Football Focus

[Mick Mac]

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> Good guess, I have been allowed to go to the pub

> for it Judy . Is Mick stalking you? He's always

> posting just after you...just because you support

> Celtic and like golf and betting too.

I like the look of Judy. I might chat to her at the next EDF drinks - we seem to have a lot in common.

[red devil]

Tick Tock, Tick Tock...

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[Sandperson]

Shouldn't Mancini be pushing Scholes off the cliff?

[matthew123]

I still make Chelsea firm favourites for the PL.

They face Stoke (h), Liverpool (a) and Wigan (h) - which on the face of it should mean maximum points.

Apart from waiting for Chelsea to slip up - United also have one tricky away fixture at Sunderland.

[Sandperson]

Spurs is the tricky one on their form.

I would expect Liverpool to give Chelsea a game under any other circumstances but I bet they roll over this time. :)

[matthew123]

Yup we'll roll over just like you lot did to Drunken Duncan in 2005 when we were juggling CL in 2005.. goes around, comes around :))

[woofmarkthedog]

Dear Arsene

I know it's tough at/near the top but losing to Wigan in that way has made resurrect my other interest

Peanuts of course

Have a browse your self, maybe we could grow a peanut trophy all of our own for next year

If not, it's a healthy "distraction" from this seasons crop

Grrrrr....

W**F

[matthew123]

"Gianfranco Zola out to end West Ham's Anfield jinx" is the headline on BBC website for not winning at Anfield in 47 years (they play tonight)..

Is it lazy journalism?

OR

Have the Hammers actually been unlucky?

[????]

Bellamy hit the post towards the end two years ago....but broadly you're right.

[matthew123]

He made up for it a few months later in a City shirt

UEFA don't give a damn about British football fans... how the 'eck are Fulham and Liverpool supposed to reach Hamburg and Madrid by Thursday with us cut off from the continent!

[ruffers]

I think you'll find it's Europe cut off from us..

Anyhoo, it's not just the fans. It's a long time on a bus for the players as well.

[Sandperson]

They obviously had all this planned before they realised that Liverpool wouldn't be having a tilt at the title. It was a plan hatched by pro-United UEFA officials in order to knacker out Liverpool players and stop them winning the game sin their run in. ;-)

[red devil]

Barca are coaching it to Milan, they stopped overnight in Cannes...methinks a cheeky little punt on Inter to turn them over is called for...

[????]

Zola...very nice man....FUCK off out of my football club and take the brazilian/italian sh1tes with you. Brilliant footballer, joke manager

[Mick Mac]

Oh dear....:(

[matthew123]

Liverpool have had a number of home games this last few months when the opposition have simply not turned up - that was as lame as Pompey few weeks back. That was Liverpool's 14th midweek game this season at Anfield - more games under the floodlights than not!

[kpc]

Annoyingly, only 10 of our 19 home PL games have been played at the correct time. Makes me glad we're not in the Europa League next year.

[????]

Maybe that will stop the British media's slightly embarrassing crush with Barcelona* as the greatest gift too football

*see all also Arsenal

[Annasfield]

Wonder if the distance travelled had anything to do with it?.

[????]

Getting your excuses in early Anna.....actually West Ham were meant to be flying up to Liverpool on monday but had to go by coach (true) :))

[Mick Mac]

The intensity of Inter's tackling and general pressurising was good to see and Barca looked like they believed they only had to show up.

Before the game I had a few quids on Inter to win the CL:

Inter 5.51 ?50.00 ?225.50

Like most other bets, I don't expect to win on this one - but at least I had some faith in Inter - these were probably the 2 best teams playing in the semi rather than the final.

[red devil]

Ker-ching!

[Annasfield]

Bit further for us compared to Barca/Inter and I do expect it will have an impact.

Think we're cursed when it comes to Atletico! Last season Torres was injured and it was touch and go if the fans could go due to Atletico being made to play behind closed doors. UEFA made the right decision not many days before it was due to be played. Quite a few lads have booked people carriers due to flights etc being cancelled - hopefully by Thursday it will be sorted.

[????]

After our last trip to Spain we ended up playing behind closed doors :-$....that was the same year you were born though I think!

[ruffers]

Be afraid Liverpool fans, be very afraid. Torres is odds on to have played his last game.

"Following the news that Fernando Torres is set to miss the remainder of Liverpool's season, having undergone a knee operation, WilliamHill have slashed the odds of the Spaniard never featuring again for the Reds from 7/2 to 8/15.

With cash expected to be tight at Anfield this summer, and rumours over the future of the man who brought the striker to the club, Rafael Benitez, Hills are clearly expecting Torres to jump ship during the summer transfer window.

The firm's spokesman Graham Sharpe told Bettingpro...

'We believe Torres is an odds-on chance to leave Liverpool before the start of next season'"