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Barca with a late equaliser against Estudiantes. Pedro with it of course.

Estudiantes 1-0 up against Barca.

I hope both cities get chosen. Obviously though if only one is chosen it surely has to be Newcastle? Sunderland have a flashier campaign but this just covers over the fact it doesn't have anywhere near the infrastructure that Newcastle has.

Will Hleb be eligible for that?

Too fucking good

Somebody should tell him that, might not know being Ivorian and all.

I agree with Bendtner like. Very decent CF who gets far too much stick than is warranted. He'll be the drivng force behind Denmark at the World Cup and still has the potential to become a very good player. I regards to Dempsey, I've always rated him since the first time I seen him play. He's skillful, technically very good, hard working, positionally versatile and scores goals in a team that doesn't get many. If he had an extra turn of pace/acceleration he certainly wouldn't still be at Fulham.

Paul Scharner Yossi Benayoun Aliaksandr Hleb Clint Dempsey Anyway, the idea of underrated players is a bit silly anyway because players like Benayoun and Fletcher become pidgeon-holed as 'underrated', well then they're not really underrated then.

Wilshere playing a bit part role in our hoofball..not gonna be what Wenger wants for the lad I'm afraid.

Will be gutted if Zola gets sacked, nice guy.

Patrick Agyemang is not a footballer. Always annoys me watching play, pure crap.

Whatever happened to Robert Koren at West Brom? Hardly seen him play this season. Remember him for Lillestrom against us and always thought he was a good player, clever passer. Is he injured or just out of favour under Di Matteo?

Juventus beaten by Bari yesterday, Milan 0-2 at home to Palermo. With Inter currently winning it's looking like a very good weekend for them.

yep, captain of the Argentinian U-23 team, then played in Brazil for Flamengo where he won the Brazilian title. Then ended up at Barnsley .....still only 25. Not sure if he ever played alongside Colo or Gutierrez before. http://www.barnsleyfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10309~43747,00.html Colo was having little chit-chat with Colace on the way off the pitch, whether they know each other or not I dunno. Both him and de Silva looked good on the ball yesterday but never did much with it, from looking at the Barnsley forums they don't seem to rate either of them that highly.

could you link please, i often like a look at the oppos forums before we play them. some banter on here mate, although put some shades on - started to knack my eyes after a couple fo threads http://www.barnsleyfc.org.uk/bbs/forums/forum-view.asp?fid=1 cheers edit. i'm taking that cheers back as that is an awful style of board. i can't make sense of it. any others ? Top right there's a drop down box, change it to flat and it makes it a bit less shit.

Ah my apologies. I was under the impression he was half English aswell. Not really as good of an example as Rossi or Camoranesi.

Balotelli is certainly more Italian than Perrotta, Rossi and Camoranesi. I guess it's how you define it. I'd say being born in Italy, growing up in Italy with an Italian family, speaking the language, and being culturally Italian in every way is far more of an indicator than having an Italian parent or something. I was shocked when speaking to relatives I have out there that many of Italy (or atleast the region they live in) don't see it that way, very backward way of thinking really.

Can't fucking wait now like!

There's a lot of Italians who don't want him to play for Italy because they don't see him as truly Italian. Obviously his petulance and serious attitude problem constitute towards most of the hatred he's having directed at him, but Italy isn't exactly the most racially tolerant country in Europe and there's certainly a feeling with alot of people that a 'foreigner' shouldn't be able to play for the national team. It's the line between the personal dislike and the racism that's making it a difficult issue. Like Mourinho said Balotelli needs to sort himself out and just focus on his football in order to realise his potential. Similarly the stigma of bloodline to define nationality within Italy needs to be eradicated, because Balotelli is probably the biggest talent in Italy at the moment, would be a shame for their own benefit if he was to end up playing for a country he doesn't fully identify with because of some backward ideals about the purity of nationality. Ghana would be over the fucking moon if he ended up playing for them like However the kid is far more Italian than he is Ghanaian.

The keeper goal in the Liege game was superb. Scored in the 95th minute to take them into the Europa League and then ran the whole length of the pitch like a mad man.

Everton signing Landon Donovan on a 3 month loan. Can see him doing well there.

I think Obertan has looked pretty dogshit most of the games I've seen him in. All style and no substance. Then again he does remind me of Ronaldo when he first arrived. The difference being Ronaldo was 3 years younger and cost considerably more.

We best win tomorrow like, because we wont be picking up any points on Saturday. It's gotten to the point I truly believe I'm a curse. People encourage me not to go to away games. Manchester United 6-0 Liverpool 3-0 Liverpool 2-0 Middlesbrough 1-0 Wigan 1-0 Blackburn 3-0 Bolton 1-0 West Brom 1-1 (hurrah) Notts Forest 1-0 Peterborough 2-0 When it was against Premiership sides it wasn't so bad, but it's becoming truly creepy that it's continued into the Championship. I'm going to Sheff Wed aswell btw I'm sure many on here have got similar away records like, if anybody wants to make me feel less responsible for us being shit go ahead.

I've just had 5 Live on in the background, and while I wasn't fully attentive I'm pretty sure they were moaning on about Cech aswell

I'd agree with that. Atletico's goal difference is -9, while APOEL's is only -3. Seems really harsh on the Cypriots. Atletico are having such a stinker of a season btw. Joke of a club.