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If I wasn't a real football fan Spurs would be my other team :cool:

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Arsenal are close to signing Anderlechts striker Matias Suarez. He's apparently like RVP just not as good.. yet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat%C3%ADas_Su%C3%A1rez

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...m-Adeyemi.html

sorry den nothing personal to you, you seem a nice guy but whoevers on the bandwagon is ****!

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Yes there were rumblings about this on Twitter and once investigated the bigoted and sick people involved in this should be banned for life from any football ground and also brought to book in front of the courts and dealt with severely and l feel so sorry for the player involved as by accounts he is a quiet well educated respectful lad who represents everything that is good in our society.

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and another weird story, can't be true surely, he was passed it a year ago when he was fit...

Paul Scholes is ready to answer an SOS from Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson and come out of retirement.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...er-United.html

Demba Ba, who is heading to the Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal, has put England's top clubs on red alert after it emerged that he has a £10m release clause in his Newcastle contract.

I allways knew he had one

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...se-clause.html

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That means RVP's about to be shown the door then... :D

You can bet the club won't be sticking up for them this time

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l find it hard to believe and l think The Sun must be short of football headlines to print this make believe story.

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I tend to treat most transfer rumours as just that...something to chat about, but not totally believe.

It is easy for any paper to put a story in...football rumnours are hard to disprove..X person is transfer target etc.

Even if it was true...if it didn't happen, clubs might still deny it.

I wait until someone is signed, that generally is when the belief is warranted :D

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Independent has ran with the story anyway.

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that is worrying..

they can't really stand on moral high ground can they

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Thw fact we are asking Scholes back shows how poor the squad is at the moment. We need to sign someone new rather than look back.

Would have been nice to get Beckham back for a few games he's still puts in a decent cross and his passion and energy for the game could show Nani and others a thing or two

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Yes Man Utd do lack a playmaker in midfield since Scholes has retired and Beckham is past it and has been for a couple of years but remember Cleverly is a talented player but he is still young and prone to injuries so Man Utd do need someone but the question is who and one name springs to mind and that is Modric but any bid is unlikely until the end of the season.

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Yes I would like Modric he's a great player and if he got back to the form he once had Schneider would be good too.

We went into the season with one playermaker who had hardly had any games before in Cleverly. That was a mistake. I'd still argue we lack a right back at the club and Nani more often than not can't hit the ball to save his life but never seems to develop as a player.

Will be interesting to see if Spurs can hang onto their decent players and build on this season or end up selling and going backwards

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I am a real FOOTBALL fan, you are a dedicated Forest fan, big difference.:)

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l think Spurs will find it increasingly hard to hold onto Modric and l believe he leave the club come this summer and l expect Chelsea and Man Utd to make bids for him and there could also be one or two other clubs chasing him as well.

On Schneider l am not sure about him as one he has lost his form and two he is becoming injury prone as well.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-16455531

Lets hope they come down hard on these bigoted idiots.

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Including the brain dead 'so called ' Liverpool fan at last nights game.

Liverpool may yet suffer more punishment but how on earth can they prevent goons like this from behaving in this way.:confused:

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l know this has been a sorry tale for Liverpool in the last couple of months and yes they should be punished but also how do you stop these bigoted sick idiots coming out with their racist abuse and my belief is we have to have severe punishments to sort out these people who resort to this sickening level of racist abuse at aimed some people in our society..

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Maybe reserve judgement until it's been investigated. We were 2 blocks away from the incident last night and didn't have a clue what had happened, I thought a missile had hit the lad or something. The usual suspects in the gutter rags seem to know better though even though their more respected colleagues have shown certain people up to be lying as usual. The bottom line is that it's being investigated via the proper channels so just wait and see what happens.

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From todays Daily Telegraph ( hardly a gutter rag )

'An eyewitness, who gave evidence to Liverpool officials and the police' said: " I was to the right of the Kop and the No11 turned to walk back after a tackle. I heard a single voice shout 'you f------ black b------' the player turned round with shock on his face and started pointing at the crowd where the shout had come from". :shocked:

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Arshavins looking like he's on his way back to Zenit.. thanks for the handful of memories.

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Yes he was good in his first year but after that he never did it at all and my abiding memory of him will be the four goals he scored against Liverpool.

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and the 2nd during the 2-1 win :D "I don't care if you've got 3 pepe reinas in goal, your not saving that" :LOL:

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l love your selective memory thenry.:D

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That was recycled from the Mirror and refuted by a BBC photographer. The journos sit nowhere near where the incident took place. The lad knows what upset him and he reported it plus there are stewards and police every few yards at pitch-side and up the aisles so I'm sure there 's plenty to go on.

Until something official comes from the club or the police then I wouldn't be prepared to accept anything printed in the newspapers regardless of the perceived reputation of the publication.

To be honest it wouldn't surprise me if someone had shouted something like that, there were a lot of bad idiots and day-trippers in last night which is the usual story when there are tickets left until the day before. What is odd though is that we didn't see anyone get thrown out when some reports are suggesting that 3 fans were ejected... there's usually a big kerfuffle when that happens.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16455004.stm

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Well I suppose it was bound to happen given the ill advised Suarez T shirt stunt.

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liverpool fan 20 year old arrested for racially abusin oldham player ssn

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...yside-16458267

They've arrested someone...

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hope he banned for life if he was the one that shouted out the racist comment

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Good! Hope they throw the bloody book at him, and ban him from all stadiums :mad:

I must be blind when I go to matches as I never hear or see anything going on but this makes for interesting reading: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publica...11?view=Binary

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Interesting that.. and with regards to the statistics for racist/indecent chanting it doesn't come as any surprise given what I have heard at various away games over the years. I wonder who the media will target next on their moral crusade.

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And l will second that.

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So, it is the tie of the round today, well in some peoples eyes anyway.
City V United FA Cup 3rd Round K/O 1pm

After losing their last two games, I cannot see United doing much today either, I fear another defeat is on the cards, I hope I am wrong, but I am predicting a 3 - 0 win for City

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I think it'll be a good game, MC once again looking at holding on to their FA Cup and MU looking at revenge for last year..

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think the game all depends on what team each club field.

With City in a position to finally win the league for the first time since 68? they might view the cup as not a priority and field a weaker side, with both Toure's missing already.

United might still feel they can win the league and field a weaker side too, although I could argue we don't have much of a strong side to start with

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There is no need for it full stop. Banned from all grounds for life and heavily fined should do it.

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Yes l am looking forward to todays big match and l think Man City will sneak it by the odd goal but it will be interesting to see the starting line ups especially MU's given Rooney's apparent falling out with SAF.

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I hope you're wrong too but going on recent performances I say we'll be lucky if they only score 3. If we can lose 3-nil to Newcastle I predict a bloodbath today.

Had City been playing anyone else today I'd have agreed but this is United. Yes they has the result at OT earlier but they won't be happy with that. They'll want to take our Premiership AND dump us out of the FA Cup. They want to humiliate United for the past 40 years. They don't need Rooney, why else would they be (rumoured to be) interested in him?

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Paul Scholes is back at United and will be a sub today.

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After Tevez I think they'll avoid any MU players ;)

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BTW I predict a win for United.

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Cannot believe that.:shocked:

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We need to make sure Gary Neville is locked away somewhere, we don't want him getting ideas after scholesys return...

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Does it spack of desperation Shadow though as United should have bought a playmaker 18 months ago and this shows just how short they are in midfield..

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It smacks of INJURIES.....

Awesome if he came off the bench to score the winner though :D

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Yes it will be hailed as the new coming if he comes on and scores and maybe we should get our Robbie back at Liverpool after the Henry and Scholes comebacks this week.:)

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We should have bought a midfielder in the summer, but the number of injuries doesnt help as well. I would still rather have scholesy in midfield than Gibson...

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Rooney 1-0 :(

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Wow, Kompany sent off with a direct red. Awful decision on the first few viewings.

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Yes a absolutely shocking decision in my mind.

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Yep really bad decision..

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On the other hand my accumulator is looking healthy so far.

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What's worrying is City aren't playing like a team with 10 men...

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In what way? Got no tv here so relying on t'internet for coverage :(

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Their pace didn't slow and they didn't looked stretched - a bit different now though ;) :D

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3 - 0 United.

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Yet again a potentially great game is ruined by a poor refereeing decision. :rolleyes:

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Didn't expect this!! Another goals and we'll cancel out the OT result!

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:clap:

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Agreed..

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LOL 3-0 to Utd and thats the first half :D

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Looking forward to Arthur's Ref Rant™ after the game :D

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Whilst I am more than a little chuffed at the HT score, if that red card had been given against United I don't think my TV would have survived, a shocking decision, Nani never even flinched, he jumped right back up and chased after the ball. As an ex fullback who played in the late 60s early 70's I thought it was a great tackle.

It has probably cost United two very iffy yellow cards as well.:mad:

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Same ref as the Spurs game......

It's also rubbish when people say that they even out over the season. The FA Cup is a knock out competition.

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You have to say though that United were always going to be 100% up for this game as it represents possibly their best chance of silverware this season.

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agree poor sending off and for it to happen to their most valuable asset Kompany :shocked: I guess we'll now see what City are made off (make what you will of that :p:)

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Anyone remember the OT game? You know, where after the score being 1-nil there was an unjust red card which changed the game?

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I think my pre match post was a reasonable assessment considering recent results.

Also I did put....
;)

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it was clumsy on Evans behalf Russ, if i recall correctly he got caught out

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Game on. 2-3

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Dam and here was me hoping for a 6-1 to United :LOL:

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You have to wonder if they still had 11 men on the field what the score might be.

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If United fluff this then we deserve to have won nothing this season.

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This would be utterly embarrassing for United for they fail to win this.

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The ref really has been shockingly poor.

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How did Evra get away with that (the arm)? Aghhh this is too tense. My treble is at risk here, come on United.

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Referee hsving shocker, Man Utd deserve nothing....but..if you have 12 men vs 10...you will always be favourites to win :D

Wait, linesman is now helping Man Utd...sigh..as if there isn't enough men on man Utd side

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City do deserve a replay at least, although I am hoping United see this out.

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Not going to mention United's penalty call just before City's second goal?

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Yeh and City should have just had one as well.

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United win. Phew.

Very unlucky City.

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Good fightback but shame that both sides had problems with a bad ref.. I would have liked to have seen a replay but at least now we can concentrate on the premiership/Europa

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sour grapes, draw :mad:

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I wonder what SAF said to the ref at the end then?? ;) :p:

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Well done to United for going through but most of the praise should go to City for their stirring courageous second half performance.

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Monies in the post ;)

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What the money from your winning bet.:D

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It's only one part, I need Sunderland and West Ham to win.

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Well good luck with the other two.

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good result but still not the greatest performance in the world.

Having Scholes on the bench shows how weak our squad is and is almost a death nell to the career of Pogba who is meant to be a decent player but clearly Fergie prefers a player who's retired to a younster who could be the future.

Never a sending off and shows what the game has come to where a decent tackle, where the player wins the ball , makes no contact with a player but gets sent off

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I thought it was a definite red card. Two footed and high, he could have very easily broken Nani's leg/ankle. Any other European league there would be no complaint with that decision.

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LOL. The post match Interview with Manchini is good, he isn't helping the interviewer much.

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I seen Giggs do a two footed tackle afterwards...same tackle..no card.

Referee had an agenda,..which he delivered

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SAF patted the ref on the back and laughed...not surprised..probably a relation :D

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Have a drink maybe bitter lemon. :D

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My guess is that he was asking about the stonewall pen that the ref missed.;)

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I think that the game of City v United was ruined by the farcical red card from Foy, and Rooney telling the ref with hand signals what he saw.

No way was it a red card, hinged on a yellow but not a red.

I think the game to watch is Posh against Sunderland, Posh are a good side and think they can pull off an upset here.

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this is much better, no commentary :D

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dire commentary is back :mad:

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I could do with a pair of your glasses now and then :D

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SAF was complaining about the amount of time that was added on.:D

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l prefer it when there was no commentary.

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Micah Richards on twitter - 'We lost today but in our heads we won'

I suppose he scored that overhead kick he completely missed in his head as well. What a tool.

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Apparently city are going to appeal the red card. Hopefully the FA uphold it and he gets the 4 match ban, which will be a massive blow for city.

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l am sorry but it is a injustice that Kompany now has to serve a 4 match ban for what at most was a yellow card offence.

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No need...just watch the game :D

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Quick! Get the t-shirts!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...wning-arrested