Premiership 2007/08

[Baddar]

Manager of the Month curse is bound to strike tomorrow.

Aston Villa vs. Portsmouth - AW.

3 - 1 to Villa.

With joking aside, I've gone 2-0 Villa.

Either way, it should be a very decent game to watch as a warm up for Utd-Derby.

[Summers]

Got my hands on three tickets, so I'll be in attendance. Should be a superb game.

[Baddar]

Got my hands on three tickets, so I'll be in attendance. Should be a superb game.

Don't forget your huge banner linking everyone to EWB.

[therockbox]

Muntari is fucking brilliant.

[ONO]

Brilliant player. Nice touch, good eye for the ball and a lethal strike.

Reo Coker is pathetic, always outmuscled, always loses the ball. Carson has been horrible and Zat Knight..well the name explains it all.

[therockbox]

Oh oh oh.. Nigel Mediocre!

[IAceI]

Barry's bodyslam was the best.

[Summers]

Oh oh oh.. Nigel Mediocre!

He stopped to sure goals late on, redeemed himself. Carson was fine, but Knight is shoddy. Bring in Davies already.

Ref was shit, Mendes deserved a booking easily. As did Johnson, lols - twat.

Muntari though, two lovely goals. Neither should have gone in, defence stood off of him too much, gave him too much time and space.

O'Neill made some dodgy decisions, taking Bouma - our best player on the field - off was really odd.

Edited December 8, 2007 by 'P.S.' Summers

[Baddar]

2-0 up at Half Time - It's actually quite flattering to United. We've created enough chances to be 4 or 5 up, but only really started looking like they were gonna score after about 35mins. I couldn't even say that Derby defended that well up until that point, because they didn't need to.

Still, we'll probably add to the lead in the 2nd half now.

[therockbox]

O'Neill made some dodgy decisions, taking Bouma - our best player on the field - off was really odd.

[Summers]

Didn't hear anything about his fitness - but even so - he was running around fine and his fitness levels looked good. I think I'm just pissed off that Knight stayed on the field despite his poor performance. Gardner and Knight should have gone off for Maloney and Davies, IMO atleast.

[Lord Nibbler]

Ronaldo's penalty today was a clear dive.

Anderson played really well again.

Edited December 8, 2007 by Jimmy the Exploder

[therockbox]

4-3-3 away from home~!

Only worry is Carra starting, Agger must be getting close to a return otherwise I don't think we'd have risked him. One yellow and he misses the Man United match.

Edited December 8, 2007 by therockbox

[therockbox]

I don't see how the linesman can give that as a penalty, he's looking straight at it with nobody in his way. It was at least a yard outside the box.

[9 to 5]

Hard luck Convey.

[Pesci]

That penalty was ridiculous. There was no way he could've seen that as a definite penalty and if he was in doubt he should've given it as a free kick anyway. Disappointing really but we'll probably still win, he's shat all over my fantasy team though

[therockbox]

Crouch and Voronin up front, ugh. I wouldn't mind one + Babel or Kuyt, but with these two we've got no mobility whatsoever. Crouch continues to be MIA this season, it makes me laugh when all the pro-Crouch camp come out when he's not playing. This is why he's been left on the bench so much.

[Baddar]

Gerrard off for Babel when you're 3-1 down?

Strange, but they subbed Gerrard against Everton I think it was, and all turned out good in the end.

The look on Benitez's face that day was - Not entirely sure he'll have the same look in around 20 minutes though.

[therockbox]

Bwahaha, yeah, Gerrard coming off when we're 3-1 down means that that is the only reason we'll lose this game. Commentators are fucking idiots.

[Baddar]

...Especially Craig Burley (At least I think it's him)

I know you should never "give up" in a game, but Benitez is more than likely looking ahead to the midweek game against Marseille, then (possibly) an even bigger game next Sunday against United.

Yes, he could have taken off Masc or Sissoko, but it isn't as if Babel is a shoddy replacement.