Football Focus

[kpc]

C'mon Matt. Fergie pays you a compliment and you reject it out of hand. Show the love.

[red devil]

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[Annasfield]

I'll never enjoy marmite again

[ruffers]

So, Liverpool fans. Imagine this - season over and next day the big announcement... "Rafa's off".

Regardless of how it happens, what's your honest instant reaction do you think?

And while we're here of course they'll give their all against Chelsea. They need the points to be sure of UEFA next year.

[Sandperson]

matthew123 Wrote:

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> After 24 years of bile and contempt Fergie now

> refers to Liverpool as a great Club as he

> effectively comes cap in hand begging for a

> performance from Liverpool on Sunday -

> http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/m

> an_utd/8654634.stm

Cap in hand, haha. Why do you think we love him Matt! 19 coming our way this weekend or next, it's all the same to us. :))

[red devil]

Liverpool's Chelsea supporting Chairman will not be attending tomorrow's match. Obviously he can't trust himself to keep his emotions in check should Chelsea score/win.

In a season of twists amd turns...Bolton to beat Spurs and Citeh and Villa to draw.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

fucking referees!

[Bluerevolution]

:))

[????]

..if you can't beat Tranmere....

[kpc]

???? Wrote:

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> ..if you can't beat Tranmere....

Which, frankly, cost me money.

[????]

Never bet on the scum

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

ITV Match Report: A dubious penalty on the stroke of half-time lifted the Merseysiders and they went on to dominate for much of the second period.

I listened to London Live's match commentary and although Millwall were not on sparkling form, the consensus was that the Ref gave everything Tranmere's way.

Off to look for some rotting grapes.

[kpc]

Dubious penalty to Merseysiders. Surely not.

[kpc]

???? Wrote:

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> Never bet on the scum

Never bet on anyone would be more appropriate this year.

[kpc]

Last home game of the season today. A routine 2-1 win over Burnley in one of those games that will not affect anything major ? give or take a couple of positions in the league (not that the result was an accurate reflection of the game). I rarely stay on for laps of appreciation but, this season, given the achievements of the team, I did, as did nearly every Birmingham fan.

I never thought that we would be relegated this season ? unlike many pundits, including a number on EDF ? but we have exceeded my (realistic) expectations by 5 or 6 places. What has struck me more this season in the 40 years of supporting Blues is the attitude of the players throughout the season and the dignity of Alex McLeish. When the strains of ?Keep Right On?* rang out while the players were being rightly applauded, I felt very emotional and proud of my club.

This is what supporting a team is all about.

*the best song of any football club.

[Narnia]

How did it become your clubs song given as it's Scottish? Just curious as I am about 'Fields of Athenry' which is Irish but sung by Liverpool fans with the words changed.

[kpc]

It goes back to our FA Cup win in 1956 and Alex Govan, on the team bus back from Highbury, was asked to give the team a song. Which was the original Harry Lauder version. And it stuck from then. It was also at one time adopted by other teams. When BBC2 did their George Best night, they had footage of Benfica v Man Utd semi-final in Lisbon and you can here Man Utd fans singing it.

[????]

1956..pah, our songs from the 1920s

[kpc]

Pah. Our original was from 1916 or thereabouts. We just didn't want to appear as though we were jumping on 'Sir' Harry's bandwagon or anything like that. Presuming there he had a bandwagon.

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[red devil]

kpc Wrote:

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> I never thought that we would be relegated this

> season ? unlike many pundits, including a number

> on EDF

Congrats to you kpc on your spot on prediction...Mystic Meg...next pre-season post your predictions on the betting thread ;-)

[matthew123]

ruffers Wrote:

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> So, Liverpool fans. Imagine this - season over and

> next day the big announcement... "Rafa's off".

>

> Regardless of how it happens, what's your honest

> instant reaction do you think?

Rafa is a likeable chap, but when you cut through the facts the football has gradually got worse since Paco (his assistant) left 3 years ago.

[Ladymuck]

Nice to see Rooney...

Well done Nani...

Good first half...though Berbatov is a disappointment (if I were Sir Alex, I would sell him off)...

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Well, Fulham seem to be on a roll this week.

[Ladymuck]

Yes!!!

And good day for Chelsea and - of course - the fabulous red and whites (or black and whites - as they were today).

[woofmarkthedog]

Yeaaaaahhhhh

PALACE SCRAPE THROUGH

W**F

* goes & changes pants *