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.... that's a scoring percentage of 3%... if we look at the percentage of shots on target it's only 7% In average we hit the target more than twice as many times as our opposition but only score half as many goals..... it's unbelievable because we dominate heavily and in average over the last ten games we've had the ball 58% of the time

Saturday, 11 March 2006 Birmingham 0-0 West Brom Blackburn 2-0 Aston Villa Bolton 2-1 West Ham Chelsea 2-3 Tottenham Everton 1-0 Fulham Portsmouth 0-2 Man City Sunderland 1-2 Wigan Sunday, 12 March 2006 Arsenal 3-1 Liverpool Charlton 1-1 Middlesbrough Man Utd 3-1 Newcastle Wednesday, 15 March 2006 Liverpool 2-1 Fulham

Apparently he's ready for selection tonight:

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Always liked these, here's a few, enjoy Beckham buggy on Carlos and SWP's greasy hairdo: (5.9MB) http://s52.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0OKA8NC...MH0VLYFCUQMD0EZ Jimmy Bullard dives, the magic fan and the injured physio: (16.4MB) http://s52.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0RFVM5H...X13NBL6G72XPL0A ManUtd Moulin Rouge and attention seeking Spurs fan: (8.6MB) http://s37.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2FV29HU...W42MAA7VRJNR3S8 Official photographer, hurty bits and Spanish fans: (8.3MB) http://s37.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3TOMYQF...SD0MEWPUXP9I7Q3 Lots of different 3rd eye clips in this compilation: (23.4MB) http://s37.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2SU1UQZ...XF3AP2VGCOJQA87

The match against Benfica in Lissabon was match number 57 in a row for him, which makes it 5'130 minutes of European football for Sami without missing a second, or 85½ hours and that not including the added minutes. Amazing. Sami Hyypia = King of defenders = fact!

Does anyone know how many minutes Hyypia has played in a row in Europe before tomorrows game against Benfica? I remember reading something about it early this season and he hasn't missed a game since ??

... are you satisfied with the progress we've made from last season?

Saturday, 04 March 2006 Aston Villa 3-0 Portsmouth Fulham 2-1 Arsenal Liverpool 4-0 Charlton Middlesbrough 2-0 Birmingham Newcastle 2-1 Bolton West Brom 1-3 Chelsea West Ham 2-0 Everton Sunday, 05 March 2006 Man City 2-0 Sunderland Tottenham 2-1 Blackburn Monday, 06 March 2006 Wigan 1-2 Man Utd

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Our defense is rock solid and if we do have to moan, then you're right it has to be about the offence.

Ahaa, yep and I think we're on the right track! Some people are just a bit impatient

Of course it is a worry and yes our finishing is poor! I'm just trying to say that it doesn't help scoring 3 goals in every match if all games played ends in 3-3 draws or 4-3 defeats....

What the hell does that have to do with the fact proven in the 01/02 season?

But is it really necessary to score 2, 3 or even 4 or 5 goals a game to be successful? Or is it just as important to have a good defence? The last few weeks a lot of people have aired their anger because our strikers don't score enough goals and most criticism this season has been directed at our offensive qualities and rightly so, but the fact is that you don't have to be the highest scoring team in the league to win the title, it's just as important to have a rock solid defence. I agree, it's a hell of a lot funnier to watch a 6-0 thrashing of some team visiting Anfield, than it is watching a doll defensive game ending in a 1-0 win I know, but the fact is that it is not necessarily the highest scoring team that wins all the trophies and I think some people have a tendency to forget that. A very good example of this is the title winning team of CF Valencia 2001/2002 managed by none other than our own Rafael Benitez. Valencia didn't even come close to scoring the most goals, but they did however have the best defensive record of the league. So perhaps it's not all down to scoring more goals eh?

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