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matthew123

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I've just read that Ryan Babel is the joint laziest player in the Premiership - he has only made 5 tackles all season.


I wonder what Real Madrid will make of the Kop, hopefully they will be a state of shock and incapable of stringing any passes together when they hear YNWA!


However, with the 2nd leg being only 3 days after the Reds crunch visit to Old Trafford, I think Liverpool need to avoid defeat in Madrid as Liverpool aren't too clever when trailing from a 1st leg. I can only think of 2 European games, post-Heysel, where Liverpool have lost the 1st leg and still made it through to next round. I recollect those games as Auxerre (1991) and Chelsea (2007).

Annasfield

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Bit disappointed to see on SSN this morning that Eduardo has done an exclusive with the scum.


No doubt they've put their usual own spin on the story, but to chastise Taylor for not apologising (when he states that he has tried on several occassions) is a bit harsh in my opinion.

SeanMacGabhann

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Agreed Anna - it's disappointing. But having done the deal we can probably ignore the article itself as Eduardo's presence merely allows them to print the story they had already written


I know saying one hates the Sun is redundant - but god I hate it

matthew123

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In the Cardiff game Eduardo did a studs showing high challenge that went unpunished - and Setanta's resident muppet Craig Burley palmed it all off with Eduardo will want to defend himself after his injury. What about Bendtner's late lunge, at end of match - again should have been a straight Red card but he didn't even get a booking. Arsenal are as guilty as most when it comes to lunatic challenges and yet Wenger never says any of his boys did it deliberately or should never play again. I like Wenger a lot, he is a great coach, loves football, and is very articulate but sometimes he is such a two faced b'stard!
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Keef Wrote:

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> Didn't Taylor go and see him in the hospital the

> very night it happened, or maybe the day after?

> That is ridiculous, especially when they rate Roy

> Keane so highly even though he admits to going out

> to hurt someone (who's career was ended).


That's not true actually Keef:


H?land retired through injury in 2002, although he claimed on his website that this was not caused by Keane's tackle.


Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf_Inge_Haaland

matthew123

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I think that Roy Keane tackle on H?land was cowardly - and if any player ever deserved a life long ban it was Roy Keane. It was a totally disproportionate pre-meditated revenge assault - but that's Roy Keane for you, Manchester United to the bone.
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Wish I'd never mentioned it now. Yes I think Keane is am individual is a nasty nasty piece of work, however good a player he was. Didn't want to start another your team is nasty arguement though. SP, fair enough, I didn't know that, but it still doesn't exactly excuse the thugs behaviour.
matthew123

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Roy Keane may explain his thuggish behaviour* as the result of Alf-Inge Haaland sneering over him when he got a serious injury at Elland Road - what Keane may have forgotten is the injury at Elland Road was caused by a miss timed tackle from behind on Haarland which Haarland may have considered to have been an attempt to break his legs.


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Annasfield

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red devil Wrote:

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> LFC = no backbone = no title (again)

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> ''Matthew123 is cracking up, is cracking up...''



He he - great argument that. :-S


When you say Gerard SP, do you mean Houllier? Because as a player I'd pick Keane over Gerard too. ;-)

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Annasfield Wrote:

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> red devil Wrote:

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> > LFC = no backbone = no title (again)

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> > ''Matthew123 is cracking up, is cracking

> up...''

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> He he - great argument that. :-S

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> When you say Gerard SP, do you mean Houllier?

> Because as a player I'd pick Keane over Gerard

> too. ;-)



Hmm, I dropped an 'r' somewhere.


Matthew, I'm not sure what I'm supposed to have a chip on my shoulder about?

red devil

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Annasfield, I usually come in peace, but make no apologies for replying to anti-Utd posts.

I don't always have the time for a full in-depth critique response, hence the 'punchy' replies.

3-0 tonight, did you expect me to say anything else ;-)...



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> Yet another well thought out response. Would you

> like to discuss football or just sling mud red

> devil?

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> Any predictions for tonight anybody?

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