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Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > First of all, he dived, no question. But I thought > Hart's reaction was out of order, and I thought > when I first saw it on MOTD, that looks really bad > in slow mo, but he's basically shouting in Hart's > face, he hasn't gobbed at him. England player escapes ban in World Cup year shocker. I agree that Boyd didn't deliberatey spit at Hart. Do the FA ever give a written explanation as to how the independent panel arives at a judgement? If not, it would help...

You shouldn't forget that Petit and Viera could look after themselves. IMO that Arsenal team was even better than the Invincibles, because they were a team for all seasons. Wenger never really replaced them in that respect...

Not sure why those tactics were employed, as you say, we had plenty of our own talent, probably because the result that day was more important than the performance. It wasn't unique, most teams realised you could 'get at' Arsenal. I'd take it as a compliment ;-)

StraferJack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > a lot to agree with there - I would say > dissapointing rather than big negative. I would > also say that he never went out of his way to > clobber a team like Man Utd did that day and that > was a positive Due to the lightheadness of drawing Bayern, forgot to ask earlier, what did you mean exactly?..

I'm going to embrace the underdog role BR, it's a win win situation ;-) SJ is right, until Arsenal went down to 10 men they more than held their own. The first leg is key, if we go out gung ho they'll just pick us off, a low scoring draw would set up the 2nd leg nicely...

I'm scratching around for positives...here'e one, the German's don't like it up 'em... :)

True dat, but would've fancied our chances against AM, PSG, BD or CFC, now it's simply a case of damage limitation...

*Faints...* Manchester United v Bayern Munich Paris St-Germain v Chelsea Real Madrid v Borussia Dortmund Barcelona v Atletico Madrid

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Using Spurs as a benchmark you have to agree > Arsenal and Wenger have achieved. > > However as major London clubs there is perhaps an > argument that both should be doing better. > > As a very general rule the top clubs in Europe > come from the cities that are the financial hubs > of those countries, Madrid, Munich, Paris. it's > been rare over the last 25 years for London to > have a top club. Arsenal have occasionally hit the > heights of European finals but not enough in my > opinion and Arsene's stadium excuse is running > thin. Not that he references that himself, but > Spurs have struggled to find the right formula > altogether. *Charges in with pitch fork...* Think it might be a lot longer than 25 years Mick. I can't think of a London club that has really dominated the league like Utd and Liverpool have. For me the big negative against Wenger is that he never produced a team that won back to back titles like the great teams do. Even the Invincibles failed in that respect, giving the air of one hit wonders. I agree with SJ that City and Chelsea's finances have skewed the market, but Wenger always said that there was big money available to spend on players, but he chose not to. Maybe Wenger was being astute by not spending big, because once you do the pressure to deliver increases. City and especially Chelsea have had a high turnover of managers because expectations to deliver trophies has grown the more they've spent... Nice try ????...Manchester > London :)

You make my point perfectly...again

Depends on the mindset of the reader... http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GkqmWdtdBrk/TSU8NDuFBFI/AAAAAAAAAeM/DpwGK6WKqWc/s200/half%2Bempty.jpg

Miscellaneous musings... Fellaini's 5 minute cameo last night was the best I've seen him play in a red shirt, he even found his ideal position on the pitch...the corner flag. According to a West Ham season ticket supporting friend, tickets for the MU game are going for ?150...why? Congratulations to Arsene Wenger on becoming a member of the 1000 club. Interesting stat, all his trophies were won within the first 500 games. Good luck to Spurs tonight, but I think it could get messy for them in Lisbon....

Blimey, it worked, just had a reply thanking me for highlighting the missing fixtures :)...

I've sent them an email to the address on their confirmation email when I joined... [email protected]

Week 27 fixtures... Saturday 22nd March 2014 Chelsea V Arsenal Cardiff V Liverpool Everton V Swansea Hull V West Brom Man City V Fulham Newcastle V Crystal Palace Norwich V Sunderland West Ham V Man Utd Sunday 23rd March 2014 Tottenham V Southampton Aston Villa V Stoke Tuesday 25th March 2014 Arsenal V Swansea* Man Utd V Man City Newcastle V Everton* Wednesday 26th March 2014 West Ham V Hull Liverpool V Sunderland *For some reason PredictAddict hasn't listed these two fixtures. Not sure if they're wrong or the BBC, I suspect the former, so keep an eye out for changes...

EDF Predictor Champions League Last 16 Round 4 scores... JL - 2 Correct Results + 1 Correct Score = 5 pts OT - 2 Correct Results + 1 Correct Score = 5 pts SC - 1 Correct Result + 1 Correct Score = 4 pts RD - 3 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 3 pts AqM - 2 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 2 pts Mx - 2 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 2 pts RC - 2 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 2 pts LG - 1 Correct Result + 0 Correct Scores = 1 pt BS is knocked-out. Draw for QF's this Friday. As there are no numbered balls in the CL draw, the remaining teams have been arranged alphabetically and given a number 1 to 8, of which each team's number will be given to the player who finished in the corresponding position in the mini league as follows... 1 = Athletico Madrid = JL 2 = Barcelona = RD 3 = Bayern Munich = AqM 4 = Borrusia Dortmund = LG 5 = Chelsea = OT 6 = Man Utd = RC 7 = PSG = SC 8 = Real Madrid = Mx So, if Bayern are drawn against PSG, AqM will play SC in one of the QF head to heads...

Grainne17, disgusted with the poor hygiene ratings of ED eateries, decides to take matters into her own hands, alhough she's yet to work out how to actually eat the food... http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3iXnGmw2RCs/TvmulZBGY4I/AAAAAAAABfg/950J3I-VatA/s1600/8804-hazard-lego-jiptoys.jpg Ok, who's farted?...

I take it all back, Moyes has progressed... This time last season, David Moyes' Everton had 48 points from 29 games, having scored 46 goals & conceded 35. This season, David Moyes' Manchester United side have 48pts from 29 games, having scored 46 goals and conceded 34.

Behave yourself LG :)...

Tuesday 18th March 2014 Chelsea 3 Galatasaray 1 Real Madrid 5 Schalke 0 Wednesday 19th March 2014 Dortmund 3 Zenit 1 Man Utd 2 Olympiakos 0

EDF Champions League Last 16 Round 4 fixtures... Tuesday 18th March 2014 Chelsea V Galatasaray (agg 0-1) Real Madrid V Schalke (agg 6-1) Wednesday 19th March 2014 Dortmund V Zenit (agg 4-2) Man Utd V Olympiakos (agg 0-2)

RC still has a commanding lead, can anyone catch the Cowboy?... Week 26 points... Week 26 table...

Just checked the final fantasy positions, well done to Meds...

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Fellaini is far from your worst midfielder at the > moment to be fair to him. But he certainly wasnt > top of the shopping list at the start if last > summer. I know, I was thinking more about the money it cost to buy him, esp when he could've been bought for ?4m less before his buy out clause expired. It had panic buy written all over it...

Bastard!...