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Going to be a bit crammed on the dirt track around the pitch then EDIT: I dont mean to be flippant... am knackered having stayed up to see most of the cricket the last 2 days

I think having to listen to Motson and Hansen warps all of our brains

Every time I open this page and see the "RAM PANT" headline I piss myself laughing. Some days I bet they just love being tabloid journalists.... absolute gift of a story that one

Yer what? Well say Man Utd are 6 points clear, but with their superior goal difference that 6 points if effectively 7 because if they lose 2 and Chelsea win 2 then Man Utd should still be ahead of them on goal difference. Hansen seems to think the same applies now, when Man Utd are 5 points clear, that 5 points is basically 6 points because of their goal difference, which makes no sense. It does doesnt it or is it me ? The goal difference effectively just gives you an extra point regardless of how many you are on

Absolutely no idea what to say to that. I'd like to think that had he not played Barton and Smith that we might have beaten Bolton, Smogs, Blackburn at home, beaten Birmingham and got a draw out of Villa away. ie. 10 points better off and with a chance of sneaking a place at the death. You should have applied for the job

Absolutely agree 100%. What that does for the greater good of the game I do not know

Yes you do. Dissent. This is what everyone has been talking about all week... except in Liverpool

The Torres booking was shambolic The Torres booking was a mistake but Macherano didnt have to run 20 yards to ask the referee about it. What on earth did he think Bennet was going to say "Sorry Javier... I shall have that stricken from the record" Complete fuckhead in my opinion and deserved it. I mean for fucks sake, hasnt he been watching the TV or reading the papers this week I used to go mad when Peter Schmeichel used to run to the half way line to get involved in fights and arguments... its about time this kind of thing was wiped out of the game, so good on Bennet in doing it. You can bet Liverpool players will think twice about it the next time - or if not Gerrard will try to stop anyone en-route to the ref Next we need a ref to send off any player waving imaginary cards. Slowly but surely we have to get this eradicated from the game.

I think its only right that we are preparing for summer signings now regardless of where we are going to end up. Should never stop searching, enquiring and negotiating

Havent seen any of the press today. How many have told us that they knew KK would get it right in the end and that his tactical nous would eventually shine through

Robert Fleck? I think you need to get an updated version tbh.

You cant believe that Arsenal are happy with winning nothing. Maybe they just have a different attitude to the likes of Real Madrid and think that for what he has won previously, he deserves some patience and time. Barring Capello's saving act last season, Real's recent chopping and changing has hardly brought them tons of success. Am I right in thinking that the title last year was the first thing they have won in 4/5 years. Certainly the only thing Beckham won while he was there.

Bollocks. Apples and oranges. Whilst I do think he's a fantastic manager, obviously, I do find it a little unusual that Wenger is pretty much immune to any criticism in the press. He has somewhat dismantled the team of 'invincibles' and this is the closest they've got to the title since - and I'd happily wager they won't even come top 2. How has he "dismantled" them? He's sold them on for canny fees and very few of them are doing anything elsewhere. He hasn't had access to anything near the finances of Chelsea or Man Utd, even Liverpool for that matter, yet people expect him to not only compete, but beat them. Victim of his own success. Some might say fate conspired against them a little. I think Eduardo's injury had a little mentl effect on them that day at Birmingham and the less about the pitch at Wigan the better. Probably lame excuses but maybe reasons why they have at least dropped 4 points in recent weeks

Are you a "usual wanker"

Be an interesting contrast on Wednesday night where I have no doubt he will start for England in the standard strikers role. Should be interesting to see if he comes deep looking for it in light of the couple of decent games he has had for us.

Be a huge decision for them to part with Arsene but i agree that questions will start getting asked soo enough.

What could have made a difference was him and Ronaldo missing a hatful of easy chances.

That is an odd coincidence that Adebayor has gone right off the boil since he had his hair cut

Thats what he did before with the likes of Rob Lee, Andy Cole etc. Cant see why he cant do it again

Aye but dont forget that Newcastle are the worst team in history because Man U once closed a 12 point gap on us.

Why is it always the refs fault and not the players fault for ruining games? The ref cant treat the game differently just because its part of Grand Sunday or whatever Sky are calling it. Notice Alonso didnt make much effort to stop him reaching the ref. Chelsea would never have conceded that goal under Jose. Basics... put a man on each post... how many times do we see this happen Every player mouthes off though. Maybe I should have made that point explicit. In any game, I'd just like to see referees have a little bit of caution and not for them to be dishing out cards willy-nilly in general. Notice the way Clattenberg handled Eboue mouthing off, and he was also on a yellow card as well. The ref just gave him a talking and a warning and Eboue hasn't opened his gob since. That, I thought, was very good and calm refereeing, as opposed to Bennett just wanting to give out yellows (like the ridiculous one to Torres). I agree entirely that all players mouth off but after what happened in mid-week, it is now very high profile. Not watching the Chelsea game so havent seen the Eboue incident but again, I would agree, in that Clattenbergs handling sounds much better. However, will this stop Eboue or Arsenal continuing to do this in the future? What mid-week showed us is that this really needs to be nipped in the bud. Bennetts handling is more likely to make things happen than Clattenburgs. Give a footballer an inch and he will take a mile. If there is a major incident in the Chelsea game later, you can guarantee Eboue will be there in the ref's face I was disgusted with Cole's attitude on Wednesday and if it takes a couple of sendings off like today to make sure I dont see it again then I think thats great.

Why is it always the refs fault and not the players fault for ruining games? The ref cant treat the game differently just because its part of Grand Sunday or whatever Sky are calling it. Notice Alonso didnt make much effort to stop him reaching the ref. Chelsea would never have conceded that goal under Jose. Basics... put a man on each post... how many times do we see this happen

Just heard him say "Javier didnt say anything to the ref. Alons was right there and knew he didnt". Who is he trying to kid. Doesnt he realise its more so the fact that the idiot came 20 yards or to speak to the ref. Almost the equivalent of Grants "I didnt see the Cole incident" on wednesday night