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This is the team I would put out today with the FA cup round the corner:

Howard
Neville, Yobo, Lescott, Baines.
Osman, Castillo, Rodwell, Pienaar.
Jo & Vaughan.

I'd play Jo playing in the hole with Vaughan leading the line... Cahill, Saha & Fellaini ready on the bench.
Allan Barratt, Durham Posted 16/05/2009 at 08:06:04

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Michael Kenrick

Let's make this the Matchday Thread and see how well you did: Tim Howard Phil Neville (c) Lars Jacobsen Joseph Yobo Joleon Lescott Leighton Baines Leon Osman Tim Cahill Steven Pienaar Marouane Fellaini Louis Saha

Tony Hibbert Carlo Nash Dan Gosling Jack Rodwell Segundo Castillo James Vaughan Joao Alves Jo

Not too many marks, I'm afraid...

Nick Entwistle
1 Posted 16/05/2009 at 14:43:13

Any links, IraqGoals from MyP2p isn’t coming up, but still early...

Sam Higgins
2 Posted 16/05/2009 at 14:53:43

Live streams please lads.................

Chris Lawlor
3 Posted 16/05/2009 at 14:50:56

A spirited fight from the Boro could help us to 5th today. As long as the boys do the business today and march on to Wembley in winning mode. coyb!

Sam Higgins
4 Posted 16/05/2009 at 14:54:44

Man Ure Champs - and the red shite leave with nothing...

Mark Jones
5 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:02:18

http://www.iraqgoals.net/ch2.html

Jamie Barlow
6 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:01:03

Its on http://www.iraqgoals.net/ch2.html but commentary is foreign

Peter Roberts
7 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:03:02

Cheers Mark. Dutch channels are only showing Boro/Villa on their Sports channels..

Gary mills
8 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:05:13

Does anyone have the access code for Iraq goals? Cheers

Ben Jones
9 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:01:10

http://www.iraqgoals.net/ch2.html

Jim Slade
10 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:07:20

Playing some nice stuff already, looking confident. Pienaar again looks like hes up for it.

John Holmes
11 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:06:52

Sop cast channel: sop://broker1.sopcast.com:3912/76829

is showing it now it’s finished with the United match. better picture than Iraqui goals but still no English commentary

Adrian Lalor
12 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:09:25

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/Everton-v-West-Ham.
Commentary is foreign also.

Peter Roberts
13 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:11:00

Pienaar with the best chance so far.

West Ham look as if they’ve parked the bus.

Nick Coyne
14 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:14:27

Osman is shite... a bad excuse for a footballer never mind a professional footballer....

Matt Sheff
15 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:11:56

Get in Boro 1:0 Villa

Jim Slade
16 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:16:23

A bit early to be jumping on Osman?s back but it does look like the shite 10-year-old girl conference standard Osman has turned up today.

Chris Lawlor
17 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:18:38

HAHA Told ya, c’mon the Boro boys! We could nick 5th yet!

Peter Roberts
18 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:17:57

And Downing’s calf muscle has just snapped.

I do feel sorry for Southgate at times.

Back to the game - Osman is trying at least. More than Saha.

Stan Sheppard
19 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:19:40

http://live.spvod.com/live/20095/spvod11519_2.htm

another option, English commentary, sounds a bit mashed up though.

Ged Simpson
20 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:17:09

Stay cool Nick....he?s been injured, been slagged off but will do ok yet

Matt Kassell
21 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:21:07

Quite a good game to watch so far. We’re passing it around nicely, just need a little more urgency around their area. And I’m watching it on iraq goals with Italian commentary, don’t understand most of it but it’s better than listening to the usual crap.

Peter Roberts
22 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:25:40

Stuff..

Stan Sheppard
23 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:25:41

0-1, as good as Nev, my arse.

Srdjan Sekulic
24 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:25:40

Disgusting

COYB!

Tony I'Anson
25 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:26:36

Now this is a good test to see how we react. Imagine this is the final. That?s the kind of thing Lampard has been doing for years.

Peter Killey
26 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:30:32

If Ossie is playing on our right for the FA Cup, we can forget about winning... he is pants... no backbone for the game.

Jamie Barlow
27 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:33:52

To many players out today with the F A Cup in mind. Half hearted tackles and looking disinterested. Understandable really but terrible to watch. Still, they went 1-0 up at Upton Park and we won 1-3.

Iain J Smith
28 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:30:21

We are playing dodge. Saha is dodge and don't get me started on Osman. Crikey, my mrs would have more of an effect on the game. Feel sorry for Jacobsen with him in front.

Ben Jones
29 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:35:23

I think Fellaini’s been our best player by a mile today so far... we’re passing well but no bloody chances... COYB... start creating!!!

Jim Slade
30 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:38:20

BEAUTY!

Srdjan Sekulic
31 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:33:12

That’s more like it

COYB!

Peter Roberts
32 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:39:42

Pen and red card.

Glen Anderson
33 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:40:52

Get in there King Louis!
A decent pen.
Cahill may have played a little to win it though.

Peter Roberts
34 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:40:12

Knowing Me, Knowing You cool as a cucumber from the spot.

COYB.

Tompkins had to go.

Tony I'Anson
35 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:39:44

Good reaction to going a goal down. Would have scored if he had not been tripped over.

Ben Dyke
36 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:51:05

Good opportunity to go 5th probably today. We are limping a bit to the end of the season but you can understand a bit or reticence not to get injured like Jags and miss the Cup Final. Lets hope we pull it off today anyway, now they have ten men. And come on Boro!

Nick Veitch
37 Posted 16/05/2009 at 15:54:17

We need a right midfielder desperately! Osman cannot play outwide. He drifts in too much, and it forces us to go down the left too often.
Right-midfielder please Mr Moyes!
One that can cross!

Tony I'Anson
38 Posted 16/05/2009 at 16:06:12

any good links to english commentary?

Peter Roberts
39 Posted 16/05/2009 at 16:10:27

JY!!!!!!

Peter Roberts
40 Posted 16/05/2009 at 16:14:38

You miserable bunch! Yobo scored 5 minutes ago and not a peep...

Matthew Salem
41 Posted 16/05/2009 at 16:16:03

Totally agree with you Peter, which is my I?ll make a comment. Get in Joseph! 2:1 BLUES!

Glen Anderson
42 Posted 16/05/2009 at 16:16:17

Saha playing really well this half, obviously putting in the effort to start in the final. COYB!

Tony I'Anson
43 Posted 16/05/2009 at 16:16:40

A move straight off the training ground. More please.

Russell Buckley
44 Posted 16/05/2009 at 16:18:07

Good chance of 5th Villa are at 1-1

Gavin Harris
45 Posted 16/05/2009 at 16:21:23

"Saha playing really well this half, obviously putting in the effort to start in the final. COYB! "

I think he is playing for his career mate. Can't see us keeping him unless he performs well in next two games. Doing just that so far today. :-)

Peter Roberts
46 Posted 16/05/2009 at 16:23:46

Hull have just equalised at Bolton, sticking Newcastle back into the bottom three.

Messiah my arse. Some managers are sacked after winning one in 7 games.

Tony I'Anson
47 Posted 16/05/2009 at 16:27:58

We?re getting too casual on the ball that could have just cost us 2 goals. Have a bleedin shot if you are on the edge of the box!

Iain J Smith
48 Posted 16/05/2009 at 16:24:11

While its nice to see us try and play ?ole? football, West Ham nearly scored twice!

Chris Banasko
49 Posted 16/05/2009 at 16:27:21

Should be going 4-4-2 here against 10 men, bring on Vaughan.

Mac Smith
50 Posted 16/05/2009 at 16:36:07

Great move... great goal... get in Louis!!!

Peter Roberts
51 Posted 16/05/2009 at 16:35:13

Louis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tony I'Anson
52 Posted 16/05/2009 at 16:37:18

Get in there Louis. Last 15 mins for JV?

Srdjan Sekulic
53 Posted 16/05/2009 at 16:23:14

Some peace of art. Congrats to lads

COYB!

Mac Smith
54 Posted 16/05/2009 at 16:38:09

Peanut did brilliantly there.... 2nd half of season he has been awesome and really stepped up when Mikel was injured. As typing, more great football ? Louis one-on-one, keeper saved then an awful header by Cahill missed a pretty much open goal! Keep this up, Blues/

Peter Roberts
55 Posted 16/05/2009 at 16:38:52

How Cahill’s just missed that I don’t know

Mac Smith
56 Posted 16/05/2009 at 16:40:23

Saha @ Cahill off, JV and Jo on.

Matthew Salem
57 Posted 16/05/2009 at 16:47:26

Get in! 3:1

Ged Simpson
58 Posted 16/05/2009 at 16:51:44

Did you see the pace of Vaughan then?

Tony I'Anson
59 Posted 16/05/2009 at 16:54:46

All-in-all a decent performance, and we had a couple of extra chances that could have made it look even more like a battering. But then we could have been punished by a couple of bits of sloppy play. Also glad players came through unscathed. Final fever is building.

Ged Simpson
60 Posted 16/05/2009 at 17:02:51

Are you happy being a blue? Jesus H Christ......I am. And my missus (a kopite) is very quiet! COYB

Seamus Murphy
61 Posted 16/05/2009 at 19:00:39

Gavin Harris - im pretty sure Saha has another year on his contract.

Tony Williams
62 Posted 16/05/2009 at 20:38:57

Great movement from Osman for the third goal, no matter what you say about him he is one of the more skillful players we have in the side.

Alan Clarke
63 Posted 16/05/2009 at 20:48:00

Slightly different note, I’ve just seen Shearer moaning about their disallowed goal saying Nolan’s fouling in the lead up to Taylor’s goal had been highlighted all week meaning the ref was looking for it today. Tast of your own Match of the Day medicine Shearer after all that shite with Fellaini’s elbows.

Matt Shaw
64 Posted 17/05/2009 at 04:38:03

Good win today, Blue Boys. Vaughan for the FA Cup final, Saha just ain't got it... COYBs