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PHB · 16-08-2008 4:30pm

Wheater gets his goal. Spurs as always falter

Feel bad for Gomez, he made an amazing save but the defence didn't respond to the rebound like the opposition.

Dave! · 16-08-2008 4:30pm

Wheater gets a goal

boro 1-0 spuds

Goddammit... have Woodgate on my team

glenjamin · 16-08-2008 4:33pm

Wheater for England!!!!

Tom65 · 16-08-2008 4:35pm

Middlesbrough to break the top 4 this season?

mike65 · 16-08-2008 4:37pm

This weekend possibly (they'll need to score a few more though!)

Mike.

Xavi6 · 16-08-2008 4:38pm

19 year old Keith Treacy just came on for Blackburn. Great to see another young Irish lad in the Prem.

Tom65 · 16-08-2008 4:43pm

Xavi6 wrote: »

19 year old Keith Treacy just came on for Blackburn. Great to see another young Irish lad in the Prem.

Speaking of Irish players, Caleb Folan makes it 2-1 to Hull.

estebancambias · 16-08-2008 4:43pm

Irish 'international' Caleb Folan scored for Hull.

Tusky · 16-08-2008 4:43pm

lineup :

Reina
Arbeloa
Hyypia
Carragher
Dossena
Kuyt
Plessis
Gerrard
Benayoun
Keane
Torres

Playing Plessis before Alonso is pretty dreadful to be honest. Alonso can do a better job as a defensive midfielder than Plessis. Also think its very strange to play Hyypia seeing as he has barely played in pre-season.

mike65 · 16-08-2008 4:44pm

Reina
Arbeloa-Carra-Hyypia-Dossena
Kuyt-Plessis-Gerrard-Benayoun

Keane-Torres

Subs: Cavalieri, El Zhar, Aurelio, Ngog, Skrtel, Agger, Alonso.

Mike.

glenjamin · 16-08-2008 4:45pm

Mido, Mido, Mido!!!!

PHB · 16-08-2008 4:45pm

Oh Spurs, you're such a funny team

Never a dull game

It's clear that Spurs desperately need a midfield enforcer, desperately. They've nobody who can win the ball back, noone.

mike65 · 16-08-2008 4:46pm

Jebus PHB you and your thread mix/match.

/dizzy

Mike.

estebancambias · 16-08-2008 4:46pm

Here I want Liverpool to win EPL, but that midfield is **** on paper.

PHB · 16-08-2008 4:48pm

Alonso dropped. Ballsy from Rafa. I think it might work today, but I don't think it'll work long term. Gerrard is now once again the deciding factor in whether or not Liverpool win. If he can perform well and dictate play well, Liverpool will win. If not, they will lose. 2 years ago all over again.

Chardee MacDennis · 16-08-2008 4:48pm

mike65 wrote: »

Reina
Arbeloa-Carra-Hyypia-Dossena
Kuyt-Plessis-Gerrard-Benayoun
Keane-Torres

Subs: Cavalieri, El Zhar, Aurelio, Ngog, Skrtel, Agger, Alonso.

Mike.

surely the formation will be

Reina
Arbeloa-Carra-Hyypia-Dossena

Plessis-Gerrard

Kuyt

Keane

Benayoun

Torres

strange that agger is on the bench, maybe since stevie is a holding mid Rafa doesnt want Agger coming forward with the ball as often as usual.

Helix · 16-08-2008 4:48pm

Tom65 wrote: »

Middlesbrough to break the top 4 this season?

sure theyre not playing anyone of note

spurs will continue to flounder until they sort their defensive game, thats been obvious for a long long while and still hasnt been addressed

estebancambias · 16-08-2008 4:49pm

PHB wrote: »

Oh Spurs, you're such a funny team Never a dull game

It's clear that Spurs desperately need a midfield enforcer, desperately. They've nobody who can win the ball back, noone.

They have one but sadly for them he is brainless. They should have signed Carsley.

mike65 · 16-08-2008 4:49pm

Alonso has a dead-ish leg apparently. Argies win today so Masch won't be back for a while

Mike.

glenjamin · 16-08-2008 4:50pm

Why is Rafa picking Hyypia ahead of Agger and Skrtel?

Oh and Aliadiere for League 2!

Tusky · 16-08-2008 4:51pm

Also - why is El Zhar on the bench above Nemeth ?

KnifeWRENCH · 16-08-2008 4:51pm

herbieflowers wrote: »

meh, all promoted teams make decent-ish starts.

Tell that to Stoke fans! :P

Chardee MacDennis · 16-08-2008 4:51pm

PHB wrote: »

Alonso dropped. Ballsy from Rafa. I think it might work today, but I don't think it'll work long term. Gerrard is now once again the deciding factor in whether or not Liverpool win. If he can perform well and dictate play well, Liverpool will win. If not, they will lose. 2 years ago all over again.

in fairness whatever player starts in those holding positions will dictate the play if they play well enough. not fair to say its like 2 years ago - we are a much better side in every position now.

machiavellianme · 16-08-2008 4:52pm

mike65 wrote: »

Alonso has a dead-ish leg apparently. Argies win today so Masch won't be back for a while

Mike.

But on the bright side, Babel is on his way home

Savman · 16-08-2008 4:52pm

lol @ Spurs

Champion's League, yer havin a laff :pac:

Helix · 16-08-2008 4:54pm

Savman wrote: »

lol @ Spurs

Champion's League, yer havin a laff :pac:

the most surprising thing is how many people bought the hype. i still cant understand it

Xavi6 · 16-08-2008 4:55pm

Blackburn win 3-2 with the last kick of the game.

Savman · 16-08-2008 4:55pm

Helix wrote: »

the most surprising thing is how many people bought the hype. i still cant understand it

All skill, no steele. Great game to watch, that Alves chap is a real catch.

I see Everton lost...woot!

glenjamin · 16-08-2008 4:56pm

Ramos isn't a premiership manager. You could get away with his tactics and offensive play in La Liga but not the Prem.

Welcome back Woody

Savman · 16-08-2008 4:58pm

glenjamin wrote: »

Ramos isn't a premiership manager. You could get away with his tactics and offensive play in La Liga but not the Prem.

Welcome back Woody

It was a good game to watch, Spurs flair for 10mins arsing with the ball then Boro would just hit them direct and cause all sortsa problems. Spurs: the new Arsenal.

Alves is a real handful, great find.

mike65 · 16-08-2008 4:59pm

Glad for Ince, he'll be under pressure the whole season (and it was at the Toffees expense

)

Mike.

Helix · 16-08-2008 5:00pm

Savman wrote: »

Alves is a real handful, great find.

hardly a find tho lol, its not like he was some hidden gem unearthed by middlesbrough

Savman · 16-08-2008 5:02pm

Helix wrote: »

hardly a find tho lol, its not like he was some hidden gem unearthed by middlesbrough

No but they gambled on him when nobody else would. Bit like Blackburn and Santa Cruz. Boro gonna have trouble holding onto Alves IMHO.

Helix · 16-08-2008 5:03pm

he needs to find his scoring touch tho

glenjamin · 16-08-2008 5:05pm

Savman wrote: »

No but they gambled on him when nobody else would. Bit like Blackburn and Santa Cruz. Boro gonna have trouble holding onto Alves IMHO.

Could well do. We need a good finish this season if we're going to hang on to most of our stars i.e. Alves, Downing and quite possibly Wheater.

Aquos76 · 16-08-2008 5:12pm

Goals from the Everton v Blackburn game
0-1
1-1
2-1
2-2
2-3

Arsenal 1 WBA 0
1-0

Dirk Gently · 16-08-2008 5:21pm

any decent web streams lads?

mike65 · 16-08-2008 5:21pm

Can I be the first to declare that Yossi is bloody useless and stands no chance no chance of either scoring or assisting today.

There, should be okay now.

Sundireland

01 Gordon
21 Chimbonda
05 Nosworthy
15 Collins
02 Bardsley
08 Malbranque
04 Tainio
20 Reid
10 Richardson
11 Diouf
14 Murphy

Substitutes
13 Ward, 06 Whitehead, 07 Edwards, 16 Chopra, 18 Leadbitter, 22 Higginbotham, 44 Stokes

Mike.

mike65 · 16-08-2008 5:25pm

http://www.justin.tv/barcelonaec (warning USA USA!)

http://www.justin.tv/chavulmb

Mike

Villain · 16-08-2008 5:38pm

That grey jersey really reminds me of the old Candy one

Xavi6 · 16-08-2008 5:38pm

Lol 2mins 2secs - Robbie Keane's first aimless stepover dummy that leads to the breakdown of an attack.

Some things never change.

Tom65 · 16-08-2008 5:42pm

mike65 wrote: »

Can I be the first to declare that Yossi is bloody useless and stands no chance no chance of either scoring or assisting today.

There, should be okay now.

Sundireland

01 Gordon
21 Chimbonda
05 Nosworthy
15 Collins
02 Bardsley
08 Malbranque
04 Tainio
20 Reid
10 Richardson
11 Diouf
14 Murphy

Substitutes
13 Ward, 06 Whitehead, 07 Edwards, 16 Chopra, 18 Leadbitter, 22 Higginbotham, 44 Stokes

Mike.

That's not a bad midfield they have there. Not a particularly good one either, but definitely an improvement on what they started with last season.

Xavi6 · 16-08-2008 5:49pm

Murphy shoulda scored an easy header.

yayamark · 16-08-2008 5:53pm

Villain wrote: »

That grey jersey really reminds me of the old Candy one

Thats exactly what i thought awwwwh brings back the memories of when i was a small fellow awwwwh used to wear it everywhere until the wife said no nookie for me unless i took it off, so i took it off last week.

Keane hasnt settled yet not giving ot only saying i know he will though. Diouf glad we sold him

Tom65 · 16-08-2008 5:53pm

Diouf looks so incredulous when things don't go his way. He should cheer up. Smile more

Chong · 16-08-2008 5:54pm

Andy Reid looks so unfit, how does he get away being so overweight?

Anyone know :S

mike65 · 16-08-2008 5:58pm

Sami may be as slow as a barge but he sure can head (apart from that early moment!).

Mike.

PHB · 16-08-2008 5:58pm

Van Zuylen wrote: »

Andy Reid looks so unfit, how does he get away being so overweight?

Anyone know :S

He may be 'overweight' but he doesn't even not do the running he's meant to. Also he's very talented so its fine

PHB · 16-08-2008 6:06pm

Gerrard is clearly on instructions to shoot on sight

Somebody doesn't rate Gordon

On a side note, how does Gerrard hit that corner so that it goes up and down so much. Which part of the ball does he hit?

mayordenis · 16-08-2008 6:06pm

**** reffing,
firstly if you let play go on your playing the advantage, the hint is in the name,
the advantage there was the clear penalty,
then the wall thing which bugs me in all games - I remember him booking someone who wanted the awall put back once.

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