The Prophet

What a fucking joke, Liege had to hold on for eleven minutes, eleven fucking minutes and they conceded with two to go, cunts the lot of them.

Braga equalise with two minutes to go. fucks sake man.

Bloody hell, drama in Turkey. After drawing 0-0 in France Galatasaray went 3-1 up against Bordeaux. Not giving up easily Bordeaux drew level in the 86th minute which would send them through on the away goal rule. To round off an exciting game Galatasaray nicked a winner in injury time sending them through, dramatic stuff.

Howay Standard Liege, don't f*** it up now... Were Liege the ones that outplayed Liverpool in the champions league? Aye , I see that game being tight. Braga are no pushovers. Braga are 3-0 up from the first leg, think Liege will probably nick a result at home though. If anything it's Braga's pace on the counter that worries me. I assume you aren't AGG betting here its just on the night results. Obviously.

Howay Standard Liege, don't f*** it up now... Were Liege the ones that outplayed Liverpool in the champions league? Aye , I see that game being tight. Braga are no pushovers. Braga are 3-0 up from the first leg, think Liege will probably nick a result at home though. If anything it's Braga's pace on the counter that worries me.

Howay Standard Liege, don't fuck it up now...

I see Everton had their annual shitter. It's just a shame this time we weren't good enough to take advantage, mind you that wasn't helped by Nolan's sending off, silly boy. Our weakness was set-pieces, Everton's was the time and space they gave us on the ball. Still the best chance of the match fell to Lovenkrands. He really should of scored, I really shouldn't make excuses for him but Howard closed the angle down well. I still think five games down the line with some match practice under his belt he would of buried it. Apart from that it was dreadful footballing spectacle, particularly in the second half.

Steven Taylor, only he isn't a favourite of mine. In recent times probably Kluivert, shame he wasn't really given a chance.

And to think Munich were priced at 11/8...

When I was just a little boy I asked my mother, what shall I be? Should I Be Darlo? Should I be Poolie? And here's what she said too me, Wash your mouth out son, go fetch your father's gun and shoot the Poolie scum...

erest? Why do you hate them out of interest? He's a Poolie?

Revise before the last minute? Far too sensible.

OK I want to confirm but exams start the 18th of May and I might need time for some last minute panic revising should I have one on the Monday so I'm going to have to delay confiriming I'm afraid.

Hopefully I'll be back in blue for the next game, bit of match practice and general fitness and you'll see a different player. :colo:

Why, why, why, delilah...

Why is Ronaldo such a cunt?

So far so good.

A rolling bet that makes the week more interesting: Tonight: Fulham to beat Swansea Millwall to beat Cheltenham Tomorrow: Munich to beat Lisbon Thursday: CSKA to beat Villa Standard Liege to beat Braga Hopefully it isn't killed off tonight. The win is around 30/1, stuck three quid on

Consider us half-won then because Cahill is suspended A bit of positive news at least, there again I forgot Jo even played for them until about two minutes ago.

Everton are playing well but notoriously don't perform up here so I think we could well get something from the game. If we can keep Jagielka's hands full and make sure Cahill is shackled in the air that's half the battle. Then it's up to the defence to make sure they don't give away any silly set pieces and keep space down to a minimum.

I've really got to stop betting on value, well after tonight anyway: CSKA to beat Villa Deportivo to beat Aalborg Standard Liege to beat Braga All away wins at 21/1

http://drgloom.co.uk/ His post match rants used to provide a chuckle or two.

Obvious one this, of course we're being priced out of the game. Football used to about the fans, now it's all about the money, ran like a cash cow. The fans, they're at the back of everyone's mind. It's getting to the stage where the working man doesn't want to pay a hundred quid for a day out to go and see wankers like David Bentley lunge around on a football field, it's ridiculous.

This year the Premier League has been tight as a duck's chuff, especially down the bottom. I think depending on the club you can fit the reason for their position into a certain category. Obviously you've got the three promoted teams who are trying to bridge the massive gulf in quality. You've got your teams who have or are in the process of selling off their assets in the first team and are regressing as a consequence, take Portsmouth or Blackburn as an example. You've got the teams consolidating after avoiding the drop last year like your Sunderlands and Boltons. And you've got your teams who just aren't doing enough to get to the next level and as a consequence are playing catch up with those above. This includes Middlesborough. Now I know these are broad categories, we aren't ran in the same way but both clubs are similar in the way they just seem to be floating, not progressing, not regressing and as a consequence they've been caught up in the shit, obviously the quality we already had at the club seems to put us in a more favourable position. Now I know Ashley financially plugging gaps right left and centre but I know what NE5 is trying to say. If you want to get to the top and you want to get there quickly, you have to get your hand in your pocket. Take a look at Chelsea and probably sooner or later Man City, they're racking up huge debts, turning over massive losses but as a consequence they'll win trophies and qualify for Europe. Qualifying for Europe brings the club more fans and sponsors world wide. The more popular the club becomes the more revenue generate and slowly but sooner or later the debt is payed off. You also have to consider the consequences of getting it wrong, the example I missed in Spurs. They have rich owners who spent big and nearly got into the Champions League but after continuing to add to the squad they made no progress. They shuck things up last season while near enough breaking even and this put them in a worse position still with the threat of relegation growing by the game. I suppose this is what we tried to do after the glory years under Shepherd and it's one of the reasons are finances are in such a mess now. We budgeted big and got it wrong. Now taking these examples you've got to ask is this club in the position and does Ashley have the wealth to take the gamble of budgeting for Europe? We're already in pretty poor financial shape so is it really worth poking more holes in the ship without considering the consequences of getting it wrong? Ashley is talking of modelling ourselves on Villa, but you've got to remember Ellis ran a pretty tight ship before Lerner built on that foundation. Perhaps it would be sensible to get ourselves on steady financial ground before taking another gamble just in case it does go wrong. Personally I'm willing to give Ashley the benefit of the doubt. He hasn't done a great job so far but currently he's keeping the club afloat. If he does intend to increase investment as we steady the ship then I'm OK with that. However if he wants to carry on spending next to nothing year after year he needs to sell up now or this club will go down sooner or later. To progress you have to spend money in some kind of capacity, will Ashley do this? I don't know, I’m not a mind reader, but if he doesn't start soonish the rats will start leaving the sinking ship and staying in this league will become harder still.

More attention for themselves in the press. Yeah they'll draw attention to themselves... "Look at those fucking morons" type attention.