Rich

James Weatherup wrote that article. True dat, nowt to do with Beasley.

Said he's not renewing on his way out as well like, so you may be in luck. Thought the booing of the Martins substitution was a fucking disgrace yesterday as well, and I loved how Keegan was vindicated with our second goal. Could have gone the other way like, obviously, but that's what managing is all about.

Bloke next to me shouted "fuck off Keegan" when he took Martins off and left on 77 minutes, with the score at 1-0. Fantastic support.

Do you mean Jeff Vetere who is now our Technical Co-ordinator, he is English and was working for Real Madrid. Andrew Burgess said. "Mention the name of any footballer and he will tell you who he has played for, how many goals he has scored and even what size boots he wears." Yes, that's him. Just found the original article. I remembered reading he had links with Luton Town and was wondering if that was the connection here. Doubtful though as he was just an apprentice at Luton. http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2249017,00.html Then I found this.. http://jlmd.blogspot.com/2008/02/jaccuse-jeff-vetere.html ..which is basically a Hammer fan trying to blame Vetere for the Tevez/Mascerano saga I think. (Check out Dennis Wise in the picture, he's a dwarf! And who is it standing far right?) http://i29.tinypic.com/wtdg5w.jpg Tony Jimenez. Where have you been like??

Fantasy football-tastic.

It was pre-season wasn't it? Against Athletic Bilbao. It was after the 2nd consecutive 11th finish under SBR. I think there were a number of factors - the previous season not being great (we'd stood still and not had a cup run for the first time in a while), the opposition, the timing (people still being on their hols etc.). Laurent Robert made his debut like, which was the main reason I went from what I can remember. It was all a bit naff. 17,500 or so attended, methinks.

Fantastic highlights there. Having a Spurs season ticket these past few years must have been fucking special. Cunts.

More disgraceful officiating in that Spurs match, sort it out man lads. Still, when it all goes against them you won't hear me complain TOO much... hohoho.

Howay man. Ahead of Terry, Vidic, Ferdinand, King, Woodgate, etc.?

Fuck me, another insane red card. Very pissed off by the increasing namby pamby nature of our league, fucking ridiculous. A Wigan win is better than a Bolton win, I suppose, but like others have said a draw is the best result. I can't watch anymore of that shite though, and Spurs has just started now as well. Howay the Man Shitty!

Wigan/Bolton has the potential to be the most atrocious Premiership match for some time. ...Watch it be a 4-3 thriller now...

Having taken the time to look, there's no quotes in the Marca story, and they talk as though Keegan leaving is practically a certainty "at the end of the season". Nothing of any substance whatsoever. Smells like bollocks to me.

I don't know why the Spanish press would give a shit tbh. yeah it's from marca i think hardly press shit-stirring. No matter where it has come from (Marca has been wrong about us a fair bit in the past, mind) the useage of words like "claims", "reports", etc. and no quotes, no facts, no substance leads me to believe it's utter tosh. OR that the actual facts have been distorted by Sky Sports to give the story more substance. Could it have been as simple as Jimenez and Marcelino being seen together? Did they play golf together? Is there anything solid in the story?

Dogged. Impressive description He's right though. Often played with the entire team behind the ball, but did look menacing on the break with the pace of Tuncay, O'Neil, Aliadiere and Downing. Didn't really create much and kept Arsenal at arm's length for the most part. Would have been proud to see us play like that, to be honest.

I like Folan from Hull as well, who is on a similar level to Campbell probably in terms of ability/potential. He fucking raped us at Wigan last season, seems a bit of a cycle path though.

Aye, they all speak quite highly of him as well - I haven't got along to watch Hull yet, actually, as I'm usually home most weekends watching our lot. Apparently they can sign him for £2M at the end of this loan, but the lads all reckon there'll be some bigger teams in for him - seem gutted that they might lose him. Not sure he'll ever really "do it" at the top level, but obviously a top-drawer Championship player with the potential to play a part in the Premiership, I'd say.

If I hadn't had a haunting gambling experience recently I would have banged some wedge on Man Utd to win the title after Eduardo's injury. It was nailed-on to be something very difficult for the Arsenal players to get over, and I've been saying since then that I can see them fading away come the end of the season due to their squad not being as strong as Man Utd's or Chelsea's. Man Utd deserve the title, for me, best team I've seen at St. James' for a long, long time. That hurt me to type.

It's a man's game, mate, or it used to be...

I don't think it was. No way was it intentional man Wullie, the fat pig was just trying to control the ball, I'm amazed he can even lift his leg that high. Yellow card for dangerous play, surely? When there's no intention there? When is there ever intention? No-one has ever gone into a tackle in the box thinking "think I might as well give away a penalty here like". Even two footed tackles are usually an attempt to get the ball but they're dangerous and punished accordingly. Intention should have nothing to do with the ref's decision. It's not like handball when sometimes it genuinely can't be helped. How very contrary, it's mince pies like you who'll have this being a non-contact sport sooner rather than later. A missing ear is a small price to pay for the money these lads get paid man, I want to see more blood and gore on the football pitch, not less! From what I saw, Mido looked at nowt but the ball and was trying to bring it down on his boot. The height difference between the players comes into it, of course, and Clichy deserves credit for even putting his head up there with a rogue boot in his vicinity, but howay man, red card? First offence? On the pitch 9 minutes? Insane decision.

I don't think it was. Boot to face - intentional or not is a red card. Plus his studs caught Clichy's eye, I hope there is no lasting damage Bloody f****** dumb idiot. Did they fuck catch him in the eyes man. They replayed it about 5 times and he caught him around the ear if anywhere... I did worry that his ear had been torn off from one angle, as something flew off Mido's boot on contact... I'll wait for PM's opinion, I suppose, but it was incredibly harsh against a player trying to control a ball to relieve some pressure on his amittedly cuntish team. Was that not the triggers for his detonator? Booooooooo!!!! (m) Only joking folks!

I don't think it was. Boot to face - intentional or not is a red card. Plus his studs caught Clichy's eye, I hope there is no lasting damage Bloody f****** dumb idiot. Did they fuck catch him in the eyes man. They replayed it about 5 times and he caught him around the ear if anywhere... I did worry that his ear had been torn off from one angle, as something flew off Mido's boot on contact... I'll wait for PM's opinion, I suppose, but it was incredibly harsh against a player trying to control a ball to relieve some pressure on his amittedly cuntish team.

Adebayor's Ameobi impression was fantastic today, as well. 10/10.

I don't think it was. No way was it intentional man Wullie, the fat pig was just trying to control the ball, I'm amazed he can even lift his leg that high. Yellow card for dangerous play, surely? When there's no intention there?

He somehow missed the ball coming off a Boro player to Adebayor in the first half, too. From about five yards away. Must have missed that, didn't see the whole game. Every Arsenal game at the Emirates that I seem to watch on TV is like a fucking tape has been put in and I'm watching the same match I saw last week. 11 men behind the ball from the away side, Hleb acting as though he will be castrated if he has the gall to shoot, about a million tippy-tappy passes around the penalty area. Bendtner being shite on the ball and giving it away, Walcott running down blind alleys. It's very frustrating when you really want the other team to lose. Arsenal fans as well, fucking shite.

How could he blow the whistle then? Why was he always in the fucking way when Arsenal were attacking? How the fuck was that a red card for Mido? Why the fuck didn't 'Boro get a free-kick instead of Arsenal's corner for the goal? How in the name of shite did Adebayor warrant a free-kick against him in the build-up to 'Boro's goal? It was just a pure catalogue of shite from Fat Halsey, but at least the Beasts didn't win.