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What an incredibly dim thing to come out with. That's staggering.

Can't believe he's expecting praise for simply doing his job. Like that Chris Rock sketch where he takes the piss out of parents for boasting about looking after their kids.

I'm proud of the fact that we're still attempting to grind points out even though we're safe. Might send him another email to congratulate him and his team for doing their jobs.

Selling the problem on rather than doing his job and managing it. We've been here before and ended up a weaker team as a result. Same thing's going to happen when Ben Arfa inevitably moves and plays for a proper manager.

Mata's cup-tied too isn't he? They're fucked regardless tbh but they'll be able to offer nothing but stoic resistance for the full 3 hours of the tie. Marvellous.

Sweepstake on the aggregate score? I'll go 7-2.

Our league game with them falls in between the 2 German beastings.

As far as bottling things go that's right up there.

Fair play.

Just remembered that we've still got to play them again...

No, and I imagine he won't unless we're cruising in a game and we get a penalty while he's on the pitch. Sorry.

Why? He's as miserable as they come. He is, and his style of football isn't much to desire, but I just think he has - in a way - drawn the short straw going there. He's not a bad manager and the way the media go on about him suggests he is. No-one would have matched up to Ferguson who wasn't already at a "super club" for love of a better term. Sticks two fingers up at the media and any fans doubting him the result tonight. For me, from what little I have seen of ManUre this season, it's the players who need to be held responsible and the amount of desire shown. Moyes has proved over the past 12 years he's a very good manager. The opposing argument is incredibly weak. At a specific club with specific aims/resources, I'd agree without question. He's failed miserably to step it up though and achieve what he should have achieved with the raw materials he inherited. He's taken over the league champions and could very well finish 7th. Building a battling squad against the odds to punch above their (financial) weight he's excellent. Taking a massively talented squad and maintaining the continued success then he's fallen flat on his face. He's a very good manager but only if the club suits his skill-set. He's the wrong man at the wrong club and it's only a matter of time before they bin him for a better fit. Could be months, could be years but Moyes will never deliver the level of success that a club of that stature needs and demands.

Dortmund would beat them over 2 legs I reckon. Fucking Sunderland beat them over 2 legs.

Last minute Olympiakos goal here would be heart-breaking...

Norwich will have a real go at them (fir a change) but get picked off on the counter. 1-2.

Quite agree. I think his ego would get a kick out of getting things back on track again though.

Ferguson. Yep. Fucker's never actually left. He's just vacated the bench for a brief period of time and watched it unravel. He'd be more than willing to step back in for a year or so until they find a proper new manager rather than this pretendy one.

Ferguson.

Since when has touching the ball in a tackle meant that it can't possibly have been a foul? He's won the ball therefore it can't be a free-kick/booking etc? Give over.

Also played the loan market really well and signed a few players who ensured promotion. The emergence of Andy Carroll also helped obviously. Harewood, Van Aarnholt, Kizanishvili, Hall in on loan plus Best and Routledge, combined with what we kept, pissed the league.

Honestly think Sunderland need to go down to give them the chance to rip it up and start afresh. Finishing 17th or whatever will probably mean another struggle next season and so on. Go down, lance the boil and come back up a leaner, better squad, it's shit in the short-term but if they've got a bit of nous then they may be able to work it in their favour. General consensus on the SMB is that losing 10+ players is a good thing. Just means 10+ players will need to be signed to replace them, 10+ signing-on fees, 10+ agents to be paid and 10+ players who aren't going to play for free. It's a hell of a blow but if the situation is managed correctly then a team can bounce back stronger.

Yep. Though I've hated a lot about them over the last few years, I'm starting to think it would be good just for someone else to win it for a change. 'Someone else' - yes. These cunts - definitely not. You'd never hear the end of it. There's only Arsenal though and I think they'll probably bottle it. Some really tasty looking fixtures still to come for both though, should be good. Arsenal won't win it but Liverpool, as much as it pains me to say it, have a genuine shot at it. The vast majority of their fans are loathsome imo, and that's always been my main bugbear with the club. It's the mentality of the people who follow it, it's nothing to do with the people of Liverpool because Evertonians don't act like they do. It's that club. Can't stand it.

Yep. Though I've hated a lot about them over the last few years, I'm starting to think it would be good just for someone else to win it for a change. 'Someone else' - yes. These cunts - definitely not. You'd never hear the end of it.

Stop it.