Other Games 31st March - 2nd April

[Bender]

great win for reading

[Muddled]

What have I done now?

We had an exchange of text around the odds of Aston Villa going down.

Now, following the surge of points for Wigan, QPR and Bolton, I'm guessing the odds will have shorterned and they could get dragged in to it. And - hopefully - West Brom at a long shot.

[Phoenix07]

Chazza1978.

[finger gun and click of tongue]

Is that some sort of innuendo at Chazza1978?

[Chazza]

I do hope not

[Chazza]

We had an exchange of text around the odds of Aston Villa going down.

Now, following the surge of points for Wigan, QPR and Bolton, I'm guessing the odds will have shorterned and they could get dragged in to it. And - hopefully - West Brom at a long shot.

Ah yes good times

The run in is not great for them either

Liverpool V Aston Villa Sat 7 Apr 15:00
Aston Villa V Stoke Mon 9 Apr 17:30
Man Utd V Aston Villa Sun 15 Apr 16:00
Aston Villa V Sunderland Sat 21 Apr 15:00
Aston Villa V BoltonTue 24 Apr 19:45
West Brom V Aston Villa Sat 28 Apr 15:00
Aston Villa V Tottenham Sun 6 May 14:00
Norwich V Aston Villa Sun 13 May 15:00

[Muddled]

Is that some sort of innuendo at Chazza1978?

*ALL* of my posts are riddled with innuendo.

Except this one, big boy.

[Chazza]

Kolarov is a decent left foot strike and **** all else, certainly can't defend

[Chazza]

Also Roger Johnson strikes me as a bit of a tit

[Chris]

Vermaelen took bad defending to a whole new level there! Think his goals mask a lot of faults defensively.

[ChesterDave]

What the Odemwingie is doing at West Brom is beyond me. How can he tolerate playing under such a ****ing cunt faced manager.

[Craig_H]

Sigurdsson (sp?) scores again for Swansea. 1-1 at Spurs with 32 mins left.

[Exiled_red]

2-1 Spurs

Adebayor

[Exiled_red]

3-1 Spurs

Adebayor again

[Chazza]

Didn't think this deserved its own thread so whacked it in here

Ridsdale backs Westley story
Last Updated: April 2, 2012 10:04am

Preston chairman Peter Ridsdale has confirmed his side's line-up and tactics were leaked to Sheffield Wednesday by their own players.

North End were beaten by 2-0 by two Gary Madine goals at Hillsborough on Saturday lunchtime and furious manager Graham Westley immediately accused four players of informing the Wednesday camp of their intended team and shape in his post-match press conference.

However, Ridsdale, who appointed Westley in January, insists the actions were not malicious.

"What Graham said after the game on Saturday was true," Ridsdale told the Lancashire Evening Post.

"It was almost said in the heat of the moment after the disappointment of a defeat, and it was disappointing that our pre-match preparations were known to the opposition in advance.

"I'm aware categorically where the information came from, although I don't think it was done maliciously.

"It's unfortunate that it happened, but it's time to draw a line under it and move on in order to focus on our game against MK Dons on Saturday."

Westley did not take the same view in the aftermath of the defeat and believes he is working against forces in the dressing room, though has yet to name any of the accused culprits.

He said: "We are where we are because the club's got a lot of losing ways installed in the playing squad and there's no better example than when their bench said to me during the second half.

"I've got to believe their dugout when it says it to me and I think from dugout to dugout I would very rarely believe that someone would lie to me on that sort of information.

"Four players of ours yesterday (Friday), at five o'clock, revealed our team to them as a football club.

"Does it surprise me? When you've got a number of agendas within a club - and I've said since I've been here that that's the case within the playing squad here - this sort of thing happens and it's not the first time that something's happened that's surprised me.

"It's a difficult place at the moment, our club and our dressing room. But it's only by working through issues and sorting issues out that you get yourself into a winning position."

Westley's short stay at Deepdale has so far been riddled with controversy after reports emerged in national newspapers that he informed players that they would not be playing by text message in the early hours on the day of a game at Yeovil.

North End have won just two of 15 games under the control of Westley and they sit just six points above the League One relegation zone.

Westley is a bit of a prick, maybe the players have realised that quickly

[jonnygrunter]

my boss is on the pne board of directors and said that he will be gone in three games. he said that the current crop of players hate him and one player in particular told him, "i will see you out of this club", my boss also went on to add that it might be worth putting a bet on them for relegation so it doesnt really look very good!