Ponky

Man City going for a 2-3-5 formation?

Can't wait for the first of the "Hitler reacts to Steve McLaren being appointed Wolfsburg manager" posts on youtube.

I wouldn't be surprised if Wenger went in for Curtis Davies, actually. Beefs up the English quota, has been interested in the past, and would be patient enough to allow him to develop. As for ins, what do people think of Martin Olsson from Blackburn?

It's a bloody nerve racking job catching spiders that big because they do that - they bolt at the last second, and usually straight towards you or behind a couch or something so, not only is the ugly **** on the run and you have to go hunting for him, but he's really really pissed off. Best method is to spray them until they resemble snow flakes and follow up with a firm boot heel.

What what a softcock that Blackburn player who goes down for 2 minutes after whiffing Friedel's underarms.

Ash could do with using his left foot once in a while.

3 scum players booked for surrounding the ref after a disallowed goal. What a shock.

Just screened the Pelieu landing over here. Was very good, although I was a bit bemused to see so many Eucalyptus trees on a Micronesian atoll

If its about covering the face in public then I would suggest there will be a great deal of motorcyclists' brains spilled on the streets of Bruges.

Wow, should change this thread's title to "lovefest" for 24 hrs.

Just working my way through BoB again now - really an amazing show. The Pacific is good too - but you get the feeling they have tried to widen its appeal to get higher ratings. The episode set in Melbourne was rubbish - portraying these Aussie girls as sluts that would open up for any Yank with a chat-up line. Say it ain't so Nan! I was really interested in the first couple as I grew up on Guadalcanal and actually lived on one of the ridges outside Honiara where some of the worst fighting was located. Used to find shrapnel, bullet casings and all sorts of goodies around the neighbourhood. My dad was digging up peanuts from his vegie garden one time and unearthed two unexploded grenades and had to call the disposal squad down to take them away.

Wasn't too much in it really and I thought we were undone by the pressure from their forwards, and their slight edge in quality. The penalty was an interesting one I thought - almost identical to the Roger Johnson one last week - Warnock got his studs on the ball but it was a reckless challenge and deserved a penalty - I guess we let ourselves down a bit by not surrounding the ref... It was a tough battle and it's tough pill to swallow, but hopefully Chelsea can do the right thing by us and give Liverpool a flogging.

I think they call them the "MON-outs" these days :winkold:

Sounds like espionage - the next generation of Bond girls...

Don't think he called him a rocket polisher. Very clearly shook his hand and told him to fook off though. Absolutely disgraceful behaviour from a manager and clearly seen by millions of people around the world.

Could we offer them Agent Marshall?

I think Memphis Minnie says it best:

Yes - to all Villa fans! Seriously though, I think emergency replacements should be automatically granted but not from the same league - surely it compromises the competition by having the 2nd choice for one team going to another in the same league - essentially weakening one team to strengthen another... And poor old Stuart Taylor can't take a trick. Every time he has the opportunity to step into the spotlight he goes and injures himself.

It's obvious the guys like Larson who have been there for a while have really started to get jack of losing to the Villa. He was absolutely vile and nasty the whole match and even after the match even though he had been subbed off. What a nasty little piece of work. Probably cops shit from Mellberg at Sweden training too The great thing about Blose avoiding relegation this season too is that wins 7 and 8 are only a season away!

Pretty sure that's just him licking his lips.

There was a great replay on the telly of Milner's peno, from the Villa end, showing Milner running in to take it and in the foreground is James Collins, hands on knees, refusing to watch, looking the opposite direction and waiting for the reaction of the crowd.

Do you guys hear a siren? I think its the WAAAAAAAAAmbulance come for Small Heath. Well even forgetting the grubby little club they play for that lot would have to be the most obnoxious coven of nasty little **** I have ever seen on the football field. The sort of petulance they showed surrounding the ref every time something went against them, right down to McLeish shaking the ref's hand and telling him to **** off. Nasty little pricks to a man. If Atkinson made any mistakes today it was not getting the yellow card every time Larsson or Ferguson or Bowyer or Carr opened their ugly gobs. It's just a real pity to see a team like Portsmouth going down while this rabble remains in the premier league. What a sweet, sweet victory it was. As for the Pen - my understanding is that if you foul someone in the process of winning the ball it's a foul regardless. Friedel was my MOTM - I was frustrated at some of Hart's saves in the first half, but Friedel's were even better.

Who else are we going to get that is going to sprint half the pitch to charge down the keeper in the 98th minute of his 3rd match in 7 days?

This is simply one of the best comments I have read on VT in some months - shows you can be a moaner (sorry VandL) and STILL give credit where it's due. For what it's worth I thought we struggled a little for momentum in midfield but the defence defended and the attack attacked and that Carew/Gabby pariing was the best I'd seen it for some time. I thought Gabby was outstanding today - his running and positioning and ball use - apart from where he fluffed that 3-on-1 - were all superb and that goal was a peach! And Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink should be grateful it's 2010 and not 2008. Richard Dunne knocked him out but Martin Laursen might have killed him!