1. Otis

    Preston at home.

    1 win and a draw. We only need to beat Preston on penalties remember!! I am convinced we will be better against Preston this time round. Last time we played Barton in the midfield and I think it was too physical a type of game for him. We need some strength and grit in the middle of the park...
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    Frank Lampard

    Bugger! Thought you were going to say we were getting him on loan!! :facepalm:
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    I love the FA cup

    It used to be that every single team would play their full strength teams in every single game. Now they have bigger fish to fry with the likes of the Champions League etc. Gaz, I think the strength of the FA Cup now lies in the opening 2 or 3 first rounds. There comes the unpredictability!
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    I'd never want to get back to the Premiership...

    Yeah, but when you go to see the Lion King or Les Mis or Phantom you know you are going to be entertained and you know it will be high quality. How many quality games have we had this season here at the Ricoh? Okay, so it's £20+, but very few of those games have been worth the money. £50 to go...
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    I'd never want to get back to the Premiership...

    Would price me out of it for sure. As much as I love the City I simply cannot see me paying over £40 a ticket. Sadly I think it would turn me into an armchair fan.
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    The Senior Generation of Sky Blue Fans

    I started watching the City in about 1968 I think. Now is as important as ever it has been. This season should have seen an automatic promotion challenge, but those first few games before MR came in really, really hurt us and put us on the back foot. Said on a number of occasions, the...
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    Outmuscled ?

    He does stick his foot in though. Usually when the ball is over the other side of the pitch, mind.
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    I love the FA cup

    Yep. Used to watch from the first minute right through to the end of the game. Always used to pick a team to support on the day. Now it is just the same faces winning it year in year out and I really cannot bear to see Man U or Chelsea keep winning it or the rest of the elite bunch year after...
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    Tottenham v Coventry match thread

    Always quite like Spurs and always favour them in the North London derby. Alan Sugar? Chas and Dave? Ossie? Hoddle? Greaves? Who knows, but always had a soft spot for them.
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    Outmuscled ?

    Baker, Jennings, Fleck, Christie, Barton. Take your pick.
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    Outmuscled ?

    The defence presents exhibit no. 1 m'lud. Lee Bowyer.
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    I love the FA cup

    In the past I wouldn't miss the FA Cup final for the world. Would watch the whole day and used to get so excited. As I say, in the past. The way it is now I haven't even bothered to watch the last 5 years. Such a shame.
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    I love the FA cup

    I look at that list and I could weep. What the hell happened to such a fantastic competition? It is so sad. :(:(
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    I love the FA cup

    Used to be. Still a very good competition, but once upon a time it was great. 1996 Manchester Utd 1997 Chelsea 1998 Arsenal 1999 Manchester United 2000 Chelsea 2001 Liverpool 2002 Arsenal 2003 Arsenal 2004 Manchester United 2005 Arsenal 2006 Liverpool...
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    Anyone watching that diving comp on ITV

    Nice. The stainless steel's all gleaming and the tiles look nice and clean. Someone has done a lovely job of bringing it up to scratch. Water looks nice too. Who's the bird at the front though?
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    Anyone watching that diving comp on ITV

    Wrong board on here, or Jade on the wrong board in the diving competition? :thinking about:
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    Anyone watching that diving comp on ITV

    Okay. More info needed. Good in what way?
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    Anyone watching that diving comp on ITV

    OMG good? Or OMG bad?
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    Lee Bowyer

    Yeah, but he's a half-pint cheeky, chirpy Cockney. That excuses him.