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Ohh this is tricky... My instincts want Villa to get thumped... but then again with Owen out there too...

Was impressed with Campbell yesterday. He seemed at ease and still pretty athletic. Easily Prem quality on yesterday's showing.

Hard to imagine what he was thinking last Summer

Sounds like one of those horror injuries... gutted for the lad

Luckily with the docs available to players nowadays it's more likely he will be back.

Assist for Carroll too on our first goal.

I'd rather Stoke win then Arsenal, it would then mean that it is one less possible club to get relegated this season and increase thechances of Sunderland going down.

Thought that too last week until I looked at the table. They're already on 34 points without today's result... sailing steadily towards being irrelevant.

What Nut said basically.

Probably best for us we not play them next season.

Great header that 

Always nice to see Arsenal get undone by what they would call "non football"

Phew. Get in. Hopefully this streak will last all the way now!

... what's with the all the early goals? Up with that kind of thing!

Ballack is a proper cunt. Very fitting that he plays for Chelsea.

Get in. Great result this would be

what a goal!

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They did the same the first time Shearer and Bellamy met again at Ewood Park when we beat them 3-0 (iirc).

You mean Blackburn fans booed Shearer?

From what I remember that was the only time they didn't boo him because it was his last season/last visit to Ewood.

Chelsea fans booing Bridge. Hardly surprising, a classless petty club all the way through.

lol at Sky also, they usually have one last ad break just after the players come out... they've switched around their whole ritual to show that.

No shake

Awesome.

Everton most certainly.

Villa can go fuck themselves. I don't really mind City so why not them would be a decent change.

Lomana Lua Lua starts upfront for Olympiacos against Bordeaux tonight in the Champions League.

Really?! Cool. Look forward to seeing him again, hope he doesn't do too well though.

This is on now: http://www.facebook.com/castrolfootball?v=app_6009294086&ref=search

E.g he could be Ronaldo VS Germany scoring that hattrick.

Double. This thread just keeps getting worse and worse for you

Brazil's Ronaldo to quit in 2011

 

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47353000/jpg/_47353565_ronaldo2.jpg

 

Two-time World Cup winner Ronaldo has announced he will retire from professional football at the end of next year.

 

The Brazilian, regarded as one of the best footballers ever, has spent most of his career in Europe but will end it with Corinthians in his homeland.

 

"I've already made up my mind - these will be my last two," said the striker.

 

Ronaldo, 33, has scored 62 goals in 97 appearances for Brazil and hopes to be in squad for this summer's World Cup.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/8529228.stm

Is there a realistic chance he'll make it to the World Cup this Summer? Hope so.

What do people think of leagues making concessions to teams in the Champions League? It really struck me as unsporting when Bordeaux were allowed to postpone their league match this weekend to prepare for the Champions League.

Not the first time it's happened this season either. The CL is a big deal for French football fans, the French FA are desperate for a team to do well.

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I had the cold hard facts though!

Just checked out of curiosity:

01-02: 71 pts

02-03: 69 pts