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Yup, stupid reactionary thread. It was one game. Reminds me of the idiots saying Shola was a top Prem striker after the mackem game

All you had to do was google 'stoke city bet365' to find out their chairman owns it

Southgate is typical of the media in this country. The glassing incident was almost a year ago and he's been punished for it, so why on earth shouldn't he play? The other thing with that slag is nothing more than an accusation at the minute, and the NOTW story was pure fiction.

It's just so annoying to see the same players treating England games like an unnecessary chore time and again rather than an honour. They seem to think that since they have established their place in the team they don't need to turn up for friendlies. Ultimately it would be up to Capello to enforce it and i'm sure they would think twice about feigning an injury only to miraculously recover by the weekend if they knew they wouldn't play in the next qualifier

It would be interesting to see a list of players who pull out of England friendlies, yet are fine to play in the games before and after the internationals. Ryan Giggs is famous for it, Carrick had a big fuss made about him this summer when he pulled out of a squad then played in the charity shield, and this week we've got Ashley Cole and Joe Hart at it. Personally i think players that do this are a fvcking disgrace and it's time to start banning them if they can't be bothered to play for their country. While us Newcastle fans might not be happy about Carroll risking his fitness, he's at least showing the right attitude in wanting to play.

So when is the squad for France announced? Sat night/ Sun morning?

True, i fancy Aberdeen to bounce back myself and i think 13/8 is a decent enough price

Just the fact that Aberdeen are coming off a 9-0 loss i imagine?

Gooch as been scrapping with Ibra in training at Milan, shame there's no video http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11863_6489065,00.html

He's 29 years old, i don't think there's going to be too much more improvement. To be honest it's not so much the ott reaction that bothers me, more that this man has stolen a career when it has been crystal clear for at least 6 or 7 years that he is not good enough

The contrast between page 1 and page 10 in this thread is absolutely ridiculous. Shola is an awful footballer, 1 good game, albeit very, very good, does not make up for 9 years of complete s**t.

This isn't even worthy of the 'not worthy of a thread' thread, but i was just looking on the main page of wiki, and on the right hand side, the in the news section, there's a story about Mary MacKillop. Anyway, when i first saw it i thought someone had super imposed Big Sam's fat head onto her! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_MacKillop

Regarding Shearer calling David Silva, David Villa, this might explain it..... http://www.joinmust.org/forum/showthread.php?t=69572 Hopefully he was on the wind up

Wouldn't be surprised to see him and Harper do a joint testimonial

Rookie's mistake, always bet on no goalscorer instead of 0-0, same price and you if it finishes 1-0 with an own goal you still win!

Just having a little look on that Nufc blog and came across this little gem haha "We saw a lot of comments asking us if Gosling has signed – well we have no idea – but it’s fairly obvious he hasn’t yet"

Mallorca were another one i looked at who were a big price, but with their financial future uncertain i guess most of the players who helped them to a good finish this year will be leaving? There don't seem to be many lively outsiders, teams like Villarreal, Depor and Espanyol seem to be getting weaker every year, Valencia are selling Villa and Silva and probably won't replace them, and it looks like Sevilla and A Madrid are nailed on for 3rd and 4th (depending on what Valencia do in the transfer market). Shame how predictable its becoming, but still beats the EPL for overall quality

Putting my Euro bets on for next season, going for a couple of longshots in Borrusia Dortmund, PSG and Napoli each way. Need a La Liga team to complete my bet. I'm pretty confident no one's gonna break into the top 2 but i like the look of Bilbao at 22/1 to finish 3rd. Obviously Valencia, Sevilla and Ath Madrid are expected to finish above them but do they have any chance at all? And how important is it that they keep Javi Martinez?