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Lampard got man of the match? what for? Cos he scored a penalty? I was panacking incase he was gonna miss! Should have been Beckham on the scoresheet.

I agree. Beckham came on the pitch and did his job, love to see him make it to 100 caps after everything he's done for England Lampard and Gerrard were both completely anonymous and it just shows that they can't play together and personally if I had to chose who to drop then I'd drop Lampard no matter how well he does for Chelski.

Agree about Hargreaves. Should have played him as the holding midfielder and played Barry on the left instead of Joe Cole because to be honest, I don't see what on earth he brings to the team. All he did tonight was lose the ball

That performance was just terrible. So nerve-racking! Can't get over how close Bridge was to scoring an own goal. Everytime Croatia were in possesion I was scared they were going to score. On a positive note (yes there was SOMETHING good) Beckhams cross and Crouch's goal. Showed you what we've been missing when Beckham was dropped

Dynamo Kiev

lol this is fun, better than doing coursework And as for Zebra FC's lit, oh how very original :P Derby

Oh ok, we've started again Bolton Wanderers

Is that actually a real football club? And does that mean we're back on A now?

Everton

Nothing on the Big League Weekend 2. Yet they still find time to mention black pudding....

Couple of mins in, there's a guy talking with a Latics graffiti hat on and he's wearing a necklace and a light blue jacket. I'm in the background with a black jacket, a Latics scarf on and headphones round my neck. Very attactive shot of me rubbing my nose :P

it's up on the fissial site now Linkage

Scholesy would generate a lot of publicity but is anybody here in a position to get backing from him?

Trust me, I've tried :P he's hopeless and either stops listening or just forgets whenever I bring up joining OWTB

I reckon I can come, will be bringing 2 people with me if I can. Problem is, father will think I'm joking so if anybody uses the messageboard on the official site and fancies convincing him, I'd be much obliged his username is mikejh45 or summat along those lines

don't see why they won't approve anything else. Imagine though if we had one proper state of the art stand and the rest just stayed the same :P

Believe it or not you're not on you're own here. I for one will be glad to see Peter Crouch on the pitch because I'm of the opinion that he wouldn't be playing for a big club and wouldn't be named in the national squad if he wasn't a quality player. And I still think that Beckham deserves his 100 caps. Like you said, there's nobody better than Beckham to get those quality balls in the box

You don't KNOW he'll be at Liverpool so I reck the chant'll do for now

Wish people would stop pinning the blame on Crossley. If he was fully fit, then you can boo him all you like but I don't think anybody has the right to get on his back like that when he obviously wasn't fit. And granted he hasn't played well in other matches but when the discussion is about why we lost yesterday, other performances don't really come into it.

THE BOYS A BIT SPECIAL Neal Eardley, Oldham Born 06/11/88, Llandudno Position Right-back Nickname Eards Club Supported As A Boy I've always been a huge Liverpool fan and grew up watching the likes of McManaman and Fowler. Strenghts As a right back, I love getting forward and getting crosses in for other people to get on the end of. As a defender, obviously I'm there to do a job at the back but you can't beat the buzz of doing some damage in the opposition half. Weaknesses My heading's not the best and my physical conditioning needs a bit of work but I'm much stronger this season than I was when I made my debut. It takes time to adjust to the hurly-burley of League One but the more I play the fitter and stronger I'm becoming. I play a bit like I don't like to compare myself to ther players but I look up to the likes of Gary Neville - much as I hate United. He's a great pro and a brilliant example to any youngster coming through. He's never in the papers after a late night or a boozy session, he's just a top player. Highlights Making my Oldham debut and coming up against Peter Beagrie when he was at Scunthorpe was great. Making my senior debut for Wales was a real honour too. I came on the second half against Bulgaria and think I did myself justice. I'm still in John Toshack's squad so he must have agreed! Lowlights Losing in the play-off semi-final against Blackpool was devastating. Toughest Opponent Martin Petrov. He was so quick and strong it was frightening. Best player played with To train with Craig Bellamy and Ryan Giggs with Wales was just unbeleivable. To start with I was a bit overawed. I don't think I spoke for half an hour. Biggest Influence My mum and dad were always there to ferry me from North Wales to Oldham when I was a kid so they've always been fantastic. At Oldham, Tony Philliskirk was the head of the youth team and was a brilliant coach. Biggest practical joker Andy Liddell, by a country mile. He's always in the mix with the banter and you can't ever shut him up! Latest car I've got a Peugeot 207 Sport at the moment. I was driving a Seat Ibiza but I got it written off. I had it parked outside my girlfriends hourse and some idiot smashed into it at 3.30 in the morning. Flicks I went recently actually to go and see Mr Woodcock because it had that bloke from American Pie (Sean William Scott) in it. It wasn't the best to be honest, not side splitting. Chicks Apart from my girlfriend, I've always had a thing for Kimberley Walsh from Girls Aloud. Preferred holiday destination This summer I went to Zante with the lads and it was superb, I'll be back there. If I hadn't been a footballer I was never the brightest at school - the GCSE's didn't go too well - but I would have gone back to college and got a sports diploma. Then who knows? Tell us something we don't know I once had a trial at Oldham with Micah Richards. I can't remember how he did and he shot off to Manchester City soon after. Lucky, because I might struggle to hold down the right-back slot if he'd stayed! If I could play alongside any player I would love to play in the same team as Steven Gerrard. He's just a superb player - one of the best in the world. Most embarrassing moment I was playing for Wales Under-21s against France in Grenoble. It was 0-0 and everything was going nicely until I popped up and scored an own goal. We lost 1-0. I was gutted. In five years time I want to be playing at the highest level and testing myself against the best players in the world.

I don't know, either way, they're luminous and I refuse to eat them

is that an actual rumour or did you make that up? Anyways, my rumour. After indulging in a pie eating competition with Greegs, Michael Ricketts found that he had eaten too many chicken tikka pies and was starting to emmit a slightly luminous orange glow. Ricketts was so embarrassed by his condition that he begged Shez to send him to a club whose kit didn't clash with his new look

Me father heard off some dude he used to work with that it was Chris Taylor that Ricketts smacked Although I'd rather it wasn't true that Ricketts smacked either Smalley / Taylor, it would kind of explain Ricketts departure cos he's been playing well and I thought it was pretty random that he was suddenly dropped and then shipped off on loan. Either way, dunno whether to beleive it or not

Would if I had a way of getting there but as it is, I'm skint so the train is a no go, and I can't drive so can't do that either :P

Don't get all this about fans not turning up to FA Cup matches or JPT matches. Personally I try and get to every match I can to support my team, whether it's a League match, a pre season friendly or a crappy Cup match like the Rose Bowl :P