Football Focus

[Jah Lush]

You won't get any abuse from me Cowboy. You're only West Ham after all.

[Keef]

Aston Villa 2 Fulham 0

Middlesbrough 1 Newcastle 2

Stoke City 1 Hull City 1

Sunderland 1 Bolton 0

Wigan Athletic 2 West Brom 0

Chelsea 2 Arsenal 1

Man City 2 Man Utd 2

Portsmouth 2 Blackburn 0

Tottenham 2 Everton 2

Liverpool 3 West Ham Utd 1

[SimonM]

Aston Villa 2 Fulham 0

Middlesbrough 2 Newcastle 1

Stoke City 2 Hull City 1

Sunderland 0 Bolton 1

Wigan Athletic 2 West Brom 1

Chelsea 2 Arsenal 0

Man City 1 Man Utd 2

Portsmouth 3 Blackburn 1

Tottenham 3 Everton 1

Liverpool 2 West Ham Utd 0

[Ladygooner]

Aston Villa 2 Fulham 2

Middlesbrough 0 Newcastle 1

Stoke City 2 Hull City 1

Sunderland 2 Bolton 1

Wigan Athletic 3 West Brom 1

Chelsea 1 Arsenal 2 (we live in hope!)

Man City 2 Man Utd 2

Portsmouth 2 Blackburn 1

Tottenham 1 Everton 1

Liverpool 2 West Ham Utd 1

[Ladygooner]

FA Cup third round draw:

Portsmouth v Bristol City

Sheffield Wed v Fulham

Preston v Liverpool

Birmingham v Wolves

West Ham v Barnsley

Middlesbrough v Barrow

Hull City v Newcastle

Hartlepool v Stoke

Chelsea v Southend

Manchester City v Nottingham Forest

Cardiff v Reading

Ipswich v Chesterfield or Droylesden

Charlton v Norwich

West Brom v Peterborough or Tranmere

Torquay v Blackpool

Leyton Orient v Sheffield United

Southampton v Manchester United

Millwall v Carlisle or Crewe

Histon v Swansea

Forest Green Rovers v Derby

QPR v Burnley

Leicester v Crystal Palace

Tottenham v Wigan

Morecambe or Cheltenham v Doncaster

Arsenal v Plymouth

Notts County or Kettering v Eastwood Town

Bournemouth or Blyth v Blackburn

Macclesfield v Everton

Watford v Scunthorpe

Sunderland v Bolton

Coventry v Kidderminster

Gillingham or Stockport v Aston Villa.

Ties will be played on the weekend of 3-4 January

[mockney piers]

happy with that.

Weird, Leeds don't seem to be in that draw. Surely some mistake?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

That, MP, is what makes the FA Cup a cracking competition. I love it.

[SimonM]

Where is Mr Carnell? Where is Mr Carnell?! :-S

[????]

Anyone know how Spuds did?

*walks away whistling

[david_carnell]

I'm no longer a football fan. Oval shaped balls only for me from now on...

I bloody knew it....

COCK!

[Ladygooner]

ahem! what a good win!

[Sandperson]

Excellent LG. Taking points off Chelsea. Thanks for that. And a good result for us if a stupid sending off. This time of year is always interesting and I cant wait for Christmas especially with Torres looking almost as fragile as Stevie G when there's an international friendly on the horizon and Scolari making sure 'fortress Bridge' looks a bit crumbly.

[Jah Lush]

Oh bugger!

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Sounds like you need a doctor D_C!

[Keef]

Ronaldo's sending off was bizarre wasn't it. Maybe the ref would have been kinder if Ronaldo hadn't done th sarcy clapping thing when he got booked the first time. Not just saying that because he's Man U, I hate when players get cheeky like that, I would have shown a second yellow for that, and I'd say the same if it was a Liverpool player.

Great resul for Arsenal. Blatantly offside goal though. Agree with whoever it was on MOTD2 who said he should be having a go at the linesman, not the ref.

[Ladygooner]

He didn't want to head it in case it ruffled his hair........

[Rhinestone Cowboy]

Guess everyone will be supporting Irons tonight .. would make the title race little more interesting but we have not won at Pool since 1963 so looking good for 4-0 thrashing.

[Keef]

Don't think Anna or I will be... I am concerned about the pool lasting the distance, so any gap we can get would be good for us! We also have a hell of a crimbo period with big games including the derby.

[Rhinestone Cowboy]

west ham 10-1 to win hmmmmmmm 5-1 for the draw hmmmmmmm

[????]

:-$:-S::o:(:'(:))>:D

[Keef]

Oh well, fair play hammers, from the bbc website it sounds like you were trying to score on the counter at the end rather than just defending, so good on ya.

As for Liverpool, this is the second time we have failed to take advantage of Chelsea dropping points. Okay, so we are 1 point up, but not really feeling reassured...

[????]

Keef - you've got to worry about the draws with us, Fulham and Stoke, I still hope you win it and not Chelski or Man U....er, or Arsenal (?)but tonight I'm happy

[mockney piers]

3 clean sheets in a row!! wow.

Collins has been huge and Upson class, and nice to see Green getting a bit of consistency back again.

Ok, we're not showing much ambition going forward at the moment, but good to get the basics right again and hopefully we can build from here.

Mid-table obscurity here we come!!!

[Sandperson]

I agree about the sarcastic clapping. It was stupid and immature and I thought he'd get sent off for it. Great result last night. We are getting to that nitty gritty part of the season where we see who's got what it takes. From what I read about last night Keane is struggling and with Torres out I wonder how much strength Liverpool have got both physically and mentally. Of course I'd rather see Chelsea win the league than Liverpool...hell I'd rather see Arsenal win it but I've got a funny feeling we are going to come out the other side of Christmas looking rosy....there, that's cursed it.

[ratty]

Ladygooner Wrote:

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> Ratty - you must be gutted! Were you at the match?

Agggh. I was actually at Center Parcs with the family. Managed to watch the game though, and yes, I was gutted! :(