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Aaaah! Back to inner-city bitchiness. I may be a Spud but I also think Woolwich Wanderers will do well this season though it pains me to say so if not cup success then they will certainly once again finish in the top three. Other than that I certainly will not be making any predictions this early apart from West Ham will stay up and finish mid-table, only a few points below Spurs. It's good to have the Irons back and some regular ribbing from Quids et al. I can't wait for MOTD tomorrow night.

Undisputedtruth Wrote:

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> I'm not really taking an active interest in this

> thread, RD. Too much playground football talk and

> not enough real understanding of the game. I'm

> more interested in the tactical side fo the game

> so I go elsewhere for that.

>

God help us (if there is one)if you do start taking an active interest in the thread UDT. Noone will get a word in.

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> Alan Medic Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > "Do I think Arsenal will finish above Utd this

> > year? Yes"

> >

> > SJ, I don't believe you wrote that. I'd like to

> > bet you several glasses of liquid turf you are

> > wrong.I never saw you wearing rose tinted

> glasses

> > before!

> >

> >

> > That reminds me. That Mick Mac still owes me.

> With

> > interest at this stage.

>

>

> You ran out of time on that one Declan, you can't

> just keep me in your back pocket forever.


Always suspected you had some Welsh in you Mick Mad.

After the holier-than-thou brow-beating by Olympophile journalists in the past week it was a day of:


- players fined for Twittering,

- and going on strike for a move to a richer bigger club'

- managers sniping at each other,

- and the dawning reminder that TV's dominance of the game means that three of the four clubs most people think will contest the premiership don't even play today...


...all paling into insignificance the moment Nolan scores a hotly disputed (by Villa) goal and gives the Irons an opening day victory... aaah, it's good to have it back and to be back in it! B)

Otta Wrote:

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> To be fair, I think 3-0 isn't a real reflection of

> that match.

>

> That said, I can't deny that Liverpool need a lot

> of work. They also need a goal scorer!!!


If Suarez hadn't forced himself into the early running for the 'Torres' or 'Cow's Arse/Banjo' stakes things might have been different but Rodgers' refusal to use Carroll until he had to was a fault.


Good news re Diame and nice to see Maiga has confidence to try and round gk when only on for last 9 minutes - Villa looked poor though.

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> Is this to go with the one of dropping 3 divisions

> in one season?



Sky have had to issue an apology to Rangers.

Rangers games this season will not be shown in 3D as suggested, instead it should have read D3.

Indeed. Martinez (or Lambert) - who don't have any blots on their records - would have been far, far better choices.


Rogers track record is very mediocore - saved Watford from relegation with Boothroyd's team; took Reading from 4th to 21st whilst alienating senior players and spending more money than any other manager on players he then didn't even play; and he then got Swansea promoted with Martinez and Sousa's team.

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