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[Emerson Crane]

murphy Wrote:

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> Bluerevolution Wrote:

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> > Spot on Emerson, neither side were playing for

> a

> > win, win played like an away side rather than

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> > advantaged home team but I guess we won a cheap

> > point ! ;-) against the Rags

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> Entiitled to your views of course but not one

> shared by the TV pundits at the game, the

> newspapers

> or the players from either side.

Whats your point, mine was that neither side went for the win for fear of losing, yours is?

[Emerson Crane]

Aston Villa 1 v Man Utd 2

Man City 3 v Birmingham 1

Newcastle 2 v Fulham 0

Tottenham 1 v Blackburn 1

West Ham 2 v Blackpool 2

Wigan 1 v West Brom 2

Wolverhampton 2 v Bolton 1

Stoke 2 v Liverpool 2

Everton 1 v Arsenal 3

Chelsea 3 v Sunderland 0

[murphy]

Emerson Crane Wrote:

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> Whats your point, mine was that neither side went

> for the win for fear of losing, yours is?

My point - shared by most of the newspapers and the comments from players from both sides -

is that it was that it was Utd who were looked to be pushing for the win in the second half,

with City much the happier to take a point. I'm certainly not saying Utd went gung ho for it

as Berbatov would have stayed on the pitch when Hernandez came on.

I think Utd were there for the taking, shame not to see City go for jugular.

[Jah Lush]

Either way it was a crap match and I'm more inclined to agree with Emerson on this one but you're right they were there for the taking.

Aston Villa 2 Man Utd 2

Man City 2 Birmingham 1

Newcastle 3 Fulham 2

Tottenham 3 Blackburn 1

West Ham 1 Blackpool 1

Wigan 2 West Brom 2

Wolverhampton 2 Bolton 1

Stoke 1 Liverpool 2

Everton 2 Arsenal 3

Chelsea 3 Sunderland 0

[Emerson Crane]

Nice to to see the cerebrally challenged Joey Barton getting a ban. When will he learn? Probably never if his track record is anything to go by.

[Keef]

It's a shame really, as he's kept his nose clean for a while, and has been playing some great football, but he just has some lose wires somewhere, and can't control himself.

[Jah Lush]

Yeah, he's been playing well but he a nutter.

[red devil]

...and he's got a nutter's haircut

[????]

Crunch time for Grant today methinks....

[Jah Lush]

Off to White Hart Lane today and hoping we give Allardyce and his long ball merchants the thrashing they deserve. Come on you Spurs!

[ratty]

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> Crunch time for Grant today methinks....

Agree! Good luck Unc!

[kpc]

Happy with Blues point today but greatly helped by what can only be described as a lacklustre* performance by Citeh.

* and I think I'm being slightly generous here.

[SCSB79]

Emerson Crane Wrote:

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> Aston Villa 1 v Man Utd 2

> Man City 3 v Birmingham 1

> Newcastle 2 v Fulham 0

> Tottenham 1 v Blackburn 1

> West Ham 2 v Blackpool 2

> Wigan 1 v West Brom 2

> Wolverhampton 2 v Bolton 1

> Stoke 2 v Liverpool 2

Hardy har har - I hope you don't actually bet!!

[Ladygooner]

Great super Sunday - anyone bet on Chelsea losing 0-3 at home? Arsenal up to 2nd - what a great weekend!

[Keef]

Not for the pool, but that said, it shows how close the table still is, Stoke beat us, and went from 18th to one above us, in 10th.

Need to have a good run though, or 4th place will be too far away...

[citizenED]

Amazing weekend - and the tasble is very tight. Top three losing from time to time keeps it interesting.

[SeanMacGabhann]

Well, apart from the fact that man utd haven't lost ones this season

[Ladygooner]

Maybe not, but they have drawn 6 away matches and lost 12 points

[Narnia]

Given Man U have been decidedly average this season for the most part and are still in the race only improves their chances I think. I don't think they can get any worse. If they hit form the others will have to too. I have a suspicion that Chelsea may have just gone over the hill though Man U may not have quite enough to be worthy champions either. Pretty average all around really.

[Emerson Crane]

SCSB79 Wrote:

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> Emerson Crane Wrote:

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> > Aston Villa 1 v Man Utd 2

> > Man City 3 v Birmingham 1

> > Newcastle 2 v Fulham 0

> > Tottenham 1 v Blackburn 1

> > West Ham 2 v Blackpool 2

> > Wigan 1 v West Brom 2

> > Wolverhampton 2 v Bolton 1

> > Stoke 2 v Liverpool 2

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> Hardy har har - I hope you don't actually bet!!

No, but nor do I post sectarian poison on here either. While my predictions may be amusing to some, your sectarian rubbish isn't.

[Jah Lush]

I was at White Hart Lane on Saturday and once again Gareth Bale immense. We played some great football and could have won it seven-nil but then we let in two stupid goals at the end.

Watched Sunderland batter Chelsea yesterday and they thoroughly deserved their win. Makes the Spurs result last Tuesday look quite respectable now.

[Emerson Crane]

Sunderland were immense. best performance of the weekend by a mile. Felt for Villa, 2 nil up, hit the post and bar and only got a draw.

How long before Man U ask for return of Wellbeck?

[murphy]

At Palace on Saturday, thats two wins on the trot - Palace storm up the table to er, 23rd

Utd were poor but 2-0 down with 10 mins to go and nearly won it, not many would do that, looks like Rooney

back next weekend.

[red devil]

Emerson Crane Wrote:

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> Sunderland were immense. best performance of the

> weekend by a mile. Felt for Villa, 2 nil up, hit

> the post and bar and only got a draw.

>

> How long before Man U ask for return of Wellbeck?

Tell me about it, Danny was superb, but then again the whole Sunderland team were superb, performance of the season so far.

I don't think Hernandez is a starting player at the mo, that's twice I've seen him start a match and not have much impact. Although he's not much helped by the return of Berbatov'z flailing hands in the air histrionics. The stage is set for the Rooster to save the day and all will be forgiven.

Looks like the League is up for grabs again this season, I think the 'top' teams are weaker, but credit has to go for the so called lesser teams, on their day they are more than capable of giving them a bloody nose.

[Emerson Crane]

This season has been refreshing with the so called lesser lights putting in some great performances. Lets hope it goes all the way to the 38th game of the season, rather rather fizzle out after 30 or 32 games. I've watched Sunderland live a few times this season, and to be honest yesterdays result was not a huge shock, they've played well enough to suggest they can turn over a team in that manner.