Nate

I don't think anyone is disputing what he said in the interview. The only concern would be wether he truly appreciated it before taking the job, because those comments are quite a significant come down from the quotes he was coming out with when he arrived. Missing out on two of his top targets to another team outside of the top four seems to have served as quite a reality check.

That's 32 goals in his first season in English football. How many does Cristiano have if you take away his penalties?

I wouldn't say they have no ambition, only a handful of Premier League clubs have spent more than them this season.

Good shout.

I think Chelsea have more big game players, unfortunately.

Man United v Everton FA cup final. If Man United had won Newcastle would have got in Europe. Everton won 1-0. Only time I've ever been gutted about Man United losing. I'll be wearing my Lampard shirt for the final Lampard did go up in my estimation after that penatly, generally outshone Gerrard too.

Chelsea I don't think i'll have ever wanted Man Utd to win a game as much.

Babel scores.

Teams: Cech Essien Carvalho Terry Cole Ballack Makelele Lampard Cole Drogba Kalou Benayoun Torres Kuyt Alonso Gerrard Mascherano Riise Carragher Skrtel Arbeloa Reina

I'd be f****** livid with the bindippers if i supported Oxford, Luton, QPR, Palace since they robbed probably the only chance those clubs had to play in Europe. Also robbed Everton of the chance to win the European cup. Any fan who causes bother in Russia wants their head examined. We already have strained diplomatic relations with Russia. Imagine fans getting arrested then vanishing, it's not an impossibility. Putin has the perfect opportunity to cause some bother. I wouldn't be entirely suprised if the VISA situation doesn't get resolved and alot of fans can't get there anyways. Liverpool fans seem to think it will almost certainly be a 'WWIII' situation. http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=218987.0

Get the fuck in.

James Sagna Ferdinand Lescott Evra Hleb Mascherano Flamini Petrov Ronaldo Torres

Given the rumours earlier on that Park would be man-marking Messi, I wouldn't be suprised to see him at right back leaving Ferguson with his first choice front six.

Man Utd: Van der Sar, Evra, Hargreaves, Ferdinand, Brown, Ronaldo, Rooney, Park, Carrick, Scholes, Tevez. Barcelona: Valdes, Milito, Marquez, Xavi, Iniesta, Eto'o, Zambrotta, Messi, Deco, Abidal, Toure.

The thought of John Terry, Frank Lampard and the plastic flag waving boo boys in a European Cup final... Come on, Liverpool.

2-0 up, Owen on a hat-trick and it doesn't even feel like we've got going yet.

You do know they also need Man Utd to lose to Blackburn, West Ham or Wigan?

In reality they would be queuing up for a manager who is on course for his third European Cup final appearance in four years. If Benitez does stay and Liverpool invest heavily again, which they clearly need to do in order to compete under any manager, i think they'll go very close to the title.

I think Eduardo's injury effectively put Arsenal out of the title race. Not because it was a massive psychological blow to the players, which everybody seems to keep saying, but because he was just starting to settle down and score for fun. So when Adebayor's form did drop, which was to be expected, they were left relying on Bendtner who evidently isn't good enough at this level yet. Probably agree with Ash re: their strikeforce. If van Persie - who i think has the potential to be as good as anybody, Adebayor and Eduardo are all fit for most of the season they will get more than enough goals. It's definitely the midfield that needs work.

Incredible debut season.

I thought C.Ronaldo's was a nothing goal, to be honest. An instinctive flick I would have expected 9 out of 10 Premier League players to attempt in that position. Incomparable to Zola's.

C.Ronaldo's flick goal of the month...? I doubt the same goal from a different player would have even been nominated.

We've played shite sides so far, this was our first real test and IMO we passed it. It was by no means a dip in performance, we were just playing a better side. In some respects there are more positives from this game than there were against Reading. The team, the formation may have passed the test but i didn't think the individuals were as sharp in possession.

Pleasing that the inevitable dip in performance didn't lead to defeat. Overall i thought Owen was a little too deep, Enrique wasteful in possession and Beye nonexistent going forward. Those three need to perform for this formation to work.

Enrique needs to be given more options on the ball, he's thrown away a lot of possession. We also need to get Owen and Beye more involved in build up play.