Jim D

Yes, what a chance that was for Watford, Mancs go down the other end and score.

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Man USA? Shadow Dwellers?

Any video links of the incident?

They have now lost 4 out of their last 5 games.

Arsenal 1-1 Zagreb (4-1 on Agg)

Middlesborough 1-1 Chelsea

Hmmmm that means the ref has dealt with it and no further action will be taken.

Is that a wheelbarrow full of cash outside the referees dressing room?

Blackburn 1-0 Everton (McCarthy)

Villa take the lead, Barry Aston Villa 2-1 Reading

Ben Thatcher totally lost it up at Eastlands, expect a hefty ban. Mendes is down badly, blatant elbow to the throat I think.

Arsenal 0-1 Dinamo Zagreb (3-1 Agg) Villa equalise, Angel Aston Villa 1-1 Reading

Middlesborough 0-1 Cheatski (Chavchenko)

Reading score at Villa Park...........Aston Villa 0-1 Reading

This transfer for Owen Hargreaves is driven not by a desire to play for the Mancs but money. If he was so desperate to play for the Mancs why doesn't he just put in a transfer request? Well because if he puts in a transfer request then he would surely forfeit any "money bonuses" in his existing contract.

why Chelsea are ranked so low in the European seedings? Its like he is totally oblivious to reasoning behind the seedings. Season 02/03, Chelsea get knocked out of the UEFA Cup to Viking FK, thats why they are below the other three teams in England. Next season though their ranking will skyrocket and will definitely be in the top pot of seeds. Jose Mourinho insists a Champions League draw which could easily pit Chelsea against Barcelona in the group stage must be flawed. Mourinho's Premiership champions have a one-in-five chance of being grouped with Barca when the draw is made in Monaco on Thursday. Chelsea will be in the pot of second seeds and, if they avoid the champions of Spain and Europe, they will face one of AC Milan, Inter Milan, Real Madrid or Valencia. Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal, if the latter qualify, will all be among the first seeds but cannot be drawn with another English team in the groups. Mourinho still cannot understand how the domestic champions can be ranked beneath three of the teams they beat to the title. The Chelsea boss said: "The way the groups are made is wrong, the criteria to be seeded in the groups. For example, the English champions Chelsea are lucky to be second seeds. "For me, being champions is more important than the past for seeding. "Inter Milan for example get more coefficient points for the Champions League than us even though Chelsea are champions of England and Inter Milan are only third in Italy." UEFA seed the teams based on a coefficient calculated from the performances of the clubs in Europe over the last five years combined with the coefficient of the country they come from. This system puts new football powers like Chelsea behind the traditional heavyweights of European football. Liverpool had to qualify this season by beating Maccabi Haifa and Arsenal must finish off Dinamo Zagreb to reach the group stage but they will both be seeded ahead of Chelsea because of their superior coefficient. Mourinho said: "How can a team who has to qualify be in front of a team who goes straight into the group?" Chelsea will expect to qualify from any group because the top two teams progress but, if they are plunged into a tough group and can only finish second, they will face one of the group winners in the first knock-out round. This happened last season, when the Blues finished behind Liverpool in the group and were then drawn against Barcelona in the second round. Frank Rijkaard's team won an epic clash and Mourinho's European dream was over in early March. The Chelsea manager believes the seeding system has a detrimental effect on the overall quality of the competition because so many of the best teams meet in the early stages. Mourinho said: "It is the best competition in the world but you don't see the best clubs in the semi-finals. "For me the competition is not correct and you are in a lucky situation if the best team in Europe wins the competition. "Compare the semi-finals with the earlier rounds, the last eight or last 16. Compare Arsenal against Villarreal with Arsenal against Juventus, Chelsea against Barcelona or Milan against Bayern Munich. It does not compare. "Liverpool were champions and over 30 points behind Chelsea in the league, not even in the top four in the Premiership. Arsenal got through to the final but the best they could do [in the league] was fourth." Mourinho is chasing his third successive Premiership title with Chelsea this season and the club's first Champions League trophy. He finds it hard to prefer one above the other but believes he is fighting an uphill battle in Europe because of the coefficient system. Mourinho said: "The Premier League is an even competition. The Champions League is not. "When you decide there is a head of the group, they start in front of the others. "They are ahead of the group and there are a lot of advantages. If you are second there are a lot of disadvantages. You don't start from zero. "To win the Champions League when you are not head of the group is a big, big achievement."

Got the ball first? Riise crossed the ball over and then was totally cleaned out by the Sheffield United defender, blatant penalty.

If Alonso and Sissoko play in the centre then Gerrard should play right. If Alonso doesn't play (like yesterday) then Gerrard should be in the centre with Pennant right.

Fulham are atrocious, not suprised really because they only won one game away from home last season. It was their excellent home form that kept them up. If they don't buck up, they could be the ones who are stuck in the relegation battle.

Regarding defending from set pieces, why is everytime we concede a goal from a set piece people question the "Zonal marking system" but when any other team concedes they don't question and I quote the "Man marking system". Andy Gray you are a pillock, take a bow son!

At this moment in time Everton are going top!

Agree it is absolutely pathetic, we are one game into the season and some here are in a blind panic because we didn't win. Ok it wasn't the best performance but considering the circumstances of the game and how it turned out I thought a draw was a good result. I've heard some people say "Well what if we finish 2nd by 2 points, we will look back at this game" well I could easily say "Well if we win the League by a point, we could look back at this game....." Stop Panicking! There is going to be alot of surprise results in the Premiership early in the season. It wouldn't shock me to see Arsenal, Chelsea and the Mancs drop a few as well. What is important is by the end of October we must be within touching of Chelsea, if not then start panicking

Talking about money spent, heard today that Liverpool's and Chelsea's starting line ups cost approximately £50million and £140million respectively! Chelsea's front two alone cost more than our entire starting eleven.

Don't think it will be the end of it, wouldn't suprise me if the rest of the season we get the "boring" jibe thrown at us. Particularly from the Mancs who are high and mighty about being successful means every game should be played where it is open, fast flowing football. Unfortunately it is mainly the Sky generation who thinks a game isn't boring unless it continually entertains for every second of the game.