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f***ing hell Carew must be a bit of a thickie if he couldn't think of anything to put Riise in his place... on the other hand, perhaps he just wanted to whack him...

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some less cracking away days for the oppo going to Bolton though....

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unlike robbie fowler... (phew! Gilps' good work almost undermined immediately...)

the reason why arsenal campaigns have been undermined in the last few years has been a perceived weakness in allowing teams to bully them out of matches, notably the northwest based teams not the number of london derbies (although this was an excuse several years back - you're getting older faster than you think ) my comment about spurs is largely based on the shocking travesty of a shambles that unfolded before my eyes at WHL last night. can't argue that Arsenal haven't had a good start though. (completely dragged the topic off liverpool v cardiff as well. sorry.)

any team with a half decent defence (not villa) could do that though...

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I think that is spot on. I looked around the pitch yesterday and there wasn't a leader anywhere to be found. You can't expect the gifted young players (Huddlestone, Lennon, Bale) to take the game by the scruff of the neck but the lack of leadership shown by the established players was shocking.

I was there courtesy of a friend's spare season ticket. What a hoot! Firstly, Spurs set themselves up by having their 125 year celebrations before the game complete with free flag give-away and parade of stars. Having that kind of pre-match knees-up is bound to leave the players failing to live up to expectations. Neither side looked any good - both gave the ball away after two-three passes and Robinson was dreadful. The crowd was rather quick to get on the team's back (particulary Robinson, I think they have lost faith with him completely, but also Robbie Keane) and their mood was only lightened by a half time rendition of "Happy Birthday To You (Dear Tottenham)" from the Villa fans. Due to some PR oversight or excessive magnanimity the Villa fans were also given free flags to wave (in Villa colours) which meant that when the 4th goal went in their fans could follow up their birthday greetings with "Shall We Wave A Flag For You?" At 4-1 Spurs seemed to disappear into a collective neurosis which onlt disappeared when O'Neil played his masterstroke of bringing on Harewood. I guess he was hoping that Harewood's supreme ball control would mean that Villa could clear their lines and the ball would stick to him (yeah, right Martin). What he wasn't counting on was Harewood inexplicably booting Bent up the a*** in the penalty area. Cue a fevered last 5 minutes, an equaliser and the whole crowd loving Spurs all over again which is just as well as the match programme cost a whopping £10. A team of muppets, managed by a muppet, watched by muppets

and for what it's worth... not a lot... is the guy between Marsh and Hazell, Terry Venables? And Les Allen on the far right??

chris lawler in the background?? the baldy QPR player on the far left could be terry mancini but I'm not sure he played for QPR in the 60s... more than a passing resemblance though

you should have issued an oxymoron alert with that link.

What a top result. And to put the icing on the cake my brother pre-booked his trip to Kharkiv and will no doubt be going to watch the Bitters get stuffed.

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it was david platt from corrie

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a dionne warwick classic Do you know the way to sack jose? stab him in the back cos his team can't play