Ishmael

Awesome finish

Fuck off Nolan.

Swansea so good at keeping the ball but doing nothing with it. We're just terrible. Kevin Nolan in particular, which is no surprise when he's against anyone with a vague degree of mobility (the fat immobile cunt him).

Cole will be back for the WC. Nice and fresh too

Except HIM of course... whatever his name is. Mr Portsmouth. TCWTB I'll think you'll find

I don't know, I mean they do have TCWTB

I don't like the idea of one club being wound up to set an example. Any club that gets their finances should face being wound up. Simple.

yes, i'm not sure what the rule be for them joining clubs though They'd be free agents, if the club does not exxist anymore then wo is to stop them ?? I assumed that there would be an auction as assets to claw back some of the money owed.

Btw, I've always liked Titus. Too many mistakes though

Assume they count as assets, so they'd be auctioned off? Maybe.

Taxman wants £4m, Portsmouth have offered £1.5m and have asked for an extra 28 days to find the cash.

Anyway it's ok, NOBODY would choose us over Wigan...

Oh Christ.

Downing's ever making an England squad is laughable. Only ever made it purely on being left-footed. Johnson looked dangerous at Boro, but they always seemed to waste him whenever I saw them play. Like others have said though, he'd have to perform very well in the EPL - like really really really make a super fast impact - to stand a chance of going.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00682/forsale_682416a.jpg Advert in the Financial times today. Anyone want to pitch in?

Disappointing start this. Hughton OUT

COUNTRY AND WESTERN AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Dave you shit!

I always assumed local radio stations couldn't be accessed by the rest of the UK for football matches? Was that ever the case?

http://l.yimg.com/i/i/uk/sp/engla18.jpg Oops

http://www.throwbackguy.com/images/nfl-new-england-patriots-tom-brady-12-06.jpg

Mid 90s, last two years of Primary school. A combination of the way we played, the players we had, Keegan, the strip...

TBH that PES was garbage.

He wasn't doing it a year ago because he was playing off a front man. Rooney is our best player but we shouldn't be basing the whole thing around him. Defoe is on fire this season and deserves to start. I would like 2 players up front who are capable of scoring please. If Heskey needs to come off the bench (I'd bring Crouch on ahead of him) then so be it. He shouldn't be starting. But can Rooney and Defoe form a solid partnership? It's not as easy as it sounds picking a team. You don't just pick the guy's who score the most goals to play up front. Why is Defoe scoring so many goals, for example? What system does he play in that allows him so many chances? If he was to start next to Rooney, would one limit the others opportunities? Would that be detrimental to the team? Can you see how difficult and uncertain it can be? Obviously, if Capello wants to see Defoe and Rooney together he will experiment. But at the moment, we've been winning starting Rooney and bringing Defoe on.

Why is it puzzling, when it has been pointed out and proven time after time what he brings to the team? Has scored 11 league goals in three seasons and he should start world cup - just because of 'bringing the best' out of Rooney? Rooney right now can play well with anyone. How many goals has Ashley Cole scored in that time? Do you think he should start? Thing is, everyone will have the obvious belief that "he plays up front - he should score goals" or "he doesn't score, but he assists loads". People need to see the bigger picture and look at the dynamics of the team. Capello has created a system for England which aims to get the best out of the best players (basically Rooney, Lampard, Gerrard), and some players are the supporting cast. Heskey is the supporting cast, he does not offer many goals or assists, but he allows the players around him to function to their best ability.

Deep lying midfielders are essential. Every team will operate with one in some form or another. Fabio has always gone with 2 for example, 1 of which tends to be more mobile (i.e. Lampard) and one prepared to play slightly more defensive (Barry). So both start from similar ground but Frank has more licence to get forward and Barry will always have one eye on covering others. Beautiful system which has won Fabio so many competitions.