Apparently, Alan Curbishley was due to have an interview for the job tomorrow...

He was the only other name on the shortlist of two.

No Iain Dowie lol?.


Curbishley would be an interesting choice if Coyle decides not to go, wonder what Mark Hughes will do next?.

 
i'm getting worried about you  
 
is sir red nose playing the kids on Wednesday or not, i'm waiting to put my bet on citeh ?

Ferguson said he's sticking with the policy that won it last year and has got him to the semi this year. But that was before the Leeds game, so he may go full strength. I'd still back City over 2 legs if I were you.






Look at this goal from Beckford...

stop it with Jermaine Beckford PLEASE 
 
citeh will beat them even if they are full strength but i'd prefer it if they played the reserves plus Gary Neville.

Right now I would say Man City definetly can be considered favourites to get through.

listen to these donkeys 
 

The decision is being made as I type this... I feel like a kid getting excited for Christmas...

Am I going to get a shiny new mountain bike or a lump of coal?

i see Bolton are offering fans a free lift to Sunderland on Saturday, they've hired 2 taxi's

No Toure, Ade, Lescott, Bridge, SWP, Ireland or Santa Cruz

I would say we are screwed at this moment in time, huge pressure on some youngsters. Young CB Dedryck Boyata will probably start on wednesday along with Kompany.

Meaty do you think will Mancini put Zabaleta back to RB as thats his best position IMO and how he got lots of attention in Spain.

No Adebayor and Santa Cruz, so they'll have to make do with a front 3 of Robinho, Tevez and Bellamy. Hard times

Patrick Vieira will be arriving at City this week apparently.

United don't have any kids most of the young players are in their 20's to 30's plus the vintage trio of Giggsy, Scholesy and Gary Neville. Danny Welbeck is 19, Kiko Macheda is 18 but apart from that makes me laugh when it's called the kids, more like second string or reserves.

I don't think people literally mean kids (under 18's), I think it's just a quicker way of saying youngsters

I hope he won't play at all, hes crap

 PMSL Richards it is then, looks like Mancini will be on the look out for another centre back possibly?.


Fair enough Crunchy.

who won in the Tranmere/Wolves game and why was it played at 6pm on a Sunday, it wasn't on tv was it ?

1-0 to Wolves.


MON keen to keep Heskey.

Think it was live on thefa.com

crunchy your fans were good but a distant second to these 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoNCM_Pow5U

this one's better 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRzi7XvU67U

And the decision is..... we must wait 24 hours...

Strike, our fans were crap. There was plenty of singing, but rarely the whole away section singing the same thing together at the same time. Your away section wasn't as bad as I was expecting, although I wouldn't have liked being crammed in the back of the lower tier.
Nice of your fans to stay back and applaud the lads in red off the pitch. I doubt many other teams fans would do that for a League One side, maybe a non-league side but not a League team.

well my brother and nephews went and they said your fans never stopped singing,
if you had got a draw or a win they still would have applauded you but only after massive boos for the Everton team.

I have been to Bolton many times. Great ground, easy to get to, great fans, great shopping, and it's not in Bolton. Burnley seems backward in comparison, IMHYCO.

Blackburn v Villa called off  tonight due to the weather conditions.  Not surprising really.

ION good news for us. http://www.skysports.com/story...1688_5832812,00.html

Just hope all footy FM's are ok today and taking care if they are in snow affected areas.

I am... got up, looked out the window and got straight back into bed. Woke back up at 1.00pm

Yes! We've got him...

Manchester City vs Manchester United tomorrow postponed due to snow.

Tremendously uplifting article in The Grauniad.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/foot...on-manchester-united
It would be lovely to see these so-called big clubs (Millions in debt) go bust eventually. At least United have the advantage in having a made to measure replacement team, currently in the Unibond.

Sad news today, Neil Clement, the long serving Baggies defender has had to retire from football after his knee injury.  I'm really sad about this as he is my current favourite player, a really nice man who takes the time and trouble to talk to fans and also that we have lost a really, really good player.  I am hoping that, on Friday night, we sing his name loudly during the match.  He is staying with the Baggies until the end of the season, gettling involved with the academy and youth teams.  I wish him and his family all the luck going and thank him for 10 years of his playing career. Hopefully the club will give him a testimonial/benefit match of some kind, to give the fans a chance to say goodbye.  Good luck in the future Clem and thanks for all you have done.

http://www.wba.co.uk/page/News...0366~1924166,00.html

, what a shame but Clement can retire with lots of memories, done lots of WBA very loyal and committed so deserves all the respect from fans, hopefully the club will do something for him PB. Can see him joining the coaching staff at Albion perhaps?.

I genuinely hope so Darlo, Michael Appleton did of course when he had to retire early due to his injury, so I'm hoping Clem does the same.  Di Mat has also apparently been giving him support behind the scenes, so I think the club will be behind him.  It's a shame, as it is whenever a footballer has to retire early due to injury, but for me even sadder as I really like him as a player and as a man.  He is really nice, I have met him outside the Hawthorns after a match and he took the time and trouble to talk for about 10 minutes to me and my hubby about the match and how the Baggies were doing and to even introduce his wife to us.  A really really nice man and one that had a huge personal tragedy at a young age (his dad who played for QPR took his own life).

Fingers crossed the match can go ahead anyway, not looking good at the moment I imagine, due to the snow.  Did you manage to get into college today?

Pity Lacey's not about, she may remember Clem from his loan spell at Hull a couple of seasons ago.

Arsenal match off tonight despite efforts at the Emeriates to get the stadium ready.

Day off. Aww that sounds really nice of him, could suit him passing on advice to the players and the young kids coming through the ranks at the Hawthorns.

Time for a summer league. Say February to November instead of August to May.

This is the third time that fixture has been postponed this season...

One disagrees. It's not worth it just for a bad winter every coupla decades. Bad weather is just as likely in February and March anyway and what would one do without Boxing Day and New Year games? They have a winter break in The Fatherland and they look upon us with envy.