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I think alot of the Glams' attitude to this comes from arrogance. "We're Man U, we're not gonna miss 40 goals a season". The pricks.

Ferguson'll be attempting to send us to FIFA on the back of that Looks like you'll be back early for training then, Alvaro?

Indeed. Who else could have forseen Portugal getting through the first round...?

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My long term coupon/gradual gains approach of £5 on Portugal, winnings of that on Germany, winnings of that Spain's doing alright for me so far. Keep this up, the winnings but only on the favourites, and I'll be a millionaire by the end of the group stage

The £2 e/w I had on Dirk as top scorer at 80/1 could have done with him scoring that

Wasn't there a bit of a discussion back when Adebayor scored against us in the EC that if a defender was off the pitch he can still play a striker onside? Cos you have to ask permission to go off or something?

This game is a terrific advert for falling over. Dives, teammates fouling each other and someone's just tripped on the ball. Marvellous.

Is this gonna be the match thread for every game then?! Swiss looking alot better than I expected. Just rams home how little I know about football really. Always nice to be reminded

"He kisses the badge on his chest Then hands in a transfer request..." It's already started - the Glams at work denials "we won't miss him", "I never really liked him", "I never thought of him as a Man United player anyway". Utter c****.

Careful, any minute OM will be on to advise us about Steve Finnan hitting someone in his car.

FA HITS NEW LOW IN INCOMPETENCE The Football Association is facing yet more scorn and ridicule after it emerged Sir Alex Ferguson and Carlos Queiroz were acquitted on charges of improper conduct due to an administrative typo. Incredibly, the governing body is now considering whether to appeal against its own verdict. Despite Ferguson describing referee Martin Atkinson as being on Portsmouth's "side" and Queiroz branding him a "robber" in a televised interview, the Manchester United management duo were yesterday cleared of all charges, leaving the FA's 'Respect For Refs' campaign in tatters. According to reports, 'Three TV clips were shown to the FA panel, two by Ferguson to Sky and MUTV and a third by Queiroz to the BBC. 'The FA argued Queiroz had called Atkinson "a robber" and transcribed his interview as saying "that is my opinion of this robber today". However, United's defence, led by former FA compliance officer Graham Bean, showed in the tape that Queiroz actually said, "that is my opinion of his job today".' With their evidence thus discredited, the panel judged the charges made against Ferguson and Queiroz as 'not proved'. Strangely, the FA only sought to punish Ferguson for his remarks against Keith Hackett, the general manager of Professional Game Match Officials - suggesting that they are content for managers to describe referees as being on the "side" of the opposition. That Ferguson also described Atkinson's work as "ridiculous" and implied that he deserved to be "sacked" having not awarded United a first-half penalty was also apparently deemed acceptable by FA officials. "This wasn't a case of United claiming the referee was biased," Bean told reporters as he departed Soho Square. "The FA claimed they questioned the integrity of the ref and Keith Hackett but that was not the case. Sir Alex and Carlos did not say the ref wasn't being honest but he was inconsistent." Instead of conducting an internal inquiry into how they managed to bungle the case so spectacularly, the FA are instead predicted to launch an appeal against the panel they commissioned - presumably at great expense - to preside over proceedings. 'The FA's licence to appeal was written into the governing body's rules only last summer and this will be the first time they have exercised their new right. Only when the independent commission's reasoning arrives in the next 48 hours will the FA decide whether to appeal, but there is clearly deep frustration within Soho Square at the Manchester United manager and his assistant escaping sanction,' reports The Daily Telegraph. 'If the FA do seek to take the issue further, it will be heard by an appeal board chaired by a QC appointed by the Sports Dispute Resolution Panel, an independent body. Two members of the FA Council will be on the appeal board.' "We are both surprised and disappointed by the result," confirmed a spokesman for the discredited governing body last night. Sadly, while such 'disappointment' may be widespread, the FA's latest failure to function proficiently is far from a surprise.

RIP

You only edited it so it'd be the exact same as mine

Gerrard MOTM

Cherno Samba Freddy Adu's just come on. As has Crouch

How would you know?

Just about same here, although one lad tried it. I just provided monosyllabic replies and he fecked off.

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It's still 5-3, cos it really could easily be 4-3. Very faint silver lining that, though

f***ing typical. When I switched it on Chelsea had had 23 shots and the Glams 10 and Chelsea had hit the bar twice, and they f***ing win it cos someone slipped over. Not a good save, or even a normal miss, he f***ing slipped on the wet floor. The spawny f***ing c***s.