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I thought that early on in the game Poll was letting the players play and not flashing the card as he usually does. However, he had to start dishing out the bookings after so many stupid tackles and complaints. Neville could have been off even earlier had Poll been his usual self. I wasno impressed by Crouch's continual complaining or kewell's reaction to a poor decision (in his opinion). doubyt that Rafa will be too pleased either with those 2 yellows. Everton are a really, really bad side being managed by a clueless idiot. Gollum is beginning to rival Steve Bruce for sheer ineptitude. Although Sissoko had a below par game, I was most pleased tha the did not get involved in the tackling stupidity and did not get a yellow. Perhaps the lad has been advised by an older, wiser Spaniard. Absolutely over the fecking moon right now.

59' Arsenal 4 - 0 Portsmouth 59' Birmingham C. 1 - 2 Manchester U. 59' Manchester C. 0 - 0 Chelsea Postp. Newcastle U. ? - ? Charlton Athletic 59' West Bromwich A. 2 - 0 Tottenham H. 59' West Ham U. 0 - 2 Wigan Athletic 49' Fulham 2 - 1 Aston Villa Postp. Blackburn R. ? - ? Sunderland Postp. Bolton W. ? - ? Middlesbrough HT Everton 1 - 2 Liverpool

Riise for Warnock is all we can do considering the subs we have. It's a typical derby match with some players not doing their normal thing. I would expect Gollum to throw the animal Ferguson on the pitch if it still 2-1 to us after 60 minutes. We had the chances to kill the game off and did not take them, but I expect the managert o kick some butt and sort us out. I know it's easier said than done, but we have to try and pass the ball around. When we did that they were clueless.

you would think that the PL would require its teams to ALL have a system of protecting the pitch. there'll be no winter break until the PL reduces the number ot teams.

screw this game, anyone got a link for the Libya-Togo match.!!! 12:00 Libya ? - ? Togo

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who's the ref? we could do with Mike Riley after today " and Crouch double bounces the ball and is called for travelling to give Liverpool the lead" If we play Sissoko for Garcia they might just change their mind.

and now they can get ready for their cup final against us on Wednesday. they were really, really bad in the 2nd half. their central defence is as bad as Newcastle.

Gollum still shaking his head in disbelief. Please someone shut david Pleat up.

Moyes's eyes bulging out even further from his head as the ref ignores 2 handballs and awards a goal. ROTFLMFAO.

they have spent their money poorly. big money on individuals, when they really need some depth, but Souness will get the pull soon and be replaced by some other fool hand picked by Shepherd. Terry Mc Dermott looked totally hacked off with the whole thing.

he must be wondering if it was really worth it to go there and play alongside an aging Shearer and in front of a dreadful midfield and non existent defence. but, he will be fine come payday.

the bitters are up next over here. watch that whilst i get on with the ironing.

Babayara was very lucky he did not get a red today, his push on garcia should have been a yellow and the tackle on Alonso should have been his 2nd. You have to wonder if Bowyer has a brain, his team is getting soundly beaten and he dives in like that. Oh, and how halsey missed the penalty for handball and the subsequent deflection for a corner is amazing. he had a clear view of the first and the linesman must have seen the 2nd.

Crouch should have been sent off along with Bowyer, did Babayaro get booked? Crouch was very lucky not to get a red card and his game went to pot after that incident, he does not play the hard man role very well does he?

Got up early to watch Arsenal at Charlton. Terrible first half. Arsenal are awful, they still want to walk the bloo*y ball in to the net, or try some outlandish shot. Every free kick is quickly taken and they don't give their own players time to find space. Charlton are not much better. The commentator asked his sidekick what Arsenal needed in the January sales,a striker who can score would be the priority. So look for Wenger to buy a goalie and a right back.

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game for game, regardless of the positions of the clubs involved, you get much better footy and entertainment in the PL. sometimes, the footy is not the best in the world, but you will see more effort and passion in the PL than the other so called big leagues from Italy, Spain and Germany.

yes, but they spent most of the game dodging daft tackles and watching the ball as it aimed for the stratoshpere. against us, they will get to display their skills.

Or even worse Wigan-Blackburn. They could play it a 3rd division ground and still not have a sell out. It could be billed as "battle of the pie eaters"

you are surely not insinuating that a fix was put in!! they'd never do that, or would they?

Hleb misses, still 3-1 they think it's all over It is now as Green misses. Posts merged: Livescore.com has Doncaster winning in their own special reality.

Posts merged: Gilberto 1-0 Mackindo 1-1 Posts merged: Cygan 2-1 Roberts misses 2-1 Posts merged: Larssen 3-1 Heffernin 3-1 Doncaster have lost their way, it's a cruel game.

Gilbertooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 2-2 and a PK lottery is ready. At least Arsenal kept playing for the whole 30 minutes of extra time.

at least watching Everton-Bolton you will see some good tackling and commitment from the players, even if the skill level is not there. the Italian game was devoid of everything. the only excitement came when a Lecce player made a daft tackle for a 2nd yellow. The players looked like all they wanted to do was play out the 90 minutes and have a couple of weeks off.