gazza ladra

Looks like he might have done his metatarsal again. He mouthed to the referee 'i've broken my foot' and then to the physio 'i think it's broken'. It never ends...

So, how serious is the Barton injury?

Viduka MOTM

Don't we need Taylor's crossing?

Ive counted two bad passes. He been rather lackadaisical with the ball. Still, cant complain about him and Geremi. Well, I can complain. But not if Butt would be the other option.

hope someone can make an animated gif of that tackle! That would be good.

Ronaldo grabbing his face. Fortunate. Ferdinand with a yellow. We came out of that surprisingly well.

God Smith is sloppy.

Nice Enrique!

Nice quickness with Oba and Lovenkrands up top. Keep them a bit honest.

Ok, that's it.

Well, Martins might of scored two headers in the first half. But point taken. We've been dreadful.

Leads the team. Still. :-[

I'm a bit surprised by this-- well, I suppose I shouldn't be. These rules would, I think, be pretty disastrous for the national teams in the developing world. I'm thinking of Africa in particular. They've got all of their best players in Europe playing for the best clubs in the world and that door is going to be shut in their faces. The opportunities for improvement will be cut off for a lot of talented players. FIFA here does not seem, to me, to be representing the best interests of those players or of the national FAs. In any case, this is clearly a labor issue. The EU is 100% right IMO.

Hate to say it but, I think PSG will win it.

Werder Bremen knock out Milan!

Pretty amazing. Aab score three in three minutes. Well that's that for Depor.

Scott Parker

The first thing that popped into my head.

I'm pretty sure that I saw him play for the Vancouver Whitecaps. Had no idea who he was of course.

1-1 How many corners have had Hull had anyway?

To me it looked intentional. If it wasn't a Newcastle player i'm sure we would all be calling for a longer ban. If it were Nicky Butt, I know I would.

Definitely would rather see Spurs lose. We can catch Hull-- I think we will. Spurs have a better goal differential than us; I'd rather we keep as many teams as possible between us and the drop. The more pressure on Redknapp and company, the better.

Not a bad purchase. Decent player that was within our budget and filled a need. Not knocking him in any way. I'd much rather have Barton or Guthrie... that's all. And who knows? I grew to adore Sibierski. You know?

It took time to bring the change about FFS. He had to get the players minds switched from nagative football to open football. Birmingham was the turning point, where got a draw but could have won it. Libertine always sniping at KK, any little chance. Its ok tho, you just bend history to suit your argument. it took time to get 3 very good players back (and staying fit) to take the team forward in matches and score goals. the front 3 took the pressure off the shit midfield the same as a good midfield will take the pressure off a defence. simple as that. Obviously the manager doesn't deserve any credit at all for changing the whole shape of the team though. to some extent. "playing your best players" is what its called at other clubs. dropping smith and ameobi to play martins and viduka isnt rocket science. You're absolutely pathetic. martins or viduka didnt start a game for keegan before the birmingham match and then they come back in and we start doing well. did keegan "change their mentality" or did we just get 2 very decent/vital players back in place of 2 shit ones? the keegan thing. obviously. That's why when Allardyce had everyone healthy, we saw the same free flowing attack. It was all just a return to form. FFS. completely different managers. when has allardyce ever been a gung ho attacker? So you agree then, that the manager does make a fucking difference. No?