OTF

That's wrong for starters I thought that's wrong for starters, cos we finished on 58 in 05/06, I knew we ended well but not this well, nee wonder pigeon heed got the job. Tottenham (h) 3-1 3-1 Bowyer 2 Ameobi 25 Shearer 30pen 52,301 42 12 Middlesbrough(a) 2-1 2-0 og(Boateng) 29 Ameobi 44 31,202 45 10 Wigan (h) 3-1 2-1 Shearer 28pen, 66 Bramble 36 52,302 48 9 mackems (a) 4-1 0-1 Chopra 60 Shearer 61pen N'Zogbia 66 Luque 87 40,032 51 7 West Brom (h) 3-0 2-0 Solano 30 Ameobi 40pen, 90 52,272 54 =6 Birmingham (a) 0-0 0-0 28,331 55 7 Chelsea (h) 1-0 0-0 Bramble 73 52,309 58 7 Title winning form that. ...and that Bramble goal No way we're going to finish with form anywhere near that. A tougher run in this time around for us as well.

After saying what he said the pressure was on Barton to come out and perform. He failed spectacularly to do so, and was amongst our worst players so fair go to them to have their say. Barton had his, then immediately after proved himself wrong.

Has looked a little rusty of late, doesn't want to run at full pace and seems to have lost a little bit of bulk also. The injury and the constant speculation are no doubt playing on his mind.

Well that was a shit game, lots of poor performances and we didn't even get to see the promised 5 minutes of added time.

Ranger needs to come off. He's a black hole for the ball.

Not a bad sub to make, Saylor going off that is. Raylor on I'm not so convinced about.

Taylor incredibly lucky there. We're looking shit, not much avenue to change things up.

Barton's wanting too much time on the ball.

Yeah, could easily have not been given and we'd have gone in 2-0 to what is essentially a very poor side. We're not getting any value out of our right hand side (or the middle) in attack.

'twas a needless foul and a silly reaction from Barton. Williamson unlucky a little, Agbonlahor made the most of it. Barton needs to calm the fuck down.

Yeah Enrique is back. The talk of Ferguson or Raylor is to fill the midfield void resulting from Nolan's suspension (one guess is that Barton will be moved into central midfield).

The slimming magic of vertical stripes.

It's frustrating when Simpson does that, his biggest weakness, hopefully something he works on and improves. Habib Beye was great for us in the same positions, Simpson's probably quicker than Beye, but Beye's anticipation and timing in making tackles was all the difference. On Ryan Taylor being in the side to help out defending in wide areas - bad news. He's not a good defender by any stretch and is slow. Ferguson's defensive positioning was poor on a number of occassions, but that's to be expected given he's not a natural defender.

That's one good thing with New Vegas... even quite a way into the game there are still places where you are likely to die if you venture there. With no dart gun to slow down deathclaws they're much more deadly, plus there's a variety of other creatures that are more dangerous than in F3. I found the same in F3.. after a certain point I was able to go anywhere without any trouble, it took the excitement away that had existed in the earlier stages where I was scavenging for ammunition always on the lookout for potential enemies that could whoop my arse. The ability to have two followers is good for storing up stuff to sell, helping to generate funds, plus they come in handy for particularly enemy clad areas (you still get the XP for their kills). The DLC was the same for me.. even though they opened up the top level for the character it wasn't required to compete as the expansion stuff was no tougher than the regular game. It's also a bit of a time sink. I played F:NV quite a bit when it came out, but lost steam towards the end, and still haven't actually finished it.

Never a truer word spoken! Would have been a cracking first half to watch nonetheless.

The dark underground tunnels were a PITA in F3. Much improved in New Vegas.. though there are loads more bugs in NV. A better game, but more of an evolution of F3.. F3.5 maybe.

Disgusting. I like the current strip. It's also the bet one to wear of any since before the adidas with the blue northern rock (I've not played in any earlier ones). Nice and light, proper fitting with no chafing and shows no signs of wear after quite a few washes as well. One positive of this potential new one is that it wouldn't need washing as it'd never be worn.

Didn't realise that Ryan Taylor was back in contention. I think Ferguson has a bit more toe about him which will be important as they have some quick players who could leave Ryan Taylor in their wake. Also Taylor won't be needed for his set pieces with Barton in the side. Ferguson I'd say deserves a chance more than Taylor, who when given it not so long ago blew it big time by making a ridiculous challenge.

Wanker. Noone's suggesting he should be first or even second choice, but he clearly has the size and talent to play in this league. I've been as frustrated as anyone with some of his performances along the way mind you. It's crazy that he's the best striker we currently have on our books.

It was close. His cross come shot on Saturday nearly got him in. You are retard? Has to be taking the piss as last week he was trying to claim that a miss hit Ferguson cross was a shot. His cross to bear is proving that Ferguson is better than Jonas. I literally believe he's upset when Jonas has a good game.

For all the stats you want to throw at it Shola is a decent player. Capable of more than he produces were he able to maintain focus and effort. Even with that obvious liability he's an absolute handful for defenders. In 12 seasons 'starting' as you say he's frequently been third or fourth choice which explains the goal scoring tally when you also consider his horrible injury record which always seems to pop up just when he threatens to have some consistent form. As much as he can be a donkey on the pitch in certain circumstances he's clearly capable of competing at the highest level.

Unlike us Villa would be smart enough to have a clause in his loan that doesn't give him the opportunity to score against them. Sending him pre-crocked will see to it anyway I'd say?

With Nolan and Tiote unavailable I wonder who will play in midfield. Just a guess but if Enrique is back (which sounds reasonably likely) then Ferguson could play down the left shifting Jonas to the right and moving Barton in to the middle to partner Guthrie. Moving Barton away from where he's been playing so well is cause for concern but we really don't have many other options in midfield.

Pretty sure that FIFA rules don't permit appeals against yellow cards. FIFA rules :icon_lol: So that's potentially a 2 match suspension for possibly not even touching the playing that he was adjudged to have fouled?

Regarding the Nolan yellow card in this one, can anyone confirm whether he actually touched their player? When I first watched it it looked like he did, but apparently on a replay it was evident that he didn't contact their player? - If this is the case I assume the club will be appealing and he'll avoid the two match suspension?