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So it was Sorry CT. I was getting my mild mannered contraryists mixed up

Cant be arsed. But I definetly replied saying "you'll not be wanting a ticket for Amsterdam then should we get there".

Am sure theres a post from CT on one of the group game's threads basically saying "can't we just fuck the Europa league off? its shite"

They don't know how to pass to the man in space? shouldnt be on the pitch in that case. He's not trusted at this stage by the other players; Tiote and Gutierrez wouldnt give him the ball. Strange, as Pardew wouldnt put him on the pitch unless he felt he was ready.

Maybe they've been priced out of attending as regularly as they once did, and now have more loyalty to some boozer with ESPN. Thats where the Premier league and the tv comapnies have placed these folks' former loyalty to the club. Now even as a one off they cant be arsed to turn up and have been replaced by people who tut and whinge if you stand up and try to get behind the team. Changed days. It can be a bit strange going to games nowadays.

No one appeared to trust him with the ball anywhere around the opposistions box tonight. His runs into space were quality but no fucker would give him the ball.

Friday. And I want to go to Lisbon. Or Rome. Went to Basel before, nice but expensive. Wouldn't mind Fenerbache, we stopped at Istanbul airport on the way to Kharkiv but it cost 60 quid to get out the airport

Got to be Benfica in the next round...that fuckin dirty great budgie flying round the stands before the game

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21782595 England squad, usual suspects, Rios back...looks like if Taylor was even considered his place went to Smalling.

Ooff! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQYYLk1L59I

So much for the strength of the coalition The Tory MP David Burrowes has written to the attorney general, Dominic Grieve QC, asking him to review the eight-month sentences imposed on Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce on the grounds that they are "unduly lenient". Is he doing this becuase he's a pathetically mean spirited busybody, or because he's a tory, or do the two things go hand in hand?.....

Who? Keith bell?

Steven Taylor's dad. Prison warder. Nails.

Think Ausman may have jinxed it anyway...we're fuckin miles away from the final, 450mins of football at least.

You had to be in the ballot that closed in the last week in January to get a ticket for the final....unless you use ebay or a ticket agency, which will be tricky as you need to prove you are the person named on the ticket. I'm in the ballot. Was in 2007 too, got an email telling me I had 2 tickets...it was waiting for me when I got back from Alkmaar

I think if Sky and their advertisers "lobbied" Fifa hard enough theyd get their way....worked for Qatar, which a far more fuckin ludicrous situation than a cross border league. Sky have few avenues left in this country (or Europe as a whole I imagine) in which to grow their business, not sure if Scotland's 5-6mill is worth them growing into so that might stop it. One things for sure, tv will decide if it happens iyam.

See I think you're right about that, the clubs would resist it, but tv and those who advertise on tv would love it, and at the end of the day its their money the clubs eventually get. If they can apply enough pressure etc...how many Scots who havent got a sky box or got rid of it would get a new subscription if they were going to be able to watch Cetic v manu or Ranger v Liverpool?...

Because of the social problems that those with issues cause for the emergency services etc?... or should we just shoot them?

Aye, in these days of global satellite TV coverage then the "not done it on the world stage" thing is a bit irrelevant iyam. Kids in Bombay and Bangkok only saw Pele and Maradonna once every 4 years, if they were lucky. They can watch Messi every week.

I'm not suggesting we're going to get fee for him, am saying we hold him to the terms of the contract he signed last year. If he wants to go home that much and kiss goodbye to that much money then its up to him.

Obviously his heart isnt in it at SJP, but unfortunately for him his contract is still held here. Ashley should play the hardest ball possible with San Lorenzo. This could set a very poor precedent if he's allowed to walk away. And if a deal was hatched for him to wait until Mbiwa had settled in until he'd "get an injury" then Pardew and the club in general should stop fuckin lying to us.

Heres a warning for all you twitterers....be careful who you abuse, they might come and find you, and they might be a professional boxer http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/03/11/curtis-woodhouse-keyboard-warrior_n_2853594.html?ir=UK+Sport

So, to prove my point in a way, you agree with everything the present Government do and stand for, because theres pretty much one way praise from you for them, and very little, if any, criticism of them...is it fair to say that?...

Good shout he could be in the next England squad. Hugely impressed with his performance in both games v us this season. Kicked Tiote up in the air a couple of times last month Pardew knows him, we've been linked before but he's not French, his surname is Spanish...and they'll want 10mill+.

Is it just me or is that a really fuckin strange thing to accuse anyone of, whether its true or not?....