Neil

Has Rooney emerged from Distin's back pocket yet?

as posted before...most dont back them as back against the oppo ie darlo and torquay. Fair enough. The Darlo results ( ) were pretty much out of the blue but still, they're inconsistent. As for the weekend, not sure who yet but will probably stick a tenner on 3 or 4 teams. Seem to be a few 'decent' home teams at home.

Won't be there next season.

I've probably made it up but Torquay seem to have got the odd random draw with good teams recently, and Rotherham aren't the most consistent. Confused as to why so many continue to back them.

2 legs behind and he was 8/13? Blimey.

1-0 at home isn't a great result at all. I wouldn't be surprised to see them go out. better to win 1-0 at home and lose 1-0 away. I mean, at least they dont have any away goals. Can only see them going out on penalties - Unirea won't win by 2 goals.

In my honest opinion I think there should be a limit of how many changes you should be able to do between two matches (not counting injures/suspensions). 10 changes is just silly, whoever does it and for whatever reason they do it when none from the last match were injured or suspended. Would be a much more definite rule than "you should field your strongest team". How many is acceptable in your opinion then? Just out of interest. For the record, I do think McCarthy took the piss by resting 10 but I'd defend his right to name whatever team he likes for any individual game. And that's my point. It's up to the manager, NOT the FA of PL, to decide who plays. More than 7 is taking the piss. Think the limit should be 6 changes. I don't follow. What if there are injuries/suspensions? So if there are 6 injuries/suspensions that require a change of player, the manager is unable to change anyone else? I said discounting injuries/suspensions earlier in that discussion, you don't follow. It'd be a ridiculous rule though. Managers can do what they like with team selections ultimately, why on earth should they have restrictions? Losing the game was punishment enough and he would have had egg on his face if they'd lost their next game but as it was, he'll see it as a justified decision. Good on him if it keeps them up. I would like few things more than see Wolves go down and never come back up. If it was up to me McCarthy should've been sacked for blatantly throwing a game, just unprofessional and detrimental to the game, even if their three points at Burnley keep them up. Their best players should be able to manage 38 matches, they did 46 in the Championship ffs, resting them is no excuse. I agree the players shouldn't have beem tired but that's the decision he made. I think it would be a total disaster if managers' hands were tied regarding who they could and couldn't pick - injuries and suspensions usually limit them enough.

In my honest opinion I think there should be a limit of how many changes you should be able to do between two matches (not counting injures/suspensions). 10 changes is just silly, whoever does it and for whatever reason they do it when none from the last match were injured or suspended. Would be a much more definite rule than "you should field your strongest team". How many is acceptable in your opinion then? Just out of interest. For the record, I do think McCarthy took the piss by resting 10 but I'd defend his right to name whatever team he likes for any individual game. And that's my point. It's up to the manager, NOT the FA of PL, to decide who plays. More than 7 is taking the piss. Think the limit should be 6 changes. I don't follow. What if there are injuries/suspensions? So if there are 6 injuries/suspensions that require a change of player, the manager is unable to change anyone else? I said discounting injuries/suspensions earlier in that discussion, you don't follow. It'd be a ridiculous rule though. Managers can do what they like with team selections ultimately, why on earth should they have restrictions? Losing the game was punishment enough and he would have had egg on his face if they'd lost their next game but as it was, he'll see it as a justified decision. Good on him if it keeps them up.

Not really a big precedent as £25k isn't that big a punishment either way, clubs would just think "we can afford that fine." and do it anyways. Unless they're Pompey. It's the principle and moreover the politics of the FA butting in where they don't belong. That said, isn't there a rule stating a strong team must be played in each game? If that rule was actually implemented, why aren't teams being fined/punished in some other way every single week?

In my honest opinion I think there should be a limit of how many changes you should be able to do between two matches (not counting injures/suspensions). 10 changes is just silly, whoever does it and for whatever reason they do it when none from the last match were injured or suspended. Would be a much more definite rule than "you should field your strongest team". How many is acceptable in your opinion then? Just out of interest. For the record, I do think McCarthy took the piss by resting 10 but I'd defend his right to name whatever team he likes for any individual game. And that's my point. It's up to the manager, NOT the FA of PL, to decide who plays. More than 7 is taking the piss. Think the limit should be 6 changes. I don't follow. What if there are injuries/suspensions? So if there are 6 injuries/suspensions that require a change of player, the manager is unable to change anyone else?

Agree with the fact that resting the entire team virtually did come across as taking the piss but ultimately it's his job to keep them up over 38 games, and he saw it as the best thing to do in the long term. There is now a ridiculously dangerous precedent emerging here. What a shambles. Let the manager do what he wants. The quality of the team has nothing to do with it. Either way, what fucking right do the FA have of determining what is and what isn't a strong team? This truly is a ridiculous precedent. Not that they'll stick to it.

And Notts I'm afraid. But good luck.

Walk in the park...

The mongs' inability to produce a single goal (didn't care what the result was) nobbed me out of what would have been a decent win last night.

£3.70 on Notts County, Palace, Newcastle and Bayern. Not a lot this midweek, hopefully the weekend has some better looking fixtures.

Never has a 2-1 win been so fucking annoying. They were bloody nowhere in this tie.

2-1 at the moment.

We were cruising through, but thanks to Rodwell's horrendous pass and Distin's incompetence, we've gifted them a way back into this.

Unbelievable. FML.

Imperative we keep a clean sheet here.

Never stops does it? One day we'll have a fit squad.

Pienaar, 1-0. Not a good game but just about deserved. It's on ESPN.

And yeah Donovan is playing.

Saha tripped up one on one. Nothing.

uefa moved their match because liverpool are also playing at home thursday and they're uefas pets and the early kick off is because the match must be done before the champions league games start, which is utterly ridiculous imo. They'll struggle to get a decent crowd tonight with that kick off Fucking screwed us over good and proper. Wouldn't want to upset Liverpool though.