after seeing savage on the right today Agathe is probably our best bet for right mid...still not convinced by Bentley

I wasnt impressed with Agathe...seems ok for midfield but he keeps getting caught in defence. He makes an attack, hamburg go on the break and Agathe takes 40 seconds to get back...that happened 3 times!!!

Gallagher didnt impress upfront with Roberts...hes got 2 games before hes loaned out in my opinion..couldnt get a touch.

Why did Savage play on the right!? He was rubbish. Jeffers touched the ball twice but looked ok off the ball. Bentley did a couple of things well but mainly quiet.

Positives...

Pedersen...excellent goal, did ok..got elbowed in the face twice.

Gray did well...roberts looked very good. Reid looked good for his first game back. Todd and zurab looked very good and Friedel made some good saves.

Subs wise...i was impressed with Douglas. Treacy touched the ball once and ballooned it out of the stadium. Mcevely messed up after about 17 seconds and Hamburg scored. Kuqi looked quite aggressive but didnt get much service with Treacy doin nothing on the left. Peter looked ok but was out of position on the right.

All in all not a bad workout against a good team. Hamburg have some very good players...kompany for one...very good.

wahoo just found a bar with the game on

dont suppose anyone knows of an internet site streaming this channel?

And Sparta Prague beat Fc Xhanti Skoda 2-1...both teams in Uefa cup...hopefully we will draw them it was like watching Radcliffe Borough vs Darwen

Im surprised Enckleman has stayed so long. Surely he wont be happy being 3rd choice. He should settle for a championship club.

agathe playing

todd captain, mickey gray, didnt catch other defender

gally, bentley, savage, pedersen

roberts jeffers

as seen by the french

as seen by the italians

and as seen by the yanks

Its a great signing...there will be more singings to come. As usual there are the doom and gloom tools on here that think Hughsey is playing a game of Football Manager 2006....get realistic for christ sake.

anybody else wake up on a train in nuremberg this morning wearin a T&T top instead of their england top? doh

Trinidad people were unbelievable...they know how to have a good time!

Couple of questions for those in Germany. Im getting the train from Prague to Nuremberg on thursday, dont have ticket so planning on watching on the big screen outside stadium.

Can you take your own beer to the big screen area?

How early do you have to get there? It says theres room for 40,000 fans. My train gets in at 4:15.

Any plans for after the game? My train back to Prague is at 2:30am so we have to ammuse ourselves in the nuremberg nightlife, preferably without getting deported.

if it wasnt for dickov we would have been in the championship last season. Good luck Paul

fingers crossed we draw one of the Prague teams, looks like Slavia and Sparta are both gonna miss out on the champions league, 4th and 5th.

I decided to miss the game tonight and went to Llandudno to see Morrissey now i havent seen the higlights yet, only read match reports and this thread...but talk about knee jerk reactions!!!! 'were gonna be where brum are now this time next season' and 'Hughes management is falling apart' JESUS CHRIST GET A GRIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We arent Barcelona and we do have some crap players in some positions, we have had a good season, Hughes has done a great job, yes its not been the best few weeks but thats football, get over it! Weve seen it before and we will see it again.

I have no idea why Pogolle or kuqi didnt come on for dickov 

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Yeah dickov was innefective.

no chance of 4th now im afraid. Bellamy must be wondering what more he has to do..produces moments of class then has to watch on as muppests concede at the other end. Too many players just arent being noticed in the last 2 games because they are doing nothing. Everything we create is coming from lucas neill, steven reid and bellamy (apart from sav and bentley on the goals today) the rest of the team just hit and hope and blast it anywhere.

on another note, i think De Pedro would be more effective than Pedersen atm

EDIT: Emerton on for mgp...about time!

what the hell was mokoenna playin at? commited himself stupidly.

Great goal! Savage won ball on half way, bellamy ran all the way and placed it in far top corner

looks very worrying, pompey should be 1 up

watching on canal sport. No chances created yet. Savage and dickov not really in game

sky sports also reporting on a 1 year contract extension signed

Saw it on SSN. Excellent news that its for the next 3 seasons, i seem to be buying new rovers shirts for fun these days! So technically the new shirt which comes out in summer will last 2 years. Although im sure Lonsdales deal will conviniently run out at the end of 2006-2007 season!

what a day!!

Altho...5200 visiting fans, no beer, 1 food kiosk...premiership your avin a laugh!

Anywayyyyysss.....wheres my passport...

Oh FFS stop moaning.

Sometimes get called off in winter because of bad weather - get over it.

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you obviously didnt meake a 200 mile trip like some people