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Cardiff fan in peace..

Hi lads, seems that Chris Riggott has impressed our manager and regained a lot of his fitness. It has been well documented that he has been out for quite some time.
I just thought I would ask some of you opinions of him prior to his problems.
Cheers,
Sheep shagger Fester.

Sublime to Ridiculous

Whilst I have no doubt that our new September kit sponsers are thrilled this is just another reminder of how far we have fallen over the last season or so. "Wiring Services" just about sums it up for me.

Will there be a rush to get this logo on to replica shirts I wonder?

Mido

I had'nt realised that Mido's move to Ajax was just a loan move. So we are probably still paying a large chunk of his wages. Surely somebody would have him on a free?

Premier League Squad Lists.

Arsenal
Goalkeepers: Manuel Almunia, Lukasz Fabianksi, Vito Mannone
Defenders: Gael Clichy, Johan Djourou, Emanuel Eboue, Lorent Koscielny, Bacary Sanga, Thomas Vermaelen, Sebastien Squillaci
Midfielders: Denilson, Abou Diaby, Cesc Fabregas, Samir Nasri, Tomas Rosicky, Alex Song
Forwards: Andrey Arsharvin, Nicklas Bendtner, Maroune Chamakh, Robin Van Persie

Aston Villa
Keepers: Brad Friedel, Brad Guzan.
Defenders: James Collins, Carlos Cuellar, Curtis Davies, Habib Beye, Richard Dunne, Eric Lichaj, Stephen Warnock, Luke Young.
Midfielders: Stewart Downing, Jonathan Hogg, Stephen Ireland, Isaiah Osbourne, Stiliyan Petrov, Nigel Reo-Coker, Moustapha Salifou, Steve Sidwell, Ashley Young.
Strikers: Gabriel Agbonlahor, John Carew, Emile Heskey.

Birmingham City
Goalkeepers: Maik Taylor, Colin Doyle, Ben Foster
Defenders: Stephen Carr, David Murphy, Roger Johnson, Liam Ridgewell, Scott Dann, Stuart Parnaby, Martin Jiranek
Midfielders: Lee Bowyer, Sebastian Larsson, Craig Gardner, Barry Ferguson, Michel, Keith Fahey, Alexander Hleb, Jean Beausejour, James O'Shea
Forwards: Kevin Phillips, Cameron Jerome, Garry O'Connor, Matt Derbyshire, James McFadden, Nikola Zigic

Blackburn Rovers
Goalkeepers: Paul Robinson, Jason Brown, Frank Fielding, Mark Bunn
Defenders: Pascal Chimbonda, Michel Salgado, Ryan Nelsen, Gael Givet, Chris Samba, Martin Olsson
Midfielders: Keith Andrews, Steven Nzonzi, Vince Grella, Morten Gamst Pedersen, David Dunn, Brett Emerton
Forwards: Jason Roberts, Benjani, Mame Biram Diouf, El-Hadji Diouf, Nikola Kalinic

Blackpool
Goalkeepers: Matthew Gilks, Richard Kingson
Defenders: Alex Baptiste, Chris Basham, Stephen Crainey, Danny Coid, Neil Eardley, Rob Edwards, Ian Evatt, Dekel Keinan, David Carney
Midfielders: Charlie Adam, Malaury Martin, Ishmael Demontagnac, Elliot Grandin, Keith Southern, Ludovic Sylvestre, David Vaughan
Forwards: Jason Euell, Marlon Harewood, Brett Ormerod, Gary Taylor-Fletcher, Luke Varney, DJ Campbell

Bolton Wanderers
Goalkeepers: Jussi Jaaskelainen, Adam Bogdan
Defenders: Gary Cahill, Paul Robinson, Jlloyd Samuel, Gretar Steinsson, Sam Ricketts, Andy O'Brian, Zat Knight
Midfielders: Matt Taylor, Joey O'Brian, Martin Petrov, Chung-Yong Lee, Fabrice Muamba, Stuart Holden, Ricardo Gardner, Sean Davis, Mark Davies, Tamir Cohen
Forwards: Robbie Blake, Ivan Klasnic, Johan Elmander, Kevin Davies

Chelsea
Keepers: Petr Cech, Henrique Hilario, Ross Turnbull.
Defenders: Branislav Ivanovic, Ashley Cole, Jose Bowingwa, John Terry, Alex, Paulo Ferreria, Yury Zirkov, Patrick Van Aanholt, Jeffrey Bruma.
Midfielders: John Obi Mikel, Michael Essien, Ramires, Frank Lampard, Yossi Benayoun, Florent Malouda, Josh McEachran.
Strikers: Nicolas Anelka, Didier Drogba, Salomon Kalou, Fabio Borini, Gael Kakuta, Daniel Sturridge.


Everton
Keepers: Tim Howard, Jan Mucha, Ian Turner.
Defenders: Tony Hibbert, Seamus Coleman, John Heitinga, Phil Jagielka, Sylvain Distin, Shane Duffy, Shkodran Mustafi, Leighton Baines.
Midfielders: Leon Osman, James Wallace, Mikel Arteta, Jack Rodwell, Marouane Fellaini, Tim Cahill, Phil Neville, Steven Pienaar, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Magaye Gueye.
Strikers: Yakubu, Louis Saha, Jermaine Beckford, James Vaughan, Victor Anichebe, Joao Silva, Jose Baxter.

Fulham
Keepers: Mark Schwarzer, David Stockdale.
Defenders: John Pantsil, Fredrik Stoor, Aaron Hughes, Rafik Halliche, Chris Baird, Brede Hangeland, Carlos Salcido, Stephen Kelly.
Midfielders: Zoltan Gera, Clint Dempsey, Bjorn Helge Riise, Dixon Etuhu, Kagisho Dikgacoi, Danny Murphy, Jonathan Greening, Simon Davies, Damien Duff.
Strikers: Andrew Johnson, Diomansy Kamara, Moussa Dembele, Bobby Zamora, David Elm, Eddie Johnson.


Liverpool
Keepers: Pepe Reina, Brad Jones.
Defenders: Stephen Darby, Jamie Carragher, Glen Johnson, Paul Konchesky, Daniel Agger, Fabio Aurelio, Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Martin Skrtel.
Midfielders: Joe Cole, Steven Gerrard, Jay Spearing, Ryan Babel, Milan Jovanovic, Dirk Kuyt, Lucas, Raul Meireles, Christian Poulsen, Maxi Rodriguez.
Strikers: Fernando Torres.


Manchester City
Keepers: Shay Given, Joe Hart and Stuart Taylor.
Defenders: Jerome Boateng, Wayne Bridge, Aleksander Kolarov, Vincent Kompany, Joleon Lescott, Shaleum Logan, Micah Richards, Kolo Toure and Pablo Zabaleta.
Midfielders: Gareth Barry, Nigel de Jong, Adam Johnson, Michael Johnson, James Milner, David Silva, Yaya Toure, Patrick Vieira an Shaun Wright-Phillips.
Forwards: Emmanuel Adebayor, Jo, Roque Santa Cruz and Carlos Tevez.

Manchester United
Keepers: Edwin van der Sar and Tomasz Kuszczak.
Defenders: Gary Neville, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, Nemanja Vidic, John O'Shea and Jonny Evans.
Midfielders: Owen Hargreaves, Anderson, Ji-Sung Park, Michael Carrick, Nani, Darren Fletcher, Antonio Valencia, Gabriel Obertan, Darron Gibson, Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs.
Strikers: Michael Owen, Dimitar Berbatov, Wayne Rooney and Javier Hernandez.


Newcastle United
Keepers: Steve Harper, Fraser Forster, Tim Krul.
Defenders: Sol Campbell, Steven Taylor, Jose Enrique, Fabricio Coloccini, Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, James Perch.
Midfielders: Joey Barton, Alan Smith, Danny Guthrie, Jonas Gutierrez, Kevin Nolan, Wayne Routledge, Ryan Taylor, Cheik Tiote, Hatem Ben Arfa.
Strikers: Shola Ameobi, Peter Lovenkrands, Leon Best, Xisco.

Stoke City
Goalkeepers: Asmir Begovic, Carlo Nash, Thomas Sorensen
Defenders: Danny Collins, Adoulaye Faye, Danny Higginbotham, Robert Huth, Ryan Shawcross, Ryan Shotton, Andy Wilkinson
Midfielders: Rory Delap, Salif Diao, Matthew Etherington, Jermaine Pennant, Danny Pugh, Tom Soares, Michael Tonge, Glenn Whelan, Dean Whitehead, Marc Wilson
Forwards: Ricardo Fuller, Eidur Gudjohnsen, Kenwyne Jones, Tuncay Sanli, Jon Walters

Sunderland
Keepers: Craig Gordon, Simon Mignolet and Trevor Carson
Defenders: Marcos Angeleri, Phil Bardsley, Titus Bramble, Anton Ferdinand, George McCartney, John Mensah, Paulo Da Silva and Michael Turner
Midfielders: Lee Cattermole, Nedum Onuoha, Andy Reid, Steed Malbranque, Kieran Richardson, Boudewijn Zenden, Cristian Riveros, Ahmed Elmohamady and Robbie Weir.
Strikers: Darren Bent, Fraizer Campbell, Asamoah Gyan and David Healy


Tottenham Hostspur
Goalkeepers: Gomes, Carlo Cudicini, Stipe Pletikosa
Defenders: William Gallas, Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Sebastien Bassong, Mathew Dawson, Kyle Naughton, Alan Hutton, Vedran Corluka, Ledley King, Younes Kaboul
Midfielders: David Bentley, Tom Huddlestone, Jermaine Jenas, Niko Krancjar, Aaron Lennon, Luca Modric, Jamie O'Hara, Wilson Palacios, Rafael van der Vaart
Forwards: Roman Palyuchenko, Jermain Defoe, Peter Crouch, Robbie Keane

West Bromich Albion
Keepers: Scott Carson, Dean Kiely, Boaz Myhill.
Defenders: Marek Cech, Pablo Ibanez, Gonzalo Jara, Abdoulaye Meite, Jonas Olsson, Nicky Shorey, Gabriel Tamas, Gianni Zuiverloon.
Midfielders: Giles Barnes, Chris Brunt, Graham Dorrans, James Morrison, Youssouf Mulumbu, Steven Reid, Paul Scharner, Somen Tchoyi, Jerome Thomas.
Strikers: Roman Bednar, Simon Cox, Marc-Antoine Fortune, Ishmael Miller, Peter Odemwingie.


West Ham United
Keepers: Rob Green, Ruud Boffin.
Defenders: Tal Ben Haim, Manuel Da Costa, Danny Gabbidon, Herita Ilunga, Lars Jacobsen, Winston Reid, Jonathan Spector, Matthew Upson.
Midfielders: Luis Boa Morta, Valon Behrami, Jack Collison, Kieron Dyer, Julien Faubert, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Radoslav Kovac, Mark Noble, Scott Parker.
Forwards: Pablo Berrara, Carlton Cole, Zavon Hines, Fred Piquionne, VIctor Obinna, Benni McCarthy.


Wigan Athletic
Goalkeepers: Chris Kirkland, Michael Pollitt, Ali Al-Habsi
Defenders: Emmerson Boyce, Gary Caldwell, Steven Caldwell, Ronnie Stam, Maynor Figueroa, Steve Gohouri, Antolin Alcarez
Midfielders: Charles N'Zogbia, Ben Watson, Hendry Thomas, Jordi Gomez, Mohammed Diame, Daniel De Ridder, James McArthur
Forwards: Hugo Rodallega, Mauro Boeslli

Wolverhampton Wanderers
Keepers: Marcus Hahnemann, Wayne Hennessey, Carl Ikeme.
Defenders: Kevin Foley, Ronald Zubar, Richard Stearman, Jody Craddock, Christophe Berra, Steven Mouyokolo, George Elokobi, Stephen Ward, Jelle Van Damme.
Midfielders: Karl Henry, David Jones, Michael Mancienne, Dave Edwards, Greg Halford, Nenad Milijas, Adlene Guedioura, Matt Jarvis, Stephen Hunt.
Strikers: Kevin Doyle, Steven Fletcher, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, Marcus Bent.

Signed boro ball 4 auction

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couldn't help but laugh

as the title says, i couldn't help but laugh when i saw this

http://www.mfc.co.uk/articles/20100901/s...39_2124569

"YOU can now get the authentic sounds of the Riverside crowd on your mobile phone wherever you are in the world with our fantastic new range of ringtones."

i'm pretty sure you can get that on most phones anyway, it's called silent mode

Shoot Fan Blog

Hi all,

first time poster here, didn't really know much about this forum until i came across it on Twitter and it looks good.

Anyway, as the title suggests I write a blog for Shoot magazine on the Boro and my latest article went live today:

http://www.shoot.co.uk/news/latest_artic..._and_gloom

Any comments and feedback would be greatly appreciated. It's worth taking the two minutes to sign up to read the mag on here but otherwise any feedback just on here would be great.

Cheers lads

Players not in premiership 25 man squads?

Well I think it's fair to say our squad is far from good enough to challenge for promotion this year and therefore I thoroughly expect us to get in a few loans of players from premiership teams who have not made their respective 25 man squads. I think premiership teams have to have announced their 25 man squads by some deadline today so this thread is to discuss the players that have not made the 25 man squads.

West Brom are the first to announce theirs. Only notable absentee there is Luke Moore. Not a bad striker.

It will be interesting to see who has been left out of other squads.

What the hell is Strachan doing???

Right, I've stuck up for Strachan up to now but what the hell is he playing at. It is very very clear to see that our squad is too small. So what does Strachan do to amend this problem. Loan out Grounds, Taylor and Digard and let Josh Walker go off on a free. And its not like you can say he is doing it to get their wages off the wage bill because I would guess that Grounds', Taylor's and Walker's wages total at something similar to Lee Miller's wages alone.

To add to this our performances so far have been bloody atrocious. Is it just me or is it starting to appear that Strachan is making a mug out of this club letting go of all our youth and leaving us with a very very thin squad along with no full backs or wingers. I know I will probably get eaten alive by the optimists on here but all Strachan's actions at the moment are very very questionable and verging on piss taking.

Okay, let's look at our team.

Steele
Coyne

Hoyte
McMahon - Injured
Bennett

McManus
Wheater
Kilgallon
Bates
Hines - Injured

Robson
Arca
Thomson - Injured
O'Neil - Injured
Tavares
Bailey - Half Injured
Flood - Injured

Franks - Injured
Kink - Injured
Williams
Halliday

Boyd
McDonald
Lita
Miller

2 - GK

2 - RB
1 - LB
5 - CB

7 - CM

4 - wider/more attacking mids

4 - ST

24 players, 8 injured.

Why haven't we got anyone in?

Just looking at this is terrible, we need atleast 6 more players