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Signed on loan to Sampdoria.

46hrs from now I predict we'll be all in this thread wishing we had more of the bottled stuff (either to live it up or to drum out the bad memories)

That said, we must play the kids against Scunthorpe.. the full first team being beaten there would cause some people to go catatonic!

Saw him give a cuppa and christmas/new year well wishes to a tv crew parked out the front of his house.. interesting touch!

Felt FIFA11's is better than 10's, 09's was tops too.

That said, GTAIV's was rocking too!

For me the strikers who have been getting into positions where they can sniff out an opportunity are Yak and Beckford.. even though Beckford wasn't putting them away at least he's there to take a shot and his aim should improve because of that.

Bily is the only player in the last year or so that I can clearly remember smacking them into the back of the net from outside the box (open play), aside from that Arteta goal against the shite.

We need someone like Bily who will just have a crack rather than procrastinating for 1-2secs and loosing the ball.. too many times I'm seeing indecision leading to the opposition being allowed to close us down, Arteta has been particularly at fault this season, it's like he has something else on his mind or is talking on a mobile phone.. but then again, we've got the nice broadcast view from on high..

Felli should be DM, it would be awful to see him moved up front again, if I remember he was woeful when called upon to do that previously, uncomfortable with the ball at his back etc, then when moved to DM he dominated..

I'm going to watch this one.. and I predict a 2-2 draw.

I would like to see Bily get at least 20mins.

I'm all for it but agree with Romey, we'll see Felli up there, or perhaps Mikel.

Glad I went to bed instead of staying up.. watched a replay of the match this morning, it was very tempting to just lookup the score and do some housework instead...

I only saw 10mins of the first half and the whole second half, quite depressing especially the last 20mins.

ME2 is meant to be the ducks

What a complete and utter waste of time that was.. think I'll start actually sleeping instead of waking up in the wee hours to be presented with that.. nice timing for those substitutions... playing for time against West Ham.. disgrace.

Not heard of it mate, sorry.

Welp, everything I hoped would happen came to pass... I beat blackpool 6-0, followed by a 2-0 win over The Shite at Analfield.. this took my GD over them to +2, crucial if I drew my last game and they lost.. However Chelski did them a favour and nicked it 2-1 in the 2nd half, I had an arsey Shaun Wright Phillips cross turned in by Cahill on the 16th minute then hung on for dear life against a bloody aggressive Arsenal side eventually managing to end the game 1-0..

Disappointed with the buggy game.. it kept on having a news article about Man Citeh in a fierce title battle with The Shite.. overlooking the fact that Everton were the only team that could catch them . Then the ultimate insult.. the commentary said "Everton have finished 2nd... when in fact we'd won the league... a bit of fanfare after the game with Blue/White streamers made me think I'd won it and thankfully the FT scores at the end showed it to be fact... Not one single news article or e-mail said anything about winning the league though.. strange.

Also strange was that they seemed to think Everton had money to give me for the transfer window... $32mil all told because of league position and F.A Cup win..

Soo perhaps FIFA12 will get some of these ironed out.. at least the gameplay has improved IMHO.

Can't you just wear a jumper over your everton kit? Or can they spot your background regardless???

Can't believe people will attack others physically based on what football team they follow... not much going on upstairs obviously .

Using ESet Nod32 myself, no dramas yet and it has picked up multiple nasties thus far..

Speaking of GAMING!

I'm 3rd in the league after a crappy start, 35 games down, Man City is in 2nd on goal difference, both of us are on 76pts.. The Shite are on 80pts and I have a game against them coming up... I'm confident I can beat them but I require them to drop 5pts and pickup all 9pts myself, whilst hoping Citeh drop 1pt or I pile on the goals...

I frickin love the new personality/skill traits because now Cahill IS a prolific header of the ball in-game and Bilya can belt them in from distance!

Pisses me off that i didn't check earlier... ended up staying up till 2am, then get a notice saying cancelled... shoulda checked the O.S and gone to bed

Wouldn't the pipes be covered under insurance? One would assume so.

If Tony Hibbert scores I expect no less than a total pitch invasion!

Indeed he did, was also majorly impressed when Bily got stuck in and tackled Tevez, then went on the run that got Toure into a pickle... Reminded me of the tackles in the "omg he's the greatest" youtube compilations.. I want Bily to get fit, get bulked up, grow confident and succeed..

One of these days a Distin run will pay off, he's got the legs to get back as long as we're not too exposed at the back

Fair enough I suppose.

It's a good omen that I just beat Citeh away in Fifa11.. though it was an awesome Arteta free kick and a Yak tap in that did it... Tevez missed a penalty and 2 sitters... and I followed it up by a win over the shit at home.

Therefore, I'm predicting a win, 2-1 to us! COYB!

P.S, it was also a good omen that I received an e-mail telling me Saha was doing poorly and I should think about either playing him or shipping him out.. received an unlisted offer from The Shite, it's what they deserve so I let them have him!

Thanks, still can't see a u-turn, just a disagreement in terms of the contract.. I certainly hope it's "written" and not "verbal" like Gosling's...

Hopefully he kicks an own goal.

A U-turn??? A fucking press U-turn, not sure I've read anything from the player saying he'd rejected the offer.. anyone able to point me to it?

I'm in Aus and watch it on the TV and I go to great lengths to ensure that I'm seeing the game in it's correct orientation.. it only involves flipping the T.V and myself in a jig.. sorted.. have to get out at half time or my head would explode.

I hope we'll win.. I'm a sucker for punishment so I'll get up earlier in the morning to watch this one... mind you it's at 7am so not like those bastard 5am games, where you can't really sneak in a couple more hours sleep afterwards... nor the 2-3-4am games where you stay away until the game in case you sleep through the alarm...

I'm going 2-1 to us.. Cahill and Saha, Silva for them with a curler.

Correct.

What a rubbish article, 10m to bring in a striker... yes and what about the complete gaping hole left at left back!