Tonight's football thread

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Originally Posted by Alf

Will the Toure boys be back in time for the cup tie?

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The African Cup Final is on 10th February so presumably they will be available (if needed).

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Originally Posted by IainR

TBF I'd rather follow a team like City who have at least packed your seasons with drama than a Villa.. a team who just sit in the premiership and offer their fans little drama..

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Villa are certainly offering their fans plenty of drama this seaon, humiliation at the hands of lower league opposition twice in the space of a few days, and flirting with relegation. Maybe not the type of drama Villa fans are after though.

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Originally Posted by Swoop

The African Cup Final is on 10th February so presumably they will be available (if needed).

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They will probably have a holiday after the Africa Nations Cup especially if Ivory Coast wins it :D

I will miss Baliotelli when/if he goes back to Italy. Probably a good move for him as he is likely to start more games over there but he will be a character lost to the Premier League and to Manchester.

Aye.. sounds like he's certainly off..

Great buy for Milan, 17 million for a top player.

I think he is superb, would have loved to have had him at OT.. has it all, pace power skill.

Not sorry to see him leave City as he was a real threat especially in the future, surprised they let him go though as Tevez is getting on. They'll need someone else brought in.

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Originally Posted by Muddy Retriever

Villa are certainly offering their fans plenty of drama this seaon, humiliation at the hands of lower league opposition twice in the space of a few days, and flirting with relegation. Maybe not the type of drama Villa fans are after though.

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lol I was thinking that as I wrote my comment!

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Originally Posted by Alf

I will miss Baliotelli when/if he goes back to Italy. Probably a good move for him as he is likely to start more games over there but he will be a character lost to the Premier League and to Manchester.

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Agreed Alf - Good luck to him though, I still reckon he'll come good, it's just a shame he didn't do it here often enough. He's a massive part of last years memories though, particularly the 6-1 and the league title winning games

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Originally Posted by Muddy Retriever

Villa are certainly offering their fans plenty of drama this seaon, humiliation at the hands of lower league opposition twice in the space of a few days, and flirting with relegation. Maybe not the type of drama Villa fans are after though.

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OK I retract that.. now 0-2 at home to Newcastle.. they are in serious trouble.. it didn't seem too long ago they beat L'pool 3-0, at Anfield?, and seemed to be getting it together..

Frustrating 0-0 draw for us at QPR tonight. Can't help thinking that Mario would have scored tonight as a farewell present, but, maybe in another time, who knows. :)

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Originally Posted by Danbert Nocurry

Frustrating 0-0 draw for us at QPR tonight. Can't help thinking that Mario would have scored tonight as a farewell present, but, maybe in another time, who knows. :)

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Aye.. good result for us.. that's one of those that's the luck of the fixture list.. QPR look a totally different outfit now to 3 months ago, and I do fancy them to stay up, sounded like they made a fight of it too, only saw text updates but sounded like they created some chances.