Football Focus

[Sandperson]

Looks like we are going to drop two points. We need a favour from Everton!

[????]

Don't write off Villa.....mmm...liking my bet more and more

[Sandperson]

Get.

In!!!

Top of the League!

[????]

but Chelsea have done it even later.....interesting

[Sandperson]

I'd rather lose to Chelsea than Liverpool. ;-)

[Keef]

Can't believe after 90 minutes of football Liverpool were looking sorted, and by the final whistles we are behind Man U and only a point in front of Chelsea. Funny old game and all that. Just hope Liverpool keep up the pace and make a good 3 way competition of it. As LadyG pointed out, last February Arsenal looked like they couldn't not win the league...

[Annasfield]

Well that was Fergie time at it's finest! (or worst depending on your outlook)

Can't wait until Monday night now. There's a spare ticket if you fancy it Keef? ;-)

[Keef]

Would love to, but can't get any time off work at the moment. Thanks though.

[matthew123]

Phil Thompson's reaction on Soccer Saturday to Lampard's winner was great entertainment, Thommo was rocking back in his chair screaming, "GOOOOALLLLLL, GOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLLL!!!!"

I watched most of the United game live on the web (via TVU Player), and to be fair teams who drive forward looking for goals deserve to get late winners more than teams who keep a defensive formation against sh!te teams for 90 minutes...

If Liverpool want to take charge of the title race they need to cut loose - that means 1) playing 4-4-2, with 2) Gerrard in central midfield and 3) Daniel Agger at centre half - and most importantly 4) priortise the scoring of goals over clean sheets.

[Mick Mac]

matthew123 Wrote:

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> I watched most of the United game live on the web

> (via TVU Player), and to be fair teams who drive

> forward looking for goals deserve to get late

> winners more than teams who keep a defensive

> formation against sh!te teams for 90 minutes...

Matthew 123 - could not agree more - think i said something similar before too = MU play to win and they get their just rewards. Liverpool I'm afraid may throw away their best chance to win the EPL unless they become more direct, especially at home.

hope liverpool can make a move on Monday night as now MU have headed them at the top, Liverpool really need to bounce back.

[snorky]

No one bothered about Milwalls recent run ? TSk TSk TSk - though I should have expected it from ED glory Hunters

So you will all be supporting Man City in a couple of years I would think

[matthew123]

Not me, I've supported Liverpool through the bad times and relatively speaking that is like a Chelsea or Arsenal fan following their team after getting relegated to non-league football.

[Ladygooner]

I went to the Vale to watch the Arsenal match -lovely comfy sofas, draught stella and warm fire - what more could a woman ask for! Incidentally they had shown the Bolton v Man U match live - shall have to keep an eye out to see what other sat 3pm games they will be showing.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Snorky, one doesn't like to crow.

[????]

Get in...8th! C'mon Pompey, make my Sunday....

[????]

Millwall's glory run is bothering me and warming the cockles of TLS' heart.....still the last time they had a little ran they went and embarrassed themselves at an FACup Final....even Hammers fan were squirming at their ineptitude...a bit ;-)

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Well I reckon if even Chelsea end up 3-0 down, we didn't do that badly.

[Jah Lush]

Bah! Tottenham were very poor today.

[Kells]

I didn't have time to watch it. Doesn't sound like I missed anything though:(

[matthew123]

Darrent Bent missed a point blank header from 5 yards with a few minutes to go - Harry Redknapp went ballistic over it!

[Ladygooner]

Never mind Jah, at least the one point took you off the bottom of the table

[ratty]

matthew123 Wrote:

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> Darrent Bent missed a point blank header from 5

> yards with a few minutes to go - Harry Redknapp

> went ballistic over it!

I was praying he might keel over but no luck.

Pompey played their socks off and only luck stopped this being another 4-1 against a Judas side bound for relegation. I agree with Jah that Spurs were appauling. Definitely another team to be taken down by Redknapp.

PUP! ;)

[Rhinestone Cowboy]

West Ham 8th and Spurs 16th and this is the most miserable day ever! hmmm looks pretty good to me

According to experts today is the most depressing day of the year, or as the pessimists at the Daily Mail put it: "The most depressing day in HISTORY".

Toay is apparently so depressing it has been predicated that up to a quarter of workers would call in sick.

Cliff Arnall, a former psychology academic at Cardiff University, claims that there are six factors that combine to make today the ultimate of all bad days:

Lousy weather

Post-Christmas debt

Failed New Year's resolutions

Time elapsed since Christmas festivities

Motivation levels

The need for something to look forward to

[Keef]

I'll go along with "Motivation levels", but other than that I'm happy enough... Will see if Liverpool want to keep it that way this evening!

[Jah Lush]

My mum could have scored with that header that Bent missed in the final minutes and she's been dead for 15 years.

The only plusses in the game for us was our improvement in the second half and Defoe's fabulous equalising finish. We ain't going down. No way.