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That is what I thought, very poor indeed.

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Agreed they got what they deserved , as much as it grieves me to say it well done City. :)

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ahhhh i cant get enough of Fergie v Mancini :LOL: is there a gif ?

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No :D

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You don't win anything with kids or much with old men either (with a bit of luck)...

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Yes I thought that myself after the match

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I went to bed last night just before the match and listened to it on R5 whilst reading (along with a few glasses of Jim Bean).. I fell asleep though I did hear the 5mins added time.. Woke up this morning and wasn't even sure if we'd won or not :D

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Being a Man Utd it hurt to watch us loose. I reckon title is now over. City will win it on GD

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Nothings over until the fat lady sings Mr Stokes.:)

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I think i heard her this morning :D

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Let's be 'avin' you!.:D

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I hope you're not taking Saint Delia's name in vain? She'll get her revenge come half time on Saturday if the sherry at the Emirates is up to scratch

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Oh the Sherry will be of the finest quality. Peter Hill-Wood will make sure of that.

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l hope you don't consume any alcohol thenry as its important for you to be on your best behavior.:D

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me??? never! :D

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Roy Hodgson to be named new England manager at 4pm press conference.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...ger?CMP=twt_gu

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thrilled for him but I do want to see good football. no static crap please!!!

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All l want to see is us reach the latter stages of a big tournament and then who know what might happen..

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After last night's game that has cheered me up no end :D

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Mancini is right, Man U are my favourites as they have the 2 easier games. I can see Newcastle reacting positively after the 4-0 thrashing on the weekend!

Anyway, I thought that was the best I've seen Nasri perform in a City Shirt. He was brilliant, and would have been my candidate for man of the match.

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Man City will win both games, you heard it here first

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I don't think he is right or wrong..instead he's just not playing up and putting his team on a plateau where the only way is down... The city players are probably nervous enough atm at the thought of possibly winning the league and making them the underdogs will make them fight for it all the harder :D

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I really do hope you guys go on to win the next 2 games. I don't hate Utd or Fergie (in fact I think he's brilliant) but I do think you have played the better footy for most of the season!

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Have you had a bet on it Mr Stokes.;)

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No as i doubt it will be very good odds

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Roy giving good answers to some bent questions. I really hope the press don't just try sell a saga!!!

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l found the question asked by a journalist about his time in South Africa in particular disgusting but alas that is no surprise from the *******s of the media.:td::(

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What i don't understand is why is he taking shrek with him when he is banned for the 1st 2 games.

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A lack of other options l suppose as he is most likely to be Englands match winner even though he will only play the last game of the group.

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I understand that 1 den but if you look at how he played in the world cup but then nobody in the England team performed.
Now will he allow the wags to join the squad

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It's because when....um I mean if England get eliminated before the semis and Rooney wasn't in the squad, everyone will blame Woy for not including him.

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l hope not because in my mind a players mind should be totally focused on the job in hand and that is performimg to the maximum of their ability.

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is there any dutch league followers on here?

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Kind of... Ajax are 6 points clear with 2 games to play, and their GD is 24 better than Feyenoord, so unless they lose the next two games 10-0, they take the title. Don't ask me about specific players though.

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:( I was going to ask for opinions/ trackrecord of Vertonghen playing LB?

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One of the most talented players in Dutch football would be Christian Eriksen who plays for Ajax but the Dutch league for many many years has always produced technicaly gifted footballers from the days of Cruyff to Gullit, Bergkamp right through to RVP.

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Yeah they have awesome setups over there :tu:

Eriksen has ruled out a move to England. He wants to stay at Ajax. Ajax tried throwing him in the Vertoghen deal to inflate the fee.

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Eriksen is probably right to stay. At 20 he's probably better off staying with Ajax for a while longer and get playing time, as opposed to spending time on the bench at a bigger club. But, virtually all Dutch clubs struggle to hold on to their talented players. It's a small league in a country with a population of 16 million. Hard to compete with the money floating around the Premiership/La Liga etc.

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Verthongen is a decent lb and would work perfectly with Vermaelen they played together at Ajax and also play together in the Belgian national football team.

Regarding the Dutch league in general it is more an academy nowadays then a contender for say CL finales like it used to be in the 80's

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The Belgian's are going to have a really good team for years to come.

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not too sure about that TheDaddy as they cant really work together as they have always had decent players.

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I doubt he'd partner Vermaelen with Koscielny about Doc. I think hes being brought in to be our LB. Do you reckon he could be transformed into a solid LB?

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That still just a rumor for now isn't it?

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no. advance talks.

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M'Vilas nearly done too

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Best they've had since '86 imo, Vermarlen, Kompany, Verthogen, Hazard x2, Lukaku, Fellani, Courtois, Defour + they're all youngish

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Why hasn't Den mentioned Liverpool's stunning performance tonight yet.:p::D

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Again. All rumours. i remain skeptical until a credible journalist has first hand information or the AST people do.

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you my friend are underestimating my beady eyes :nono:

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/05/84.jpg

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:td::(:bigcry:

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Iadom they might have saved themselves for the fa cup loss

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No more like saving ourselves for a FA Cup victory parade.:cleader::cleader:

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If you are looking for omens regarding the title race there are some very interesting stats in my (quality :p: ) daily paper.

The last time Man City won the title in 1968 they topped the league going into the last games of the season. They where top on goal difference from Man Utd and they played away at Newcastle and won 4-3 whist United lost to Sunderland.

How spooky is that.:shocked:

Jim.

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Mmmm quality daily paper ( The mind boggles ) :D

l still think personally that Man Utd will still sneak it.

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Well it does have a 20 to 24 page, separate sports pull out section every single day and is currently the 'Sports Newspaper of the Year' :cool:

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Tottenham are trying to hijack the Vertonghen to Arsenal transfer :LOL: nice try :p:

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Well if its not Spurs it could be another gazumper on the horizon.:)

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Newcastle are looking at him too.

Flamini will move this summer. He got his payrise at AC but playing time didn't come part of that. Tottenham will probably try sign him, I hope he rejects it.

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Could be agents messing around, people trying to make stories etc.

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his agents confirmed 7mil fee has been agreed with more than one club. we're still front runners though :)

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With regards to the team that Liverpool fielded last night, would that be classed as a 'weakened side' - if so, will they be treated like Wolves were last season. Or has the 'weakened side' rule now been eased?

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it got changed after all that crap...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/14166038

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Says who? Twitter is full of people asserting with confidence how things are going but few sources...

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Well they will have the carrot of Europa league football to offer

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theres a few good sources on there. doubt its much to worry about. Vertonghen wants to join Arsenal. this just gives them a bit more of a front on gaining a better deal

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There is always a colonel of truth to these stories

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personally i think the deals done

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Again. Which sources?

Usually a agent trying to spark interesting or someone making guesses into likely targets. Someone gets a question to the player 'There is a rumour x are interested in you?" to which the only PR friendly answer is 'x are a great club, it's always flattering to be linked to such clubs but my focus is on my team'. This is then used to reinforce the rumour.

It reminds me very much of this XKCD Comic:

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2013/12/19.png

I am all for the players we have been linked to but this pattern repeats itself every transfer window. It's amazing the amount of players we're linked too with people being sure 'the deal's almost done', 'advanced talks' and so on. Never anything to back them up, is just they are 'in the know', they have it from 'someone close to the club'.

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Exactly.

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:LOL: ok we'll have to wait and see what happens

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We will have too, and I hope he is right. However I've seen that guy before, it just throws everything at the wall and see what sticks. He doesn't know anything, how could he? Agents are only going to be informed of their own clients and some movements in clubs which mean they need to move their client to or from the selling or receiving club. Even then it's not in their interests to tell the world what they know.

So he might be right on this. It will be right because he has thrown a load of possible moves around and this one might be on the ones that happen to be true. :shrug:

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but I want to know whats going :cry:

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Me too ;) But following Arsenal transfer rumours often ends with disappointment and the deal for Hazard or Mata never actually happens and we get some 15-year old Spanish kid who'll be ready to leave us for Barcelona in 10 years time.:D

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Well there is always blind hope.:)

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positive thinking ;)

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Perhaps l need a bit of that for the final on Saturday.:D

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I think you might need something a little more than that Den.........

Ive got it!!!!

A miracle!:)

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Podolski - 'Tottenham wanted to sign me in January but I had no idea who they were' :LOL:

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Yes very true Julian but l suspect next season you will be praying for that little miracle just as much.:)

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instant legend

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:LOL: did anyone see this > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17918175

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"AHH!" You are talking about one of footballers greatest twitterers but more often then not he is not the most intelligent twitterer.

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Only for about 24 of the 38 matches though. :erm:

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Sol Campbell has announced his retirement from professional football.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/n...ces-retirement

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Sol Campbell Retires
Some will miss him, some will not.....

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At his best one of the best defenders around in his time.

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Indeed, It's a shame he was unused in his later days (Notts County/Arsenal/Newcastle)

I'd warrant a guess those clubs were after a backup defender and he was just hanging on for a payday.

Just under an Hour and a half away from the start of our biggest week of the season. Chelsea away will see if we still have a chance to play Champions League football next year, Whilst we also have our say in the title race come Sunday.

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age caught up with him Adz, he wasn't as fast as he once was and the fact he wasnt able to reproduce his previous years of form meant he'd get caught out.

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ESPN thinking about biding for more EPL packs.

ESPN may bid for more EPL games In addition to Sky, which currently shows 115 live games per season and is determined to maintain its dominant position.

The Guardian understands that Google and Apple are likely to bid, viewing themselves as platforms rather than rights owners, but that al-Jazeera is still considering its options.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...premier-league

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they made cuts this season :(

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He wasn't too bad for us when he came back! Give good performances.

Hoping for Spurs and Chelsea to drop points tonight. Newcastle can have 4th, would like that, but for now I want any help we can get towards third place.

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Well we shall see what happens when the rights come up but one expects Sky will at least win four of the six packages put up for sale.

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oh consolation prize cheers sky.. Chelsea v Newcastle highlights after the Bolton v Tottenham game

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Not a happy bunny then young thenry.

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I am happy...I can tape it...and watch in morning

Is it on sky sports 1 after the game?

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highlights yeah

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:no: i want 2 monitors with each game on

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http://www.sportinglife.com/football...medium=twitter
Excellent news and lets hope it sends a stern message out to those who abuse.:tu:

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When i was in thailand..they show the 3pm games...I had to flick between channels to keep up. But at halftime..they showed all the goals scored. it was greattttt :D

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The same 'strongest possible action' you took against Terry :rolleyes: