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Tickets for the Carling Cup match are on general sale, link here

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Fulham are going out of that (Carling Cup) in the next round :)

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:rolleyes:

He is so annoying although i would like it if the person who made this could spell correctly

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lolololol

Saying that, anyone else notice a drop in Arse's game since Man United beat them? Perhaps we're seeing the inevitable slip in form which brings them back down to earth.

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It started before united

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Shame, it would have been nice to be known as the team which kicked of Arse's decline!

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Emlyn Hughes Dies :( Link

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Nottm Forest 2-4 Fulham (AET)
King 71 Radzinski 86, 93
Reid 104 McBride 101
Cole 119

Plucky, eventually succumbing at the death. With a side assembled from misfits and youngsters, at a fraction of that of the opponents.

And by Coleman's own admission "Forest were the better team over 90 minutes"

If we play like that for the rest of the season, we can make the playoffs!

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...up/4000235.stm

Ohhh baby :)

Can't wait to repeat the performance :D

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its a setup!

lets hope we see an improved preformance from man utd this time.......... 5-0 ? :D :p:

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Sold to a man from Manchester, how sweet is that.:)

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your having a laugh :rofl:

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It is funny but true, according to 5 Live Radio, bought by a Manchester man.:cool:

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i just so feel your pulling my leg, funny nonetheless :rofl:

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I wish a man from Manchester would buy united.
I don't like the sound of this at all. :(

Glazer seems to be edging his way in to united bit by bit, the sign of a man without the collateral to make a formal bid for the club, what's worse is if he succeeds, united could go into debt :disturbd:

Maybe the Irish duo have something up their sleeves to counter the bid, or maybe they are waiting just for the cash.

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Spurs 4 Arsenal 5.....

Many people say a leaking defence is what led to Man United slips in recent years, so perhaps Arsenal's bubble has prematurely burst. They've certainly been letting in quite a few goals recently. Even though Arse still won, didn't Middlesborough manage to get 3 past them at Highbury a few weeks ago?

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a 9 goal derby... how often does that happen?

Although we lost, it sounds like my boys made a good go of it, so I am pleased for them.

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does anyone else think that the guy trying to take over Man U. (Malcolm Glazer) lools a little bit like John McCririck?

ik

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well malcom glazers backers banking giant jp morgan has dropped him as a client, they were unhappy at the 'clout' used by glazer at the meeting which saw directors being ousted.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...td/4005845.stm

well everyone was warned about glazer, i was anxious about him....

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Glazer's not as bad as Nigel Doughty though. I seriously want Doughty to go, and take his lying, deceptive Chief Exec Mark Arthur with him as well.

*gets off the fence*

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...td/4010731.stm

I'd be sorry to see him go can going on his recent performances, will we miss him?

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i cant see giggsy going anywhere he just wants a longer contract , and i think he will be given it.
a fine win today by the boys and 2 exceptional goals from the roon , although the toon/arse/scouse etc etc will all bleat about yet another penalty for ruud..

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Shock news , Man Utd are moved to Merseyside.:disturbd:


I was just using DigiGuide to check the TV listings and checking on next Saturdays PPV game, DigiGuide informs me that on the 20th Manchester United take on Charlton Athletic at Everton....:D

Come on Paul M. tell me it isn't true.

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i'd rather sell giggs and get a decent left winger who is younger instead.. maybe someone who can actually beat a defender and puts in a decent performance..

you are right though it's just gamesmanship with the contract.. look at Wes Brown he signed in the end and i'm sure Carroll will sign in the end as well..

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oxford finaly sacked graham rix last night after weeks of **** poor results
he was the wrong person from the job right from the get go hopefuly we
will start back on the winning road ones more

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Wrexham to go into administration. Link

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that is sad news i had hoped Wrexham would be saved at the last min :(

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the spain v england game will end in a draw :)

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The abuse the black England players are getting is shocking. FIFA sort it out! No place for this in football.

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Agreed !!!


As for the game..............................No comment.

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I reckon that's Madrids Olympic bid up the swannee

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Sven Out. In all my time watching England (nearly 21) I can't recall a worse performance.

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fifa needs to take Action against the Spanish fa for this more
than a silly fine some real Action like a ban

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Tickets on sale here for the United v Arsenal match on 1st December :tu:

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Well it was going well until Roy Carroll decided to do his Gary Sprake impersonation :rolleyes:

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Excellent game, good end to end stuff, Lyon look a very good side, who does Rio think he is, Ronaldo . everyone played well but I thought Roy Keane had his best game for ages. :tu:

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still didn't quite look like a vintage Man U performance but we are starting to get things on track. Rooney is looking better and the erst of the team played well too.

Still a few mistakes at the back but at least we are starting to put a few results together now.

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Have to disagree slightly, the flowing, attacking football was of the highest order, as good as I have seen this season from any team, with regards to the defence, don't forget that this Lyon team where unbeaten in any competition until last night, they are a very good side indeed. You have to give them credit for their open attacking play as well.

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KEANEO KEANEO KEANEO KEANEO!!!!!

Keane had a great game! Still pleanty of life in the "old boy"!

Did you see how annoyed he was to be subbed in the last couple of minutes even though he was limping?

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No but i saw how he decked that player after the foul on Smith :D

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Fair play to him, just like the old Keaneo, sticking up for this team mates.

That said I'm not sure Smudger needs any sticking up for!

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i saw the reply ofwhen Keano went in on that bloke and i'm not even sure he even touched him.. the bloke just dived to get a free kick ..

Ronaldo is still diving and playing for free kicks too many times for my liking but we aer starting to look like the United of old. Still not quite there .. how many saves did the keeper really have to make ? Not that many for all the attacking football we showed.

It's heading in the right direction at least.. roll on a 5-0 thumping of west brom

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Good effort by Roony chipping to Rude and his volly just wide great play.

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Some how I don't think Lauren will be trying to get another player booked in the near future ;)

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Oh I doubt it, apparently it's written in to the contracts of most Arse players :D

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okies this is the big one ..... :erm: sure i said that for the Lazio game though :angel:

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well it worked for you last time - so good luck guys :tu:

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bloody ref....every time they fell over free kick :Yikes: wtf!?!

to be fair i thought they blocked Downing out of the game well and it kept us a lot quiter than normal :(

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You'd have thought that he would have learnt after the first or the second time, but to do it for a third time is just stupid and disgusting.

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Kind of makes you feel his apology is worthless and no more than a damage-limitation excerise.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...em/4028103.stm

Looks like the rot has set in - I'd never cheer Liverpool on but...what a pleasing result :D

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yes interesting to see what Wenger makes of Viera's dive as well.. if he saw it that is after his comments about Ruud

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Same here :rofl:

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The only time I bet on Arsenal winning and they lose blooooooody typical.

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It looks like Rossi is going to start tonight! Can't wait to see him in action.

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hope so from talking to people who've seen him play he is meant to be fantastic..

think he deserves a game and would be nice to show the arse our youngsters are just as good as theirs..

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I reckon this will be the team tonight..

Howard

Brown O'Shea Spector Fortune

Eagles Kleberson P.Neville Richardson

Rossi

Smith

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It should be a good game tonight whatever the result, I just hope for SAF sake pizza is not on the menu ;)

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Deary deary me...have we beaten Arsenal again?

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Semi Final Draw..

Chelsea v Manchester Utd
Liverpool v Watford

1st legs: Week commencing 10 January

2nd legs: Week commencing 24 January

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Uh oh....

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67,000 to watch a reserve team game, :cool:

Van Persie definitely looks as though he will fit in perfectly at Arsenal:rolleyes:
He has already got the "elbow in the face" of to a tee. :D

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Well!! He's learned from the best hasn't he :p:

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chelsea in the semi's and Fergie's never lost a domestic semi-final before.. Just hope we maintain that record..

Was quite a good game last night but we had more a team of reservers and they had a team of younysters..

after a goal after 20 seconds expected a few more though.. would have liked to have see Rossi for longer as well..

Miller was outstanding.

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We're not going to beat Chelsea in the semi, no way, unless Fergie changes his policy of fielding reserves. Chelsea may not use their full strength team but they're still on an upward curve and even though the League Cup is still seen as a mickey mouse trophy, it'll give them a huge confidence boost by beating United and going on to win it.

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i think you are right there Russ. Chelsea have a squad of 22 first team players so even though they fielded their second string team the other night it was way stronger than ours. We had our reservers out rather than the youngsters last night but Richardson and Eagles, etc at the moment just aren't in the same league.


Maybe Fergie will think of his record and field a strong side so he doesn't loose that.

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I'd like to see this team play in the semi-final..

Howard
P. Neville O'Shea Brown Fortune
Eagles Djembax2 Miller Bellion
Saha
Smith

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I cannot see anything in Richardson that convinces me that he is first team material, Eagles does show promise though.

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i wouldn't want Fortune or P. Neville in there.. Both are rubbish and are bound to give away a free kick or pen in the last 5 mins..

Could play Spector at LB and use G. Neville at RB

eagles shows some promise but needs more games.. Miller was superb last night and ran the show.. Would like to see Rossi start but as a semi final maybe best to leave him on bench..

better have Ruud and Ronaldo on the bench just in case...

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I like both Fortune and P. Neville. Neville is good at what he does, hes not the most skillfull of players but he breaks up the plays very well and gets the balls to players who can do something with the ball.

P Neville was great against Arsenal the last two times when we played them at home in the league.

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guess we have to agree to disagree on this one.

Phil nev has no footballing brain at all. All he does is pass to whoever is standing to his left or right... sometimes even when it's the opposition !!

He's doesn't so much break up play as kick and give fouls away.. Witness the push on Porto last season with 5 mins to go right on the edge of the box that lead to them scoring and knocking us out..

Also the Romania game at Euro 2000 where he slide in on a player going nowhere instead of shepherding them to the byline..

All he can really do is foul and square passes.. i'm sure there's plenty of other players in our youth \ reservers who can do the same and more adn have better footballing brains as well.. He's had his chance and not lived up the quality we expect at United

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Thats what he is there to do. Break up the play and give the ball to the more skillfull players. I don't know any player who doesn't give the ball away sometimes

Yes he gave away a free, but he wasn't to blame for the goal, that was O'Shea and Howard.

Yeah so he has made mistakes, name me a player who hasn't

Sir Alex knows more about football than you or me, he doesn't want P. Neville to leave. He has been picked by successive England managers.

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Looks like Giggs may be on his way Link

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It would be sad to see him go after 14 years but I think he's past his sell-by date.

However he'll probably get his second wind at Newcastle like Mark Hughes did when he left for Chelsea 10 years ago and end up showing his old form again :D

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Actually, I think you can be at one place to long, a change is as good as a rest so it is said.

Good luck to him whatever the outcome is, but obviously he will leave eventually, maybe now is the time for a new face.

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unless thay have a Newcastle style collapse.i just can't imagine Chelsea not
winning the title now. :cool:

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here is the FA Cup third round drawinjoy. :tu:


Arsenal v Stoke
Swindon/Notts Co v Middlesbrough
Man Utd v Exeter
Plymouth v Everton
Leicester v Blackpool
Derby v Wigan
Sunderland v Crystal Palace
Wolves v Millwall
Yeading v Newcastle
Hull v Colchester
Tottenham v Brighton
Reading v Stockport/Swansea
Birmingham v Leeds
Hartlepool v Boston
Milton Keynes Dons v Peterborough
Oldham v Man City
Chelsea v Scunthorpe
Cardiff v Blackburn
Charlton v Rochdale
West Ham v Norwich
Sheff Utd v Aston Villa
Preston v West Brom
Rotherham v Yeovil
Burnley v Liverpool
Bournemouth v Chester
Coventry v Crewe
Watford v Fulham
Ipswich v Bolton
Portsmouth v Gillingham
Northampton v Southampton
QPR v Nottm Forest
Luton v Hinckley/Brentford

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My teams Man U, Oldham and Rochdale have all got easy draws, in fact the Latics will cruise it.:p:

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Early days yet ;)

And in an Andy Gray style pun remember Chelseas form is temporary but Arsenals class is permanent. :D

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Am I just being paranoid or does anyone else find the fact that no Premiership sides have been drawn together a little suspicious, what are the odds on that?


BTW you dont have to answer my first question. :p:

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ya that dose seem a bit suspicious.maybe the fa don't wanna see any of the
big sides go out to soon :cool:

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I had to smile :D Link

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after Wenger's comments about Nistelrooy i wonder what he thought of the dive Pires took to win the free kick.. Think a draw was a fair result but once again Arsenal got lucky.. For all the ref knew when he said the free kick could have been taken quickly half the chelsea team could have been off the pict changing boots or getting treatment.. he never looked round to size up where everyone was he just looked at Henry and said do you want to take it

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He doesn't have to check if they were ready. A free kick is there to benefit the team fouled, if the other team isn't ready then thats their fault.

Gudjonsson should have stayed where he was.

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it's the consistency thing again.. some refs let that happen and others make you take it again.. surely the ref should at lest take a proper look round and size up the play first though ?

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Why should they though? For a free kick all thats required is that the ball is in the correct spot and stationary. Sometimes the ref will call a quick free kick back - if the player hasn't asked if he can take it quickly, or the ref is sorting something else out. You also take a gamble by taking it quickly, for example if the ball had hit Gudjonsson who was only a few yards away then Henry would not have been allowed to retake the kick.

What if the ball is at the other end and the keeper decides to clean his boots, the other team gets a break-away and scores, should the goal be disallowed because the keeper wasn't ready? If you're not ready for a free kick to be taken then thats your fault.

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They should do something about players standing near the ball to prevent free kicks being taken. If a player does this then the ref ought to move the ball forward ten yards and or book the player.

With all Premiership matches being televised now there ought to be a fifth official in radio contact with the ref who is watching the TV monitors and advising the ref on things he or the linesmen can't see. This could be particularly useful in decisions which could result in a card being shown.

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Just a pity that it was a blatant dive from Pires in the first place.:td:

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well we had the chance to close the gap just like we could have built on the win against arsenal when we played pompey and threw it away..

a football match lasts for 90 mins and we were never in the second half.. showed our lack of depth in our squad as well.. on the bench we had bellion, o'shea, fortune and fletcher none of home are match winners that you can bring on..

the goal from them was coming right from the start of the second half and none of the team ever got going.. still if rooney had squared the ball instead of shooting just after they had scored then scholes and giggs were queing up for a tap in

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It was one hell of a good goal though,

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Fantastic goal, Carroll had no chance.

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we should have had several more goals in the first half and never really came out for the second.. the goal had been coming ever since half time and we never got going in the second half.. with a rubbish bench like that we had little chance for changing things either

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well once again the FA have shown their consistance and how they aren't biased against Man U. if your name is Nistelrooy and you make a bad tackle you get banned for three games.

if you are called Robbie Savage and you stick your finger in another players eye nothing happens at all.

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Champions League draw

Real Madrid v Juventus

FC Porto v Inter Milan

Barcelona v Chelsea

Werder Bremen v Lyon

Liverpool v Bayer Leverkusen

PSV Eindhoven v Monaco

Manchester United v AC Milan

Bayern Munich v Arsenal

Some cracking ties there.

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Remind me where he started his career of violence?

Bayern - tough, but could have been worse. Good to see Man Utd and Chelsea getting nice, easy draws - Chelski - Barca should be cracking.

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Hahah yeah the only reason hes violent is cause he started his career at Man utd....

You have to admit its stange that Wenger gets fined £15,000 for making a comment about another player and Savage gets let off after sticking his finger in another players eye.

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maybe Fergie should call Pires a diver.. create video evidence on it then get his players to throw Pizza at Wenger and see what happens to Man U

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I don't call AC Milan an easy draw.

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Unnnnnlucky tonight then Paul :D Must admit I was starting to get a bit nervous at 90 mins. Talking of gloating where's nffc these days not seen him around for a while.