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So do Montenegro just get a slap for Racism. A closed doors match. At what point is the idea of complete expulsion from the group and future qualifying groups going to come into play or at the very least an absolute ban on playing at home throughout the qualifying period and a complete ban on away tickets being sold.

Commentator just said Montenegro aren't renowned for being racist after finally acknowledging what was happening. It'd only been going on for 90 minutes...
I'm not sure he realised his first statement might be a terrible gaffe if people noticed.

Edit: they've noticed. Clive is taking a battering on twitter. He was part of a Kickitout speech 3 days ago. Whoops.

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l absolutely agree with much of what you say as yes lets see if UEFA can back up their strong words with fitting punishments rather then just talk the talk as for long as l can remember Racism has been a problem.

Yeah l remember good old Clive when he was at the BBC and its nothing personal but l did not rate him then as a commentator then as he tending to say things without thinking and nothing he has done since has changed my mind.

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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been confirmed as Manchester United's full-time manager on a three-year deal.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/47730684

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As long as new player recruiting is taken out of Woodward’s hands and he keeps Mike Phelan on board he should be ok. I would still have left it until the season end as first agreed, it’s not as though there was a danger of him being poached.:confused:

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Yeah if there is anybody they need to get rid of its Woodward but seeing he is the Glazer's servile front man that ain't going to happen.

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One word to describe today at OT, unconvincing. Ole might be at the wheel but I think he left the handbrake on today.:(

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Well its a win Jim and that means three points at the end of the day.

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TBH the stats don’t always tell the full story. Watford had 20 attempts, 8 on target but of those 8 one was the goal from two yards out, DeGea made one fingertip save and the other 6 where easy gathers , soft shots right at him. The other 12 so called attempts where nearly all hopeful punts from miles out that mainly sailed well over the bar.

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It just gets worse every week, appalling decisions from the officials at Cardiff, goal miles offside then a clear red card not given.:(

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Quelle surprise Jim..:td:

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its only cardiff so who cares.

I see the inbreds are celebrating winning a trophy which they have always referred to as a tin pot cup.

Im sure the hypocrites are happy high sixing each other. :)

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MIAAOOOW.

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l told my brothers it was a tin pot cup at the start of the season and their answer was yes it is a tin pot cup that they did not want to be entered in but alas they are singing a different tune now.;)

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l see Man Utd's old defending habits are starting to come back.

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And fuss pot Dean strikes again.:(

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Arsenal hope...rising....

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High sixing :rofl:

I don't think it's going to be plain sailing for manure from now on either. Seemed like a knee jerk appointment meant to get fans on site rather than an attempt to get utd back on top, he couldn't fail to start with just because the club was in it's backside, goodwill alone would have guaranteed results especially with the fixture opponents inherited

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One of the worse referees in the English game.

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BBC secures Premier League radio rights until 2022.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47806520

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Well we are still in with a slight squeak of a chance for the Premiership title but if we play as poorly as we did in the first half last night at Southampton then it will be over before the fat lady sings.

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Needed the help of an offside goal to get back in it.:(

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Just on my way home after an overnight stay after the match.

Cracking atmosphere and we outplayed Liverpool in the first half.

Shame we went off the boil in the second.

On a separate note I was rather surprised to see fans of a club who are still supposedly looking for justice, flagrantly ignoring ground safety rules by letting off flares. Somewhat hypocritical :rolleyes:

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Blame that on the standard of the officials Jim.

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l thoughts fans were generally searched before they are allowed to enter stadiums nowadays Julian.

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No not at all Den.

I have only been searched once and that was at Man Utd.

I have been to Wolves, Cardiff, Palace. Arsenal And Man City this season and no searches.

Lack of searching does not excuse illegal, hypocritical behaviour. ;)

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Searched at every home game at Old Trafford for at least two years now. Still doesn’t stop the foreign teams bringing in industrial amounts of flares.:(

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Amazing really as years ago l went to some football matches with my brothers and we were searched and even had a printed stamp put on our hand.

Of course as you say that does not excuse illegal, hypocritical behaviour.

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Any team with a player who pulls that stupid mask stunt deserves to lose.:rolleyes:

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l agree.

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Where is Jenas coming from when he says that was not a penalty.

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How did Salah get away scot free after that over the ball, halfway up the shin challenge.:rolleyes:

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Looking at it its a red card.

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Poor defending by Man Utd again.:(

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Very sad news, Tommy Smith, a proper Liverpool legend has died. I can still remember listening to the 1977 European Cup Final on the radio (nearly said wireless)when he headed in a crucial goal. A proper old school,hard but fair player.

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Terribly sad to hear this news Jim as the word legend is used far too much nowadays but for him he was fully deserving of that accolade.:(

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Phenomenonal performance from Newcastle. What a rare statement. Ayoze Perez was unplayable. £2 million buy and seemingly signalling his intention of staying at the club at the end of the game. There's suggestions that a Newcastle takeover could be done before the season is out now that safety is all but secured but regardless its been signalled that Mike Ashley will roll the dice the way he did with McClaren. Either way, back the prize winning Jockey.

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Very poor game at OT today, both sides well below average. United got the luck with some decisions but I think both penalties where correct, not sure about the disallowed Hammers goal.

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Three points is the name of the game Jim at the end of the day.

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I suppose you could use the mid week exertions as an excuse but it was not pleasant to watch.:(

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l do think the mid week matches do take it out of some players plus the managers like to rotate a bit before the next batch of European matches.

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How does Young still get games for United?

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Jim will answer that one ;) as one suspects at the moment he is hiding behind his sofa hoping the horrors of the first 30 minutes will go away.;)

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I was praying for Young to get booked last week, unfortunately Shaw did. First 10 minutes where ok but two stupid mistakes against a side like Barcelona and you are gone.

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Sadly if Man Utd want to get back to the top table in Europe money will need to be spent but more importantly spent correctly on players who will improve them..

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It doesn't help when Barcelona rested 8 players over the weekend either.

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they can as they have already won La Liga....


impressed with Ajax vs Juve as well... knocked out RM and now Juve out of the CL :D :D :D

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l know as Gary Lineker passed a comment the other day about it basically stating "Why are the Premier league not helping our teams in Europe" like all the other leagues in Europe do.

Add to that the inflexibility of the TV broadcasters and there is diddly squat of anything changing sadly.

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Should they stay or should they go?.;)

https://www.theguardian.com/football...nnar-solskjaer

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Looks like a snoozefest in Manchester

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Definitely park the shopping trolley.:D

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You might have to pay a parking charge for that though.;)

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Well at least all those new found City fans got their money’s worth.:D

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No doubt they will moan about the late VAR ruling but they can't complain about the overturned decision.;)

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COYS

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Liverpool v Spurs final anyone?

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Great result for Spurs there. Must admit from an LFC perspective i'd prefer Ajax in the final just for the European feel :) but as there's probably an evens chance Liverpool don't make it I would be wishing you all the best if you get there. ;)

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The mighty Barcelona await us first.

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Newcastle offer Benitez 2 year deal with 100m guaranteed per season and 100% of player sales combined with further record signings. Been likely to sign for a while now but the details of the offer are now becoming public. Seems to back up earlier thoughts that Mike is going to roll the dice again after the McClaren fiasco.

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Ayoze Perez vs Southampton.

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Squeaky bum time now though.;)

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Squeaky Ayoze time.

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Ole's starting to realise it will take more then a few wins to improve Man Utd's soft underbelly.

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I mean what could go wrong in handing a man a job that had simply cut the chain wrapped around the team. :erm:

United have a good team. They need a good leader. Ole is going to need way more than 3 years. He's not going to get that and I think they should've held onto their stance of interim manager. This really shows the abysmal backroom at Man United, panicked into appointing a manager.

Horrible performance, easily one of the worst I've seen from Man United in recent memory.

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Ed Woodward has a lot to answer for as he is clearly not in the class of a David Gill or David Dein but obviously he just does what he is told by the Glazer's.

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All I've seen in the Manchester derby so far is players feigning injury and trying to get others sent off. Just one of the reasons the Premiership is pants.

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So why are you watching it.;)

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Actually watching the National League highlights on the TV (far more entertaining). The Premiership is relegated to the smartphone :).

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United slightly better side in first half. An apparent lack of fitness was beginning to show ten minutes before half time with every other pass going astray . I would start with Romero v Chelsea on Sunday, De Geas head is all over the place . Letting in loads of goals including both tonight when he would have saved them with his eyes closed last season. :(

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Just saying Wolves 3-1 Arsenal ~ Nuno's working his magic again.

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A true world class keeper who this season is making mistakes more akin to a Sunday League goalkeeper.

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There are some very good Sunday league goalkeepers Den. They just never get out of bed in time....

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De Gea is probably about done at United. Like Hazard at Chelsea I'd say he's done enough to get a move to Madrid now.

Met De Gea in 2012 and spent the best part of a week with him. Was an arrogant one in comparison to fellow Spaniard Juan Mata whom was an absolute pleasure.

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I have it on good authority from a business friend that David Silva and family are also rude and arrogant, might be a Spanish thing. ;)

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Anybody else watching the 'big game' ?

An early lead for the home side. 1- 0

Bala v Caernarfon S4C - don't miss it !

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My two eyes are fixed elsewhere Mr K.;)

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Llandudno v Cefn Druids ? Sounds a bit one sided atm to me. (0-3)

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l prefer caviar to gruel Mr K.;)

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You do realise caviar is fish poo don't you Den ? ;)

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Eggs actually, Sturgeons roe. Prefer prawn sandwiches myself. :)

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Final score Bala 1 Canaerfon 0.
Canaerfon fans came dressed as Mexicans, which was handy as the hats kept the off :)

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Roy Keane must have been singling you out when he came out with that famous quote then.;)

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RAIN. :D

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Ayoze Perez. This is getting silly.

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Well worked goal.

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Brighton must be happy that they are safe from relegation now.

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Not quite yet.;)

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One of my non league teams won today and has been relegated. The other lost and is in the play offs. Its a funny old game that can make you sick as a parrot.....

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Be a fairly unexpected 3 points. Almiron, Perez and Rondon were running wild in previous weeks. We've lost two of them, one last week and one today. Longstaff out. Lascelles out every other week. Matt Ritchie playing at Left wing back.

I'd liked to have faced Liverpool with at least the front three. Be fairly lucky to start with Perez and Rondon though.

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Unless a miracle happens.;)

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This would about seal it for Cardiff. Two wins needed with results also going their way.

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This just about sums up a certain Man Utd player currently.:D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CduA0TULnow

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I suspected Ole wouldn't have the balls to drop De Gea, cost them the win today. :(

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Well that is the key to being a good manager as one has to be brave enough to drop out of form big players as Sir Alex would have done.

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Spurs sadly way off the pace, injuries, suspensions and fatigue all taking there toll. Kind of the Erdivesie to give the whole league the weekend off.:rolleyes:

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Given the financial disparity I am not sure Spurs are in the position to complain.

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I see Arsenal managed to get their game moved forward, and they don’t play until Thursday.;)
The Ajax manager tried to use the same financial argument to justify them getting the weekend off, neglecting to mention that they have spent more than Spurs on new players in the last two seasons.

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I reckon Liverpool would pancake Ajax in a final. As last year, Liverpools front three are just silly on their day.

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There is a big obstacle in the way before one can think about being in the final.

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Porto goalkeeper Iker Casillas taken to hospital following heart problems.:(

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48125061

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Could have been 5 or 6 nil at the end, shockingly poor finishing from Mane and Salah looks like costing Liverpool a place in the final. :(

Stunning free kick from Messi.

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Spanish expert Guillem Balague summed up the final scoreline which did a complete injustice to Liverpool..

https://twitter.com/GuillemBalague?r...Ctwgr%5Eauthor

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It'll only end in tears Den. Watch the cricket if I were you, the Premiership luvvies will have their millions to comfort them.