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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: Dave on August 13, 2011, 08:55:34 AM
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Available from this afternoon.
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Will be on the train to Edinburgh when the game is on today, but hoping to get VillaStreams working ok with Eastcoast train's WIFI.
Would just like to say I hope we get the season off to a rocking start! Let's have a blinding season! Let's stuff it up the critics, doubters and naysayers!
Up The Villa, C'mon you Lions!!
Ohhhhh great goal from Bent, Shit and another!!!....Just practicing ;D
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Will be on the train to Edinburgh when the game is on today, but hoping to get VillaStreams working ok with Eastcoast train's WIFI.
Having taken that particular route many many times, I wish you a lot of luck getting that on the WiFi, because you will need it. About as reliable as Heskey trying to hit a banjo's arse.
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VILLA: Given, Young, Dunne, Collins, Warnock, Petrov, Delph, N'Zogbia, Heskey, Agbonlahor, Bent. #avfc
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Subs: Guzan, Albrighton, Bannan, Clark, Delfouneso, Ireland, Makoun. #avfc
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Makoun on the bench? strange. Oh well come on you Villa boys.
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Well Im not very optimistic now, not one drop of creativity bar N'Zogbia.
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I would have started Makoun, we need him to keep things ticking over.
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errr....wheres our midfield ?
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errr....wheres our midfield ?
On the bench.
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errr....wheres our midfield ?
agreed. No ball winner leaves us very open.
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Well im going to Rococco on broad street to watch the game so hopefully ill be happy later!
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We thought MON had mental formations , I am desparing Mctaggart already
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That's an odd one. Looks weak in midfield and geared to play direct on the break. Lacking in creativity and a bit predictable I reckon. We'll see.
Hasn't delph been really out of form in pre season?
And I don't really think gabby and bent are natural partners. If they fo play together would prefer bannan or Ireland wide and cutting in, with gabby working the channels.
Could be dangerous on the break with this side though.
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What?! Heskey, Agbonlahor and Bent? Another manager who thinks Heskey is worth a place. Great.
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Top feed .http://extreemegoal.weebly.com/ch2.html
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Hasn't delph been really out of form in pre season?
Indeed. All my enthusiasm for the new season has been drained away with that selection. It's as if AM is trying to accomadate players instead of trying to put a team together with some balance. Let's hope like Houllier's crazy team selections, he proves me wrong.
On a positive note, at least the bench looks strong.
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errr....wheres our midfield ?
agreed. No ball winner leaves us very open.
We don't actually have a ball winner at the club so it's hardly McLeish's fault for not picking him.
Delph ahead of Makoun is an interesting one though. Be interested to see how young Fab does today. He needs a run but he has shown what he can do in flashes.
With Albrighton's form it makes sense that he is taken out of the firing line but I'm not sure about Heskey being the beneficiary.
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I'm guessing we'll set up as follows:
---------------------------------------GIVEN-----------------------------------------
-----YOUNG-----------COLLINS--------------DUNNE---------WARNOCK--------
---------------------PETROV---------------------DELPH-----------------------
-----------------------------------N'ZOGBIA----------------------------------
-----------GABBY---------------------------------------------HESKEY---------
------------------------------------BENT--------------------------------------
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I'm worried...
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Oh AM! What were you thinking...?
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Fulham wll want to dictate the game, but they lack creativity, so we should be able to frustrate them and hit them on the break. The question is whether our central midfield and central defence are so weak that we cannot even cope with Fulham's unimaginative attacking play.
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C'MON YOU LIIIIIONS!
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I'd take a point.
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I wonder if it's worth putting some cash on AM being the first manager to go in th PL. I'm very, very worried about this season, starting with today, and that line up looks all wrong. I hope not. We shall see.....
Come on Villa.
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Not too sure about that lineup. I am concerned...
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I would have thought he is going 4-4-2 with Heskey or Gabby out wide.
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Just seen downing in a Liverpool top, booooooooooo.
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Not the lineup i'd have expected, but fingers crossed it works. Come on you Villa boys!!!!
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I would have thought he is going 4-4-2 with Heskey or Gabby out wide.
Yep, that's what I think, with Heskey out on the left wing. I hope Delph is up to that box-to-box role, because I think that is what will be asked of him.
It's not a line up that fills me with hope, I have to say.
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Not too sure about that lineup. I am concerned...
what line-up with our current squad wouldn't leave you concerned???
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Odd selection that
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A bit concerned that Albrighton's not starting, let's hope Big 'Eck knows what he's doing.
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Is villa streams still out of action?
very surprised makoun not starting.
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Kick and rush, M'lord, kick and rush...
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errr....wheres our midfield ?
agreed. No ball winner leaves us very open.
We don't actually have a ball winner at the club so it's hardly McLeish's fault for not picking him.
Delph ahead of Makoun is an interesting one though. Be interested to see how young Fab does today. He needs a run but he has shown what he can do in flashes.
With Albrighton's form it makes sense that he is taken out of the firing line but I'm not sure about Heskey being the beneficiary.
he could have bought one, at worst we could have got NRC to sign a new deal.
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Very good show from Edgbaston where the boys are trying to get things wrapped up before kick-off time.
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England just took the 9th, could be over before kick off.
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Not surprised at all that Delph starts - McLeish is always lauding him in his press conferences.
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A bit concerned that Albrighton's not starting, let's hope Big 'Eck knows what he's doing.
He's been poor for a long time though. If we put too much pressure on him and he continues to play poorly it will probably have a very bad effect upon him. Worse than being dropped. I'm not happy with Heskey coming in but who else could play there. Every area of our team that looks weak; the wings, the midfield, the defence... It is because of the absence of choice rather than the choice itself.
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funny selection but what the eck. Villastreams working
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Is villa streams still out of action?
very surprised makoun not starting.
I could be remembering it incorrectly but I seem to remember Manky playing terribly towards the end of the season and us playing far better as a team when NRC replaced him.
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Nonsense of a team selection that. But it's first game of the season so expect Heskey to score a hattrick in a 4-3 defeat.
Our squad is really limited but I'd have gone for something like this
Same back 5
Makoun, Clark, Delph
Ireland, Nzogbia
Bent
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errr....wheres our midfield ?
agreed. No ball winner leaves us very open.
We don't actually have a ball winner at the club so it's hardly McLeish's fault for not picking him.
Delph ahead of Makoun is an interesting one though. Be interested to see how young Fab does today. He needs a run but he has shown what he can do in flashes.
With Albrighton's form it makes sense that he is taken out of the firing line but I'm not sure about Heskey being the beneficiary.
he could have bought one, at worst we could have got NRC to sign a new deal.
With what money?
McLeish didn't release NRC either. And NRC was offered a deal. He just thought he could get a better one instead.
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Defence should be reasonably secure as long as Warnock stays focussed and disciplined.
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What channel number is it on on villa streams as i had an e mail saying they are having problems and working on it?
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Only just realised we have no number 8.....
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Thought we would have started Makoun today.
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What channel number is it on on villa streams as i had an e mail saying they are having problems and working on it?
5 I think
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Bonus - because the Spuds game is cancelled, the Villa game is now on ESPN2 in the US.
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What channel number is it on on villa streams as i had an e mail saying they are having problems and working on it?
5 I think
5 & 10.
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Only just realised we have no number 8.....
Keeping it for Parker?
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any Villa streams?
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That's...depressingly predictable.
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any other decent streams ?
This one is sticking and jumping like a sticky,jumpy thing
http://extreemegoal.weebly.com/ch2.html
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Only just realised we have no number 8.....
Yeah, how will we win the scrum?
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any other decent streams ?
This one is sticking and jumping like a sticky,jumpy thing
http://extreemegoal.weebly.com/ch2.html
I'm looking at this at the mo
http://laliga360bbva.blogspot.com/
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We're 7/2 for a win on Betfair, Fulham who are odds on.
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any other decent streams ?
This one is sticking and jumping like a sticky,jumpy thing
http://extreemegoal.weebly.com/ch2.html
http://www.streamorennt.net/mp2p.html
Excellent VT but audio is a couple of secs ahead.
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any other decent streams ?
This one is sticking and jumping like a sticky,jumpy thing
http://extreemegoal.weebly.com/ch2.html
I'm looking at this at the mo
http://laliga360bbva.blogspot.com/
cheers CJ
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Good reception from our fans for McLeish.
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Evening/afternoon all.
Black armbands worn by the Villa. Anyone know why - for the deaths in the rioting?
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what the frig is happening with Villa streams right now, 3 mins to go, no game after looking forward to it for weeks...get a fucking grip!!!
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Isn't the line up one in the eye for all those saying he plays boring negative football. Needs to start with a bang and is going for it, death or glory, he who dares Rodders, could all go tits up though.
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Claret shorts today. What ever happened to when we used to wear sky blue shorts with the home kit if there was a clash?
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Nothing on VS. Is it wokring for anyone else?
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http://veetle.com/index.php/channel/view#4e465cf10fbb6
This one's reasonable with english commentary.
Fasten your seatbelts, the Villa 2011 Rollercoaster is about to start!!
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Claret shorts today. What ever happened to when we used to wear sky blue shorts with the home kit if there was a clash?
Blue shorts aren't part of the kit this year.
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Oh no.Claret shorts.
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why no black socks
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fulham strip appears to have a roll neck! I bet that's nice to wear in August!!
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villa streams is not loading up on my screen.
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http://veetle.com/index.php/channel/view#4e465cf10fbb6
This one's reasonable with english commentary.
Fasten your seatbelts, the Villa 2011 Rollercoaster is about to start!!
Looks good, thanks.
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no Villastreams has all gone blank again
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http://veetle.com/index.php/channel/view#4e465cf10fbb6
This one's reasonable with english commentary.
Fasten your seatbelts, the Villa 2011 Rollercoaster is about to start!!
the picture is awful on that, like the camera lens has been vaselined.
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Claret shorts today. What ever happened to when we used to wear sky blue shorts with the home kit if there was a clash?
Blue shorts aren't part of the kit this year.
How can white shorts clash with Fulham's black ones? Or have they changed to all white strip?
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http://extreemegoal.weebly.com/ch2.html
ok
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Anyone know why black armbands ?
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Liverpool missed pen..........Suarez
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Kieran Dyers worst luck!
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Isn't the line up one in the eye for all those saying he plays boring negative football. Needs to start with a bang and is going for it, death or glory, he who dares Rodders, could all go tits up though.
Unfortunately the no 8 shirt still isn't mine, KB... :)
I'd say that you have a point; there's danger there - but for us as well as F'lam. High scoring draw?
UTV!
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N'Zog - great free kick!
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That's a belting cross from N'Zogbia, which noone went for! Good grief!
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Black armbands due to those killed in the riots.
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Decent free kick cross from N'Zog. Promising.
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Black armband for the B,ham riot-three.
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Anyone know why black armbands ?
For the 3 killed during the riots.
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This stream is ok (http://laliga360bbva.blogspot.com/)
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We are top of the live table!
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terrific, no game........the veetle ones not working for me either....what the fuck!!
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England has the best cricket team in the world. 244 all out
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Kieran Dyers worst luck!
If he was a horse he would have been shot ages ago.
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That's...depressingly predictable.
You never would have predicted the line-up correctly, be honest!
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any other streams anyone pleae...this is killing me
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Riise close
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Suarez has just put a penalty over the kop. Fnnarr.
Although he might be in my fantasy team.
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Riise screaming, should have scored.
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How did Riise get so much space there? Shoddy defending, that.
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come on guys...help me out here..im missing this fucker!!!
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Ginger nuts should have scored for them.
VS saying that their CND has crashed WTF? but they are trying to fix it.
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any other streams anyone pleae...this is killing me
http://laliga360bbva.blogspot.com/
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That was a let off.
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any other streams anyone pleae...this is killing me
http://laliga360bbva.blogspot.com/
Disabled - copyright claim.
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suarez 1-0 liverpool
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That's...depressingly predictable.
You never would have predicted the line-up correctly, be honest!
Delph aside, that's exactly what I thought it would be. And Delph's playing to be fair.
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1 - 0 Liverpool.............Suarez
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England has the best cricket team in the world. 244 all out
...by miles.
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Gabby seeing loads of the ball, but 13 mins in, I don't think Benty has touched the ball yet
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any other streams anyone pleae...this is killing me
http://laliga360bbva.blogspot.com/
Disabled - copyright claim.
Shit - just went down for same reason!
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Deanos Mullet....where are you watching this exactly
????
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We are atrocious!!!
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anyone got villa streams working?
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Bollocks, my stream has gone!
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http://ssorrum.blogspot.com/2011/06/2.html
try that.
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Sky Sports News Soccer Saturday - am not watching the game cos streams not working
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anyone got villa streams working?
no, its all gone down.
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http://chilisports.strikehost.info/
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We are atrocious!!!
Really?! I wouldn't say that at all. Two distinctly average teams out there at the moment, I'd say. Much of a muchness.
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15 mins into the season...I'm totally hacked off....bodes well.
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We are atrocious!!!
It looks a lot like us under MON.
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This is decent - http://eplsite.me/stream3.html
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Villa fans in magnificent voice.
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http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=124352&part=sports
plenty to choose from here
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This is decent - http://eplsite.me/stream3.html
cheers mate
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http://chilisports.strikehost.info/
thank you so much Karl....thank you thank you thank you. VS sucks!
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Fuck the streams. I'm going to watch it on the wireless.
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Lpool 1 -0 Sunderland
Suarez from Adam freekick.
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Heskey chance.
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http://www.sport2you.org/p/live2.html#
this one's working pretty well
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Heskey chance.
Good movement, crap finish from the big oaf.
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Heskey should have done better there
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Crap Heskey miss :(
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Heskey, for all his qualities, must be the worst centre forward in front of goal I've ever seen.
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Danny Murphey booked
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This is decent - http://eplsite.me/stream3.html
Best feed by a mile.
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Notthing too exciting going on so far, but I think Delph is having a decent game so far, some good passes and generally positive in his all round play. A few neat touches from N'Zogbia, too, and a cracking free kick.
Not a bad start, all told. Not that good either, mind.
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Well offside but what a pass to Bent from Delph!
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I think Delph is looking quite tidy.
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Bent goal disallowed for offside, very close.
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Bent offside, close.
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http://eplsite.me/stream3.html
excellect and with english commentary too.
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Delph's excellent, but we're really letting ourselves down with our lack of options in midfield. Heskey is a waste of a spot in the team, get Ireland or Bannan in there.
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Delph looks excellent and Heskey should have just scored that header!
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Great ball, from Zog for Heskey there. I really think we'd benefit from Makoun being on.
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http://eplsite.me/stream3.html
excellect and with english commentary too.
keeps stuttering for me now was okay
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Great ball, from Zog for Heskey there. I really think we'd benefit from Makoun being on.
Instead of Petrov, I think. He just moves the ball quicker.
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http://eplsite.me/stream3.html
excellect and with english commentary too.
keeps stuttering for me now was okay
Same here, very stuttery now. Shame, it was a very good stream initially.
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Heskey again with a half chance. N'Zogbia is going to be a big asset for us this season. His crossing is already a step up from Ash.
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http://eplsite.me/stream3.html
excellect and with english commentary too.
keeps stuttering for me now was okay
Same here.
Villastreams have just sent an email advising they will refund anyone who's purchased for today. They are a no go for today's game..
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http://eplsite.me/stream3.html
excellect and with english commentary too.
keeps stuttering for me now was okay
Was superb but lagging quite badly now. Now dead.
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Well, I'd have us ever so slightly ahead on points, I think. Not too bad.
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Pretty open game!
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This has been ok
http://www.sport2you.org/p/live2.html#
Johnny Foreigner commentary though
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Bent / N,Zog working well together.
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Now feed has crashed
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Great block from someone.
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Heskey again with a half chance. N'Zogbia is going to be a big asset for us this season. His crossing is already a step up from Ash.
:rolls eyes:
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why in this day and age is it so hard to get a non lagging stream from a game played 100 miles away??? wtf is going on??
any other streams guys, Im going to give up in a minute and read a fucking book or something
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Ill put the kiss of death on it now but this one is holding up ok so far
http://www.streamorennt.net/mp2p.html
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Wasted cross and then a wasted shot form Zog. Good job isn't wasn't Heskey or the lynch mobs would be out.
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This one's not gone wrong so far:
http://laliga360bbva.blogspot.com/
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why in this day and age is it so hard to get a non lagging stream from a game played 100 miles away??? wtf is going on??
any other streams guys, Im going to give up in a minute and read a fucking book or something
Seems the authorities are clamping down on them, I've had 4 be taken down for copyright so far.
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Heskey again with a half chance. N'Zogbia is going to be a big asset for us this season. His crossing is already a step up from Ash.
:rolls eyes:
rolls eyes? why? What bit is incorrect? I didn't he was better than Ash did I. But Ash wasn't exactly the best crosser of the ball we'd seen at VP.
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Try wesports.tv
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www.wesports.tv/?c=watch&u=2313
got a hash symbol at the end but i haven't got one on my keyboard :)
good stream though, solid as a rock so far
reckon we'll score today, fulham not created much, just hope we get ahead before we tire as i would expect them to finish stronger
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turns out the hash isn't important
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why in this day and age is it so hard to get a non lagging stream from a game played 100 miles away??? wtf is going on??
any other streams guys, Im going to give up in a minute and read a fucking book or something
Because in this day and age, The PL/FA are faster closing down the decent streams.
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England has the best cricket team in the world. 244 all out
...by miles.
Yeah...except when they are playing Ireland!
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Delph looks a big step up from Reo Coker. Strange he hasn't he played more before now.
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oi up chaps, we could win this....
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I concur with everyone else, Delph looking good so far
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Delph looks a big step up from Reo Coker. Strange he hasn't he played more before now.
He has been injured
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This one's not gone wrong so far:
http://laliga360bbva.blogspot.com/
cheers - best one so far
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Senderos looks a liability for them
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Collins header wide.
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Delph looks a big step up from Reo Coker. Strange he hasn't he played more before now.
Always injuryed! Needed a few games to find his feet!
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Fucking hell this is about rough house from Fulham.
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Collins should have done better with that.
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GREAT cross from N'Zogbia, Collins should have got it on target
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Collins should have scored
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Good N' cross, Collins should have done a lot better with it.
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Collins should have done a lot better. Really impressed with Delph though.
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Collins header wide.
another lovely N'Zogbia cross eh VD?
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Delph looks a big step up from Reo Coker. Strange he hasn't he played more before now.
He has been injured
I recall him sitting on our bench and covering various positions quite a bit last season mind. Early days anyway
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Senderos looks a liability for them
Liability for Switerland also!
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Petrov screamer over the bar.
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This is OK
http://laliga360bbva.blogspot.com/
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Petrov!! Should have scored perhaps.
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35 yard rasper from Petrov just over/wide of the bar.
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Back up and running - http://eplsite.me/stream3.html
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think Stan knows we are after Der Hammer
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Good strike by Stan
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eff me...A Petrov shot that was not dragged....piledriver
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I think we look the side most likely so far. Given's not had a lot to do.
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very good effort from Stan. We've seen lost of those dribble across the ground to the keeper in the past. He got a hold of that. Decent chance.
Villa fans sound brilliant!
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Our lot are making a right racket.
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Petrov!! Should have scored perhaps.
He wasn't a yard out you know.
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Fucking hell Gabby don't foul him there.
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Given fab save.
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Good shot, Stilyan!
At the risk of jinxing everything, we're defending well as a team, the two 'holding' midfielders are doing a good job in front of the back four. Delph is really getting around the pitch, too.
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Johnson forces save from Given
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comical defending is back
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Calamitous defending there.
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Dome head is bound to score isn't he?
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Oh, and afternoon all.
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Good shot, Stilyan!
At the risk of jinxing everything, we're defending well as a team, the two 'holding' midfielders are doing a good job in front of the back four. Delph is really getting around the pitch, too.
Very true, there's just this yawning chasm between them and the front areas. Heskey really is a waste of a starting place.
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Good block by Emile there.
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think Stan knows we are after Der Hammer
McLeish intimated as much. Sounded like it was tied to the sale of Cuellar to Rangers, which has fallen through now.
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V. lively game so far. Possible advantage to Fulham atm.
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Etuhu needs a card.
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Collins should have done better with that.
where exactly are you watching this????please!!!
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Good shot, Stilyan!
At the risk of jinxing everything, we're defending well as a team, the two 'holding' midfielders are doing a good job in front of the back four. Delph is really getting around the pitch, too.
Very true, there's just this yawning chasm between them and the front areas. Heskey really is a waste of a starting place.
I agree with that - if we are going to use this system, then we might as well put Ireland as the attacking midfielder, and put Gabby out on the wing instead of Heskey.
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Oh, and afternoon all.
Afternoon...
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LINK (http://laliga360bbva.blogspot.com/)
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Come on Villa, don't concede before half-time.
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we've looked ok. Everything is being fed down the right to Charles which might get a bit predicatble if we don't figure out a way to very it up. Delph has been very good.
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Riise rising shot! Missed.
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Collins should have done better with that.
where exactly are you watching this????please!!!
http://laliga360bbva.blogspot.com/
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1 min added time.
Said Diddy David Hamilton
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I've said it before, but Damien Duff really does have a slapable face.
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I think we have been the better side, just need to be far more clinical. Get Makoun on to help the midfield tick.
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Silly Gabby booking. Foul on Fulham player, then waves away ref.
FFS man.
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defensively we've pretty much kept them to long range stuff, or at least kept a good perimeter around Given. They appear much more disciplined than last season, and it should get better as they play more.
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Gabby booked and needs to calm down. Half Time.
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Norwich 1-1 Wigan
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FT 0-0
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Collins should have done better with that.
where exactly are you watching this????please!!!
http://laliga360bbva.blogspot.com/
thank you, hopefully I'll see more than 3 non-jerky minutes of the second half!
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gabby acting the prick.
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How on earth Gabby gets booked and Senderos and Etuhu haven't I don't know.
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Silly booking for Gabby - he'd already been warned.
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Fair first half; evens, in my book.
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Fancy sexy skin.....?
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A decent first half, we just need to be clinical. Might help if we get the ball to Bent more, and when we do, he stays onside.
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Senderos is a terrible player.
Seems to specialise in running around, pushing people over.
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Not bad from us. We've let ourselves be dragged down to the other team's level in games like this in the recent past, but we seem to want to attack and (with a couple of exceptions) the defence seem to be behaving itself as well. N'Zogbia's a cracking crosser!
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Solid if uninspired first half. I think Delph could be a bit of a sensation in there as a player who can tackle AND pass a football to one of our players. He looks very comfortable on the ball too. Impressed.
Gabby on the wing still doesn't work and he's clearly frustrated out there. I hope we don't persevere with that.
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Solid first half. Delph the stand out player for me so far. Gabby booked for a nothing exchange and Senderos has seen no card despite being on a one man mission to bring the game to a halt.
Decent half, a very typical opening day fixture.
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How on earth Gabby gets booked and Senderos and Etuhu haven't I don't know.
Gabby had been given a bollocking by the ref 2 mis earlier. That was for demanding a fulham player be booked for diving. Then he starts acting the petulant twat and gets himself booked.
The new Ashley Young ??
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FT 0-0
Was that a typo or a prediction?
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FT 0-0
Are you watching a link in the TARDIS?
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We're playing quite well
the formation is working ok
Fulham don't look like the home team at stages
if we can get the forward players into their box more in the second half we should win this
i still think it will be a draw though
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Well, that wasn't too bad at all! I think we just about shaded the half, to be honest, and there's been some good performances too - Delph is the standout so far, but Agbolahor (idiotic booking aside) has looked good too.
Heskey is a waste of fekkin' space, though; we might as well switch him out for Ireland, put him behind Bent and play N'Zogbia and Agbonlahor out on the wings.
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It all looks a bit threadbare really. We've shaded it in the sense that much of the play has been in Fulham's half, but we look a bit desperate at the back and could easily have conceded.
Makoun for Gabby, go 4-3-3
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http://laliga360bbva.blogspot.com/ seems to have stopped- hope it's only for the half-time wafflefest.
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Not bad, Delph has looked good. Stupid booking for Gabby.
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Well, that wasn't too bad at all! I think we just about shaded the half, to be honest, and there's been some good performances too - Delph is the standout so far, but Agbolahor (idiotic booking aside) has looked good too.
Heskey is a waste of fekkin' space, though; we might as well switch him out for Ireland, put him behind Bent and play N'Zogbia and Agbonlahor out on the wings.
I do think that Petrov - in his unfussy way - has also played well in the middle (as far as the poor streaming has allowed me to judge it).
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Well, that wasn't too bad at all! I think we just about shaded the half, to be honest, and there's been some good performances too - Delph is the standout so far, but Agbolahor (idiotic booking aside) has looked good too.
Heskey is a waste of fekkin' space, though; we might as well switch him out for Ireland, put him behind Bent and play N'Zogbia and Agbonlahor out on the wings.
I agree with this. It's like under MON. The gap between midfield and attack is massive, and we just end up banging it to the wings and lobbing in crosses, which Senderos and Hangeland are fine with. We've got them turning and running, which Heskey just never will.
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Starting to see the player Delph can be. Can break up play, comfortable in possession and can pick a pass. Agree with others that Haskey should be off and bring Ireland on for a bit more creativity
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I'd worry about there wings to much to turning it into 4-3-3. Agree Gabby maybe for Albrighton we don't want to be down to 10 men!
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Not seen enough to form a solid opinion, but we do need to lock down that defence a bit more. Apart from that we look ok if a bit shaky.
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I'd worry about there wings to much to turning it into 4-3-3. Agree Gabby maybe for Albrighton we don't want to be down to 10 men!
4-5-1/4-3-3 though. Get Heskey out of there and replace him with a footballer.
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http://eplsite.me/stream3.html
up and running again.
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Looks solid at the moment, look dodgy at the back right side, Gabby is up for it, couldn't give a crap about his booking lets see some spirit, he's up for this and a lot of the danger we pose is coming left side through Gabby, we should milk that.
Bent looks like he needs to get a bit more involved, but we are doing OK, good to see gabby giving some stick, get in there mate, rip em up.
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McLeish has gone with a horses for courses philosophy here. Ensure we at least get protection on the goal first and foremost and for the most part we've not been really troubled. Maybe as the game goes on we'll change things up a bit and bring on a Bazza or Albrighton or Ireland for Stan or Heskey. I'll take a point from what is always a tricky fixture right now, but with Bent up top we can always nick one.
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Actually the substitution I'd make now would be Clark for Heskey, push N,Z and GA toward Bent more and tighten the central midfield.
Look for someone a little more creative later on.
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Looks solid at the moment, look dodgy at the back right side, Gabby is up for it, couldn't give a crap about his booking lets see some spirit, he's up for this and a lot of the danger we pose is coming left side through Gabby, we should milk that.
Bent looks like he needs to get a bit more involved, but we are doing OK, good to see gabby giving some stick, get in there mate, rip em up.
agree but being up for it is wasted if he's petulant. The booking wasn't for a good challenge, it was for being stupid, and thwn disrespecting the ref. It serves us no purpose if he does that.
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(http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/large/371921219.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJF3XCCKACR3QDMOA&Expires=1313248678&Signature=IEIsLODLFGJCVQCr5tEbHQ6rKsQ%3D)
Looks like Dempsey has upset someone.
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Right come on Villa.
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Johnson point blank! Given save!
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We were asleep then.
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Fantastic save by Given
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Bloogy Hell, great save, Given!! need to cut those crosses out!
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Super save, fucking wake up and stop whinging to the linesman.
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Warnock playing climb the defender
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Well saved Given. He stood up well.
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I see the Collins "swing your leg at it and make it go 50 yards" thing is carrying on this season.
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too easy for fulham to get their crosses in at the moment.
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We have not come out of the changing room here.
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Are we still in the changing rooms?
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We're all over the bleedin' place at the moment.
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Living somewhat dangerously right now.
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Dunne last ditch!
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Come on VILLA!
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Well in Dunne. We need to get a grip of this.
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They've come out like a house on fire this half. We've come out like a house.
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Thank fuck for Dunne there!
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seems like only a matter of time before fulham score - mcleish needs get clark on and heskey off , we are too open .
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Johnson high and wide.
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now being totally overrun
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Fucking hell we have been awful this half.
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Living somewhat dangerously right now.
Understatement of the season :)
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id put both clark and makoun on for heskey and gabby and push nzogbia closer to bent.
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I have a lot more confidence in Given than I had in Friedel.
We need to wake up though as we are coming under a lot of pressure.
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lalga360's gone!
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La Liga channel has been cut.
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FFS, stream gone, again!!
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Just lost my link...
http://laliga360bbva.blogspot.com/
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http://eplsite.me/stream3.html this is first class
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I've subscribed to liveonlinefooty.com
Currently watching it on my telly, played through Xbox Media Centre on my Apple Tv.
Works a beauty!
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feed gone again. Copyright issue.
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http://eplsite.me/stream3.html
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http://eplsite.me/stream3.html this is first class
Cheers
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Get Makoun on, we need to get control in midfield.
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http://ssorrum.blogspot.com/2011/06/2.html
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http://chilisports.strikehost.info/
link ok so far
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You would think we are playing 146 at the moment with Dune and Collins playing hoof ball over the midfield.
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Keeps asking me to sign into facebook eastie.
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Bent is a great striker, he still needs service.
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Sundarland score
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Liverpool 1-1 Sunderland
Larsson.
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Sunderland equalised
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I've subscribed to liveonlinefooty.com
Currently watching it on my telly, played through Xbox Media Centre on my Apple Tv.
Works a beauty!
how much is that?
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Time to bring on Albrighton for the Zog.
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Liverpool 1 - Sunderland 1............Larsson
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Heskey booked.
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I've subscribed to liveonlinefooty.com
Currently watching it on my telly, played through Xbox Media Centre on my Apple Tv.
Works a beauty!
how much is that?
Six quid for 2 months.
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awful challenge from Heskey.
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Villa Blackburn will be on TV here, so i don't get irritated with Villastreams
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I've subscribed to liveonlinefooty.com
Currently watching it on my telly, played through Xbox Media Centre on my Apple Tv.
Works a beauty!
how much is that?
Six quid for 2 months.
Thats good, can you pay via paypal?
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Get Heskey off he's lunging in too much. Also Petrov is off the pace now.
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We need to make some changes.
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Are we still shit at defending corners?
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A good few minutes for us there, taken the sting out of Fulham a little bit.
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TSN makes me want to move to Canada.
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Bit of a crap pass from N'Zogbia at the end of a decent break. Shame.
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We are crap at passing ATM
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What a waste from Zog.
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why isn't makoun playing?
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aNY Streams boys? Mine a beyond poor.
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Are we still shit at defending corners?
I thought we'd been decent today.
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Giving the ball away far too much.
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Any non-stuttering streams out there please?
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Zogbia been crap at passing to his teammates
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Point blank save by Given. Thank fuck.
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Brilliant save
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take heskey off and put on albrighton you ginger prick.
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Another Given save.
Albrighton coming on
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Zogbia been crap at passing to his teammates
Was just thinking, he's been poor so far this half.
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Hmmmm. Time to rethink the 2 man midfield I think.
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Impressed with Given today. Kept us level.
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thank god we have Given!!!
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Another good save by Given. We need a fucking midfield now.
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the laliga link is working great again.
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Put bloody Makoun on.
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take heskey off and put albrighton you ginger prick.
We definitely don't need Alb; we need some more solidity in MF. Clark or Makoun for Heskey.
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aNY Streams boys? Mine a beyond poor.
http://laliga360bbva.blogspot.com/http://laliga360bbva.blogspot.com/
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wesports.tv
brilliant, not stuttered for 60+minutes
shame i can't say the same about us. we've been poor this half
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Any non-stuttering streams out there please?
http://eplsite.me/stream3.html
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http://ssorrum.blogspot.com/2011/06/2.html
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That stat about N'Zogbia's 'attempted dribbles' is looking a little bit 'on the nose' at the moment...
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Yes
the laliga link is working great again.
Cheers!
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Zog off, MarkyMark on
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Alex, that's fine, but, erm, can we have a midfield now please?
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aNY Streams boys? Mine a beyond poor.
http://eplsite.me/stream3.html
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take heskey off and put on albrighton you ginger prick.
Charming.
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Right Albrighton perform, but we need a midfield.
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albrighton's on... but for 'nzogbia instead of heskey
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HOW CRAP IS THAT HESKEY!
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ffs heskey take a shot
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Heskey afraid to take a shot there.
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Bent, then Heskey close to taking shots. No doing.
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Heskey. Really, what is the point?
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http://laliga360bbva.blogspot.com/
Back on.
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HIT the fucking thing!!!!!!!!!
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heskey really is a liability - get him off and ireland or bannan on.
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Get Heskey off for Delfouneso or Bannan
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Warnock good cross, Bent waiting for it. Keeper came out to dive.
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We're looking brighter since Albrighton came on
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Get Heskey off, for god's sake Alex! You cannot seriously think this is ok, you just cannot, I don't believe you can.
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take heskey off and put on albrighton you ginger prick.
Don't be a tosser.
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FFS McLeish just get Heskey off
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MarkyMark crucial tackle near side
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Was that Heskey who just played the ball to Warnock that opened Fulham up?
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Like to see Warnock move to LM and use to buy a new LB
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then gives away FK edge of box near side.
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Albrighton clumsy.
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FK headed away.
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albrighton looking sharper today , promising signs , maybe bent can nick one here .
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We've not played too badly in patches this game, but you can see from a mile off that our problem this season is going to be getting the ball to Darren Bent, and if we don't do that, we're not going to be doing a lot of scoring.
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Balls being launched into our box making it easy for our defenders to head away.
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Was that Heskey who just played the ball to Warnock that opened Fulham up?
Bannan or Ireland could both do that, and presumably not be as irrelevant or rubbish as Heskey has for the rest of the game.
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Desperate bloody stuff! Get your foot on it and keep the damn thing!
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Ireland on for Heskey please.
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apparently we didnt keep a clean sheet away from home in the whole of last season , 25 games in all.
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Zamora off, Dembele (Belgian) on
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Was that Heskey who just played the ball to Warnock that opened Fulham up?
Bannan or Ireland could both do that, and presumably not be as irrelevant or rubbish as Heskey has for the rest of the game.
So it was, but as usual, he gets no praise when he does something decent. Had that been Zog or Delph playing that ball people would have been wanking themselves over it.
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Good afternoon, all. How are we doing?
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I think I'd be inclined to put Makoun on rather than Ireland, but definitely take Heskey off.
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MarkyMark shoooooot. Just wide.
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Great play by Bent
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We've not played too badly in patches this game, but you can see from a mile off that our problem this season is going to be getting the ball to Darren Bent, and if we don't do that, we're not going to be doing a lot of scoring.
Hopefully noone will learn how to do it until the transfer window shuts.
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The good things he does are far, far outweighed by his ineffectiveness for the rest of the game, though.
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Unlucky Marky Mark.
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Just wide from Albrighton.
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Marc! Should have scored.
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Should have hit that left footed into opposite side of goal.
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Good afternoon, all. How are we doing?
OK, but same old Villa. Being seriously put under the cosh by Fulham last 20mins
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Marc! Should have scored.
Yep.
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4-4-2 then an we would of scored!
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Bent playing up front on his own.
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for a player on £65000 a week id expect far more from heskey than he delivers.
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Ay up Legion, no disasters then?
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Heskey's just a useless lump.
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Get Heskey off or he will be sent off.
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Yep, it's not 4-4-2, we essentially have Heskey in attacking midfield. With Bannan and Ireland on the bench. Fucking ridiculous.
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QPR 0-3 Bolton
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Ay up Legion, no disasters then?
Only minor ones.
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who would of thought that Bolton and Wolves would be 1st and 2nd in the league!!!
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Villastreams is working now
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Hardly Heskey's fault, Riise went to the floor like he was on the end of a fucking uppercut.
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Kamara on form. Just went to him about Boltons third goal and he is looking down at his programme not noticing they had gone to him.
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So close Gabby
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Gabby shoots and misses
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My link just died. What's working for people?
It's back with lag.
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We're gonna struggle to create chances this season. Thanks Randy for selling our 2 only creative players. And Heskey is bloody useless, get him off McLeish.
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The good things he does are far, far outweighed by his ineffectiveness for the rest of the game, though.
My point is, with Heskey he can can play as well or as badly as a lot of other players, but he only ever gets slated. Has he been any worse than Gabby or Bent today? He's done some decent work at times today, won a lot of headers and freekicks, made a crucial defensive block, and set up a few chances.
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Good corner from Delph, why not let him have another one?
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who would of thought that Bolton and Wolves would be 1st and 2nd in the league!!!
We are not out of it yet...but looking 0-0 for moment..
3 corners and nowt..shite
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dmbele (??) booked.
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fuuuuuu petrov
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http://eplsite.me/stream3.html
this is working great.........touch wood.
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Dembélé yellow.
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Petrov won the damn ball; Dempsey jumped into him.
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The good things he does are far, far outweighed by his ineffectiveness for the rest of the game, though.
My point is, with Heskey he can can play as well or as badly as a lot of other players, but he only ever gets slated. Has he been any worse than Gabby or Bent today? He's done some decent work at times today, won a lot of headers and freekicks, made a crucial defensive block, and set up a few chances.
Agreed. Gabby has been just as useless but hasn't had as much criticism.
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Christ, Albrightons nose has swollen quick after that challenge!
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Dunne yellow.
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Dunne booked. It's all a bit .....
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Villastreams is working now
Thanks...
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Dunne! You muppet!
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Villastreams working aganin
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Fulham just rolling around now.
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The good things he does are far, far outweighed by his ineffectiveness for the rest of the game, though.
My point is, with Heskey he can can play as well or as badly as a lot of other players, but he only ever gets slated. Has he been any worse than Gabby or Bent today? He's done some decent work at times today, won a lot of headers and freekicks, made a crucial defensive block, and set up a few chances.
Agreed. Gabby has been just as useless but hasn't had as much criticism.
The issue with Heskey is as much the position he's playing in the team and the players he's keeping out from that position, ie Bannan and Ireland. Also what his being in the side ahead of those two says about the philosophy being used.
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QPR 0 - Bolton 4
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Can't wait to hear Jol's post match interview
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5mins of nervous tension now..
we need to be more decisive..where's Bent? or anyone else upfront?
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Most booked team in the league probably!
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Duff shot blocked
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QPR 0-4 Bolton
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Time to chuck it away...
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Does anyone know why Albrighton's wearing a black armband?
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Does anyone know why Albrighton's wearing a black armband?
Riot deaths.
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It's going to be a long hard season, on the basis of this performance; v little creativity and sustained pressure.
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Young cross meets Schwarzer
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Clark on for Petrov.
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Clark on for Petrov
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Petrov off, Clark on
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Petrov off, as annonymous as ever.
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Young has the ball and no movement from Albrighton down the outside ffs.
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It's going to be a long hard season, on the basis of this performance; v little creativity and sustained pressure.
This is 'only' Fulham we are struggling to break down.
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Makoun needs to play the next game.
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Does anyone know why Albrighton's wearing a black armband?
They are all wearing armbands in memoriam of three dead in Bham riots!
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God.
Here we go.
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Clark on, ahead of Makoun.
I'm going to make a huge assumption and guess that Makoun will be the player sold 'to free up resources'.
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Bburn 1-2 Wolves
Norwich 1-1 Wigan
3 mins addded time
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or more appropriately for a dire performance!
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Why is COllins taking goal kicks?
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Not sure where we are going to find chances from, let alone goals.
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Given with some sort of injury, Collins took GK
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Why is COllins taking goal kicks?
Waste time, we're happy with the point.
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0-0 FT
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FT 0-0
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well that was shite
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Uninspiring to say the least, but not a defeat.
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On the basis of that performance it's going to be a long season.
Only positive is a clean sheet.
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Were top for 2 minutes!!!
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Could be worse I suppose..but we need more creativity..nothing much getting up to forwards..
Given is great acquisition..and we need him!
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How did we play in the first half? Better than the second half hopefully...
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poor
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a good away point, defence looked good, midfield very average and no service to Bent. Heskey, usual shit......Given kept us in it and Dunne and Collins looked strong. Have to happy with a clean sheet and an away point.
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Heskey out for Bannan, Makoun or Ireland and that team looks much better.
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Before the match, most of us would have been happy with a point, and we got that.
However, if I had just woken up from a year-long coma and someone told me that MON was still manager and had coloured his hair red, I would have believed him.
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Artless McCrap.
Reminded me of the days we played WM when most others played 4-2-4.
Too often the player in possession was left isolated as others did little but queue up in the middle.
Snow on it or more snow on it. Good options.
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It's gonna be a long season.
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Hold on a minute, we've just got an away point with a clean sheet against a team that has been playing since the end of June. As an aside, Liverpool have spent how much for a home point against Sunderland?
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SHOCKINGLY BAD!! >:(
Playing 3 strikers doesn't mean you will score more goals when you not one player in that Villa 11 had a clue how to pass and move. Every ball from defence was hit high and hopeful to Heskey, Bent was on the shoulder of Senderos numerous times but no one in that team has any vision or technical ability to hit a slide pass. That was seriously worse than watching a game under MON! N'Zogbia had a stinker nut considering it was his debut I'll let him off and Given was by far our best player.
Makoun, Bannan, Ireland and Albrighton have to start in expense of Agbonlahor, Heskey, Petrov and Delph.
I fear already and I'm not even joking.
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Based on the team selection I'm happy with that.
For all the attacking intent of Bent, Gabby and Heskey they're not creative types who can control the game and build periods of sustained possession.
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If we keep persisting with Gabby and Heskey we will struggle, AM will have to find a way around it so
Somehow because they are both no where near good enough
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Petrov off, as annonymous as ever.
He appeared to have had a bump to the head.