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Although to score so many is such a feat, I can't help to think that Barca and Real dominate that league so much that the amount scored isn't as impressive when you look further into it. Barca and Real lead 3rd place by 17+ points and Real beat 3rd place Valencia 6-3 away from home.

Dunno, if he's failed to score against lower opposition - I doubt that he'd score on Sunday.

I dunno, thing is i wouldnt be suprised if it is. Out for the season with an ankle injury suffered at Blackpool

I thought that was obvious?! Remember the Henry/Pires penalty shambles a while back?

According to here: http://www.nufcfans.co.uk/ Jose has handed in his tenancy termination notice on his flat in Jesmond.

Apparently, each team in the final gets 30 medals. It's up to the club who gets the medals - it has to be shared amongst club officials as well.

Why did Keane and Scholes receive Champions League winners medals when they were suspended from the final?

I'm sure he's got a big Stereophonics tattoo on his forearm. Played at their wedding as well.

This, unfortunately. It's been a while since we put in a decent away performance.

I like Anfield and Goodison for this reason. I can't stand flat pack stadiums in the middle of nowhere (Bolton, Wigan) where you have to trek a couple of miles for a pint. The 6-0 drubbing at Old Trafford a few years back was definitely one of the worst for me. It's the only time where I've left before the final whistle.

http://www.classicfootballshirts.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/0dc2d03fe217f8c83829496872af24a0/C/e/Celtic-97-Away_3.jpg Back in the day when we had Di Canio, Van Hooijdonk and Cadete - dubbed 'The Three Amigos'

MsiDouglas Claims in France that #nufc have made a £5m bid for Cheikh M'Bengue: first linked in the Sunday Sun last month. Further sign that Jose on his way?

http://www.premiershirts.net/wearthat/wearthatshirts/colorado.jpg

Hmm... Is that another bet coming on?

Who is he? Must be Larsson ... The deal with Larsson was done and dusted (until Birmingham did a 'Newcastle selling Milner to Aston Villa' style recall) so it's very likely he's the replacement. I'd be happy with that. Sell Routledge (who isn't a proven Premier League quality player) for a few million and replace him with Larsson (who is a proven Premier League quality player) for free. Isn't Larsson too similar to Barton though? If I was buying someone who would play on the right quite a bit, I'd want someone I could bring on to offer something different, pace, directness etc. Unless Pardew is thinking playing Barton in the middle. That's why I don't understand why Routledge was loaned out. He gave us something different with his pace. I know he wasn't the most consistent, but it's something different than Barton and a better option than Guthrie.

You have officially flipped out. You've been walking a fine line for some time, but you've irrefutably revealed yourself to be off the chart. Punk77, you've been accused of being an Ashley apologist more than once, but I'm becoming more and more convinced that you are Ashley, or more likely, one of his paid underlings... have to say though, apart from ireland he has a bit of a point. It's a point that is easily refuted though. Ireland has to be discounted as you say - that was just dumb. Tiote and Coloccini are indeed better than their Liverpool equivalents (but not by a large margin). Barton > Meireles is debateable. As much as I think Gerrard is the most overrated English player I can remember it would still be a brave man to say that HBA > Gerrard. (Jose Enrique > Konchesky is a no brainer) So three is more accurate, imho. And then consider by how much there strikeforce and keeper is compared to ours - we're kidding ourselves if we think we're on their coat tails. I despise Liverpool, and spent the first half of the season hoping Woy would take them down, but it has to be said their squad quality is superior to ours. They've slipped out of the "Big Four" (imho it's now a Big Three followed by The Next Three, which Liverpool are a part of) Punk77 claims to be optimistic but is in fact deluded - to think we are even close to them is just a fantasy. We'll find out this summer if we want to aim for seventh, because even spending the Carroll (and most probably) Jose Enrique money that's the most we can hope for next season... Just to be pedantic, I'd compare Barton v Kuyt (RW) and Ben Arfa v J Cole/Maxi (LW) and both our players would win every time. We're nowhere close to Liverpool. They've got a stronger squad. When our main players are out, we've got Ryan Taylor, Alan Smith and Danny Guthrie to rely on. The young RB that they played his debut against Man City is a better player than Ryan Taylor.

Doesn't matter where the news comes from, it's obvious Enrique is going there. Managers always go back to their former clubs for players and Jose is the type of player Dalglish would love. The game against Villa just confirmed what a master class defender he is, no winger got past him all day. If it doesn't happen feel free to quote this post and make me look a mug. I meant the £8.5 million tag - I can see Jose going to Liverpool though and for more than the £8.5 that they've reported.

New Liverpool away - not yellow as originally posted a couple pages back. http://www.empireofthekop.com/anfield/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/kit_2011_83922.jpg

Don't believe anything from caughtoffside.

Eh?! When did I say that?! EDIT: Ah, you mean Colocho re: the Arsenal thing?

It's a bit difficult when we sold him on the 11th hour on transfer deadline day Proof will be this summer.

Gary Neville to start as football expert and co-commentator on Sky Sports from next season. Hurrah.

From OptaJoe too: Head to Head G Barry v J Barton Mins 2361-2248, Goals 2-4, Shots 13-51, Assists 2-7, Chances Created open play 18-25, Pass% 85%-74%, Tackles 78%-81%

One of these teams were bound to fail.