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No. 39 Doh!

Irish apparently aren't imports. Otherwise, surely Given must rate higher than Kasey Keller (100). Speaking of which, how did they put Keller on that list and omit Brad Friedel?

You what? He shouldn't be in the top 5 of that list Of course he should. He played for Man Utd!

under premier league rules, the opposition is allowed access to any part of the pitch at any time after a match, so the groundsman wasn't doing his job Maybe the whole thing was planned? Say the groundsman was meant to entice Evra into a fight and subsequently unsettle the whole club before a Champions League semi-final and title run in. Notice how no Chelsea players were involved whatsoever. There were what, 6 or 7 Man Utd players out there and this whole story does not affect Chelsea players or Avram Grant at all. I reckon Chelsea would have rather played Barcelona in the final. We don't know what Abramovich is capable of, and I wouldn't put this past him. FFS The Chelsea board put their heads together and this is what they came up with? Roman is evidently not capable of much intrigue at all. I would've tried to hook (the other) Ronaldo up with some transvestites. But that's just me.

Nice; Now NUFC beats Chelsea. Chelsea beats Manchester United in CL final.

Do you believe that Taylor is a better defender than Faye?

A 90th minute goal by Henry would be quite nice.

Newcastle set to rebuff Liverpool offer for Harper Strikes me as really odd.

Iniesta? Madness. Great eye; great passer.

Krazy George The man responsible.

It takes a special kind of managerial incompetence to almost relegate a team with this much talent. Kind of like dropping five points to Derby.

Malbranque? FFS

Timo Hildebrand. yes, please

Fucking hate Liverpool fans.

I've got nothing better to do than to repeatedly refresh this thread. Anything new in the past five minutes?

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The most popular league in the United States is not MLS, but the Primera División de México-- by some distance. The football is of much higher quality.

Beye, Faye, and Enrique are the best defenders that club has had since Woodgate left. Well, that's not saying much. But it speaks volumes.

I get the feeling you must watch football all day every day. You seem to know every player in the world. That, or he plays FM every day.

I think that the "Enrique is shit" line was born out of Allardyce starting N'Zogbia in front of him at left back. And that says more about Allardyce than Enrique. Note that the first change that Nigel Pearson made made after Allardyce was sacked was to return Enrique to the starting 11. And Keegan brought in Enrique almost immediately after he had a chance to watch him train and play. Pretty obvious to anyone who actually bothers to watch him (Allardyce excepted), that he's class. Edit: But, then, Allardyce did buy him didn't he.

The Guardian comment about Enrique being a weak link irked me as well. It was Louise Taylor (or Marina Hyde?) who made a comment back when N'Zogbia was starting -- about Enrique being a bust. It's an idée fixe and she (they) hasn't really bothered watching him play. Just mouthing received wisdom. At one point last week Enrique made a brilliant play where he sort of flicked the ball to himself over a defender -- and the commentator remarked that he had lost the ball and recovered. To me it was manifestly obvious that Enrique knew exactly what he was doing and did it quite deftly. I guess left backs aren't supposed to know how to dribble.

Beye. No contest really.

Pisses me off when he's not throughly despicable. Which is probably what he was trying to do. Asshole.

Rather go for Carvalho. Class.

Barton the worst signing? In the league? Rubbish. He wasn't even our worst signing. And he's the one player on this list that could still work out for the team that purchased him.