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2 April 2011 1877 comments
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Stop! Der Hammer Time(*).

As the dawn of another gameweek is upon it’s up to the Hammers and Manchester United to wake us up from our Internationally enforced slumber and the last minute tinkerers of the Saturday Surgery hand the reins over to the Dugout Discussion.

News from the Boleyn Ground is that the traveling side have decided to rest Edwin Van Der Sar with Thomas Kuszczak coming in while Nani (frustrating? Yes. But seeing as nigh on ‘everyone’ has him not quite so painful across the fantasy-sphere) takes a seat on the pine with Park filling his spot. Fabio also nabs the right-back berth, Vidic returns and Hernandez drops out for Gibson as Fergie favours the 451/433. The home team meanwhile see no need to change their side from that which drew at Spurs last gameweek. Teams in full are…

West Ham XI:Green; Jacobsen, Da Costa, Upson, Bridge; Parker, Hitzlsperger, Noble; O’Neil, Cole, Ba.

United XI: Kuszczak; Fabio, Smalling, Vidic, Evra; Gibson, Carrick, Giggs; Valencia, Rooney, Park.

After we’ve said our ta-ta’s to the aforementioned fixture we’ll head through the six three o’clock fixtures with Redknapp’s team of choice against Wigan of interest with Liverpool and Chelsea also visiting West Brom and Stoke respectively. Arsenal playing host to Blackburn -perhaps the most key fixture of the day- will close out Saturday for us with the evening kick-off.

The Dugout Discussion will be open through all this action up until the final whistle blows.

(*)dues finally paid as promised.

Andy Leicester won the Premier League. Leicester. Premier League. What is this life? Follow them on Twitter

  1. Jas aka The age of Ozil is …
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    LOL, Ashley Cole will never score...

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  2. dogtanion
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    Merson just came, must've been a decent goal by Drogs.

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    1. dave_the_bear
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      Cracking header!!

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      1. dogtanion
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        I'll probably never see it. No way am I looking at MOTD tonight after that second half at West Sham.

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  3. Boom!!!
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    246 - Didier Drogba has just scored with his first shot on target for Chelsea in the Premier League for 246 minutes. Wait.

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    1. Jas aka The age of Ozil is …
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      His first shot on target since Torres arrived

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  4. Hybrid.power
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    Is the chatroom not open?

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    1. Granville
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      Its open http://client0.addonchat.com

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  5. Locarno
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    Everton 1-0.

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  6. dierstraights
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    nice call on osman in the podcast

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    1. Granville
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      yeah always a good shout. Just too many other options in midfield to ever get him in.

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  7. Boom!!!
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    EVERTON 1-0....OSMAN GOAL!

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    1. Jas aka The age of Ozil is …
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      GET IN OSMAN, 3 weeks in a row now!

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    2. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
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      Billy assist

      7 MORE TEAMS TO GO!!!!

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  8. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
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    from soportinglife

    36: Ashley Young whips in a fine cross from the left and Tim Howard decides to bravely leave it.

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    1. jamsiep
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      Fascinating stuff Roy, keep 'em coming boss.

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      1. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
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        Read it you halfwit.

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  9. Locarno
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    Mark Noble, Kevin Nolan, Leon Osman, Rooney hat-trick, Drogba...

    Someone who hasn't touched their team since October is going to have a hell of a day.

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    1. AP
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      How's your team getting on?

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      1. Locarno
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        Think you know the answer to that...

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        1. AP
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          For some annoying reason i don't have your or RBJ's team stored in my precious bookmarks.

          The Rooney hat trick might just see me pip your ranking for the first time this week. Very casual.

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          1. Locarno
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            I'll be out of the top 10K. Got no one of note, and Torres, Nani and Lennon being benched hasn't helped.

            Four from Dempsey (c) will save my GW.

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            1. Locarno
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              *goals

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          2. jamsiep
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            I've got both. 8)

            Not sharing the goods though. I don't like you today.

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            1. Locarno
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              Mine's in the Cup draw, where I'm getting annihilated by Breakballartist.

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              1. AP
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                Oh yeah. OUCH. Not even nearly enough red in your team.

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                1. Locarno
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                  Yeah. Gonna watch the Arsenal game from behind the couch...

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            2. AP
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              Share the wealth! You said it yourself months ago, Utd have no bearing on Chelsea anymore in the league. You should be worrying about Spurs instead 😛

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          3. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
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            dont worry, buggu-queen titsiep will sort you out.

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    2. Boom!!!
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      lulz.

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    3. dogtanion
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      On the flip side, they probably won't look at their team so they'll never know.

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  10. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
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    Osman goal ...

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  11. Attila the Bum
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    Ebanks Blake is a handful. Not dealing with him well.

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  12. Attila the Bum
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    Ameobi booked

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    1. jamsiep
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      Seriously Attila? Season ruiner that. Gutted.

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      1. AP
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        Ha. The constant updates i find quite amusing myself. Don't be a hater.

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      2. Attila the Bum
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        Feck off monkeyspunk, someone might have him 😛

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    2. dogtanion
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      Rodallega offside.

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      1. jamsiep
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        Attacking throw-in taken by Tiny Hibbert.

        😆

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  13. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
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    Blimey - Foster has already got a save point ...

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  14. Drip Doctor
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    Redknapp needs to grow a pair and drop VDV.

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    1. Drip Doctor
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      And hes in my Fantasy team by the way...

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    2. Jas aka The age of Ozil is …
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      hahaha,no!

      It's so funyn that tottenham has allowed their whole team to be about bale and vdv.

      They have totally bought into the skysports hype, they had such a strong team last year, now it's believed to be a 2 man club

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      1. Jas aka The age of Ozil is …
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        *edit post* feature, soon please.

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    3. Fray Bentos
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      has his bubble burst? wasnt he generally quite sh*te at real with a serious attitude problem? i'm sure there is a reason they let him go so cheap

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      1. Jas aka The age of Ozil is …
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        *ding, ding, ding!*

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      2. Drip Doctor
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        He just doesn't have a position. The side is so unbalanced with him in it. I said this when he first started scoring all his tap ins, I said he's getting lucky with his point but i bought into the hype and am now frustrated at myself for bringing him in.

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  15. Attila the Bum
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    Nolan booked he now misses
    Villa and United games

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    1. King Eric, in America
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      Clearly more evidence of the pro-United referee conspiracy ...

      😀

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      1. Attila the Bum
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        Exactly, it was Mike Dean too

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    2. Declan
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      Ouch, thats a pity mate

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    3. Ini
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      Damnit

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  16. Attila the Bum
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    ▒▓██ N █ U █ F █ C ██▓▒
    AMEOBI GOAL!
    Lovenkrands assist

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    1. Demí
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      Goal Updating tekkerz

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    2. Gargamel
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      3.5 points to Travels with Charley Adam in Forward Thinking! Obvious pick.

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      1. Attila the Bum
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        Obvious indeed. Oh and I told you Nolan would score once I dissed his FPL prospects.

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  17. Locarno
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    Ameobi scores!

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  18. dave_the_bear
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    On a different note, anyone betting on the masters? or have any cheeky punts?

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    1. Jas aka The age of Ozil is …
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      Tiger Woods

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      1. dogtanion
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        Phil.

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      2. dave_the_bear
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        Cheeky punt? I think not...

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    2. dave_the_bear
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      Maybe I should rephrase...anyone betting on anyone other than the joint favourites!?

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    3. Locarno
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      Matt Kuchar and Nick Watney.

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      1. dave_the_bear
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        Any reason for those two?

        Watney is 16/1 so presuming hes got some form going into it?

        Havent seen much golf recently, generally only bet on the majors.

        Backed Phil last year so was delighted.

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        1. Locarno
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          Er... because I think they're going to do well. Same reason I put money on any golfer.

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          1. dave_the_bear
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            Yeah but you dont back people you know nothing about so I was looking for info.

            Forget it.

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    4. PFOR
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      Kuchar for me

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    5. FranktheTank - Success is P…
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      horses for courses - you can get decent odds on players out of form but with a good Augusta record -

      Paul casey 33/1 and Jim furyk 70/1 woth a few quid. i usually wait until the second round place my bets

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  19. Demí
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    Anyone bet on the Sassuolo VS Albinoleffe Game in Serie B that was mean't to be fixed.

    Coincidentally, the score is 0-0 with seconds remaining. QUIDS IN 😆

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    1. Declan
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      Fail

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      1. Demí
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        no wayyyyyyyyyyyyy ðŸ™

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        1. Declan
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          Tell me about it.....Also had FC Copenhagen, conceded in the 90+5 min 1-1! On a plus note had Utd at 11/1 😀

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  20. Attila the Bum
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    Solid half for the Toon, though I'd be suprised to see us keep a clean sheet (no innuendo please). 🙂

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    1. Jas aka The age of Ozil is …
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      Because Andy Caroll is no longer at the club

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      1. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
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        ?????

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        1. Jas aka The age of Ozil is …
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          I was making a 'clean sheets' joke

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      2. AP
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        *fetches popcorn waits for round 2*

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      3. Attila the Bum
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        😆

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    2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
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      Doing us a favour, anyway ...

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  21. MTPockets
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      Oh ffs. F#cking man united and their 12th man wins.

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      1. Demí
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        c*nt

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      2. King Eric, in America
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        Just asking: do these '12th man' jibes help you face up to results?

        If so, keep banging on ...

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        1. MTPockets
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            No I fully admit to my bias of supporting a pretty sh!t team. That's just no way to win a game, again. Of course you'd be all smiles and graces if it had been the other way round.

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            1. King Eric, in America
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              For the record, I make it a point of manhood not to blame losses on refs. Fact is, the better team should be able to beat the other team AND the 'bad calls' made by officials.

              I don't blame United not winning the title last year to the blatant offside Drogba goal ... but to United dropping scads of points early on to 'easier' clubs. Fact: United weren't good enough to win with those losses/ties.

              Evidently, coming from 0-2 to win 4-2 is 'no way to win a game' ... huh.

              Anyone else and 'winning when not playing well' is the hallmark of a "Champion" - when United do it, they're pathetic. Whatever, I get it. Bang on.

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              1. MTPockets
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                  Ever think you might be over-analysing just a tad? I'm not insecure enough to require equating ref decisions to some sort of maxim on life maturity you loser, or even about the better team - which isn't even a moot point is it.

                  I'm just a hammer trotting round town on a saturday with his team 2-0 up. Next thing I see is the result has been influenced by poor ref decisions. Doesn't mean you wouldn't have won, as I said I'm just fed up with cr@ppy ref decisions impacting results, particularly yours.

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          • AP
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            ABU jerk circle has been disbanded today, sorry. Come back on wednesday.

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            1. Attila the Bum
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              Business as usual for the Jerkicle though 😛

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              1. AP
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                As honourable secretary of the ABU team, i'm surprised you are still here! Who else is going to give the people their newcastle throw in updates though i suppose 😛

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                1. Attila the Bum
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                  Ha naff off. As you know perfectly well I'm not an ABU at all. Yes the Ameobi booking update was beyond the call of duty but the Nolan one is significant.

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        2. cucumber
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          How long can we expect smalling to keep his starting role for united?

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          1. Demí
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            erm until rio is back i would've though

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            1. Demí
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              thought*

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        3. Attila the Bum
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          So no Nolan and no Tiote against Villa - and Ireland can't play. Hmmm thin on the ground.

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          1. PFOR
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            Guthrie will run the show 😉

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            1. Attila the Bum
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              He's honestly not been mentioned all half. We could just have a scarecrow in a Toon shirt out there.

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        4. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
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          anyone watching the villa game? do they look like scoring?

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          1. FranktheTank - Success is P…
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            they had a decent 15min patch but both teams been pretty poor,

            to answer your question, yes i think they will

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            1. FranktheTank - Success is P…
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              Ask and you shall recieve! bent 1-1

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              1. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
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                wahooo!!! 😀

                6 teams left, and rivals 2 everton clean sheets busted !!

                BIZZO! 😀

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          2. Scoredelario
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            I've flicked to it a few times and I didn't see a lot of goalmouth action.

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        5. Demí
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          Rangers what on earth are you doing. please win

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        6. Bigo1
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          Lamps (c) fail. No Rooney, nor VP - I am out of the top 10k for the first time this season. Not happy

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          1. Drip Doctor
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            How is Lamps playing? He's looking less tempting each game.

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            1. Bigo1
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              Has been pretty average; a nice volley from outside the box, and thats it

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        7. Mr Sarcastic
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          Really happy of my last minute decision, bench r.johnson and play torres.
          I want to die..

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          1. Scoredelario
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            That really would be a last minute decision

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        8. Locarno
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          Villa equalise.

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        9. Attila the Bum
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          Everton cleanie DOUBLE FAIL.

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        10. Back on the horse
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          damn . Eve cs gone. Bent

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          1. AP
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            Forward thinking gold 🙂

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