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To think that in the past I've hated Liverpool, utter legends tbh.

At least 10 Championship teams through, with it possible to be 14, I reckon there'll be 11. With Norwich and Sheff Wed winning.

Watford ftw against that twat Warnock's side.

Havant equalise!

He should hop over the fence and train with us, teach Williamson and Stewart how to deliver fucking set pieces.

Bollocks to the FA Cup doesn't matter, we've been in the FA Cup semi-final twice in recent years and it has been brilliant both times, something to take our minds off the regular season as we a)stutter as a lower mid-table club with defensive tactics in the CCC (b) sit rock-bottom of the Premiership, being simply outclassed every week. Even though we lost to both Southampton and Manure, the two days out I've had to Villa Park (and other places on the way!) have been absolutely excellent. Although maybe this season, an early exit would be best, so we can sort out our home form and get promoted.

1) Premiership Winners Arsenal 2) FA Cup Winners Chelsea 3) Carling Cup Winners Arsenal 4) UEFA Champions League Winners AC Milan 5) UEFA Cup Winners Tottenham 6) Euro 2008 Winners France 7) Teams Promoted to premiership from championship Watford, West Brom, QPR 8) Teams Relegated from premiership to championship Derby, Sunderland, Birmingham

Soon days time?

What a fucking spanner.

I felt Young was overpriced when he moved, the sort of form and absolute brilliance that he shows now was exactly what we had from him in our promotion season, he started the Premiership season rather poorly in comparison and despite being decent, he didn't look £10M decent. Glad to see he's doing well, means we'll get the extra installments owed down to appearances etc.

I wish we didn't sell Young.

What a cross.

Something I've just read, which is interesting but irrelevant, however I'll stick it in this thread anyway. If Watford and Ipswich swapped home and away records the new team would either. Have their home record and our away record and 58 points from 24 games and be runaway leaders. OR Have our home record and their away record and 22 points from 26 games and be rock bottom. Strange, eh?

West Brom will MOST definitely occupy one of the automatic spots and if we can find any sort of home form we really should win this league, I see it as being tight between us and West Brom with the play-offs being nothing but a huge gamble. Can see anyone from Stoke, Charlton, Bristol City, Ipswich, Cardiff, Burnley, Crystal Palace, Plymouth or even Southampton or Sheffield United making a late charge. The problem with this league is that it is extremely competitive, 5 wins in a row can see a team in the lower mid-table side rise from there to a commanding play-off position, ala Crystal Palace since Warnock has taken over. West Brom and Bristol City are two excellent football sides however I believe that City don't have the strength in depth that West Brom do, not enough to sustain a title/automatic spot challenge at least. Even then, Charlton could easily bridge the gap between themselves and us and West Brom, there's more than enough time left for them to possibly rise and end up winning the league! West Brom have an excellent squad and can on their day beat anyone in this league convincingly, they play the right sort of football and I cannot see them finishing outside of the top two. Our chances on the other hand are somewhat odd. If we had won even 3/4 of our last 7 home games we would be 10 points clear. Even though our football is awful and our tactics are baffling we do seem to be able to squeeze out results when it matters. Even though we've been awful at home of late we remain level at the top of the league. We could, like West Brom or Charlton, easily win this league. However, if I had to put down a concrete list, it'd go like this. 1st - Watford (if we perform we are more than capable of doing this) 2nd - West Brom Play-offs - It is a lottery, but I can see Crystal Palace winning it, although I reckon Charlton, Stoke and Bristol City will make up the other teams in the play-offs, although there are likely to be many many twists and turns in this league and I can see Southampton and Sheffield United, although lurking in lower mid-table obscurity at the moment, rising up the league because their squads are too good not to. Although, it is going to be an exciting second half to the season, hopefully we win the damn thing then (!) stay up next season!

Why can we not play at home, when we're perfectly capable of playing well away? FFS, makes our home form even more frustrating.

Dirty bugger, saw him against Plymouth not long ago. Looked confident on the ball, decent passer but a fair few of his tackles went astray, didn't look afraid to get stuck into players, only 17 though, excellent prospect nonetheless. If he's tidy on the ball then that will do for me. Can play in a few positions as well can't he? Midfield and fullback? Yeah, played full-back against us but I was thinking that he's exactly what our midfield needs. Someone who can tackle AND pass. We seem to have no one who seems to be able to do this consistently.

Dirty bugger, saw him against Plymouth not long ago. Looked confident on the ball, decent passer but a fair few of his tackles went astray, didn't look afraid to get stuck into players, only 17 though, excellent prospect nonetheless.

I am actually shocked at how much Agbonlahor has improved, we had him on loan during our promotion campaign, I think we had him for a month. He wasn't poor by any means, but then he was hardly brilliant either, back then he looked like nothing in comparison to Young and McNamee (!). It's great to see young English talent perform at the top level though.

Gavin Mahon -> QPR

Breno has signed for Bayern?!

Merry Christmas to all of you. Good luck against Wigan on boxing day!

You really need to pick up.

He can replace Gavin Mahon.