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Now, normally, I'd say that it is wrong to characterise large numbers of people with a sweeping generalisation like that. I would also say that I consider myself to have far more in common with fans of other clubs than people who don't like football as there is a common kinship in being football supporters. However, I will say this. If I did a statistical analysis of all fans I've met in real life, and encountered on the ITKnet internet, and drew up a league table of which clubs had the most irritating twats following them, Tottenham would be comfortably ensconced in the champions league places. I mean no disrespect to Leffe on here, or to the poster Martin Jol, who will doubtless be here now they've signed another player and are selling Bale, to tell us they have got more money to build that new training ground ON THE MOON, but it's just an unscientific reflection on supporters I have encountered.

SSN having someone stood outside the Bernabeu all week has really brought the Bale transfer story to life for me.

We've just scored an absolutely lovely goal, loads of crisp one touch passing, a lovely flick over the top from Benteke, and a great finish by Delph.

Hurr hurr, what can possibly go wrong at home to a league one side in the league cup?

Weimann's just scored a belter against our plucky league one opponents.

The thing is, for all that getting angry a lot when he got the job and making them actually do a bit of running in training, they've ultimately got themselves a league one manager. It was an absolutely bonkers appointment in the first place. 10/1 for him first manager to go is practically free money.

Hope Samir Carruthers is doing well for MK Dons (he's on loan from us)

The worst thing about this Bale story is that, at some point in the next few days, he's either going to stay at Spurs or go to Real Madrid. I am sure I speak for all of us when I say I am going to miss this story, it really has lit up my summer.

Brian Little. Followed not too long after by Gordon Cowans.

Me too. What a waste.

Which is precisely what every single person who doesn't support one of those clubs in this country wants to see happen. I hope they all fall spectacularly on their arses, the horrible pampered bunch of w*****s. All of them. This, love it when 'best league in the world' teams are shown up by fancy foreigners on a smaller budget It's almost as if the tv networks don't understand why fans of the clubs who are not in the CL places year after year would want to see those that are fall on their arses. They think we're all at home rooting for them as representatives of our league or some nonsense. I bet that's what that wanker Scudamore thinks, anyway. Why on earth would we want to see clubs in our league do well and milk even more money from the golden tit of the CL, just to make the gap between us and them even bigger?

Which is precisely what every single person who doesn't support one of those clubs in this country wants to see happen. I hope they all fall spectacularly on their arses, the horrible pampered bunch of wankers. All of them.

Old Trafford certainly doesn't seem the cauldron of noise it used to be.

And isn't that what we all want? The flip side of all those years of success is every single neutral wanting you to fall on your arse. Getting Man U to play like Everton would be a fatal mistake for Moyes.

Did you hear their "burglar" exchange last week? It was absolutely brilliant.

When you consider what footballers get from the game - a game which is entirely reliant on fans in one way or another - the fans don't actually ask for much from the players In return the players get fame, adulation and millions of pounds a year. The very least they could do would be to actually play and do their best for the money. They can retire as you g men still and not have to lift a finger work-wise for the rest of their lives. If this story is true then it is very depressing for the game as a whole, not just newcastle.

Looked a little tired today and didn't play as well as we can do. Still, that's an evil first week, Arsenal away, Chelsea away, Liverpool home in the first seven days. I'd have taken three points if I'd been offered them before hand.

*tears of laughter*

Ha ha ha, look at his face. I reckon Albion are headed for big trouble this season. They are one of my tips to go down.

"An ecstatic Nicolas Anelka, holding the WBA shirt like it's a dead pigeon covered in sick" http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOVzZOACUAAGGSq.jpg

That Anelka stuff is absolutely priceless. I only wish I knew a few more Albion fans to take the piss out of over it.

Encouraging, though, i was half expecting to get fuck all from our first three games, and we've had three points in one and been ever so slightly conned out of something at Stamford Bridge.

I feel a bit hard done by after that.

I have no idea what is going to happen in our match at Chelsea tonight. We could get beaten 8-0 again, get a 4-4 draw, win the match, anything, genuinely there isn't a scoreline which would surprise me. I think it is somewhat shitty, though, that we have to play Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool in the first week and then have no match for three weeks afterwards, because Chelsea are in the Super Cup. This match should have been pushed back later in the season, not brought forward.

I'll be your tracksuited English number two. Your Pat Rice, if you will. I'm sitting about 10 miles from where Arthur Cox is from. I'd be the new him. I can slip into character no bother.