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EDF Champions League Last 16 Round 2 fixtures... Tuesday 25th February 2014 Zenit St Petersburg V Borussia Dortmund Olympiakos V Man Utd Wednesday 26th February 2014 FC Schalke 04 V Real Madrid Galatasaray V Chelsea

aquarius moon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > RD > Was expecting you to post Champs League fixtures > today & had them all ready so you couldn't accuse > me of posting last! > Or are this weeks matches not included? As I've > not done this before, no idea how it works. > > Good luck for tonight BTW. Haven't really got time > for pistols at dawn because I need my beauty > sleep! Clean forgot, thx for reminder, will post them in a mo...

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > At the start of yesterday, I was very much looking > over Liverpool's shoulder at the teams behind > them. A loss for the pool and a win for Spurs and > things would have felt very different today. But > now I'm looking at the 4 point gap between us and > Chelsea... All the top 4 teams have been playing down their chances, but realistically they now all have a chance. I think Chelsea have the best manager and players with experience to handle the pressure when it gets cranked up... > I like Spurs, and for their sake, I hope they let > United overtake them and have 5th place and the > Europa League with it! As I've said to Jah > recently, it's still a European cup, and winning > it would be great, but it's a bastard of a > competition with the Thursday night games. Depending on what happens in the Cups, 6th place and lower might also qualify for the EL...

Jah Lush Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Think Spurs suffered from their Europa League exploits on > Thursday. A seven thousand mile round trip > couldn't have helped. Also thought Sherwood's team > selection was a bit iffy. Why no Erickson? For all > that I'm very happy for Chris Hughton and his > |Norwich team thoroughly deserved the three points > today. Spurs have lost 5 out of 7 post-Thurs Europa League matches...#poisoned chalice Sherwood is learning as he goes along so will make iffy decisions. I think he's just a stop gap until you get a more experienced manager this summer, e.g. LVG post- World Cup. Agree about Erickson, Sherwood should be selecting his team around him... http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/feb/23/norwich-city-tottenham-hotspur-tactics Hughton has once again shown great humility in the face of unwarranted criticism, this time when he was put under uneccessary pressure from his own CEO last week, perhaps the CEO should resign if Norwich stay up...

Week 22 points have finally been updated (see earlier post). In true BFS style, RC is piling on the pounds points. Here are Week 23 points... And Week 23 table...

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > BFS shoe in for manager of the month, you big, fat > loveable, dinosaur you Thought you were taking the proverbial at first. You do realise that the master plan was to survive by a gnat's breath so BFS would still get the Spanish fiddle. Carry on like this and he'll get a new 5 year contract... ;-)

I know Villa have a lion on their club crest, but I've never heard Lions being used in terms of supporters groups etc. I thought you were all a bunch of Villans... ;-)

Two well matched teams, a war of attrition that England eventually won. Hard to call who will eventually win the 6 Nations...

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don't see France in any of the Euro qualifying > groups. Did Platini not get his way? On MOTD 2, someone said they would be playing in Portugal's group...

Jah Lush Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Indeed. Rooney had one good tournament in an > England shirt when he was 18. He's been rubbish > ever since. A very good player on his day but far > from world class in my opinion. One good tournament because that was the only tournament he was fully fit for. England as a whole have been rubbish, Gerrard has hardly done himself justice in an England shirt either, does that make him a rubbish player too? As for whether he's 'world class' or not, that's subjective and pointless to argue. He's certainly no Ronaldo or Messi, but IMO he's up there with the Robbens and Riberys of this world... Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You know with him that if he isn't > fit he doesn't have the natural talent to allow > him to get by. Rooney has bags of natural talent, what he doesn't have is natural athleticism... Parkdrive Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So according to RD Ozil is unproven,so please > explain his assist stats and passing accuracy to > me? The East Dulwich Forum is a constant source of > amusement to me. Still I see Yanited are so > desperate they've given the granny shagger an > obscene 300k a week. Is he world class? Meh. > Always goes missing for England, and will > doubtless throw a strop again when things aren't > going his way. HoW things have changed for the > rags. What stats? Germany and Spain? I'm talking about him being an unproven Premier League player. Past reputations in foreign leagues count for nothing, it's reeks of arrogance to think otherwise. Anyway, stats can be misleading. Swansea have some of the best possession/passing/accuracy stats in the League. Shall we start labelling them world class? No, because what the stats don't tell you is that most of those passes are sideways in midfield. As for paying Rooney ?300k a week, hardly an act of desperation when it would actually cost the club more to replace him like for like. Instead we've got a proven Premier Leagur player, a proven match winner, a proven trophy winner, and someone who doesn't throw a mental wobbly when he misses a penalty. Things will have changed when we go 9 years without winning nothing, not 9 months...

Nah, it's all down to Mesut, bless him...

Ozil is no dud, but describing him as world class is also pushing it. He undoubtedly has talent, but up to now he hasn't regularly shown it, and certainly can't take a game by the scruff of the neck and stamp his authority on it, like gamechangers Ronaldo and Messi regularly do. He's also got a mental flakiness, often goes missing in the big games. TJ is right when he said he went AWOL after missing the pen against Bayern. It's moments like that, that so called world class players step up to the plate and come into their own. Instead, according to Wenger, he's still not got over it. Poor thing. Honours wise he's a perpetual runner-up, and I've seen nothing to change that. I was castigated in certain quarters for saying early season that Ozil was unproven in the Premier League. So far I believe I've been proved right...

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes that worked on the phone, but I had tried that > on pc and it didn't .... But thanks. Maybe it's a browser issue like I have with IE. > Ps. I notice your team is not public. That's > rather secretive? I didn't know if my team was public or private due to browser issue, think it should be public now...

What Jeremy said, Venice is doable in a weekend, Rome isn't...

So what match can't you predict with your heart AQ, would it be West Ham's perchance?... ;-)

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Have made my team changes. Don't know how to > change my star player though. Just click on the current yellow star and it will turn grey, then click on the grey star next to the new player, and it should turn yellow...

Lowlander Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You haven't been sent a new card, or PIN? Which > suggests it's an error on the bank's part, > otherwise they would have stopped your card? > > Poor form... The OP has already said that a new card has been sent. Best to read the whole thread before piling in...poor form

Hurry up ????, it's armchair and popcorn time again...

True, prime riverside apartments have always carried a premium, but the area as a whole including less desirable addresses has gone bananas...

SCSB79 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I seem to be in there twice? Not anymore. Thx for heads-up, perils of copy and paste...

Battersea/Nine Elms is a property uber hotspot at the moment with the new US Embassy and Battersea Power Station redevelopment...

Champions League Last 16 Round 1 scores... AqM - 2 Correct Results + 1 Correct Score = 5 pts JL - 2 Correct Results + 1 Correct Score = 5 pts Mx - 3 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 3 pts SC - 3 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 3 pts RC - 2 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 2 pts RD - 2 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 2 pts BS - 1 Correct Result + 0 Correct Scores = 1 pt OT - 1 Correct Result + 0 Correct Scores = 1 pt LG - 0 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 0 pts On current standings LG would be knocked-out at QF stage...

Saturday 22nd February 2014 Chelsea V Everton Arsenal V Sunderland Cardiff V Hull Man City V Stoke West Brom V Fulham West Ham V Southampton Crystal Palace V Man Utd Sunday 23rd February 2014 Liverpool V Swansea Newcastle V Aston Villa Norwich V Tottenham

It might already have. Kompany's post-mach interview was a bit off-kilter too. Like Roy Keane said...I'm not sure he knows what he's talking about.