Dr Kenneth Noisewater

They might miss the match, but it gives them an excuse to indulge in their other favorite hobby: wailing, hand-wringing and gnashing teeth.

The sooner he gets back to running his Adult Books store the better. Is that still there by the way?

what a stupid thing to say. 134129[/snapback] Alright, alright. What I meant was, it's not the principal they're bothered about, purely the (potential) Champions League cash. I bet any talk of legal action is dropped if Arsenal win the CL.

Would they want it replayed if they won? No. Will they want it replayed if Arsenal win the CL? No. The season is decided over 38 games, not just the last 90 minutes. Tough (or in the players concerned case, sloppy) shit.

Can someone PM me if/when the jugs are revealed, save me checking back.

Why take Hargreaves and Jenas but only four strikers? I wouldn't have thought Walcott was such a big gamble if he was one of five strikers rather than four. Would it really harm the squad to drop Jenas or Hargreaves and put Defoe or Bent in? I don't think so.

We would have won it, but were kicked out seconds before the final kicked off when Sepp Blatter realised our manager didn't have a Pro-licence.

What is the point of taking a player like Owen who relies on his sharpness if he is not sharp? An non-sharp Owen is worse than a 70% fit Rooney.

Graham is going to be like Chopra: Phenomenal at youth level, nowt special in the pros.

Hardly, he's nearly 21. 133691[/snapback] Oh. Is he any good then?

Is he the jorman Walcott?

The plane won't take off, the feathers won't kill you and the snakes can only get half-way up each other. FACT CUBED.

Just seen the squad, so apologies for not reading the whole thread, but fucking hell! After a million and one friendlies he suddenly decides untried Lennon, Walcott and Reo-Coker are the answer? And includes 'game-changers' Hargreaves and Jenas at the expense of Defoe and SWP? Don't make me laugh! And Rooney is in, but King who got the same injury three weeks earlier is ruled out? And he's only taking four strikers, two of which are injured, one has never played at Premiership level and one who is Peter Crouch!? Give me strength! It's full of contradictions, a shambles

A light but immensly strong net

For the purpose of this arguement, the feathers are loosly packed in a lightweight net.

That's how I interpreted it as well. So who wanted to sign Beattie, Bobby or Freddie?

Bobby Robson was in the papers this morning singing the praises of Michael Carrick and suggesting he should be in the England team after Rooney's injury. The most interesting quote of the article: "I wanted to sign Carrick for Newcastle in the summer of 2004 for £3million but my chairman prefered the cheaper option, Nicky Butt" Nice one Freddie.

Excellent result but... Was anyone else worried that Roeder put himself into check, tactically? Why did he go 5-3-2 when Nobby got injured? We seemed the better side initially playing 4-4-2. When they came out for the second half 4-4-2 he again switched formations to match them which left us with too many square pegs in round holes. Sorry to be such a miserable twat, but that concerned me (for the future) a little bit. Anyway, nice one Titus!

If the team sheets had been handed in does that count as one of their substitutions?

No Owen...

I've got a feeling he'd look shit for us anyway. Only stands out for Wigan because Jewell has got them so well organised.

-----------------Banks Neville - Adams - Moore - Pearce --Gascoigne - Robson - Waddle ----------------Charlton ----------Lineker - Beardsley Subs: Walker, Platt, Shearer