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Terrific performance by Liverpool last night, mind you PSV were awful, they must have played some real c**p teams to get this far.:D

Jim.

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Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has rubbished Valencia's complaints that the away dressing room at Stamford Bridge is a "rat-hole" with only one mirror and three showers. He says it has two mirrors and 10 showers. (Daily Star)

Notice he didn't dispute the 'rat hole' claims though ;)

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Roma 2-1 Man Utd :(

United were up against it for an hour and held out quite well without that wonderful tackler Scholes.

One goal is all that is required at OT to go through.

I have a feeling in the return leg that Roma's formation will be 5-4-1.............It could be one of those frustrating games AGAIN

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See English football fans were at it again last night - disgraceful.

I think its about time UEFA stepped in with another ban on travelling fans or better yet a ban on English clubs in Europe for a year or two until they get the message (again).

Good result though.

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hahaha You're such a troll!

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well once again VDS punches the ball out to the other team and they score .. he did the same against Reading but then we was 4-0 up so it didn't matter this time it did

all season he hasn't known whether to come off his line or not and he starts to come then stops and he never tells Rio and Vidic what is going on behind and in front of them like a good goalkeeper should.. he past his best and flaps at things and punches and it looking too old

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...pe/6528605.stm

Nuff said.

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Not really, your own article says both sets of supporters threw missiles, I don't remember seeing any pictures of Italian fans being battered, might just be that Man U were right about travelling there.

Wonder why you weren't calling for Italian fans to be thrown out of Europe :scratch:

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So why did you original post only mention English fans?

I'm not stupid enough to think the blame lies with only one set of fans.

You have to ask why when the offence was commited by both sets of fans the police only enforced the law on the english fans?

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well seeing as Roma launched an unprovaked attacked on some fans before the game and stabbed people surely they should be banned from Europe.. they also stabbed Boro fans last year too

http://www.teamtalk.com/football/sto...039789,00.html

maybe people should get all the facts before posting about whether teams should be fined and banned

even as a Man U fan I don't really know what happened and neither to UEFA and the Rome Police yet they are still investigating and checking the TV footage etc

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If you ask me Van Der Sar has won us more games with superb goalkeeping than he's cost us with the odd error.

What about his save from Crouch against Liverpool.

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I never said anything about the Italian support as we all know what they are like and some of you have already posted about what should happen to that lot.

Besides, this being the UK the behaviour of the English shows up all the home nations and its my right to complain about it and request something is done.

Why is it that when English fans go abroad they always seem to get into trouble. Its always the other team / the police / any other reason you can pull out the hat, never ever the fault of the travelling support.

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I don't believe he's made any saves that Kuschzak or Foster wouldn't have saved but he has made several errors that they wouldn't.. just watch him on crosses and corners and he's no idea whether to come or not

sure he made some saves against Fulhum but when they hit the post where was he.. standing there watching. when they had a chance for a goal at the far post and Brown did enough to put the FUlham bloke off.. where was in .. in totally the wrong place

sure he won a lot in the past but that's the point that's in his past at an team other than Man U he would have let in loads of goals it's just with Rio and Vidic his errors aren't picked up as much until last night.. take the Reading goal he gave them if that game was 0-0 at the time we would have lost it

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Top 5 Goalkeepers
As at: Tue 03 Apr 07 09:35

Name Index Score Overall Index Rank Team
1 edwin van der sar 406 17 Manchester United
2 marcus hahnemann 401 20 Reading
3 david james 393 23 Portsmouth
4 jose reina 392 24 Liverpool
5 tim howard 385 26 Everton

Actim Index

How accurate is the Actim Index?

The calculations are based on the four key factors that contribute to a player's effectiveness and his ability to help his team win matches. The formulae were devised through analysis of hundreds of games since the start of the Premiership in 1992 and have been statistically proven to measure a player's effectiveness in winning matches.

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I am not to sure how much faith I'd have in stats, David James has kept loads of clean sheets recently and yet he is third, one above Reina who Liverpool are seemingly trying to sell. I also think Sherer has a point goalkeepers from the major European countries, most do 'flap' at crosses, although if you did get rid of him, who would you get to replace him? Whilst he isn't world class anymore he is a still class above most and there seems to be a lack of top draw goal keepers at the moment

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well i'd rather have Foster in goal than VDS.. put it this way of VDS had been at Watford he would be lower down the stats and would have let in more goals than Foster has

Cech is a bit more of an old style English keeper.. if the ball is in your hands or off the pitch then the other team can't score

Robinson kept the ball alive in one of Englands games with a punch and they scored from it

VDS kept the ball alive against Roma and Reading and both teams scored

also it's not just the English that cause trouble in Europe

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...rs/6471751.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...rs/6458473.stm

maybe we should ban all Scottish teams as well

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I'd agree with that and if you'd have looked i created a thread on here about those Admin Edit : Derek S - Enough of the offensive terms towards Rangers Fans and calling them a disgrace.

Its the only way to be sure this doesn't happen. If the fans cant behave - ban them.

Which, to his credit, is exactly what David Murray has threatened to do.

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I'm not really sure which planet you're on sometimes.

Exactly what experience do you have of european football ? And by that I mean, have you actually been to a european fixture away from home ? I have, and can tell you, everything you see on the tv and indeed in newspapers, is for the most part, sensationalistic journalism.

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He's a Falkirk fan (so that'll be a No to the 2nd question straight away)

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:LOL:

It wasn't a dig at him honest :angel:

I realise who he supports, I'm merely pointing out, if people have no experience of actually being there, there is plenty of opinions simply by looking at footage that the press boys want us to see, rather than the mitigating circumstances. I've witnessed events, before and after european games, that never get any air time, and why should they, that would deviate from the sensationalism the press like to report.

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Reina has kept 16 clean sheets in the league. 6 more than James. He has made a few blunders so even though he has more clean sheets he is below James.

Does anyone know of a site where you can get proper stats for goalkeepers? Been searching the net and can't find any. It would be interesting to see what the actual figures are for number of crosses VDS has come out for and the number he has successfully gathered.

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I notice how the Rangers fan edited my post to remove insults about Rangers fans.

Classic moderating there.

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Looked like Man U fans scrapping with Police to me..

I wonder what planet some people are on within this forum sometimes, standing up for bigoted actions / nazi salutes, fighting with the police etc. Its disgraceful.

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Looked like Man Utd fans getting a beating from the police for commiting exactly the same offence as the Roma fans who had no action taken against them to me.

Don't let the facts get in the way of your trolling though.

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Don't let the facts get in the way of your biased views either.

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What have I said thats biased?

Are you claiming the police took the same action against the Roma fans?

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Why were there police only on the man u side of the partician ? Why not both ? Why did an Italian journalist say, the police were baying for blood, even before a ball was kicked ?

Little has been made or reported about several incidents, where supporters were ambushed by gangs of "ultra's". why is that ?

I wonder why you have posted about incidents concerning both Rangers and Man U. Two clubs you admit a hatred of. Only making posts to support your own agenda is pretty weak in my opinion. The rest of us will post about other incidents (the policeman killed in Italy recently) for example, yet you don't seem interested in that. But then again, why bother talking about an Italian being killed, when there are plenty of digs you can get in about Rangers and Man U.

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Incidentally, i am condoning the actions of the Police here, what i am doing is criticizing the actions of the Man U fans.

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Why just the actions of Man Utd fans? Why not criticise the actions of both sets of fans?

And you called me biased. :rofl:

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No idea..

Yes indeed, why bother about the Italians when it was widely criticized in the British press and on here by other members of the Forum.. The point had already been made. Yet somehow, tables turned and Man U / Rangers fans start to cause trouble (even though it hasn't resulted in any deaths - yet) and everyone jumps to their defence.

Yes, its simply because im supporting my own agenda, thats all it is.

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I do... but as i mentioned many times so far the Italians are being dealt with already.

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Reina has a much better defence in front of him, it's also probable that Portsmouth do a lot more defending per game than Liverpool

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He does and thats refected in the stats by James being above Reina.

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Thanks, that's just the answer I was looking for. :dunce:



Simply because a point has already been raised, doesn't mean you can't join in. But as I've already stated, it wouldn't be in your best interests to do so. Stick to your own agenda. I look forward to your next post, the next time Rangers or Man u are chastised again in the media.

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how can stats take into account blunders and having a better defence in front of you ?


so your criticising the Man U fans for being beaten up by the Police while they were already knocked out.. what should they have done instead ?

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Because its an index designed to record a players contribution. So basically they get points for playing well and lose points for playing poorly



http://www.premierleague.com/fapl.ra...age=actimFAQ#1

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Correct. Insulting other members of the forum, even as a group isn't allowed.
If you have a problem with the moderation take it up with another member of the team.

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Perhaps not charged at Roma fans or thrown rocks at them maybe... Just a guess.

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Maybe if next time somebody dies you might look at it in a different light.

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I always look at everything in an honest way, I don't let blinkers get in the way. whether there is a fatality, or not, I wait until all the evidence is in, regardless of which teams are involved.

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You know, I've received red reps for my stance on this, i've been called a troll and accused of saying these thing out of my haltered for Man U and Rangers.

But im not wrong, im right and unless something is done, someone is going to die or be very seriously injured.

IF away fans cannot behave - ban them - i don't care who they support, better yet - ban the teams involved and hit them where it hurts.

Take my thread on Rangers, since i wrote that, where again I was berated for my stance and fed the usual "it wasnt a Nazi salute / bigoted song" bull, the chairman of Rangers himself has come out and said that it must stop or they will ban fans at away games, not only from europe, but also possibly from away games in the SPL as well.

Saying that though words are one thing but actions are another.

Any why did that happen - not because he's suddenly seen some sense, but because other football fans have started to stand up and say No, its not right and because of this UEFA started to take notice and only then have Rangers start to back down and take action because it going to hurt them where it hurts, in the pocket.

I'll take my stance and stick with it thanks and wear my red reps with pride.

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Scholes gets one match ban for red card

http://football.guardian.co.uk/break...535319,00.html

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https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2007/04/20.gif

Billionaire buys stake in Arsenal

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...al/6496951.stm

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I do think that VDS is the best goalie that we have had since Schmeicel left. Also, VDS is miles better than Kuszczak and I was so glad when VDS came back.

With Foster, I do think that we have a good prospect and he should be given his chance.

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Well, Well, looks like the spurs fans are at it now too... Disgrace.

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I've yet to see any footage, or get any facts about the incidents, so will reserve my judgements.

No knee jerk reactions from me. ;)

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Yes it is a disgrace

Spurs club secretary John Alexander said: "We know one disabled fan was hit with a baton with such force that it knocked him out of his wheelchair."

"Our initial reports suggest there was no fan-to-fan fighting at any stage of the proceedings," said a club statement.

"It had been a perfect day up to then but was spoilt by some over-zealous police officers, who started throwing their weight around, for want of a better term," said Daniel Wynne, of Tottenham Hotspur Supporters' Trust.


"After the penalty, a couple of fans got a bit excited about that but nothing more than shouting at the pitch. There was no violence. "Spurs fans weren't causing any trouble. The police went over and above acting as stewards."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...pe/6531683.stm

And to cap it all the fool from UEFA comes out with

Uefa has launched investigations into both flashpoints, but communications director William Gaillard said possible sanctions for any of the clubs involved had not been discussed.

He should have said nothing until the investigation had been concluded because from what I've seen and read there was absolutely no justification for the police behaviour, if anything English fan's should boycott European games until they can control their police and if they dare say anything we can kick up a fuss about the state of their stadiums, if they are safe why the heck do we bother maintaining ours to the level we do, when it seems perfectly acceptable for fans to sit (if they are lucky) in a ramshackle, derelict, flea pit?

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There's more

“In England, you get arrested or ejected for bad behaviour. In Italy, you get beaten up.

“I watched those pictures with horror because I seriously feared someone was going to get killed the way they were being hit with batons. Police looked like they were enjoying it.” David Platt

“It is just not right. Fans go there to enjoy a match and get beaten up by the very people who are supposed to be protecting them.” Former top-level ref Anders Frisk

Yet where were the police when this happened

Middlesbrough fans were not surprised by the violent scenes in Rome though. Three Boro supporters were stabbed in the build- up to their UEFA Cup tie at the Olympic Stadium in March last year.

If even half of this is true then it's a scandal, obviously it will be brushed under the carpet, nobody ever speaks up for the fans, that why stuff like this keeps happening

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2...150789,00.html

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I suppose this is OK as well. :rolleyes:

http://tinyurl.com/35bpua

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I thought the scenes in Italy were disgraceful, in my opinion it's getting to the point where English teams should start to refuse to play against Italian teams in European football. This should eventually get Fifa to do something about the state of Italian football. Things like this never happen in England anymore so there's no excuse for why it should happen in Italy, Fifa need to do something otherwise it will continue and more fans will suffer. Fans shouldn't be going to football matches fearing for their lives, which seems to be the case when going abroad in European competitions over the past few years.

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Chelsea v Tottenham
Stamford Bridge
Saturday, 7 April
Kick-off: 1245 BST

Come on Spurs, do us all a favour and beat Chelsea :D

Somehow I can't see that happening though.

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Boro beat Watford 4 - 1. Come on Boro!

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Let's hope Rio never forgets he's probably handed Chelsea the title this year :grind:

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VDS cost us another game.. at fault for the first goal as once again he flapped at a shot and didn't deal with it.. even after he did that you could see he started to come for the ball that was loose and then didn't know whether to get it or not

the one time he finally comes off his line Rio does a back pass to him and he isn't there.. once again he hasn't shouted at Rio what he is doing just like Rio has told him all season he needs to do

at his age he will only get worse and worse.. he's cost us against Roma and prob knocked us out of the European Cup and now he's nearly cost us the league

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But he kept us in both games on numerous occasions with world class saves. Imo it was the defence for the first goal today that cost us just as much as the mistake from VDS. At least we are still 4 points clear ;) :)

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United fans ain't 'alf bloody melodramatic. Looking at the pictures and listening to them moan, you'd think they'd just been relegated.

In the last 10 years, you've won:

Premier League x 5
FA cup x 3
Champion's League x 1
League Cup x 1.

Including the League/FA cup/Champion's League treble.

You're still top of the league with a 3 point cushion. Get a grip for gawd's sake or support another team in the league outside the big 3 and see what its like going decades without winnng anything.

:rant:

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We expect the success to continue. We've been the most successful team in the Premiership and once you get used to that, anything less is unacceptable.

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So could someone remind me... What happens if Chelsea beat Man U and they each won their remaining games? Is it goal difference? or the 2 results from their games? or...?

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Goal difference, so it would be likely United will win it as the difference at the moment is very big.

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While it was a loss, the Euro cup isn't a complete disaster ;)

VDS, in my opinion, was at fault for both goals. He hasn't learnt from his mistake on Roma, by not punching into touch and he did the exact same thing in the second half. It was lucky that there wasn't a Portsmouth player there.

Why is it that goalies can play a blinder one minute, then have a brainstorm the next? I suppose that they don't really have room to make mistakes.

Oh well...

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Melodramatic??? Which fans keep on going about how their team was "poisoned" out of a Champions League place? ;) :D

Now that's melodramatic... ;)

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For the first goal Richardson gave the ball away on the edge of the box which led to the shot which VDS failed to save, then Brown was so slow to react to the ball falling about one meter away from him he allowed the Portsmouth player to go past him and score. Yes, VDS made a mistake by pushing straight back but Portsmouth shouldn't have had the ball, but did because of Richardson, and then Brown should have cleared it. The second goal today was Ferdinands fault imo, you should always look before you pass, which he obviously didn't do.

Yes VDS has made a couple of big mistakes in the past two games but he has also made a couple of world class saves that have kept us in Europe and kept us in match today. I think he is by the far the best goalkeeper at the club at the moment and is the best we have had since Schmeichel.

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VDS should have punched it out. It wasn't like he didn't know what could happen, after what happened on Wednesday.

Again, this was VDS' fault, as Rio did what he had to do. If he hadn't, I don't think that VDS would have gotten to the ball before the Portsmouth player. Plus he should have given a shout to Rio.

He is a good player and the best that we have had since Schmeichel, but I'd just wish that he would learn.

Conceding a corner or a throw in, is better than conceding a goal...

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And the problem is we won't see another player like Schmeichel for a long time. Who won the premiership more than anyone else in the 90s? No, not United - it was Peter Scmeichel.

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I know, but we can hope ;)

I have not seen much of Foster at Watford, but I remember seeing playing for us during the pre-season friendlies and he did look good.

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What a debacle !

Van der sar was definately at fault for the first, the second was just a comedy of errors. Ferdinand was looking straight at Van der sar when he passed the ball back, so maybe wasn't as quick thinking as he should have been. Why do defenders keep passing the ball straight at the goal, when making a back pass. It's like England Croatia all over again. Surely passing to either side of the goal would be a little more sensible. :shrug:

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Sorry... I actually thought you backpassed it so if the keeper didn't get it, it would go out for a corner. Thought that was ingrained into footballers from the yr dot.

I rarely backpass because i'm a winger (so it's if I'm moved into defence) but I normally make sure it's not on target. If I can, Rio and Gary Neville can.

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sure VDS has made some good saves but what's the point in that if you are going to let in goals as well... he has never learnt and still punches and flaps.. the second goal shows he has no decision making skills any more and doesn't know whether to come or stay on in line.. most of the time he never comes off his line and in 2 years he's never once shouted to Rio what he is doing and what's around him

even on the first goal you can see after he flapped at it he started to go for the ball that was loose and then stopped as he didn't know what to do.. he did the same thing in the second half and earlier in the season he punched a ball to a Reading player so they could score

he's all over the place and will only get worse.. sure he won the title in Italy and the European Cup but that was in the past.. so has Stepney but that doesn't mean we should still be playing him

did we have to beat of AC, Bayern and Real to get him no.. no other top club wanted him.. he he had still been at Fulham everyone would compare him to Seaman in his final years where he played on too long and was past it

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It's opening lines like that which makes reading the rest of your post seem pointless to me :rolleyes:

Just look at this and look at the goals conceded colum and you will see what your saying is rubbish- http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...le/default.stm

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well i think letting in goals because you flap and stuff and punch it all the time is a good reason to have a go at the keeper.. the goals conceded just means Rio and Vidic are doing a good job as soon as it gets beyond them VDS is a let down

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It could be worse, we might have had Massimo Taibi in goal still :disturbd:
Actually, I think Van Der Sar is one of the better keepers in the premiership at the moment.

************************************************** **********
Mourinho baits Man Utd over title :rolleyes:

What makes him so sure :)

West Ham, Arsenal, and even Bolton might do United some favours yet, let alone United beating Chelsea in their own back yard, but we will see...


Man Utd's remaining Premiership fixtures:
Tuesday, 17 April
(H) Sheff Utd
Saturday, 21 April
(H) Middlesbrough
Saturday, 28 April
(A) Everton
Saturday, 5 May
(A) Man City
Wednesday, 9 May
(A) Chelsea
Sunday, 13 May
(H) West Ham

Chelsea's remaining Premiership fixtures:
Wednesday, 18 April
(A) West Ham
Sunday, 22 April
(A) Newcastle
Saturday, 28 April
(H) Bolton
Sunday, 6 May
(A) Arsenal
Wednesday, 9 May
(H) Man Utd
Sunday, 13 May
(H) Everton


That last game for United against West ham has a ring of Déjàvu about it, only this time the fixture is at Old Trafford,

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Schmeichel can't be replaced, Oh wait, yes he can, Foster, it's a miracle.

We are still OK. Everton Away is the last big hurdle for me. We will take points off Chelsea, it will be a draw I think, that will negate that game. As long as we take points from Everton we will be OK. Chelsea have to go to Bolton yet and the Emirates, that is a tricky six points.

Arsenal for all their insane results this year are a force, for me the Prem does lie, Arsenal and UTD are the best sides in the Prem if you take it on football played, I think the Gunners are more than capable of turning Chelsea over. Lets hope.

VDS has been a revelation since he came, we should have gone for him not Barthez. I could care less about the ECL, it is a bigger cherry than the FA Cup, that sits on the Prem title, but a Cherry none the less. So I am miffed that he dropped Ole and Giggs for Richardson (He will be gone this summer) and Fletcher, with the Roma game in mind. Chelsea are in luck mode though, Watford was unreal, Spurs mauled them at times, what the hell was Robinson doing with Carvalhos goal.

It will be the injuries that cost us. Louis, Louis, Louis, Louis (Kaiser Chiefs).

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The Premiership Rumour Mill.......

Err, no thanks, but maybe Berbatov though

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...&ct=5&ito=1479

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Defoe is on his way i think, to who i dont know, but i pity the poor sods wherever he goes. He is not first choice at spurs and theres a good reason for it, no consistancy.

Just watched the Arsenal Newcastle game on premplus, what a borin pile of cack, Arsenal be lucky to finish 4th at this rate.

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well it seems Watford can do what we can't and beat pompey :-(

has anyone noticed when a team plays Man U as soon as we get the ball they are right close in on us putting us under pressure and work for the whole game

when they play Chelsea they sit back and let them play and have a lower work rate

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Well i cant say i have noticed, and im no chavski fan, the chavs are just like the mancs in 1 sense, have some good players, and have a lot of luck, sometimes you dont need a great performance to win, just a little luck.

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cambridge untd came from 2 down to win 4-2
shock to the team at the top

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No problem whatsoever. :D

Dagenham & Redbridge are punching above their weight even if they are champions :erm:

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Apparently you had done a deal to sign him at the start of the season, you couldn't afford him though until Van Nistelroy had been sold, still I am sure that won't stop you trying to tap him up this summer though

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Not looking good, its kicking off already.:disturbd:

http://tinyurl.com/3drmb8

Quote, Supt Charlie Coxon, of Greater Manchester Police, said: "History shows the ultras don't travel abroad.
Well they won't go to unknown areas because they won't be able to creep up behind people and stab them in the @rse, typical cowards.

Jim.

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Smith starts for United tonight, not sure who he is replacing yet.
Anyone know ?


Edit: Alan Smith starts ahead of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

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He doesn't score often but when Carrick does, he knows how to put them away :D

Excellent build-up by the awesome Ronaldo.

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Rooney showing the world how a goal should be taken :D

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I am wetting myself here, 3-0 :D

Jim.

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I can see a Roma goal though.

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As long as it is not two though

Or three even

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Did I say Roma? I meant Ronaldo :D

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Or Four!

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PS Would someone please tell Clive Tyldesley that to the majority of people watching the Utd match, a Chelsea equaliser is not "good news from Spain".

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Make that 6-0. I think i'm dreaming :D

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7th Heaven :)

Carrick Superb !!!!

Even the time wasting Roma tactics in the last few minutes with all those substitutions didn't dampen the atmosphere :D

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Finished 7-1. Just one word for that performance - Awesome

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Great result by Man U tonight, took Roma to the cleaners.

Game on now though - Chetski v Liverpool and only one of them will win the Champions league, my moneys on the Pool!

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Liverpool v Man U final is looking more and more likely :)

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You know it makes sense ;)

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It's reassuring to note you are taking an interest :tu:

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Let us all pray for a Liverpool v Bayern final.

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Well that certainly put the butt stabbing, cowardly Ultra's in their place. Roma didn't defend like an Italian team, perhaps the fact that they started with only 4 Italian players may have had something to do with it, or it may have been due to the fact that United started with 8 English, Irish, Scottish & Welsh players ;). Take note Costa Del Mersey. :D

PS. Even the Roma goal was a belter.

Jim.

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Coleman sacked as Fulham manager

just in....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...am/6543541.stm

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Gutted. A great manager with sweet FA as far as money and support from the board. How he managed to keep Fulham up for three years is beyond me anyway... :erm:

Also, (from a girly point of view) the only bit of manager eye candy in the league IMO. :drool:

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I'm feeling the need to 2nd that :D

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For the ladies (well, me and superbiatch anyway)..

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well as people know i'm not a fan of CDS but he still failed to deal with two shots and spilled them, both of them two easily could have fallen back to another Roma player and been a different result, and when we needed world class save he couldn't do it and just watched the ball go in the net

at another point the ball went right through the 6 yard box and he was just running along the goal line.. he doesn't command his 6 yard box like a top goalkeeper should

roll on next season when we have Foster back

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I sometimes find it really hard to believe that you are actually a Man Utd fan :rofl:

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Looks like the tapping up has worked, how the dare moan about the behaviour of Real Madrid and Barcelona is beyond me

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...td/6546939.stm

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Because they didn't tap him up, they declared an interst in signing the player which they have persued unlike Real Madrid and Barcelona.

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Despite his club saying they didn't want to sell, pursuit should of ended there, much like Carrick last year, what are you saying its one rule for your team and another for everyone else seeing as unsettling a player seems to be a legitimate tactic of yours when it comes to buying players

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But both Carrick and Hargreaves said they wanted to join United and Tottenham wanted to sell as they did in the end and it seems Bayern want to now aswell. Ronaldo hasn't said he wants to join Barcelona or Real Madrid anytime soon, yes he did in the summer, but now he doesn't want to leave and i think thats why United are annoyed by them unsettling the player.