Neil

Alright Stu.

Should've been an equaliser there. FT. Barca hang on.

It seems outrageous to suggest it but Barca should be scoring a lot more than they do. The amount of times they open up teams, or are on the verge to is astonishing, yet they seem to cock up a fair few situations.

2-1. Deserved to be honest, Barcelona have done nowt in the past half an hour.

Barca's finishing really does leave a lot to be desired.

Milan behind at Palermo currently.

For all Barca are brilliant, they're not exactly clinical. Villa being the main perpetrator.

Wrongly disallowed Barca goal. Alves was onside.

wankers- get rid

A fair proportion of the Grand Old Team forum were convinced that 6th was a European spot hence got really giddy by this win.

Deary me Villa.

The next Tony Hibbert.

Jermaine's going to rip shit up for a few minutes.

Damn, off the line again.

Push up. No, don't invite them on persistently. Push up. No, don't drop back. Push up. No, don't do that. PUSH UP.

Dang.

I wouldn't agree you're in huge danger. Warning signs are there, yes, but as it stands, an awful lot of teams need to get past you.

Bang.

You just watch. If Everton ride this game out, Barca will grind out a 0-0 against 10 men They're not Huddersfield.[/definitelynotbitter]

Does Redknapp do it? I totally agree btw. Football still has this attitude of "they're young lads and can do what they like with their money", but as you say, they're very highly paid athletes now, it's no longer a case of Jackie Milburn doing a morning down the pit, playing at SJP, then going for a few in the local and smoking a pack of 20. I dont think Redknapp has a ban on it, but he has a very dim view of his players drinking. Ferguson too, there's an interesting piece in his autobiography about how one of his first major moves at Old Trafford was to clear out some of the heavy drinkers. McGrath was a fantastic defender but Fergie saw him as one of the ringleaders of a drinking culture and he was quickly out on his arse. For me, its a combination of drinking AND the nagtive attention you will inevitably attract being a footballer and out on the lash at 2am. A few pints in a quiet bar is one thing, sloshing it up on Collingwood Street is quite another. This is the thing, it's not easy to successfully enforce. Yes, it's easy to ban/fine them or whatever if they're seen in a nightclub at 2am but what's to say others aren't getting plastered at a friend's house, or in a bar and not spotted?

0-0.

FF can fuck off as well. Coleman and Adam haven't done too much past few games, benched them, then this happens.

What's the point in the 10 yard rule? Johnson is barely 5 yards away there!

LET'S GO FUCKING MENTAL!

I always believed in us.