Lots of great individuals, but that seems to be the problem. None of them are the type of players for a relegation fight. All money grabbing mercenaries with no heart. Apart from Alan Smith. But these days he's about as much use on the pitch as a one legged man playing the banjo.

I think Big Sam is gonna filch the banjo guy for my lot!

Aye, if they kept Allardyce I believe Newcastle would be comfortably mid-table. Instead Blackburn fans have the pleasure of watching giant monsters knock six bells of shit out the opposition whilst trying their upmost to keep the ball in the air as long as possible. I predict a rovers return for Kevin Davies.

Kev has his good moments, unfortunately none were whilst he was wearing a Blackburn shirt. We played reasonably ok against Chelski today, and passed quite a lot on the floor. Never really looked like scoring though!

[QUOTE=clynnog;7579662]hopefully they can keep Tevez...QUOTE]

latest today is apparently a 22-24m move to ANFIELD!! nightmare, he goes there and then they win the league next year with a load of his goals, most scored against Utd, you can just see it can't you. football, its a funny old game, jumpers for goalposts and all that.

[QUOTE=rae;7580161] You could afford jumpers??? When I were a lad.... drone drone. rember Michael Palin's "Spiffing Yarns" series, one episode was about football??

[QUOTE=Ewood;7580170] vaguley, not a series i watched much to confess. fast show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NeRoSFZWbs

I think Anderson is quite useful...while they're without Hargreaves. I wonder what'll happen if Anderson ever scores.
Has anyone noticed how Tevez looks a much better player coming into a game rather than starting one?

ok, so i am not doing very well at the moment, here is how it stands.

Aston Villa v Newcastle
Hull City v Man Utd
Sunderland v Chelsea
West Ham v Middlesbrough

16 Sunderland 37 -19 36
17 Hull 37 -24 35
18 Newcastle 37 -18 34
19 Middlesbrough 37 -28 32
20 West Brom 37 -31 31

so with these results,
villa 2 newcastle 0. (sorry novo)
hull 0 man utd 3
sunderland 0 chelsea 2
west ham 0 middlesbrough 0.

end table.

16 Sunderland 38 -19 36
17 Hull 38 -24 35
18 Newcastle 38 -18 34
19 Middlesbrough 38 -27 33
20 West Brom 38 -31 31

only potential i can see is for newcastle to nick a draw, but GD will still do them.

No. If we get a draw and Hull lose we survive. If Hull gets a draw we need to win (which won't happen).

Afterthought: If Hull and Toon win and the Mackems lose, they go down. How sweet would that be?

Either way, it's bye-bye Boro.

Bye-bye to you. Not necessarily to me. Unfortunately.

ah yes, its the minus goal difference, so of course it counts for you. can't see it though the way villa have been playing, if you were at home possibly, the chance was the other day i'm afraid, surprised they did not pick up points then.

According to BBC sport, this is Man U's lineup for tomorrow.

Man Utd (from): Kuszczak, Amos, Neville, Brown, De Laet, Ferdinand, Chester, Eckersley, Simpson, Fabio, Nani, Fletcher, Gibson, Tosic, Martin, Drinkwater, Macheda, Welbeck.

I suppose the team selection was predictable but I wouldn't even know where to begin guessing the result..could be anywhere from 3-0 to 0-7.

Que sera, sera.

I don't blame Man U for fielding a youth squad: perhaps they'll be trying to impress the boss?

Fingers crossed.