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Ben Arfa starts after 3 months out with hamstring trouble on a plastic pitch?.. that's asking for it iyam

Wouldnt touch Martinez...think people are taken in by him and his lovely accent....you've got to look at what he's acheived on a bog standard premier league budget...next to fuck all. You need to look for the over acheivers tbh. See also Brenda at Liverpool.

Not at 70k a fuckin week we won't

Wonder what the English teams' league table looks like? i.e. which English clubs have played the most games in Europe?....this is our 131st according to .com.. United will break new ground on Thursday when they play the 131st competitive European fixture in their history and their first in Russia. That will be the 25th different country they've visited in 66 away games as follows: 7 visits: France, Netherlands 6 visits: Spain 5 visits: Belgium, Italy, Portugal 3 visits: Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ukraine 2 visits: Norway, Scotland, Serbia, Switzerland 1 visit: Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, England, Estonia, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden.

So he's broke his back but can spend 10 hours in a plane to Buenos Aires?...righty oh Maybe the deal was wait till Mbiwa gets settled then fuck off?....

Hiddink throws us what Bob Paisley used to call " a bit of toffee" via sky sports: “We are going to have another very interesting and very tough contest against a team who reinforced themselves in the past weeks dramatically in a positive way.” “It’s a strong team.” “We have seen them in their contests in Europe, but also we have seen them in the games they have recently played in the Premier League.” “When you see the last game against Swansea, they were dominating, dominating, dominating and they got a very unlucky goal in the last part of the game against them. But you could see it’s a modern team, so it’s a big challenge for our players.” “In my opinion, Newcastle are a stronger team, first of all because they play in the English Premier League, which looks to be a stronger competition than the Bundesliga.” “Also, they have recently had a good improvement in their results and they have made a good upturn in the table, and also they have high-quality national team players in their line-up.” “But we will be looking to play our own game. We also have some high-quality players in our team.” “Regarding ourselves, we are very happy, of course, that we have reached our aim that we set at the beginning of the season, to survive the winter-time in Europe,” he added. “Then we got a good result against Hannover in the two games and then you are in the last 16 in Europe, which is a very good success.” “But having got there, we are so eager to see what we can do to make the next step, and it’s also good to see how our team is in comparison with teams who have the experience already of playing for many years in a tough league, plus sometimes Europe.”

Its strange, am I right in saying a lot of this sort of stuff comes from Football Manager?.... Tiote and Sissoko are as different as Gazza and Davey Mac were, but the distinction wasn't made back then; they were both "midfielders".You'd say Davey Mac "sits in" to describe his position. A lot of this modern lingo leaves me a bit bemused tbh. And why don't we have players like Rob Lee or Gary Speed any more, who could do everything needed of a midfield player? attack, defend, score goals, tackle, win headers etc etc..? Am I sounding like an old fart yet?....

itv4 am lead to believe......

I'll bow to your superior knowlegde...is there an acronym for his posistion?

Isnt that just Pardew playing him in his natural posistion? 17 votes to get rid of Cisse. Fuck me theres some short memories round here

When was that?...around Christmas 1990?...anyone calling for his head after that is a touch on the misguided side..

From the beeb Former Manchester United midfielder Roy Keane on ITV: "I think the referee has actually made the right call. Everyone's upset about it and it's slightly unlucky, but it's dangerous play. Whether he meant it or not is irrelevant. It's dangerous play - it's a red card. You have to be aware of other players on the pitch. Does he think he's going to have 20 yards to himself? Whether it's [a brave decision] or not, it's the right decision. Whether he meant it or not doesn't matter. Nani's a quick boy to go down anyway. He's not the bravest player on the planet." Paddy Crerand, who played for Manchester United from 1963-1971, told BBC Radio Ulster: "Roy Keane was in a minority of one. Not one person said it was a red card except Roy. Does Roy want to be noticed? "Why are we talking about Roy Keane? Why do we not talk about the 99.9% of people who said it wasn't a sending off. Why are we talking about Roy Keane - because he played for Manchester United. Well, let me tell you something. I played with Manchester United, I played in a European Cup final, Roy didn't. The referee was wrong."

You actually can't see the great wall of China from the moon, it's an urban myth.

Reported

Keegan had John Beresford at left back

Hmmm...Livepool side which lost one nil v Anzhi...any first choice players?...looking at this (adnmittedly flimsy) evidence we should get a result out there if the top team is picked...will HBA be on the bench?... 01 Jones 16 Coates 23 Carragher 38 Flanagan Booked 47 Wisdom 10 Cole (Assaidi - 77' ) 14 Henderson 19 Downing 33 Shelvey Booked 35 Coady (Suso - 61' ) 50 Morgan (Pacheco - 61' )

Was this one of the signs MT?

Who told him he'd be better off at left back?...are we being sold a pup basically because the Italian national side are short of left backs and someones told him he's a shoe in if he can stand up and kick the ball in a straight line?

Its not only his failure to get back, he's constantly being pulled out of posisition when he's trying to defend as well. He's not got enough of a defensive head on his shoulders, hes got midfileder stamped all over him iyam. Age has little to do with this, this is his second season and some of the mistakes he's making are pretty fundamental. Haidara is even younger, and throwing him in is a huge gamble. We'll see. Jonas not being played consistantly in front of him hasnt helped Santon this season either, and I think if Haidara is to get a run then he'll pretty much have to be chosen there.

Davide Santon...am assuming that his replacement is here already Unless we try him in midfield, because iyam he'll not be a defender of sufficient quality as long as I've got a fuckin hole in my arse. Although this is a bit depressing to say because I think theres little doubt he's a good footballer. Can you add Shola to the list?...

Thats awful Davey, hope everything is ok, as you say it sounds an horrific thing for anyone to witness let alone two little girls seeing their mam like that.

http://fourfourtwo.com/blogs/fourfourtwoview/archive/2013/02/05/in-the-new-issue-inside-borussia-dortmund-gerrard-amp-carra-in-conversation.aspx As you say, very bright! Don't think a measure like that would work in this country, the big club's laugh at doing something for the national team, and already have academies packed with foreign young ins...or buy young foreign players in, like us.

http://m.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/mar/02/qpr-harry-redknapp-dubai anyone see this strap-on's post game interviews yesterday?....sounds like he fucked an agent over and now the agent is looking to fuck QPR over...swim with sharks 'Arry and you'll get bitten...Willie Mckay not happy with his fee for the Remy deal perhaps?....

Mbiwas halo slipped a bit this afternoon...all the defenders are pretty new to each other mind so maybe shit like this is to be expected...could have had 3 ourselves before that though.

Looking physically stronger than the swans here....knowing us we'll get suckered though....