Scally the Wag

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But you know that he knows... Do you know what he knows? You could always quote him as your source...

...and the betting reflects the money paid by the punters, not a pure estimation of the result by the bookie. We could draw ZFC Utd from the 10th division in the FA Cup... if a few hundred thousand of their supporters put big money on them to win, you might well get odds like 2:1 on for them! and a mere 3:1 for us...

"In terms of jet lag they'll have the advantage, because flying east is what sends you totally out of synch (you miss a night) whilst flying west just means you have an extra long sleep and you're in sync with local time." You know, I think you're right there - whilst everything I have said is true for me... I've got my times mixed up! It will be evening in Japan but they are still on UK time... Oh well, let's hope it snows.

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Not really: The thing about jet lag is that it leaves you out of synch, not simply tired. You are raring to go at a time when you would perhaps be winding down at home. In this case, the team should be more than capable of playing a late game and enduring extra-time if need be... They won't want to sleep until around 5 in the morning... However, SP have flown in the opposite direction and could be feeling tired rather early on in the evening... Okay, they will have been there for some time by sunday's kick off, but I'd rather them face this problem than us... I can certainly say that I feel drained by evening time for the first few days after getting back to England from the Far East. I've done it many times and never been able to stop it from affecting me. Anyway, they're cr@p and we're great and it'll be a marvelous sunday cos we can watch the a*** beat Chelsea as we sing along to our World Champions status...

He forgot to mention that they (SP) were absolutely useless at crossing from corners...

The weather will be much to our advantage... And jet lag shouldn't matter either... The difference is such that you feel very very wide awake in the evening/at night after flying from the UK. Could be a bigger problem when they get back...

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No: or if they were trying it on then they almost lulled themselves out of the tourny. For me, the most interesting part was at the end where a mistake could have led to an equaliser. They brought on a forward very close to full time - what was the purpose? When his moment came and the ball was passed back to the Saudi keeper, he made a feeble attempt to chase it and put pressure on the keeper. When the keeper then passed short to a nearby defender, the forward made no attempt to follow whatsoever. Unbelievably lazy sod. Can't see a team with that sort of attitude giving us a match-winning contest...

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Nice thread, but you have an almost identical one going... I won't merge this as it gives a balance to all the moan moan moan crap posts elsewhere on this page. Enjoy the pictures and expect a lot more with Rafa and any of his teams...

Rafa certainly does give a clear sense of who's in control doesn't he...

Not just Chinese whispers, it discredits Cisse big time. I will stand by Cisse on the basis of what I have read from confirmed interviews. The man has been a class act so far, why should he not want to play with Owen? When he signed the original deal, Owen was here to stay...

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There's another one of these... But then again, he is very annoying...