Football Focus

[ratty]

Agreed. A headbut it was not. More like an Eskimo kiss.

[Keef]

Agree with Mick & ratty. He was out of order, but I doubt it was completely one sided.

[Emerson Crane]

Ahem...Blackpool rock. (tu)

[Keef]

Badum, tish.

Thanks folks, he's here all week!

[Sandperson]

Keef Wrote:

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> Badum, tish.

>

> Thanks folks, he's here all week!

Unfortunately...;-)

[Jah Lush]

Ahem! Gattuso had earlier grabbed and pushed Joe Jordan by the throat during the second half and after the headbutt his antics carried on in the tunnel after the game and he had to be restrained by team-mates. I stand by my view that his ban was lenient.

Re: the Blackpool result. Yup! Typical Spurs. Winners at the San Siro one week and losers at Bloomfield Road the next. I could make the excuse that we only had four fit defenders and several other players out but I won't bother and then as KPC has pointed out there is Bassong. We've proven in the past that we have the squad to cope but we defended very poorly and missed a hat full of chances. Not good enough.

[Keef]

Missing the chances seemed to be the bigger problem, something like 25.

Spurs' inconsistancy is reminding me of Liverpol. It's the reason teams like Untited win lots of things, because they grind out result after result, even when they're not playing great. Liverpool just never seemed to be able to do that.

[Jah Lush]

Our strikers just aren't scoring enough this season. It says a lot that Gareth Bale and Rafael Van de Vaart are our top scorers.

[Annasfield]

Why did he do it though?

(I've always quite fancied Gattuso :-$)

[Jah Lush]

Yeah you like a bit of rough don't you Anna. x :))

[citizenED]

Nice result for the Arsenal tonight. Whilst Utd grind it out in Europe we sneak up on the rails.

[Ladygooner]

Great result but some very nervy last minutes! Hope Fabregas and Walcott are not too badly damaged.

[Annasfield]

[Narnia]

I like the comments underneath asking for a translation.

[Sandperson]

Pretty turgid from us last night. I guess there's a few key players out but United need to buck up their ideas for the run in or it could all fall to pieces.

[Emerson Crane]

We won ugly last night, but given the opposition were Stoke, thats not surprising. I hope RVP didn't play purely as a precaution against being injured and therefor out for Sunday. However, the more immediate concern is El Capitan and Theo, who is definitely out for Wembley on Sunday and more worryingly Barca. I'm hoping Cesc was withdrawn to prevent the injury getting worse. I hope he's available for Sunday.

[Mick Mac]

"hope.....hoping......hope"

Sounds worried.

I think Arsenal might be feeling the strain of fighting on 4 fronts.

[Emerson Crane]

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> "hope.....hoping......hope"

>

> Sounds worried.

>

> I think Arsenal might be feeling the strain of

> fighting on 4 fronts.

Only strain here is having to read drivel posted by plums like you. Unlike Celtic, we play decent teams week in week out, and not just Rangers. Now jog on.

[kpc]

EC - glad that you acknowledge that your opponents on Sunday are a decent team! No hurry for RvP, Theo or Fabregas to get fully fir - wouldn't want them missing a trip to the Camp Nou (and your reserves are probably good enough anyway).

[Emerson Crane]

kpc Wrote:

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> EC - glad that you acknowledge that your opponents

> on Sunday are a decent team! No hurry for RvP,

> Theo or Fabregas to get fully fir - wouldn't want

> them missing a trip to the Camp Nou (and your

> reserves are probably good enough anyway).

Most clubs in the prem are decent sides, the SPL, on the other hand, has 2 or 3 at best.

[Mick Mac]

Annasfield Wrote:

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> Legend!

The legend was at Celtic park on Sunday. Must have his eye on a couple of our players or maybe just fancies savoring the Celtic park atmosphere once again.

[Mick Mac]

And Rangers score a late away goal and are through to play PSV. Good news for Rangers but good news for Celtic too if it keeps them travelling round europe a bit longer....

Thats a good win though against Sporting.

[????]

Can I just say "Thanks alot Spurs" great performances at Wolves and more recently Blackpool have been really helpful :X

[Jah Lush]

I'm sure Spurs had West Ham in mind when we played those matches.

[Annasfield]

Thanks to Dirk, this is where we're playing our next Euro away.

http://www.interestingworldfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/most-strangest-stadiums-in-the-world-braga-stadium.jpg

Should be a belter of a trip.