maggiespaws

out of the blocks, 2nd half i reckon *puts blind optimism glasses back on*

come on boys. corner thansk to guti

offside ffs

Clutch harder

Think I'm narrowing it down now. Down to a Diamond Back, a GT (Outlook), a Saracen or a Mongoose. Womens bikes are harder to get, but I've got it down to either a diamond back or a mongoose for Mrs Paws.

viduka looks fucked after 25 mins

I can just imagine you cartwheeling down the aisle when we score ! "if anyone objects speak now or forever hold your peace" "YEEEESSSS FUCKING GET IN THERE OBA COME ON!"

Ditto. There's some nasty ones on that site, but none so very wrong as that one. I'm not sure it's from the 70's either. Look at the mum's trainers! They aren't from the 70's are they? EDIT: Just realised, you can't see her trainers in the original shot. One of the comments beneath the photo has a link to nother site which has the full photo on it. - That's the one I was referring to.

I think I might go retro for this game. Hmmm, maybe the green Asics third shirt will get an airing Are you insane You where exactly the same outfit, you go exactly the same route, you drink the same pint served by the same person in the same pub, you you bring mrs hips to the same unsatisfying climax at the same time in the same manner. You change one part of the routine you entertained for the game against Middlesbrough and we lose? Well sunshine, you've let yourself down and you're not to be allowed back on here Mind you, he's right. People have gotten week long bans for less :o

Ditto. There's some nasty ones on that site, but none so very wrong as that one. I'm not sure it's from the 70's either. Look at the mum's trainers! They aren't from the 70's are they?

Sums it up for me. He's looked poor of late, no question, but it's a bit early to write him off for me.

There is an extra bass drum beat in Know you enemy but I know what you mean, it's literally exactly the same without that extra drum beat, I wonder if that's what it's for? To be honest though a lot of drum introductions probably clash. Yeah, I've heard the same drum intro used elsewhere (can't remember the song atm though). Tbh I can't see Green Day 'borrowing' the drum intro from a Stone Roses song (although I listen to both bands so I guess they could too). It's just a coincidence imo. Made my ears prick up when I heard it for the 1st time on the radio though. Was expecting IATR not Green Day

Working from home this morning so I think I'll give it another listen

I've only ever got my own name on the back of a shirt.

Listened to it once, all the way through so far. Not sure tbh. Seems a bit soft for them.... maybe it'll grow on me. As for them being pretentious? Are you serious Oh and the opening drum beat for Do you know your enemy sounds like the beginning of I am the resurrection

This weekend decides a lot imo. I hope the Mancs get beat and need a result at Hull. A win for us will make the Villa game less tense. Fulham aren't a bad side at the minute in fairness, but their away record is poor - we need to capitalise on this.

The ball is in our court. We can offer him what we like, because he needs 1st team football if he wants to play for Oz and his injury record and age means he is not going to be in high demand from other teams.

I agree that match reports need to be accurate but in this situation I don't think players need to hear over the top criticism. The phrase "(Harper) who was otherwise absolute and utter gash" was not only unnecessary, it wasn't even true IMO. I have to say, I agree. The description was over the top imo. It insinuates he did nothing right all game and that's totally untrue. It's the same with their comments about Guti. Yes, it wasn't his greatest game but jesus it wasn't all bad. Other than that, I thought the rest of the article was pretty good. Not sure that Nolan was quite as good as they made out, but to be fair, I thought the 2nd goal came from a Guthrie cross until a read about it this morning So maybe I've missed other stuff Nolan did during the game too

I think describing Harper as utter gash is a little harsh, although I appreciate that people at the match get to see more of what he was/wasn't doing than those of us who had to settle for Setanta. He made some good saves and did try to keep the momentum going with quick distribution. However, I also agree he looks nervous. Given the importance of last night, I think he was more nervous than normal. He seems scared to come out and claim the ball on a few occasions last night in case it resulted in him making a mistake. Problem is, his reluctance to do so put the defence under more pressure, which on another day could have resulted in us conceding. How much match practice has he had though? All those years as Given's understudy have taken their toll I think. Thinking about it, don't Krul and Forster play the reserve games? Harper has probably forgotten what playing a football match is like :| Hopefully it'll come back with time. We need to strengthen in so many other areas, replacing him would not be a priority imo.

Wow, what a game. To come back from conceding the early goal and win the game, a game of this importance, showed they were up for the fight. I don't think Beye could do much about the deflection but I was pleased he kept his head up. He went on to have a good game. I can't completely agree with all the comments about Guti. He causes people problems and does run at people but as has become the norm for him - no end product. I don't recall him shirking a challenge though, I thought he got kicked as usual, with no protection from the ref, as usual. I've worked out the problem with Butt though - he's schizophrenic. One half of him is a great defensive midfield player, the other is a player who can't play forward. Last night he tackled, won the ball and clearly took one for the team with his yellow card (he knew he wasn't going to get the ball, but he had to stop the boro forward play). However, as soon as he tries to play the ball forward he switches to "useless fucker" mode. We counted 3 passes he made that reached a b&w shirt - all night. Most of them went to a red shirt or the middle of nowhere. Nolan was a lot better than he has been, but his distribution was poor at times. Guthrie kept making runs down the right and Nolan kept ignoring him. Guthrie had a good game and it was great to see someone actually play a decent corner. Duff played well at LB and I don't recall him doing anything wrong. He linked up with Guti (although a couple of times he played the ball to guti and didn't overlap which lost momentum). I thought Owen did ok and I think it was all part of the plan to bring him off after 70mins. Oba was never going to do more than 20 and I said that before that match started. The key was Viduka and last night he finally stepped up. Viduka is the key to our survival. Owen, Oba and our midfielders can play off him and he showed last night he still has it when he can be arsed to show it. Oba was lucky with his shot, but you need luck as well as skill to win matches and we were due some I'd start with the same 11 against Fulham or maybe swap Guti for Lovenkrands and bring guti on later in the match. I

Win for us. A 2:0 nailbiter. We'll score early on then they'll threaten to equalise all game before we make it 2 in the 87th. There, I've said it. Now that I have, it's cursed 'cos my predictions are never right

Feeling bullish and inexplicably optimistic - and thats before a pint has touched my lips. I think it's because I refuse to believe we'll go down - not that I haven't workout out it's a possibility you understand; I just think we'll get through by the skin of our teeth. I have this mental picture in my head of Indiana Jones sliding under a closing door then reaching back to grab his hat just in time. The Villa game with be the hat Of course, this refusal to entertain the possibility means that should this not happen, the crushing blow it will deal will probably leave me catatonic.

Went out to buy some new footy socks and ended up with 2x pairs socks, 2x training shirts, 2x training shorts and With Navy blue stripes. £65 down to £29 and I spotted them as I walked past the shop to the car. Couldn't resist for that price