Football Focus

[Ladygooner]

Is it true Howard Webb is the referee for the CL final?!

[Annasfield]

Yep. This is how he is rewarded for all his fuck ups this season.

[Ladygooner]

I guess he can't be worse than some of the european refs we had this year!

[matthew123]

I don't like any Ref who has a draw full of PL medals

[kpc]

Be interesting to see which refs are particularly hated by which clubs. Checked which games Howard Webb refereed for us this season and there was nothing of any real note in any of the games. Overall, I think he's a lot better than most but I've just heard Lawro on R5 say he thought he'd had a bad season.

Anyway, Blackpool for the PL.

[kpc]

Thoroughly enjoyed the play-off final. Hugely entertaining. Will the CL Final live up to the undercard? Doubt it.

[Annasfield]

Made up Blackpool won. That's going to be a great away trip next season.

[matthew123]

Bloody hell, has it come to that we have to trade in the Nou Camp for bloody Blackpool ;-)

[SimonM]

Barcelona has no tower, pleasure beach or 18 miles of sandy beaches though! Bloomfield Road's capacity is about 12500, so a slightly more intimate ground too:))

[kpc]

Can't get a decent stick of rock in Barcelona either.

[Annasfield]

[matthew123]

With Italian commentary..

 

[SimonM]

Watching that again, you still wonder how Liverpool managed it! :))

[Sandperson]

Schadenfreude:

Just to add a little balance! ;-)

[Annasfield]

5-3

[Sandperson]

I would have thought you'd have gone for 4-1!

[Sandperson]

I should really come back with 1990. ;-)

[matthew123]

Looks like Fabregas is on his way to Barcelona - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/8717785.stm

"An informal conversation with Arsenal became formal on 1 June and now an official approach has been made to the club," said a Barca spokesman.

[Jah Lush]

Ha! Good riddance.

Not good news for you Liverpool fans either.

Rafa's Rage At Kop Out

[Annasfield]

Only what SOS have been saying for the past 2.5 years. The tabloids break it like it's news, yet we've known all along that this is the case.

[ruffers]

Well I wouldn't trust him with any money given who he's bought in the past either.

[matthew123]

Doesn't look like he'll get the chance - all over the papers that Club have asked him to leave

[Annasfield]

Good job it's not up to you eh Ruffers?

[silverfox]

Yep. BBC and The Times reporting ?3m compromise deal. Kenny Dalgleish to step into frame?

[Annasfield]

"You'll never walk alone" ? What a load of shit!! If Dalglish steps in, it will be the worst mistake of his career. Rafa had one bad season and our fans turned on him. Kenny will always be a legend in my eyes, but under our current ownership and with our fickle fans, I fear this will end in tears.

Absolutely gutted.