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#1881 |
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I think the plan is to have Robben and Duff as the wide men, Lampard and Makelele in the centre, Cole and Oarker as back up. Veron, Petit, Mutu and maybe Hasselbaink are all on their way out.
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#1882 |
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Yeah,also looks as if Gronkjaer is going to Birmingham for just over £1 million.
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#1883 |
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Yes indeedy, Stanic is also out of contract, Desially is a goner, Melchiot is too, wouldn't suprised if Sullivan is, Macho is. Stil hoping Carlo stays.
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#1884 |
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i thought robben was a left winger? that's why duff got so pissed off at his arrival.
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Just been watching a bit of that Football diary on BBC2. It was interesting to see Kieron Dyer being interested in WWE so much
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#1886 |
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LOL yeah
I found that pretty funny.He's got connections with John Cena |
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Pretty good program, gotta love the Weymouth chairman, he hasn't got a clue
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#1889 |
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Robben is a left winger. Duff is shite on the right hand side. Every time Kerr tries to play him there for Ireland, as a way to let one of our other left footers play on the wing, Duff becomes ineffective. Switch him to the left or the centre, and straight away he starts causing problems.
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Big match tonight.
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#1891 |
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Heskey expected to sign for Birmingham in the next 48 hours
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Really?
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#1893 |
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Yeah, according to Sky Sports News, Steve Bruce, Sky Text etc...
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...ty/3720031.stm
AND the BBC Unrelated to the Premiership, but Jaap Stam signed for Milan today |
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Hopefully Dickov chooses West Brom then,cause he wouldn't be a Birmingham regular by the looks of it.
Assuming he goes that is.Bent has also pretty much said he won't stick around but thats understandable as he definetly has premiership talent. Stam is a good signing for Milan but it looks like he'll be at right back again.Also concerning Italian football,Roberto Baggio has retired,though may play in Euro 2004 if selected. Staying abroad ( ![]() ![]() |
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#1896 |
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Ok,just heard we're releasing 13 players(if you include Izzet,though he will go on a bosman).That includes Freund,Callum Davidson,Impey,Rogers(gone to Forest now),McKinlay,Guppy,Tom Williamson(youngster),Nicolas Priet(another youngster),Paul Murphy(reserve keeper)Sinclair,Junior Lewis and Craig Hignett.
Can't say i'm surprisde about most and if i'm honest i'm not too bothered about losing any of them.Hopefully Gillespie will be added to that list. Dabizas has been asked to stay but has hinted he'll leave if he gets an offer from a premiership club. |
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#1897 |
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Gillespie is available on a free
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I can't see any premiership side buying him.Unless we release him i think he could be here for another year.
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Premiership Team of the Year?
Just an interesting take on the BBC for its Premiership team of the Year. I agree with every single player there ![]() Shearer ![]() |
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#1900 |
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I don't think Johnson should be an alternative.Probably have Given or someone ahead of Kiely as an alternative also.
The team itself is about right,i would maybe disagree about Lauren but he's had a steady season and i can't think of a right back who's been great this season. Interesting also that Tim Howard was in the PFA team but didn't make any of the BBC alternatives,let alone the starting position. |
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Ronaldo should probably be in the alternatives at least,maybe not the starting side.
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And yeah Ronaldo and Tim Howard should probs be amongst the replacements but not in the starting line up.
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#1906 |
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Just a bit y'know at the moment.
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#1908 |
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The bad thing is next season's gonna be even tougher
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It's never an easy league to get out of.
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yeah that BBC team is probably the best one, much better then the joke of a team which was on the Sports Personality thing.
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I hope Kevin Kyle is pleased with himself, though. Letting defenders and kids go up to take the penalties when they shouldn't have been. It shows how much bottle he has. Whitley should've known better than that, though.
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Kyle was the youngest (Sunderland) player on the pitch at that point I think.
He's given 100% all season and it wouldn't have gotten down to penalties if it wasn't for his goals so I don't hold anything against him. Plus those defenders took suprisingly good penalties. Last edited by The Mackem; 05-17-2004 at 08:05 PM. |
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To be honest, I'm not too clued up on Sunderland, but I just feel that if you're a forward, you should put yourself forward to take a penalty before a defender. You're a forward, that's what you do. Your job is to score goals, and as a forward, you're meant to practice penalties. In front of that goal, a forward would have a much better mindset than a defender. I agree with you that those defenders took surprisingly good penalties, and I know you can't fault Kyle if he's been outstanding all season, but Whitley's inexperience infront of goal (I think he's a defender, right?) has played a big part in costing you a trip to Cardiff.
You're right not to hold anything against him, as it's all very unfortunate, but you have to question Kyle in not taking a penalty. Even if he'd missed, I doubt he would've wasted it like Whitley did. I think that's why McCarthy was so angry, due to the way the penalty was missed. Penalties are an awful thing, though. You're always going to have your heroes and villians, but at the end of the day, it's all very unfortunate. I'm sure you don't need me adding to the disappointment of tonight, though, so I'll shush. ![]() |
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Well, it could be worse.
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True, you could be Leeds, millions of pounds in debt, all of your best players leaving, etc., etc. Sunderland are a very good side, and they'll be back next year, no doubt about that. You've still had a good year, though, in terms of the FA Cup especially.
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Maybe the FA Cup run took it out of usbut I could list 100 ifs and buts right about now. It will feel better in the morning.
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IF they didn't score in extra time is the main one I suppose. and If Norwich and WBA weren't in the league this season...
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I guess they would be 65 and 79
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Whats number one?
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