The Prophet

Had Reading, Forest, Southampton and Hannover, the dream's over.

Already claimed it at half time, but a special mention to Di Maria, pretty sure the wind blew him over a couple of times.

Revert to type? You can't watch many Barca games. Tonight they were horrible, but to call it a regular occurance is daft.

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The pair of them should be ashamed of themselves, horrible, play acting, diving bastards. At least the better, more positive side won.

Mourinho's probably having a cheeky tug somewhere, they've got under Barca's skin and he knows it.

Unsure how anyone can criticise either team in particular when the pair of them have been acting like pair of knackers. If I had to give someone a prize though, Di Maria deserves cunt of the match so far.

I'm actually stunned, such an inept performance from a semi-finalist of the most prestigious club tournament in the world. The defence has been cut apart at will, the midfield have sat deep and given it away on the rare occasions they've had possession, and as a consequence the forwards have been spectators. Unsure what the manager's playing at too, they've desperately needed an extra body in the middle of the park for the entirety of the game, pathetic.

Schalke have been f***ing s****.

The Riverside is pretty fucking grim like, sets the tone for the entire town really.

A joke? Don't be daft. I'd go along with the theme in this thread that his own stubbornness is costing him though. On a purely superficial level they need a few finished articles that will make them more direct as an outfit. They have too many players in the mold of Nasri, Rosicky, Eboue, Denilson and Arshavin, the floating attacker who looks pleasing on the eye but produce little in terms of substance, Nasri aside perhaps. That's before you start poking holes in goal keeping deficiencies and the like. Then you've got the psychological element. Ferguson and Mourinho are masters of the 'world is against us' psychology, Wenger isn't. His players lack the winning menatlity combined with his constant whinging and moaning are an unhealthy combination. The bloke needs to stop gobbing on about refereeing decisions and start addressing the psychological weakness of his squad because at the minute they're never more than half a season away from implosion.

Bit of daft today. All the 'home bankers' are shocking odds so gone for a few I think will win comfortably: Norwich -1 Reading -1 Huddersfield -1 Southampton -1

Like?

If you watch he takes a step back in order to head it away, his starting position is no where near as bad as some are making out.

What f***ing game were you watching? Obviously to be a yard behind the goal-line on a corner is normal? Aye you're right, he' shit, get rid.

The way he's at times carried his side to almost certain relegation deserves an award.

and they racially abused thier star players mother. Cant recall anything as stupid as that ever happening here- what do you think of it Wearside? The lad who done it apparently didn't even do it directly to Bent's mother,he was in a bar down Wigan and was taking ages to get served and he shouted "is it cos I'm black" and Bent's mother was next to him and the rest is history. what a croc of s***

It's a mystery! he will probably come good at some point but whenever I have seen him he has been awful! Been saying it for ages, he doesn't seem to have a position of any shape or form, he just floats around in the middle doing nothing of note.

Yup, no one's questioning Carroll, while seems everyone's questioning Ranger. Countless people were questioning Carroll two years ago. I remember reading on here about how s**** he was and he was championship level at best, but he wouldn't never make it at that level due to his awful attitude. I know. After he missed the target from all of six yards against West Ham, I remember thinking: 'This lad is the next Andy Carroll, he just needs time'.

The fact that people with no connection to Barcelona have became "fans" makes it somewhat amusing when their whole sense of reality is shattered. Just because you fancy the f*** out of a girl, doesn't mean she's your wife.