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Will City ever learn?

I imagined that delivered in a Marlo Stanfield way.

Yup. The whole system is flawed. Well, not if it applies to calendar year, that would make sense. What doesn't make sense is then releasing the results so much later

MOTD is just unwatchable, it is so cliched. They have the dullest of ex professionals sitting around in sensible shirt and trousers, looking like accountants on a company night out at Tiger Tiger, spouting the most predictable shite you could ever imagine. Then you have Lineker, the vile sex weasel, acting like he thinks he is some kind of junior Lynam, some cheeky housewives' favourite. The whole thing just makes me want to vomit my head clean off my shoulders.

Honestly, I can't believe it, it turns out football is wracked by self interest and hypocrisy. Fucking hell. When was this allowed to happen?

Elbowing cunt. *winks at Neil*

I think a lot of clubs are going to have a slightly rude awakening as far as season ticket sales are concerned this summer.

Which year does this refer to? Because if it is, in any large part, this current season, then Ashley should be nowhere near it.

I wouldnt write them off, they have previous

There was no big four back then. And FWIW, we finished 2nd in 1993 in any case. If you talk about 1996 as relevant I might as well start going on about the 10-15 years earlier when we actually won it, as did Everton (but Spurs were still refreshingly nowhere near). That's the point though, it is entirely irrelevant. There is a top four now which is perpetuated by the fact that four teams get entry into the massive cash cow which is the Champions League. With the exception of Everton and Newcastle, it has been the same four teams for a growing length of time now, and every year like this year when they all do really well in the competition, just makes the gap even bigger. That's why even during our good run I was convinced it wouldn't happen for us. Incidentally, I don't class finishing in the top four once as "breaking it". For me, breaking it means breaking it up, and that will not happen through the efforts of the competing clubs outside that group. In fact, I reckon if one thing breaks up the top four, it will be UEFA reducing the number of English clubs who get entry into the competition.

It isn't too hot at the moment, it must be said. Fortunately, we'd accumulated a frankly enormous quantity of points before making our first call to stop_performing() three months ago. The most shocking thing is that we haven't won a game since almost three months ago and are STILL fifth. That says a lot about the quality of the league.

Suit & a daft hat. I think it is the type of hat frequently favoured by bald gentlemen who aren't too keen on being bald. Speaking as a bald gentleman, these people are scum. Good player, mind.

Yes. And then put in the stocks, and the ghosts of William McGregor, Alan Hardaker and Jules Rimet can come and pelt them with rotten fruit.

I dont think I said that, although i did think they'd have a good season, and I thought Southgate had them on the right track. I think he's a good manager and they have some good players. I'll lay a bet with you now if you like. If Boro stay up and keep the horse faced one as their manager, I have ten of your English pounds that says they'll finish top half next season. I've got form on these bets. Ask Parky *wink* What's that even based on? Boro have a crap manager and crap squad, that's why they are where they are. They don't have a crap squad at all, that's the point. He's a young manager with a supportive chairman, I have a feeling that given the chance, he'll turn things around.

Expensive football, meet recession, recession, meet expensive football. *sits back, opens popcorn, watches events unfold*

I dont think I said that, although i did think they'd have a good season, and I thought Southgate had them on the right track. I think he's a good manager and they have some good players. I'll lay a bet with you now if you like. If Boro stay up and keep the horse faced one as their manager, I have ten of your English pounds that says they'll finish top half next season. I've got form on these bets. Ask Parky *wink*

They've got a horrid bunch of players. Cunt Phillips, Lee Cuntyer etc. Shocking football side as well, should've steamrolled the CCC yet have been average as hell, grinding out results. Bowyer was his true self today in getting sent off for a bit of pushing and scratching. Squalid player, squalid club.

Errm, one full England international? I think you're barking up the wrong tree, there. Gareth Barry, Agbonlahor, Ashley Young, Nicky Shorey, Luke Young, Emile Heskey off the top of my head have all played for England. Oh, so has Zat Knight. Milner has been in the full squad, I believe, too. Also this season, Curtis Davies and Luke Young have been called into the England squad. For the Spain game, 6 of the 24 called up for the Spain game were Villa players. I agree though, we're not good enough to break the top four, as the current sourness demonstrates, but I'd suggest Tottenham concentrate on securing breaking the top half of the table before bothering the top four. There's a clear gap between Villa and Everton and the rest, there was last season, and there will be this season, too.I seem to remember this time last year people were saying how well Spurs would do this year with all those fantastic signings. Well, we've seen how that turned out.

Did anyone happen to see Birmingham City's grand failure on Sky tonight? If so, did you see when they came out for the "lap of honour" with about 200 people left in the ground? Funniest thing in a long, long time, what a shower of cunts.

I've been saying this for ages now, but do not rule out Hull AND Newcastle getting at least a point at our place. Our players have quite clearly switched off and are mentally already on the beach. We know we're going to finish fifth or sixth, which one it is quite obviously makes no odds to them. We're also shit at home and incapable of keeping a clean sheet. The only thing against you rather than Hull is that we play Hull on a Monday night, when we're going to struggle to lift our game, while we play you on what should be the sunniest, warmest afternoon of the season, in front of a full house, and in the last game, where we should at least play like were enjoying ourselves. Looking at the remaining fixture, I'd say your match against Boro could quite easily decide which goes down. You are in my prayers. Well, not literally, as I'm an atheist, but hey ho.

What was yours? Mine was Juventus in the European Cup Quarter Final, 1983, by an absolute country mile. I've never seen us play a side as impressive as that in a quarter of a century since, and I reckon I never will, they were unbelievable. How's this for a line up: Zoff Gentile Cabrini Bonini Brio Scirea Bettega Tardelli Paolo Rossi Platini Boniek Coach: Trapattoni.

In hindsight holding out for more cash was a bad idea, the exra couple of mill could have strengthened, but meh, who cares about West Brom. They could at least have done the right thing and gifted it to a charity if they couldn't get anyone to associate their name with that shower of shite.

I'm also, oddly as i was against the idea of a blue kit originally, quite hoping that our new away kit is very similar to this year's, which I like a lot. Mainly because we've won loads of games in it, unlike the home kit, in which we've won very few

I quite like the Everton one.

Fucking Fellaini with his elbows, the dirty bastard.