Matt

always knew he would make this kind of impact, very pleased to see i was right! dunno about manlove but certainly makes me feel good!

After consultation with the powers that be the decision is to leave it here...if we win our next four or five then maybe we'll reconsider .

If we win our last eight games and nick it I'll be as pissed off as when I considered having a bet on Jenson Button to be world champ last year when he was without a team and at about 250-1 .

grrrr......

ex-bookie Mike, i know better than to try to beat the house!

When you moving this topic back to its rightful place?

I deal with crap from a select few Anti-American Englishmen on FIFA 10 daily, then again, most of them are from Newcastle.

im marrying an american in a few months so no worries here! welcome mate!

I say Everton will get forth

seconded! we have the easiest run in on paper, we're not out of it yet even if it is a long shot, we are still capable of getting 4th, depending on those if's and but's mentioned above. Like i said before, we shouldnt be discounted until its not possible. Villa last season collapsed (drew and lost most of their final games), the Kopites will hopefully continue on this wonderfully self-destructive pattern theyre in. If we beat Citeh tonight, thats 3 points closer to them and then we have to hope Spurs fall apart. Yes lots of ifs and buts, the biggest but of all is that IT IS STILL POSSIBLE!!!

i think he will...dont think nev will have the legs to play all the games and hibbert will no doubt be injured...maybe even get a shot on the right wing who knows seems to be very much johnson like and i personally wouldnt have an issue with him bein a winger to get some game time and experience

sounds like a good idea mate but then who do you drop in the midfield? Theres no way he will be given that opportunity on loan or in the EPL, so only time would be preseason but i dont see DM putting him there. I do like the idea though, someone agressive and pacy going forward, good tackler who can potentially win the ball back further up the pitch. Gives Nev a bit of support down the right... Im jealous i didnt think of it!!!

Quite right. Moved .

wrong! im ashamed at your lack of faith! Shouldnt be moved until its technically not possible!

welcome dude!

I think thats a fair shout as he has been excellent. Although his performance against Man U was brilliant the way he bossed the midfield against the giants at Chelsea was better IMO. I just hope he can keep it up and not let the good form slip like he has in the past.

Only reason his form slipped in the past was because he was pushed back out to the right wing, where, we all agree im sure, he is crap. Leave him where he is, watch him shine and he will grow and grow!

Disagree - still think g.neville is the better right back - quality crosser of the ball.

good at crosses, still relatively quick, but cant defend for toffee! wonder who he will be facing in the 1st game of the world cup? oh yeah, that american guy who tore him limb from limb when played for us a few months ago! Gary is passed it, Pip is the better player now. Also, at international level at least, Gary Nev only played his best with Becks in front of him, they were a quality duo.

All that being said, i agree with Baily, HIBBO FOR ENGLAND!!!

stupid BBC, cant watch this abroad

will have to wait until it comes on BBC Entertainment. No wait, you said it was good, it will never make it there, theres no space between the reruns of old casualty and weakest link.

1 other thing (i know im goin a little off topic but im pissed off now!) i thought the BBC couldnt advertize, which is why we (or rather you now since im abroad) have to pay a TV licence. Did you know the dutch get BBC1 and BBC2 without paying specifically for it?

Just a little fed up with the BBC to be honest, full of crap most of the time and for some reason MOTD is on so late that people are either out or in bed. Plus, its shown an hour later if you can find it here on the continent (cant blame them for that) but its a tad annoying to wait up until 1am for the briefest of glimpses of our boys in blue!

it hurts but yes, his form this season hasnt been all that great. I went for Ossie (no surprises there im sure) because i think its his best position, either in the centre along side Arteta or behind the striker, he is great in either position.

Not sure why Johnny or Jack are there, wrong position entirely!

Bad feeling about the game and especially Tevez against Dystin. Cant go against us so 1-1 Cahill

ordinarily i would be turning my pants brown but Johnny is more than a match for Tevez. Man mark him out of the game, Citeh will stop! That being said, im nervous about Distin playing against his old club. Not that i think he wont be professional, but more that he will be distracted and cock up. Think Yobo and Jags at the back would be better but dont think DM will agree, hence 2-2....

Ossie for England!!!

if it was a toss up between him or his brother i would go with Pip. Otherwise, i'd rather he didnt.

2-2. Going to be a very tough game....

Knowing the shite they'll probably beat Benfica comfortably and then rub it in our faces <_<.

This is why more then ever i hope they get beat. Dont think i could take it!

draw just finished:

Fulham vs Wolfsburg

Hamburg vs Standard

Valencia vs Athletico

Benfica vs Liverpool

Discuss!

(personal note, i hope to God Liverpool get beat more so that usual...)

*******

Semi's

Valencia/Atletico Madrid v Benfica/Liverpool

Hamburg/Standard Liege v Fulham/Wolfsburg

to be honest, i am tempted to venture back to wind them up a little. Plus, its a time killer for slow days like today...

I feel a little ill, like ive cheated on all the toffeetalkers! still, its a good place to wind people up....

draw has been made:

Inter Milan v CSKA Moscow

Arsenal v Barcelona

Bayern Munich v Manchester United

Lyon v Bordeaux

for the Semi finals:

Inter/CSKA Moscow v Arsenal/Barcelona

Bayern/Man United v Lyon/Bordeaux

Should be interesting! Will have to see if i can get to the Arsenal game too

If Capello will fail this year with the England Squad he will be the next Wally... It's the press that eliminates all the coaches you've had..

 

Good luck on the next World Championship though...

 

Ps we need a new striker for next year.. Is Yakubu available?

Swap?

And it wasnt the press that got rid of him, it was his incompetence as a manager!

Jij ook jonge, sucess met de World Cup!

There's been one person backing him up over the last few days and everyone was suggesting that it was him posting under a third name. I said I didn't think it was because they had better grammar but it was probably a friend of his posting what he was told...or his mum. Fairly confident I was right because the style was Milky's, just written by someone with a little more brain....he then suggested I was someone called "Tony" under an assumed name and now I can't post.

 

Hopefully it won't affect my access to any other part of the site, not checked yet.

ha! you got accused of being Tony.d?! Thats funny... Shouldnt affect any other part mate, if it does just sign up with a different name!

You don't need to sign up....if you're registered on the OS you can post .

 

So I did. Four times...politely joing the criticism of Milky/Mod_02 in two of them.

 

Now I appear to be banned....no explanation....just won't let me post .

its was a slow morning today so was going to sign up to join in the banter but reading through the comments and topics, i quickly decided not drop down 50 IQ points just to pass the time.

was quite enteraining though! Just curious, what did you say to piss him off?

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/17032010/58/international-football-braced-year-mls.html

a year long strike according to this!

shit! reading that it sounds like he has already been sentenced!

Chinese governments and authorities seriously piss me off...