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I seriously doubt that they will slip up and it's at Anfield ;)

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Pedantic bugger. :D

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I am not you ;)

The way the barcodes are playing, I don't think they will be a major problem, especially away from St James.

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You never know, they are staring down the barrel of relegation. I mean, look how motivated Boro were today...ok scrap that. :D

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...and from a person who's mum is a Sunderland fan, I would just love it if they did go down ;)

It's just a shame that they are in a position to help us if they win and then gain points for survival.

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Sorry to disappoint guys :PP:

Barton is an absolute ******* and doesn't deserve to be playing premiership football. I hope Newcastle stay up, but only if they get rid of him :mad:

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Like the creepy girl in "aliens" said once

" it wont make any difference......."

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Liverpool 3-0 Newcastle


https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2009/05/90.jpg Benayoun (left) and Kuyt made the game safe for Liverpool in the first half

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No Kuyt, his head doesn't unscrew....

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Thats because he does not have wingnuts fitted like Rooney.:D

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I know Liverpool aren't normally any good with coming up with witty songs/chants but i did laugh when they started singing "You should've stayed on the tele" to Shearer :D

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Norwich relegated! http://smileyshut.com/smileys/new/Laughing/lol-045.gif

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The Toon were dire but Liverpool's first & third goals were both offside.

Having just watched the Sunderland game I think you could put all three North East teams on the pitch at the same time and United or Liverpool would still beat them. :rolleyes:

Jim.

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The first one was dubious, have to disagree about the third.

Doesn't really matter anyhow as they were pretty woeful and if we'd been firing on all cylinders I think i'd have cringed for Newcastle :rolleyes:

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Still think Sunderland will be OK even tho they weren't at the races tonite.

...roll on Match of the Day August with the return of Alan. :rolleyes:

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He is better than counting sheep:D

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Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!

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What has Leeds Utd got to do with this?

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What has Leeds United got to do with anything?! ;)

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Who are Leeds UTD? lol

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What is Leeds?

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Sami, Sami, Sami is leaving at the end of this season. I'll be sad to see him go but wish him well. 10 years service protecting our goal - we salute you Mr Hyppia :tu:

http://www.anfield-online.co.uk/lfc-...o-reds-legend/

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Baa!

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Oh dear, what a shame :PP:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...ed/8033495.stm

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Couldn't have happened to a nicer thug.

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just wish they sell Barton to say the Baghdad rangers or some far away place so he wont be near the English or European football clubs in his life.

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I'll be going down the pub later to watch the mighty Red Devils thrash the Gooners! :D

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Apparently he said to Shearer - "You're a **** manager with **** tactics" I can't stand Barton, but i have to agree with him on that matter :D

Apparently Birmingham are intrested in signing him, i reckon one of the promoted sides will try and get him on the cheap.

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Whether Barton was right in what he said, you don't go saying things like that about your boss. He'll never play for Newcastle again.

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Worst caretaker since Ian Huntley. :erm:

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I think it's harsh, he hasn't turned results around but it's not his fault Newcastle are going down.It's also takes long for a lot of managers to make an impact.

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He didn't join at the best time either. Out of the 8 games he's had to play Chelsea and Liverpool. The game against us wasn't that clear cut. The two draws against Stoke and Pompey aren't that bad all things considering.

Lest people forget, he's the Premier League's top scorer and will be for some concievable time. He's been exemplary for the country and raises a lot of money for charity. He's an utter gentleman of the highest order. Its just a shame that some people are so bitter because their clubs failed to sign him numerous times.

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"Magnificent Victory" Arsene?

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Dont you mean arse, Russ??

Hope Leeds go up this time, I may cry if they dont!!

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Where have all the flags gone?

;)

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:clap:

I agree, I have a massive amount of respect for Shearer and he has had a hard run in. Spurs is a game I would expect them to lose, especially away. It's not an easy game.

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Hopefully they are being fashioned into a defender. We could keep it in one place and it would still be more effective than the rubbish we have at the back for the moment.

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So far so good. :)

Which pundit was it who said Nasri is the new Zidane? :scratch: I think not...

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Who is more deflated? The Arsenal fans or the Commentary team?

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No - Arsenal are the new Hatton :D

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LOL - love Jens putting AT down on the freekick.

Do not question me little man, you will anger me. Great voice. Jens is crazy.

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Security alert at the Emirates?

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Something odd is going on at the Al Qaeda stadium. The middle tier is empty and there are sniffer dogs going around. Must be a bomb alert as everyone's lfet their possessions there. The other stands are full and game is continuing. Bit odd.

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Wenger is trying to get the game abandoned.

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Nope they are just looking for Arsenals defence/bottle/spine*

*delete as appropriate.

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lolz @the shot of the Arsenal fans leaving the stadium early.

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Berbatov's coming on?!? Nooooooo!!!

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Russ again swap you Berba for Bendner..... and ManU deserves to win cant say much else about it Arsenal just been outplayed totally over the 2 games.

Just shows you again that Arsene needs to invest in defenders at the end of season with experience more then youth as our back 4 has been injured or just not playing well. midfield we have enough or more then enough strikers perhaps 2 new strikers to replace bendner and perhaps adebayor.

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:rolleyes:

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New Striker yes, Midfield is great, Defence really needs a couple of excellent defenders.

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They'll be looking for ages :shocked:

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That sending off was criminal - no way was that a red card.

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Think they will spend the next two weeks telling us how that wasn't a penalty?

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Then Adebayor does that.

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Harsh that Fletcher will miss the final, very harsh.

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Although you certainly seem to among the people who think that every penalty their team get's is valid, and everyone against them in unfair. :rolleyes:

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;) - they will still brush it off - once this show ends - so will all discussion of that Pen.

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Who cares though? I feel bad for Fletcher, should not have been sent off. It's not as if it affects the balance of the game though. People brush it off because it's football, things are unfair sometimes. They usually balance out.

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Well yay! Well done to our defence who outdid themselves! I honestly thought there was only so much damage they could do but they found a way.

It's so annoying to think a few months ago the defence was awesome

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Unless you come back from 2-0 against Spurs and then it is treated like an international incident.

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Those stupid poxy flags got put away very early didn't they :)

Magnificant performance, hopefully that will shut Wenger up for a while. Bring on Barca :)

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Only by people who like to find other reasons for the loss.

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Thank god for Arsenal Ladies, if it wasn't for them Wenger wouldn't need this at all. :D

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2009/05/78.jpg

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Fair enough :)

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For once I'm glad to not be involved in this conversation :D

Not sure whether Chelsea cheats will make if through to the final or not, but either way its going to be a good final ;)

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It always is when United win :D

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It'll be interesting to watch sitting on the fence ;)

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Sitting on the fence?!

Come on you only support 2 teams, Liverpool and whoever United are playing :D

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You see thats where you are wrong about me Russ, I loathe Chelsea. Cheats never prosper so in a way I'm kind of hoping you get them in the final.

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Happy, I'm so happy... :D :rofl:
I noticed that as well about the commentary.

Did I tell you that I was happy? ;) :D

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I hope we can keep our players this summer and build on the defence, it's very irritating. We have times when we show that we could challenge for the Champions League, and the Premier league. But it's been an awful season, not helped by the massive defence problem! A defence which was strong not that many weeks ago.

If we build on the the Defence and keep our players I think we might actually see us progress!

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Commentary was probably bummed out that there was no great match and contest. It was just Arsenal's Defence comedy show. It started off like it would be a great game, both sides up for it. The crowd started awful really booming. Then, bam, over!

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Nah, this was just after we had scored the first goal. It was a bit too soon to give up on the match.

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I'm SO glad you're not a real scouse ;) :D

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I'm more scouse than you're a Manc ;)

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I'm half Manc by birth and family :angel:

I make up the other half with a "strong dislike" for the red side of scouseland :PP:

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So easy :p

I'm ALL scouse, so i assume that means you don't like me :2up: :D

Anyhoos, i'm rooting for Barca tonight cos we all know Chelsea like to go out in the semi's :D

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On the pitch it's war, on the terraces it's different. I don't hate anyone but I forgive you for being misguided :D :Sprint:

It's not the fans - it's the team ;)

I agree though, it would be great to watch Roman's Millionaires win nothing again...

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https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2009/05/77.jpg
Only won it 5 times

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europea...and_statistics

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.....and last won it 19 years ago.

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But hang on, I'm wrong. Liverpool have never won the Premier League Trophy, their decline in to obscurity began several years before it was introduced.

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Hahaha! Oh what a night that was (in fact it lasted a week!). I've just bought tickets for 'One Night in Istanbul' which is on in the Liverpool Empire throughout July ;)

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Its so sweet the way you remember our history so well, almost as well as the Everton fans ;)

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And they've only won the Champions league once in the past 25 years but they still go on about how they've won it five times, i feel a bit embarassed for them, living in the past.

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Of course. Liverpool has a very successful history :D

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They did get to keep the cup as all 5 times winners do;)

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He can be forgiven for not knowing that ;) :p:

Wow - did you realise that Nottingham Forrest won the cup twice?? (1979 and 1980) - who'd have thunk it??

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Yep, Liverpool and Forest are both teams with a successful European history ;)

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West Ham could be barred from Europe.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...-takeover.html

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Well you were only a baby back then so to be expected, back then it was between them and Liverpool as the 2 giants of football, how times have changed for them.

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You have to hand it to the scousers, they're certainly entertaining, if a little predictable. Man U get to the final of the champions league, and the scousers come on here, banging on about how many times they've won it, pictures of Istanbul etc etc.

Predictable scousers, will they ever change. :rofl:

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Exactly. If we take the final, what are they expecting us to say? Maybe "Yes we are the first team to win the Champion's league back-to-back but we'll never be better than Liverpool who have won it...er...one more time than us..."?

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Won anything yet? Nope. Even if we end this season in 2nd place, i'll sleep soundly knowing we beat you twice :)

I wouldn't be counting my chickens just yet ;)

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And if that's the highlight of your season then ours will be another premiership trophy :D

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Well think how good Arsenal feel! The highlight of our season would be qualifying for the Champions League :D (Hope Gibbs learns to stand by then :erm:)

BEING AN ARSENAL FAN IS HARD!!!

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Someone has a rather large bottom lip me thinks.

I reckon about half a dozen sparrows on there at the moment. :D

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Cry me a river :p: Arsenal fans are just as spoilt as the rest of the fans of the top 4.

Its the 88 other teams who have a right to complain about the status quo.

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Spoilt :P Spurs are rich as well! You just keep firing all your managers

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if we win the European Cup this season and next we get to keep the cup too although it is a bit too soon to be talking about that.

In the laet 70s 80s the English were the teams to beat in Europe

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As a Man United fan I was obviously thrilled at last nights result, not really surprised though, Arsenal were very weak, we had a tougher time against Middlesbrough IMO.

Also, I would rather we get Barcelona in the final and lose 5-0 than get Chelsea and lose on penalties in a bore 0-0 score draw because of their defensive minded mentality.

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I meant spoilt for success. The top 4 is a ridiculous monopoly that ruins football for the rest of the EPL. Aston Villa gave us a glimmer of hope but ultimately we knew what was going to happen. For our topsy turvy season being at the bottom is more interesting and exciting than at the top.

And btw, although our owner (Joe Lewis) is rich, we aren't another Chelsea. The club is owned by ENIC rather than Lewis personally, and it is run ruthlessly as a business. That's why we are one of the most profitible clubs in the EPL, despite a lack of success. Lewis doesn't just throw unlimited supplies of money at the club like Ambramovic causing massive losses.

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Playing devils advocate for a minute...

But you do realise that Spurs are only £13 million behind Chelsea, regarding the purchases of players, over the past 5 seasons? So very little in it.

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Well nor does Wenger, Arshavin was probably the most expensive player brought by him and that was still cheap for what we got. So although we are one of the 'big 4' it was not though excessive spending. It's a credit to Wenger he has made Arsenal a top 4 team and makes a profit overall.

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Does that include players sold though? Is there a list somewhere?

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I only said purchases, but there is a list here which tells you purchases, and also figures for sold players (and obviously net figures too) In that respect Spurs have done better business in the selling of players (5 year figures)

Arsenal have done particularly well, as you alluded to.

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Haha Middlesbrough have spent more than us constantly :D

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to be fair a lot of leagues suffer from the same problem. Lyon have won about 6 leagues in a row in France. In Spain the league is nearly always Real or Barca with the odd other team getting a title here or there. Portugal it is Benfica, Sporting and Porto and both Rangers and Celtic have won 9 in a row in the past

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As much as i feel sorry for this guy, football is no reason to top yourself. IMO he must have had mental health problems (or have been drunk) to have been pushed over the edge by this.

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Except we've sold a lot to fund it. We made £20m on Berbascum. We made something like £11m on Keane and then bought him back at another profit.

We've spent money within a tight business model but we've also earnt it by selling a lot of players. And those purchases has spread quite a few players. We haven't just gone out and spunks £30m on Berbascum, £30m on Ferdinand (and that was what, 8 years ago?) and possibly another £30m on Tevez, £60m on Ribery? Our top signing is Modric at £16m and that's less than what you paid for van Nistelrooy in the 90s. Also our wage structure is on a feasible business model, not the £125k a week Ronaldo gets. You can't compare.

Anyway, money doesn't make success as City will find out. The players won't come unless you are in the top 4, and you can't get into the top 4 without them. Its a vicious circle. So unless you can fluke it, or a team implodes, you're screwed. Everton managed it once, Villa almost managed it. That's it. If a team does find decent talent and convince them to come the top 4 teams circle and swoop in. It happened with Berbascum and already the reports have Lennon going everywhere in the north west along with Modric.

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First of all, if you're going to start with names like Berbascum, how can anyone take your posts seriously. What is it with you Spurs supporters, players leave, and your necks extend like a giraffe. Sol Campbell anyone? :rolleyes:


If Spurs want to keep spending at Lidl's go ahead, if you want decent players, you'll have to start shopping at Harrods like we have to. Given the choice, I'm sure we would rather not be ripped off by clubs (including yours) by inflating the price, because of who we are. And the players we have bought at inflated prices have so far served us well, whereas you've spent significantly more in the transfer market in the last 5 years (and sold more, although your overall net is more than us) and have a carling cup to show for it.