Biggest mistake was taking Lennon off for James.

I think id of taken heskey off.

Who was playing left midfield?

Rooney pulls out of England squad because of a calf injury.

The Football Association will make a formal complaint to Fifa after flares were thrown on to the pitch during England's defeat in Ukraine.


We did let Ukraine win :thumbs:

Argentina kept their World Cup qualification hopes in their own hands with a dramatic 2-1 win over Peru.

Chile sealed their qualification with a 4-2 win in Colombia to take third spot.

European nations already in the World Cup..

England
Denmark
Germany
Spain
Serbia
Italy
Holland

Bendtner denmarks star player!

Argies probably paid peru to let em win lol..peru are already long out of the competition and argies needed a win

Emile Heskey has admitted he will consider leaving Aston Villa in January in a bid to secure his place in the England squad for next summer's World Cup.

The striker, who only joined Villa from Wigan at the start of the year, has started just one Premier League match this season.

He played for England in their defeat in Ukraine on Saturday, though, and currently appears to be Fabio Capello's favoured partner for Wayne Rooney.

But the former Liverpool forward is aware his lack of games for his club could harm his chances of getting picked in the squad for South Africa.

"I'm happy to be playing for England and, obviously, not playing at club level is difficult," he said in the Guardian. "It's something I will have to look at when I get back and try to address it."

Asked whether that meant he would seek a move in the winter transfer window, Heskey said: "That's what I mean. I will have to sit down and think about my next move. I don't know whether I can get a World Cup place if I'm not playing for Villa.

"The manager (Capello) hasn't really spoken to me about it. I just have to keep performing well in training and keep going. But you always wonder about those kind of things, whether it will affect my chances. I will just have to try to address it when the time is right."

THANK THE HEAVENS!

Waht will you do???
Looks like villa will be relegated..

Heskeys stats of last season:
Appearances - Goals
14 - 2

This season:
7 - 0

England stats:
57 Appearances 7 goals.


England stats other players:
Lampard 74 apps 20 goals.
Gerrard 76 apps 16 goals.
Rooney 55 apps 25 goals.
Defoe 37 apps 11 goals.
Crouch 34 apps 16 goals.

Heskey destroys them all.

Waht will you do???
Looks like villa will be relegated..

Heskeys stats of last season:
Appearances - Goals
14 - 2

This season:
7 - 0

England stats:
57 Appearances 7 goals.


England stats other players:
Lampard 74 apps 20 goals.
Gerrard 76 apps 16 goals.
Rooney 55 apps 25 goals.
Defoe 37 apps 11 goals.
Crouch 34 apps 16 goals.

Heskey destroys them all.

BELGIUM WANT FELLAINI BANNED



Belgium have asked FIFA to prevent midfielder Marouane Fellaini from playing for Everton this weekend.

After playing in Belgium's win over Turkey at the weekend, he has pulled out of their clash with Estonia because of surgery he needed on his wisdom teeth.

The Toffees were convinced that Fellaini had an agreement in place with new Belgium boss Dick Advocaat, that if he played at the weekend he would be free to miss the match with Estonia.

But the Belgian FA (KBVB) have insisted Fellaini did not have permission to miss the match on Wednesday, and as such they have asked FIFA to apply their five-day rule.

Should a player miss an international fixture after being called up, and he does not have the permission of that country to do so, then he can be banned from playing any match for the next five days.

That would mean that Fellaini could not play until next week, ruling him out of Everton's clash with Wolves.

"Fellaini is called for the match with Estonia. If he decides not to come, he knows the consequences," Belgium FA's director general Jean-Marie Phillips confirmed to De Standaard.

"Mr Advocaat has asked that the FIFA regulations strictly apply and therefore Marouane may not play this weekend with Everton.

"The coach has talked with Fellaini, but I do not know what he said - I would imagine that he tried to convince him that the operation could be done another time - but he obviously did not succeed.

"I am happy that everyone around the Red Devils are on the same wavelength, but if FIFA decides in Everton's favour we will accept that."

Everton, though, insist that Fellaini will be free to face Wolves at the weekend.

"We released Marouane for both games and have complied with all our obligations," Everton spokesman Ian Ross said.

"He had an understanding with the manager that if he played on Saturday, he'd be released from the Wednesday game. The manager appears to have changed his mind.

"But this is a personal dispute between the player and the coach. Everton's not to blame and in our view there is nothing that can prevent Marouane from playing on Saturday against Wolverhampton. "

BELGIUM WANT FELLAINI BANNED



Belgium have asked FIFA to prevent midfielder Marouane Fellaini from playing for Everton this weekend.

After playing in Belgium's win over Turkey at the weekend, he has pulled out of their clash with Estonia because of surgery he needed on his wisdom teeth.

The Toffees were convinced that Fellaini had an agreement in place with new Belgium boss Dick Advocaat, that if he played at the weekend he would be free to miss the match with Estonia.

But the Belgian FA (KBVB) have insisted Fellaini did not have permission to miss the match on Wednesday, and as such they have asked FIFA to apply their five-day rule.

Should a player miss an international fixture after being called up, and he does not have the permission of that country to do so, then he can be banned from playing any match for the next five days.

That would mean that Fellaini could not play until next week, ruling him out of Everton's clash with Wolves.

"Fellaini is called for the match with Estonia. If he decides not to come, he knows the consequences," Belgium FA's director general Jean-Marie Phillips confirmed to De Standaard.

"Mr Advocaat has asked that the FIFA regulations strictly apply and therefore Marouane may not play this weekend with Everton.

"The coach has talked with Fellaini, but I do not know what he said - I would imagine that he tried to convince him that the operation could be done another time - but he obviously did not succeed.

"I am happy that everyone around the Red Devils are on the same wavelength, but if FIFA decides in Everton's favour we will accept that."

Everton, though, insist that Fellaini will be free to face Wolves at the weekend.

"We released Marouane for both games and have complied with all our obligations," Everton spokesman Ian Ross said.

"He had an understanding with the manager that if he played on Saturday, he'd be released from the Wednesday game. The manager appears to have changed his mind.

"But this is a personal dispute between the player and the coach. Everton's not to blame and in our view there is nothing that can prevent Marouane from playing on Saturday against Wolverhampton. "

Villa will be relegated? what? why?

lol

BEcause without heskey what will you do?

Carew and agbonlahor both stand in his shadow.

Bitesize News:

-Brazil defender Alex has signed a new four-year deal with Chelsea, the Premier League leaders said on Tuesday.
"I am very happy Alex has signed a new contract," Ancelotti told the club's website. "He is just returning from surgery but he is a player I know well. I am familiar with his fantastic qualities."

-Arsenal are favourites to sign Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Stephane Sessegnon when he eventually leaves the Ligue 1 outfit, according to the player's agent.
The 25-year-old has made 34 appearances for the French outfit since arriving from Le Mans in 2008, netting six goals.

-Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is determined to fight off the advances of Atletico Madrid and Seville to retain the services of 19-year-old midfielder Fran Merida.

-Liverpool are considering making a cut-price £1.5m bid for Aston Villa's Emile Heskey in January. The striker revealed at the weekend he was considering leaving the Midlands club to get first-team football, thereby boosting his chances of landing a place in England's squad for the 2010 World Cup finals.

-Arsenal are chasing Bayer Leverkusen striker Stefan Kiebling, according to the player's agent. Kiebling has been in superb form so far this season, and is the leading scorer in the Bundesliga.
His agent Ali Bulut said: 'Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Juventus, and Milan are the clubs that have shown an interest.
'He wants to move to a big club.'

-West Brom will not be signing former Arsenal defender Sol Campbell as they cannot afford his wages.

-Gokhan Inler is refusing to discuss a new contract with Udinese amid reports of a scrap between Arsenal and Inter Milan for the Switzerland midfielder.

-Manchester City are lining up a £20m swoop for Brazil and Inter Milan full-back Maicon in January and will target Benfica midfielder Ramires if they fail with a £65m bid for Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery.

-Arsene Wenger has hailed William Gallas' influence on Arsenal's new-look defence.
The veteran centre-back was on target for France in Saturday's 5-0 World Cup qualifying win over Faroe Islands, which secured a place in the play-offs, as he added to his three goals for the Gunners.
It has certainly been quite a transformation for the former Chelsea man, who this time last year was stripped of the Arsenal captaincy after publicly questioning the mentality of Wenger's young squad.

-Barcelona have shown very little respect for our great club in their dogged and annoying pursuit of their former youth team player and current Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas and with that in mind a move for one of their soon to be out of contract stars would be an intelligent signing and as well as a big ‘up yours’ to the Catalan side for good measure.
31 year old centre back Carles Puyol has of course done it all in his decade plus at the heart of the Barcelona defence but recent rumours have suggested that he may well be looking for a new challenge and that his boss Pepe Guardiola is looking to younger alternatives to the shaggy haired defender.

-Bayer Leverkusen striker Stefan Kiessling is interesting Arsenal, as well as several other high-profile European outfits, according to the player’s agent.
The 25-year-old 6ft 3in front-man has netted 33 league goals in 101 appearances since arriving from Nuremberg in 2006.
And the forward, who has won two caps for Germany to date, is currently the leading scorer in the Bundesliga this season with six goals, firing Leverkusen to top spot on goal difference.
As a result, reports have surfaced linking him with a move to pastures new during the winter transfer window.
And the player’s representitive, Ali Bulut, has confirmed that Arsenal, as well as Bayern Munich, AC Milan and Juventus are all monitoring his progress.

-Fulham, Wigan and Liverpool all in for emile heskey

All the news (=
Have fun.

Everton hit purple patch with record sales of kit honouring murdered schoolboy Rhys Jones

An Everton kit launched to raise money in memory of murdered schoolboy Rhys Jones is proving a massive hit with fans.

The limited edition purple design has become the club’s fastest selling pre-ordered shirt.

Everton hope to raise £100,000 for the Liverpool Unites children's charity, which was inspired by both the Reds and Blues coming together in Liverpool following the death of Jones in August 2007.

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Heard the funniest thing ever..

Dave Whelan - Wigan Chairman
"Emile is a great player, any club in the world would love to have him, you can give him a long ball and he will bring it down and control it, and when you have people like john terry saying he's hard to play against you know hes good"

So because john terry gave him a bit of sympathy hes great?
As for his ability to control a ball infront of goal- he cant.
As for any club would love to have him, if he came to arsneal i dont think i could support them if they actually spent money on him.

-Fulham boss Roy Hodgson is being linked with a January move for Spurs out of favour striker Roman Pavlyuchenko.
The 27-year-old hitman made joined Spurs in the summer of 2008 in a £14million move from Spartak Moscow. However, the Russian international now finds himself fourth in the striking pecking order at White Hart Lane and reports have suggested he could be set for a January move away from Spurs.

-Chelsea are hoping Joe Cole will become the latest player to commit his future by signing a new deal at Stamford Bridge.
Defender Alex and striker Soloman Kalou have become the latest players to sign new deals as Chelsea look to secure their top stars and they are now looking for Cole to do the same.

-Manchester City could be ready to make a sensational bid for Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas next summer, according to reports in Spain.
Barcelona and Real Madrid have also been linked with the Spanish midfielder – who has insisted he has no desire to leave the Gunners. - If Fabregas will leave he will leave for a spanish club, thats just fact.

-Arsenal are hot favourites to land midfielder Stephane Sessegnon if the player leaves Paris Saint-Germain in the future.

-Samir Nasri believes he should be back in action for the Premier League clash with West Ham on 25th October.
The Arsenal midfielder has yet to play this season after breaking his leg over the summer but Arsene Wenger recently revealed he was closing in on a comeback. - Meaning Nasri will miss Birmingham, AZ Alkmaar and West Ham but could be back for the Carling cup match against Liverpool.

Watching Ireland v Montenigro...not much to play for except finishing the group without a loss...

And will find out who we might get drawn with later on tonight...

Draw is on Monday....

Half Time 0-0

pretty decent football, loads of chances for Ireland.....shame they didn't take them....

Given and Kilban got there 100th caps tonight aswell....

England games about to start.

My dad telling me how heskey is important player..

I said i know a few villa fans that beg to differ.

God Save The Queen!

LOL

The Ireland game is quite good, few new players on now that were through to qualifying...

just watching really to pass the time and see who we could be drawn against...

Lol.


And GOAL 3 minutes.

Agbonlahor little pass in the box to crouch and he gets a tap in, great run for agbonlahor, he out paced the defender easily.