Football Focus

[mockney piers]

My spurs mate tells me that at White Hart Lane the other day, at 2-0 down our fans were chanting you must be **** if you can't score four against us.

As the missus would say "mocking is catching"

[Keef]

Horrid and cruel finish for Spurs there, but I think with this manager they have some silverware coming to them... I was a big fan of Martin Jol, but have to say this guy has improved them big time. Although to be fair to Jol, he built this team, and had awful luck with injuries... he just should have given them less cake for God's sake! ;-)

[citizenED]

Er, like, Keef did they not just win something, like the Carling Cup or summit, or was I dreaming that bit.

[Keef]

No you weren't dreaming.

[Annasfield]

Dust?

Arsenal v Middlesbrough

Derby v Man Utd

Liverpool v Reading

Portsmouth v Aston Villa

Sunderland v Chelsea

West Ham v Blackburn

Fulham v Everton

Man City v Tottenham

Wigan v Bolton

Birmingham v Newcastle

[SeanMacGabhann]

that made me smile in middle of a bad day that did! Not an obscure quote as such but taken out of context it made me think..

[Annasfield]

about..........?

[SeanMacGabhann]

about what you meant with the "dust?" - sorry, but me getting that was the only meaningful use of my brain so far today

aaaanyway

Arsenal 3 v Middlesbrough 1

Derby 0 v Man Utd 4

Liverpool 2 v Reading 1

Portsmouth 1 v Aston Villa 1

Sunderland 1 v Chelsea 2

West Ham 2 v Blackburn 1

Fulham 1v Everton 1

Man City 0 v Tottenham 2

Wigan 0 v Bolton 0

Birmingham 1v Newcastle 2

[mockney piers]

Only one result I can be confident of

West Ham 0 - Blackburn 4

[Jah Lush]

I'm very upset at missing the Spurs match last night as I was at a Jesus & Mary Chain gig at the Roundhouse. Bah! to that. I thought it was a very tough call for us to go there and win but from what I've read and heard we were very unlucky. It would seem to me that more practice on our finishing needs to be worked on at the training ground.

I just hope that we can continue our good work in the league and get ourselves as far up the table as is possible.

[Jah Lush]

Arsenal 2 v Middlesbrough 0

Derby 0 v Man Utd 3

Liverpool 3 v Reading 0

Portsmouth 2 v Aston Villa 2

Sunderland 0 v Chelsea 3

West Ham 1 v Blackburn 3

Fulham 2 v Everton 1

Man City 0 v Tottenham 2

Wigan 2 v Bolton 1

Birmingham 2 v Newcastle 1

[Jah Lush]

Here's the new West Ham kit.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

(Sorry Piers, can't resist)

We 'ate Westham and we 'ate Westham, etc

[SimonM]

Arsenal 4 v Middlesbrough 0

Derby 0 v Man Utd 2

Liverpool 2 v Reading 0

Portsmouth 2 v Aston Villa 1

Sunderland 0 v Chelsea 1

West Ham 0 v Blackburn 2

Fulham 1 v Everton 2

Man City 2 v Tottenham 0

Wigan 1 v Bolton 1

Birmingham 3 v Newcastle 1

[Annasfield]

Yikes!!! It's draw time.... B)

[SeanMacGabhann]

yep - im following the minute by minute commentary here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/7296016.stm

it's quite droll

[citizenED]

Draw time - Oh, that draw. I thought you were referring to Arsenal's recent form. Apart form Mockney's prescient 4 - 0 prediction for the hammers I'm going to say the only other surefire result has to be Aresnal 0 - 0 'boro.

citizen the pessimist

[Annasfield]

Crikey - Arsenal v Liverpool. Glad the first game is at the Emirates

[Annasfield]

and if we win, Chelsea or Fenerbache in the next round.

Champions League quarter-final draw:

1 Arsenal v Liverpool

2 AS Roma v Man Utd

3 Schalke 04 v FC Barcelona

4 Fenerbahce v Chelsea

Champions League semi-final draw:

1 Arsenal/Liverpool v Fenerbahce/Chelsea

2 Schalke/Barcelona v AS Roma/Man Utd

[atila the gooner]

So we've got Pool 3 games on the trot, and then Man Ure. Interesting.

[SeanMacGabhann]

does this mean that if Arsenal (or Liverpool) win this thing they could have to beat 3 English teams on the trot?

Big ask

ummm - best of luck everyone and may teh best team win

(some tense evenings in CPT ahead I feel)

[atila the gooner]

We've got Pool in the ECL twice and once in the league, after that we've got Man Ure in the league.

[Annasfield]

There is no way I am watching these games in the pub. Better warn the housemate....

[Keef]

Oi, I seem to remember a text from you after the Inter game saying we'd have to watch the next round together... Are you suggesting I step away from the pub?!?!?!? ::o

Not particularly happy with this draw, Man U and Arsenal were the teams I least wanted. That said, I think at this stage we have just as good a chance as anyone, and they will be very tight games!

At least we know that if we do manage to overcome Arsenal, we're assured of a place in the final, as knocking Chelsea out is just something that we do! ;-)

[SimonM]

Interesting watching the smug Sky bloke hubristically (did I just coin that word?!) declare there'll be at least one Rnglish club in the final....

I wonder what odds the bookies will give for a Fenerbahce v Barcelona final?! :))