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Should have put some money on that! lol :D

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Can you give me some tips for my pools coupon next week please? :)

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I wonder what the forum's Arsenal obsessive will make of this scoreline...

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Nice one, now all we need is tonights lotto numbers please :D

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I make it 21 goals in six games and top of the league.

We're just following the excellent example of Man United, who have made the 2-2 draw part of their awesome weaponry this season.

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BBKing, several games does not a season make ;)

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Stoke 0-0 Forest

I'm pretty pleased, drawing 0-0 away to the league leaders, with Reidy in exile.

We even had a winner disallowed.

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Following the example of United's poor defence? Leaking 2 goals at home today, leaking another 3 goal at home against Middlesborough? OK Arse didn't lose either but again, they can't be truly be considered the 'great' team they think they are until they fix this problem, at home at least.

Come on Debs, this is an Arse fan we're talking about here, they've have a decade of bitterness against United fans to vent their frustration on :D

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and whats that , when the boro win tomorrow 4-0 they will be second , oh joy , where is man u at the moment btw :p: :p: :p: :p:

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Somewhere mid-table, struggling with a crippling injury list :p:

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At least your injury list isn't practically the whole team, to the extent that you're in the relegation zone and have been for three weeks, without a win all season. :(

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:( :( at least we got a draw today. :erm:

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Arsenal aren't about defence, they're about attack. They push that far up the field I'd expect them to leak goals.. they're much better than manu were in there hey dey.. they're such a delight to watch :droooool:

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Yeah but with reidy and the fake marlon throwing their toys out, and commons out for three weeks (torn calf) how long will it be before we can't field a team?

If there was ever a time to play the lads from Newcastle, then now is it. Beaumont in CM and Gardner LM. Or at least give Bopp another chance at CM, Jess was garbage again today and Tank is seriously **** (what have the hoofers done to him?).

Kinnear better do something, hopefully get on the phone to Pardew and get the real Marlon back. (I wish he'd shut his gob though).

Daws back in three weeks, host of players to come back in 2-4 weeks but will we have any players left by then?

The physios / fitness coaches need sacking, our players have looked injured all season.

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:rofl:

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:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rolleyes:

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Maybe I phrased that wrong.

Going back 8 or so years, and as an avid footballer I Arsenal football is far more attractive than I've ever seen anything Manu have produced.

tbh, im suprised you don't support arsenal now... if you follow the usual Man utd fan criteria.

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Typical anti-utd rubbish. Get another record.

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What, gloryhunters who only show up in the team colours when they win?

Strange, there seems to a LOT of new Arsenal fans about these days.... :D

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Every team has their day. Man Utd have had theirs and I am hoping they have another one starting quite soon.

I have followed Man Utd since 1963, so I am unlikely to change now, although I admit Arsenal do play some very attractive football at times.

A lot of the problem about when Man Utd were doing good, is that not many fans of other teams admitted the fact, because a lot of fans of other teams are just so anti Man Utd that they are blinkered in their outlook and wouldn't admit it even if their life depended on it, which I think is quite sad.

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What, you really think there are people like that out there?!?!

Do you think that some of them even post on this forum???

No!!! I refuse to believe it!! :D

Next they'll be telling us it's our own fault... :spin:

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:rofl:

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was at the palace game yesterday and i have to admit i think we will get relagated with the lowest points total ever.. not even sure where we can get a draw at the moment let alone a win :(


we've played all teams down the bottom who we should have beaten but have got one draw and lost the others..

if you look at the football we play and then see Norwich and West Brom it's like watching a third divsion side..

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How's ex-Reds Shipperley and Freedman doing?

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neither of them can get a game at the moment.. ships is fat though and hasn't really got it at this level any more.. freedman still has loads of skill and it's so annoying that he isn't getting any games at the moment.. scored for the reserves in the week though

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Not when there's a perfectly good Mickael Silvestre to be at fault for things. Told you he was rubbish. It's not anti-Man U to point that out, it's an obvious fact.

Chelski 0 - **** 0 - suddenly yesterday's point looks quite good. Mind you, 4-1 away at Everton looks an excellent result, since they're now up to third. Wonder what the spud-faced granny shagger makes of that. Tomorrow's game at Old Trafford will decide who's the North-West's third best team.

Arsenal all about attack? Supported by the stats - the only real opposition in the league is Chelsea. Both have played three games home and away. Arsenal have scored 7 more goals at home and 8 more away from home. They've conceded 4 more goals at home and 2 more away from home. Chelsea have yet to concede a single goal away, and have only let one in at home. This with two new defenders and a new goalkeeper. Boring but formidable.

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Such amusing bitterness....bet the barren years (ie most of the 90s) built up all that nastiness and resentment...:D

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Bitterness cunningly disguised as a big, self-satisfied grin actually. At last we can get back to ignoring the North and having some proper London rivalry.

Barren 90s? 2 League titles, 2 FA Cups, 1 League Cup, 1 Cup Winners Cup. A lot of teams (Tottenham, Everton, Newcastle and Liverpool, to name four) would swap what they achieved in the 90s for that haul.

Now the early to mid 80s, you might have a point.

I notice you didn't disagree with me about Silvestre. Nice to have you onside on that.

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Yep, compare that to the team you despise so much.

Yes but they don't seem to have the same type of, er...'fans' that Arse do.

I thought it was best not to dignify such unadulterated and uneducated tripe with a response :)

You wish.

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One FA Cup and one League Cup. We win again.

I have absolutely no idea what this means. Everton have working-class Scouse fans (apart from the one from south-east London I know), Newcastle have incomprehensible, aggressive Geordie fans, Spurs have knuckle dragging cavemen and Chas and Dave. Arsenal have the odd luvvy and large numbers of shaven headed blokes with tattoos, plus Jews, Greeks and Turks and Irish. In other words, a typical cross-section of North Londoners.

Did I mention that Tim Howard is rubbish this season as well?

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Yes...that makes sense...the usual 'Arsenal logic' being applied again...:spin:

Being an Arsenal fan I wouldn't expect you to :p:

Ahh now you're right there. But Arse players never have a bad couple of games do they?

(hint: 'Arsenal logic' now dictates that you reply telling me that Arse players have never had a bad game in their lives :D)

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Man Utd V Liverpool tonight.

Not sure I can agree with Marshes views, so I will say 1 - 1.

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2-1 to Liverpool.

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No no, I can't see that happening. It's at Old Trafford, Ferdy's back and the Roonster might put in an appearance.

But then again stranger things have happened....

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And neither Rooney (who has yet to play for his new club) and Rio (who we all know why) has played for Manyoo for a long time (or ever) so won't be match fit.

Liverpool have seemingly been galvanised by Benitez and look a decent side, ManYoo on the other hand have been all over the place all season and part of last.

I'll go as far as saying, on current forms ManYoo will struggle to get in the Champs League for next season.

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I still say United will pull through. 'Pool with be without their dynamo (Murphy) so I see a weakness there.

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They still have Garcia and Gerrard though.

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And Alonso..... he starting to be wicked good...... it'll hopefully be a good lil scrap!

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They're good but I'm still not impressed withg them against United.

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lol no ? erm haven't we made Old Trafford our 2nd home in the last few seasons ? :D

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All United, one obvious penalty not given and 5 or 6 other good chances.
John O Shea is not a forward, he lacks conviction when he has clear chances.

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I thought he put that one away nicely, actually. Not a moment's hesitation.

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I dunno, he scored a cracking goal in the 2nd half! :D

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Watch out Arsenal, we are coming to getcha :D

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[Checks boots]

Totally devoid of quaking feet. Nice to see the new tactic to stop Silvestre making abysmal defensive cockups is to push him as far away from your own goal line as possible. Put O'Shea alongside him, is my advice.

Where's top goalie Howard gone?

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Arsenal have nothing to worry about.... Liverpool just weren't at the races today at all .......

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O'Shea was a liability at both ends, Alan Smith would have converted at least one of O'Shea's first half attempts. Ronaldo man of the match, Rio excellent performance, its perhaps as well that Rooney wasn't playing it would have been all over by half time.

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ooOOoooo, didn't they do well.... :D

Thought I'd help the usual suspects and suggest a few excuses as to why Liverpool lost...

*the referee was anti-Liverpool
*the weather was anti-Liverpool
*the ball was anti-Liverpool

etc etc

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Not in the first half, I was surprised TBH.

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i think debsy42 has had a better offer tonite - recieved this pic from her earlier

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What a good night for my boys :tu: :D :D :D :D

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Manu excuses tbh :o

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Not a chance, United played Liverpool off the park, they were super tonight and will be bringing THAT trophy back to OT at the end of the season

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Majority of the Manu fans at work used em :o

Whats this about judging a team after one game? ;)

Come back when they've gone 43 games unbeaten like Arsenal, and No, I dont support them either ;) I know quality football when I see it though, and it wasnt' a patch on what I see at Highbury btw ;)

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With comments like that, anyone would think Arse would be able to pull off a back-to-back double.....and we know there's only one team over the last 10 years who's going to be able to do that, and they play at a place called OT :D

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debs i am sure you mis-spelt the word THAT because i know full well you meant OUR ,

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Man City 7-1 Barnsley.

Nice to see ex Reds and current Tykes boss Paul Hart is as carp as ever.

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was at the game on Monday night so not had a chance to post yet. Was sitting in the second row so might have been on the box as well :)

Weather was terrible.. it only rains like that in Manchester and the first 5 rows aren't under cover !!!

We were the better side for most of the match and should have been 3-0 up in the first half. That run from Ronaldo was superb. O'Shea was meant to be a holding midfielder but i'd rather play Flecther instead who is much better. Giggs was still rubbish he does loads of step overs but when you actually have to beat the player he just runs into them!!

Never started the second half very well and that let them into the game. Ref was biased to them all the time.

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As much as I hate to say it, perhaps the time for Giggs to move on is upon us. Apart from the incredible goal he scored against the Arse in the FA Cup a few years back, there haven't been many instances where he's shown his early 90s abilities.

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i agree.. a few times we have tried to buy replacements and the deals never came off so Fergie know's he's not up to scratch. Most of the time he just runs at defenders and they take the ball. His crossing and corners aren't very good and he can't use his right foot. He lives off past glories just because we have no one else with a left foot.

We could play with RvN and Rooney up front with Saha and SMith playing on left and right wing and Ronaldo in a free role. Would score so many goals it wouldn't matter how many we let in

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Yeah, but if you keep Giggsy, you're guaranteed to win the body hair league every year :D

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Forest 2 (Taylor 17, 98) Rotherham 1 (Sedgwick 9)

At long last- a victory! U REDSSSSS!

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I was in the East Stand courtesy of some complimentry tickets ;) Those stairs are a killer, was expecting to see oxygen for all us unfit buggers at the top. I was freezing and wet through when we came out but it was worth it :tu: Any day we beat Liverpool is a good day :D :D :D

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Oh dear. Oldham 0-Spurs 6:disturbd: still, how good does that make Stoke :p: ;)

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Not very good cos they couldn't beat Reidy and King-less Forest.

Still Spurs tapped up Reidy so I hate them :(

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Nottm Forest 2-1 W Ham

Nice.........

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Rooney!!!!!!!! W00t!

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Surely you mean "ROONEY"



And Real down 2-0 at home to Roma.:D

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No no, there'll be plenty more opportunities to do that in the future :D

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W00t w00t w00t!!!!!!

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Like now.:D

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In Yer Face!!!

Old Trafford has a new King :D

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What can I say, you're de man Wayne.:D

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Thank god the guys english.

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Hmm, yes, that's the problem :(

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meh, you've got giggs for a few more days :p:

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Yeah, Ryan "3 years past my peak" Giggs......

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Only just got in from work and missed all the goals :cry:

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Can the boys have two Kings as well as Dennis??? Van the Man:D

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There ya go debs, one just for you :D

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what a game, the best match i have seen in a while, rooney showing his class, giggs with a sublime header and bellion with a pacey finish, the only problem i had with the team was the slack/poor defending at set pieces.

i think sir alex needs to pull the boys in to training for set pieces...

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Yeah, not sure what Djemba x 2 was doing on the pitch though.

But I think it's safe to say United are back - this time with our new cruise missile called Rooney :D

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yes i was disappointed with djemba-djemba aswell, kleberson showed early on that he was good in support attack and in the centre of midfield he ended up fading away really.

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I feel sorry for Giggs though, he got the opener with a strike that he isn't normally known for (a header) and by tomorrow no-one is going to remember he was even on the pitch :D

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nah, i have always been a fan of giggs and he had a good game, he was making the runs down the left and trying to create things in midfield, hienze had a good game, van nistelrooy's finish was calm and cool :p:

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Missed them, thats what you get for messing about in the kitchen trying to sort timers out and putting some hash browns in the oven :erm:

Good result for the boys though :tu:

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They're still better than Reidy's though, grr

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...td/3709464.stm

A bit sad at hearing this, Brown has huge potential, it's a shame they couldn't agree on a payrise for him.

Grrrrrr @ agents!!

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this seems another matter of a player listening to his agent rather than thiking about being a footballer.. he has great potential and we should keep him.. the rio thing last season showed how much we need cover across the back four.

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well after Rooney's Euro debut in the week everyone had to come back down to earth.

Only saw the highlights but we didn't seem to play well against a team we should have beaten. Shouldn't put too much on Rooney's shoulders until he's played about 10 games really and with Smith in the side we can easily rotate things.

Off to the Palace v Fulham game tonight but expecting Palace to loose. Once again every match i've been to this season either United or Palace has been on TV!!!

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this doesn't sound good. Apparently we have recieved a takeover bid

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3712980.stm

not even sure if this guy has the money the buy us and what does a yank know about football

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I haven't :) Still got a big grin after Saturday. I wish I'd put something on Chelsea winning 1-0 though, the 1-0 winning experts playing the 1-0 losing experts was always going to end, er, 1-0. Gits.

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Alan Green :mad: :mad: :mad:

With his blatant anti Man United views, it's a pity he never got the sack anyway, oh well :shrug:

Link

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Could Emirates be leaving Chelsea to sponsor Arsenal? Or at least Arsenal's new stadium? Have a look at who has registered EMIRATESSTADIUM.COM.

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Is that a sackable offence now?

Green's a Linfield fan who dislikes Alex Ferguson, a mutual feeling apparently but I've heard him slag off virtually anyone he thinks are playing crap. Interesting article from a few years ago (from a United website, to boot).

http://manchesterunited.rivals.net/d...=2&stid=249322

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I suppose not, but I was under the impression commentators were supposed to remain impartial, although I could forgive a commentator getting slightly biased for the national side.

I have listened to Green on many a Saturday afternoon when united have been on, and his commentary leaves a lot to be desired at times.

On another note BBKing, have you purchased your executive box for Ashburton Grove yet ? A snip at £160,00 0 per season, twice the price for one at Old Trafford, it is no wonder football fans in London travel north.

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Whoops !!!! I just read this

Edit: Is this story old ?

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Not many are though, Tyldesley creams himself over Man Utd, Tyler with Arsenal.

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That article is very old!

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Yep, I just edited my post, was swayed by today's date :rolleyes: