Optimistic Nut

Woodgate starts for Real Madrid against Arsenal. Robert starts for Benfica against Liverpool.

My money would be on Bellamy.

Not forgetting of course, the 3.30pm Friday press conference where Shepherd denies denying that he'd denied the Hitzfeld story, live on SSN.

Good film, but no Captain's Tale. Now THAT'S a good film.

Curvaceous tbh.

Bring on whoever. 8 clean-sheets in our last 10 FA Cup ties.

Robert Lee is doing the draw. Let's hope he gives us a nice home tie.

And certainly not 3 times in 4 months.

Latest World Rankings 40 - Henman 43 - Rusedski 47 - Murray I reckon he'll be British number one within the next month.

His lass didn't seem too keen when he tried kissing her like.

Another match-point in the tie-break now...6-3 up. HE'S DONE IT! 7-3 in the tie-break!

It went to a tie-break...and Murray has just took a mini-break to go 2-0 up.

One set apiece in the final, and Murray has had TWO match-points on Hewitt's serve. It's live on Eurosport 2 for anyone interested.

Think now Brock.

Spot on Gemmill, it made me cringe watching the BBC Lunchtime news the other afternoon and they were creaming over the fact some lass finished 11th in the skiing. Woopee-frigging-do. If they then told us she was blind and only had one leg then I would have been impressed.

When was the last time there were no none-Premiership clubs in the last 8?

Scum. Sub-human scum.

At the Olympics or World Championships of Athletics when you get some crap 400m runner called Jo Smith who finished 7th in the First Heat, and talks after the race in a pally way to Sally Gunnell at trackside panting and gasping for air saying, "I tried my beeest. I ran the first 200 pretty well but then I got tireeeed. I wanted to beat my personal best but it's a great experience and I'll learn from it"...only the daft bitch is never seen again.

Jesus, 2 goals in a minute. Johansson for Wigan, Defoe straight away for Spurs. 2-2.

Because it cleverly shifts the pressure off Shepherd in finding a top-class replacement now. By giving Owen the number 9, he's basically conning us into thinking, "right, there's your great number 9, oh, and say hello to Peter Crouch who arrives on loan".

Yeah, but it wasn't good enough just going on phone-ins, etc. like people normally do, they went way over the top to the point where it's p*ssed off the local media by the looks of things, and Shepherd himself.

I called it the "Kieron 2000" yesterday. Looked like the player who first broke onto the scene and made the like of Leeds & Man U offer top bucks for him.

The campaigners have done more damage than good. Their aim was to get him in the media spotlight, but they just couldn't leave it at that.

Has just produced his by far his best result of his career to date. He beat Andy Roddick 7-5, 7-5 to get through to the final, where he'll play Lleyton Hewitt. http://www.skysports.com/skysports/article...1212772,00.html

If this stays the same, we'll be just 14 points off 4th, with 2 games in hand, and Spurs still to visit St James'.