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yeah injuries forbidden, all goes well for him.

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No late move for Sturridge mind ;)

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It actually happened, someone is actually paying £30 million for Moussa Sissoko, unbelievable :D Good luck Everton.

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The trouble with Sturridge talented he is is he does not work as hard as the rest of the team plus l don't think he can cope with the gegenpressing style that Klopp wants to play.

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Newcastle should've got them to include james mcarthy in the deal

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Spurs cave in and match £30 million. This just gets better :erm:

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Reject it on general principle or get them both into an auction

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Sissoko signs for Spurs for £30 million

This being the same Sissoko: Turns out he flat out ignored Everton halfway through the deal, refusing to answer his phone. Wasn't the Madrid he was looking for.

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They're a great match, him and his new club both classless

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are you surprised Liverpool kept hold of him then?

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No not for now but l can see him going in time possibly.

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Aguero gets his deserved 3 match ban, I'm still baffled as to how they appealed against that!? He has a lot of previous which seems to get overlooked by people, he's quite a dirty player.

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Yes it is baffling why they appealed as the elbow was as obvious as night turns to day.

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Even as a die hard United fan I wouldn't call Aguero a dirty player, he is a tough little nut but he is no Costa or Suarez that's for sure.

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Indeed l echo the same sentiments.

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He's not dirty, he's sly though like a lot of players, a complete fanny when someone touches him so its surprising to see him giving one out. Joey Barton gave him a kick up the arse once and he rolled around for 5 minutes like a little girl. Pretty pointless at that point as Barton had already been sent off.

These lads don't know easy they've got it. Send them back to Roy Keane days and give them something to cry about.

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Roy Keane, compared to Dave Mackay, Keane was a wimp. :)

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Yes he would have eat him for breakfast.

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It's because Costa is obvious with it, Aguero is sly and leaves his boot in, elbows etc rather than running round like a maniac like Costa does. He probably isn't at the level of Costa or Fellaini because it's not as clear.

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Those two are extremes and fortunately rare in the EPL. Aguero is the type of player who is smart and knows how to get away with some fouls quite often to the point of being blatant about it and ends up having a tantrum when caught. A scaled-down version of Costa.

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We need to make a distinction between, smart, pushing the boundaries play and outright 'dirty' play.


Until that elbow last week I would not say that I have seen any outright dirty play from Aguero but that certainly was.

Some players are smart, some are a bit reckless but only a few are out and out dirty players who fully intend to cause physical harm to opponents.

For my money one of the dirtiest and most cowardly players of the last 30 odd years was Graham Souness, often portrayed as a hard man but most of the time went over the ball or into another players back whilst making sure the ref wasn't looking then quickly moving away.:rolleyes:

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Paying my first visit of the season to a very wet Boundary Park to hopefully see the Latics taming of the Shrews. :)

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I think you've hit the nail on the head. Though I remember a nice "tackle" on Sideshow Bob at Wembley a few years back. Attachment 26703

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Well its still all to play for old bean.

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They may not let me in again, :)

Actually given the dreadful weather conditions it wasn't that bad. Good football from both sides, better than one or two games at OT last season for sure. Oldham a little unlucky not to get a point in the end.

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A player I am glad to see back in the Premiership, good entertainment value for sure.:D

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I'd love Bianca Westwood to be the person covering Stevenage games in future, obviously a good luck charm for us today. A 6-1 win over Hartlepool.

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I think that most of the players that play today. Wouldn't have lasted five minutes in the days of Dave Mackay.

In today's games, there are so many 'actors' on the field. And referees should be bringing out the book more often. Diving in the box. Fouls off the ball - which is why they have a linesman.

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http://www.itv.com/news/granada/2016...forced-to-lie/

I am surprised that no one has picked this one. And this l think will bring the cobwebs out in the open.

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You obviously didn't read The Daddys post two before yours Arthur. ;)

I love the mixed metaphors about the cobwebs though. :)

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Following the announcement that Mother Theresa has been made a Saint, Liverpool are preparing a January bid......

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;)

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On the ironic side, it's a miracle she was made a saint. Could use that as one of two miracles needed to obtain it. Shouldnt be shocked that the Catholic church conveniently dodges her controversies much like they dodged Child abuse for years.

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The special one seems to be finding there is someone who is more special then he is.:D

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Really should've got something from that game, even though we were absolutely dreadful in the first 40 minutes. Bravo very, very lucky not to get a red card and give away a penalty for that challenge on Rooney imo!

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Man Utd were outplayed for the vast majority of the match as City had 17 shots and 60% possession so they were deserved winners and in the last 10 minute Man Utd resorted to the long ball to try to get something out of the game..

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Moments change games though, it was a great tactical display by both managers, back and forth, Pep neutralized it with a gtsy move subbing Nacho off. With that being said, Bravo being rightfully sent off and a penalty given changes everything. Winning the ball or not, he lunges in studs showing. He had an absolute stinker and its a miracle he made the 90 minutes.

I'd be annoyed too.

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Whatever the result it was a great game of football something the Premier League has been lacking for a while in my opinion.

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Indeed l thoroughly enjoyed it.

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Just back home from Old Trafford, excellent game to watch, City deserved to shade it on their first half parformance .

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fing joke penalty

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pulling on the shirt has been called up more than once this season you would think they would learn. the own goal was a joke!

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LOL

The "shirt pull" giroud didn't even appeal for and that has been widely described as controversial, wrong and undeserved. ;)

Still, just have to accept that another mong ref screwed up.

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Giroud did appeal throwing his arms in the air. Refs have been clamping down on shirt pulling. Definitely a penalty, no bias. controversial only if the foul isn't called up across the board, wrong if its not in the rule book and undeserved doesn't come into it I'm afraid. I could say Southamptons goal was undeserved which leaves it 1-0 to Arsenal.

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the referee's today. Must have read the papers then about Refs scared to punish players in case the Head Ref will force them to change there minds

The inf came from an ex ref

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So the refs are taking pre-match advice from the papers? Do you know of any pre-season meets with refs where pulling of the shirt was highlighted as being clamped down on during the season?

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Referees have been told to clamp dowin this. But they are not

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They are also supposed to stop the game immediately in the event of a head injury.......:rolleyes:

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It's just the shocking inconsistency that is the biggest problem, yesterday that two footed lunge on Rooney by Bravo didn't even get a card and yet the 50/50 tussle between Forte and Giroud gets a card and a penalty, both dreadful decisions. :(

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Inconsistencies die hard l am afraid Julian and iadom.

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They have been.

They assess the situation.

1 footed studs showing.

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1 footed studs showing but both feet off the ground at the moment of impact.

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Both feet were not directional towards player. Yellow card.

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Yup that's it.

TBF if the boot was on the other foot and my team had spent 90m on players* and only managed 1 shot on goal, I would take any bad refereeing if it meant my team won too :)

* Hell will freeze over before that happens(unless we sold 200m worth first) :D

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l want Southampton to stay up but if l was a Southampton supporter there would certainly be having a few concerns as for starters l ain't that impressed with their new manager.

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Southampton didn't score yesterday, an og for all the crappy Arsenal that was on show. Be careful what you wish for. Efficiency doesn't hurt. Arsenal played some drooling football not soo long ago and got naff all for it. Also I'd say Perez was the only newly signed player that was off the pace. It wasn't as bad as some say or Southampton would have been at least a couple goals up. Long didn't finish for one.

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But did he get a yellow card for it?

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Nope.

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If referees are supposed to be consistence. Why didnt the officials pick up on Chelsea's constantly coming out of the techincal area. Nothing done. Hughes of stoke got sent to the stands for a similar offence.

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Can also rely on Arthur turning up after a Chelsea or Arsenal game, it's getting boring now :erm:

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Managers of ANY club has to stay WITHIN THE TECHNICAL AREA

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Yeah I think I'd be more concerned about how Swansea scored after a blatant foul. Kicked him the back of the legs twice, never won the ball, is one on one now and scores. Courtois is rightly booked and a penalty given, Fabianski cuts off Costa in a blatant check at the other end and nothing. The idea of big club favoritism is disappearing quickly.

Also Mark Hughes was sent to the stands because he couldn't keep his gob shut, completely unrelated and in no way a similar offence. You were just looking for another reason to throw a Chelsea dig which is a common occurrence, you're fooling no one. If you're that worried you'd have pointed out the above.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2016/09/11.jpg

Who's this chap over the line?

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Everton looked good in the second half but sad to say that Sunderland made them look better than they possibly are. :(

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Yes sadly for old Dave it looks like it is going to be another relegation battle again.

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Man City's Champions league match off due to abnormal ongoing weather conditions.

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The German fans didn't look happy, it was a massive storm but it is easing slightly now. Can't see why they couldn't just put the kick off back 15 minutes. :confused:

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Blame UEFA old bean as they made the decision.

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Newcastle in cruise control from a shaky start to the season. Going for their second then off home. Better work rate, a mountain of increased effort. The sheer difference of switching to Benitez, UK based signings and having a real manager not a coach.

Edit, Ayoze Perez 2-0. Home time.

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So what happens? Do they replay tomorrow or what? I hope someone sticks their hands in their pockets to help the fans out.

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Indeed with Rafa and the players they have they will run away with this division.

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Shelvey 3-0, 3 minutes after half time, QPR being blown away at home.

Ciaran Clark 4-0 Job done twice. 35 minutes left to play, long 35 for QPR.

Newcastle have since smashed the bar and been denied by an epic save, QPR are Kell Brook here.

5-0 Mitrovic.

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Possible City game will be played tomorrow.

To be fair the whole of the tram network had been halted and there was a lot of localised flooding. Nearly 33 inches of rain fell in 1 hour. :shocked:

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Disappointment for Newcastle supporters, they haven't scored for 10 minutes now. :dozey:

Barca 6-0 Celtic. This is what happens when you run unopposed to a league title in a boring league every year.
Arsenal with a priceless equalizer, a point is a point, they should know that after last year, needing results on the final game of the group.

6-0 Newcastle, Grant Hanley, your move Barca.

Barcelona respond, 7-0

Wolves 4-0 down, next game is Newcastle, good luck lads..

Manic Tuesday is now over. The 2000 QPR fans that stayed behind boo'd their team off as expected. The 2400 traveling Newcastle fans boo'd the referee for blowing the final whistle. There were 2 sending off's in the final minutes of PSG vs Arsenal.

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As how well Ospina played I think that if Zlatan had been on the pitch for PSG and not Cavani then Arsenal would have been hammered out of sight.

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Arsenal have the same old , same old weaknesses sadly.

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They won't be they disappointed with a point away to PSG. Isn't a poor result. That's more than likely what they aimed for.

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No it is certainly a good point but alas l still see many of the weaknesses sadly which against the real elite sides will come home to roost.

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Delighted with tonight's result.

Just need to transfer that to the Prem.

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No noise from the MU fans.

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Well King Louis was dethroned pretty quickly as we all know and the more impatient MU fans are already beating their war drums and taking shots at the special one so lets see how long he lasts if the results of the last couple of games were to continue as IMO MU would be rather foolish to get rid of a top top manager like Jose IMO.

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More like being more concerned with the batting skills of Ospina ;)

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Agreed, about as noisy as you after Arsenals iffy performance on Tuesday. :p:

TBH, I was out until very late last night so didn't get to see the game or highlights.

Didn't make very good reading in the paper this morning though. I had to have a little chuckle to myself when Jose complained about the offside decision. As it was an equally bad offside decision that cancelled out a perfectly good goal from Paul Scholes against Joses' Porto team that allowed them to sneak through on away goals a few years back. Swings and roundabouts comes to mind.

If you make 8 or 9 changes against a team that is playing at home, is top of their league with five wins on the bounce you are asking for trouble.

Did notice looking at the stats that Feyenoord did manage to commit 22 fouls to United's 6. Not like a Jose team to be out scored in that respect. ;)

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I fell off to sleep which is just as well considering the snatch and grab performance. 1-1 away will do thanks.

MU still had a very very good squad out. Plus that record signing ;)

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Bring back King Louis l say....:D

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Bring back David Moyes.....:D

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None of it makes sense, Fellaini is still at United? :erm: Your sole striker signing is Ibra and now you're getting 15 shots and only 2 on the net.

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Even though Mourinho has bought some very good players they will take a while to gel but the more serious pressing issues are one Rooney is long past it in my book and needs getting shot of and then there is the laugh a minute Felliani who is basically better suited to football lower down the football triangle and then another issue is they have no decent protector in front of the back four and that is just three of the issues currently.

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Noise oops:

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l think some of the old boys on here are probably drinking their sorrows bud as the last few games have been rather disturbing for them..;)

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Abject is the only word to describe their performance, still think that was a clear foul on Martial before the first goal but 3-1 is a fair reflection overall.

How long have Sunderland been wearing been wearing this strip. :shocked:

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Harry Kane scores but christ he's hesitant. Absolutely no desire to strike it first time with his left. Sunderland sinking. Pennies spent, players sold, the rug being pulled beneath them. Elis Short and co have some decent questions to answer.

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Well Moyes did actually say they would be in a relegation battle as soon as he arrived so l think their struggles are a surprise to no one adzii.

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It's not so much the struggle, it's the complete lack of desire around the club. Everyone else are pulling out the cheque books and Sunderland are stuck fighting Relegation with loaned players and a relatively similar squad to last season, a season they almost went down.

Januzaj get's sent off. They're lucky to still have 10 following a blatant pull. Just like Newcastle last year, January will come far too late. Moyes will be sacked eventually as he always is now and Sunderland will slip into obscurity.

What's more dangerous for Sunderland is if they're spending nothing now, who's to say they'll suddenly spend to get out of the championship. Another Villa in the making.

Been a more one sided game with as little goals this season? 30 shots and 1 goal from Spurs. 13 corners.

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Jose :D

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Guess United are seeing City again sooner rather than later.

Surely we'll bypass Preston and be on to the last eight. RAFA!

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I was under the impression that when PL clubs played in competitions. Under the rules THEY HAD TO PLAY THERE STRONGEST SIDE.

I was listening to the Spurs game. And most of the players l had never heard of.

Surely, this is breaking rules

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They can play any players they want in the team.

Also just because you haven't heard of them doesn't mean they aren't a good player.

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lol

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Typing in caps doesn't make your incorrect statement any more valid. Under what rules? Those rules were scrapped 5 years ago for the Premier League and have never officially existed for cup matches, Catch up.

Pretty hilarious that after a 5-0 win you're still finding a reason to appear here and moan. Guess we'll see you at the weekend for your anti Chelsea rant.

That aside, how does one expect youth to develop at top level if people have the opinion that cups should be the millionaires playing? I'll always remember fondly Tim Krul,current Ajax #1 got his first team football via the Uefa cup against Palermo some years back now as a kid, went on to get regular cup appearances and a run in the league which cemented him as Newcastles #1 Famous for funnily enough probably one of the greatest performances in a game by a keeper vs Spurs. Later being known as the guy subbed on for Holland a minute before penalties and going on to save two in the shootout, sending them through. Basically, from a few cup games to Ajax. That's the benefit of using cups against far weaker teams. Be fair.. It was Gillingham.

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I believe that fielding an inexpericence team is demeaning the Cup Competition.

Yes, Spurs won 5 - 0 but there have been some games that l have gone to over the years, where, you go expecting the great players of the side. And it was the Reserves that played - and it wasn't a reserve game l went to.

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Then clubs should shoot out lower ticket prices. It's London so I understand your plight, probably still a rip off in a cup game.

My own club lower them to £15/£5 for both FA and league cup.

They were £10/£3 the other night.

I don't know what Spurs are so you'd have to chime in on that.

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Its not demeaning at all.

How else are young players meant to get experience?

When they play a team like that they don't need to put out their best players, it gives them a chance to rest and the younger less experianced players to get a game and build up their skills.

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Same at Man United for EFL games, a decent price reduction on ticket prices.

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As a kid I relied on cup games to see Newcastle play. I was too young to attend alone and the elders only had Wednesday nights off. They'd take a Tuesday off if they played that night (Weekends were off the cards as they ran a taxi firm) Money wasn't a huge factor but the generous ticket prices allowed us to attend pretty much every cup game at home per season, £15 for the Sunderland supporting grandfather and a fiver each for me and my brother. £25, you were laughing. That's 4 games for a hundred quid, in comparison, I paid £100 for two tickets upon Keegan's second coming at home to Bolton. £88 for two seats at home to City.

Even as I got old enough to go alone, he still attended, a die hard football lover that supported Sunderland but would go anywhere to watch the game played. That's the reason you'll never see me slag of Sunderland fans or the club.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...pe/4349841.stm

£25 quid to watch Shearer score goals, worth every penny.

Attended the home tie against Sporting Lisbon just after that, Shearer scoring a retaken headed goal twice in a 1-0 win. (Scored once from a crossed free-kick that was disallowed and retaken, scored again, the madman)

Then crashed out to them in the second leg 4-1.

All in all though, Champions League nights will never change, I experienced them a few times but as you all know, it's not coming again anytime soon. Uefa cup nights though used to be just as amazing, but it's just vanished, a few seasons ago I went to all the home ties and it just doesn't feel the same, it feels how people describe the league cup. The straight knockout format was much better for me.