Football Focus

[Mick Mac]

Good draw for Hamburg against Standard with Wolfsburg or Fulham in semi - and with the final at their home ground who knows. They have immediatley come intp 5.5 betfair.

[Ladygooner]

I have booked flights to Barcelona - i'm treating this match as if it is the final!

[matthew123]

It's a mouth watering quarter final clash at the Emirates - be interesting to see whether Wenger allows Messi to dart around field the way he expects Arsenal players to be given freedom of the park ;-)

[Jah Lush]

Saturday

Arsenal 3 West Ham 1

Aston Villa 2 Wolves 1

Everton 2 Bolton 1

Portsmouth 2 Hull City 1

Stoke City 1 Tottenham 3

Sunderland 2 Birmingham 1

Wigan Athletic 2 Burnley 0

Sunday

Blackburn 0 Chelsea 3

Fulham 3 Man City 1

Man Utd 2 Liverpool 2

[benjaminty]

Saturday

Arsenal 2 West Ham 1

Aston Villa 2 Wolves 2

Everton 2 Bolton 0

Portsmouth 0 Hull City 0

Stoke City 1 Tottenham 3

Sunderland 1 Birmingham 1

Wigan Athletic 4 Burnley 0

Sunday

Blackburn 1 Chelsea 1

Fulham 3 Man City 1

Man Utd 3 Liverpool 1

[benjaminty]

Ladygooner Wrote:

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> I have booked flights to Barcelona - i'm treating

> this match as if it is the final!

Does that mean you feel like Premiership is their only hope now?

[matthew123]

Arsenal have same chance of winning CL as Man United this season - i.e. no chance - hence LG treating Barca trip as Final

[SimonM]

Hmmm....Manchester Utd can get to the final without meeting either Arsenal, Barcelona or Inter? Sir Alex must be laughing!

And, yes, Arsenal v Barcelona looks riveting...

[Ladymuck]

SimonM Wrote:

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> Hmmm....Manchester Utd can get to the final

> without meeting either Arsenal, Barcelona or

> Inter? Sir Alex must be laughing!

I don't see why he should be laughing (a little smile maybe;-))...Man. U are more than capable of giving those teams a run for their money (in my most biased opinion).

[matthew123]

It's a bit of a shame really that Inter and Barcelona are in the same half of the draw, surely it is time for UEFA to mess about with the CL one more time and seed teams from QF to Final (e.g. such as in Tennis). It's almost like a dead rubber now having a French team in the semi final whilst the only real semi final of interest is likely to be Barca v Inter.

[Ladygooner]

Arsenal 4 West Ham 2

Aston Villa 2 Wolves 0

Everton 3 Bolton 1

Portsmouth 1 Hull City 2 - sorry Ratty

Stoke City 4 Tottenham 4

Sunderland 2 Birmingham 2

Wigan Athletic 2 Burnley 2

Blackburn 2 Chelsea 1

Fulham 3 Man City 2

Man Utd 2 Liverpool 1

[Ladygooner]

Benjaminty - not at all, I watched them lose once to Barcelona in the final - it won't be happening again!

[benjaminty]

LG - I have to say I'm looking forward to that match.... in all honesty nothing will suprise me in that game... unless it's a nil all draw after extra time.

[mockney piers]

I love you ladygooner.

Even when you're prediciting west ham a decent beating you're nice enough to say we'll score twice. You MUST have a west ham soft spot in there somewhere :)

[red devil]

Saturday

Arsenal 2 West Ham 2

Aston Villa 2 Wolves 0

Everton 2 Bolton 1

Portsmouth 3 Hull City 0

Stoke City 0 Tottenham 0

Sunderland 1 Birmingham 1

Wigan Athletic 1 Burnley 2

Sunday

Blackburn 3 Chelsea 2

Fulham 0 Man City 2

Man Utd 4 Liverpool 1

[Annasfield]

red devil Wrote:

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> Saturday

> Arsenal 2 West Ham 2

> Aston Villa 2 Wolves 0

> Everton 2 Bolton 1

> Portsmouth 3 Hull City 0

> Stoke City 0 Tottenham 0

> Sunderland 1 Birmingham 1

> Wigan Athletic 1 Burnley 2

>

> Sunday

> Blackburn 3 Chelsea 2

> Fulham 0 Man City 2

> Man Utd 4 Liverpool 1

This wouldn't surprise me. And judging from Fergie's comments about Rafa today he has clearly bumped his head.

[ruffers]

matthew123 Wrote:

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> It's a bit of a shame really that Inter and

> Barcelona are in the same half of the draw, surely

> it is time for UEFA to mess about with the CL one

> more time and seed teams from QF to Final (e.g.

> such as in Tennis). It's almost like a dead rubber

> now having a French team in the semi final whilst

> the only real semi final of interest is likely to

> be Barca v Inter.

Disagree, I'd like to see all seeding, avoidance of country clashes etc removed. The magic of the Cup and all that!

[red devil]

Annasfield Wrote:

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> red devil Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Saturday

> > Arsenal 2 West Ham 2

> > Aston Villa 2 Wolves 0

> > Everton 2 Bolton 1

> > Portsmouth 3 Hull City 0

> > Stoke City 0 Tottenham 0

> > Sunderland 1 Birmingham 1

> > Wigan Athletic 1 Burnley 2

> >

> > Sunday

> > Blackburn 3 Chelsea 2

> > Fulham 0 Man City 2

> > Man Utd 4 Liverpool 1

>

> This wouldn't surprise me. And judging from

> Fergie's comments about Rafa today he has clearly

> bumped his head.

I'm not going to the game Anna (LUHG and all that) but have read stories that Utd and 'pool fans might have some sort of joint protest about their respective American 'owners', personally can't see it happening but any news about this from the other end of the East Lancs Road?

[Annasfield]

SOS have been in discussions with the FSF about joint protests with several clubs, but never with just United and Liverpool. One comment about Munich or Hillsborough and there would be carnage.

We did a joint protest with Pompey the other night though, but it seemed to be missed in the press.Some pics here

[ratty]

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[red devil]

I heard there might be a joint protest inside the ground...agree, Utd and 'pool fans marching side by side ain't going to happen

[Annasfield]

We tend to get shouted down by some of our fans when we protest as they seem to be blinkered to our financial problems. I imagine that when Torres is sold to fund our debt they may well open their eyes.

That said SOS has only been around for a couple of years, so to have as many members as we do, we are doing quite well.

[matthew123]

The only way United and Liverpool fans will march shoulder to shoulder is if the country is invaded by alien forces ;-)

Agree about Ferguson throwing his toys out of the pram. Yes Gerrard should have got a ban but the Ref dealt with it on the pitch (if wrongly) which means the FA cannot then act. I doubt any of the hacks who cover the press conference would have the bottle to mention that but there we are.

As for the game, Liverpool have built up enough confidence this week to give United a very good game Sunday even if they did play last night so may be a little tired. My only real concern as is usual with a trip to OT is who is the Ref...

[Narnia]

It's 3 wins in a row for Liverpool over United. If memory serves me correctly when Liverpool were winning the league regularly United used to actually have a good record against them. Who knows what will happen on Sunday but I'd bet it won't be a 4-1 away win!

[Ladygooner]

mockney piers Wrote:

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> I love you ladygooner.

> Even when you're prediciting west ham a decent

> beating you're nice enough to say we'll score

> twice. You MUST have a west ham soft spot in there

> somewhere :)

I have lots of soft spots Mr Mockney!