Extraordinary Swindle

It has always been in place in the Premiership as far as I know. From the start of March a player needs to pick up something like 8 bookings to get a suspension. Henchoz benefited from the rule a few seasons ago.

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If Wenger is guilty of anything it's giving youth a chance. He could have gone out and brought in an established midfielder to replace Vieira but instead has given the likes of Fabregas and Flamini the chance to play in the first team. Arsenal have been without their entire first choice back four for whatever reasons in the past month or so (Lauren, Campbell, Toure, Cole) and as a direct result have lost games they otherwise would not have. The recent results have knocked the confidence out of the younger players but they will learn from the experience. If Arsenal are still within 4/5 points of fourth spot going in to the last month of the season then they will over take Spurs - just look at Spurs' last few games of the season : Everton (A), Man Utd (H), Arsenal (A), Bolton (H), West Ham (A).

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There was a BBC documentary called "Fascism and Football" on RTE last week about fascists and their use of football to promote their ideology. It all started with Mussolini, he personally oversaw the organisation of the 1934 World Cup and rigged it by picking the referees for each game and guess who won? According to the documentary Hitler had no interest in football and had to be convinced to get involved. The Nazis then followed suit as did Franco.

Doubtful. Rafa has consistently said that he wants players who want to play for Liverpool. Fowler certainly falls in to that category. Owen chose to talk to Newcastle after he had apparently come to an agreement with Liverpool last summer - I don't think Benitez and Parry will be making an effort to sign him again.

Are they scheduled to be visiting Anfield on the weekend of February 18th?

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Should that not be 73.33%? (44 points from a possible 60).

How much are their season tickets currently?

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