Football Focus

[Jah Lush]

To be fair to Dyer, when he's fit and I know that's very rare, he's actually a very good player but to fork out ?6 million for a footballer with his history of injuries is just plain daft.

[mockney piers]

Bellamy too can play football on his day; heaven forbid even the Ferdinand's have been known to play classy football.

But it's the inconsistency and laziness that comes with huge egomaniacal, spoilt brats that I take issue with.

Give me a Solskjaer over a Bellamy, a Yossi over a Dyer a (Stuart) Pearce over a(n Ashley) Cole any day of the week.

[SeanMacGabhann]

To be a Libran about this* and to balance criticism of Ashley Cole, one could never accuse him of being lazy. A damn fine player. Unfortunately his egomania and greed exceed even the standards set by the others mentioned

* ie try and be un-biased but purely because of who I am and not because of the bleedin month I was born

[Annasfield]

Do you mean Cashley Cole?

[Keef]

Ashley Cole is a twat, end of conversation I think ;-)

Yossi was great last night, and a job well done. Liked Kuyt's work ethic too, the boy wanted a goal, and ended up with 2 through hard work.

Now Celtic and Arsenal to compleye the 6 British teams....

[Ladygooner]

Full house for the Champs league draw today then - and Eduardo is off the starting blocks!

[SimonM]

Do we know anything about the seedings? I am assuming all the Premier League clubs will avoid one another but that Celtic and Rangers are likely to to be drawn with 1 of the English lot?

[Annasfield]

Here you go SimonM - you're right, we can draw Celtic or Rangers as they're not English teams....

UEFA Champions League draw groups

Pot 1

AC Milan

Barcelona

Liverpool

Inter Milan

Arsenal

Real Madrid

Chelsea

Manchester United

Pot 2

Valencia

Lyon

Porto

Sevilla/AEK Athens

PSV Eindhoven

Roma

Benfica

Werder Bremen

Pot 3

Celtic

Schalke

Stuttgart

Steaua Bucharest

CSKA Moscow

Sporting Lisbon

Lazio

Marseille

Pot 4

Rangers

Shakhtar Donetsk

Besiktas

Olympiakos

Dynamo Kiev

Fenerbache

Slavia Prage

Rosenborg

[SimonM]

Thank you for that! So in theory you might get one of the English clubs and both Celtic and Rangers in the same group....:))

[Annasfield]

That certainly would be interesting. Good for the teams too, as there would be less travel.

Hope we meet Chelski again in the semis. Assuming we get there of course! ;-)

[Keef]

Yeah, it's always nice to have an easy path in to the final ;-)

Great to see 4 out of 8 top seeds for our very own league!!! (tu)

[Annasfield]

Not long to go now....

Wonder if they still heat the balls :-S

[Annasfield]

In Liverpool's group

Porto

Marseille

Besiktas

Quite happy with that! :)

In Arsenal's group

Sevilla/ AEK Athens

Steau Bucharest

Slavia Prague

[Keef]

Think all the English clubs will be okay... Chelski have the toughest with Valencia, but should be fine. Celtic have a bugger of a draw!

[Annasfield]

So, what are your predictions for the weekend?

Bolton v Everton

Fulham v Tottenham

Liverpool v Derby

Middlesbrough v Birmingham

Newcastle v Wigan

Reading v West Ham

Man Utd v Sunderland

Arsenal v Portsmouth

Blackburn v Man City

Aston Villa v Chelsea

Sorry for being Prem orientated - would be good to get predictions for other leagues too!(tu)

[SeanMacGabhann]

Bolton v Everton 1-1

Fulham v Tottenham 1-3

Liverpool v Derby 4-0

Middlesbrough v Birmingham 1-1

Newcastle v Wigan 2-1

Reading v West Ham 1-0

Man Utd v Sunderland 2-1

Arsenal v Portsmouth 1-1 (I know.. I know...)

Blackburn v Man City 1-0

Aston Villa v Chelsea 1-2

[Keef]

Bolton v Everton 2-1

Fulham v Tottenham 1-2

Liverpool v Derby 3-0

Middlesbrough v Birmingham 1-1

Newcastle v Wigan 3-1

Reading v West Ham 1-2

Man Utd v Sunderland 2-1

Arsenal v Portsmouth 2-1 (it will be an undeserved last minute goal)

Blackburn v Man City 1-2

Aston Villa v Chelsea 0-1

[mockney piers]

Bolton v Everton 0-0

Fulham v Tottenham 1-1

Liverpool v Derby 2-0

Middlesbrough v Birmingham 2-1

Newcastle v Wigan 1-0

Reading v West Ham 0-1 (in my dreams)

Man Utd v Sunderland 2-2 (that keano in old trafford effect)

Arsenal v Portsmouth 1-0

Blackburn v Man City 1-2

Aston Villa v Chelsea 0-2

[SeanMacGabhann]

I'm beginning to see how William Hill makes his money

[Ladygooner]

Bolton v Everton 0-0

Fulham v Tottenham 2-2

Liverpool v Derby 3-0

Middlesbrough v Birmingham 3-1

Newcastle v Wigan 2-0

Reading v West Ham 1-1

Man Utd v Sunderland 0-2

Arsenal v Portsmouth 2-1

Blackburn v Man City 1-0

Aston Villa v Chelsea 1-2

[Annasfield]

Hope you're right about the Black Cats Ladygooner >:D

[SimonM]

Bolton v Everton 0-1

Fulham v Tottenham 0-1

Liverpool v Derby 3-0

Middlesbrough v Birmingham 2-1

Newcastle v Wigan 2-0

Reading v West Ham 2-1

Man Utd v Sunderland 3-0

Arsenal v Portsmouth 1-0

Blackburn v Man City 1-1

Aston Villa v Chelsea 1-1

[Ladygooner]

Liverpool and Arsenal at the top of the table - long may it last!

[Ladygooner]

Everyone predicted the Derby thrashing but only Sean, Me and Mockney got one perfect score each

[SeanMacGabhann]

;-) LadyG

To be honest I couldn't be happier after today's results - perfect tonic for a Sunday night