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Its all very well for you la-de-da Premiership ponces who can sit on your arse and get 30M for doing FUCK ALL!! 3 weeks back we were flying, then Gregan went out with a knee injury and another 2 through suspension. Oldham have a tiny squad, what signings we did try to make were loan only and even then the players wont come as they want permanent deals. We're not completely out of it, but blowing the last 4 games has seriously hurt us. We need to get back to winning ways asap.

I'm also not looking at flights now!

Plus Stoke want Porter on loan with a view to a permanent deal in the summer, though I cannot imagine Sheridan letting anyone leave!

We'll have no choice, I reckon that a few of the players have chosen to stay as we're doing well, but if we dont get promotion, they'll go elsewhere. I'm not sure but I think Porters contract is up either this season or next season?

the Manchester Blue Jays!!

That's just the point, i won't be able to take the piss out of the MU Rowdies or the Liverpool Stealers anymore if a septic gets our team

Poetic really, innit?

Actually Manchester Blue Tits has a better ring don't you think??

Blackeye Rovers in the Q Final instead of the Arse, bring it on !!!

I see white, I see blue, I see light blue, I see lots of yellow and red. Oh! what a colourful day we will have.

Here we go again, septics have bought into Millwall of all places .

This has to be one of the funniest stories I have read in a long long time. It really made my day and has had me laughing loudly ever since I read it

Ferguson tells Mourinho to SHUT UP

And this coming from a man who has made a career out of moaning about the unfair treatment from referees and how they have had it in for his team. Do me a favour Ferguson! A perfect pot and kettle situation.


Hmm... And of course Ferguson is the last person to accuse someone of bemoaning the treatment of his players by referees.

Thanks Sir Alex! That really made my day!

We iz in Ur game buying yer clubz.

Also, in more entertaining news:
Stuart Pearce has warned the Manchester City board the club's Premiership status is being put in peril by a lack of investment.

With his uncanny ability to find bargains like Samaras for 6m, I don't know why they don't want to give him more money.

Stuart Pearce won't be manager of Man City for much longer anyway. He will be "allowed" to concentrate on the England U21's before too long

You gotta feel sorry for The Scouse Reds. Trudgin' off the field on Saturday afternoon they looked like 11 babies who had just had their collective ice lolly 'alf inched from the pram.

Then, this morning I notice that Captain Scarlet says, "Liverpool need three top-notch signings". No shit? Kevin Keeganism, or what?

Now, I'm not a Scouse Red hater. To me they're just another team. They don't even get into The Book of Hate like The Arse, or Leeds United (although, it may be several years before we have to worry about the likes of the Yorkshire Mafia again). It's just sad that The Scouse Reds would seem to have one of the best defences in The Premiership and two semi-world class goalkeepers, one of which is racing towards The David James Award for 2006/7. Even the midfield is pretty good. But, let's face it, the likes of Kuyt, Crouch and Bellamy would be considered top-notch strikers in The Championship. In The Premiership... no way. Daft buggers even let little Mickey Owen go... for the money, and then couldn't even get him back when he realised that Spain wasn't for him.

So, here's a tip for you Rafi baby; you are gonna need the new Shearer, or a van Nistlerooy, or a Drogba, or even a young Andy Cole. You'll probably continue to make Europe with what you've got. But, you'll not take The Premiership with Kuyt, Crouch and Bellamy. Sorry. United have stuck 66 goals past the opposition in The Premiership, Chelsea 50. You're on 44. This should be a sign to youse.

West Ham are all but doomed and it seems they are intent on defying the FA by fielding Tevez even though they know he's ineligble. I heard a 5pt deduction was on the cards?

They could give them a 5 point bonus and they'd still be going down. Me old man is doin' 'is nut, and blowin' bubbles out the wrong end.

but before the season you would have thought a Man U attack with basically just Rooney may have been a bit weak

Ronaldo 16, Saha 13, Rooney 12, Solskjaer 10. Who's complaining?

Crouch 13, Kuyt 10, Bellamy 9, Pennant 1

I'm complaining ! Our strikers couldn't hit a pig's arse with a banjo ffs

er yeah, you may have noticed that I wrote 'before the season'

Sad innit bluedave? Barton 6, Samaras 6, Vassell 3, Ireland 3

Before the season BR, it would seem that there was a hefty bit of sandbaggin' goin' on. Ronaldo The Winker was off to sunny climes. Just shows you how wrong we can all get it. We've all barked on about Larsson, but he's only scored 2 goals, and he's gone now anyway.

I think though Sin that the key to Uniteds year has been Ronaldo, you take him out of that equation and there is virtually no difference between the two stats you post. Plus he is the key to Uniteds future success too, whether he is still at Old Trafford next year remains to be seen.

I'd be the first to agree that Ronaldo is having a blindin' season.

Why would you care about the Yorkshire mafia??

Like the vast majority of Scum fans, I'll wager you have never been north of the watford gap!!

At least you have lived in the same country mind, better than many!!

Only reason Scum are winning the league this year is Ronaldo, without him, Chelsea would have already won the league. I say this with no bias, as for the first time in mayn years I would actually prefer Utd to win the league rather than the other team in with a shout!

Cheeky fecker. I was standin' in The Stretford End as early as 1976, mate.

Hey, this is not fair, Liverpool definitely deserved at least a draw on Saturday, and Man Poo did steal this. For the strikers, Kuyt is not bad, he works his socks off, and is a strong player, Bellamy is another player that works hard, and has only just started hitting the net, but since the first went in, he has got better. Crouch is there just to make it difficult for short defences.

There is a need for maybe a top class striker, but I am more worried about the selection some times. Speedy Gonza is useless, but just because he is Spanish speaking they keep him. Then there is this discussion about Momo, yeah, he is a tough tackler, but this is needed for specific games and not all the time, Liverpool looked much better and had more shape when Gerrard moved into the centre. Momo should be dropped and only bought in for those games you need to defend and are against a good midfield.

They do lack a real top class striker though. Kuyt is alruyt, but not world class, which is what they undoubtedly lack. Scum are missing a finisher since they sold Diving Horse faced cunt, but they do not feelit because Ronaldo (diving moaning faced cheating little fucker) is scoring so many. I would have Martins, Yakubu, Saha, Berbatov over any of the Liverpool front players.

You certainly have no-ne fit to lace up (a fit) Owen's bootlaces!!

berbatov just about the only decent player spurs have really. and the best since ardiles.

wouldnt be surprised to see him off to liverpool in summer to link up with another leverkusen reject voronin.

Poxy quote function ain't workin'.


If it were fair, mate, then each team would hold the trophies on a rotational basis. Bellamy only just starting hitting the net makes up for him hitting everybody else. Crouch is overrated, either in a red or a white shirt.

Agree, Bellamy is a risible little shit...

His "explanation" last week in the media about what happened with him and Riise is priceless...

How the fuck can "I just lost it" explain his actions. Thick as pigshit little thug!!

I am not sure how Rafa will use voronin, I think he's just to keep the bench warm where Fowler used to sit, as Liverpool will probably not renew Fowler's contract. (He's English, and Rafa generally seems to only like foreign players - getting like another Arsenal)

Voronin?! Jesus Christ, why? He's shit.

Kuyt is a fine player, I think, whose efforts certainly open up possibilities for others but he's not going to bang in 20 a season.

Bellamy also has talent, and made Vidic look like a pub player on Saturday, but while he's good at getting behind defenders, he's not so great at knowing what to do next (see the botched layoff to Kuyt, for example).

Crouch, while not being as bad as plenty made him out to be last season, is not good enough for a team with title aspirations.

Are you sayin' that Crouch should be playin' for Newcastle then?

Urrmmm... Not quite. Fowler will not have his contract renewed because a striker that basically only scores penalties is not really what a team wants. OK, so Shearer survived a couple of seasons doing just that but he was always a menace and was capable of scoring outrageous goals. Fowler is not what he was and never will be. Kuyt has the talent to become world class but he needs a truly world class partner up front, which we do not have. Bellamy needs to go, as does, sadly, Crouch - he is just too one-dimensional. Of course Liverpool deserved to win on Saturday but that is a pointless statistic because, regardless of the domination, you still have to score goals, which is something we just cannot do. I like to draw a comparison with Mallorca a few seasons back. They were one of the best teams in La Liga and hardly conceded a goal, but they could not score to save their lives. Once the defence gets rocky then you just do not have the firepower up front to offset that. And that is Liverpool's problem - too much emphasis on the defence and not enough up front

I'm always bemused by the notion that a team "deserved" to win the game after a loss or draw. It seems a very overused saying. Unless officiating actually causes the result of the game to be shifted toward a specific team, I really don't see the point.

All the saying does is to rub a little salt into the wounds... "You got beaten but you deserved to win, if you had actually bothered to score any goals"


There is someone on Toytown who would, no doubt, more than happy to discuss this with you...

Wait! Persistent rumours suggest that Alex Ferguson is going to ask The FA if he can give one point of the three points won on Saturday back to Liverpool in a show of goodwill. After all, it's not really their fault United scored. Blame must be squarely laid at the extended foot of one John O'Shea. Has he no charity, damn it?

So Ferguson told Mourinho to not get involved in the verbal outbursts against referees that Ferguson will always be remembered forkeep quiet and Mourinho has refused. This could be fun

Could very well be his destination, ya know...would also be a typical signing for that idiot club, getting yet another striker when the defence is shit.

We definitely need another striker. I would prefer it not to be Crouch. We also need a left back, but have enough coming through for the rest of the defence. Taylor is quality, Bramble is good when he has a partner that can marshall him. Solano has been a revelation at right back. Then we have Huntingdon and Edgar coming through, both looked fine when they came in. Stephen Carr as well, but he is shyte. I think Liverpool need a good striker more than Newcastle need a better defence. Delighted to watch the Scum beat you lot at the weekend, far too many like yourselfs, right up yourself and quick to have a go at other clubs.

If you had any kind of clue about Newcastle, you would realise that our biggest problem this season is scoring goals.

Having to rely on Sibierksi is just not good enough, he has done okay for a free transfer, but he is no Owen!

Newastle have had more players out than any other team this season and respect to Roeder also as he has not complained about it and just got on with his job.

Yup, the good thing that has come out of that is that we now have about 5 or 6 teenagers who we know can come in and do a decent job. Actually, I said above that Man U are going to win this because of Ronaldo, but I think maybe even more important is the lack of injuries to key players.

When we played Man U at SJP and drew, our central defensive partnership was Edgar and Huntingdon!!

yes another great season for the ''big club'' with the ''great fans''

midtable obscurity, no trophies and more millions into shepherds and halls private cayman islands accts.

Still in the Uefa Cup cuntox!

Isn't that the one that's a smaller version of the Bovril Mug?

It's the one that has so far added about 8m to our coffers, and only cos we won the even smaller mug called the Intertwobob cup

And in fact... We are being presented the Intertoto Cup on Thursday night before the match as we went furthest out of the qualifiers from that joke of a competition

you can have 12s big club with great fans to win big cup great trophy uefa cup.

shake?

No thanks, I don't think we will get past AZ Alkmaar...

plus that is really generous when 16-1 is available on Betfair