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Rank in
2011–12 Club Revenue
(€ million) Country Rank in
2010–11 Change
1 Real Madrid 512.6 Spain 1 —
2 Barcelona 483.0 Spain 2 —
3 Manchester United 395.9 England 3 —
4 Bayern Munich 368.4 Germany 4 —
5 Chelsea 322.6 England 6 +1
6 Arsenal 290.3 England 5 −1
7 Manchester City 285.6 England 12 +5
8 Milan 256.9 Italy 7 −1
9 Liverpool 233.2 England 9 —
10 Juventus 195.4 Italy 13 +3
11 Borussia Dortmund 189.1 Germany 16 +5
12 Internazionale 185.9 Italy 8 −4
13 Tottenham Hotspur 178.2 England 11 −2
14 Schalke 04 174.5 Germany 10 −4
15 Napoli 148.4 Italy 20 +5
16 Marseille 135.7 France 14 −2
17 Lyon 131.9 France 17 —
18 Hamburg 121.1 Germany 18 —
19 Roma 115.9 Italy 15 −4
20 Newcastle United 115.3 England 25 +5
21 Valencia 111.1 Spain 19 -2
22 Benfica 111.1 Portugal 21 -1
23 Atlético Madrid 107.9 Spain 22 -1
24 Ajax 104.1 Netherlands 26 +2
25 Stuttgart 103.2 Germany 27 +2
26 Everton 99.5 England 28 +2
27 Aston Villa 98.6 England 24 -3
28 Fulham 98.0 England 31+
29 Sunderland 96.4 England 30 +1
30 Galatasaray 95.1 Turkey 31+

Outside top 30, season 11/12. Where are we rated financially now? I would guess top 40. Oh and we've never played an Albanian side in CL Qualifiers. Point is we have been punching above our weight given the restrictions of Scottish football. Sure you'll be shouting us on anyway along with a few other of our fans on here ;)

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''England doesn't attract big players'' If West Ham can attract Carlos Tevez then I think you need to look a bit closer. I bet we don't make their careers either.

Ronaldo - Real Madrid £80 Million.
Bale - Real Madrid £85 Million.

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England "no longer" attract the best players. What English team is Tevez at? Exactly, was he ever one of the best players playing in Europe, don't think so, certainly not when he joined West Ham. Bale and Ronaldo as you say no longer play in England, funny that, they were really good so they left. Happens all the time in Scotland, happening in England now too.

I enjoy a lot of the EPL but Spain, Germany and to a degree France have left you behind in attracting the best of them.

Ozil is the only exception I can think of that came to England recently

How many of the starting 11 of Germany, Spain, Italy, Argentina and Brazil are in the Premiership, not many says it all really.

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You completely missed the point. France? Yeah those players went to Monaco because they love the French division and it had nothing to do with the £200,000pw their new Russian boss offered them. :dozey:

To answer your question. 7 Spanish international team players in the Premier League. So nearly a third of the Spanish team consists of Premier League players..

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No you completely changed my point, in fact you ignored it totally.Very few top players come to England and if a player progresses or "has his career made" as you put it in England, he leaves. Regardless of why these players play in mainland Europe is irrelevant, they no longer are attracted to the EPL

Doesn't change how much people may enjoy it. I love watching my club and Larsson is probably the only semi top player we've had in 30 years, wouldn't want to follow any other side though.

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That'll be why I said Albanian pub side and the like. It was only the year before I said that Celtic were in the rich list top 20 as well and you're right I will be, if I ever had such a thing as a second club Celtic would be it.

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Because you assume the footballing world still thrives on this 'attraction' Money has replaced attraction. You might not understand that in a league filled with Academy rejects from just south of the border and a transfer kitty that could only afford a Heskey.

'The French league in ways' is a pure example. For you to think the likes of Falcao went to France because he was attracted is hilarious. Ask his agent now living in £10 millions worth of mansion.

Football is a monopoly and the EPL heads it.

If you offered Falcao £400,000 a week to play for Celtic, he'd be eating Haggis by 20 past 9.

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Kinda bitter there mate. I agree that money monopolises football, but doesn't change the fact that EPL is no longer a Mecca for the top players, it never was. Agree to disagree, I'll enjoy watching Celtic win things and every now and again do ok in the CL if we qualify or have a run in the Europa. You enjoy watching Newcastle erm :erm: eh em............ implode usually;)

Oh and virtually all of our players are International players not Academy players, not at the highest level but we realise why that is. You stay delusional now bonny lad ;)

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Glad to here it and thanks :) Think we'll get pumped tbh, but them's the breaks. I'll bugger off back to the Jocks thread now. Who is your first team mate?

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you would think this guy could now afford a personal stylist...

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2013/09/25.jpg

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Wow, they said David Beckham was in the closet.

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in other news Thierry Henry celebrated his 400th career goal...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BUOQ67fIYAEW7Na.jpg

:angel:

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the express isn't really a good source for news but this made me laugh

what happened to Ronaldo and Fabregas ?

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Yohan Cabaye says sorry to Newcastle fans

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24111222

That's the least he can do.

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2022 World Cup in Qatar must be played in winter says Fifa medic.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24114961

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Sakho starts Den

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l will be happy with a point tonight.


:cleader::cleader:

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1-1 what a start

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And someone has craftily deleted their last post.:waving:;)

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oops:

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its the Jonjo Shelvey show

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:cleader::cleader:

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Shelvey strikes again.:D

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He can keep doing that as far as l am concerned.:D

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careful what you wish for :p:

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Poor defending yet again.

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Wouldn't it be a shame if Ashley Williams suffered a serious injury

We can hope

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I feel Liverpool should have won it but it isn't a bad result for either team in fairness.

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I thought that Swansea totally outplayed them in the second half and Liverpool did get free gifts for both of their goals.

Big up for Shelvey for not hiding away once he realised he shouldn't be passing it to Liverpool players anymore.:D

Still early days but Mingolet has to be one of the best buys of the season so far.

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I thought it was 50 50 game overall. A bit lucky for liverpool that shelvy forgot which team he plays for :)

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Well l thought a draw was a fair result as we faltered in the second half.

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kolorov is really a bad player...it shows you how bad we are defensively, that he gets a game.

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great goal by weiss

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Is Pellegrini any better then Mancini?.

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My hope is yes. Though he needs to get some defenders in, and get rid of Nasri. Still too much deadwood.

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wow, Yaya :clap:

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Yes another CB would have been nice because if Kompany gets injured they art up the creek without the paddle.

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Oh dear Man Utd are up to their old tricks again.

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:LOL:

thats surprising, they love their cock.

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Just got home from Old Trafford, great game . :cool:

Kagawa way off the pace, Valencia remembered that he is supposed to put the odd cross in and had a great game. After the stonewalling from Chelski and Palace this was a treat. A bit sloppy at the end but some great goals.

PS. I only have one take away a week, and that is from a very nice Italian in Delph.:p:

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Well at least two of our clubs started with a win and more of the same tonight please.

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when is Suarez back?

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Man Utd's commercial revenue was £152.5m for 2012/13. Arsenal's was £52.5m for year ending 2012. Arsenal's total turnover for year ending 2012 was £243m. Man Utd's for year ending 2013 was £363.2m.

Man Utd's 2013 £363m, 2014 est. £420m
Arsenal's revenue 2012 £243m, 2013 £282m, 2014 est. £285m

Arsenals kit renewal will kick in 2015

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Suarez is back for the Man Utd game.

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Back for the cup tie with Man U

Challenge by Ashley Williams? it was a cynical hack by an alehouse thug. He would have walked if the referee/lino had a better view of what happened.

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The type of challenge that Carragher used to specialise in.:rolleyes:

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Yes course, bit like Roy Keane eh

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Yeah we all know what he did.

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You are speaking of some of my favourite players, Chopper Harris, Norman Hunter, etc. they don't make em like that anymore. (Thankfully) :D

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chopper harris?..was he a lady's man?..or did he like the Raleigh bikes? :D

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:shocked::shocking::spin:

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ewwwwwweeee yuck...:D

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shut up Ballack. have you not followed the Ozil transfer. good to see the two Jamies stick up for Arsenal though, says something in itself. plank!

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lol..i liked the comment,"i didn't know arsenal had that amount of money to spend" :D

You have to admit, Real is a big club, though i don't think they won't miss any player who leaves, except if it was ronaldo

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hes talking Ballacks. Bayern got shot off him and he joined Chelsea on a massive contract. the history is at Arsenal.

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Well lets hope for 3 more wins for the British sides tonight.:cleader::cleader::cleader:

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guy with the loudspeaker on my surround sound get lost!

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theres a player called 'Rod Fanni' playing for l'OM.

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Higuains put Napoli 1 up vs Dortmund :(

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Chelsea one up.

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we're trying to get standing areas and Utd want their supporters to start singing

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Theoooo :D

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was a cracking finish by Walcott

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1-1 at Chelsea.

Napoli now 2 up, keeper sent off and Klopp sent to the stands lol

and Messi matches Ronaldos hat trick last night

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Not great for us IMO. I think Dortmund will get through so Napoli getting three points makes the group even harder for us.

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Chelsea 2-1 down lol

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it could be worse you could be bottom of premier like my team :mad:

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Yup. I prefer to whine and complain though.

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another cracking goal 2-0 Ramsey

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goal machine. what an engine he has!

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only bad thing in watching Arsenal game is having to watch it in SD :mad:

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need to see Ballacks reaction. Hold out Basel!

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2-1 now silly pen to give away very good win for Arsenal

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Come on Basel!!!

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HAHA

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Dortmund still got a goal at 2 - 0 down, away, with 10 men. This was an aberration of a result and Napoli, realistically our nearest rivals for qualification (presuming Dortmund get 1st), have three hard points.

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no ones realistically favorites. the groups wide open. the only lightweight in the group is l'OM and they have proved they can be a hard team to beat.

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Jack celebrating lol

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2013/09/20.jpg

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I'm hungry. No Mata, Will-I-Hen will provide a good caesars Salah for my Ivanowich :D

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1 great result tonight, 2 crap ones. Don't you just love Basel? Knocked United out a few years ago, hopefully do the same thing this season to Chelsea.

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Indeed.

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:sniper: Shocking result for us. Basel deserved it in all honesty. We've not played well since the first half against Hull. Two London derbys next in the league should sort us out :banghead:

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Perhaps they should introduce an area for fans as opposed to tourists

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you have to get a result against Tottenham ;)
http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net...jpg?1379583369

btw what was Rooney doing at Stamford Bridge last night?

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2013/09/16.jpg

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L'Equipe gave Gibbs an 8 last night, thats like +10 in England

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2013/09/17.jpg

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to add salt to Dortmunds wound last night reserve keeper Langerak chipped his tooth

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2013/09/18.jpg
https://twitter.com/SanBorussia/stat...470144/photo/1

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Did not see that result coming for the Swans :spin:

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Valencia are very poor, but as they say, you can only beat what is in front of you. :)

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Wow what a result.

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Napoli chanting Higuain..

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Otv6VDvSdsQ

:(

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Too late now buddy.

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Swansea were lucky shelvey wasn't playing against valencia. I heard he went to holiday there once, so guaranteed to "accidentally" pass to valencia players :D

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Oh dear you are going to upset a few Swansea supporters now.

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get the cheque book out Utd lol

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Sundays game at the Emirates will commemorate 100yrs in Islington. Special shirts and stuff will be auctioned off for The Arsenal Foundation

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Great servant. First contract in 1994 and then 5 extensions (1997, 2001, 2005, 2010, 2013)

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Oooo I am going to that game.

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:erm:

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This weekend Live..

Saturday...
Norwich City v Aston Villa 11:30am BT Sport 1
Singapore F1 qualifying 1pm SSF1
Chelsea v Fulham 5pm SS1
Schalke v Bayern Munich 5:30pm BT Sport 1
Rayo Vallecano v Barcelona 6:55pm SS2
Genoa v Livorno 7:45pm BT Sport 1

Sunday...
Singapore F1 Grand Prix 11:30am SSF1
Sassuolo v Inter Milan 11:30am BT Sport 2
Arsenal v Stoke SS1 12:30pm SS1
Forfar v Rangers 12:30pm SS3
Roma v Lazio 1:45pm ESPN
Dundee United v Motherwell 2:30pm BT Sport 2
Manchester City v Manchester United 3:30pm SS1
Lyon v Nantes 4pm ESPN
Stuttgart v Eintracht Frankfurt 4:15pm BT Sport 1
Real Madrid v Getafe 6pm SS1 Red Button (second half SS1)
AC Milan v Napoli 7:30pm BT Sport 2
Valencia v Sevilla 8pm SS1
PSG v Monaco 8pm BT Sport 1
NY Red Bulls v FC Dallas 10pm BT Sport 2

:shocking:

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Blimey, 13 games from 7 countries on Sunday :shocked: Plus the Grand Prix. That's an amazing choice. I'll get away with watching the Grand Prix and 1 match, 2 if I'm lucky.

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thats just a little taster of whats possible lol wait until mid/late season.

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Not too surprised about messi, just because they can play, doesn't mean they are a nice person

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Mata to leave in January/summer ?

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He will be welcomed at Anfield bud.

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Not looking good for Sunderland again is it Dave.

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How long has Jesse Lingard been loaned to Brum for?

Macheda scores as well. :shocked:

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Only tactical pygmies play four centre backs in defence.:(:td:

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Has sirloin done anything yet Den :LOL:

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Mata isn't in the Chelsea squad vs Fulham. Barcelona should buy him and in turn sell Fabregas back to Arsenal :D Honestly Chelsea are another joke of a club. Ba not in the squad as well. Luiz out too. Lukaku puts Everton 3-2 up

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Win for The Saints :angel: Newcastle 2-3 Hull and Sunderland defeated 3-nil vs West Brom

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:D

Great result.

Now lets wait for the commentators to say that Liverpool were poor, not that we were good.....:rolleyes:

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A absolutely shocking performance with a managerial masterclass on top to boot.:td::bigcry::bigcry::td:

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did you watch the game? you were decent. dug out a result which deserves credit, winning the first balls which deserves credit.

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Blimey Den you didn't play that bad.

You were just beaten by a better team ;):):D

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If we can't beat a lower league PS side then it does not bode well and it bodes even less well for the manager given his poor team selection and tactical cluelessness today.

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wow! Jose and Di Canio outing players in public in that manner lol Mata should hand in a transfer request.

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LOL ok.

I was just checking.

That's the first Prem game you've lost in 13 matches.

The last team to beat you was.....















Southampton. oops ;)

Can we play you every week? :)

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Well the gloom has set in now but alas l will continue to talk to my good friends on CF.:handshake