hoolie dressed blokes, and made a fucking total row. Apparently they were letting flares off in New St, and having a go at the rozzers. Just like the old days.

How did it get to be called the Stadium of Light in the first place? It's a really, really cringeworthy name in any case. How small time, calling your new ground the same thing as that of a big club in Europe.

Wasn't Niall Quinn in charge of the international development side of the club? I understand why he's left, they won't be needing anyone to do anything abroad whilst MON is at the club.

Some good news at last!

Won't mean much to you lot, but RIP Eamon Deacy, died today aged 59. One of the 14 players we used to win the league in 1981. Never a top notch player, but the fans absolutely loved him. Was offered a new contract by Saunders with a loan somewhere else, but turned it down as he didn't want to play for anyone else outside Ireland, so went back home to run a greengrocers and play for Galway Utd. How footballers have changed with time. The bloke was a real gentleman, but was also absolute fucking nails. I once saw us play Juventus, and they had Claudio Gentile playing for them (younger readers - one of the hardest, dirtiest bastards in world football). Deacy went through Gentile like a fucking sledgehammer through glass after about 2 minutes. Sad loss.

It's really not that hard to work out, though, is it? Newcastle are going to finish where they finish based on their own results, not Sunderland's or Arsenal's.

I hope that pube headed self obsessed cock socket O'Neill gets it.