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Which would you prefer, FA Cup win, or qualifying for champion's league.

For me, qualifying for champion's league. Only as i recognise not doing so, means you fall further behind (and I like to watch champion's league)

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Well its would be very nice if my beloved qualified for the CL as l love watching those wonderful nights at Anfield.

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It's not even close, the only two competitions that matter are the league and champions league, end of, the fa cup still has a little bit of the old romance about it but the league cup is about as worth winning for the big clubs as the charity shield

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Yes I would rather qualify for the Champions League and people do underestimate how great it is for the fans to have those big European nights. It's dismissed as merely a money making exercise and real fans would rather win things but I think real fans want to watch football, and they want to watch big games.

Of course I want to win the FA Cup as well but if it was a choice, top 4 all the way.

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Has to be Champions League I'm afraid to say. At the same time I still love the FA Cup and all that goes with it and still wanna win it. Have done for as long as I can remember and it's annoying on one hand that a lot of teams field weakened teams for it, but exciting on the other one when the underdogs seize their chance against them.

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http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/f...d-9135535.html

Only if he puts The Shield as his 3 up front.

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LOL. Can you imagine Vickie Guerrero on the touchline when a decision goes against Newcastle? Would love to see it happen.

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This looks rather ominous with Man City unable to get the ball for the first 12 minutes.

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0-0 would not be a disaster

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No you are right but Man City need to press more in a higher tempo.

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Yes. Though at worst, we will have hopefully aguero back for the return.

Ohh..surprise, Demichelis gives a penalty...and i didn't want him in the team :)

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Why oh why does Pelligrini pick Demichellis.:td:

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Want to buy Verm?

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TBH 90% of defenders would have ended up bringing Messi down from the positions they were in.

Kompany played Messi onside.

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Love child? Age is about right :D

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On a positive note, Demichelis can't play the next game

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And your other favorite player fills in :p:

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After seeing Demichelis, I'm softening my thoughts against lescott. Ok..no i am not :D

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Lescott...idiot...stupid passback sums his game up

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From BBC site, good humour

"Kemlo: Apparently Barcelona are preparing their appeal of Martin Demichelis' red card as we speak.

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Yeah Messi is a nightmare. I remember when Arsenal played Barcelona a few years ago, we were hacking him down, pushing him over, pulling him back but whatever we did the ball stuck to him and he kept going. Short of FIFA legalising the use of bazookas on the pitch he is almost unstoppable.

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Ouch, that one could be the killer.:(

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Yup tough ask for City now but stranger things have happened. They would need to stop Barcelona scoring though.

I am off to Arsenal tomorrow. Quite a nice prospect really, massive game, will have a good atmosphere, and if we lose then no one would be too disappointed as 1) it's Munich 2) we have a better chance in the League and FA Cup.

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Its going to be some atmosphere tomorrow :D someones seen sense to do something special at the start of the game so get in there early to hold up your little piece of beautiful ;)

https://twitter.com/REDactionAFC

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Yeah they've been spamming my Twitter feed non-stop. I am always in early anyway.

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With just a tiny bit more luck City would have scored, they did create several chances. Getting Aguero back will help but having to go for it from the off at Camp Nou will leave them vulnerable at the back.

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https://twitter.com/Official_SEA16 have hacked https://twitter.com/FCBarcelona

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2014/02/27.jpg

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Interesting stuff. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...decisions.html

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That is a poor article.

"So Webb is a lot less likely to give a penalty in the last 15 minutes than the average Premier League referee."

The stats do not show that. They actually show when Webb gives a penalty, not if he could, or couldn't have that choice. Pathetic article, making up things does not make it true.

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Well lets hope Arsenal do well tonight as they need to be brave as there is nothing to fear about Bayern.

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Something for Den
http://www.football.co.uk/liverpool/...s4615542.shtml

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But alas most pipedreams don't come true and you can bet your bottom dollar that this one won't.:)

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You have a good squad when you can leave Muller and Schweinsteiger on the bench...

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Sanogo :)

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schweinsteiger isn't fit, been injured

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that puzzled me.

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it would because you don't know :p: Arsene knows

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:mad: stupid stupid stupid!

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absolutely shocking penalty by Ozil

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Ödear

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I don't think he will be taking penalties in future, at least, one hopes :)

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He needs firing out of the cannon for that!

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Childish but i couldn't resist it after that penalty.

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£40 million.:nono::nono:

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Have you got your celery out ?

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Gibbs is injury prone again.

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Game over

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Question for Arsenal fans: If Arsenal crash and burn now, and barely scrape a fourth place finish; will this be the Summer when Arsenal fans finally lose patience with Wenger, or will he still have the backing of the fans?

Genuinely interested to know at what point fans will stop blaming the board and blame the manager for their lack of silverware.

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Another referee , another referee one who ruins the game.:td::(

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Did Chesney just give the er, hand symbol to someone?

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wow...that was worse :D

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The crowd wakes finally from Ozils miss. Come on The Arsenal!

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Maybe it's what he's off to do in the shower?

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https://vine.co/v/MZddEFQX2dW:D

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Jump in the laundry basket and find out if you want.

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A clear penalty and it has to be a red card, perfect decision from the ref.

What a goal,

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:sleep:

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The inflexible strict rules might say it was a red card but common sense should prevail more with these incidents but sadly for the betterment of the game it does not and thus the game is ruined then as a spectacle.

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If Herman the German(Neuer) had done it we would have all been screaming OFF.

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We are not all from the same cloth iadom.:)

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All right then, if Bayern where playing Liverpool and that happened to Suarez you would want the red card out.

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No as far as l am concerned a yellow card would suffice as personally l think these decisions ruin the game as a spectacle and at the end of the day that's what most supporters want to see.

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It could also be argued that a blatant foul that prevents a clear goal scoring opportunity spoils the game as a spectacle as well. And some of the most exciting games I have seen have been watching 10 v 11. It doesn't always follow that a sending off ruins the game.

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He was right to send him off but that rule is one of the worst in football in my opinion. A player is brought down denying a goal scoring opportunity, but a penalty is given which is a goal scoring opportunity, so the goal scoring opportunity isn't denied. Why should they be given a red card as well and punished twice? Anywhere else on the pitch where its not a goal scoring opportunity its a yellow card or just a foul, i don't know why that should change.

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Bah.

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Many players have had a red card as the last man and not been in the box so no penalty given in those cases.;)

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It was a penalty and so it then had to be a red card. However the rule is harsh. Both players went for the ball, there was no intent to foul, and the keeper tried to pull out of the challenge when the ball went out of reach. It is harsh to reduce a team to 10 men for that. It's not even as if the chance was that clear. I was behind the goal and thought Robben had already taken a shot.

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https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2014/02/23.jpg

says a lot.

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Oh well. It is Munich. Might be worth resting some players for the away leg as we have Spurs the weekend after! Concentrate on the league and FA Cup.

The card display was cool. So glad it worked. Hope there are more stunts like that.

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Did Robben spit on Sagna here...

https://vine.co/v/MZdn2H1KT0x

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Watching the many replays it looked to me as though Robben would have got to the ball after nudging it past the keeper if he hadn't been clipped, the through ball was class though.

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Think it's sweat.

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Yeah. This is the same clip but slightly slower. https://vine.co/v/MZdn5x0MBFM

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My impression was that he tried to knock it out of the way when he saw scez coming. His foot was quite high a he didn't have control of the ball, it was a bit too high and a bit too far. Doesnt really matter now, what's done is done and you've seen those given before so it's not like it was a massive injustice.

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He didn't try to knock it out of the way , he succeeded in clipping it over the keepers leg but was then caught by the keeper as he followed through, nothing malicious but he did take him out and personally I think Robben would have got to the ball, there wasn't a lot of pace on it.

As with City last night, that second goal was a real blow.:(

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and shouldn't have been sent of either unless a clear goal scoring opportunity was prevented, last man is irrelevant, it's all about goal scoring opportunities regardless of how many men are left.

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I would play best team, and go for it. Bayern are beatable

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l thought Bayern from a defensive point of view were very vulnerable.

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Yes, then it should be a red card because there is no longer a clear goal scoring opportunity. Like I said, the ref made the right decision last night and in the city game, but in my opinion that rule is unfair and in both instances a yellow card and a penalty is a fair punishment.

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I don't think the city penalty was in the box. Not complaining, because offcials have a hard enough job, but as you mentioned "fair", that calls into question the decision.

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Well what do you know, another English club, another penalty.:(

And he nearly missed it as well.

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The referees in Europe seem to apply things totally differently to their British counterparts in my humble opinion.

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It carried on into the box and he was sort of clear away. I mean I think they were both pens but an example than the red card might be a bit too harsh a punishment. Maybe the refs could decide if the foul was cynical, therefore a red, or mistimed, therefore a yellow. Might be too complicated...

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Dyer, Routledge and Hernandez look like different players under Gary Monk.

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Maybe. Or maybe we tweak too much. If we accept that nothing is perfect, and as long as it was a reasonable judgement call (as opposed to some sort of fix), then why sweat it.

If i was addressing something as a priority, I would have video evidence for any player cheating for a penalty, or getting a player deliberately sent off, by faking injury.

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Indeed as they played pretty well last night and lets hope it continues but its still no excuse for sacking a manager by email though is it.

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Man Utd striker agrees new £300k per week deal.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26287482

The era of madness has begun.:td:

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It's a lot of money but a fantastic statement of intent for both him and the club.

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The summer will be crucial for United as they will have to attract a high calibre of player and looking at it from a independent angle l think they need at least 5 players this summer.

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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BhAnBZoCAAAduzj.jpg:large

:rolleyes:

Bergkamps statue before unveiling....

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2014/02/20.jpg

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If they give a penalty how is the goal scoring opportunity denied, it's something they need to look at imo

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Good point. As it is an opportunity to score, and has better chance of success. There is no guarantee that the person would have scored if not fouled, especially some strikers :)

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Thats what i mean. There should be different rules for in and outside the box. Clear goalscoring opportunity denied in the box = yellow card and penalty. Clear goalscoring opportunity denied outside the box = red card and free kick. A free kick isn't a clear goalscoring opportunity but a penalty is.

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https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2014/02/19.jpg
https://twitter.com/Arsenal/status/4...185280/photo/1

:D

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I didn't want to get there that early! Still be great to see the man at half time.

Rumours Ozil will be rested today. He does seem tired but I wanted him to play again and pull himself up from Wednesday, the fans need to get behind him too. No booing, groaning or anything like that. Just sing him songs and cheer his name.

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There is no bouncing back from the pathetic peno midweek. He needs to re-charge and bounce back in a couple of weeks when the team will need him.

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Exclusive, photo of Rooneys 300k PW contract :D

https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/...09211630_n.png

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Arsenal: Szczesny, Sagna, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Arteta, Rosicky, Wilshere, Cazorla, Podolski, Giroud

Subs: Fabianski, Jenkinson, Flamini, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Gnabry, Sanogo, Bendtner

Sunderland: Mannone, Bardsley, Ki, Johnson, Colback, O'Shea (c), Altidore, Bridcutt, Vergini, Alonso, Borini

Subs: Larsson, Gardner, Celustka, Giaccherini, Cuellar, Scocco, Ustari

cries we playing with 10 men again he worse player ever seen only hope we got is Borini or Johnson to pinch a goal

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Chelsea steal victory at Stamford Bridge.

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Nice dive from Ramires to get that free kick. :(

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Everton brought that on themselves. The chances not taken was one thing but general play was poor! Still they hung on in the game so not all bad.

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:D

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ffs game over all ready :mad::mad::mad::mad:

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Sunderland look lost.

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faints had ball in Arsenal half