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Good grief do we have to listen to the dreadful Owen Hargreaves.:td::(

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Terrible penalty decision.:mad:

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It's a penalty to be fair, Lovren has brick-walled him.

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Well lets disagree adzii.:nono:

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It was rather clumsy form Lovren TBH.

Liverpools' defence AWOL again near the end with that free header. :(

Should have done enough to get through though.

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Maybe but not a penalty.

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Don't get me started on that Jim.:(

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The bunting is not out yet.

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And l thought you could not get someone who was as bad as Hargreaves as a pundit.:td:

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Making my first visit of the season to Boundary Park (Sports Direct.com Park) to watch the Latics v Latics.

Given Oldham's very poor start to the season this could be as one sided as a Roughyheads v Warriors oval ball match, might even be a similar score.:(

Still, I have got complimentary seats, free bar and pie & peas included. :)

Come on Oldham. :)

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South Shields v Bridlington is live on BBC connected online. FA Cup Preliminary tie. Much better than premiership crap. Cool coverage too, one camera, no replays, lots of nasty fouls, about 100 a swearing spectators... The changing room looks to be a garden shed :)

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Very nice Jim but now you have given the game away as we now know who ate all the pies.;)

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Against Wigan, you must be joking, they are not know as the town of pie eaters for nothing.:D

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Good win by Man Utd today but some simple Simon defending by Swansea..

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Lukaku, clinical. This lad is going to be a united phenom. Pogba, game over, This is the United I remember. Martial 4. Ridiculous, absolute madness. 17 shots away from home, 62% of the ball, Mourinho magic.

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3-1 to South Shields. Brid. keeper went up for the last few minutes, he regretted that move !

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Lets not go in hyperbole adzii as they have played 2 matches so far.:erm:

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Arsenal revert to type on their travels again.:)

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Yes Maureens actually smiling at the moment, but for how long ;)

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Until they play any of the top 5.;):D

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I make that three swallows in first two games so far.:p:

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l see you are quite pesky thus so far this morning.;)

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Was just wondering exactly how many swallows it takes to make a summer? :D

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All in the eyes of the beholder.;):p:

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As it stands that's Huddersfield West Brom Watford and Liverpool.

I doubt they are worried about playing any of them. :)

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l cannot disagree with you ;) until they plav the 2nd best side in Hampshire.;):D

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Arthur has been very quiet recently, I would have expected fire and brimstone directed at Chelski today. :D

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Lets hope that Arthur is still fine and well and that nothing untoward has happened to him.

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Here, here.

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The draw for the next round of the EFL Cup will take place on Thursday morning at 4.15 BST, in Beijing.:confused:

WHY?

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Indeed Why as that is utterly ridiculous.:td::(

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The sponsors are a Thai company - Carabao, who can call the shots.

Apparently they have a huge vested interest in China.

Probably fair to say there are more people interested in the competition in China than there are in England. ;)

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Man City's defence still like quicksand it seems.

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ROOOOONY, oh damn, forgot he doesn't play for us now, had to be him though.:cool:

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Wait till Lukaku has his first strop as you might be begging Rooney to come back then.;):D

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The referee has just made a shocker of a red card decision.:td:

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Ref is having a mare, didn't think Davies dived for his booking either. What's the betting on an 'even things up' second yellow for Schneiderlin.:(

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The sooner we have VAR in the Premier league the better IMHO.

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The Everton player went down holding his head when Walker was nowhere near his head. Isn't there a new panel supposed to looking into simulation with a view to retrospective punishment?

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Lip service one suspects.

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A robust but fair tackle. :(

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You did have to wait long Jim for it to ring true.:(

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As far as I'm aware it only applies to red card and penalty offences. Walker wouldn't count as a straight red.

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Here comes the manufactured Champions league draw.:(:td:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/41039946

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Decent for United, City and Liverpool, others look a bit tricky and Celtic look doomed.

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Yes l share the same sentiment Jim as l would be disappointed if United, City and Liverpool don't qualify.

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I want United to win the league and the champions league. Overall it would be a great boost to the Premier League stature in Europe thats been dwindling for a while now.

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Absolutely staggering response by the ref doing nothing about a two footed challenge by the Bournemouth player.:(:td:

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Shocking tackle from Watford's CB. He's snapping a leg if he catches him clean.

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league 1 here we come

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A poor owner and poor manager make for disastrous consequences Dave.

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I think Grayson's alright, the owner is a knob though, he's truly buried Sunderland. Last season was a disgrace, sent out to be relegated.

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Just home from Old Trafford, Manchester mega busy due to four day Manchester pride Festival.

Jose summed it up perfectly, "solid", a good game to watch.

The Foxes started out like West Ham two weeks ago, packed defence and rarely venturing over the half way line. TBH they did a very good job of it but unlike so many games last season I always felt United would score eventually.

No real stand out performances apart from Phil Jones who was impressive once again.

And our star Belgian striker comes up with a goal as well.:D

Harry Maguire looks a steal and a class act as well.

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Inter Milan and Newcastle agree deal for Stevan Jovetic. Still unknown whether the player actually wants to come though.

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Mbappe going to PSG it seems as well.:shocked:

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2 more years Wenger, 2 more years. :D

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A former great manager who has not moved his team on tactically from its zenith and is without the great spine which was their trademark 10 years ago.

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Consistency is key though, so 5th again this year :D

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Yes l cannot see them getting inside the top 4 as the special one will see to that.;):D

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Liverpool agree club-record deal for midfielder.:)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41075272

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:D:D

Didn't see that coming. Hopefully we can get VVD at the 11th hour as well but can't blame Soton for playing hardball.

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Being Hampshire's second club ;):waving: they find it very hard to hold on to their better players but one thing they do have is a excellent youth scheme which other clubs could learn from.:tu:

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Well Liverhampton don't need one. Just let Saints do the donkey work then buy the finished article from them

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Likewise at your beloved club as well as Everton or Chelsea seems to have become your hunting ground for cast offs..;):D

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United do have a few players who have come through the ranks and if you class Lukaku and Matic as cast offs then I worry about your judgment. :p:
I make that one player from Everton and two from Chelski in the past five years, how many have you poached from Southampton?

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Being a dullard one has never had the greatest judgement in the world ;) although mind you heralding Moyes as the great messiah when he arrived at Man Utd was not particularly great judgement either.:p:;)

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I don't think that I ever endorsed Moyes TBH.

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You waved your scarf and chanted his name on a regular basis l gather.;):D

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Now I know you have lost the plot, one thing I have never been observed doing is waving my scarf. :p:

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But I bet you rattled the bells on your jesters hat ;)

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No way, for too busy tucking into my prawn sarnie.:p:

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:D:D

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l did wonder whether you was one of those prawn brigade.;)

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A nice pie or the special foot long hot sausage roll for me every time. :)

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l hear these pies are a fiver a time at some grounds.;)

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Dearest pie at United is £3.90, the United special pie, beef, onions and chilli.:)

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After all the rumours of him joining AC Milan, United, Liverpool etc Renato Sanches has just went on loan to Swansea :shocked:

Edit - £5m loan fee and £30m right to buy him at the end of the loan. He's still pretty rough but if he fulfils his potential that will be a bargain.

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Just waiting for one or two revered wise posters to mention Sellhampton.;):D

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Sellhampton zzzzzzzzzzz

Have a read of THIS Den.

Seems the bin dippers are the biggest selling club not just England but the whole of Europe. :)

You're spending too much time associating with those disgusting charity thieves in div 3, hysterical that that mickey mouse club has been bought by the ex ceo of Walt Disney :LOL::LOL:

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The thing is we don't keep unhappy players and generally replace them with a far better more expensive variety rather then scraping the bottom of the barrel market looking for cheap misfits or malcontents.;):p:

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Yes they might be in the 3rd division but if my memory serves me your beloved were there not that long ago and if they keep picking the wrong manager ;):p: it might not be long before they end up there again.:p:

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Mickey Mouse in your opinion they may be but their history at least includes two top tier league titles which of course the second side in Hampshire can only ever dream about.:p:;)

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After cryptic conformation that Benitez would likely quit at the seasons end. I'm coming to the conclusion that it's not unreasonable to suggest he could in fact walk tomorrow after a disastrous transfer window, Newcastle have the rest of their day to save their manager. After being lumped with £100m, the board just forget to tell he'd have to reduce the wage bill first. Something which isn't happening and thus they botched the list of players he gave them.

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Mike Ashley and Newcastle only has himself to blame if Rafa walks away as they don't seem to realise what a top manager he is.

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Well with Sanchez leaving and Arsenal bidding £92 million for Lemar on transfer deadline day he will be lucky to last until the end of the year.:)

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They lost any history by going bankrupt twice robbing local businesses and charities, the current incarnation has no history. New club new beginning. :)

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Well Southampton have previous history as well unless your memory has just disappeared coveniently.:p::)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southampton_F.C.

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Watching places like r/soccer and twitter for the deadline day transfers is like watching a pack of angry little old ladies fighting over black Friday deals.

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One does wonder why many clubs leave it so late.

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Is understood that Newcastle have rejected an £18m bid for Dwight Gayle, which also nods to Newcastle not signing a striker today, or anyone for that matter.

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Some quotes about the transfer spending this summer.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/40954578

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Yes I'm well aware of that and the same applies. :)

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You must be aware of apart from our friendly football banter l actually like the City of Southampton Julian and l do have a soft spot for Bobby Stokes given his glorious winning goal all those years ago.:):D

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Wayne Rooney charged with drink-driving.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...yside-41123148

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Rafael Benítez open to job offers amid anger over Newcastle transfers

https://www.theguardian.com/football...shley-west-ham

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Is just an opinion piece, been a few of those this summer, listed nothing to support it at all, cack like that should be banned from media. As I wrote above, it's not unreasonable to suggest he'd quit, I think he could, it's presenting that as fact that's the issue.

The best piece I've seen is one where Rafa is directly blamed along with the board.

He'd signed a lot of players at championship level on silly wages. Something that Newcastle fans seem to be avoiding talking about, but eventually they'll turn on him.

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So he retired from international duty to go boozing.

Great role model.....

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Sadly some footballers think they get away with anything.:(:td:

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England looking third rate again..:td:

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England are starting to look like the McClaren era England again. I wonder who Gareth Southgates mentor was. :erm:

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Wife needs to know if United are at home the weekend Oct 7th.

I can only find a game on 30th Sept and the next one on 14 Oct. Is that week being used for the next round of World Cup qualifiers?

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Here are the next dates Jim.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/...xtures/2017-10

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Thanks Den, my assumption was correct. :)

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Here we go the usual England defensive mistakes.:(:td:

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Gareth Southgate's Managerial highlights:

Relegated Middlesbrough.
Managed England U21's
Won 4 of 9 games as England manager thus far. 4.

Plays a keeper that literally cost us games in the Euro's, solid message to send, your place isn't in doubt regardless of how awful you manage to play.. Hart's then backed him right up on that tonight :D I mean blame Rashford for it all, but what on earth is Hart doing there? he just stops dead in front of the man and watches it coast past him. Make yourself big? or make yourself as useless as possible in this case. Did he forget he's allowed to handle the ball? Or is this Russia again where we've made the decision it's already a goal so he's not gonna bother trying.

Bang on about Rooney all you want I guess but the reality is, there's no leader on that pitch.

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English players are also overpaid , over-rated , spineless and lack any type of tactical in game intelligence plus they appoint crap unproven managers on top of that..