PieFacE

I have no idea to be honest. I have no idea how much it would have cost to sack Houllier and all of his staff, and McLeish and his staff. Could well be that we gave MON some, but I don't know for sure, no one does really.

`I'm looking forward to what they are going to show in a couple of days. Hopefully it's lots of next-gen gameplay footage.

Had similar thoughts myself. Although it is hard to look and their highest scoring goalscorer getting injured as a positive. If Danny Graham is in a goal drought though, you can be sure that run will end at Villa Park! Well what an opportunity for Graham to become "the main man" and start scoring goals. If Graham continues the form he's been in since arriving then great, Fletcher will be a massive loss. Though, I have a sneaky feeling he's going to start scoring goals. hahahaha.... what? Getting a bit defensive there aren't we? As others have said, no one has even mentioned him directly.

Well I said in the MON thread but I'll repeat it here.... Sunderland losing Fletcher could be a blessing in disguise for them. Will force them to play 4-5-1 which will make them a lot more solid, could also kick start Grahams Sunderland career if he's the focal point of the team. I'm not getting too excited about Sunderland's relegation chances just yet.

I've tried to get into Parks & Recreation and i'm struggling. I don't think the show is bad at all, I just can't help but compare it to The Office. (which is really dumb of me). Had I not watched The Office I think I would have loved it.

I don't think they will. I don't think MON has much faith in Wickham. I remember when MON was the villa manager and I think Carew was injured, he was forced to play 4-5-1 and we looked brilliant with Gabby up top on his own. I think he then signed Heskey and changed to 4-4-2 and it all went down hill from there.

Apparently Fletcher is out for 6 weeks too. Eeek.... Might do them a favour in all seriousness. Fletcher and Graham obviously doesnt work, with Fletcher out they will be forced to play 4-5-1 which will help them massively IMO. They look terrible playing 2 up top.

And yet we paid him millions of pounds for doing this. Seems strange to me. How do you know this? As far as i'm aware it was settled outside of court and that's the end of it. Either party could have backed down. What makes you think we paid him millions?

First of all nice one to all those who recommended Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. I loved their new album... but cannot stop listening to Murder Ballads at the minute. What an exceptional album, so dark and beautiful at the same time. The tracks with PJ Harvey and Kylie are amazing! But also got this today and looking forward to giving it a go.... Anyone tried it?

Slightly off topic but kind of on topic. Why do you not allow links to streams in a match thread, but then have a seperate thread for it? I'm sure there's a good reason, I'm just curious.

Nobody is going to be offering Andi 50k a week. He's playing well at the minute but he's not exactly been consistently amazing. He needs to improve many aspects of his game still. He just looks very good for us because... a) he works very hard compared to others our squad is lacking quality and he stands out more He's no where near the standard of Benteke. I'm not worried about losing Andi at all providing we stay up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma8nDZaFp4k Yeah but with PJ Harvey they wanted to actually play Nirvana tracks. Obviously with Paul they didn't want too so it's not really a Nirvana reunion so to speak.

Why did it take me to log into this thread to read that article? Surely it should be headline news? I logged onto hotmail and the headline news was how fat Christina Aguilera is....

He's never convinced me at all whenever i've seen him play. I certainly don't think his finishing is all that great. Another Jerome IMO.

Had McLeish stayed like the board would have intended when appointing him Hutton would more than likely be playing week in week out. Unlike players such as NRC, Curtis Davies, Heskey, Beye etc etc... That's the difference.

As said in the Liverpool thread... I think he should definitely get a start against Liverpool. He can force them to make errors.

I'd play Holman in this game. One thing for sure is that Liverpool will always try to pass their way out of trouble... a player like Holman who will keep pressing and pressing will force them to make mistakes. Like he did last time when we played Liverpool, and when we played Swansea at home. I think the only way we will win this game is by playing high pressure like Southampton did last week. Though, I have no faith in Lambert to do this.

That's bollocks. Hate Monday night games. Who wants to watch us play?

He's scored a penalty or 2 infront of the Holte I'm sure, plus the header against Reading. And that's only going on the games that I've been to, which have been few and far between. Oh yeah, they are the only two games this season I've missed haha.

Apparently Dave Grohl asked PJ Harvey to front a Nirvana reunion...... I would have spunked myself if that happened.

Is the HTC One battery all that bad? I've been doing plenty of reading on XDA developers and they all seem to think it's pretty good. Specially with the HTC Power Save mode (still runs everything with no delays)

I had a play with my brothers HTC One today and wow... it's lovely. Feels so nice, build quality is fantastic.

Was the goal against QPR Benteke's first goal in front of the Holte?

Yeah it's a shame they are trying to compete with COD so much. All FPS titles seem to be modern warfare now, it's got to a point where a WW2 game would feel quite fresh again.

Quote: Many new details of DICE’s upcoming next-generation Battlefield 4 FPS have been leaked by Chiphell forums. According to the leaker, the details would be mentioned in the April issue of the Edge magazine while the game itself would be announced at GDC 2013 during 26th – 27th March. Battlefield 4 Gets Frosbite 2.5 Engine – Destruction 4.0, Tessellation, Dynamic Weather Affects Quote: In our previous article, we mentioned how the next generation Battlefield 4 would utilize 80% of the Frostbite engine’s power compared to 30% utilization in Battlefield 3. The new Frostbite 2.5 engine would feature much more enhanced visuals with PC being the lead platform for the game. According to the details, Battlefield 4 would maintain a steady 60 FPS on 720P resolution on both next generation consoles which include the PS4 and Xbox 720 which is a slight bit of a disappointment since earlier rumors suggested 1080P/60 FPS target for the next-gen consoles. However, the next generation consoles including the PC would get 64 players while the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 would stick to the default 24 player setup which is currently seen on Battlefield 4. Frostbite 2.5 would be a complete overhaul of the current Frostbite 2.0 engine with DirectX 11 compatibility only on PC. Furthermore, the game would feature Dynamic weather effects such as rain, sandstorms, fog, haze and would be totally random. Each map would get these dynamic weather effects and would change depending on the variable conditions. As you may have noted, the cover image shows a glimpse of these weather effects such as rain. Battlefield 4 would also bring back the much renowned and upgraded Destruction 4.0 system to the game which would offer destructible environments and buildings which we saw back in Bad Company 2. PC versions would benefit from compute power which would render these dynamic destructible effects much more realistically. Furthermore, all of the environment including water, terrain and characters/NPC would make use of the new tessellation technology implemented inside Frostbite 2.5. Battlefield 4 – Set in China During 2020, Maps, Weapons Confirmed Quote: The game would be set in 2020 but maintains a modern day setting featuring China and USA as the main infantry factions. The single player section of the game would be around 5-6 hours long in which there would be 2 campaigns of the PLA factions and would bring back the renowned animation effects of Bad Company series. Just like Battlefield 3′s Capsian border where the main tower collapses at the end of the game, a map would be based in Shanghai China at the end of which the Orient Pearl tower would collapse. Not much single player details were given but there are a ton of Multiplayer details such as the maps which include: Diaoyu Island Tiananmen Shanghai Bund Xizhimen Xizhimen Rush These are only a few of the total maps featured in Battlefield 4. Weapons such as the famouse Chinese J20, Y20, Xianglong would appear in the game along with those from other factions. Two of the confirmed tanks include M1A2 TUSK and PLA Type 99 each featuring their own set of customization options such as laser guidance and armor piercing rounds. Best thing that’s mentioned in the leak is that Air Combat zone would be further increased giving much more room for dog fights with jets. Commander system as expected is definately making a return to the game with the leading commanderProviding fire, recharges and UAV detection support to their team. Skill system has also been overhauled. According to the leak, Micro-transactions would be available in the game but they won’t affect the balance of the game at all and are entirely optional which is great to hear. As for DLC’s, the game would get after a while a map pack which would bring four further maps to the game which include: Power station in Dalian Daqing oil field The great wall of China Wake Island (Classic Battlefield Map) In my Battlefield 4 teaser video post i mentioned that if even half of these features came true, Battlefield 4 would be an absolute beast of an FPS. With today’s leak, things are hyped up on my end and im really looking forward to GDC 2013′s announcement of DICE’s upcoming gem aka Battlefield 4. Source: WCCFTech