Football Focus

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' It's absolutely devastating. Their career

and his crossed many times, I played

against him many times. Everyone that

I knew him couldn' t say enough good

things about him. We think of football as being

important, but it' s not really."

Spot on.

Move on nothing to see here.

[maxxi]

Wow, Huge has his own bot!

Harry's warning to the FA not to announce the new England boss until that Premier League season ends sounds like it's a done deal - expect to see a lot of foreign managers suddenly discussing their life long love of the Lilywhites in the press.

[Atticus]

Mgolden what a great story, really warms the cockles. I have a youngboy who is only destined for Everton. Part of me thinks that is cruel!

[MGolden]

Atticus, until this week following Palace was never boring, usually stressful and often disappointing and I often felt quite guilty for introducing him to the team! As I type this he is watching the Carling Cup quarter final again having been at Old Trafford for the match and for the umpteenth time has reminded his dad and I that we are never to delete it from the hard drive!!

[Atticus]

Great stuff!! I'm thinking of a compromise... the Hamlet for the local team with Everton as our team.

[Otta]

RIP Socrates.

[Alan Medic]

Great cup draw for Man U. City away. Perfect.

[Undisputedtruth]

Otta Wrote:

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> RIP Socrates.

Same here. He was part of the most skillful international team I've ever seen.

A true legend.

[MGolden]

Atticus Wrote:

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> Great stuff!! I'm thinking of a compromise... the

> Hamlet for the local team with Everton as our

> team.

Good idea! Going to see a local team feels really old fashioned sometimes and my son is often spotted by friends walking home from Selhurst Park with his mates and a bag of chips - which explains why it can take him forever!

[Parkdrive]

Otta Wrote:

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> RIP Socrates.

Only 57, how tragic. Tall and elegant on the pitch if I remember correctly.

Plaesed with the 4 nil away on Saturady, especially as the Arsenal are a one man team according to the "expert pundits". 4 different scorers. Say something pundits.

[Jah Lush]

Well it's about time someone else chipped in with the goals for Le Arse. They'd been looking like a one-man band of late and it did make me wonder where the goals would come from if Van Persie got injured. Face it though, it was only Wigan and unfortunately - for at least they try to play football unlike Stoke City - they look doomed to relegation. Have to say though that Le Arse have struck a rich vein of form in the Premiership since they got beaten by Tottenham Hotspur. :))

[Parkdrive]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Well it's about time someone else chipped in with

> the goals for Le Arse. They'd been looking like a

> one-man band of late and it did make me wonder

> where the goals would come from if Van Persie got

> injured. Face it though, it was only Wigan and

> unfortunately - for at least they try to play

> football unlike Stoke City - they look doomed to

> relegation. Have to say though that Le Arse have

> struck a rich vein of form in the Premiership

> since they got beaten by Tottenham Hotspur. :))

Ah yes the hand of Van der Vaart doing his best Maradonna impersonation. Still personal prefernces aside, still can't see anyone troubling Citeh, but history could make a fool of me much like it did to the manchester based bookmaker

that paid out on Man Ure to win the league only for the Arsenal to pip them at the post. Ah yes, I remember it well.

[murphy]

MGolden Wrote:

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> My partner is a Spurs fan and when we had our

> first son and moved to Crystal Palace I decided

> that he (our son) would support CPFC on the

> grounds that it was our local team and anyway I

> didn't want him to have a lifetime of misery like

> his dad did following Spurs. Clearly, I knew

> nothing about football.

>

> That son is now 13 and whilst rarely cheerful is

> never bored supporting Palace! On the way home

> from Old Trafford in the early hours of yesterday

> morning he said 'Mum it really is the theatre of

> dreams - just ours not theirs, best night of my

> life'. He came home from school yesterday

> incensed at all the people who were now claiming

> alliegance to Palace - 'glory hunters the lot of

> them'!

>

> I imagine that wherever he ends up living, as an

> adult, his devotion to Palace will never fade.

That's the spirit, took my son up to Man Utd last week and he loved it. All of his friends support teams but hardly ever or never see them because it's either too expensive or the team is hundreds of miles away. Season tickets for under 10's are free at Palace next year.

Credit to the many Utd fans coming up to Palace fans after the game last week and saying well done, you deserved it. Changed the opinion of a fair few about Utd fans.

[Otta]

It was so so predictable that Liverpool would lose last night.

2 wins against Chelsea, and a draw against Man City (which they were disappointed not to win), and they get beat by Fulham.

Same old same old with consistency!

[Parkdrive]

If Andy Carrol is worth ?35 million, Dempsey must be worth ?50 million!!! Mind you not sure what his problem was with Bellamy. While I'n not Mr. Bellamy's biggest fan, I couldn't see anything wrong with his challenge on Dempsey.

Carrolls inclusion threw the balance of the team out. It's also worth remembering that Craven Cottage isn't the easiest place to go and get a result, they aren't a bad side.

[Undisputedtruth]

Yes, but Carrol can drink lots of alcohol and beat up girls. That's why Liverpool paid ?35 million for him. Next come the human cannibal called Suarez. Then Bellamy with his expertise with the golf clubs. Yep, Liverpool does have an interesting selection of strikers. Well worth the money. :-S

[Bluerevolution]

City v Utd FA Cup 3rd round is on Sunday 8th Jan at 1pm, live in ITV. You guys bring the turkey, we'll provide the stuffing ! >:D

[Laddy Muck]

Hopefully, the only turkey will be you BR when we tell you to get stuffed...and get our own back for...arrrghhh...can't bear to utter the words....that....arrrrggghh...terrible day... (*dials United Supporters' Helpline 0161 616161*)

(am going to Craven Cottage on 21st for the Fulham match...totally unrelated...I know, but just had to share...oooh the excitement...)

[Bluerevolution]

shouldn't you change your signature to And the Reds go limping ON ON ON !

[Laddy Muck]

You'll be the one limping when I catch sight of you next! In fact, carry on in that vein and you won't be able to walk at all! And I'll set Dopey onto you too! So ner...

*growls*

[Bluerevolution]

Lol ! http://newsthump.com/2011/12/05/man-utd-fans-face-long-trip-to-manchester-for-fa-cup-tie/ something for you and RD to enjoy !

[Otta]

Undisputedtruth Wrote:

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> Yes, but Carrol can drink lots of alcohol and beat

> up girls. That's why Liverpool paid ?35 million

> for him. Next come the human cannibal called

> Suarez. Then Bellamy with his expertise with the

> golf clubs. Yep, Liverpool does have an

> interesting selection of strikers. Well worth the

> money. :-S

UDT in having a dig at Liverpool players shocker!

Like they're worse as a bunch than any other lot!

RE: Bellamy, I've slated him in the past, and he has acted the tool, but dare I say it, he seems to have grown up a bit... (famous last words)

[Parkdrive]

Never mind his personal life, Carroll is just woeful at present, but then so is Bent. ?35 million well spent.

Speaking of woeful, that about says it all in respect of the 2 Arsenal keepers and the defending last night. Made the Keystone cops look competent.

[Laddy Muck]

HILARIOUS BR...side-splitting so...(6)

[Parkdrive]

What is going on is the land of the numbered account and yodeling?