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Tuesday Dugout Discussion

15 February 2011 1309 comments
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Just one Premier League game tonight (and the first of our doubles), but we’d thought we’d open the Dugout Discussion as it coincides with the return of European football. I’m guessing nothing less than a Birmingham City clean sheet will be warmly received on these parts, but hopefully an entertaining game in Italy will ease our pain if that doesn’t come to fruition.

The lineups from St. Andrews are in…

Birmingham XI: Foster, Carr, Johnson, Jiranek, Ridgewell, Larsson, Ferguson, Gardner, Bentley, Martins, Zigic

Newcastle XI: Harper, Simpson, Williamson, Coloccini, Jose Enrique, Barton, Tiote, Nolan, Gutierrez, Lovenkrands, Best

So Obafemi Martins starts against his former club, and partners Nikola Zigic up front for the home side.

Elsewhere, Mario Balotelli returned for Man City as a substitute as they drew in Greece, and Rafael Van der Vaart makes a return to Spurs’ starting line-upin the San Siro.

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  1. Spoiler
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    15 years, 14 days ago

    time to get a cheapy newcastle defender? good fixtures or just a knee jerk?

    thinking of ditching bardsley

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    1. Sess!
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      Jerk

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    2. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
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      the time was a week ago jonny-come-lately

      😉

      the cool kids have had one for ages

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    3. applebonkers
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      if you do beware taylor is back very soon and has a good chance of taking williamson's spot. if he does i think he's best value for his bp and goal threat. if he doesn't i think enrique is worth the extra 0.6 over simpson for his bp threat and although he hasn't got many assists so far it's only a matter of time as he does put in some really dangerous crosses.

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      1. applebonkers
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        centre back 'help i've just been shot in the stomach not handballed it' taylor. not ryan taylor

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  2. PFOR
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5gxFxxnZj4

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  3. The Laughing Man
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    Uneventful BP's as expected

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  4. PFOR
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    I now have to rely on Odemwingie to revive my mini-league.

    Great.

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    1. Boom!!!
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      He is my captain so he is guranteed to do nothing apart from '2casual points'...

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      1. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
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        captain?!

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        1. Boom!!!
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          yes 😛

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          1. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
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            wow.

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  5. applebonkers
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    players considered for vdv's spot for gw27-gw29:

    dorrans, downing, o'hara, cahill, silva, gutierrez.

    player chosen: brunt. pressure's on brunty

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  6. MARVELLUS
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    Have an FPL repost to break up the Gattuso hatred (which is fully deserved):

    Current team:

    Begovic (Szszezny)
    Walker Kolarov Rafael Coleman (Carr)
    AYoung Adam Nani(c) (VDV, Fabs)
    Odem Tevez (RVP)

    Thinking Odem and Fabs OUT for Cahill and Bent. Would have to do it tonight to afford it.
    Not sure as Bent and AYoung seems a lot of Villa, what do you think?

    Cheers.

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    1. Boom!!!
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      it will be risky + whisky to bring in cahill now as he could get injured imo...

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      1. MARVELLUS
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        Yeah they have the Che game, Total FPL says he's protected so I could hold on for now.

        Any ideas who to bring in?

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        1. Boom!!!
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          u transfer plan looks but may need fab back again 😕

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  7. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
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    Goodness! Milan were rubbish!!! 🙂

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    1. Oliver Reed
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      and f'ing dirty as well...gattuso deffinetely has small man syndrome...the little sh*t

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      1. GREENDREAMS11
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        +1 he's always been a little shit.

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      2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
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        I'm with you there. Lot of people on here were dissing Spurs earlier - anyone but the English syndrome ...

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        1. Gargamel
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          Care to elaborate?

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          1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
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            You know who you are ... 😀

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            1. GREENDREAMS11
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              im scottish and i like to watch the english teams in europe. I'd much rather see them winning trophies more than some french, german or italian side. I only go against the english when it's international games 😛

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            2. Gargamel
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              I don't, please explain.

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              1. GREENDREAMS11
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                you dont what ? please explain

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                1. Somalion
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                  Please explain your request for an explanation. 😛

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                2. Gargamel
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                  Just curious about the "anyone but the English"-syndrome.

                  Because what I've witnessed tonight have been a bit closer to the "anyone but the English are SHIT"-syndrome

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                  1. Hank
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                    I hadn't seen the word 'english' written until about half an hour ago. Folks having a pop at Milan for being skullduggerous, handbag wielding cheats, certainly isn't what you are suggesting 😛

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                  2. GREENDREAMS11
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                    lets just say that english teams dont seem to enjoy the popularity on the continent that other nations seem to enjoy.

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    2. GREENDREAMS11
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      not the milan of old by any means but credit to the spurs. they played well.

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  8. ArcticJunkie
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    66 with 5 still to play inc Fabs(C), hope I can hit the 80+ mark.

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    1. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
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      i'm on 73 with 8 to play or 83 with 7 to play if vdv misses the bpool game

      looking forward to my first 100+ this year

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    2. Namtab Nomolos
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      I don't think I'd be happy with 80+ this week around here. Plenty of 90's and tons to come. As long as you get green arrows though it's good.

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      1. Team Hayemaker
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        Im def looking to get my first 100+ of the season. 85 with 7 to play.

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        1. Namtab Nomolos
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          Nice consistent run in the 2nd half of the season so far, are you in the Millionaire's Club?

          http://fantasy.premierleague.com/M/table.mc?id=439340&phase=1 Whenever I think i'm having a good week I look there to bring me back down to earth 😉 Turns out we're both having a good one even by their standards.

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  9. Captain Remorse
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    Apart from Balotelli, do any Italians play in the Premier League?

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    1. Granville
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      Macheda

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      1. Granville
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        Oh and Cuducini

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        1. TommyK
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          Colocinni????

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          1. Boom!!!
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            he is also argentine 😕

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          2. Attila the Bum
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            😕
            Argentine international.

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          3. TommyK
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            Ah, fair enough........

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      2. Boom!!!
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        he is not playing as well ðŸ™

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    2. Namtab Nomolos
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      Boselli?

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      1. Boom!!!
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        he is argentine 😕

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    3. applebonkers
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      rossi next august

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    4. Gargamel
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      For some reason Italians don't seem to be wanted by Premier League clubs. They're not really wanted anywhere outside their own league tbh, much like English players. No idea why that is so.

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      1. Syd.
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        15 years, 14 days ago

        But they have good premiership managers thou...

        Di Matteo & Carlo...

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        1. Gargamel
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          Yeah, Italy produce a large amount of world class managers. Probably more than any other country.

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          1. Syd.
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            But not as many as Scotland 😉

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            1. Granville
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              Scotland have an incredible record of top class managers, SAF, Jock Stein, Bill Shankley, Kenny Dalglish, Craig Levine (lolz).

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              1. Hank
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                And so many pundits are now scottish?? It's a passive aggressive takeover i tell yee!

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                1. Syd.
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                  Pat Nevin, Andy Gray, Alan Hansen, Charlie Boy

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              2. SOM.... This is Fellaini�…
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                Owen Coyle.....

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              3. Syd.
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                Don't forget about Graeme Souness & Gordon Stratchan 🙂

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        2. Boom!!!
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          Di Matteo 😯

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        3. Boom!!!
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          oh and Di Matteo is GONE.

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          1. Syd.
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            Tongue & Cheek 😉

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      2. njfsdkffslkf
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        Weather 😉

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      3. SOM.... This is Fellaini�…
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        It's an odd one, many Italians have been successful in the league.. Di Canio, Di Matteo, Zola etc.

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        1. Tin of Directors
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          No they bloody haven't!

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      4. TommyK
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        tbh I think a lot of English players (Cole, Gerrard, Rooney to name but a few) are wanted outside the PL but don't move due to PL clubs playing generally higher wages.....

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        1. TommyK
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          *paying

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        2. Gargamel
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          You'll struggle to make that list much longer though, Tommy

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          1. TommyK
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            Tbh, I don't rate much of the current English team anyway, so I'd be surprised if it was! But I guess we'll never know.....

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            1. McEwan
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              They could probably make more money abroad given the tax they must pay on their wages. Guessing most epl players are in the 50% band.

              The price of English players would put teams off. You could get eastern european, south american players at a fraction of the price

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          2. applebonkers
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            • 16 Years
            15 years, 14 days ago

            use crouch tommy.
            you can either pass it off as a long joke or the fact he's done well in europe and at international level

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        3. GREENDREAMS11
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          the thing is if you have kids at school and shit would you want to move them abroad just for a few dollars more when you already earn hundreds of thousand per week. doesn't make sense really

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          1. Gargamel
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            • 16 Years
            15 years, 14 days ago

            That is true. But you're not really making the point here that English players are wanted much by foreign clubs, are you? I mean I absolutely love English football but you can count the number of English players who have succeeded abroad in 20 seconds.

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            1. 1966 was a great year for E…
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              Not many Spanish, German, Italian or English players play outside their own leagues, because those leagues are strong and pay high wages.

              Dutch, French, E European, South American players move for the wages and to play at the highest level.

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                *and African players

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              2. Gargamel
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                You're probably right tbh. Not many Germans outside the Bundesliga either.

                Although the Spanish seem to be wanted everywhere and also doing well everywhere though.

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                1. Gargamel
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                  For what it's worth I will always be of the opinion that Michael Owen did all right for Real. He seems to be ridiculed down there but he wasn't bad.

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                  1. Granville
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                    For every Owen, there's a Rush.

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                2. Granville
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                  Plenty of Spanish here

                  Almunia,Alonso,Arteta,Ayala,Cuéllar,Fabs, Gómez,Enrique,Merida,Míchel,Pacheco,Reina,Salgado,Silva,Torres

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                  1. 1966 was a great year for E…
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                    I blame Benitez! OK, the ones that aren't good enough for Real and Barca come over here 😉

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              3. Granville
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                I've just found another Italian, Borini of Chelski.

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            2. GREENDREAMS11
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              its not that they are not wanted i dont think, its more that they seem happy to stay where they are,. To move abroad for the likes of gerrard would mean he would have to learn to speak english instead of scouse. Mourinho was hinting to Lamps a couple of years back at Inter but Why go there when you live in London and know where everything is/language etc. To you it might be different as most Swedish players have to leave Sweden to make it big, in England that need is not the same.

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              1. chinmusic
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                15 years, 14 days ago

                Most Italians believe, and with some justification, that they live in the best country in the world. The weather, the food, the architecture etc.

                Their footballers are no different and so prefer to stay not far from mamma's cooking. Can't say I blame them.

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                1. 1966 was a great year for E…
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                  The weather, the food, the architecture etc? Nah, it's the women!

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                  1. chinmusic
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                    Yeah, those too!

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              2. Gargamel
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                Probably a combination I guess.

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      5. McEwan
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        Not many do well outwith Italy. Obviously there are exceptions to this. Could be language related. Tend to see Brits abroad, put on a slight accent, talk a bit slower, but still in English!

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    5. McEwan
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      manuel pasquali for killmarnock is the only one i can think of

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  10. PFOR
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    I think the page is broken again 😕

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  11. Syd.
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    15 years, 14 days ago

    I know it's a long way off but considering the following transfers for GW28

    Fabs > Cahill
    Odem > Tevez

    Any reason not to do them..

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    1. Boom!!!
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 14 days ago

      injuries 😕

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      1. Syd.
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        Yeah not planning to do them until just before the deadline

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  12. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
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    bob's burgers on E4

    funny

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    1. Team Hayemaker
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      your name looks shocking. All you can see when you scroll the page is red flashes.

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    2. LaLa
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      damn you dan you make my eyes go funny !

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      1. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
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        hi there sweet cheeks

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    3. Syd.
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      It is a bit annoying Dan

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      1. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
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        it's my scarf ðŸ™

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      2. Boom!!!
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        blame attila for it 😡

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        1. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
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          I'll go delete it

          *sulk*

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          1. LaLa
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            no its great leave it on ! 🙂

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  13. Spoiler
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    anyone know whats happening with arsenal and spurs, if arsenal win their fa cup will it fill a fixture in for gw28?

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  14. njfsdkffslkf
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    Danny Simpson. Glad I moved you from 3rd sub on Friday. 😀

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    1. HST
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      Amen brother.

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    2. applebonkers
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      newcastle have been a surprsingly solid defence under pardew. i didn't let both games being away from home mask how little i rate birmingham and blackburn's attackign threat.

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        well done for not lettng that happen

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        1. applebonkers
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          not looking for a medal (i benched nani and bought brunt) simply stating what i thought is a good point. being at home doesn't turn jason roberts into messi suddenly

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      2. SOM.... This is Fellaini�…
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        Considering they have Leon Best and Lovenkrands up front, the emphasis is probably on keeping clean sheets.

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    3. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
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      Well ... he was playing twice this week ... 😕

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    4. A.T
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      +1 lol

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    5. Smarty Pants
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      decided to play him over Vidic on Friday too, a ten points decision 🙂

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    6. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
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      is that a transcript of a phonecall you made?

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  15. BKR
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    "With possible blank fixtures in gameweek 28 who are you looking to sell to ensure you have a full 11?"

    this poll looks great.. but I need multiple options..! I might go for 4point hit. Dont care for any points hit, nothing to lose (already lost so much with worst caption decisions this season) Let me have fun..

    Do anyone of you guys need multiple options??

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    1. Andy
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      You can have multiple options - you can vote for up to three.

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      1. BKR
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        Thanks Andy, I could see radio button before.. now its a check box.. Am i missing something??

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      2. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
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        Andy, do we know if the Arsenal Spurs game is on in Gamweek 28? What's the criteria?

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  16. ArcticJunkie
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    Selection headache alert for GW28 gents, anyone care to help? 🙂
    I have Fabregas on the bench and Berba to start. Berba comes and goes with performances and Arsenal don't have a game. Surely need to get shut of one?

    Gordon
    Kolarov Coleman Huth Vidic
    Adam Nani Barton
    Berbatov Odemwingie Tevez

    Foster Brunt Fabregas Djourou

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    1. BKR
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      strong team ArcticJunkie.

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      1. ArcticJunkie
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        Cheers BKR 🙂

        Kind of hoping Adam gets that yellow card everyone is talking about, that way I can bench him and do Fab > Cahill. Popular transfer apparently?

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    2. Namtab Nomolos
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      Adam could still add to the woes. He better get that Yellow now I sold him, yet it seems every team I see still has him and is on for a nice points haul from him. So much for saving a 4 point transfer of him ðŸ™

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    3. A.T
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      would cahill 4 fabs then next week walcott 4 brunt work?

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      1. ArcticJunkie
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        It would work yeah, but it would mean benching Berba away to Wigan which could bite me in the arse. But there is also a chance Berba could be bench warming away to Wigan.

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  17. Clintymints
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    Lollercopter

    danny simpson with 12 poits on my team is comical... had him for yonks and something like the only time i play him he gets a clean sheet bar once maybe

    good stuff

    should jump up a few hundred places tonight

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  18. njfsdkffslkf
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    Wow this dude is secretary for health. Note this is about the fools who are controlling Public health which is shocking not England.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtalk/9398121.stm

    Scary the power he has and decisions he is making despite what evidence is saying.

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    1. TommyK
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      Is it just me or is the text below that video ridiculously biased?

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      1. njfsdkffslkf
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        It does take away from it il give you that.
        A simple stating of the facts on cancer and chd death rates compared to what he is saying would have been far more effective.

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  19. dk123
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    will cahill rise tonight?

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    1. Boom!!!
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      ask his girlfriend 😕

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      1. BKR
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        Nope! but surely .1 before the start of gw, despite of his modest score last gw.

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  20. LaLa
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    GW 28 dilema - this week i am mostly thinking i need to drop Olsson (i was tempted by the two home fixtures what can i say!) for a united defender(could afford evra at mo) OR do i drop Al-habsi and put in VDS instead and leave Olsson in (i will have 3 arsenal players on the bench) any one got any other ideas ? (team linked )

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  21. Camzy
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    85 with 4 to play.

    Could have been great if it was a 0-0. O well, I'll take it.

    Van Der Vaart, Fabs, RVP and Adam to deliver now!

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    1. Granville
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      Can't believe the bench warmer Simpson got you 12 points, other than RVP he might end up your highest scorer. It's definitely your year.

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      1. Camzy
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        15 years, 14 days ago

        Well I planned for him to play 27 all along. You should have seen my drafts for my GW 24 WC xD

        I planned 4 weeks worth of defender rotations!

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        1. Camzy
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          • 15 Years
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          But yeah, luck is a huge factor.

          Never could have foreseen Simpson returning double digits.

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          1. Mr. Tambourine Man
            • 15 Years
            15 years, 14 days ago

            I said several times on here something like "yeah but Simpson will get you 2-3 points". This game would be boring if it was always predictable.

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      2. BKR
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 14 days ago

        Granny, I dont want to cut it as luck. There were lot of guys who had a punt on Newcastle...

        Myself and my rival had huge debate about this before this gameweek. but I went for 2 bir defenders ðŸ™

        see his team link
        http://fantasy.premierleague.com/M/eventhist.mc?id=192437

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    2. GREENDREAMS11
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 14 days ago

      great ranking dude, well done,

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    3. BKR
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 14 days ago

      I had 2 Bir defenders.. ðŸ™

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  22. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 14 days ago

    newsflash- discussing whos in or out for next week now is pointless as theres a few more games on that could change everything. So, thats it then really. SHut the site down please Andy (unless i can keep things going with....Andy, do we know if the Arsenal Spurs game is on in Gamweek 28? What’s the criteria??

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  23. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 14 days ago

    😛 Naughty! 😉

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    1. Boom!!!
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 14 days ago

      reply fail 😕

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      1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 14 days ago

        True dat - it was to RBJ! 🙂

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  24. Azzy
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 14 days ago

    hey guys can someone explain in detail what a lucky 15 is?

    if you could use the following fixtures to explain it with it would be great.. thank you

    arsenal vs barcelona
    prague vs liverpool
    roma vs shaktar
    rangers vs lisbon

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    1. Gargamel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 14 days ago

      Yeah, it means that you pick some unlikely outcomes from each game and then combine them all.

      Let's say you pick every home team to lead at half time and then draw at full time, and play them as 4 singles, 6 doubles, 4 trebles and 1 quadruple = 15 combinations.

      It's like buying a lottery ticket as you're very unlikely to win but when you do it's likely to be a big sum.

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      1. Azzy
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 14 days ago

        thanks man but i still dont understand all this '4 singles, 6 doubles, 4 trebles and 1 quadruple = 15 combinations'

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        1. Gargamel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          15 years, 14 days ago

          Ah.

          All right, the singles are just singles.

          The doubles means that for example the Arsenal game is combined with the prague game (1 double), the roma game(another double) and the rangers game(another double), so in total there are 6 possible combinations of 2 teams winning at half time and then drawing.

          There are 4 treble combinations (ars prague roma, ars prague rangers, prague roma rangers) and obviously only 1 quadruple.

          I'm a bit tired and this might not be clear, so just google lucky 15 if you want to know more.

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          1. Azzy
            • 15 Years
            15 years, 14 days ago

            thanks dude!

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    2. Namtab Nomolos
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 14 days ago

      5 games

      1 bet on all results correct
      4 bets on 3 of them being correct
      6 bets on 2 being correct
      4 bets on 1 being correct

      = 15 bets covering all possible combinations of bets being correct.

      I have no idea but that's what I'd assume

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      1. Namtab Nomolos
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 14 days ago

        Apart from the 5 games being the 4 you mentioned. 🙂

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        1. Azzy
          • 15 Years
          15 years, 14 days ago

          thankssss 😀

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    3. GREENDREAMS11
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 14 days ago

      its doubles trebles and foursomes, haven't done on e for years but its a combination of bets.

      Lucky 15 consists of 15 bets involving 4 selections in different events. The bet is made up of 4 singles, 6 doubles, 4 trebles, and 1 fourfold. If one selection wins, bookmakers will often give a consolation to the returns like double or treble the odds odds. If all four selections win, then often bookmakers will give a bonus of 10% or more to total returns. For each-way lucky 15 bets the consolation is normally only paid on the win part of the bet. Because of these bonuses, Lucky 15 bets are often thought of good value multiple bets.

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      1. Azzy
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 14 days ago

        cheers !

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  25. A.T
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 14 days ago

    Surely simpson is in line for his first bp of the season! Are they in yet, the bp's?

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    1. Syd.
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 14 days ago

      Yeah he got ZERO 😆

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    2. Boom!!!
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 14 days ago

      are u kidding 😕
      jonas 3
      loverkrands 2
      best 1

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    3. applebonkers
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      • 16 Years
      15 years, 14 days ago

      gutierrez 3, lovenkrands 2, best 1

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    4. A.T
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 14 days ago

      fooking shit that simpson!

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      1. Syd.
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 14 days ago

        He got 2 Clean Sheets... What more do you want 😯

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  26. Bosko
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 14 days ago

    Anybody catch Keys and Gray on Talksport? Can't see that lasting long.

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    1. A.T
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 14 days ago

      I never listen to that station, its like the daily star of radio!

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      1. Granville
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        • 16 Years
        15 years, 14 days ago

        Why has TalkSport got such a bad rep on here. It's just a chat show where they talk about sport and have opinions. Hawkesby and Jacobs are legendary.

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        1. Syd.
          • 16 Years
          15 years, 14 days ago

          Stan Collmore... Say no more

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          1. Drip Doctor
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 15 Years
            15 years, 14 days ago

            +1. The man is an idiot.

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            1. Tin of Directors
              • 16 Years
              15 years, 14 days ago

              Did anyone listen to the West Ham / Arsenal game a few weeks ago.
              Truly awful and at one point I had to listen to the tannoy announcement in the background to hear was being subbed because those two f*ckers were prattling on like a couple of old doris' at a bus stop.
              Thunderc*nts the pair of them!

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        2. Tin of Directors
          • 16 Years
          15 years, 14 days ago

          Matterface and Collymore are a couple of dry lunches.

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          1. Granville
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            • 16 Years
            15 years, 14 days ago

            Matterface an idiot as is the Moose. 5live doesn't do much sport on my drives to and from work so I go talk sport if I can't tune into BBCRadio6.

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            1. A.T
              • 15 Years
              15 years, 14 days ago

              5live mon to fri 7pm to 10pm is were its at.

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        3. A.T
          • 15 Years
          15 years, 14 days ago

          I just never liked it, only listened a couple of times. Seemed just sensational hype, i prefer 5 live (before the irish fella and perry groves ruined it).

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        4. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
          • 16 Years
          15 years, 14 days ago

          +1

          I listen to it a fair bit and the chat can occassionally be quite good. They had a decent bit about technology in the game last night with Dermot Gallagher chipping in

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        5. TommyK
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          • 16 Years
          15 years, 14 days ago

          The amount of tripe they come up with is extraordinary......

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          1. Bosko
            • 15 Years
            15 years, 14 days ago

            http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/8322675/Richard-Keys-and-Andy-Grays-TalkSport-debut-live.html

            Anyway, that's a fairly decent summation. Bad.

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            1. Granville
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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              • 16 Years
              15 years, 14 days ago

              'Well, I think Gray and Keys managed half an hour without offending some other minority. Or, in the case of women, majority. Shall we open a book on who they'll offend next? I'll give you 4/1 Gypsies; 6/1 Mexicans; 8/1 'The Old'; 16/1 Volvo owners; 50/1 Chris de Burgh fans. '

              🙂

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              1. Gargamel
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 16 Years
                15 years, 14 days ago

                I'll have a fiver on Chris de Burgh fans then.

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              2. Syd.
                • 16 Years
                15 years, 14 days ago

                The Crusader by Chris De Burgh was the 1st album I bought 😯

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            2. A.T
              • 15 Years
              15 years, 14 days ago

              Ive always found andy gray an annoying tit, im glad he's gone. Next for the chop has to be shearer, the most uninspiring pundit ever. He sums up the newcastle/arsenal 4-4 game as Arsenal dominated the first half, then newcastle came back in the second! Thanks alan, my 1 year old could see that ffs!

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              1. TommyK
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 16 Years
                15 years, 14 days ago

                lol +1- he makes Alan Hansen look like OptaJoe!!!!

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              2. Tin of Directors
                • 16 Years
                15 years, 14 days ago

                Agreed - is about as much use as Anne Frank's drum kit.

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                1. A.T
                  • 15 Years
                  15 years, 14 days ago

                  lol

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                2. Granville
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                  • 16 Years
                  15 years, 14 days ago

                  I did like that joke when I first heard it. 🙂

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              3. chinmusic
                • 16 Years
                15 years, 14 days ago

                It's the former England captain syndrome that will keep him in his job. Sports broadcasting bosses seem to believe the punters want to hear from them.

                It's the same in cricket. Botham is an awful broadcaster: witless and inarticulate. But he's Ian Botham, so he's going nowhere.

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                1. Granville
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • Has Moderation Rights
                  • 16 Years
                  15 years, 14 days ago

                  You mean he's cricket's Ian Wright 🙂

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                  1. Granville
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • Has Moderation Rights
                    • 16 Years
                    15 years, 14 days ago

                    Don't get me wrong I love Ian Wright's enthusiasm, but he's no more than a supporter and has little insight.
                    Botham is no Nasser Hussain.

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                  2. chinmusic
                    • 16 Years
                    15 years, 14 days ago

                    An even harsher comparison!

                    Botham's so often wrong I can hardly believe it sometimes.

                    I like the last line on his Cricinfo profile which describes him as a broadcaster of "some wit and sagacity". Talk about damning with faint praise.

                    Amazing player though. Fourteen Test tons, never out in the 90s and all those wickets and catches. Balls of steel.

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                  3. jamsiep
                    • 16 Years
                    15 years, 14 days ago

                    He's not THAT bad! He's improved considerably... He used to struggle to string a whole sentence together.

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                  4. chinmusic
                    • 16 Years
                    15 years, 14 days ago

                    Okay, he can manage to speak in complete sentences, I'll give him that.

                    He's just a bit of a simpleton. FECs in the punditry game for me are Athers > Vaughan > Gower > Nasser and then miles behind is Beefy.

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                2. A.T
                  • 15 Years
                  15 years, 14 days ago

                  I listened to most of the ashes on tms. Vaughn was superb though i have to say!

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                  1. Granville
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                    • 16 Years
                    15 years, 14 days ago

                    Oh TMS, so good. You know Trevor Bailey died last week ðŸ™

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                  2. jamsiep
                    • 16 Years
                    15 years, 14 days ago

                    Vaughan thinks that he's a lot funnier than he actually is.

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                  3. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
                    • 16 Years
                    15 years, 14 days ago

                    Don't we all...

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                  4. A.T
                    • 15 Years
                    15 years, 14 days ago

                    Tobe honest, I know nothing about cricket. Ive watched almost every test match since the early 90's but because ive never played the game I havent got a clue why anything is good or bad. I dont suppose i ever will but i still love it. Just thought vaughan taught me more in that series than the rest combined in 20 years!

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      2. Bosko
        • 15 Years
        15 years, 14 days ago

        I know yeah, just read a review in the paper pretty much panning them, call in show that didn't take a call, and Keys having to read commercials - "Get down to Wickes". Pretty humiliating.

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        1. Tin of Directors
          • 16 Years
          15 years, 14 days ago

          It's just the equvilent of Alan Partridge losing a plum job at the Beeb to go onto Norfolk Nights. LOL

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      3. Squerly4568
        • 16 Years
        15 years, 14 days ago

        not that good listen to talksport alot, oh n its not like the star but not quite the times!

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  27. Squerly4568
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 14 days ago

    bosh enrique's a legend

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  28. Demí
    • 15 Years
    15 years, 14 days ago

    AC Milan have just cancelled their easyjet flight to London.

    In other news....Barca haven't.

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  29. More Cowbell
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 14 days ago

    Rankings updated y'all!

    Red arrow turns green! 😀

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    1. Syd.
      • 16 Years
      15 years, 14 days ago

      Red Arrows get Bigger ðŸ™

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      1. Granville
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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        • 16 Years
        15 years, 14 days ago

        yeah go on, play the blame game because you didn't have Lovenkrands 😉

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  30. GREENDREAMS11
    • 16 Years
    15 years, 14 days ago

    nice score for your other half tonight AP !!!

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    1. Drip Doctor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 14 days ago

      Boom?

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    2. Boom!!!
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 14 days ago

      ipswich 😕

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    3. Hank
      • 15 Years
      15 years, 14 days ago

      Quite right Greeny! The revolution has begun. Just hope we can hold onto Wickham for a few seasons.

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