This Weekend's Fixtures & Man Utd vs Aston Villa (20/21/22 Apr).

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saturday, 20 April 2013
Fulham v Arsenal, 15:00
Norwich v Reading, 15:00
QPR v Stoke, 15:00
Sunderland v Everton, 15:00
Swansea v Southampton, 15:00
West Brom v Newcastle. 15:00
West Ham v Wigan, 15:00

Sunday, 21 April 2013
Tottenham v Man City, 13:30 http://e2.365dm.com/tvlogos/pixel/ss1hd.gif
Liverpool v Chelsea, 16:00 http://e2.365dm.com/tvlogos/pixel/ss1hd.gif

Monday, 22 April 2013
Man Utd v Aston Villa, 20:00 http://e2.365dm.com/tvlogos/pixel/ss1hd.gif

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As it stands:

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[Marc Overmars]

Come on Liverpool and City.

[Kano]

not only was chelsea spanking fulham not a good thing in terms of direct competition but that may well fire up the cottagers to some sort of 'response'.

we had better be fucking ready and not kick off with another slow, turgid start.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Would be hilarious if old melting candle face could get his lot to smash the orcs.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

I'll put it here...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2013/apr/18/kelvin-mackenzie-dailytelegraph

If that is true then Hansen. :bow:

Never again would he get a bad word from me...

[Cripps_orig]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22199585

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Norwich: Bunn, Martin, Bassong, Turner, Garrido, Elliott Bennett, Howson, Johnson, Snodgrass, Kamara, Holt.
Subs: Camp, Jackson, Pilkington, Hoolahan, Tierney, Ryan Bennett, Tettey.

Reading: McCarthy, Gunter, Mariappa, Morrison, Kelly, McCleary, Guthrie, Karacan, McAnuff, Blackman, Pogrebnyak.
Subs: Taylor, Pearce, Leigertwood, Le Fondre, Hunt, Cummings, Carrico.

Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

West Brom: Foster, Jones, McAuley, Olsson, Popov, Dorrans, Yacob, Morrison, Brunt, Fortune, Lukaku.
Subs: Myhill, Reid, Ridgewell, Rosenberg, Long, Thomas, Roofe.

Newcastle: Elliot, Debuchy, Steven Taylor, Yanga-Mbiwa, Haidara, Perch, Cabaye, Gouffran, Sissoko, Gutierrez, Cisse.
Subs: Harper, Williamson, Anita, Ben Arfa, Gosling, Ameobi, Campbell.

Referee: Mike Jones (Cheshire)

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QPR: Green, Bosingwa, Hill, Samba, Ben Haim, Mbia, Derry, Townsend, Taarabt, Remy, Hoilett.
Subs: Julio Cesar, Diakite, Park, Mackie, Granero, Onuoha, Bothroyd.

Stoke: Begovic, Shotton, Huth, Shawcross, Wilson, Whelan, Adam, Nzonzi, Walters, Crouch, Jerome.
Subs: Sorensen, Cameron, Jones, Owen, Whitehead, Kightly, Wilkinson.

Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)

Come on 'Arry Houdini. :sick:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sunderland: Mignolet, Larsson, O'Shea, Cuellar, Rose, Johnson, N'Diaye, Colback, McClean, Graham, Sessegnon.
Subs: Westwood, Kilgallon, Vaughan, Mangane, Marrs, Mandron, Laidler.

Everton: Howard, Coleman, Heitinga, Distin, Baines, Mirallas, Gibson, Fellaini, Pienaar, Osman, Anichebe.
Subs: Mucha, Jelavic, Oviedo, Naismith, Neville, Barkley, Duffy.

Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Swansea: Vorm, Rangel, Chico, Williams, Davies, Britton, de Guzman, Hernandez, Michu, Dyer, Moore.
Subs: Tremmel, Taylor, Routledge, Monk, Shechter, Tiendalli, Ki.

Southampton: Boruc, Clyne, Yoshida, Hooiveld, Fox, Schneiderlin, Cork, Steven Davis, Lallana, Rodriguez, Lambert.
Subs: Kelvin Davis, Fonte, Ramirez, Ward-Prowse, Shaw, Mayuka, Puncheon.

Referee: Mark Halsey (Lancashire)

[Master Splinter]

Come on 'Arry Houdini. :sick:

Rob Green is playing, sadly.

[Master Splinter]

Former Republic of Ireland midfielder Matt Holland on Final Score

"I wonder why Michael Owen has not been given more of an opportunity by Stoke. When fit, he guarantees goals."

Classic 90s sound bites :bow:.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

The guy hasn't been fit for about 5 years.

And he hasn't been "guaranteeing goals" for much longer than that.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

WBA 0-1 Barcodes, Gouffran.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

'Ammers 1-0 Wigan, Jarvis.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

QPR 0-1 Stoke, Crouch.

:doh:

Possible Green fuck-up.

[Master Splinter]

RPQ 0-1 Scrote, Merchant.

Crooknapp :doh:.

[GP]

Arry :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sunderland 1-0 Everton, Sessegnon!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Norwich 1-0 Reading, Ryan Bennett.

[GP]

Reading :wave:

[Munchies]

Remy is a must get

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Norwich 2-0 Reading, Elliott Bennett.

[Munchies]

Watford 1 up

[McNamara That Ghost...]

WBA 1-1 Barcodes, Jones.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Norwich 2-1 Reading, McCleary.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pelanty to Stoke.

'Arry. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ramsey booked. Fulham freekick in a dangerous area.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

QPR 0-2 Stoke, Walters.

[Marc Overmars]

FFS Crooknapp, you could have at least taken Stoke down with you.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

'Ammers 2-0 Wigan, Nolan.

:doh:

[Marc Overmars]

Wigan. :wave:

Their time has to be up. Hope they go down with the FA Cup though tbf.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Sunderland :bow:

Di Canio :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

'Ammers 2-0 Wigan, FT

Swansea 0-0 Southampton, FT.

Sunderland 1-0 Everton, FT. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

QPR 0-2 Stoke, FT.

QPR have scored less goals this season than Stoke now. :lol:

West Brom 1-1 Barcodes, FT.

[Maestro]

can't wait to see mega melt face's interview

[Master Splinter]

Crooknapp :doh:.

Wigan :doh:.

Everton :haha:.

Di Canio :bow:.

MON :haha:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Agent Rafa.

:pray:

Moyes. :lol:

He doesn't really know what to do in the away games against the lower lites.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

QPR boss Harry Redknapp: "I couldn't have asked for any more, we gave everything we had, worked hard and in the first half we were the better team.

"It looks in tatters doesn't it, it's very difficult. We've got to try to win a game or two, we've got to go to Reading next week and try to win. It looks almost impossible doesn't it. It would take a real miracle.

"It's difficult but life is not always fun. What am I going to do - play golf every day? You don't walk into a side that hasn't won for 13 games and start winning every week. It's probably more difficult than I thought - there's an awful lot of work that needs to be done here.

"People say this team will come straight back up -that's rubbish. There needs to be an awful lot of work done over the summer for this team to be in contention next season."

:lol:

'Arry in Tory "mess we inherited" mode

[Niall_Quinn]

:lol:

'Arry in Tory "mess we inherited" mode

And he's already sniffing another Rosie summer by the sound of it. In the end the chairman did him. But I'm sure Arry will bounce back with his reputation still as gold plated as ever if his journo mates have their way. A myth they turned into a legend. And they have the solitary trophy to back up their bullshit.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

MotD is on in five minutes.

Running order: QPR/Sto, WHU/Wig, Sun/Eve, Nor/Rea, Ful/Ars, WBA/New, Swa/Sou

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hansen and Shearer in the studio.

Bum mentioned within a couple of minutes. High brow stuff on the BEEB these days.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Green. :haha:

He nearly did a Green. That would've been brilliant.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Crouchinho shot with the outside of his boot.

Why did 'Arry sign Ben Haim?

[Cripps_orig]

Know nothing about any of the games but A list pundits means there are talking points

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Taarabt. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Crouchinho. :bow:

Green. :haha:

He is funny.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good play by Remy, should've put his foot through it really though.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mbia. :haha:

What a telling block to save Stoke!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Clint Hill is pure alehouse.

[Cripps_orig]

Clint Hill worst CB ever?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He's up there. Well, down there.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

'Arry laying all the blame at Sparky. Nice.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

One bit of quality? Quality? Shut up Shearer.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great goal from Tevez.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Impressive how Diame and Nolan both missed that from about two yards out.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wigan play great stuff at times.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Big Andy. :lol:

Gave them a torrid time with that aimelss hoik.

[Cripps_orig]

Carroll is a bit awesome

Good finish by Nolan.

Looks like tis the end for Wigan.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

How did Carroll put that wide?

[Cripps_orig]

If Wigan had a striker, they'd be mid table easy

The likes of Di Santo, Boselli etc are terrible

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Hansen :lol:

I think he wanted Linekar to STFU long before he did.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Carroll is looking like a real centreforward says Shearer. :lol:

He's looking like what he is.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sunderland vs Neverton now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Connor Maccy commentaing. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Heitinga. :lol:

No surprise they lost with that waste of space playing.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Shite from Mirallas. Read through an match thread on an Everton forum earlier, consensus seems to be that he had a shocker.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good effort from Sessegnon, bit weak from Howard though.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rose has only scored one Premier League goal.

WTF Jelavic?

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Jelavic :lol:

All those Everton fans saying they'd have him over Suarez :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Backpass. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Di Canio. :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

How the hell did we let this Everton side dominate us?

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

That's because Pienaar is distinctly average.

[Cripps_orig]

Ffs show our game.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Liverpool really excelled themselves in failing to beat Reading.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Some strike from McCleary. :blink:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Our glorious performance is on now. :scarf:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rosicky piggybacking on BFG. :lol:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

I think that's the first time I've seen a Fulham fan swear...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

That fat Arsenal fan. :lol:

Used to be a Newcastle fan I imagine.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Why does Shearer make a point of repeating things that were just said in commentary?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Shearer thinks we won't finish third or fourth. Wonder if Colin Murray still thinks Everton will make it.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Why on Earth has Lukaku only started 15 league games?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Popov. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Why on Earth has Lukaku only started 15 league games?

Clarke doesn't start him against the better sides in the league for some reason. I don't think Long makes them particularly secure in defence, just makes them less likely to do any damage.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Er WTF Mbiwa? :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What happened to BBC's main camera? :lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

QPR robbed. That was never a pen, all he did was pull him down in the box. Very unlucky. Those are never given. Even though they lost 2-0, the penalty was the turning point. Desperately unlucky. I feel so sorry for them.

(up)Yours Tony Gale.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Shearer thinks we won't finish third or fourth. Wonder if Colin Murray still thinks Everton will make it.

That made up the bulk of the 20 seconds or so that I could stomach of the dross that is MOTD.

How the fuck did this programme morph itself into the worst fucking sports programme in the world?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hiring clueless idiots was always going to be a bad move. Giving Hansen 40k a show when he can say whatever crap he likes.

In general, just letting it become a Boys Club.

[Cripps_orig]

Fell asleep and missed our highlights

Arsenal :lol:

[Dennis Bendtner]

4pm, Rafa back at Anfield.

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/293/590/6f6.gif

[Marc Overmars]

Today is Agent Rafa's time to shine.

[Cripps_orig]

If spuds and Chelsea win, top 4 is as good as gone for us.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

The main aim today, other than to win obviously, is to make sure Torres doesn't score.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Well he helps out that with of his own accord but if he is fit, Ba will surely start given he can't play against Basel on Thursday (I assume that's still the case, even with Barcodes going out).

[Master Splinter]

Predictions?

Spuds 1-1 Citeh
Liverpool 2-1 Chewsea

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I went for 0-3 and 2-1. :lol:

[Master Splinter]

Spuds team: Lloris, Walker, Dawson, Vertonghen, Assou-Ekotto, Parker, Dembélé, Dempsey, Bale, Sigurdsson, Adebayor
Subs: Friedel, Caulker, Naughton, Holtby, Huddlestone, Livermore, Defoe.

Citeh team: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany (C), Nastasic, Clichy, Yaya Toure, Barry, Milner, Tevez, Nasri, Dzeko
Subs: Pantilimon, Kolo Toure, Kolarov, Lescott, Garcia, Sinclair, Aguero

[Master Splinter]

I went for 0-3 and 2-1. :lol:

Silva and Aguero out. Barry, Milner and Dzeko is too much pubbery for a comfortable win.

Hopefully not though.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

If anybody can succumb to pubbers, it's the Spuds.

[Marc Overmars]

Sperz 2-1 City

Liverpool 3-1 Chelsea

[Cripps_orig]

Barry up against Parker :haha:

Barry is getting destroyed. Spuds to win ffs

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Spurs 2-2 City.

Liverpool 3-0 Chelsea.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mignolet shouldn't have received the yellow card for a backpass, as in, a goalkeeper isn't supposed to get one for handling it inside his area from a backpass.

Refs. :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

Spuds 1-5 City

Liverpool 4-1 Chelsea

[Dennis Bendtner]

Nasri has a good scoring record against Sperz.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Tottenham: Lloris, Walker, Dawson, Vertonghen, Assou-Ekotto, Sigurdsson, Dembele, Parker, Bale, Dempsey, Adebayor.
Subs: Friedel, Huddlestone, Naughton, Defoe, Holtby, Livermore, Caulker.

Man City: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany, Nastasic, Clichy, Toure, Barry, Milner, Tevez, Nasri, Dzeko.
Subs: Pantilimon, Lescott, Sinclair, Kolarov, Javi Garcia, Aguero, Kolo Toure.

Referee: Lee Mason (Lancashire)

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Expecting aciteh win here.

Barry and Milner to go mental and hopefully one of them, or both, will show their gratitude to football - a game which they somehow managed to pull off the impossible and hoodwinked folks that they could play, thereby making a fantastic living off it - and mortally wound that monkey ****.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good tackle by Vertonghen on Zabaleta, aimless hoof straight after though.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Balenaldo going for glory early on, easy for Hart.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hart. :lol:

Nearly.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Spuds 0-1 Citeh, Nasri!!

:haha:

[Cripps_orig]

easy for Hart.

That's unusual for him.

[Marc Overmars]

Get in!

Come on City.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Brilliant work from Tevez. Milner did well too.

Spuds. :haha:

Piss poor.

[Cripps_orig]

Nasri :bow:

love this player

[Marc Overmars]

Spuds 0-1 Citeh, Nasri!!

:haha:

I thought goals for City and Liverpool today deserve the capital treatment as well as the double exclamation?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I thought goals for City and Liverpool today deserve the capital treatment as well as the double exclamation?

Not for Nasri.

Also, sorry for the impromptu and misplaced F1 update.

[Cripps_orig]

Button goes ahead of Rosberg again, for third.

Button is having a great race.

F1 and football on the same pitch?

Well they had to improve both by some way

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Me. :bow:

[Ollie the Optimist]

always liked that nasri bloke....

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Yaya booked.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Barry. :haha:

He's terrible.

Think he was booked there as well.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vertonghen bleeding.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

I thought goals for City and Liverpool today deserve the capital treatment as well as the double exclamation?

And a little dance around the room, in my case.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Dzeko is a bit of a pubber.

Must get.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ade could've got to that header back from Clichy if he wasn't a lumbering oaf.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dawson booked.

Tyler makes it sound like the tackle from behind is a new punishment. Only been going since 1994, Martin.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Milner. :haha:

Horrible freekick.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hart comes out to thwart Walker. Took too long in deciding what to do.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Wankfest by commentary team now on since that Hart save.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Hart comes out to thwart Walker. Took too long in deciding what to do.

Walker seems to be the only good attacking outlet for Spurs so far, seem almost as bad as us in central midfield

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dzeko shoots, deflects for a corner.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

So close from Nasri.

[Master Splinter]

Nasri :haha:.

Terrible miss.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Crunching tackle from Zabaleta on Sigurdsson. :bow:

Sigurdsson benefitted from his own terrible control there.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bale having a whinge.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barry did handball it.

What a scrote.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bale. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Clichy did well on Dempsey after initially looking like he had been beaten.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dzeko was in, shoots straight at Lloris. :doh:

[Master Splinter]

Dzeko :doh:.

Citeh should be 0-3 up.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Tevez could've done anything other than what he did do and probably would've scored.

Spuds. :lol:

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Ffs Tevez. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dawson charging up field?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dempsey header, well cleared.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Clichy has had a decent 1st 45, admittedly.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What the hell happened there?

Spuds 0-1 Citeh, HT.

Ah, good defending from Zabaleta, again.

[Master Splinter]

Some guy on Fox Soccer on Walker: "He's fast, he's quick."

:haha:

[Marc Overmars]

City are by far the better side, need to stick another chance away though.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Kolorav on for Milner on resumption.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Assou-Ekotto booked.

[GP]

Some guy on Fox Soccer on Walker: "He's fast, he's quick."

:haha:

He's also got pace.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Clichy you idiot. It's Parker, no need to tackle.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Clichy back to being Clichy.

Freekick scum in a dangerous area.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Balenaldo. :haha:

Pathetic.

Wild from Gareth Barry? WTF is Neville talking about?

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Balenaldo. :haha:

What the fuck was that?

[Master Splinter]

Balenaldo :haha:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sigurdsson off, Holtby on.

BSP hauled off, Hundredstone on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

That was a Beast Mode volley from Yaya.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Terrible effort from Tevez.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bale. :haha:

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Bale. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hundredstone booked already.

[Master Splinter]

Who's the idiot on co-commentary duty with Drury on Fox Soccer? He can't get any names right.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Well cut out by Zabaleta.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Who's the idiot on co-commentary duty with Drury on Fox Soccer? He can't get any names right.

I've thought about muting the tv through out, tbh.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kolarov ruins an attack by tripping Hundredstone off the ball. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hart. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dempsey shot, easy for Hart.

[Master Splinter]

I've thought about muting the tv through out, tbh.

He's kind of awlsome tbf.

Assou Ekotto: Benoit Kotto

Yaya: Yara

Nastasic: Nastachy

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Defoe's tame pass nearly went through with a cock-up from Kompany and Hart. :lol:

[Master Splinter]

Grant LOLtby :lol:.

MO wanted him here. :lol:

A warning that not all Germans are Must Gets.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Spuds 1-1 Citeh, Dempsey. :doh:

[Marc Overmars]

Fuck.

[Master Splinter]

Citeh :doh:.

Great ball by Bale though.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

That goal was always coming.

Citeh has completely turned off this half.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Spuds 2-1 Citeh, Defoe. :doh:

[Master Splinter]

Mancini :wave:.

[Marc Overmars]

Fuck off.

[Cripps_orig]

Dempsey, another player we missed out on and who shits on our players.

[cheesy bites]

That's it confirmed now, we're not playing Champions League football next year.

[GP]

wtf?

[Dennis Bendtner]

We need more player.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Spuds 3-1 Citeh, Bale. Jesus.

[cheesy bites]

The season is over. 5th it is.

[Marc Overmars]

Fuck right off.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

:blink:

Mancini :wave:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dzeko off, Sinclair on. :rolleyes:

[Marc Overmars]

At least United's title party will be tomorrow now.

[Cripps_orig]

Only agent Rafa can save us now

[Cripps_orig]

At least I made Bale my FFL captain

[Ernesto]

At least United's title party will be tomorrow now.

True.

Is it a win OR a draw will make them champions, or does it have to be a win against Villa?

[Marc Overmars]

True.

Is it a win OR a draw will make them champions, or does it have to be a win against Villa?

They need a win, which they'll surely get. Unless they want to troll us and do it on Sunday.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Freekick to Citeh.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kolarov puts it over.

[Ernesto]

They need a win, which they'll surely get. Unless they want to troll us and do it on Sunday.

They should beat Villa, even if Villa game-raise. Guard of honour at the Emirates next week :sick:

That Chelsea v Spurs game is oh so crucial for us, should we continue our rich vein of form. If we don't do our bit, then we can only blame ourselves.

[cheesy bites]

Well this has been a fucking depressing game to watch. I've got images of Thursday nights at the Emirates now, against stellar names like Real Sociedad and Schalke.

[GP]

City are awful.

Worst title defence ever.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Clichy hauled off, Lescott on. Why, I don't really know.

[Marc Overmars]

Guard of honour at the Emirates next week :sick:



:sick:

Fairly likely to happen.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Well this has been a fucking depressing game to watch. I've got images of Thursday nights at the Emirates now, against stellar names like Real Sociedad and Schalke.

We played Schalke in the Champions League. :unsure:

[Ernesto]

Dzeko off, Sinclair on. :rolleyes:

I honestly don't know why they haven't used Sinclair more this season. He clearly gives Man City width, something they were desperately lacking with the departure of Adam Johnson.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Spuds 3-1 Citeh, FT.

We stay five points behind Citeh. :popcorn:

[cheesy bites]

We played Schalke in the Champions League. :unsure:

good, we've scouted them already so we've got some chance of making the quarters of the Europa League

[Özil's Panoramic View]

This is a bitter result.

Can't see us finishing ahead of the scum after this. Just can't see it.

Pretty much what we deserve with our **** owner, Board, CEO and manager.

A highly toxic mix the lot of them, who's sold us out for profits.

[Master Splinter]

Citeh :haha: :haha:.

Money well spent.

Mancini :wave:.

[Marc Overmars]

Well done City, you useless fucks.

[Dennis Bendtner]

Bros we just won our last game. I guess this would annoy you less if it wasn't a comeback victory. Fair play. But at least cheer yourselves up for the Agent Rafa show.

[GP]

I honestly don't know why they haven't used Sinclair more this season. He clearly gives Man City width, something they were desperately lacking with the departure of Adam Johnson.

He gives them a body on the bench, something they've been lacking since the departure of Adam Johnson.

[Ernesto]

City are awful.

Worst title defence ever.


I've heard/read that our defence in 1990 was dog-awful, as was Leeds' in 1993. City will argue that they still finished 2nd.

[Özim]

Awful awful result for us.

[Kano]

whatever happens now, it's a far better scenario than seeing united win the title with rvp smiling his dutch mug about the place at the emirates.

this result now makes our home game much less of a worry.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

good, we've scouted them already so we've got some chance of making the quarters of the Europa League

Tottenham got six points from this win, well done to them.

[Özim]

I've heard/read that our defence in 1990 was dog-awful, as was Leeds' in 1993. City will argue that they still finished 2nd.
Yeah it's total nonsense, Leeds won the title and then came 17th the next season.

Some people just don't know what they're talking about, Man City haven't been bad at all.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Rafa got a massive cheer as he got off the bus.

Torres.... didn't.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

This is a bitter result.

Can't see us finishing ahead of the scum after this. Just can't see it.

Pretty much what we deserve with our **** owner, Board, CEO and manager.

A highly toxic mix the lot of them, who's sold us out for profits.


Why can't you see it, because they were so good?

They beat a city side that hardly got out of their own half second half despite creating nothing in the way of chances before the first goal

If we don't finish 4th we will have to look purely to team selection, especially on tuesday night

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Liverpool: Reina, Johnson, Carragher, Agger, Jose Enrique, Gerrard, Lucas, Downing, Henderson, Coutinho, Suarez.
Subs: Jones, Assaidi, Sturridge, Coates, Shelvey, Coady, Skrtel.

Chelsea: Cech, Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Luiz, Bertrand, Ramires, Mikel, Mata, Oscar, Hazard, Torres.
Subs: Turnbull, Lampard, Moses, Ferreira, Terry, Ba, Benayoun.

Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)

[GP]

I've heard/read that our defence in 1990 was dog-awful, as was Leeds' in 1993. City will argue that they still finished 2nd.

And how many hundreds of millions did we or Leeds spend those years?

City have been absolutely pathetic.

[Marc Overmars]

Come on Agent Rafa. :scarf:

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Bros we just won our last game. I guess this would annoy you less if it wasn't a comeback victory. Fair play. But at least cheer yourselves up for the Agent Rafa show.

It's pretty irritating that Bale despite doing nothing other than diving or losing possession or hitting the ball like a retard was so influential in the three goals. Don't think you can even argue that Spurs broke them down and deserved to win in the end, it was just an utter capitulation from Man City.

[Dennis Bendtner]

And how many hundreds of millions did we or Leeds spend those years?

City have been absolutely pathetic.

Not to mention another stellar Champions League campaign.

[cheesy bites]

So Van Persie will walk into the Emirates to a guard of honour as a Premier League champion, and then score to send us out of the CL. Beautiful.

[Marc Overmars]

So Van Persie will walk into the Emirates to a guard of honour as a Premier League champion, and then score to send us out of the CL. Beautiful.

He will walk in to the Emirates but he won't walk out...

[Kano]

So Van Persie will walk into the Emirates to a guard of honour as a Premier League champion, and then score to send us out of the CL. Beautiful.
would you prefer his goal won it at our place and then celebrated it in front of us afterwards?

[Joker]

Yeah it's total nonsense, Leeds won the title and then came 17th the next season.

Some people just don't know what they're talking about, Man City haven't been bad at all.

Yep and they'll probably win the FA Cup as well, hardly a disaster of a season. Of course they'd have hoped for better in the league but there's no point exaggerating how bad they've been.

[Özim]

He will walk in to the Emirates but he won't walk out...
He'll never walk alone.

Talk is Podolski might go with him.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

So Van Persie will walk into the Emirates to a guard of honour as a Premier League champion, and then score to send us out of the CL. Beautiful.

I'd sooner let Dzhokhar Tsarnaev out of prison than give them a guard of honour.

[Özim]

Yep and they'll probably win the FA Cup as well, hardly a disaster of a season. Of course they'd have hoped for better in the league but there's no point exaggerating how bad they've been.
Pretty much, 2nd in the league and the FA Cup isn't a bad season....now if they came 4th....

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

City's summer transfer spending has clearly been influenced by financial fair play coming in, they are still desperate to take on their wage bill and instead of the Van Persie's (on 200k a week at United....don't tell me he didn't go for money), Edison Cavani's etc....they were stuck with the Jack Rodwell and Scott Sinclair purchases.
They have a defence which though sturdy is slow, they have lost their most influential midfielder to injury in David Silva and frankly Mancini's not a very good manager and has seemed to have deliberately stirred up tension in his own dressing room

[Ernesto]

Talk is Podolski might go with him.

With Giroud absent for three games, let's hope Wenger puts Podolski where God intended. It'll give him a selection headache.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Yep and they'll probably win the FA Cup as well, hardly a disaster of a season. Of course they'd have hoped for better in the league but there's no point exaggerating how bad they've been.

An FA Cup is rather inconsequential for what the owners have been trying to achieve and the backing they've had in being able to do that. 13 points behind wth the title decided in April is terrible. Then again, maybe it's not that much of a shock given they only won the league on goal difference when they were apparently outstanding.

[Özim]

An FA Cup is rather inconsequential for what the owners have been trying to achieve and the backing they've had in being able to do that. 13 points behind wth the title decided in April is terrible. Then again, maybe it's not that much of a shock given they only won the league on goal difference when they were apparently outstanding.
People have been praising Mancini for what will be 3 trophies in the last 3 seasons so I don't think it's that bad tbh especially considering what came before. It's not a great season but they're in the CL and will have a trophy for the trophy cabinet.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

People have been praising Mancini for what will be 3 trophies in the last 3 seasons so I don't think it's that bad tbh especially considering what came before. It's not a great season but they're in the CL and will have a trophy for the trophy cabinet.

If he's sacked, it'll prove it doesn't matter. The trophy glory is for the fans and temporarily for the players, for the owners it won't be like that. They didn't invest all that money to be succesful in a trophy which is largely discarded by many teams.

[Özim]

If he's sacked, it'll prove it doesn't matter. The trophy glory is for the fans and temporarily for the players, for the owners it won't be like that. They didn't invest all that money to be succesful in a trophy which is largely discarded by many teams.
I guess it will, I don't think he'll be sacked though, there's been no real rumours about him being replaced.

[Joker]

An FA Cup is rather inconsequential for what the owners have been trying to achieve and the backing they've had in being able to do that. 13 points behind wth the title decided in April is terrible. Then again, maybe it's not that much of a shock given they only won the league on goal difference when they were apparently outstanding.

Yeah I'm sure most people at City don't think the season would qualify as a success at all, but getting a trophy at the end of it (no matter that the FA Cup probably doesn't rank as high on their list of priorities) means that it's now 3 seasons in a row where they've won a trophy, and they've maintained that winning habit which will probably stand them in good stead for next season.

[Ernesto]

City's summer transfer spending has clearly been influenced by financial fair play coming in, they are still desperate to take on their wage bill and instead of the Van Persie's (on 200k a week at United....don't tell me he didn't go for money), Edison Cavani's etc....they were stuck with the Jack Rodwell and Scott Sinclair purchases.
They have a defence which though sturdy is slow, they have lost their most influential midfielder to injury in David Silva and frankly Mancini's not a very good manager and has seemed to have deliberately stirred up tension in his own dressing room

With City it's strange. Abramovich would've gotten rid of Mancini LAST season after their early CL exit. Sheikh Mansour stayed with him, and it paid dividends. This season, again, plenty of opportunities to sack Mancini, but nothing of it. It may prove fruitful again, with the capture of the FA Cup.

Will they get rid of Mancini close season? Or are they actually looking at the market and waiting for a better manager than Mancini to come along? Either way, compared to Abramovich, the way the Sheikhs are going about it is commendable.

As for van Persie, if it IS to be believed, then City were willing to pay him 300k/week, but he didn't want to sell his soul entirely....

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I guess it will, I don't think he'll be sacked though, there's been no real rumours about him being replaced.

I think that's because the papers don't really know who is available.

[Master Splinter]

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini:

"We did two big mistakes, that was strange.

"The first and the second goals were so simple. It is impossible to concede goals like this.

"I cannot believe we lost this game. We had it under control and played very well for 80 minutes.

"We had everything in order, it is strange. It is not a correct result, but congratulations to Tottenham for the win.

"We needed to win as we want to get the second position. We would have had a better life in the next week if we had won.

"We did not deserve to lose, we deserved to win. That is football.

"We need more player."


Mancini is mental.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Yeah I'm sure most people at City don't think the season would qualify as a success at all, but getting a trophy at the end of it (no matter that the FA Cup probably doesn't rank as high on their list of priorities) means that it's now 3 seasons in a row where they've won a trophy, and they've maintained that winning habit which will probably stand them in good stead for next season.

Well if they do win it of course. If you're able to invest so heavily in the squad, being able to win trophies should come with the territory. I don't forsee doing well in seven games as being enough to weigh against doing relatively badly over the course of 45 (38 in the league, plus Carling Cup hammering against Villa and the Champions League games).

[Marc Overmars]

Come on Liverpool.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Liverpool.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Coutinho. :lol:

Baby version of Carroll.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Shall we rename the board 'RAWK' for the next 90 minutes?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Agger has tackled his own leg!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Shall we rename the board 'RAWK' for the next 90 minutes?

"I hope they get their legs snapped".

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great clearance by Johnson.

Idiot.

[Dennis Bendtner]

Suarez is boss la