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Who picked Shola ahead of Martins? We also sat back for long periods and that gave them the bottle to come at us? The Derby players and fans had no confidence, the longer the game went on with us sitting back the louder the Derby fans got and the more they came at us. Allardyce tried to contain a shit team and it back-fired, that was a habit that he also repeated at Reading and Wigan, no excuses, he was shite while here. Makes me shudder to think of the Reading prematch interview when he said, while openly, that he was looking for a 0-0 (cant temember his wording exactly)

seriously? I woud love him here. He gives defenders something tota different to cope with. Dont think he would come here unless we got rid of viduka tho. I reckon he'l join defoe at pompy Yeah. I think he looks decent playing in liverpools side because of the players alongside him and simply the confidence he gets for playing for a club like liverpool. I am confident that he will look very very ordinary for which ever team he plays for next

Insisting that the teams first priority is to stop the opposition playing

Peter Crouch. Do me a favour. No thank you.

That is surprisingly critical of Wenger. However, they only seem to be focusing on the last 4 years and forget to mention the league titles and fa cups that Wenger has actually won. Its those titles that have put him ahead of Benitez in most peoples eyes.

Sorry to say, Maradona against England, Mexico 86

Terry McDermott's volley direct from a corner kick in Keegans farewell game against Liverpool

I was at that game I think. Is that the one wherte Varadi scored with that weird kind of flick/volley over the on rushing keeper at the leazes end and doesnt look that impressed that he has scored ?

Sssssh... Don't say that on here mate, you'll get lynched for having the audacity to recognise that Gary Neville is actually a very good player... I think most with an ounce of sense will realise he's been one of the most consistent and best full-backs in the world over the past decade. Only through tightly-gritted teeth. Can't stand the man, but he's a very good full-back and I admire his love for his club and hatred of us. If only there were more players like that around these days. Unfortunately getting to a stage where players are not allowed to show their true emotions anymore. What with the whole getting booked for taking your shirt off crap, players arent allowed to show any emotion at all. Sad.

They are not in the pole but I still have a hatred for Stevenage Borough

Villa fan mate from work who I texted as soon as I heard replied with a wish that they will get a points reduction

Its Liverpools. As we have found over the last couple of weeks, confidence is everything and the CL gives Liverpool something that no other team seems to get. I cant explain it but it just changes them. I think its because their fans are so confident about it all, it filters down onto the pitch.

Expect to see Golden Glory on here later crying

Lionel Messi

Watch out for Sir Alex bigging us up in the run up to that game should it still be a race between them 2. No doubt he will tell us that the fans are great and will create a great atmosphere and that KK is doing a wonderful job

Could it be that the players were so uninspired during training by Sam, that they simply didnt push themselves to get super-fit

Its not so much winning it for Man U but more so be happy making sure Chelsea dont. If they win it, I dont think I will be able to remember a less charismatic team winning the league. Off the top of my head I can honestly say that I cant remember anything they have done this season - no brilliant goals/games stick in my mind.They are completely personality-less as a team and a club (now with Grant in charge) and for them to be Champions just wouldnt be good. Whatever we think of Manu or Arsenal, they have been bloody good to watch this season - Arsenal as a team and Ronaldo as the best player in the league by far.

It hadnt even registered thet Fulham were top and were therefore the best fans

Good win for them tonight. Blows my "they will just be concentrating on the cup" theory out the window. Going to be tough but will also be a good gauge to see hwo much we really have improved over the last couple of weeks

Just as well "Abusive language to own teams manager" wasnt par tof the criteria or else we woudl have been totally knackered

I voted too quickly I think. I voted Liverpool but I am just jealous of them and that isnt a valid reason for hating them. I guess it would be Man U for their glory hunting fans (some cockney fuckwit from Ruislip on Talksport the other day telling us that everyone else bar Man U are "Utter Rubbish" ) and for Fergusons unsportsmanlike behaviour (still prevailant after his comments about the Middlesebrough fans at the weekend)

So why did they have to win by a flukey pen? Nothing less than they deserved. Liverpool were strong minded enough to take a hammer blow like the goal and kick straight off and blast down the other end to win the penalty. You cant take that kind of positivity away from Liverpool as most other teams would have allowed their heads to drop for a minute or so. Where good fortune comes into it is how a player like Toure, who had been pretty solid all game, gets skinned and commits a stupid challenge in the box. In most other cases, against most other teams, Toure wins the ball and clears the danger. Bitter? Of course.

Portsmouth have been incredible away from home this season

Would be very ironic if Avram Grant manages to overcome Liverpool in a Champions League Semi Final when The Special One failed twice Will be a very tense 2 games but wont have the end to end football that this tie had. Did Gerrard play tonight or did he just come on as a kind of "Special Team" player when he needed to take the penalty ? Seemed to have aquiet nice for once

Just to echo Apisiths sentiments, Walcotts run and lay off was of world class proportions and sadly will probably get overlooked. Just utter magic piece of skill and can imagine what must have beengoing through his head because he was most likely still trying to get his breath back when they conceded the penalty. The lad didnt deserve that. That's when any luck being dished out more often than not tends to go Liverpool's way. That kind of play deserved to go through to the semi's (mind so did Torres's that cant be overlooked - marvellous)