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• Ratings Sun 12th May
  12 May 2013, 20:40
  
  SUN STAR MAN — DANIEL STURRIDGE (LIVERPOOL)
  FULHAM: Schwarzer 6, Riether 7, Hughes 5, Hangeland 6, Richardson 3 (Emanuelson 5), Duff 6, Karagounis 6 (Riise 4), Enoh 5, Kacaniklic 6 (Petric 6), Ruiz 5, Berbatov 7. Subs not used: Etheridge, Senderos, Frimpong, Rodallega.
  LIVERPOOL: Reina 6, Wisdom 6 (Enrique 6), Coates 6, Carragher 6, Johnson 6, Henderson 6, Lucas 5, Shelvey 6 (Borini 5), Downing 5, Sturridge 8, Coutinho 8 (Coady 3). Subs not used: B Jones, Assaidi, Suso, L Jones. Booked: Johnson.
  
  SUN STAR MAN — KEVIN MIRALLAS (EVERTON)
  EVERTON: Howard 7, Coleman 8, Jagielka 7, Distin 6, Baines 7, Mirallas 9 (Oviedo 5), Gibson 7, Osman 7 (Hibbert 5), Pienaar 6, Fellaini 7, Anichebe 6 (Jelavic 5). Subs not used: Mucha, Heitinga, Naismith, Barkley. Booked: Mirallas.
  WEST HAM: Jaaskelainen 8, Demel 5, Collins 7, Reid 6, O’Brien 6, Diame 5 (C Cole 5), O’Neill 5 (Noble 6), Collison 5 (J Cole 5), Nolan 7, Jarvis 6, Carroll 6. Subs not used: Henderson, Vaz Te, Taylor, Pogatetz. Booked: Collins, Demel.
  
  SUN STAR MAN — RIO FERDINAND (MAN UNITED)
  MAN UTD: De Gea 6, Jones 6, Ferdinand 8, Vidic 7, Evra 6, Carrick 7, Scholes 7 (Anderson 6), Welbeck 6 (Valencia 6), Kagawa 6, Hernandez 8 (Giggs 6), Van Persie 7. Subs not used: Lindegaard, Evans, Cleverley, Buttner.
  SWANSEA: Tremmel 6, Taylor 6 (Davies 6), Chico 6, Williams 5, Tiendalli 6, Dyer 6, Routledge 6, Britton 7, De Guzman 6, Hernandez 7 (Agustien 6), Michu 8 (Rangel 6). Subs not used: Cornelli, Lamah, Monk, Shechter.
  
  SUN STAR MAN — ROBERT SNODGRASS (NORWICH)
  NORWICH: Ruddy 6, Martin 7, R Bennett 6, Bassong 7, Garrido 6, Snodgrass 8 (Tettey 5), Howson 7, Johnson 7, Pilkington 7, Hoolahan 7 (E Bennett 5), Holt 7 (Becchio 5). Subs not used: Bunn, Whittaker, Jackson, Barnett. Booked: Hoolahan, Howson.
  WEST BROM: Foster 6, Reid 6 (Jones 5), McAuley 5, Olsson 6, Popov 6, Morrison 5, Yacob 6, Mulumbu 7, Rosenberg 6 (Brunt 5), Long 5, Lukaku 5 (Odemwingie 5). Subs not used: Myhill, Ridgewell, Dorrans, Tamas. Booked: Olsson.
  
  SUN STAR MAN — HATEM BEN ARFA (NEWCASTLE)
  QPR: Green 5, Bosingwa 3 (Fabio 6), Hill 6, Onuoha 6, Traore 5, Townsend 5, Jenas 5, Mbia 4 (Derry 6), Hoilett 6 (Taarabt 6), Remy 6, Zamora 5. Subs not used: Murphy, Park, Mackie, Granero. Booked: Mbia.
  NEWCASTLE: Elliot 4, Debuchy 5, Coloccini 7, Williamson 6, Yanga-Mbiwa 6, Cabaye 6, Tiote 6 (Perch 6), Gutierrez 7, Ben Arfa 7 (Harper 6), Cisse 5, Gouffran 6 (Obertan 5). Subs not used: Simpson, Anita, Marveaux, Campbell. Sent Off: Elliot. Booked: Elliot, Cabaye, Williamson.
  
  SUN STAR MAN — CLINT DEMPSEY (TOTTENHAM)
  STOKE: Begovic 6, Shotton 6 (Cameron 5), Shawcross 6, Huth 6, Wilson 5, Adam 5, Whitehead 6, Nzonzi 7, Etherington 5 (Wilkinson 6), Walters 6, Crouch 5 (Jerome 5). Subs not used: Sorensen, Jones, Owen, Kightly. Sent Off: Adam. Booked: Begovic, Shotton, Huth, Adam.
  TOTTENHAM: Lloris 6, Walker 7, Dawson 7, Caulker 7, Vertonghen 7, Lennon 6 (Defoe 6). Huddlestone 7, Parker 6 (Dembele 6), Dempsey 8 (Sigurdsson 5), Bale 7, Adebayor 6. Subs not used: Friedel, Naughton, Holtby, Carroll. Booked: Huddlestone.
  
  SUN STAR MAN — MORGAN SCHNEIDERLIN (SOUTHAMPTON)
  SUNDERLAND: Mignolet 7, Bardsley 7, O’Shea 6, Cuellar 6, Rose 7, Larsson 6 (Vaughan 5), N’Diaye 6, Colback 7, McClean 5 (Wickham 6), Johnson 6, Graham 6. Subs not used: Westwood, Kilgallon, Mangane, Marrs, Mandron.
  SOUTHAMPTON: Boruc 6, Clyne 6, Hooiveld 7, Fonte 7, Shaw 6, S Davis 7, Schneiderlin 8, Cork 6 (Ward-Prowse 6), Lallana 6 (Puncheon 6), Rodriguez 7, Lambert 7. Subs not used: K Davis, Yoshida, Forren, Mayuka, De Ridder. Booked: Rodriguez, Shaw.
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• Re: The Rounded Keeper - Pub Talk & Matchday Banter Thread 1
  12 May 2013, 14:04
  
  QPR: Green, Bosingwa, Onuoha, Hill, Traore, Townsend, Jenas, Mbia, Hoilett, Remy, Zamora
  (Subs: Murphy, Derry, Park, Taarabt, Mackie, Granero, Fabio)
  NUFC: Elliot; Debuchy, Williamson, Coloccini (c), Yanga-Mbiwa; Tiote, Cabaye, Gutierrez; Ben Arfa, Cisse, Gouffran
  (Subs: Harper, Simpson, Perch, Anita, Marveaux, Obertan, Campbell)
  
  Sunderland: Mignolet, Bardsley, Rose, Cuellar, O'Shea (c), N'Diaye, Larsson, Colback, McClean, Johnson, Graham.
  (Subs: Wickham, Kilgallon, Vaughan, Mangane, Marrs, Mandron, Westwood.)
  Soton Boruc, Clyne, Fonte, Hooiveld, Shaw, Cork, Schneiderlin, S. Davis, Rodriguez, Lallana (c), Lambert
  (Subs: K. Davis (GK), Yoshida, Forren, Ward-Prowse, Mayuka, De Ridder, Puncheon)
  
  Norwich: Ruddy; R.Martin, Bassong, R.Bennett, Garrido; Johnson, Howson, Snodgrass, Pilkington; Hoolahan, Holt (C)
  (Subs: Bunn; Whittaker, Jackson, E.Bennett, Becchio, Barnett, Tettey.)
  WBA: Foster; Reid, McAuley, Olsson, Popov; Yacob, Morrison, Mulumbu; Rosenberg, Long, Lukaku
  (Subs: Myhill (gk), Jones, Tamas, Ridgewell, Brunt, Dorrans, Odemwingie.)
  
  Everton: Howard, Jagielka (c), Baines, Gibson, Mirallas, Distin, Osman. Pienaar, Coleman, Fellaini, Anichebe
  (Subs: Mucha, Hibbert, Heitinga, Jelavic, Oviedo, Naismith, Barkley)
  WHU: Jaaskelainen, Demel, O'Brien, Collins, Reid, O'Neil, Diame, Nolan (c), Collison, Jarvis, Carroll
  (Subs: Henderson, Pogatetz, Taylor, Noble, J.Cole, Vaz Te, C.Cole)
  
  Fulham: Schwarzer, Riether, Hughes, Hangeland, Richardson, Duff, Enoh, Karagounis, Kačaniklić, Ruiz, Berbatov.
  (Subs: Etheridge, Riise, Rodallega, Petric, Emanuelson, Frimpong, Senderos)
  Liverpool: Reina, Johnson, Downing, Wisdom, Coates, Carragher, Lucas, Henderson, Shelvey, Coutinho, Sturridge
  (Subs: B Jones, Enrique, Assaidi, Borini, Suso, Coady, L Jones)
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• Re: GW36 Transfers
  29 Apr 2013, 14:49
  
  Not sure between:
  
  Berbatov Defoe
  
  or
  
  Berbatov Lukaku
  Jenas Maloney
  
  For a 4 point hit (my main ML rival - who's 20 points behind - has Maloney)
  
  Any advice folks?
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• Ratings - 27/28 April
  29 Apr 2013, 7:21
  
  Arsenal 1 - 1 Manchester United
  Dream Team Star Man: Michael Carrick
  
  Arsenal:
  Szczesny 6, Sagna 4, Mertesacker 7, Koscielny 7, Gibbs 7, Arteta 6, Ramsey 6 (Oxlade-Chamberlain 6), Walcott 7, Rosicky 7 (Wilshere 7), Cazorla 6, Podolski 6 (Gervinho 6). Subs not used: Mannone, Vermaelen, Monreal, Jenkinson. Booked: Sagna, Walcott, Oxlade-Chamberlain.
  
  Manchester United:
  De Gea 6, Rafael 6 (Anderson 6), Ferdinand 7, Evans 6, Evra 6, Valencia 6, Carrick 8, Jones 7, Nani 6 (Giggs 6), Rooney 6 (Hernandez 6), Van Persie 7. Subs not used: Lindegaard, Cleverley, Kagawa, Buttner. Booked: Evans, Jones, Rafael, Valencia, Van Persie.
  
  
  Chelsea 2 - 0 Swansea City
  Dream Team Star Man: Frank Lampard
  
  Chelsea:
  Cech 6, Azpilicueta 5, Cahill 6, Terry 6, Cole 6, Luiz 6, Ramires 2 (Lampard 8), Oscar 7, Mata 7, Hazard 8, Ba 6. Subs not used: Turnbull, Ivanovic, Torres, Mikel, Benayoun, Bertrand. Booked: Azpilicueta.
  
  Swansea City:
  Vorm 6, Rangel 6, Chico 6, Williams 5, Davies 5 (Taylor 5), Ki 6, Britton 5 (Schechter 5), Routledge 6 (Dyer 5), De Guzman 6, Hernandez 6, Michu 6. Subs not used: Tremmel, Monk, Moore, Tiendalli. Booked: Williams, Britton, Davies.
  
  
  Reading 0 - 0 Queens Park Rangers
  Dream Team Star Man: Armand Traore
  
  Reading:
  McCarthy 7, Gunter 6, Mariappa 6, Morrison 7, Kelly 6 (Harte 6), McCleary 5 (Le Fondre 7), Karacan 6, Guthrie 6, McAnuff 6, Pogrebnyak 5, Blackman 5 (Robson-Kanu 6). Subs not used: Taylor, Pearce,, Hunt, Carrico.
  
  Queens Park Rangers:
  Green 7, Bosingwa 5, (Fabio 6), Hill 6, Onuoha 6, Traore 7, Jenas 6, Granero 7, Mbia 5 (Mackie 5), Taarabt 6 (Hoilett 6) Remy 5, Bothroyd 5. Subs not used: Cesar, Derry, Park, Ben Haim. Booked: Granero, Fabio.
  
  
  Everton 1 - 0 Fulham
  Dream Team Star Man: Steven Pienaar
  
  Everton:
  Howard 7, Coleman 7, Jagielka 7, Distin 6, Baines 7, Mirallas 8, Osman 7, Fellaini 7, Pienaar 8, Jelavic 5 (Barkley 7), Anichebe 6. Subs not used: Mucha, Hibbert, Heitinga, Oviedo, Naismith, Duffy. Booked: Osman.
  
  Fulham:
  Schwarzer 7, Manolev 5, Senderos 6, Hangeland 6, Richardson 6 (Duff 6), Emanuelson 6, Karagounis 6 (Rodallega 6), Enoh 7, Kacaniklic 6, Ruiz 6, Berbatov 5 (Petric 5). Subs not used: Etheridge, Frimpong, Hughes, Frei. Booked: Enoh, Emanuelson, Manolev.
  
  
  Southampton 0 - 3 West Bromwich Albion
  Dream Team Star Man: Romelu Lukaku
  
  Southampton:
  Boruc 7, Clyne 6, Yoshida 5, Hooiveld 5, Fox 4, Schneiderlin 6, S Davis 6, Cork 5 (Ramirez 3), Lambert 6 (Fonte 6), Rodriguez 5, Lallana 5 (Mayuka 5). Subs not used: K Davis, Forren, Do Prado, Puncheon. Sent Off: Ramirez, Fox. Booked: Hooiveld, Fox.
  
  West Bromwich Albion:
  Foster 6, Reid 7, Olsson 7, McAuley 7, Ridgewell 6, Yacob 7, Dorrans 7, Fortune 7, Morrison 7 (Jones 6), Lukaku 8 (Thomas 6), Long 7 (Rosenberg 6). Subs not used: Myhill, Odemwingie, Tamas, Donervorn Daniels. Sent Off: Fortune. Booked: Yacob, Ridgewell.
  
  
  Stoke City 1 - 0 Norwich City
  Dream Team Star Man: Charlie Adam
  
  Stoke City:
  Begovic 6, Shotton 7, Shawcross 7, Huth 7, Wilkinson 7 (Cameron 6), Walters 7, Nzonzi 7, Whelan 6 (Whitehead 6), Adam 8, Jerome 6 (Etherington 5), Crouch 6. Subs not used: Sorensen, Jones, Owen, Kightly. Booked: Nzonzi, Jerome, Crouch, Walters.
  
  Norwich City:
  Bunn 6, Martin 6, R Bennett 6, Bassong 6 (Pilkington 4), Whittaker 6, Tettey 5 (Hoolahan 5), Howson 5, Johnson 5, Snodgrass 5 (E Bennett 5), Kamara 5, Holt 5. Subs not used: Camp, Garrido, Becchio, Barnett. Booked: Holt, Johnson.
  
  
  Wigan Athletic 2 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur
  Dream Team Star Man: James McCarthy
  
  Wigan Athletic:
  Robles 5, Boyce 8, Scharner 7, Figueroa 4 (Stam 5), Gomez 6 (Espinoza 5), McCarthy 8, McArthur 7, Beausejour 6, McManaman 6 (Di Santo 6), Kone 7, Maloney 7. Subs not used: Al Habsi, Caldwell, Watson, Henriquez. Booked: Gomez, Di Santo, Scharner.
  
  Tottenham Hotspur:
  Lloris 5, Walker 7, Dawson 4, Vertonghen 6, Naughton 6 (Assou-Ekotto 6), Parker 5 (Lennon 5), Huddlestone 7, Bale 6, Dembele 5 (Holtby 5), Dempsey 5, Defoe 5. Subs not used: Friedel, Sigurdsson, Caulker, Carroll. Booked: Dawson.
  
  
  Manchester City 2 - 1 West Ham United
  Dream Team Star Man: Samir Nasri
  
  Manchester City:
  Hart 5, Zabaleta 6, Kompany 7, Lescott 6, Clichy 6, Y Toure 7, Barry 6, Silva 7 (Milner 6), Nasri 8 (K Toure 5), Tevez 8 (Garcia 5), Aguero 7. Subs not used: Pantilimon, Dzeko, Kolarov, Nastasic. Booked: Zabaleta.
  
  West Ham United:
  Jaaskelainen 6, O’Brien 6 (J Cole 5), Reid 5, Collins 5, Demel 5, O’Neil 6, Diame 6, Vaz Te 5 (Collison 5), Nolan 5 (Taylor 5), Jarvis 6, Carroll 6. Subs not used: Henderson, C Cole, Noble, Pogatetz. Booked: Carroll, Collison, O’Brien.
  
  
  Newcastle 0-6 Liverpool
  
  DREAM TEAM STAR MAN — PHILIPPE COUTINHO
  
  NEWCASTLE: Elliot 6, Debuchy 5, S Taylor 6, Yanga-Mbiwa 4, Haidara 5, Sissoko 5, Tiote 5 (Anita 5), Cabaye 6, Perch 4 (Ben Arfa 6), Gutierrez 4 (Gouffran 5), Cisse 5. Subs not used: Harper, Williamson, Gosling, Ameobi. Sent Off: Debuchy. Booked: Debuchy, Gutierrez, S Taylor.
  
  LIVERPOOL: Reina 6, Johnson 6, Carragher 7, Agger 7, Jose Enrique 7, Henderson 8, Gerrard 8 (Borini 6), Lucas 7, Coutinho 9 (Suso 5),Sturridge 8 (Shelvey 5), Downing 6. Subs not used: Jones, Coates, Skrtel, Wisdom. Booked: Sturridge, Johnson.
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• Re: TFF chit chat 27th, 28th and 29th April.
  28 Apr 2013, 13:04
  
  Not overly important info but works as a reminder that the transfer deadline is in 27 minutes......
  
  
  1240:
  BREAKING READING TEAM NEWS
  Reading are unchanged from the starting line-up that lost 2-1 to Norwich last time out.
  1238:
  BREAKING QPR TEAM NEWS
  Chris Samba is left out of the starting line-up as one of five changes to the QPR starting line-up. Jermaine Jenas and Jay Bothroyd start for the Hoops.
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• Re: The Rounded Keeper - Pub Talk & Matchday Banter Thread 1
  28 Apr 2013, 12:37
  
  McCarthy; Gunter, Kelly, Mariappa, Morrison; Karacan, Guthrie; McCleary, McAnuff (C), Blackman; Pogrebnyak.
  Taylor, Harte, Pearce, Carrico, Robson-Kanu, Hunt, Le Fondre.
  
  Green, Bosingwa, Onuoha, Hill, Traore, Granero, Jenas, Mbia, Taarabt, Remy, Bothroyd
  Cesar, Derry, Park, Mackie, Fabio, Ben Haim, Hoilett
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• Re: saturdays star men
  14 Apr 2013, 13:05
  
  EVERTON: Howard,7 Coleman,6 Jagielka,6 Distin,6 Baines,7 Mirallas 7(Naismith 5), Osman6 (Jelavic 5), Gibson7, Pienaar, 6 Fellaini,7 Anichebe 8(Heitinga 4 )
  
  QPR: Julio Cesar,7 Bosingwa,6 Samba,6 Hill,5 Onuoha,6 Townsend7, Jenas,5 Park 5 (Taarabt 5), Granero 5 (Diakite 5), Hoilett,5 Remy 6
  
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  READING: McCarthy,9 Gunter,6 Mariappa,6 Morrison,5 Kelly,5 McCleary,6 Karacan 5 (Carrico 6), Guthrie,5 McAnuff,7 Pogrebnyak 5 (Blackman 6), Hunt 5(Le Fondre 6)
  
  LIVERPOOL: Reina,7 Johnson,6 Agger,6 Carragher,7 Jose Enrique,6 Henderson 5(Downing 6), Gerrard,7 Lucas,6 Coutinho,7 Suarez,7 Sturridge 7
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• Re: The Rounded Keeper - Pub Talk & Matchday Banter Thread 1
  13 Apr 2013, 14:05
  
  Arsenal: Fabianski, Sagna, Vermaelen, Koscielny, Gibbs, Arteta, Wilshere, Ramsey, Cazorla, Gervinho, Giroud (Mannone, Jenkinson, Monreal, Coquelin, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Walcott, Podolski)
  Norwich: Bunn; R.Martin, Bassong, Turner, Whittaker; Johnson, Howson, Tettey, Snodgrass, Kamara; Holt (Camp; Jackson, Fox, E.Bennett, Garrido, Becchio, R.Bennett.)
  
  Aston Villa: Guzan, Lowton, Vlaar, Baker, Bennett, Westwood, Delph, N’Zogbia, Weimann, Bowery, Benteke (Given, Holman, Sylla, El Ahmadi, Bent, Dawkins, Clark)
  Fulham: Schwarzer; Riether, Senderos, Hangeland, Richardson; Duff, Karagounis, Enoh, Emanuelson; Ruiz; Berbatov (Riise, Petric, Frimpong, Hughes, Rodallega, Manolev, Etheridge)
  
  Everton: Howard, Baines, Distin, Jagielka, Coleman, Pienaar, Osman, Gibson, Mirallas, Fellaini, Anichebe (Mucha, Heitinga, Jelavic, Oviedo, Naismith, Hitzlsperger, Barkley)
  QPR: Cesar, Bosingwa, Samba, Hill, Onouha, Townsend, Granero, Park, Jenas, Hoilett, Remy (Green, Diakite, Taarabt, Mackie, Fabio, Ben Haim, Bothroyd.)
  
  Reading: McCarthy; Gunter, Morrison, Mariappa, Kelly; Karacan, Guthrie; McAnuff, Hunt, McCleary; Pogrebnyak (Taylor, Harte, Pearce, Carrico, Leigertwood, Blackman, Le Fondre )
  Liverpool: Reina, Enrique, Johnson, Carragher, Agger, Lucas, Henderson, Gerrard, Sturridge, Suarez, Coutinho (Jones, Coates, Skrtel, Shelvey, Suso, Assaidi, Downing)
  
  Southampton: Boruc, Clyne, Yoshida, Hooiveld, Fox, Lallana, Cork, Schneiderlin, S. Davis, Ramirez, Lambert (K.Davis, Fonte, Ward-Prowse, Guly, Puncheon, Mayuka, Rodriguez)
  WHU: Jaaskelainen, Demel, Collins, Tomkins, O'Brien, O'Neil, Diame, Nolan, Jarvis, Vaz Te, Carroll (Henderson, Potts, Pogatetz, Taylor, Collison, C.Cole, Paulista)
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• Sunday Ratings
  08 Apr 2013, 0:16
  
  Dream Team Star Man: ANDROS TOWNSEND (QPR)
  
  Queens Park Rangers:
  Cesar 6, Bosingwa 6, Samba 5, Hill 6, Traore 5 (Onuoha 5), Townsend 8, Jenas 5, Mbia 6, Hoilett 6 (Taarabt 5), Remy 8 (Mackie 5), Zamora 2. Subs not used: Green, Park, Granero, Ben Haim. Sent Off: Zamora. Booked: Remy, Samba.
  
  Wigan Athletic:
  Robles 6, Alcaraz 6, Scharner 6, Figueroa 6 (Espinoza 5), Boyce 7, McCarthy 6, Gomez 6, Beausejour 6 (McArthur 6), McManaman 6 (Di Santo 5), Kone 7, Maloney 8. Subs not used: Al Habsi, Caldwell, Henriquez, Stam. Booked: McCarthy, Alcaraz, Figueroa.
  
  Chelsea 2 - 1 Sunderland07/04/2013 15:00
  
  Dream Team Star Man: BRANISLAV IVANOVIC (Chelsea)
  
  Chelsea:
  Cech 7, Azpilicueta 7, Ivanovic 8, Luiz 7, Bertrand 6, Ramires 7, Mikel 8, Oscar 6, Mata 6 (Lampard 6), Hazard 6 (Benayoun 6), Ba 6 (Torres 8). Subs not used: Turnbull, Ferreira, Marin, Terry.
  
  Sunderland:
  Mignolet 6, Bardsley 7, Kilgallon 6, O’Shea 7, Rose 6, N’Diaye 6, Gardner 6 (Colback 5), Larsson 5 (McClean 5), Sessegnon 6, Johnson 6, Wickham 6. Subs not used: Westwood, Graham, Mangane, Mandron, Laidler. Booked: Gardner, Rose.
  
  Newcastle United 1 - 0 Fulham07/04/2013 15:00
  Dream Team Star Man: SYLVAIN MARVEAUX (Newcastle)
  
  Newcastle United:
  Krul 7, Simpson 6 (Campbell 5), Yanga-Mbiwa 6, Taylor 7, Santon 5 (Anita 6), Marveaux 8, Cabaye 7, Sissoko 6, Gutierrez 7, Cisse 7, Gouffran 6 (Ameobi 5). Subs not used: Elliot, Williamson, Bigirimana, Obertan. Booked: Gutierrez, Sissoko.
  
  Fulham:
  Schwarzer 7, Riether 7, Hangeland 7, Senderos 6, Riise 6, Manolev 6 (Rodallega 5), Karagounis 6, Enoh 6 (Frimpong 6), Duff 5, Ruiz 6, Berbatov 6. Subs not used: Etheridge, Richardson, Hughes, Frei, Emanuelson. Booked: Riise, Senderos.
  
  Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 2 Everton07/04/2013 14:05
  Dream Team Star Man: GYLFI SIGURDSSON (Tottenham)
  
  Tottenham Hotspur:
  Lloris 6, Walker 7, Dawson 6, Caulker 5, Vertonghen 6, Sigurdsson 8, Parker 7 (Carroll 6), Dembele 7 (Huddlestone 6), Holtby 7, Dempsey 7, Adebayor 7. Subs not used: Friedel, Naughton, Livermore, Assou-Ekotto, Ceballos. Booked: Dempsey.
  
  Everton:
  Howard 7, Coleman 7, Jagielka 7, Distin 7, Baines 7, Mirallas 8 (Naismith 6), Heitinga 6, Gibson 6, Barkley 7 (Jelavic 7), Osman 7, Anichebe 7. Subs not used: Mucha, Oviedo, Hitzlsperger, Stones, Duffy. Booked: Mirallas.
  
  Liverpool 0 - 0 West Ham United07/04/2013 13:30
  Dream Team Star Man: JAMES COLLINS (West Ham)
  
  Liverpool:
  Reina 6, Johnson 6, Carragher 6, Agger 7, Enrique 6, Henderson 5 (Assaidi 5), Lucas 6, Gerrard 7, Downing 5 (Sturridge 6), Coutinho 6, Suarez 6. Subs not used: Jones, Coates, Suso, Shelvey, Skrtel.
  
  West Ham United:
  Jaaskelainen 7, Demel 7, Tomkins 8 (Pogatez 5), Collins 8, O’Brien 6, O’Neil 6, Vaz Te 5 (Collinson 6), Diame 7, Nolan 6 (Taylor 6), Jarvis 6, Cole 5. Subs not used: Henderson, Maiga, Chamakh, Potts. Booked: O’Brien.
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• Re: Gameweek 32 Transfers. Deadline; Sat 6 April 2013, 11:30
  05 Apr 2013, 14:06
  
  
  eastcentral1 wrote:
  Archy wrote:

  RidleyMTB wrote:

  I think several people (myself included) will have the problem of who to transfer in for Bale, as they already have the most obvious choice (Cazorla). Walcott & Fellaini being injured/suspended has made it a really tricky decision.
  
  I don't see many of the other DGW players as being all that appealling (Osman, Arteta, Gervinho, Nolan, Man Utd midfield lottery, Duff ).
  
  As mentioned already, another option is to go for someone who will have a DGW in the future (Mata/Hazard/Lampard) but I suspect many will already have Mata and adding another Chelsea player with rotation risk makes me nervous.
  
  As for Man City (Yaya/Silva) - their fixture is not great this week and if they lose to Man Utd this weekend, the title race is all but over and they are just playing for second. Possible motivation issues may then arise? Silva's form is not that great either.
  
  That leaves a short term player that has good fixtures as a stop gap until the DGW (GW36?). Liverpool have 2 great fixtures coming up (WHM, rea), so I am struggling to see beyond Gerrard or Coutinho as a Bale replacement. Gerrard is expensive but you have the penalties appeal and is a good priced marker for another high priced Mf in the DGW. Coutinho is a lot cheaper, is slotting into the team well and could return good attacking points. He also frees up a lot of cash for future moves, so adds a lot of flexibility to your team.
  
  I am struggling to chose between the 2

  
  
  I'm in the same boat.
  
  My current thinking is to play a player i would have kept on the bench this week (Jenas) and save the transfer for next week.
  
  Then do Bale Fellaini next week and
  Defender Baines with the money this frees up

  
  
  aren't you better off making the fellaini transfer now, to avoid the bale price drops?
  
  
  Not in a hurry cos Bale needs to drop 0.2m before i lose out. Good point though, thanks.
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• Re: Gameweek 32 Transfers. Deadline; Sat 6 April 2013, 11:30
  05 Apr 2013, 13:50
  
  
  Archy wrote:
  RidleyMTB wrote:

  I think several people (myself included) will have the problem of who to transfer in for Bale, as they already have the most obvious choice (Cazorla). Walcott & Fellaini being injured/suspended has made it a really tricky decision.
  
  I don't see many of the other DGW players as being all that appealling (Osman, Arteta, Gervinho, Nolan, Man Utd midfield lottery, Duff ).
  
  As mentioned already, another option is to go for someone who will have a DGW in the future (Mata/Hazard/Lampard) but I suspect many will already have Mata and adding another Chelsea player with rotation risk makes me nervous.
  
  As for Man City (Yaya/Silva) - their fixture is not great this week and if they lose to Man Utd this weekend, the title race is all but over and they are just playing for second. Possible motivation issues may then arise? Silva's form is not that great either.
  
  That leaves a short term player that has good fixtures as a stop gap until the DGW (GW36?). Liverpool have 2 great fixtures coming up (WHM, rea), so I am struggling to see beyond Gerrard or Coutinho as a Bale replacement. Gerrard is expensive but you have the penalties appeal and is a good priced marker for another high priced Mf in the DGW. Coutinho is a lot cheaper, is slotting into the team well and could return good attacking points. He also frees up a lot of cash for future moves, so adds a lot of flexibility to your team.
  
  I am struggling to chose between the 2

  
  
  I'm in the same boat.
  
  My current thinking is to play a player i would have kept on the bench this week (Jenas) and save the transfer for next week.
  
  Then do Bale Fellaini next week and
  Defender Baines with the money this frees up
  
  
  aren't you better off making the fellaini transfer now, to avoid the bale price drops?
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• Re: Gameweek 32 Transfers. Deadline; Sat 6 April 2013, 11:30
  05 Apr 2013, 13:19
  
  
  RidleyMTB wrote:
  I think several people (myself included) will have the problem of who to transfer in for Bale, as they already have the most obvious choice (Cazorla). Walcott & Fellaini being injured/suspended has made it a really tricky decision.
  
  I don't see many of the other DGW players as being all that appealling (Osman, Arteta, Gervinho, Nolan, Man Utd midfield lottery, Duff ).
  
  As mentioned already, another option is to go for someone who will have a DGW in the future (Mata/Hazard/Lampard) but I suspect many will already have Mata and adding another Chelsea player with rotation risk makes me nervous.
  
  As for Man City (Yaya/Silva) - their fixture is not great this week and if they lose to Man Utd this weekend, the title race is all but over and they are just playing for second. Possible motivation issues may then arise? Silva's form is not that great either.
  
  That leaves a short term player that has good fixtures as a stop gap until the DGW (GW36?). Liverpool have 2 great fixtures coming up (WHM, rea), so I am struggling to see beyond Gerrard or Coutinho as a Bale replacement. Gerrard is expensive but you have the penalties appeal and is a good priced marker for another high priced Mf in the DGW. Coutinho is a lot cheaper, is slotting into the team well and could return good attacking points. He also frees up a lot of cash for future moves, so adds a lot of flexibility to your team.
  
  I am struggling to chose between the 2
  
  
  I'm in the same boat.
  
  My current thinking is to play a player i would have kept on the bench this week (Jenas) and save the transfer for next week.
  
  Then do Bale Fellaini next week and
  Defender Baines with the money this frees up
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• Re: TFF chit-chat 30th and 31st March and 1st April
  01 Apr 2013, 19:37
  
  Fulham: Schwarzer, Riether, Senderos, Hangeland, Riise, Duff, Karagounis, Sidwell, Dejagah, Ruiz, Berbatov. Subs: Etheridge, Frimpong, Richardson, Hughes, Rodallega, Frei, Emanuelson.
  
  QPR: Julio Cesar, Bosingwa, Samba, Hill, Traore, Townsend, Mbia, Jenas, Taarabt, Zamora, Remy. Subs: Green, Park, Mackie, Granero, Onuoha, Ben Haim, Hoilett.
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• Re: The Rounded Keeper - Pub Talk & Matchday Banter Thread 1
  01 Apr 2013, 19:13
  
  Schwarzer; Riether, Senderos, Hangeland (c), Riise; Dejagah, Sidwell, Karagounis, Duff; Ruiz, Berbatov.
  Subs: Etheridge (GK), Hughes, Richardson, Frimpong, Frei, Emanuelson, Rodallega.
  
  Cesar, Bosingwa, Samba, Hill, Traore, Mbia, Townsend, Jenas, Remy, Taarabt, Zamora.
  Subs: Green, Park, Mackie, Onuoha, Granero, Hoilett, Ben Haim.
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• Re: GW31 Transfers...
  28 Mar 2013, 18:52
  
  What do people think of Sissoko Osman? Can't really see a way to get Cazorla in at the moment
  splimsplam wrote:
  
  Sissoko Osman
  Guthrie Jenas
  
  Any thoughts?
  
  I see you are considering Osman as well. At the moment he's only in my thinking because he's a doubler I can afford which worries me slightly. His two games before the double aren't exactly great and he's probably the third best Everton midfield option.
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• Re: GW31 Transfers...
  28 Mar 2013, 15:49
  
  This gameweek is pivotal to me, probably like many of you out there.
  
  I lost top spot before the international break and now I'm 20 points adrift.
  
  Its really tough chasing points because there is not much difference in my team and his.
  
  So... I've got one eye on the double game week and this is influencing my transfers and possibly clouding my judgement. I have 2 transfers this week and I'm currently toying with ditching a couple from this lot:
  
  Davies (swa)
  Dawson
  
  Mata
  Sissoko
  Michu
  
  I've also got Gutherie who needs to go but I'm in no rush with him.
  
  I'd like to bring in 1 or 2 from the likes of Mertesacker, maybe Jenkinson , Osman, Cazorla, Lampard
  
  Its a tough one this week and my judgement is shot to bits because I'm chasing points !
  
  At the moment I've done:
  
  Davies Mertesacker
  Michu Osman
  
  The Michu one bothers me though. Although he's not really on form at the moment on paper he pisses all over Osman!
  
  I could play it safe this week and just go with
  
  Sissoko Osman
  Guthrie Jenas
  
  Arrrgggghhhhh decisions decisions! This is turning into death by deliberation!
  
  Any thoughts?
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• Re: GW31 Transfers...
  22 Mar 2013, 16:22
  
  Jenas costs 4.2m atm... well worth the risk if you're after a cheap bench warmer.
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• Re: GW31 Transfers...
  22 Mar 2013, 13:36
  
  
  sstaffsw wrote:
  Thanks guys, I'd forgotten about Townsend.
  
  ...or Jermaine Jenas... even cheaper
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• Eddie Elbows: Nurse - my pills!
  20 Mar 2013, 19:42
  
  Welcome,
  
  And groveling apologies for my tardiness. Well, I had quite a high old time last week. On Monday I received a letter from the town Clerk of Works apologising for the stricken steam-roller which blocked the main gates the other week, and offering a twenty percent reduction in next year’s Council Tax by way of compensation. Bingo! Then on Tuesday another contrib to the Elbows’ coffers as three selections in my Ruby Walsh Cheltenham yankee came in and I trousered a cool £650. Wednesday results were disappointing and I decided on Thursday that my win had been luck rather than judgement, at any event the Memsahib returned from her missionary trip to the Isle of Wight and I would have been subjected to considerable fire and brimstone had I been suspected of frittering away the family fortune on the gee gees. Then we had the white smoke at the Vatican and the new Pope – an Argie if you please! I wonder if he dives in the box. Many wags have rather fancifully likened the new pontiff to ‘Super,smashing, great’ Jim Bowen of ‘Bullseye’ fame. A bit far-fetched in my view, but then again we’ve never seen them in the same room have we. Saturday saw my Fantasy Six Nations team ‘Fluffy Kittens’ overcome an eight point deficit to win the local egg-chasers’ superleague by a phenomenal 12 points. Other Englishmen will have been choking on their crumpets as Cuthbert crashed over the line to land the second Welsh try, but I was in raptures having selected the gangly monster in my XV. No moulah will change hands unfortunately but I’m expecting several congratulatory pints next time the boys are in the Badger. Now I’ve got a cup of java on the go, some sausages in the pan and Big Bill Broonzy on the turntable. So as the Americans have it – beat me daddy, eight to the bar. WEEK 30:
  
  Everton 2 City 0
  
  TRULY awful against Wigan in the cup, a week of hard tack and flogging seemed to have done Everton’s scurvy knaves the power of good. Eleven years the steady hand on the Everton tiller, there can have been few wins that will have given the Moyesiah greater satisfaction than seeing his ten men outwork, outfight, and outplay Mankinis’s overpaid poltroons, and when you pause to consider that Everton’s transfer budget is probably less than City’s hair-dressing bill it puts the feat into perspective. Osman’s swerving 30 yarder was worthy of winning any game and though City will doubtless bemoan the penalty that never was, the Toffees will point to the Mirallas goal that never was, and additionally to Pienaar’s questionable dismissal. All in all Lee Probert had a bit of a stinker really but while his errors were uncharacteristic, fortunately they proved not to be pivotal. Fellaini saw his tenth yellow of the season and as I understand these things will now miss the Stoke and Tottenham games, though he did at least have the good grace to bag an assist for Jelavic’s injury time second which was a welcome layer of icing on the Goodison gateau. Séamus Coleman was probably MOTM. The spaghetti-legged Irishman was a constant menace down the Everton right, and set up Osman for the opener as well as looking a lot more assured defensively. Toffeetastic!
  
  Aston Villa 3 QPR 2
  
  A THRILLER at the Villa which produced five goals and some very silly defending. After a determined start the QPR got their snouts in front when the adolescent Villa midfield got a horrible case of the after-you-Claudes allowing Jenas to nick the ball and advance. The Spurs enigma fed Bobby-Z whose initial effort was saved by Guzan, but JJ arrived on cue to despatch the loose ball. Lambert’s youngsters levelled in first half injury time after the Rangers defence stopped and admired Lowton’s deep cross which then landed right on Agbonlahor’s head and bounced over the line. Tea, Hobnobs and a chin-wag. Ben Techie and Weimann ought to have done better with early second half chances, but with an hour on the clock the Villains took the lead when the latter tried his luck from just inside the area and the ball went through the Brazilian stopper’s plasticine wrists like a dose of salts. With less than 20 to go and Villa’s young legs turning to jelly, Andros Townsend gave a Park layback the full treatment and the ball took a deflection off Vlaar’s heel and beat the diving Guzan. Ten from the final whistle the mercurial Weimann bamboozled the visitors defence and pulled back for the unmarked Ben Techie. Cesar had committed the cardinal sin of going outside the width of his posts and the Belgian beefcake took full advantage of the empty net. Remy ought to have levelled but headed wide, and Hill sent a rasper just off target with the last kick of the game. Close for ‘Arry, but no La-Di-Da.
  
  Stoke 0 West Brom 0
  
  In the old days when men worked 20 hours a day down the factory and had rickets and outdoor lavs, the idea of spending two hours in the cold and rain of a Saturday afternoon watching grown men kicking lumps out of each other had a certain appeal, especially when the front room had a leaky ceiling, all fifteen kids were under foot, and the only thing to amuse was counting the cockroaches. These days with modern creature comforts such as roofs and chairs there’s really no rational reason to watch Stoke yet over twenty thousand otherwise sane adults were happy to part with their hard earned, and were treated to a suffocating hour and a half of unremitting tedium. Kenwyne Jones’ egregious late miss saw the Trinidadian hold his head in his hands, but most of the crowd had been doing that for well over an hour. It was all too much for Michael Owen who decided to hang up his boots after four decades of fox-in-the-boxery.
  
  Southampton 3 Liverpool 1
  
  AFTER their two steps forward against Wigan and Tottenham came the all too familiar backward step in Liverpool’s epileptic fandango of a season; already trailing to a Schneiderlin 6th minute tap-in, Lambert piled on the agony when his 30 yard free kick deflected off the visitor’s wall and beat Jones at his far post just after the half hour. Rodriguez and Lallana spurned chances to make it an even unhappier St Patrick’s day for Brendan Rodgers, and it was rather against the run of things just before the interval when Coutinho was on the spot to finish off Johnson’s parried effort from close range. The visitors don’t seem to have done much to advance their cause after lemons and when they allowed Rodriguez to dance the light fantastic right through the centre of their midfield and back four the ex-Burnley man beat Jones at the second attempt to complete the scoring and the Reds blues.
  
  Sunderland 1 Norwich 1
  
  HALF an inch, half an inch, half an inch onwards. . . . . The Canaries might have come away with all three points here were it not for two spats of self harming; having taken the lead when Kamara’s goal bound header was given a helpful nudge over the line by Wes Hoolehan, Bunn was correctly sent to the naughty step for handling outside the area. Reduced to ten men Norwich’s hopes took another kick in the goolies when Bassong was rather unfortunately adjudged to have handled in the area and Craig Gardener stepped up to the spot and did what Craig Gardener does best. A Larsson rasper was capably dealt with by sub stopper Lee Camp, and Graham couldn’t convert on the follow-up. Holt, and Sessegnon muffed decent chances after the break, and matters remained precariously in the balance. The visitors ought to have had a bit of payback when Danny Rose handled in the Mackems’ area but Chris Foy capped off an indifferent afternoon by dodging the issue and awarding a free kick instead. Sheesh. Kamara will be one to keep an eye on next season I fancy.
  
  Swansea 0 Arsenal 2
  
  CONTINENTAL casualties Arsenal set about reeling in local top four rivals Tottenham and Chelsea with this fortunate win in Welsh Wales. Whilst Oxo Chamberlain was pursuing his own personal vendetta against Vorm’s cross bar at one end, Rangel and Michu spurned good chances at the other. Even Stevens at the sit down, the second half did little to raise the spirits in terms of goal mouth excitement, but, with twenty to go the introduction of Ramsey and Gerv ‘The Swerve’ seems to have had the desired effect Wengerwise; a period of sustained pressure where the Swans were unable to clear their lines lead to Monreal receiving the ball inside the area and his lacklustre shot evaded a forest of legs before crossing the line. The home side poured forward but couldn’t get close enough to see the whites of Fabianski’s eyes and Gervinho via Ramsey added and injury time Arsenal second as the home side were caught on the counter. Joining an increasingly long line of Spanish conquistadors then is Nacho Monreal whose goal and unsullied bedding garnered him eleven points which tawdry amount was sufficient to secure the week 30 *STAR MAN* award. It is now over six hours since “must-have” Michu has caused the back of the net to ripple. The words ‘beach’, ‘the’ and ‘on’ spring to mind.
  
  Manchester United 1 Reading 0
  
  WITH barely (ta) twenty minutes on the clock, Reading’s forwards went galloping down the Old Trafford pitch with dreams of glory in their hearts, but Rio Ferdinand lay in wait, picked off a square pass, beat a challenge and set up Rooney for the winner which took a huge deflection before looping over Taylor. Managers who had lashed their dreams to Rooney’s mast were probably feeling pretty smug at this point, but a piss poor showing from United thereafter produced little else by way of genuine goal threat. In terms of entertainment it was highway robbery if you ask me, the champions elect are doing little more than going through the motions. Reading couldn’t muster a shot on target though they looked after the ball pretty well and they did at least give United some jittery moments at the death.
  
  Tottenham 0 Fulham 1
  
  This week’s coupon buster is bought to you by Tottenham Hotspur Plc, their bonkers manager and their tight fisted chairman. Their Milan mauling behind them the guy Army were expecting a much improved stint from ABV and the boys, and a customary home win over Fulham. What they got was a dull-as-ditchwater first 45 the only memorably moment of which was a Bale header which was cleared off the line by Riether. Caught upfield seven minutes after the restart, Benny Ekotto slipped allowing Riether a head start as the German full back went careering down the right flank played a 1-2 with Dejagah and crossed for Berbatov who converted scruffily at the near post. Drat. Hangeland might have made it 2-0 but headed narrowly wide. Two late, close range Defoe chances went straight at Schwarzer who didn’t know much about either save, but nonetheless got MOTM in the Telegraph! Tired players – yada yada, air miles – blah blah blah, Thursday game – waffle waffle. How about no width, no penetration wrong personnel and wrong formation Mr Boas, and how about the lack of striking options Mr Levy? The stats say Spurs had a pretty good go at it but after the great escape on Thursday perhaps it was the genie in AVB’s bottle that needed a break.
  
  Chelsea 2 West Ham 0
  
  This was rather close to being football’s equivalent of ‘One Man and His Dog’. Benitez barking out instructions from the sidelines whilst his Mata and Hazard busily darted in and out of West Ham’s flock until their neurotic sheep were harried into stasis. After 20 minutes of torture the visitors back four stood rooted to the spot as Hazard crossed and unmarked Fat Frank did the honours with a close range header. The Belgian turned scorer five minutes into the second period capitalizing on a cheeky lifted pass from Mata. Two nil at stumps, but it could have been five or six if not for Jaaskelainen’s knees and some slipshod finishing. Demba Ba’s movement was as good as his finishing was poor. The Senegalese striker has been a big disappointment so far but must surely turn the corner sooner or later. West Ham had a Carroll goal wrongly ruled out and Cech denied Carlton Cole from close range but the visitors were otherwise little more than lambs to the slaughter.
  
  Wigan 2 Newcastle 1
  
  Right let’s deal with the tackle first. I think young McManaman is perhaps a bit of a hot head, and it certainly looked a rash challenge. The acid proof is that on close examination, whilst he may have a baby face his eyebrows definitely meet in the middle, and that my friends equates to guilty as charged under Elbowian jurisprudence. He’ll get a fair trial and a fair hanging. Now to matters spherical. After an early reminder of Steven Taylor’s aerial prowess the Latics took the lead when McManaman’s cross took a fortuitous deflection and Jean Beausejour took a swing from seven yards. Maloney’s long range drive needed saving, and McArthur (or McArthur I’m not sure which) was through on goal only to be denied by a last-ditch Gutierez tackle. The Magpies only chance of note fell to Cisse who rather typically hoisted the ball high over the bar from 7 yards. A cup of cha evidently refreshed the visitors who got level with 20 to go through Santon who was the recipient of a Cisse up-and-under and finished nicely from 14 yards and 45 degrees. Papiss ‘C’ has knocked in a few late winners of late, but it was his opposite number Arouna Kone who had the last laugh here – though he didn’t know much about it; some post-corner bagatelle saw the ball fall to Eliot who could only palm it onto the Ivorian’s tootsies, and the ball rebounded into the net from less than a yard. A vital three points for the Latics then who had a couple of huge strokes of luck along the way, but the stats indicate that it was nothing more than they deserved. Wigan for the cup I tell you. Nurse – my pills!
  
  UPDATE:
  
  Not much to get the juices flowing this week, and with an average score of about 33 I doubt there were many managers beating their chests. My season shows no signs of pulling its socks up and the chastening truth is that with well over 20 transfers thrown willy nilly through the TFF window my best team is still twenty three points behind the best starting XI! Waddya mean sack the manager? Low down:
  
  TEAM – - – - – - – - – POS
  
  CARL HOOPER- – - – - – 1,443
  REPROBATES – - – - – - 6,078
  MIX D- – - – - – - – - 6,196
  
  Well it’s another cursed international break this weekend and I dare say we’ll see a few players coming back in body bags. However the Montenegro game is vital and will go a long way to deciding whether England spend next summer in Brazil or Bognor, and your correspondent’s creaking fingers and addled brain are due a bit of a rest as well. At least there’s the Auckland test to look forward to Kiwi weather permitting. Off to see the U21s tomorrow, and I’ve a party to attend on Saturday.
  
  Tatty bye,
  
  EE
  
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• Re: Mystery FISO X1 12/13 (and drunken gibbering thread)
  18 Mar 2013, 23:42
  
  I'm less grumpy this week about my TFF lot. Having a moderately Chelsea heavy set of teams meant that I've scored pretty well generally, even if in most teams I scored the princely sum of 4 pts from my attackers. Then again so did most people. There are 7 strikers in the game that are in at least 10% of managers' teams. Only one of them (Rooney) got more than 2 points. Slackers…..
  
  The top scoring 11 this weekend were….
  One of seven 6-pt keepers (Cech, Schwarzer, Begovic, de Gea, Foster, Fabianski, Mucha)
  Monreal (11), Reither (9), Ferdinand (9)
  Hazard (10), any three from Lampard, Hoolahan, Jenas, Gardner, Beausejour, Schneiderlin, Townsend, Coutinho (3*7)
  Rodriguez (10), Weimann (9), Giroud (8)
  
  That's 336 different ways that you could have achieved the highest score without transfers of 93. Sadly the manager of the week only managed 78, but to be fair Ferdinand is one of the 11 so it was always a long shot!!
  
  The average score this week (again without transfers) looks around 29 which was low enough to make me wonder whether my formula was right, but considering 30 points will earn you 118,225th position on the weekly table, then I guess it's reasonably accurate-ish. Also, I was surprised to discover that the average team this week only had between 8 and 9 players actually on the pitch. There's enough Ivanovics, Rafaels, Walkers, Agueros etc etc to mean quite a few teams were at least a man short. 11% still have Torres too, but that's actually quite heart warming and goes to prove not everyone takes this game too seriously.
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• Weekend ratings 16th/17th March
  17 Mar 2013, 20:10
  
  SUN STAR MAN — SASCHA RIETHER (FULHAM)
  
  TOTTENHAM: Lloris 6, Naughton 6, Dawson 5 (Dempsey 6), Caulker 6, Assou-Ekotto 6, Vertonghen 6, Parker 6, Sigurdsson 5 (Defoe 6), Bale 7, Adebayor 6, Dembele 6 (Carroll 5). Subs not used: Friedel, Holtby, Walker, Livermore. Booked: Dempsey.
  
  FULHAM: Schwarzer 7, Riether 8, Senderos 6, Hangeland 6, Riise 6, Karagounis 6 (Enoh 5), Sidwell 6, Dejagah 7, Duff 5, Berbatov 8, Ruiz 6 (Emanuelson 3). Subs not used: Etheridge, Petric, Richardson, Hughes, Rodallega. Booked: Dejagah.
  
  REF: M Jones 8
  
  
  
  SUN STAR MAN — EDEN HAZARD (CHELSEA)
  
  CHELSEA: Cech 6, Azpilicueta 5, Cahill 6, Luiz 7 (Terry 80), Cole 6, Ramires 6, Lampard 7, Moses 6 (Oscar 5), Mata 7 (Mikel 5), Hazard 8, Ba 5. Subs not used: Turnbull, Ivanovic, Torres, Bertrand.
  
  WEST HAM: Jaaskelainen 6, Demel 5, Collins 6 (Tomkins 6), Reid 6, O’Brien 5, O’Neil 5, Diame 5 (Taylor 5), Collison 6, Jarvis 6, Vaz Te 5 (C Cole 5), Carroll 6. Subs not used: Spiegel, McCartney, Pogatez, Chamakh. Booked: Reid, Demel.
  
  REF: M Oliver 6
  
  SUN STAR MAN — RUSSELL MARTIN (NORWICH)
  
  SUNDERLAND: Mignolet 7, Gardner 7, O’Shea 7, Cuellar 7 (Bramble 5), Rose 7, Johnson 5 (Wickham 5), Vaughan 7, Larsson 5, Sessegnon 6, Fletcher 5, Graham 5 (McClean 5). Subs not used: Westwood, Bardsley, N’Diaye, Colback. Booked: Larsson.
  
  NORWICH: Bunn 4, Martin 8, Bassong 7, Turner 7, Garrido 7, E Bennett 7, Johnson 8, Howson 7, Snodgrass 7 (Whittaker 5), Hoolahan 6 (Camp 6), Kamara 6 (Holt 5). Subs not used: Jackson, Fox, Becchio, R Bennett. Sent off: Bunn. Booked: Snodgrass, Holt, Camp.
  
  REF: C Foy 7
  
  
  
  SUN STAR MAN — JAMES McCARTHY (WIGAN)
  
  WIGAN: Robles 6, Scharner 7, Alcaraz 8, Figueroa 6, Boyce 6, McCarthy 8, Gomez 6, Beausejour 7 (Di Santo 6), Maloney 7, Kone 7, McManaman 6 (McArthur 7). Subs not used: Al Habsi, Caldwell, Henriquez, Stam, Golobart. Booked: Scharner.
  
  NEWCASTLE: Elliot 7, Debuchy 5 (Haidara 6, Perch 6), S Taylor 7, Yanga-Mbiwa 6, Santon 7, Marveaux 6, Tiote 6, Gutierrez 7, Gouffran 7 (Ameobi 6), Sissoko 6, Cisse 6. Subs not used: Harper, Anita, Gosling, Obertan. Booked: Perch, Gutierrez.
  
  REF: M Halsey 6
  
  
  
  DREAM TEAM
  
  SUN STAR MAN — ANDREAS WIEMANN (ASTON VILLA)
  
  ASTON VILLA: Guzan 8, Lowton 8, Vlaar 6, Clark 6, Baker 4 (Bennett 4), Sylla 5 (N’Zogbia 4), Westwood 6, Bannan 6, Weimann 9 (Bowery 2), Benteke 7, Agbonlahor 8. Subs not used: Given, Holman, Dawkins, Carruthers. Booked: Sylla, Bannan, Weimann.
  
  QPR: Cesar 6, Bosingwa 7, Samba 8, Hill 6, Fabio 5 (Taarabt 5), Park 6 (Mackie 2), Mbia 6, Jenas 7, Remy 5, Zamora 4 (Hoilett 3), Townsend 6. Subs not used: Murphy, Wright-Phillips, Granero, Onuoha. Booked: Mbia, Hoilett.
  
  REF: K Friend 6
  
  
  
  DREAM TEAM
  
  SUN STAR MAN — SEAMUS COLEMAN (EVERTON)
  
  EVERTON: Mucha 7, Coleman 9, Heitinga 7, Distin 7, Baines 6, Mirallas 7 (Naismith 6), Gibson 7, Osman 8, Pienaar 4, Fellaini 7, Anichebe 7 (Jelavic 5). Subs not used: Springthorpe, Oviedo, Neville, Barkley, Duffy. Sent Off: Pienaar (61). Booked: Fellaini, Pienaar, Osman, Jelavic.
  
  MAN CITY: Hart 6, Zabaleta 6, Toure 5 (Sinclair 5), Nastasic 7, Kolarov 5, Javi Garcia 6, Barry 5 (Nasri 5), Milner 5 (Clichy 5), Tevez 5, Silva 5, Dzeko 5. Subs not used: Pantilimon, Lescott, Razak, Lopes. Booked: Kolarov, Dzeko, Silva.
  
  REF: L Probert 3
  
  
  SUN STAR MAN — RIO FERDINAND (MAN UNITED)
  
  MAN UTD: De Gea 6, Smalling 6, Ferdinand 8, Vidic 7, Buttner 6, Welbeck 6, Giggs 6, Anderson 5 (Kagawa 5), Young 6 (Carrick 6), Rooney 7, Van Persie 6. Subs not used: Lindegaard, Evans, Valencia, Hernandez, Powell.
  
  READING: Taylor 6, Kelly 6 (Morrison 5), Pearce 6, Mariappa 7, Shorey 6, Karacan 7, Leigertwood 6, McAnuff 6, Robson-Kanu 5 (Le Fondre 5), McCleary 6, Hunt 5 (Blackman 5). Subs not used: McCarthy, Gunter, Harte, Akpan. Booked: Hunt, Kelly.
  
  REF: L Mason 7
  
  
  SUN STAR MAN — NACHO MONREAL (ARSENAL)
  
  SWANSEA: Vorm 6, Rangel 6, Williams 6, Monk 6, Davies 7, Dyer 6 (Moore 5), Britton 7, De Guzman 6, Ki 7 (Routledge 5), Hernandez 6, Michu 5. Subs not used: Tremmel, Bartley, Lamah, Shechter, Tiendalli. Booked: De Guzman.
  
  ARSENAL: Fabianski 6, Jenkinson 5, Mertesacker 6, Koscielny 6, Monreal 7, Arteta 6, Diaby 5 (Ramsey 7), Walcott 5 (Gibbs 6), Cazorla 7, Oxlade-Chamberlain 6 (Gervinho 7), Giroud 7. Subs not used: Szczesny, Vermaelen, Rosicky, Coquelin. Booked: Arteta.
  
  REF: J Moss 7
  
  
  
  SUN STAR MAN — JAY RODRIGUEZ (SOUTHAMPTON)
  
  SOUTHAMPTON: Boruc 6, Clyne 7, Yoshida 6, Hooiveld 6 (Fonte 7), Shaw 7, Schneiderlin 7, Cork 7, Rodriguez 8, Ramirez 6 (S Davis 6), Lallana 7 (Do Prado 5), Lambert 7. Subs not used: K Davis, Forren, Ward-Prowse, Puncheon.
  
  LIVERPOOL: Jones 6, Johnson 5, Agger 5, Skrtel 4, Jose Enrique 6, Allen 4 (Lucas 4), Downing 5, Gerrard 5, Coutinho 7, Suarez 6, Sturridge 5 (Henderson 5). Subs not used: Gulacsi, Suso, Shelvey, Ibe, Wisdom. Booked: Suarez.
  
  REF: P Dowd 7
  
  
  SUN STAR MAN — RYAN SHAWCROSS (STOKE)
  
  STOKE: Begovic 6, Shotton 6, Shawcross 7, Wilson 7, Cameron 7, Jerome 5 (Adam 6), Whelan 5 (Whitehead 6), Nzonzi 6, Etherington 7, Walters 5, Crouch 5 (Jones 5). Subs not used: Sorensen, Owen, Kightly, Wilkinson. Booked: Shotton, Etherington.
  
  WEST BROM: Foster 7, Jones 6, McAuley 7, Olsson 7, Ridgewell 6, Thomas 5 (Odemwingie 5), Yacob 7, Morrison 6 (Fortune 5), Mulumbu 6, Brunt 6, Lukaku 5 (Long 5). Subs not used: Myhill, Popov, Rosenberg, Tamas. Booked: Brunt, Morrison.
  
  REF: M Dean 7
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• Re: GW31 Transfers...
  17 Mar 2013, 15:30
  
  Townsend or Jenas
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• Re: BAP chaps bonus predictions
  16 Mar 2013, 17:46
  
  GW30
  
  THE BAP CHAP SAYS:
  
  Osman 3, Fellaini 2, Mucha 1 (in the mix Baines, Coleman)
  Weimann 3, Agbonlahor 2, Jenas 1 (in the mix Benteke, Lowton)
  Lambert 3, Rodriguez 2, Schneiderlin 1
  Odemwingie 3, N’Zonzi 2, Ridgewell 1 (in the mix Shawcross)
  Monreal 3, Gervinho 2, Jenkinson 1 (in the mix Cazorla)
  Rooney 3, Ferdinand 2, Giggs 1 (in the mix Smalling)
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• Re: The Rounded Keeper - Pub Talk & Matchday Banter Thread 1
  16 Mar 2013, 15:23
  
  jenas (zamora)
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• Re: The Rounded Keeper - Pub Talk & Matchday Banter Thread 1
  16 Mar 2013, 14:11
  
  Arsenal team: Fabianski, Jenkinson, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Arteta, Diaby, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Cazorla, Walcott, Giroud
  
  QPR Line-up v Villa: Cesar, Samba, Hill, Park, Jenas, Remy, Bosingwa, Fabio, Zamora, Townsend, Mbia,
  
  Aston Villa XI: Guzan, Lowton, Vlaar, Clark, Baker, Westwood, Bannan, Sylla, Agbonlahor, Weimann, Benteke.
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• Eddie Elbows: A Load of Boruc!
  12 Mar 2013, 20:10
  
  Cold enough for you? Like being stabbed through the chest with icicles out there isn’t it. Thank God for Uncle Joe’s Mint Balls and woollen underpants I tell you. Now, good news. Vicky Pryce has been detained at Her majesty’s pleasure along with the chinless wonder Huhne. Hurrah. I have been very close to writing to the Press Complaints Commission on more than one occasion over the last few months. I’m sick to the back teeth of this woman’s horrendous boat race and her Ronnie Corbett glasses leering at me at every turn of the page. Perhaps it will now be possible to pick up a newspaper or turn on the television without feeling a shudder up the spine and having to reach for a brandy to keep the old ticker going. Have the media no mercy. I think we’re all indebted to the judiciary for banging her up. I’m going to see if Cardew knows the old duffer in question and I’ll send him a case of Port for his troubles.
  
  Well that was a bigger of a weekend for your correspondent thanks to the powers that be who kindly scheduled the Anfield, and Old Trafford matches so they overlapped. Compounding matters I have been inveigled into joining a Six Nations super league (currently 2nd place) so was trying to keep tabs on Twickers as well, and all the time suffering from post Dunedin sleep deprivation. On TMS there was much discussion between Michael Vaughan and A N Other as to whether Finn the fast bowler/night watchman could go on to make a ton after having reached his maiden 1st class 50 at about one run every eight overs.
  
  “Well Michael, do you think he can do it?”
  
  “Not unless were playing ‘til Wednesday.”
  
  OK, ready for some more sesquipedalian outpourings. I thought so. WEEK 29:
  
  Everton 0 Wigan 3
  
  NOT even David Icke was mad enough to predict this one. A first half Wigan performance full of pace and brio saw their front five repeatedly lacerate Everton’s midfield and effectively put the Latics into the semi-final hat. Jelavic was useless at one end, Heitinga was spectacularly bad at the other, and for once Fellaini just wasn’t in the mood for a bit of goalmouth GBH. A trio of rapier strikes in a three minute spell just after the half hour inflicted the blue wounds; Osman having dozed off at a Gomez corner left Figueroa unattended and the Honduran had the simplest of task of converting. Almost straight from the restart McManaman pounced on Neville’s abysmal backpass, scorched past Distin and beat Mucha with ease. Almost straight from the restart the impressive Kone escaped down the Latic’s left flank and squared for Gomez who unleashed a demon curler which the stand-in keeper could only admire and was probably goal of the week. The Toffees were half-baked from start to finish and from back to front and their midfield when it wasn’t AWOL was completely done for pace. On a positive note pie sales have gone through the roof since the Latics landed the plum semi final tie against either Blackburn or Millwall. Wigan for the cup? – why not!
  
  QPR 3 Sunderland 1
  
  ANDROS Townsend sounds very much like a firm of Greek travel agents and the promising Spurs loanee is making the most of his short trip across the capital catching the eye here as he almost single handedly unpicked Sunderland. The Hoops’ notched up their fourth win of the campaign, and, for the first time scored more than twice! Almost straight from the get-go Townsend and Hoilett adopted a shoot on sight policy which had little effect other than to intimidate the spectators and endanger the stewards, but it was at least a sign of intent. Despite this bravado Martin O’Neil’s walking wounded took the shock lead completely against the run of play when Fletcher stuck out a foot to deflect AJ’s miscued shot past Green twenty minutes in. Lucky, lucky, lucky, as a certain Antipodean chanteuse would have it. Yet there was also more than a whiff of fortune about the equalizer ten minutes later, as Townsend’s 25 yard effort spun off O’Shea’s knees straight into the path of Remy who was coolness personified and levelled from close range. An AJ effort apart, very little seems to have happened after the restart, but with 20 to go the Loftus Road roof nearly came off when a Mackems’ clearance fell to Townsend who chested the ball down and unleashed a monstrous, swerving, dipping volley which beat Mignolet all ends up. Some goal. The visitors seem to have been unable to respond and right at the death another Sunderland clearance fell to the enigmatic (aka unreliable lead-swinger) Jermaine Jenas who took a leaf out of Townsend’s book and smashed home from the edge of the ‘D’. Two in four for the Tottenham loanee – two in four years that is. All praise ‘Arry the redeemer.
  
  West Brom 2 Swansea 1
  
  WELSHMEN of the round ball persuasion trudged out of The Hawthorns with their leeks at half mast having succumbed to the flukiest of own goals, and having seen a late equalizer incorrectly ruled out for off side. The neat and tidy Swans controlled possession and got their beaks in front on the half hour when De Guzman’s corner was deftly headed in by Luke Moore, but the Baggies led by the beast Lukaku carried plenty of goal threat of their own, and were level seven minutes later when Dorrens’ splendid first time cross was dispatched thanks to the Belgian’s equally splendid first time shot. Albion were on top from the restart, and seemed to have earned their reward when Routlege tangled with Jones (I think) in the box and ‘Master of Darkness’ Lee Mason extended his dexter digit. Alas Lukaku’s spot kick was a cross between a pea-roller and a daisy cutter and Vorm gratefully snaffled the ball. On the hour, the moment of truth; a McAuley header was cleared off the line by Rangel but hit De Guzman on the shoulders and ricocheted back into the Jacks’ net. Harsh. Even harsher was malfeasance by Mason and his henchmen who ruled out Lamah’s leveler three minutes from time. As his namesake Lemar sang “There’s not much justice in the world.” Interesting fact of the week is that the characters in the BBC’s ‘New Tricks’ series are all named after bits of the Hawthorns or old West Brom players. Not a lot of people know that.
  
  Norwich 0 Southampton 0
  
  UNDER Baltic grey skies Saints bossed this chilly encounter, but whilst the visitors dominated possession and shots on goal, Lallana and Rodriguez failed to take their chances and a determined stint from Mark Bunn in the Norwich goal frustrated the Hampshire men from the first whistle to the last. Yet it was Artur Boruc at the other end that made the most significant contribution. A controversial, late, late penalty awarded by Mark Clattengurg for a perceived foul by Shaw on Holt might have handed the home side a win they didn’t deserve, but the former Celtic stopper was quick off his line and justice was done. Bobby Snod alone seemed in the mood for the Canaries who have now scored a mere three goals in their last nine outings, however, it’s another point for ‘Clipboard’ Chris and Podgy Pochettino who both inch ever nearer to survival.
  
  Reading 1 Villa 2
  
  AT the Madstad appalling misses at both ends saw the stalemate maintained for half an hour of this relegation six pointer, but when McAnuff tied Matt Lowton in knots for the umpteenth time just after the half hour, his cross found its way via the Robson-Kanu’s (I think) heel to Nathan Baker somehow managed to slice the ball 180 degrees into his own net from about a yard. Tragic. The visitor’s response was straight forward and immediate; Weimann cantered down the right and set up Ben Techie for a 10 yarder which went in off a Reading defender. Shell shocked the home side were dealt the decisive blow right on half time when after a poor clearance Barry Bannan’s effort came back off the post an Agbonlahor rammed home from ten yards. The second period produced a plethora of half chances but no goals. Hunt had the ball in the bag for the Royals but was rightly adjudged to be offside. A massive, massive, win for the Villains, and as we have now sadly learnt, the final nail in Brain McDermott’s coffin. The owners are drawing up a short list of managers they hope can keep them afloat. Candidates include, Gandalf, Lord Voldemort and Paul Daniels.
  
  Man City 5 (five) Barnsley 0
  
  ANOTHER visitation from the dark side of the Pennines for Mankini’s men, and if Leeds were east prey, Barnsley barley got over the half way line. Last week’s tip-for-the-top Carlos ‘T’ set the City wrecking ball swinging ten minute in after Silva’s effort had rebounded off the Tyke’s upright. Tevez turned provider setting up Kolorov for a back post finish just before the half hour, and the Argentine was at it again four minutes later causing dizziness and hot flushes in the visitors’ defence before swivelling and beating Luke Steele from close range. Three-nil at the break and only a minor miracle could save Barnsley from the FA Cup chop. No miracles were forthcoming, and five minutes in Tevez was left in all sorts of space and claimed the match ball clinically despatching Nasri’s square pass. David Silva deservedly got in on the act just after the hour when Tevez’s effort was well saved but fell invitingly for the Spaniard who didn’t disappoint. No prizes for guessing the Week 29 ***STAR MAN*** award!
  
  Liverpool 3 Tottenham 2
  
  IT had been a beezer week for the Lillywhites: Arsenal crushed last Sunday, Inter Milan interred on Thursday, and at Anfield with twenty five minutes to go they had their foot planted so firmly on Liverpool’s throat you could only see one winner. Despite having no Aaron Lennon and having fallen behind to Louis Suarez supremely well taken opener the Londoners got themselves deservedly level just before lemons via Bale’s free kick and the auburn noodle of Jan ‘V-Man’ Vertonghen. Worse was to come for the Scousers five minutes into the second period as Jan the man again delivered the goods from another Bale free kick with an extremely composed back post finish. From thereon in the visitors seemed in complete control and only a last ditch tackle from Glenda Johnson prevented Siggy Sigurdsson from putting the game beyond Rodgers’ in-form equipe. However we who worship at the N17 shrine have learned never to underestimate Tottingham’s ability to shove spanners in their own works. And lo it came to pass that with 25 to go Hugo Lloris made an absolute Horlicks of an awkward but not unplayable Walker backpass and Stu Downing was in like Flynn to square things up. Worse was to come for the visitors who succumbed to a late Gerrard penalty after a misdirected Defoe pass had caused panic in the white defensive ranks BAE bundled into Suarez. All of which left me feeling rather deflated and wondering where Tottenham would be sitting in the league if Louis Suarez was in a white shirt rather than a red one.
  
  Man U 2 Chelsea 2
  
  VERY much the proverbial game of two halves as Hernandez and Rooney gave the Mancs an unassailable looking two nil lead within ten minutes. Typically the reds looked to coast to victory and were banged to rights when Rafa’s second half changes invigorated the Blues and led to a determined fight back. A volley from Ramirez and a Hazard curler levelled matters and only De Gea’s big toe prevented Mata from winning the tie. God knows when, but they’re going to have to do it all again.
  
  Newcastle 2 Stoke 1
  
  QUEUES at supermarkets and panic buying of lager, tabs, frozen pizzas and lottery tickets were reported after a local tremor had sent seismographs haywire. Fears were however allayed when the epicentre was discovered to be St James Park where Jonathan Walters had hit the deck after being upended by Cheik Tioté in the Toon penalty area. The well nourished striker sent Eliot the wrong was from the spot with barely twenty minutes to go and it looked as if Alan Pardew (by the way I think the beard is a winner) would be left to rue misses by Sissoke and Gouffran. But the Toon got even five minutes later thanks to an 18 yard Cabaye free kick which went in via the underside of the bar. Begovic no chance. Worse was come for the Staffordshire 1st Airborne who were caught ball-watching right at the final whistle and Cisse who had done sweet funny Adam all afternoon collected Marveaux’s through ball and finished with two touches. Stoke’s lamentable form continues I doubt there will be many tears shed should we have to say adios to Pulis and his rough house tactics come the end of May.
  
  NOTES:
  
  Arsenal: Surely nothing can prevent a Gunners’ Champion’s League exit, and pursuit of a top four finish will become paramount if it isn’t already. The Woolwich exiles have an improbably easy run-in with a home game against Manchester United excepted, and it seems almost certain that they will have the title sewn up by that point and a possible FA Cup final on their horizon.
  
  UPDATE:
  
  A disappointing week all told with an average of between 31 and 33. The words ‘water’ and ‘trading’ spring to mind. On the plus side both my remaining super 16 hopefuls live to fight another day. Posizione:
  
  TEAM – - – - – - – - – POS
  
  CARL HOOPER- – - – - – 1,635
  MIX D- – - – - – - – - 5,827
  REPROBATES – - – - – - 6,150
  
  Thanks to Spiny, Moisty and Gazza for their compliments on last week offering.
  
  All from me, off to see Barca v Milan.
  
  Chin-chin.
  
  EE
  
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• Sun Ratings Saturday March 9th
  10 Mar 2013, 10:09
  
  Doubt anybody will be getting rich on the following Ratings.
  I would imagine most of us took Tevez out at the last window, i know my coverage went down from 27 teams to 15, including my leading team..
  
  Onwards and upwards.
  
  Man City v Barnsley
  
  6 PANTS
  6 ZAB
  7 OPRAH WINFREY ARSE (citys best defender for weeks now)
  6 JOHN MERRICK
  7 KOLOROV
  7 NASHIT
  6 BARRY
  6 YAYA (embarressing when your brother is playing better)
  8 SILVA
  7 DZEKO
  9 QUASIMODO STARMAN (hatrick & 2 assists)
  
  subs
  
  6 sinclair
  6 razak
  6 milner
  
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  Everton v Wigan
  
  5 MUCHA
  5 COLEMAN
  5 HEITINGA
  5 DISTIN
  6 BAINES
  5 MIRALLES
  4 NEVILLE (he shud be doing a carragher in all honesty)
  5 OSMAN
  5 PIENNAR
  4 HAIRBEAR (another booking)
  6 ROBIN WILLIAMS
  
  subs
  
  5 anchibe
  5 gibson
  6 barklay
  
  6 ROBLES
  7 SCHARNER (must get his hair done before the semi)
  7 ALCATRAZ
  7 FIG (scoring for fun lately)
  6 BOYCE
  7 McARTHEY
  8 GOMEZ
  7 NOTSOSURE
  7 MCMCMCMCMAN
  7 PINT OF GUINNESS EAD
  9 MALONEY STARMAN (bundle of energy)
  
  subs
  
  6 miyachi
  5 mcarthur
  5 golobert
  
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  MERCENARIES V Sunderland
  
  6 GREEN
  6 BOZ (mercenary)
  6 HILL (over the & gone)
  6 FABIO (2-BOB mercenary)
  7 JOHN COFFEE (mercenary & unfit, joke mark. he was still jogging back from opposite area when sunderland opened the scoring- must be 30% fit and getting 100 grand a week
  8 TOWNSEND STARMAN (merited, great goal and the hoops best player since his arrival)
  5 PARK (obviously not playing on this one)
  6 MBIA (mercenary)
  7 HOILETT (threat all game, why was he an unused sub for months)
  7 REMY (mercenary but works hard)
  7 ZAMORA
  
  subs
  
  6 mackie
  6 swp
  7 jenas (great goal)
  
  7 MIGNOLET (generous mark, shud of saved a couple of those goals, a keeper of his standing)
  6 GARDNER (booked yet again..........)
  6 LARRY HOLMES (fraud- not a boxer or footballer nowdays)
  6 O'SHITE (yes indeedy)
  6 COLBACK
  7 SESS (terrific run in build up to goal)
  6 LARSSON
  5 N'DAYE
  6 JOHNSON
  5 GRAHAM (move aint working out.. yet)
  7 FLETCHER (loosing his hair faster than sunderland are dropping)
  
  subs
  
  6 rose
  5 vaughan
  5 bardsley
  
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  Norwich v Soton
  
  7 BUNN
  6 MARTIN
  7 TURNER
  6 BASSONG
  7 GARRIDO
  5 SNOGRASS
  6 HOWSON
  6 PILKINGTON
  6 KAMRA
  7 JOHNSON
  2 HOLT (joke mark)
  
  subs
  
  5 hooligan
  4 becchio
  
  7 BORAT (good pen save)
  8 YOUSHITA STARMAN
  7 FONTE
  6 HOOVER
  6 SHAW (in my eyes gave away 3 pens)
  5 COCK
  6 SCHNIDE
  7 LALALAL
  7 RAMIREZ
  6 RODRIGUES
  6 LAMBERT
  
  subs
  
  3 prado
  6 prowse
  3 punchy
  
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  Reading v Villa
  
  5 FLAPPER (shud of caught the ball instead of flapping it out to agbonlahor to score)
  5 KELLY
  6 PEARCE (hacney marshes beckons again- record for a 25 yard shirt pull on benteke)
  5 MARY
  6 HARTE (great Les Kellett impression in going over like a felled tree)
  6 KANU
  5 LEADENFOOT
  6 AKPAN
  6 HADENOUGH
  5 LE FONDRE (ur supposed to be a sub)
  5 HUNT
  
  subs
  
  6 blackman can u say that- whats his dressing room nickname?
  6 mccleary
  5 guthrie
  
  
  7 MINI ME
  6 LOWTON (dirty bastard- rightly booked)
  6 VLAAR (2 bob)
  6 CLARK (definately 2 bob)
  5 BAKER (great own goal- doing a stork impression)
  5 SYLLA (ballotelli in disguise)
  7 WESTWOOD STARMAN
  6 BANNAN
  7 WEIMAN
  7 BENTEKE
  7 AGBONLAHOR (certainly whacked that in)
  
  subs
  
  5 nzogbia
  5 bennett
  
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  WBA V Swansea
  
  6 FOSTER (good pass for swanseas wrongly disallowed equaliser)
  7 JONES
  7 McAULEY
  7 WURZEL GUMMIDGE
  7 ARSEWIPE
  8 MULUMBU
  6 YACOB
  7 DORRANS
  9 MORRISON STARMAN
  7 BRUNT
  7 PREDATOR (not a poor pen- just a good save)
  
  subs
  
  6 qpr sub
  5 thomas
  5 fortune
  
  7 VORM (Loves saving a pen)
  6 RANGEL
  6 MONK
  6 WILLIAMS
  6 DAVIES
  6 DE GUZMAN (comical own goal)
  6 KI
  6 HERNANDEZ (a rare, non-motm for him)
  6 MICHU (missed a sitter, for him)
  6 ROUTLEDGE
  7 MOORE (good headed goal with yacobs arms draped around him)
  
  subs
  
  6 dyer
  6 lamah (good late goal wrongly chalked off)
  5 schecter
  
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  Reflections.-
  
  Not alot really.
  
  City, as expected thumped Barnsley and many managers will be infuriated with Tevez's haul in their last 2 games. As previously mentioned , i think he was one of the highest players taken out probably at the expense of the athlete.
  Everton made that fatal mistake of believing their own hype, especially after the drubbing Wigan received from the other half of merseyside last week.
  To be fair Wigan are a good team on their day, who play as a team and they turned up, Everton just didn't. Think its harsh pointing the finger at Moyes, because with the exception of playing Neville in midfield it was the strongest team he could put out.
  Hairbear had a stinker and was predictably booked. He is much like Benteke in that respect. A world beater one week and complete chap the next.
  
  The mercenaries beat Sunderland and deservedly but i still believe the likes of Samba should not even be near the first team. The guy is more unfit than my nans eff gran and god knows how he picked up a MOTM last week let alone a merit mark of 7 this week.
  As i say anyone who has MOTD on tape , look back at Sunderlands first goal- yes they broke quick but took their time evenually scoring, as John Coffee ambles back to the penalty area after a sortie up front. Harrys loan signings from Spurs and the reintroduction
  of Hoilett for me the catalyst of their revival.
  
  Even before Hansen and Lorro dissected the game i kept thinking about what i had seen and that was how dirty and clever Shaw was. He definately yanked back Holt, who would of scored in the first half - def pen.
  He, imo, fouled Pilkington or Johnson i think it was, who crossed in the area for a Norwich chance in the second, another pen not given, and then he idiotically "Clattenburgs" into Holt to give away a penalty eventually.
  I dont like Clattenburg, but he and the linesman got it right eventually, even if Norwich didnt benefit from it.
  Sotons manager coming on the pitch at the end and puncheon giving it the big-one was laughable and they both shud be fined at the very least for harrassing the ref in full view.
  I thought that was outlawed after Keane and United did it years ago, weekly.
  Their manager doesnt even speak english i can only imagine he came onto the pitch to call Clattenburg a "Cono".
  Final thought on this game, should it even of started.
  Norwich's pitch looked shit and Ryman league standard- the weather not helping with the sleet coming down in Norwich, most of the pitch resembled a bog/pool.
  
  Reading v Villa the 6 pointer was won eventually by Villa and deservedly.
  It seems an enternity ago that Reading laughably received team of the month.
  It was worth watching alone just for the Shirt tugging by Pearce on Benteke which lasted for 25-30 yards with the ref running behind them- not seen.
  But that was bettered by Villas own goal by Bakers attempt to swing his boot at the ball to kick it out of the area, miss, and the resultant ball hits his standing leg and goes in for an own goal.
  But the "Creme de la Creme" came when Harte toppled over with not a player insight, Les Kellett style from the 70's wrestling era on ITV. .. i miss him.
  
  Lastly we come to the game at the Hawthorns and where the officiating was of an under 12 standard.. If you dont know the rules basically sack em.
  
  Swansea sub Llama ,(looks like one too) went on a mazy run toward the end, beat a few players got in the box crossed it, it proceeded to hit Mcauley, then onto Foster, then back to Llama, who cannot be offside and he scoops it in from a tight angle. As pointed out you cannot be offside from a defender/keeper last touch, likewise a thrown in.
  Laudrup rightly incensed at the end about the lack of knowledge of the rules initially displayed by the linesman Lee Betts (no relation i hope of leah betts of Basildon) of flagging wrongly, and then Lee Mason the ref not overruling that and giving the goal.
  
  Clarke even had the decency to agree with Laudrup in the post match interview it shud of stood as a goal because- he too understood the rules.
  It brings me back painfully to the Theiry goalhanging era where he always use to goalhang and hope to benefit from a situation wherby the defender passes it back not realising Theiry was behind him. Gerrard once turned and passed it back from near the halfway line- unaware the goalhanger was 20 yard behind him, last man, and could go on and score, and he did. I know this situation with Llama wasnt even like the Henry one, but that is the first thing i thought of when Llama scored- He cannot be offside.
  
  Hands down todays player and tusser of the day.
  
  Player Of The Day
  
  
  
  
  
  tusser of the day.
  
  Was going to be Lee Betts but when i google that i get the unfortunate girl from where i live, (Basildon) who died from the ecxtasy pill, so instead i give it to the ref of the same game who also needs a refresher ref course.
  
  
  
  dot.
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• Re: Bonus Points Moaning Thread 2012/13 !!!
  09 Mar 2013, 17:04
  
  Jenas plays 11 minutes. Scores. Games already won really. Do you think he'll get ppi for the win?
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• Re: TFF chit chat 9th and 10th March.
  09 Mar 2013, 16:51
  
  Pen to Norwich (Holt) - saved
  
  disallowed goal for Swansea
  
  3-1 QPR Jermaine Jenas
  
  Villa win 2-1
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• Re: The Rounded Keeper - Pub Talk & Matchday Banter Thread 1
  09 Mar 2013, 16:46
  
  Another belter for QPR.
  
  Jenas.
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• Sun Ratings Saturday March 2nd
  03 Mar 2013, 10:23
  
  Morning. Eight games yesterday and a few IMO, well dubious marks but as i say IMO and i've only seen one game in it's entirety, (Liverpool) and the rest on the joke highlights that go under the banner of MOTD, along with a few radio comments and parts of Sky Soccer Saturday - as it happened.
  
  Anyway on with the ratings/comments on that basis.
  
  Champions v Norwich
  
  6 DE GEA (back to normal- didn't have to use his hands in this game.. or his legs come to think of it)
  6 SMALLING
  7 VIDIC (had to laugh at his British Bulldog dive/splash on-top-of-Martin who proceeded to miss the target from 3 yards, even if it was offside- surely a pen if it wasn't)
  6 EVANS
  7 EVRA
  6 VALENCIA (gone from winger of the season early doors- to a downing impersonation)
  5 ANDERSON
  8 CARRICK
  9 BRUCE LEE STARMAN
  7 RVP (again had to laugh at hansen/shearer who claimed it was a good knock down for bruce's ist goal-WAS IT eff,it was fortuetous from rvp)
  8 ROONEY (motm all day long for me despite bruce hatrick)
  
  subs
  
  5 wellbeck
  5 cleverley
  
  6 BUNN
  5 MARTIN (what a eff miss)
  6 BASSONG
  5 TURNER
  5 GARRIDO
  6 JOHNSON
  5 HOWSON
  5 SNODGRASS
  5 HOOLIGAN
  5 PILKINGTON
  5 HOLT
  
  subs
  
  5 kamara
  5 e.bennett
  5 becchio
  
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  Chelsea v WBA
  
  7 CECH (motm contender for me- along with his opposite number)
  6 AZPILI-"CUTA" (not very cute when he missed an easy chance)
  7 IVANOVIC
  6 LUIZ (did well to head back for Ba's goal)
  7 COLE
  6 RAMIRES
  7 BARNDOOR (apparantly scored a disallowed goal- not deemed worthy to show on MOTD highlights- no shock)
  8 OSCAR (wud of been 4 if i gave the marks - his shooting nowhere near as accurate as the South African Oscar)
  9 MATA STARMAN (where the eff did that come from it had to be Cech or Foster even Benitez said as much)
  7 EDEN
  6 BA ( How dodgy is that tea-cosy? How big are his lips? Christ they are bigger than my calves)
  
  subs
  
  5 moses
  5 torres
  4 mikel
  
  7 FOSTER (mom for me if not cech)
  6 REID (cracking free-kick- brilliant save)
  6 McAULEY
  7 WURZEL
  6 ARSEWIPE
  6 MULUMBU
  5 YACOB
  6 MORRISON
  5 FORTUNE
  5 DORRANS
  6 LONG
  
  subs
  
  6 odimwingie
  6 thomas
  5 rosenburg
  
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  Sunderland v Fulham
  
  7 MIGNOLET (might of made a good save but poor overall today)
  6 GARDNER (not the first time he has givenaway a pen and scored one too)
  6 O SHITE
  6 BRAMBLE (he's worse than shite- dogshit more apt)
  6 COLBACK
  8 SESS STARMAN (definately re-discovered last seasons form of late)
  7 N'DIAYE
  6 LARRSON
  6 JOHNSON
  6 GRAHAM
  7 FLETCHER
  
  subs
  
  5 die hard
  
  6 SCHWARZER (started to go down like a felled tree after gardners bullet was rippling the net -shilton'esque at 40)
  6 RIETHER (lung bursting run- length of pitch to get on end and score- even if i must say it was offside)
  5 IAMfookingDROSS (eff toilet this player- cannot believe shearer/hansen said not a pen, he yanked graham back and spun him around when clean thru, not to even mention his handballs later in game)
  7 HANGELAND (even he got in the handball act before dross patted one down)
  7 RIISE
  6 KARAGOOOON
  6 SIDWELL
  7 DEJAGAH (wud of booked him for his OTT dive)
  6 DUFF
  7 RUIZ
  7 SLOTH (wud of booked him too for his stuttering run up for pen- i thought that was outlawed)
  
  subs
  
  5 frimpong (YET ANOTHER KEEPER WITH FLYING SAVE TO STOP A JOHNSON GOALBOUND HOWITZER-on the line of area- his arm hurt that much he thought it was broken)
  5 emanuelson
  5 rod
  
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  Stoke v WHU
  
  6 BEGUBITCH
  6 SHOTTON
  7 SHAWCROSS (predictable mark)
  6 WILSON
  6 WILKINSON
  6 WALTERS
  6 WHELAN
  5 PHANTOM
  5 KIGHTLY
  5 JEROME (pitiful cheating appeal for pen that wasn't!)
  6 CROUCH (complete cock for not realising an overhead kick in the area will result normally in taking out several players with those stilts)
  
  subs
  
  4 shea
  4 jones
  4 adam
  
  7 JASKA
  6 DEMEL
  7 COLLINS
  7 REID (seen better hair on a eff bog-brush)
  6 O'BRIEN
  3 COLE (sicknote mercenary)
  6 O'NEIL
  6 DIAME
  3 TAYLOR (probably still seeing stars)
  6 JARVIS
  6 CARROLL
  
  subs
  
  8 collison STARMAN
  7 vaz te (see reid remark)
  3 pogatez
  
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  Soton v Mercenries
  
  6 BORAT
  7 PATSY
  5 YOSHITA
  6 FONTE
  4 FOX
  6 COCK
  7 SCHNIDE
  6 LALALAL
  6 PUNCHEON (lacked any today)
  7 RAMIREZ
  6 LAMBERT
  
  subs
  
  7 rodriguez
  6 shaw
  6 ward-prowse
  
  4 CESAR (mercenary)
  6 BOZ (mercenary)
  7 TRAORE
  8 SAMBA STARMAN (what did that come from- rubbish in what i saw, and slower than berbatov- obviously to appease lots of FF managers- eff MERCENARY)
  7 HILL (definately over it)
  7 MBIA (mercenary)
  7 REMY (mercenary- but who puts the effort in and took goal well)
  7 PARK (fantastic effort to chase and win lost cause, win ball, and set up winner)
  6 GRANERO
  7 HOILETT (great pass for remy opener)
  7 BOTHROYD (pub player for me)
  
  subs
  
  7 jenas
  8 green (QUALITY SAVE)
  5 da silva (not a twin in footballing terms)
  
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  Wigan v Liverpool
  
  6 AL-HABSI (poor game by his standards)
  5 SCHARNER (shud return to doctor duties)
  5 CALDWELL (thug basically)
  5 FIG
  5 BOYCE (was expecting him to unmask the phanthom.. BOO)
  6 PHANTHOM (billy big bollocks calling it on with boyce)
  6 McCARTHY
  5 NOTSOSURE (wigans best player but subbed)
  5 DI SANTO (sulked when subbed childish)
  6 PINT OF GUINNESS 'EAD (worked hard)
  6 MALONEY
  
  subs
  
  6 alcatraz
  6 mcmamnanaman
  6 geronimo
  
  8 REINA (made his four best saves of the season in one game- bout eff time u earned ur keep)
  7 JOHNSON (anonymous going forward first half- great surging run second to create suarezs 3rd hatrick)
  7 CARRAGHER (thank god your retiring- please one forward creative pass before season end is that too much to ask)
  7 AGGER (doesn't say alot for midfield when your one of the teams more creative players)
  7 ENRIQUE (his one-footedness irks me)
  7 THE CRAB (where the eff did that mark come from-even passed it back when twice in the 6 yard box with chance to score- showed neither opportunity on highlights- must be up there in liverpools worst 11 EVER!)
  8 GERRARD (ever present this season )
  7 LUCAS (seems to be taking along time to recover best form- still at 50% imo)
  7 DOWNING (certainly playing better, but that isn't hard when u were playing on a par on a par with a crab- had to check twice eho scored when scored headed goal)
  8 COUTINHO ( best player on the pitch in first half- could be some player next season- can't believe rodgers found him- imaginative, creative, selfless, positive,dazzling, brazilian- everything the CRAB will never be- and 1'2 the price)
  9 UGLY BETTY STARMAN (running away with the golden boot, running away with premierships top scorer, running away with Suns FF player of season- 57 credits back for me - next weeks predictor)
  
  subs
  
  6 henderson (average player who trys- i wud still be banging on rodgers door to have a crab picked infront of me)
  
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  Swansea v Newcastle
  
  7 VORM
  7 RANGEL
  6 MONK
  7 WILLIAMS (missed open goal)
  7 DAVIES
  7 BRITTON
  6 DE GUZMAN
  7 ROUTLEDGE
  7 DYER (kicked off the park after an hour)
  6 MICHU (dangerous but looks knackered understandably-might coast thru games now)
  8 HERNANDEZ\ STARMAN again when in doubt give it to hernandez- in the last two games swans have scored 6 - hernandez has scored none , but got motm both times )
  
  subs
  
  5 tinedalli
  6 ki
  5 moore
  
  5 ELLIOT
  6 DEBOOSH
  7 TAYLOR (shit player but merited this mark for kicking a couple off the line)
  5 MBIWA
  5 SANTON
  6 GOUFFRAN
  5 TIOTE
  7 SISSOKO
  6 CABAYE (cracking shot that hit bar- keeper beaten)
  5 GUITIERREZ
  6 CISSE (back to normal........... shit)
  
  subs
  
  5 marveaux
  5 amoebi
  
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  Everton v Reading
  
  6 MUCHA
  7 COLEMAN (great cross for hairbears opener)
  4 JAG (received nasty kick required stiches)
  6 DISTIN
  7 BAINES
  7 MIRALLES
  6 OSMAN
  6 GIBSON
  8 PIENNAR STARMAN (a welcome return to best form- great goal)
  7 HAIRBEAR (spin of a coin who received motm with piennar)
  5 ROBIN WILLIAMS (playing like mrs doubtfire)
  
  subs
  
  6 hetinga (liability)
  5 anchibe
  5 the hammer
  
  7 TAYLOR
  6 KELLY
  6 PEARCE
  7 MARIAPPA
  7 HARTE
  4 KEBE
  6 LEIGERTWOOD
  6 AKPAN
  6 HADENOUGH
  7 FONDRE (stinging kick to rattle post/bar- nasty kick to take out jags)
  6 HUNT
  
  subs
  
  6 kanu
  5 blackman (CAN YOU SAY THAT NOWDAYS i was going to put darkie instead but...... omg
  
  
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  Reflections- Not alot as my main gripes have been mentioned with some of the dubious marking- Samba Mata Hernandez
  
  The mercenaries got an unexpected win under Harry who was scathing in his attack on the Mirror report about their Dubai jaunt. Personally i believe the story because i know when Harry is lying it's everytime he opens his eff big fat gob. Remy took his goal well, nice to see Hoilet back in the side, the better team lost and it will remain a mystery how Samba was deemed to of been the best and most influential player on the pitch. Great late save from Green too.
  
  United by all accounts had an easy win, but for 75 mins they laboured, obviously thoughts of this Tuesday's likely exit from the Champions League was on their minds. I thought Rooney was imperious today and definately was the best player on the day, i am actually suprised the Sun didn't give it to Rooney too.
  Thought Vidic's attempt to bundle, British-Bulldog style, Russell Martin over when he was presented with an open goal was a joke beyond a joke. If the whistle hadn't of gone he would surely of received yet another red card to addto his growing collection.
  
  Everton got back to winning ways heaping even more pressure on Arsenal today to get a result(C'MON SPURS), but at what cost. Howard and Jagielka both injured. I have no idea how long for , but they won't sustain a push without either. Everton's player of the season opened the scoring and yet was still slightly overshadowed by a Piennar masterclass. Reading battled but are surely doomed when you look at their next few fixtures.
  
  Thought Sunderland drew another game they should of won.
  Halsey should not of been allowed to return as a premier ref as the game has passed him by.
  His officiating is of kids park soccer standard- of that there is no doubt- (AS FERGY SAYS). Sunderland, for me at least, should of won this game in a canter with a proper ref.
  
  Chelsea laboured to a 1-0 and for me again at least the talking points were how well each keeper played. No probs for the sun assessor when marking up the game- Rob Beasley- his attutide is obviously- what does it matter, GIVE IT TO MATA!
  Beasley your a weasley BELLEND!
  
  Stoke lost yet another game but only their second at home, but arguably deservedly.
  Good to see WHU record a rare away win after losing 2 players in the first few mins- although some, myself included, would argue Joe Cole is not a player. Nice to see Collisons obvious enjoyment at scoring after the last few years he has had with longterm injuries and personal upheaval, (losing his father in a bike accident).
  I forgot that Charlie Adam plays for Stoke, and he nearly scored a cracking goal, smacking the bar with Jaska beaten. Thought Jerome's appeal for a penalty was a eff joke of the highest order and am disappointed the interviewer didn't pose the question to Pullis, as we know how he hates a cheat. Crouchs overhead kick was appalling and Pulli's winge on that Stoke shud of received a penalty for a handball was laughable. You got what you deserved Tony.. eff all and i mean eff all.
  
  Swansea, you would of thought, would go through the motions now, no worries of relegation and Europe guaranteed. Michu, to me looks burnt out, i would rest him for a few games and am suprised Laudrap hasn't .
  I've despised Pardew all my life and i enjoy seeing any of his teams lose (much like Arsenal) ALWAYS.
  His postmatch comments were bitter and twisted about feeling his team deserved something and more. Perhaps he ought to be asked about the Viciousness of Cabaye's and Tiote's upteenth x-rated tackles.
  
  Finally we come to Liverpools games at the DW stadium. As Always when i see Carragher or the crab in the line up i fear the worst. They were easily the two poorest players in a red shirt yesterday and that is undisputable.
  JOE ALLEN SHOULD NEVER GET ANYWHERE NEAR THE FIRST TEAM AGAIN IF LIVERPOOL HAVE ASPIRATIONS
  TO DO ANYTHING IN THE FUTURE!
  There i've said it now, i so rarely get a chance to comment on a Liverpool game as they invariably play on a Sunday. Coutinho looked , in Bucks words, Exceptional in the first half, alongside Reina, who made 3 or 4 wondrous saves, and yet wigan looked shit, how did they get in these positions to even shoot. I BLAME THE STARTING LINE-UP, Carra & Crab. If the Crab has reclaimed his place for the remainder of the season in midfield then Suarez will be off. The SAS cannot make run after run knowing that the Crab has not a forward, creative, pass in his locker. It is DETRIMENTAL to play the crab, if Rodgers cannot see this he ought to be SACKED. SELL THE chap, CUT YOUR LOSSES, HE IS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS Liverpool have been shit this
  season. I thought it was a blessing when Borini got injured long term- if only it happened to the crab too.
  
  
  Two Hatricks scored yesterday and its obvious who i am going to pick as player of the day.
  
  
  
  
  
  his performance yesterday overshadowed both hatricks for me, especially as one of Suarezs was a deflection, and one of Kagawas was an open goal which presented itself from first a rvp miskick , then a kagawa miskick itself.
  Rooney set up on a plate Kagawas other goals- even though Suarezs other goals were class.
  
  
  tusser of the day..
  
  Few candidates
  
  Pullis (moaning)
  Pardew (bleating)
  Crouch (kicking)
  Jerome( cheating)
  Redknapp (continual lying)
  Wigan (infighting)
  
  nah none of them it goes to this deluded idiot for comments made on Friday.
  
  
  
  
  For his comments about Gareth Bale and Spurs.
  "We're not a one man team"
  "We have goalscorers all over the pitch, Walcott, Giraffe, Santa, supersub and wait for it, I THINK JACK WILTSHIRE WILL SCORE AS WELL, SO WE HAVE MANY"
  
  Jack eff Wiltshire has scored ONE CAREER GOAL for Arsenal
  
  Wenger admits he has no special plans for Bale.
  
  C'MON Gareth.
  
  Rant over.
  
  PS I've had my parents down from North London this weekend.
  My dad is a diehard Gooner and hates Liverpool, he came to a local pub last night to watch the Suarez demolition with my son, another diehard Liverpool supporter. we laughed loud at him.
  
  Today i shall be driving back to Totteridge around 3.30 to drop my parents off and hopefully Spurs bury Arsenal in the comfort of his own home. Change that i'll leave at halftime, chucked out for laughing when Spurs go in 3 up at the break.
  
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• Re: FPL Pontoon 2012/13 - Gameweek 26 Open
  25 Feb 2013, 11:36
  
  Jesus, we are making hard work of this. Some large matchday scores bust a few more people, Guzan was 2 saves short of doing the business for lamp92, Jenas was a point short for crispybits and it only took 3 minutes for Scheiderlin to ruin calvin1979's chances.
  
  Surely someone can get a point or 2 this weekend - although plenty who've just nibbled away at it this hand are within touching distance.
  
  
  
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• Sun Ratings Saturday February 24th
  24 Feb 2013, 9:34
  
  Six games played yesterday and no arguments, from me at least, with any of the starmen, JUST OBVIOUSLY WITH A FEW OF THE RATINGS.
  
  
  Here we go.
  
  
  The Mercenaries v The Champions
  
  8 CESAR ( mercenary who AT LEAST performed)
  5 BOZWINGER (mercenary)
  6 I AINT FIT SAMBA (mercenary)
  5 HILL (completely over it pal)
  5 TRAORE (shite)
  5 MBIA (mercenary)
  6 TOWNSEND (not a mercenary and gives 100 pct)
  5 GRANERO (mercenary)
  6 MACKIE (trys)
  4 TAARABT (must of believed they lost before they started as very inept today...odd)
  5 ZAMORA (arfur daley says he needs an op so what does he do.. he starts him )
  
  subs
  
  5 jenas
  6 remy
  5 hoilett
  
  7 DE GEA (another good save with his hands today- he has finally found them)
  9 RAFAEL STARMAN(hate the player but great goal and performance)
  7 PLUG
  7 VIDIC (shud of scored)
  7 EVRA
  7 NANI (2 games in a week ..kinell)
  7 CARRICK
  8 GIGGS (scored one- cheeky chip also hit bar)
  6 YOUNG (well off form shud be dropped for remainder of season)
  6 RVP (shud of buried Rafaels exquisite chip/cross)
  7 CHICO (unlucky with fantastic neck/header attempt)
  
  subs
  
  6 wellbeck( for me shud of scored a 7 , his tenacity and ball winning from nothing resulted in Giggs goal)
  6 shrek (ACCORDING TO THATS SCOTS eff LIAR HE WAS OUT OF THE GAME TODAY)
  6 vaseline
  
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  Chokers v Villa at the stadium of empty seats
  
  7 SEZ- (regardless of making a couple of saves the howler for the goal shud not merit a 7 JOKE MARK)
  5 JENKINSON (pub player and played like one)
  5 SUPERTANKER
  6 VERMIN
  5 NACHO (great pass for the goal- nowhere to be seen on numerous villa raids down the wing- positional defensive sense of santos- bale will run riot next week)
  6 DIABY (dirty tackle received a yellow)
  6 ATITTTER
  7 WILTSHIRE (arsenals best player again- well he is- but until he starts scoring some goals will never be great- one premiership career goal for Arsenal)
  7 THE ATHLETE (nearly as generous as his 8 joke mark against Bayern)
  8 CARZOLA STARMAN (had to be for 2 goals and a win-even if wiltshire was the main performer again)
  7 GIRAFFE (i think the match rater is having a giraffe in awarding a 7, was eff hopeless)
  
  subs
  
  6 pub player
  6 supersub
  5 kocielny
  
  6 GUZAN
  5 LOWTON
  6 CLARK
  6 BAKER
  5 BENNETT
  6 WESTWOOD
  7 DELPH
  5 AGBONLAHOR (harsh worked hard, shud of scored, deserved a 7)
  6 NZOGBIA
  8 WEIMANN (definately one to consider next season- very quick, incisive, talent)
  6 BOVVED (cannot believe he chose today to have one of his off days- thought he wanted to showcase his talent for a big move next season- villa would of won if he turned up)
  
  subs
  
  6 el ahmadi
  5 dawkins
  
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  BERBATOV V Stoke
  
  8 SCHWARZER ( arsenal shud of signed him 2 seasons back- another assured performance)
  7 RIETHER (not riise)
  6 DROSS (did his best to gift crouch an equaliser)
  6 HANGELAND
  6 RIISE (not riether)
  7 KARAGOON
  6 SIDWELL
  7 DEJAGGER
  6 RUIZ (rightly booked for handball slap goal, didn't deserve a slap from nzonzi though)
  6 DUFF
  8 BERBATOV STARMAN(LAZY QUALITY)
  
  subs
  
  5 baird
  5 emanuel
  5 petric
  
  6 BEGUBITCH
  7 SHOTTON
  6 SHAWCROSS
  6 HOOF (nice forearm smash on sendross)
  6 WILSON
  5 WALTERS (u r no longer required for pen duties- pass them back to eth)
  6 WHELAN
  5 NZONZI (deserved red- what a tusser, i mean the reporter for not asking pulis about his petulance)
  5 CAMERON
  5 ETH
  6 CROUCH
  
  subs
  
  6 shea
  5 jones
  5 jerome
  
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  WBA V Sunderland
  
  7 FOSTER
  7 REID
  6 McAULEY (really ought to of been pulled up for handball and pen)
  7 CATWEASAL
  8 ARSEWIPE
  7 MORRISON
  6 MULUMBU
  7 YACOB
  8 BRUNT
  6 LONG
  9 PREDATOR STARMAN(would of had a hatrick but for poor ref)
  
  
  subs
  
  6 dorans
  5 fortune
  5 i want to be a mercanry
  
  5 MIGNOLET
  6 GARDNER (cannot believe his whinging about the pen)
  4 BRAMBLE (eff two bob as was his pass back you fat bustard)
  5 O SHITE (skinned even with a 15 yard head start by the predator)
  5 COLBACK
  6 SESS (harsh- deserved better)
  5 LAARSSON
  5 N'DIAYE
  5 JOHNSON
  5 FLETCHER
  4 GRAHAM
  
  subs
  
  5 mcclean
  5 vaughan
  
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  GRAPPLERS v Everton
  
  6 BUNN
  7 MARTIN
  8 TURNER (lots of nice grappling and bearhugs all game)
  7 BASSONG
  6 GARRIDO
  7 SNOGSGRASS
  7 JOHNSON (koped it from fellaini)
  7 HOWSON
  5 HOOLIGAN
  5 BECCHIO (good turner impressions when defending corners)
  6 HOLT (you fat bastard- committment rewarded with late goal)
  
  subs
  
  8 KAMARA STARMAN(fellainis fault)
  6 pilington
  
  5 HOWARD
  6 COLEMAN
  6 JAG
  7 DISTIN
  6 BAINES (haha eventually)
  6 GIBSON
  6 OSMAN
  5 NAISMITH
  7 FELLAINI (5 at best imo)
  5 PIENNAR
  6 ROBIN WILLIAMS
  
  subs
  
  6 miralles
  5 oviedo
  
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  Reading v Wigan
  
  8 FEDERICI
  5 KELLY
  5 MARIAPPA
  4 MORRISON (how did he reclaim his place)
  5 HARTE
  6 KEBE
  5 KARACAN
  5 LEIGETWOOD
  5 AKPAN
  5 HADENOUGH
  4 PIG (dirty stamp)
  
  subs
  
  5 le fondre (why does he not get a start)
  5 hunt
  5 mccleary
  
  6 AL HABSI (did he even see the ball)
  7 SCHARNER (will u urry up and dye ur hair)
  7 CALDWELL (definate handball resulting in opening goal)
  7 FIG (great goal nearly scored another pearler after)
  7 BOYCE
  7 McCARTHY
  7 McARTHUR
  6 MALONEY (not like him to be average)
  7 DI SANTO (nearly scored a great goal, and missed a eff sitter)
  8 PINT OF GUINESS-HEAD STARMAN (more than a handful for anyone- great second goal)
  
  subs
  
  6 gomez
  5 alcaraz
  
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  Reflections.
  
  Well Arsenal got a more than fortuetous win against Villa yesterday infront of about 50,000 people although as per usual they gave the crowd out as an INCREDULOUS 60,079.
  I watched "Football First" and Dean Sturridge was co-commentating and the first thing he said was "I have never seen so many empty seats at the Emirates before..you see it's not just me talking about it.
  Wenger post match said they deserved their win, Lambert post match could not believed they had come away empty handed. Hansen post match, berated Arsenals deficiences defending- and felt Villa at the least deserved a draw. As i neutral i'm in Hansens camp. If they play like that next week Bale will score a hatrick.
  
  United wrapped up the league in west london against the Mercenaries with a contender for goal of the month from Rafael, whose performance yesterday was as good as anything on show anywhere. RVP hobbled off but he will be ok .
  
  Reading look doomed again they have used up all of their lives, and Wigan should of won by 6 or 7 in the end. Why Mcdermott refuses to start with their leading scorer is poor management imo.
  Everton came unstuck suprisingly in East Anglia and there were so many similarities from last weeks blip against Oldham
  Oldham held everything in their box that was wearing a white shirt(EVERTONS AWAY KIT) and equalised in the 15th second of the 4th minute of the 3 mins injury time that was due to be played.
  Norwich (TAKING A LEAF FROM OLDHAM)held everything in a blue shirt in their box- especially turner, and got their winner in the 15th second of the 4th minute of the 3 mins injury time due to be played.
  The only difference being this week Moyes got the hump (rightly so) and refused to shake the refs hand, wheras last week against the underdogs he was magnanimous about it all.
  
  The PREDATOR- (Lukaku) contines to put in bamboozaling performances and i cannot fathom how Abramovitch didn't call him back last month or even let Sturridge go as both are scoring goals for fun. BBC, again in their wisdom, deemed not bothering showing in their highlights of the game LUKAKU,S opening goal, which shud of been given, but the ref pulled it back after he had scored and awarded a free-kick instead to WBA. Charlie Nicholas said as much during the game live on soccer saturday, and its all mentioned in the mins of the game on sportinglife,com.;thus robbing Lukaku of a potential hatrick.
  
  I used to like Stoke and Pulis but i am going right off them now.
  How can he start against Fulham with such a defensive make-up and attitude. He did it recently against Arsenal and now he is doing it against Strugglers Fulham. Pulis nowdays seems to play for a point in all away games. Its very negative and the Pom wont be happy having several teams riding high in the seasonal Sun comp that will be dropping tamely away as his defence is STOKE CITY in the main. Nzonzi shud of seen red and Pulis shud of been questioned about it and his slap on Ruiz or rather grab of the throat/head. Berbatov oozed class and fittingly his quality goal got the points. Nice to See him share the celebration with an ecstatic Joel (i like him too- shud never of been sacked by spurs)
  
  
  Player of the Day...
  
  3 players scored a brace today-
  .
  Carzola- who i thought got lucky on his first goal as he mishit his original shot, and the ball rebounds back to him giving him an easy second chance, with Girod and Wiltshire standing in offside positions, possibly impeeding the view of Guzan.
  
  Pint of guiness-head, with a wonderful chipped second goal but a more than lucky first, coming off his chest a yard out- after caldwell had initially flicked the ball on with his arm.
  
  And the Predator, who had a good goal wrongly chalked off, scored a pen, and had his persistance and energy rewarded with a fortuetous bounce back into the goal from Mignolets attempted clearance at point blank range.
  
  so none of the above are my player of the day.
  
  instead it goes to..
  
  
  
  for the goal that gave Man United another title.. well done.
  
  
  Chump of the day
  
  well a few contenders
  
  Nzonzi
  Pulis
  Fellaini
  Moyes
  McDermot
  The Pig
  
  Nah it goes to all of those 10,000 so called Arsenal supporters that supposedly have bought a ticket for yesterdays match but dont bother turning up.
  
  
  
  Empty seats: There was no full house at the Emirates as you can see above
  
  A selection of comments from googling the empty seats yesterday at the library
  
  From Goal.com.
  
  Plenty of empty seats at the Emirates Stadium this afternoon. One seat with a bum in it, though, is that of majority shareholder Stan Kroenke. Not the most popular figure in north London.
  
  Lots of empty seats at the Emirates today. At a guess, 50000 here. #afc
  
  .LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 23: Empty seats during the Barclays Premier League match between Arsenal and Aston Villa at the Emirates Stadium on February 23, ....
  
  6 hours ago – Wenger comes out fighting after Arsenal's nervy win over Aston Villa Empty seats: There was no full house at the Emirates. The victory means ...
  
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  16 hours ago – Home; Matches vs. Articles · Mania Articles · A Gooner's ... EPL: Arsenal v Aston Villa - 15:00 - 23/02/13 - Player. David Smith (Lobby ... Commentator said he's never seen so many empty seats at the emirates.. He's trying to be ...
  
  15 hours ago – Villa's dance with relegation intensifies with Wigan's victory at Madejski ... watched his team dispatch Aston Villa with difficulty at the Emirates. ... sold for today's game, but the large amount of empty seats told a different story.
  
  15 hours ago – You are wrong, there were many empty seats at the Emitrates today and if ..... “Arsenal something against Aston Villa at the Emirates today.”
  
  17 hours ago – Plenty of empty seats at the Emirates Stadium this afternoon. ...
  
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  Villa now on top and pushing for the winner ... 1000s of empty seats at the Emirates ...
  
  
  
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• Re: QPR 2012/13 General Chat & Starting X1 Thread
  23 Feb 2013, 13:57
  
  this is a message recvd from phil b...
  
  As I’m sure you noticed, there has been a lot of media coverage afforded to our activity in the January transfer window. Our intention is clear. To stay in the Premier League.
  
  And we believe the acquisitions of Tal Ben Haim, Loic Remy, Yun Suk-Young , Chris Samba, Andros Townsend and Jermaine Jenas have improved our chances of doing that.
  
  Tony and the rest of the Board are completely committed to the future of this club. Despite what you may have read in the papers, the club is not facing financial ruin if we suffer relegation this season. All possible outcomes have been considered.
  
  But right now our focus is on staying in the best league in the world. We believe we can achieve it. And it’s what you deserve.
  
  that's what we want 2 hear...nice1.
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• Re: FPL Pontoon 2012/13 - Gameweek 26 Open
  23 Feb 2013, 11:08
  
  Hand 10 Card 04
  
  Calvin1979 - Schneiderlin
  Ralfbergs - Walcott
  Moist von Lipwig - Walcott
  velcro - Rooney
  andybarrell - Figueroa
  tenpinterry - RVP
  stuboy - Bunn
  golden bear - Podolski
  woody71 - Walcott
  chris2k_11 - Benteke
  Yorkshiredragon - Carzola
  crispybits - Jenas
  lamps92 - Guzan
  flyingkillercob - Sissoko
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