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Aye, Rafa confirmed he and Janmaat are both fit. Colo "still out".

They key from that is the fact that Chelsea are playing a full strength team, I had fears that they'd give a few younger lads a chance.

He'll rot on their bench all season and only play in shit Spanish cup games/when others are rested. His weight could be an issue like, if he's not playing regularly we all know the lad loves a kebab! But then again, I don't think anyone could turn down the opportunity to play for them

Oh wow And the mackems sacked this lad, but let Johnson off?

SJP would be too difficult to section into a 50/50 split wouldn't it? Due to the shape/positioning of turnstiles and seating.

About 20% of which will go to club sponsors, players, big wigs etc. The average fan will be fighting for about 8,000 tickets. I'd imagine Liverpool have what, 30,000 ST holders? Unbelievable decision to stage the final in such a small stadium, along side the daft agreements that these finals come with in which some twat from MasterCard gets a ticket and a real supporter doesn't.

Well the nerves are really kicking in now. Think it's probably easier to start drinking now and just carry on through till 3pm tomorrow.

I love it when they say that they have been mis-translated fuck off. He said exactly what he wanted to say and it was all accurate.

I love it how Villa fans are trying to create the image that they've been laughing at themselves all season. They've spent all year not turning up, boo'ing their players and hurling abuse at them. Oh the laughter. They're a horrible little club, in a horrible little area with horrible little fans.

It's a bit of a shit protest really isn't it? Lobbing a few balloons in the air.

"Release 74 beach balls into the air" - Are Villa fans aware that they don't float away like? You just know it'll be 0-0 and we're throwing the everything at them and looking likely to score, 74th minute turns up and after the 5-10 minutes of clearing the pitch of their junk we lose all momentum.

To be fair, we sort of can laugh at them even if we do go down. In 2009 these wankers thought they were indestructible, how times change. That being said, the banners I've seen so far are embarrassing. Just come up with some mildly amusing chant or something.

Aye, I've only seen him in a couple of interviews but comes across very well and honest. Literally no idea what he brings to the team, doesn't contribute to goals or assists. Doesn't really do anything apart from beat his man and then hit the first man with his cross.

Joe Hart looks close to tears/angry as fuck.

I wish bt would lose the rights, Hate missing games like this I really like it when they have the journalists doing their stuff from the European Football Show but some of the ex-pros are awful. Aye, that European Football Show is great. The rest of BT is shite though but they have so much football on.

Not me. He is doing a great job, and is great as a backup, but will be exposed over a season...........and way too small. Bottom half hoofball teams target him - ala Pardew I thought that, but is he not a similar size/stature to Danny Rose?

Had the same op done in November, it's fucking horrible. I was on my sticks for about 6 weeks, so it sounds about right.

Felipao, what happens when Exeter draw Man Utd away in the cup next season? Are they only allowed to win if they play with flair and have more shots? Or can they play as they should and keep it really tight then try and knick a goal somewhere? Atletico Madrid have a less talented team to Bayern, so they were tactically set up to frustrate their opponents and play on the counter - which they did to great effect and won the tie.

Absolutely ridiculous to say Atletico and Leicester play the same style of football. I wasn't necessarily directly comparing the two, I was making reference to what you said about having none of the ball and no chances. Leicester have won games all season on that basis. Go to bed You're high. Leicester have played some fantastic stuff during the season, they are also one of the top scorers in the league. And Atletico are 3rd top scorers in La Liga, only behind Barca and Real. Atletico also play some fantastic stuff, but they also tactically set up well when they need to. EDIT - Just realised Atletico have only conceded 16 goals in La Liga this season, that is incredibly defensively.

Absolutely ridiculous to say Atletico and Leicester play the same style of football. I wasn't necessarily directly comparing the two, I was making reference to what you said about having none of the ball and no chances. Leicester have won games all season on that basis.

Felipao, on your observations then Leicester should have gone down this season. Being "better" is about tactically setting up, performing your roles well and winning games.

That was deserved over the two legs to be fair, fair play to them.

Imagine if we had Simeone in charge, trying to calm down Mitro.

Aye, that was a superb save - especially to get it away from danger too.