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Could be something in this red wine thing Loz. I'm going 2-0 as well.

I think Guus just wanted to see the players he can use on Wed playing together as he hasn't had much of a change so far. I see old Red Nose is suffering by not playing Vidic, who's not available mid week and getting Evans injured. I assume why he didn't was because he has see little of Evnas and Rio playing together and wanted to test it out before Tuesday.

Would hate to see Fat Spanish Waiter or Arsehole w**ker loose their jobs.

Fairly close to my ratings Liam, although I'd give terry 8 as he was my MOTM. Ballack I thought had a really good first half but things fell apart a bit when Deco came on. Not too sure about liking Paulo because he looks like a little boy. Agree with you on the group hug thing. A lot of people really like that, I just find it cringe worthy.

Excellent first half where we looked like Chelsea of old, steamrolling teams with power and skill. From Cech through the middle to the front was sharp and slick. I still thought that at times we lacked the natural wide man but this was made up for by intelligent running by Nico and hard work by Kalou. Lampard I thought superb and Ballack looked as if at one time he was world class. (it's been a while since he's looked anything like it.) Always expected Villa to come out hard at us in the second but I thought we were weathering the storm ok until the introduction of Deco. I'm not anti-Deco but I'm not sure there's room for Him, lamps and Ballack on the pitch at the same time. As soon as he came on Lamps space was no longer available and Ballack starting to become lazy and sloppy with his passes as our whole game slowed down with less purpose and the passing got shorter. Overall really happy with the result against Villa away. This puts us in good sted for the CL place and will surely do the team confidence the world of good. No real bad performances today but standout for me was. Cech who looked like his old self, Bossy, Ferreira (having played so little lately), Terry was immense, and Lampard.

some good shouts for MOM today. Lamps great first half but deco ruined his second. Cech more like the old Cech. For me Terry lead from the front and had a couple of good efforts on goal.

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Anelka for me because of the hattrick, but I thought Ivanovich had a good steady game as did lamps and kalou. mention for Stoch too who apart from his obvious skill and speed seems to be a very intelligent footballer,

It's a manure fan who usually text me, so it hasn't been a great 9 months. Have a feeling that payback day is just around the corner.

Was just watching the match there Gem and thinking the same thing. Loads of passion there and desire for CFC. I can understand why the spending had to be cut down but his body language would say he's there for the long haul.

Cheers Loz, I'll get that booked.

I thinl I may have voted Bolton but everton would probably suit me better not being easter weekend. I'll go with the flow but the sooner a decision the better.

I see that he came on as a sub in the 69 minute. Don't know anything more than that. They got beat 3-2 by a late pen and play Cyprus tonight.

As I've no place on the team can I hold Moos knickers.

That's really bad luck on the kid. Hopefully he can get over this injury fully and quickly and be good a fresh to post a bid for the first team in the new season.

Well if he's half as good a manager as I think I am he'll do alright.

Good temporary deal but even if all goes well for him for the rest of the season I can't see him quiting the Russian team before the 2010 world cup finals and I don't think he could continue with both jobs. With the moral of the team and our recent downward slide I not pinning much hope on Guus turning us around that much and bringing us home silverware. I think that's too much of an ask. I'd be happy with at least 4th in prem and a decent cup run, anything else wound be a bonus for me.

I don't think Wilkins would have had that big a role in the coaching, more PR and I'd see it more as we were doing fine until Clarke left

Scolari lost the plot and I think the dressing round about October time and has failed to convince me that he would have been able to turn around our current free-fall. I think he has looked absolutely clueless and although some might say that he didn't have time and his own players, he did inherit an excellent squad but seems to have dissolved all their passion. I was all on for Scolari being given to the end of the season but enough is enough. Probably the stoke result saved him for a couple of weeks. I applaud whoever was responsible for stopping this rot and acting quickly. I hope they have someone lined up to quickly replace but if even that's not the case I can't see Wilkins being any worst at the moment and the change will give the players a temporary lift. Hiddink I feel would give us the same problems at scolari. Zola probably not ready. Rikyard (don't like the c**t). Grant cannot be a serious contender. Sven probably a good shout.

Got a couple of months to save up, so I want to make sure I get the right one. Yay! Got my Mac today ;)

I do think it a bit rich coming from Anelka as his own personal performances have been really sh*te when it comes to playing top class opposition.

Boldly went for 3-0. At last a clean sheet and some free flowing forward play. Surprised so many others are going for the same score. One loan transfere and all the optimism is back. Long may it continue.

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Sorry no photo but this may help to describe a bit better. A very loud, fat, greasy, unattractive, chav type woman wearing a Liverpool top walked into ASDA in Manchester with her two umpalumpa kids, yelling obscenities at them all the way through the entrance. The ASDA greeter said pleasantly, 'Good morning madam, and welcome to ASDA. Nice children you have there. Are they twins by any chance?' The ugly fat woman stopped yelling long enough to say,'F*ckin hell! No way, they're not twins yer twat. The oldest one's 9, and the other one's 7. Why the f*ckin ell would you think they're twins? Are you blind, thick, just stupid or just a f*ckin cheese eater?' 'I'm neither blind nor stupid, Madam,'replied the greeter. 'I just couldn't believe you've been shagged twice. Have a good day, and thank you for shopping at ASDA.