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My gripe with modern football stadia. Another slightly bigger version of the Riverside / Reebok / Britannia / Whateverbowl. These new grounds have all the charm of an out of town shopping centre.

That's old as the hills. Blues have been doing that for ages. Personally, I preferred our chants of "handball", but then again I'm biased. Terrible game. We're good against decent teams, but when we play shit ones, we just drop to their level and look rubbish. Playing with two wingers is fine, but you need an tough presence in the centre. Sidwell and Petrov aren't that.

Can't find a bigger version, but Sir Brian Little scoring at (I think) Bristol City. http://www.avscstudleyandredditch.co.uk/photos/070325185304484.jpg

Arsenal are great to watch, I wouldn't be at all unhappy to see them win the league. Their problem - cliched though it is to say this - is that they're such a bunch of gigantic pussies, no steel whatsoever. So when things are going well for them, they will go well. When things don't go their way, though .... Oh, and a real, championship winning level goalscorer.

Started a few, but fell foul of Martin's bizarre full back weird-outs. You watch, in about February, he'll remember that Cuellar is a centre half, stick Beye there, and play him every game till the end of the season.

I see he's still diving to the very best of his ability. Nah. His technique has deteriorated in that as well. He tends to throw his arms out too wide and too soon these days, watch. You'll see it soon enough.

I never, ever thought I'd say this, but Dunne and Collins have been magnificent for us since MON bought them.

Drogba scores. How come you're not there fella? Got a bastard of a flu this week. Was going to go, woke up this morning, felt shite still, opted to watch on telly. Is your name Steve Bennett? My ST seat is currently empty, no time to arrange a replacement for me.

999 times out of 1000 it woiuld have resulted in nothing. Awful from Brad.

Drogba scores. How come you're not there fella? Got a bastard of a flu this week. Was going to go, woke up this morning, felt shite still, opted to watch on telly.

Ashley Young is currently in a spell very much like that which Agbonlahor had the second half of last season. His crosses are consistently two feet too high.

That's going to be the ringstinger to end all ringstingers when he tries to pass it out the other end.

My memories of going to places like Bramhall Lane and Hillsborough almost entirely consist of the SYP going out of their way into provoking trouble. Cunts up there with the WMP. (20 years plus ago, mind)

Oh, and I would take Beckham. He offers something, even now. Certainly more than taking SWP would.

Ashley Young has not played even a half decent game since he got sent off at Sunderland last year, so pretty much 7 or 8 months ago. He needs to really up his game between now and the end of the season to have a sniff. I would have Milner ahead of him in the squad at the moment, and by a long way.

I know, we're really happy you eventually sold him to us. Oh *wink*

That was surely an own goal?

He's foreign and talented. It was difficult enough for O'Neill to buy him never mind play him. Almost but not quite right. He has no objection to foreign players, it is just foreign players playing outside the UK he can't manage.

He's fallen foul of Martin's Inexplcable Law of Full Backs which states that the most bizarre selection decisions he makes - and there are lots - will ALWAYS involve a dedicated full back losing ghis place to someone else.

Milner will be in trouble when Downing gets fit that's for sure. Unless MON decides to play Downing through the middle alongside Petrov, which he might do I guess. Ashley Young is the one who will be in trouble, before Milner. He hasn't had a good game for us since he got sent off at Sunderland last season. What was with his hobbling the other day? Stood about looking like he taken a bullet to the shin and then would sprint at full whack for a minute before repeating. He's carrying a knock, in fairness to him. He's a gigantic falling-over fanny, though.

Collins and Dunne have been absolutely excellent for us all season. When they signed, I was down in the dumps and miserable about it, but i have to say, they've been great. Bellamy and Dunne were the best two players on the pitch on Monday night, by a country mile.

Milner will be in trouble when Downing gets fit that's for sure. Unless MON decides to play Downing through the middle alongside Petrov, which he might do I guess. Ashley Young is the one who will be in trouble, before Milner. He hasn't had a good game for us since he got sent off at Sunderland last season.

I had a foot long Italian BMT from Subway today. Two observations. 1. It was very big. 2. It was packed full of low grade meat. It was bought from a Birmingham city centre branch of Subway, served to me by a rather brusque Eastern European bloke ('you want salad? what salad? what sauce *waves hand dismissively at sauces* what sauce?') and there were no football based adverts outside or in.

If Bellamy hadn't already legged it over to the supporter to have a pop at him, he wouldn't have been able to spit at him. He's an absolute fucking idiot, there is no excuse whatsoever for that kind of thing.

Portsmouth are absolutely terrible. Relegation certs.