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Even better! :D

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Southampton are Premier League. Congrats!

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l will second that.:tu:

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http://www.chelseafc.com/page/Latest...medium=twitter

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...direction.html


Marko Marin to sign for Chelsea in the summer.

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It's time to paaaaaarrrrrrrrrrttttyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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congrats Saints

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Great scenes at St. Mary's! Not sure about the flare though...

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Big thanks to Markus Liebherr. RIP

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Stoke fans booing Ramsey, what a class set of fans they are....

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and 1 nil Stoke

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Yes l find it very sad Damien but some supporters will never change their ignorant abusive ways.:(:td:

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Well its that man RVP again.

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1 - 1 thanks to RVP. Wigan winning against Newcastle which helps us if it stays the same (it wont!)

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Well Wigan are 2-0 up now.

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Plenty of time for the Toons to get back in it and Arsenal are only drawing. :(

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Yes congrats :tu:

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Commiserations to West Ham. You're probably favorites for the play-offs (although I understand that probably doesn't help if your a fan).

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Not now as they have gone 3-0 down to Wigan.

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Gervinho can't shoot to save his life. No composure whatsoever!

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We bossed the first half after their goal I hear. I would take things as they stand what with Newcastle losing but if we win this game then we have one foot in third place and next year's Champions League.

This is what is at stake Arsenal. Automatic Champions League qualification.

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Wigan doing well need to keep Newcastle at bay. 4 - 0 is nothing, it can all gone horribly wrong, trust me.

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Den when you won the CL last did you get auto put into the group stages or did you go into the playoffs?

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l am sure we went into the play offs thenry.

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and then they changed the rules?

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If Chelsea win the Champions League all the English teams will go right into the group stage. If they don't then, as normal, 4th place has to qualify.

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Season after Istanbul We played TNS in the first qualifying round.

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even Southampton :D no seriously i know..

1st-3rd including Chelsea will go into the group stages. Anyone other than Chelsea finishing 4th will get pushed out the CL and into the Europa League unless Chelsea finish higher than 4th. then 4th will go into the playoffs as normal.

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bloody hell. 4-4 / 2-2

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Getting tense in Stoke.

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Full time. 1 - 1. Kind of disappointed given the chances we were meant to have had. We're dragging ourselves over that line for 3rd very slowly. :(

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Well you said if you was offered a point you would take it.

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i watched it mate. Stoke started well but we woke up after the goal and got a grip. from then on it was all us with the odd Stoke threat. Towards the end Sagna with a clearance off the line. Ramsey come close, Tommy too.

Stoke literally parked the bus and again we couldn't find a way in on goal.

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Not just the play offs, the opening preliminary rounds to IIRC, against TNS of Wales, don't think it was that game the gave us the they'll be dancing in the streets of Total Network Solutions if they win this line though

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If Spurs win both their games in hand they will be 1 point behind us. Newcastle as well.

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So we've conceded the most amount of goals in a season so far than any other Arsenal team under Wenger.

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3rd should of been wrapped up by now but as like previous seasons we always find ways of making it a frustrating period!

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But there again you have no Adams , Winterburn , Keown , Bould , Dixon and Seaman do you thenry.:)

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nope. we have half a squad.

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Injured Kidderminster Harriers player airlifted from pitch.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...ester-17879130

Lets hope he is alright.

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best wishes to him

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They have Djourou though, oh wait... :D

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Defending isn't so much of a problem when the back four is fit, like today, it's the lack of creativity in midfield and poor finishing.

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Yes you can always rely on Djourou having a mishap or two every game.:)

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Blimey seems that learning the rules of the game aren't a prerequisite for becoming a premier league lino.

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No it is. We have no real holder. No real solid left back. And not enough depth.

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Now thats what we bought him for.:clap::clap:

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Well wasn't that a jolly outing to Letsby Avenue.

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Yes it was indeed old chap.:)

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QRP getting ripped apart by Chelsea. 4-0 25mins in

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And the £50 million flop has scored two of them.:)

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Derek was Bartley placed at RB today? how did he get on? how often has he been moved about?

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Getting really worried about keeping 3rd now :(.

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yup

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It will be close but l still think Arsenal will get enough points from their remaining games to get the 3rd spot.

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Pass. I've been otherwise engaged this afternoon so didn't get to see or hear the match. Probably just as well. :(

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Chelsea running riot now with goal number six and Torres has 3 of them.

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Even if we beat Norwich it's looking like we also have to win away to West Brom....

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Well, QPR managed to do what Barca failed to do and scored at Stamford Bridge...they can take heart from that when they are playing in the championship next season.

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l can ask my friends at Liverpool to do you a kind favour and beat good old London rivals Chelsea but mind you with our home form as it is don't get your hopes up.;)

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Yes, he was at RB. He didn't have a great game. Summarisers on Radio Scotland reckoned he'd be hooked at half time as he was being led a merry dance by Celtic's LB.

He was also at fault for the second goal. At first I thought Commons had produced a bit of magic to wrong foot 2 defenders but the replay showed Bartley torpedoed into a tackle that was no where near the ball or Commons. No idea what he was doing. I think he managed to confuse his own team!!!

He got a bit of help in the second half but his main contribution was picking up a yellow card.

Definitely not Arsenal Class. Doubt if he'd get a game Rangers if they weren't skint.

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thanks man. I've not seen him play yet I still ruled him out of contention at Arsenal. Are you sure in your opinion hes no good?

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Wow what a goal at White Hart Lane by Kyle Walker.:clap::clap:

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Wish I had faith we were going to win our games :(

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Squad player at best, more like championship level imho. Not quick enough to play at FB. Also prone to the odd lapse in concentration.

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sounds like another Djourou. no thanks. Mapou and Jan Vertonghen would do nicely in the summer. Miquel can be loaned.

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Yep, very good goal

http://www.101greatgoals.com/gvideos...m-v-blackburn/

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Couldn't see from that, did it take a deflection as the commentator said?

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17888928 :D

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Oh dear, poor Arry.

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Good choice for the England job as it definitely requires a experienced manager at the helm.

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LOL!

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standard practice.. give them all a chance to be heard.

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No, he's the FA's number one choice. It's pretty much up to him now.

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seriously?

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Most seriously.:)

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Something wrong this weekend with the football both Liverpool and spuds win

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Spuds?:confused:

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Spurs... :)

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lasagna

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Doesn't he play for Sporting Lisbon?

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:D

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They wouldn't go public with the approach and ask WBA for permission if they weren't focused on him. They have even said that they made no other approaches.

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but why Roy he is:

a. Ancient
b. as we have seen at LFC not that great
c. lucky with WBA
d. what experience has he got with primadonas?
e. did I mention ancient?

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I think he was unlucky with Liverpool. They had deep problems when he took over. Prior to that he did well with Fulham and abroad.

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Similar age to Redknapp.

Redknapp also didn't do too well at Southampton.

Lucky at Fulham as well?

Managed in Italy (Inter Milan twice), managed Switzerland and Finland as well as several other European sides.

Sandro had obviously been at that.

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He is very highly thought of at Inter where he handled lots of big personalities including fat Ronaldo and I like international managers to be a little ancient, it's not a young mans job imo.

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He will probably be on the carpet in the morning, up before the board, they may ask him if he had a night on the tiles, he will also be given a vinyl warning. :angel:

Jim.

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Eden Hazard asked if he will stay in France next season:"I want to play in England and that's what I've decided to."

Interesting to see where he ends up...

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Wish it would be Arsenal but it's a fight between City and United. I think City will get him.

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Utd

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I imagine there will be a big price tag put on him which will probably put United off. I expect he will go to city.

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City will pay £30-£40 million and £200,000 just to make sure no one else gets him tbh.

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It will probably be up to him...whether he wants to be another mercenary or not...

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Oh, the bitterness... ;)

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l think you are being a bit harsh there Doc.

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l thought Modric was highly likely to go there.

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City to win the league tonight.

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Come on Russ you might be fooling yourself but you are not fooling others.;)

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Lets hope so...

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Abosolutely. Then maybe SAF will stop kidding himself about the state of the current squad which in turn should make him strengthen the team so we can come back hard next season and dominate for the next 5 years again.

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Don't think SAF is deluded about the state of the team at all, he knows he has to spend big money to compete and it's not being made available, I respect him more now doing the job he has for the last few years than I ever did before when he was the one spending all the cash.

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I think United will win or draw tonight. Ferguson has done an outstanding job getting this team to where they are, it's frankly absurd that he should be questioned at all. He has more than proved that he isn't only the best manager in the world but will be remembered as one of the best in history, if not the best.

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AS a Man Utd fan i am so nervous about tonight. Fergie is the best British manager of all time. No manager will be at 1 single club for the amount of time he has been at Utd

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Guy Roux was at Auxerre for a longer time. Get your point however. :D

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I'm not sure what evans is smoking, but I want some (or would if I used it :D)
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...reckons-811679

I don't believe it, and don't see the comparison with Liverpool

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He would be better off keeping his mouth shut as these things have a habit of backfiring and biting you back on the nose.

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So Roy Hodgson is about to become the England manager :dunce:

Glad we had one Englishman stupid enough to take the job.

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My view is the FA made this a mess, and probasbly affected Tootenham's chances for 3rd or 4th.

They could easily have sorted this earlier.

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I don't think so. They would have disrupted West Brom's season with any suggestion that Harry might not be their manager. They kept quiet and said they would make an approach at the end of the season and that there was more than one candidate.