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No wonder we have so many injured players, look at the last photo and how horrible of a challenge Cacapa is putting it - at practice of all places.

Oh, you mean the owner(s) that give us transfer money? Yeah, please do take them for all you can, we don't need any new players.

rose tinted glasses, etc, etc... although I do hope he gets back to his best, he really looked a player and could definitely help out Arsenal right now.

Man I really wish I could be a part of this.

Dunno if it's been said in this thread yet, but all hatred of S'land aside, Quinn is a class chairman. The Prem could do with a few more chairmen like him.

Surely we should be in for him? Also some reports that Ashton's gotta be sold from West Ham, anyone else rate him (bar injuries)?

I felt bad for him during his spell here. I think he's a decently good player, but anyone looks like shit when you're playing with Bramble to be fair.

Atmosphere was brilliant. Loved it, was my first game too. Ive never been to a game like it, f***ing brilliant, was close to tears at one point after the game when that bird was singing. Brilliant night becasue it was so unexpected. We were s*** at the time, a terrible season, and I think the general feeling people had was that they were only going along becasue they felt they 'had' to. I was blown away by the night and can still remember how I felt on top of the world the next day at work, I was f***ing buzzing for days afterwards. It wasnt even a proper game and it had a pantomime ending but the night just reaffirmed why the bloody hell I love this club. So emotional, there was Geordie magic in the air that night. http://www.nufc.pl/galeria/albums/userpics/10001/murawa.jpg Wasn't there myself (long journey from Florida) but two Christmas ago my girlfriend got me a scarf from it. Brilliant.

Do they not have transfer windows? How can they agree it publicly when the window is closed?

As long as we play someone on the left who has an equally free role.

Delap's throw ins are very easy to defend if your keeper commands the box and will come out to punch them away. The key is to have the person (or people) on the goal line come out and attack the ball rather than letting it get into the box un-attacked. The throw generally goes to the same spot every time so it's not hard to guess where it's going and prepare beforehand.

Two things: 1) If you only saw the second half then you probably shouldn't rate players, because... 2) You'll probably do something dumb like give Guthrie a 5. He really did a great job for a young player today, did a lot of breaking up and while it's not fancy, it's effective. Overall, the match wasn't pretty but I'll take it.

Would love it. You think Kinnear would ever do a 4-3-3 like we did at the end of last season? Given Beye Coloccini Bassong Enrique Jonas Barton Zoggy Owen Viduka Martins That would do me just fine if everyone were fit.

The smoggies have quietly built up a very good side that is definitely capable of beating us. Will be a good match to watch I reckon. I hope we nick it.

would love to see something like this: Given Beye ___ Coloccini ____ Bassong ____ Enrique Butt Jonas ______________________ N'Zogbia Owen Shola _______ Martins

If we could tighten it up a bit we'd be in good shape, we definitely don't have a particular problem scoring goals.

Playing pretty well tonight, could easily have had a goal or two. I love Martins' unpredictability, great asset to have in a striker if you can knock them in consistently.

Would be a good thing for N'Zogbia I'd reckon.

Is this post for real?

Is this thread really happening? It's not even November yet. Tighten up dudes, we'll be fine.

I watch my matches at the Harp and Celt, it'll be a ways from your Villa though, so I'd look into places on I-Drive (Best of British/Cricketeers Arms/George and the Dragon). Harp and Celt is a great pub if you can make it down Saturday for it. I wish I could join ya but I'll be at Halloween Horror Nights @ Universal.

Straight red is always 3 matches. Don't you get another one tacked on too if you lose your appeal?

Yeah because they need more strikers. God I hate Liverpool.

Ireland is a player who benefits greatly from having better players around him. It elevates his game and also makes him look better. In our squad, or a squad like say, blackburn, he would be total dogshit.