No Gary O'Neil?

No.

That was rubbish.

Did I really say that I was starting to warm to Strachan?

A 2-1 home defeat to Scunthorpe. That was not supposed to happen...

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May I just whisper to all the Yorkshire forumites...


Leeds 1 Derby 2

Fabio Capello has named his squad for the Hungary friendly...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8894651.stm

A few new names in there.

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Paul Robinson has retired from international duty.

Bit silly of him to retire in my opinion. With David James and Robert Green out of the equation he would've been our second choice keeper behind Joe Hart. I wouldn't have called Ben Foster a second choice keeper at the moment because he's hardly played any competitive games recently...

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Glad to see the Addicks have started well

Wins for Boro and Orient in the Carling Cup tonight

But Charlton are out after surrendering a 3-0 lead to lose 4-3 to Shrewsbury...

Rochdale, Morecambe, Crewe, Accrington, Bradford, Oxford, Southend and Port Vale have also caused upsets.

Hope Reading get a positive result against League Two leaders Torquay tomorrow...

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Not the slightest sign of a backbone in that Charlton performance. Really poor...

The England team to face Hungary:

Hart, G Johnson, Terry, Jagielka, A Cole, Barry, Lampard, Gerrard, Walcott, A Johnson, Rooney

So we have a 4-5-1 formation at last! But I'm not going to get over excited... I predict a very unconvincing 2-1 win.

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And 2-1 it was...

Reading, on the other hand, were fairly unconvincing themselves, but a 121st minute winning goal won the game for us 1-0 against Torquay. At least we're not Sheff Utd (0-2 v Hartlepool)...

Carling Cup Second Round Draw
Reading v Northampton
Leyton Orient v West Brom
Millwall v Middlesbrough
Everton v Huddersfield
Southampton v Bolton
Blackburn v Norwich
West Ham v Oxford
Fulham v Port Vale
Accrington v Newcastle
Birmingham v Rochdale
Hartlepool v Wigan
Stoke v Shrewsbury
Sunderland v Colchester
Wolves v Southend
MK Dons v Blackpool
Portsmouth v Crystal Palace
Leeds v Leicester
Peterborough v Cardiff
Tranmere v Swansea
Morecambe v Burnley
Brentford v Hull
Bradford v Preston
Watford v Notts County
Scunthorpe v Sheffield Wednesday
Crewe v Ipswich

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Millwall. That's not the tie I wanted.

The two teams I follow (Tranmere and Leeds in different divisions now) both lost in the league and won in the Carling. Hope both can progress against Leicester and Swansea, but theyre not easy !

Some promising signs from England last night. Gerrard was magnificent, but several of the new faces did well. What will FC do for the Bulgaria match ? I think I would retain Hart, Jagielka, , Andy Johnson, but would drop Lampard and play Ashley Young. Gibbs looked good too, but I cant make my mind up about Walcott.

Coppell has left Bristol City.

Strange...

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Leyton Orient v Charlton tonight...

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Come on the Addicks

Leicester v Middlesbrough tomorrow.

I'm expecting that to be another 3 points heading nicki-flute's way.

Charlton managed to win, somehow...

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The Paint Trophy first round draw has been made. Charlton are at home to Dagenham, Orient travel to Brighton.

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Well done Blackpool : great result at Wigan

Reading rescued a point at Pompey...

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Played 2, won 2, only off the top by goal difference. Good start

I guess Tranmere will be happy with a point at Huddersfield.

Looks like Spurs' stay in the Champions League is going to be very brief...

Well they pulled it back to 3-2, so a 1-0 or 2-1 home win in the second leg will be enough for them.

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Yes, they managed to pull it back. Would be good to see four English teams in the group stages...

Have just read that Welling United are in serious financial trouble This is a local non-league club, and Charlton always schedule a pre-season game against them...

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Liverpool, Man City, Aston Villa, Celtic and Motherwell are in a good position to make the group stages of the Europa League. Dundee United have a bit of work to do...

And so do The New Saints, who were drawing 0-0 at CSKA Sofia up until the 81st minute, before conceding three goals...

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No dancing in the streets of Total Network Solutions tonight then

(devotees of Sky's Soccer Saturday will understand )

I don't watch Soccer Saturday, but all I know is that was their old name...

Just looked up their full name, which is The New Saints of Oswestry Town & Llansantffraid Football Club.

Must be the longest ever name for a football club, unless there's a Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch F.C...

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Was Jeff Stelling's usual quote if TNS won their game...

Reading still can't win...

Unlike Chelsea, who posted another 6-0 win

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Not been a great start for Wigan...

Charlton could only draw 1-1 with Oldham. Could be worse, and we're still 3rd.

I understand

aw, you trashed Blackpool's goal difference

So Chelsea have had two 6-0s, Arsenal have had one, and now Newcastle join the club...

Richard Dunne is in my fantasy team, so that's a big stack of points lost for me

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I see Middlesbrough have discovered how to win again...

Barely, the 1st half was awful

After not so good wins, hopefully will come good wins. Keep your fingers crossed

Boro and Leyton Orient are out of the Carling Cup.

Reading are struggling to see off Northampton at the moment...

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So clearly after not so good wins come tame defeats...

Reading seem to have forgotten how to defend after scoring...

Now we face a penalty shoot-out which should never have happened...

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Reading are up to England standard on penalties, then...

And we had a goalkeeping howler at the weekend...

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The only way is up, then...