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Who will give me odds on Chelsea being drawn at home to Plymouth, in the next 15 minutes. :D

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Seems like Chelsea got a bye instead.:D
Jim.

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Bellamy's future is secured....

http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/...ellersgolf.jpg

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Hooray, the FA see sense, for the time being anyway :tu:

BBC Sport

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Shades of a possible Hillsborough at the Man U game :eek:

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Henrik doesn't want to stay

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...td/6377927.stm

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To be fair - Vidic took a dive, Lille should be in front.

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HAHA Did you see when the Lille players were about to surrender (insert your own French joke here) Neville came over to get them back on and Fergie had a right go at him.

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They should get banned for that, an absoloute disgrace! They obvioulsy don't know the rules of football. Caused fans to be violent and i bet Uefa do nothing as usual which will probably happen with the crowd problems also. Vidic was pushed, why would he dive when the balls basically on his head with an opposition player behind him?

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Think we should sign that ref up though,;)

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If Thierry Henry can do it, why can't Giggsy ;)

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i don't blame Giggs for doing it but FIFA, UEFA should have stopped this ages ago by making ALL free kicks have to wait for the whistle.. problem solved..

veery poor performance though and if we keep playing like we have against Charlton, Reading and Lille then we won't win the league

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Have to disagree, taking up time to prepare a wall and generally trying to obstruct/disrupt the free kick is giving the advantage back to the offending side, the attacking side should be given every opportunity to punish the offenders.

The pitch was a big factor in the performance, having said that, Old Trafford didn't look that good against Reading.

Jim.

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Didn't you see the replay from the opposite side? Vidic clearly did an Arsenal.

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There was contact, probably small, but took advantage of...so just like Arsenal... ;)

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Cheating then, great example to set the younsters, no wonder people can't be bothered with football anymore, full of spoilt, arrogant, greedy, cheating morons

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Just like Carlton Cole eh

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Doesn't matter who is doing it, personally I am fed up with all of them and their dirty little tricks, the game is lacking credibility at the moment

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Hardly new though is it. Not that I am old enough to remember but you hear reports the Franny Lee and Trevor Francis weren't fans of staying on their feet if there was a slight touch.

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The fact that it been going on for years shouldn't be used as an excuse for allowing it to continue, if anything it should be used as a spur to stamp it out

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yes i agree i am fed up with it too. when players with the skill and ability of C Ronaldo, Henry, Rivaldo etc have to use tricks like this something is wrong

the problem is ever since players started to do this the game makes more and more money and so nothing will ever be done

i've said before the only way to stop it is to have a weekend where no one goes to ANY games and that way they loose money and are forced into action

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I don't know what view you saw but every one i saw there was an obvious push on Vidic and the ref made the right decision.

I was watching the news today and they were talking to someone in charge of the stadium who rather than looking into the security issues about last night was more concerned about his fence being broken and was blaming druken United fans for breaking it down :rolleyes: Unbelievable, i hope Uefa do something major about this but i can't see it happening.

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Excellent performance from Liverpool tonight, good result for Chelski as well to go with Uniteds win last night. What a pity that Perfidious Albion were let down by the only 'English' team without a single English player in the squad.:rolleyes: :D

Jim.

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Link

Too right :tu:

Also it's good to see that the game will not be replayed, which is what Lille wanted. Hopefully Uefa actually do something major with this, like not allowing Lille to compete in the competition next year.

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Roberto Martinez returns to the Swans, this time as the new manager :D

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...ty/6389531.stm

Talk about a fan favourite - he should never have been released last year.

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Fulham 1-2 Man Utd

Hardly deserved :disturbd:

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I know...it was 3 points though...more than I thought that we would get at one point...

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These are the type of games that either win or lose you the league, so it's good to see we are winning them :)

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Utd were shocking at the weekend. Neville was apparently dropped because of the argument with Fergie on Tuesday.

What about Curbishley, he's gotten the dreaded "Vote of Confidence" will he last the season?

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yes that's for games running Charlton, Reading, Lille and now Fulham where we have played rubbish.. the big test is next sat and based on how we have been playing i can't see us getting a result.. just hope we can turn this poor form around

yeah West Ham have one win in 11 and who was that against ?

think in this case it's not the manager but the players

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I'd agree with that, it's for that reason I thought we got rid of the other Alan to soon, we should have sacked a couple of under performers instead

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yeah i can't see Lucas Neil putting in any sort of effort.. far too many players are overpaid prima donnas

if they had done their job properly the club wouldn't be in this mess.. you can gaurentee that they will all be trying to leave if the club goes down too

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Yes but three out of four of those games we have won and only conceded two goals in them, which for most teams is not poor form at all. :)

We may not have played the best football but if we get the results needed who cares :shrug:

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Lucas Neil couldn't get of the pitch quick enough the other day when he was 'injured', to think I gave him the benefit of the doubt when he joined, should've known better :rolleyes:, funnily enough if/ when we go down this time all except this season's buy's have clauses in them allowing for dramatic drops in wages upon relegation and if they think that getting a team with the supposed talent this one has relegated makes them look like attractive signings then they had better think again

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A picture of a fan protesting outside Croke Park on Saturday.

Obviously no one would be stupid enough to protest about sports like football and rugby while wearing a foreign teams football strip and tracksuit would they... :dunce:

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As i said - The Old Firm, embarrassment to Scottish football.

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What a start to the Reading Man Utd game, after 6 minutes it was Reading 0 - 3 Man Utd!

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But its been pants ever since

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Flippin eck :eek:

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Utd were shocking again after the first 20 minutes

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True, but Reading did play well, people don't give them enough credit.

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Well Reading got what they deserved which is nothing. In the first match they both put out second string teams, however United had a European Cup game three days later, and are in with a very good chance of winning the Premiership. Tonight Reading still didn't put the full 1st eleven out and paid the price, United have a very important game against Liverpool at the weekend so again fielded 9 second string players. Reading are safe in the league, have only an outside chance of European competition, [img]Download Failed (1)[/img] so why the hell didn't they give it their absolute best shot in both games. http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/module...n_confused.gif

Good, open, clean, exciting game, without any of the petulance that certain sides bring to the game. http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/module...n_rolleyes.gif

Jim.

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Did Howard Webb do a Graham Poll tonight? Did he book Bikey twice and not send him off or am I imagining things?

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Possibly, it was De La Cruz that got booked first, Bikey was protesting about that, rather than being booked himself apparently

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Good he was the worst chairman in history, right up there with P Risdale

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...td/6403231.stm

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Anyone seen BBking? lol

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Another trophyless season for the Gooners then :p:

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Great goal, the ref was poor all night though, should have been a pen to Arsenal in first half.
Cannot believe we sent him to the World Cup, I think he has his yellow card glued to his finger, no wonder he booked one player 3 times.:(

Jim.

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yoo have gone rather quiet about the latics of late, though :D

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It's a photoshop.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...al/6406631.stm

So that'll be a touchline ban for Wenger then...

I loved this bit:

Your point being what Arsene?

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Who were they brawling with then, each other?

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Yep, the small size of the squad meant they were always going to be vulnerable, they have lost 7 or 8 defenders through injury and suspension in past few weeks which has hit them hard, on the other hand Rochdale are putting in some great performances and steadily climbing away from danger.:cool:

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Our squad is small too. We had our two best strikers (Holt and Tyson) suspended on Saturday, Tyson still has another game left on his ban, Jack Lester will now get a 2 match ban because he picked up his 10th yellow on Saturday as well... but at least Holt's back so it will probably be Holt and Agogo unless CC's Dobie fetish recurs!

Since CC let all the deadwood go (Harris, Padula, Eaden, Thompson, Gardner etc) and also let Southall go back to Gillingham we'd have to field kids to make the numbers up, despite all this we still have Gary Holt. All we need is to play our best team.

Even if we have been rubbish for 2 months, to remain one point off 2nd isn't that bad, Scunthorpe look to be running away with it, but even then, we were 7 points clear at one stage so they can be caught.

Looks to be between Forest, Oldham, Yeovil and Brizzle for the 2nd spot though.

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Could things get any worse?

West Ham could have points deducted as the Premier League investigates the signings of Javier Mascherano and Carlos Tevez. (Various)

So the Premier league are going to deduct points, like it will make a difference, might make a difference to Liverpool though

And the Hammers' woes have worsened with the news striker Dean Ashton may not play again this season. (Daily Express)

So young Dean wont play this season, good might keep him out of others clutches in the summer, that poxy England friendly has wrecked our season

West Ham will have a clear-out this summer - with a whole team set to depart. (The Times)

Why wait sack some of them now

West Ham manager Alan Curbishley told defender Anton Ferdinand that he has no future at the club. (The Sun)

Feel quite sorry for Anton, he has had a tough season for sure but should bare the brunt?

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yeah i read that too.. the thing is if there is a problem with these two then surely Liverpool will have the same problem as it's all the same deal and i think he is only on loan

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It doesn't help Oldham Athletics cause when you have such incompetance from the local NHS hospital either.:(

http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/NEWSTH08.html

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Maybe if the FA started dishing out bans like this then players/managers might think twice before giving the ref abuse.

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I agree.

The ref is there to use his authority to run the match and keep discipline, not to be intimidated and/or swore at.

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the trouble is the FA and FIFA have never realised that sending a manager off or giving him a touchline ban has no affect at all any more

in the days when the manager just sat in the dugouts it prob did but these days managers watch from the stands anyway as they get a better view

when the manager gets sent off he then gets given a phone.. a TV to view and a walkie talkie too just in case the phone doesn't work

if a manager is sent off then that should be it.. lock them in the refs room and they stay in there and don't even get to contact the players

remember Chelsea the other year when Mourinho was banned and their physio had a cap on the whole match so hide the ear piece.. what a total joke

it's like sending a player off but still letting him run up and down on the pitch

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Still 13 weeks of not being able to motivate your players in the dressing room might make them think differently.

They need to clamp down, in the Utd game last Saturday on at least two occasions Rooney told the ref to f**k off and the ref took no action. Tell a ref in rugby to f**k off and you wouldn't be on the pitch for much longer.

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The Hammers reportedly failed to hand over vital documentation to the Premier League and have been charged under rule U18 concerning the influence of third-party ownership.

Why has it taken so long for them to do anything about it then?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...td/6410753.stm

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what i don't get here is that if West Ham don't have this stuff they they also couldn't give it to the FA for Liverpool to sign Masherano either

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Ten men Man Utd beat Liverpool 1-nil at Anfield - all we need now is for Arsenal to lose and gain the above mentioned record and today will be a truly perfect day :)

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I'm so happy...oh so happy... :D

Scoring when we did, after thinking that the best thing that we would get was a draw, makes it even sweeter ;) :D

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Sweet result. :D

I sent a text to a girl I know, who supports the scousers, just to rub it in. She hasn't replied yet. oops: :angel:

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just be careful when you see her then mate... she might just have ya by the nads ;)

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Luckily (for me) she lives 20 miles away. :D

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Forest 5-0 Huddersfield... sweet...

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Remember for any self respecting scouser, 20 miles is only a TWOC away :D

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:LOL:

Although, I'd never be so bold as to say that to her face. :D

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You might wake up tomorrow and have no wheels on your car after that :D

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I had no wheels to begin with, I have no car :D

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That's good then, you have nothing to lose :D

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I hate Darren Ambrose. Was on for £300 until he scored. :(

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I missed the game, due to a college course.
The result was good, but what about the game? one sided or about even ?

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Well, it looked like we went out for the draw. They dominated the game. We just about hung on and didn't deserve to win...but we did! :D :rofl:

The way we played made the win even more sweeter! ;)

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Thanks Mal. :tu:
United seem to be riding their luck of late, but that could be a sign of potential champions hopefully, but we will see.
The game against last seasons champions looks more like the title decider the nearer it gets to it, but hopefully it will be decided before then.

Oh and the match against the world XI is live on TV on March 13th on BBC 3
Manchester Utd v Europe XI

Charity match for the Manchester United Foundation

There should be quite a few stars in the Europe XI according to the press

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She has visited before then :Yikes:

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with the exception of a couple of limbs, and possibly more delicate objects. :disturbd:

I'll mention that to her, that'll go down nicely. :D

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Oh No !!!!

This action usually backfires on him.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...td/6416969.stm

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Could be mind games though....SAF is a master of doing that.

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the trouble is we have a very week bench

Fletcher, Ole, Saha are injured

Park and Richardson are just not good enough for United.. so in reality there is very little we can do.. just watch the Reading replay and you will see we didn't have one ball winner in midfield all night long

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Good result tonight, good to see Larsson get a goal on his last game at OT. :tu:

And yet another trophyless season for Arsenal :D

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The loud.....beep,beep,beep,beep,beep as the Arsenal open top bus is reversed back into the garage for the second year in succession is music to my ears. :D

Jim.

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It's ok, they're used to it now.....

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No Spurs fans been on yet ?

If the boot was on the other foot, I'm sure the Gooners would have been on this thread in their droves by now. :D

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BB, BB, where for art thou :D

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TBH i don't think some of these Arsenal kids are as great as they think they are.. sure they have had a good run but that has flattered them a bit too much

as for us sure we won again but I make that about 7 games running of poor performances and i'm not too confident that will change this weekend either

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A joke I received by text last night -
:rofl:

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Here's a little song for all the Arsenal fans to sing along to.:D

http://www.last.fm/music/Carole+King...ntil+September

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And how many of those games have we lost? I think your a bit too critical of United, every team goes through a bad patch and this is the first we have had this season.

Good news :tu: -
Link

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The highlights of last nights match, Utd V Lille :)

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Cracking game on Five now, Newcastle U, 4-1 up after 37 minutes.:)

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draw for the European Cup

AC Milan v Bayern Munich
PSV Eindhoven v LIVERPOOL
Roma v MANCHESTER UNITED
CHELSEA v Valencia

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:wavey:

I would be cruel to laugh, but considering they only got into the Champions League by poisioning our first team... [nelson muntz] ha ha [/nelson muntz]

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Cruel? To larf at Arsenal's continued bad form? Don't be daft man - it's encouraged :D

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Worth a quid at least..

Middlesbrough to beat Man Utd (Would be something to get over the disappointment!)
Spurs to beat Chelsea
Rangers to beat Celtic

£1 stake returns around £180

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Bookies round here are taking bets on what they are calling United's Dream Treble, beat Chelski to the Premiership, beat Man City in the FA Cup and beat Liverpool in the Champions League.:cool:

Jim.

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Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse for Arsenal....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...al/6429133.stm