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There's a thing that's crept ino football over the last decade that boils my piss.# A player can get a minor shoulder barge and his legs go from under him. Or they catch a trailing arm across the mush - and they fling their legs up. It's a reaction to gain a fre kick. Just fling both feet up behind you and drop to your knees, cristiano ronaldo perfected it.

Chuffed to bits for him. When you think back to twelve months ago he wasn't even first choice striker until shola got injured and we were desperate. Most of his goals came toward the end of last season, his rise to international level has taken well under a year and is nothing short of remarkable.

Aye but how long before they start brining a portable radiator/heater on the pitch. If Qatar win the world cup bid the stadiums and pitches are going to have coolers so they players don't need to play in daft temperatures. I'm not trying to be funny or anything but how is that possible, aside from playing all the games in stadiums with roofs i can't get my head round it?

Awesome read that. And the man united game was definately at home because i was in a car crash on the way to the match, can't believe it's twenty years ago!

He texted me earlier asking if i was up for a pro evo sesh on monday night, if that counts?

Celtic's "Green Army" ultras seem to have more recently styled themselves along the lines of the Antifa hooligans you get in some European areas where the divade between local rivals is (rather than, say, primarily Catholic/Protestant,) characterised by one side being facist/capitalist/rightwing/nationalist and the other side being leftist/socialist/antifacist/seperatist. So the Rangers morons have their Nazi salutes and Israel flags (yeah, work that one out), and the Celtic morons have their Che Guevara banners, Palestinian flags and believe western troops to be imperialist baby killing murderers. It's just nuts. I used to go to celtic park with friends and family semi ragularly, and i can remember in about '02 when the whole israel / palestine flag thing started. Most of these retards couldn't even find israel on a map yet they're happy to use this conflict to try to wind each other up. And that's what it is, just looking for something controversial to wind the other side up. They've gone too far this time though. I've defended songs and such like in the past on toonultras and elsewhere but i won't try to defend this. You can't.

I'm baffled by the whole thing. I have a serious green streak due to my family background, and while i can see how a tiny minority of celtics support would have a beef with the british army, upwards of 90% of the people behind it are scottish. Possibly english. My granddad was a irish and catholic and a republican, yet he fought for britain in ww2. It seems to me that some celtic (and rangers) fans are intent on seing who can be the most offensive. Bang out of order.

If we're still fifth and mathematically safe we could forfeit every remaining game and reward the lads with a nice long holiday.

I'll be fucking amazed if we're still in 5th come january.

"Ask the grounds-man at the Stadium of s**** who was holding up his fingers in a 1-0 manner at HT of the 4-1 derby if that is part of Sunderland’s class? Ask him if his emotional meltdown at the end of the game when he thought he could fight the entire away end was part of Sunderland’s class. Without doubt the maddest thing i've ever seen at a football match.

To be honest i'd rather we just stuck with krul. He's improving all the time and having a keeper that actually comes for and takes crosses consistantly have eased the pressure on our defense immensely.

You could tell jose was paying him a lot of respect. Particularly early on he was backing right off. Walcott was quite though by his usual standard, and that's a compliment in itself.

Possibly the biggest test he'll have all season, today. Didn't do too bad at all.

I'm dreading the yellows too but, in the last couple of games he's picked up a yellow early on. I shit my pants thinking it'll ruin his game, but it doesn't effect him. He's intelligent enough to play the next 80 minutes at the same high standard without risking a card. Awesome!

Surely he's still only about 30? I'm not saying i want him back on the playing staff but he could be playing somewhere?

That's a big part of it. It's sticking two fingers up to the media and other clubs fans, who would have fucking loved it had we "done a leeds".

I think this team is a long way from the likes of shearer, speed, robert, dyer and co. But i'm actually more proud of the current side because they're short on star players. We're a team in the true sense of the word and it's long time since we've had one of those.

That run in the first half where he was tackled on the edge of the box was unreal. Players as tall as carroll aren't meant to do that, it defys the laws of physics or something. Like most of yous i was willing him to get a goal yesterday, he was outstanding.

It wasn't just the lack of noise for me, it was the way they turned their backs on their team, spineless bastards. im certain the toon army would have been defiant in thier place- shouting louder and longer- I have done this on the wrong side of 5s at anfield, OT, goodison+ other places. We were 5 down at old trafford about 3 years ago when my mate, a manc who was in the stretford end texted me. Said he'd never seen anything like the support coming from us. Completely drowned out the 60 odd thousand home support and "wish i was down there with you lot".

Work shifts so i'm on my days off at the minute. Tempted to go in anyways.

I, too, find it funny that you're making fun of a man who's according to your post been stigmatised for probably the rest of his life due to something regarding his sexuality that's (probably) not in his control. Him wearing lasses clothes only mildy amuses me. The fact that he's 1) a massive wanker and b) a mackem is the truly great part. On leaving work on friday he must have thought how can it possibly get any worse?

I'll tell yous what's fantastic. One of my managers, who happens to be a mackem season ticket holder was outed on friday as a tranny. Lasses knickers, lingerie, dresses, make up, the lot. He even had a bra fitting in la senza. Best weekend ever!

I'm consipated if that counts?

Not entirely sure what happened today as the whole thing has been clouded by alcohol. But i expected them to have a shitload more of the ball. They had an extra man in midfield at the start and i thought with nolan in the middle we'd be found out. Fuck me did i get that wrong! YES.

Canny pissed too.