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I've found clicking on the name of the thread as opposed to the whole box sends you to the last page.

Don't get all the Bent hate, he may not run the channels all game and close down defenders. But this season has to my mind seen a vast improvement and willingness in his general link up play.

Ok. Thanks for message. So if you pre-order basically you have the game early with maybe one or two bugs.

Are we still getting a demo before release if not pre-ordered then?

Get in Gab!

Anymore performances like today and Everton and i think that would be a positive. Biking isn't to bad for time, i do a 14 mile ride each day taking it quite steady in just over an hour and my fitness and weight is in a word shite.

I'm not saying his performance was good enough or not just that taking a kid from such a low divison the criticism should not so much be on the player as on the manager for buying and playing him. The Heskey analogy is completely different as that was a player who had played at the top for all of his career and knows what it takes to succeed at this level, and still turned in mediocre performances.

If your commute isn't to bad why not cycle.

Looks to me like his just a stronger and taller version of Bent. Not great technically and will miss a few but if given the service will always been in the right place to get a pop at goal. Has to be one of Bent/Benteke Poachers and Gabby/Weiman.

Not buy kids from league one? Thats something to criticize Lambert over not Westwood. do people expect the kid to turn down the chance to try his hand in the Premier League when given a chance.

http://v6.tinypic.com/player.swf?file=2qu18w4&s=6 Highlights of the Blose best bits today.

Great keeper. I think that Blackburn semi really hurt his confidence for a while as before that he was looking a great prospect. He now seems to have got over it and is where many thought he would be before that game.

I can see the thought process. He'd rather a team player than a fancy Dan, but that's a bit unfair on Messi as he puts in a hell of a lot work chasing down too.

It does sort of hint towards that but the ban was deserved contenders or plodders.

Good point. Guzan - 8 - Was fantastic today. Came out and claimed the ball all game and the defense looked more comfortable because of it. Lowton - 7 - Solid at the back and likes to get forward just lacks that final delivery. Clark - 8 - Bit sloppy with the ball at his feet gave it away a few times but did well for his goal. Vlaar - 7 - Won nearly everything that came his way, maybe takes one too many touches on the ball at times. Lichaj - 6 - I thought he was the weakest of the defenders and Bannan tracking back a lot helped him out. Bannan - 7 - Great cross for the goal and worked very hard. El Ahmadi - 7 - Really like this player keeps the play ticking over nicely and closes down well. Holman - 6 - A mixed bag poor ball play but a lot harassing and pressuring high up the pitch. Ireland - 6 - Looked to me like the game sort of drifted past him the odd nice touch. Weiman - 7 - Lots of running as you always expect and he held it up and linked well with Bent. Bent - 7 - Seemed a lot more involved this week, appeared to me that he kept dropping deeper to get involved more than usual.

Anybody here fancy it? You could give us all the low down on the new game before anyone else.

Is there anyway he can be punished for that? Being out of the race already so obliviously can't get a drive through.

Didn't realize Clark was eligible for this game. Still I'd leave him out for a bit as he has struggled in his first two games. Guzan Lowton Vlaar Baker Bennett Herd KEA Ireland Bannan Weiman Bent

Was a fantastic crash to watch. Was it Grosjean who caught Hamilton's wheel that started it all.

Will be remembered for the two Ashes wins as a great captain and thoroughly deserved. He was half decent with the bat to.

Will be a very difficult game, even more so if Everton carry on there performance from Monday might. A draw would be a very good result for us. I'd like us to line up Given Lowton Clark Vlaar Lichaj Holman Herd KEA Zog Bent Weiman

Why? Hiring Mcleash is reason enough not to trust Lerner. I'm not sure he realises how poor our squad actually is. Disagree entirely - Lerner has done a massive amount for the club, he **** up by hiring McLeish but people make mistakes. I'm not going to hold some sort of pathetic grudge - he sacked him, he's gone, he's hired Lambert and now we're moving on. I suggest you do too. you carnt learn from a mistake unless you make a mistake,i think randy has invested in proven striker in bent to paper over the midfield cracks,paying a top striker is cheaper than 3 top midfield players,sorry but again we still have not filled in voids left from milner/barry/downin/young.i like the lambert thing but but i dont feel bannan/delph/etc are good enough for the prem. time will tell..i hope i eat my words i really do Did Downing not replace Barry who was in turn replaced by N'Zogbia and you could argue Bent replaced Milner. So its only Young not replaced.

100% agree with that, its often mentioned why someone would put in 100% when there contracts soon up and they know there leaving, i see the same with loanee's unless there young and unproven.

I would go with that team maybe drop KEA into Herds position and put Bannan on though. 1-1 An ugly game with Big Sam getting West Ham to hit it over our midfields heads and us to score on the break.

Wouldn't mind this, proved at Sunderland that he and Bent can be explosive together and his Aerial ability is defiantly something we lack.