English League & European Football [27th Mar - 1st Apr 2010] **spoilers**

[drunkenmaster]

Almunia, the muppet, I think I mentioned Birmingham away would NOT be an easy game for Arsenal and that people who think our run in is easy, are deluding themselves.

Awful keeping again though and we've had money to spend every single year, and the massive majority or ARsenal fans could see Almunia was never going to be good enough for 4 years.

Not a great game, Theo Walcott was utterly ineffective as a right midfielder, he almost got onto two balls in behind that weren't really for him, first he should have taken around the keeper but flicked it right at him. Denilson just doesn't offer us any defensive cover.

Were we instantly better when Theo walcott was off the pitch, yup, was that with a not very fast, not really a winger Nasri on, yup. 4-4-2, playing Theo as a Striker, or one of our other players who never get a look.

Should be 4 points off the lead, 3 off Chelsea in a couple more hours, with a massively worse goal difference, after today Chelsea have a 13 better goal difference than us.

 

[Cosimo]

Nice one Villa it helps with the goal difference:

.............P..GD..PTS

1 Chelsea 32 53 71
2 Man Utd 31 47 69
3 Arsenal 32 40 68
4 Tottenham 31 28 58

 

[red11]

Gutted I never left Lampard as my Captain, switch to Rooney instead for this week :/

Rooney isn't playing today so the captaincy will probably go to Lampard in your FF team. Jammy git.

 

[Chong Warrior]

Crouch misses a sitter... in the 99th minute!

 

[drunkenmaster]

Zola's got to be sacked now. He's awful.

HAving a look at todays starting squad, Noble, Parker, Dyer, Da Costa, Faubert, Mido and Cole are all not match fit, almost all coming back from injuries. Parker has been played loads and has looked burned out for several games and has been barely moving 50mins into every performance. On the bench they had the not match fit McCarthy, Illan, Gabbidon, the woeful Kovac and Diamanti whose match fit but also can barely play a half without looking tired as heck.

West Ham have had one of the worst injury lists this season with, of late, half his decent players out for more than a few games.

Same shots on target as a fairly solid and fit team, more shots off target, should have got a goal but as said, Cole isn't close to fit and they are playing a different strike partnership every single game with non match fit strikers coming.

They lost one of their best CB's in summer, Illunga has been injured loads, Cole has been injured and hasn't had a partner all season, Noble and Behrami have missed a lot of football. Parker has been out injured for a long time and he's maybe their most important player, he's playing injured in desperation rather than being better afaik.

The only thing Zola has completely wrong is Kovac, played him loads and he's absolutely terrible. No idea why Nouble was sent out on loan as he was just starting to get very very good.

 

[DanH84]

Lol, villa you utter chumps. Always want you to do well but just absolutely caving in at the business end.

 

[syke]

3rd week in a row i've forgotten to change my FF, oops.

 

[CliffyBiro]

Our season now hangs on the shoulders of our injured and when they get back. If Dawson is crocked, we could be in trouble.

 

[Chong Warrior]

I've never known a team be so consistently unlucky with injuries as Spurs.

 

[el_dazza]

Don't remind me! We're in for a thrashing, I can feel it. 4-0 at least.

 

[el_dazza]

Nice one Villa. Falling apart as usual this time of the year. I'd be furious if I was a Villa fan.

I'm not furious, it happens so often I'm used to it.

 

[CliffyBiro]

I've never known a team be so consistently unlucky with injuries as Spurs.

Let's hope we don't have lasagne on the menu this year.

 

[Cosimo]

Team News:

Bolton v Manchester United

Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Ricketts, Cahill, Knight, Samuel, Muamba, Lee, Cohen, Wilshere, Elmander, Kevin Davies.
Subs: Al Habsi, Taylor, Riga, Mark Davies, Klasnic, Andrew O'Brien, Weiss.

Man Utd: Van der Sar, Neville, Vidic, Jonathan Evans, Evra, Fletcher, Scholes, Valencia, Giggs, Nani, Berbatov.
Subs: Kuszczak, Park, Carrick, Rafael Da Silva, Macheda, Gibson, De Laet.

Man Utd travel without Rooney and Ferdinand.

 

[Greenlizard0]

Let's hope we don't have lasagne on the menu this year.

Unlucky for you is that I heard Benitez offers a group discount for a full pizza delivery service.

 

[BaZ87]

Unlucky for you is that I heard Benitez offers a group discount for a full pizza delivery service.

and Fabregas is the delivery driver

 

[Greenlizard0]

and Fabregas is the delivery driver

Good, one way or another, he'll get it delivered quickly.

 

[Banny]

I'm not furious, it happens so often I'm used to it.

Yep typically we have blown it again.

 

[Gustov]

What a brilliant day of football. Chelsea beating 4th place contenders 7-1, Arsenal drawing from a brilliant goal thanks to Kevin Phillip's face, West Ham loosing and united traveling without Rooney

 

[el_dazza]

What a brilliant day of football. Chelsea beating 4th place contenders 7-1, Arsenal drawing from a brilliant goal thanks to Kevin Phillip's face, West Ham loosing and united traveling without Rooney

If you really think we're 4th place contenders then you're living on another planet, even before today we were well out of it.

 

[Bucket]

If you really think we're 4th place contenders then you're living on another planet, even before today we were well out of it.

He's a Chelsea fan and will do anything to make the 7-1 win more incredible by stating the team are a formidable team that they beat.

Nothing personal Gustov, I'm sure any other teams fan would do the exact same if it was the same situation for them.

AKA Pool, Arsenal etc beating them 7-1, would have the same reaction from their fans.

Example: Utd, Roma.