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Weren't our teams of the 70s and early 80s very mechanical like? Not saying Chelsea are playing like we used to or vica versa but it's a term I've seen used for the way we used to pick apart teams, particularly away from home No doubt. Giggs, Scholes, Keane and Beckham was probably the best midfield in Europe in their prime.

He admitted that as well. I don't see the problem. Chelsea are a fantastic team, they are currently the best in the country by a big margin and will probably retain the league again without too much discomfort. For the money they have spent and the players they have the brand of football doesn't compare to Arsenal or United at it's peak but it's very mechanical, very solid and most importantly, very succesful.

I don't know that much about Joaquin's performances this year but who was that lanky streak of piss at Southampton (now a division 1 side lest we forget) that some on here wanted to spend a whopping £7m on in the summer?

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BS were getting deeper and deeper in the first half. Mancs probably only need a single goal to win the game.

The Cisse/Crouch "debate" is boring now so I'm not really arsed what he says. What amazes me is how people outside of Liverpool continually fail to realise how we've been losing these 'easy' games away to Villa, away to City, at home to Pompey etc. just when we think we're on a good run and should be winning. Last year is a prime example.

Would MO mention wanting to come back to Liverpool if we hadn't had contact with him? He'd look a complete t** if he came out saying "oh yeah, I want to go to Liverpool" and then 24hrs later we issue a statement saying we don't want him. The ball is in our cort at the moment. Hopefully the statement this morning is just a nudge to Real Madrid that when we come back with a formal bid, RM's hand will be forced to accept something lower than the Newcastle offer or they'll end up with nothing and MO will leave on loan for a season.

Or a case of Owen saying he'd only go to NUFC on loan could force Real's hand to accept a lower bid from us. Getting boring this though, I'm more interested in who we sign for the right side and central defence.

Then why bother bringing anyone in? Sell Crouch, Morientes, Sissoko and Reina back. Bring back Dudek, Biscan and Smicer - we won the feckin CL with them didn't we?!

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Which players have we "missed out on"? And by that I assume you mean players that we wanted, were at the right price and would be willing to move to the club? Who exactly has there been in January? We loaned out a shed load of players because they're not good enough for the club and have little or no sell on value. Only option is to get them off the wage bill for 12 months and hope someone comes in with a bid after that or just keep them sent on loan till their contract is up and buggers off. We cant just sell players if they're not wanted. And we have no money? Well, that seems open to debate. But after spending £20m+ net since Benitez was appointed, I'd like to think we have a bit more money than is being speculated but we'll see in the summer.

Assuming it's the same one (the program I think was called simply 'Disaster'), I saw it on Wednesday on Reality TV (6pm repeat). The show was primarily about football stadia The first half was about Heysel and how the disaster was caused by -Poor ticket allocations -touts getting hold of tickets -Drinking (one account said it was normal, one said it was over the top) -Poorly maintained stadium -Chicken wire fence They mentioned that a large proportion of blame is nowadays attributed to Liverpool supporters "trying to gain territory in the neutral, Z, section", but as I said, clearly acknowledged other factors. There was no mention of provocation by Juventus supporters. The images of the dead bodies and the crush against the terrace wall was graphic and quite disturbing. The second part was about Hillsborough. As far as I recall it was clearly stated that crowd violence/hooliganism had no part to play in the disaster. They talked about Liverpool being given the smaller [Leppings Lane] end of the ground and how the number of turnstiles simply was not adequate for the number of supporters. Also mentioned about the gate being opened but little organisation inside, resulting in most fans being led down to the central pens. Again the scenes of the crush were disturbing and quite frankly, scary. They also mentioned the Bradford Fire and also how sporting events are done in America. The show seemed a few years old as it mentioned 95 had died, and not 96. Hope that helps