Thursday 17 May 2012

End of the Season's Greetings!!!

Well there's not a lot to catch up on, is there?

First thing's first. Well done, Man City. It's been a practical demonstration of the limitless power of immense wealth in this day and age. City are going to be the best team in the Premier League until the oil runs out.

I don't mean to be churlish. You couldn't ask for a better finish to a season. The toe-curling agony of them fans at the Etihad is going to be hard to beat. Never have I seen a football scarf so brutally treated.

But, much as when Chelsea first started getting bank-rolled by suspiciously-obtained roubles, the Premier League is the least Citeh should have expected. Toure, Kompany, Aguero and Silva have been terrific of course, as has Joe Hart (although he's going to have a bit more to do in Poland and Ukraine.)

Mancini has somehow managed to keep his hands on the tiller despite the mutiny and the fireworks. Ironically Tevez returned to help steer the ship and his only saving grace is that when you stick him on a football pitch with a ball to chase he becomes the most loyal of Argentine Terriers.

As for the United fans, well, they've tasted very little sour since Fergie took over. And this is bitter stuff indeed, but I can't say I'm too downhearted for 'em. The future has looked flaky before - and the impending retirements of Scholes (again), Giggs and Ferdinand pose some questions about the short-term. Long-term, it's about replacing the gaffer himself. And as he's irreplaceable, I suggest they just stick a cut-out of Fergie in the dressing-room, with some guttural Glaswegian on a loop, and a hairdryer in its hand, and I'm sure it'll be business as usual.

As for the bottom end, Bolton's departure saddened me until some anti-Coyle Burnley fan roared his approval in my ear at a boozer. She meant it n all. But the Trotters have been dogged by ill-fortune, near-tragedy and some well dodgy decisions and they've not been utterly undermined by the numpties in charge as has been the case at Blackburn and Wolves.

And QPR have played with all the headless chickenness of a Mark Hughes team: niggles, snarls and more red cards than a Soviet Union ticker-tape parade. You almost pine for those calm and thoughtful days when that beacon of football purity Neil Warnock was in charge.

In the meantime Roy Hodgson announces his first England squad and it reminds you instantly of two things: one, I've seen more strikers on a North Korean picket line; two, Roy is a honest but uninspiring bloke.

The big decision was to leave Rio behind and take Terry. A bolder man would've seen this as a time to lay a foundation and just left 'em both behind. Roy says it's a football decision, as if football is immune to external pressures. It isn't. Terry's position in the squad is no less invidious because Ferdinand's absent. He's not been playing well, he's up on a racism charge, and he's a bit of a knobhead. Why take him?

I'm also bemused by the absence of Micah Richards, Adam Johnson and/or Aaron Lennon. And the presence of only four strikers, when the only decent one can't play for the first two games, by which time the plodding Terry will have been outpaced by some speedy foreigner and the seven billion miles the England squad will have travelled for three games of football will have counted for nowt. Crouchy should be in there.

Nevertheless, Carroll's inclusion is welcome. He seems finally have got his act together.
As is Oxo-Chamberpot's.

I'd have had: Hart, Ruddy, Green (if we must); Richards, A.Cole, Baines, Jagielka, Lescott, Cahill, Jones, G.Johnson (in the absence of Kyle Walker); A.Johnson, Gerrard, Parker, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Lampard (in the absence of Wilshere), Walcott, Milner; Crouch, Defoe, Rooney, Carroll, Welbeck/Sturridge (it's like choosing between cheese and cheese.)

Then of course Fenway Sports Group trump all this by all but fire-bombing the temple of Anfield. You cannot sack Kenny Dalglish. You have to invite him to leave, like you would the Archbishop of Canterbury. It's like pulling down Nelson Mandela's trousers in public. It's like saying David Attenborough's a piece of shit. You can't do it!

Two Cup Finals does mean something, surely? But not as much as the slush fund available should you make the Champions League and for Dalglish that was as remote a possibility as an intelligible press conference.

But sentiment aside, it's a sensible decision. Dalglish has bought some right dopes. His team have functioned only fitfully. And Everton finsihed above them. That's right, Everton - the quiet neighbours who live in a shed and shop at Aldi's (where you can get a Jelavic for a fifth of the price of a Carroll).

Next in line for LFC...? Capello. What's the point in ruining a budding career like Rodgers's or Lambert's when what you need is a fierce, dogged bastard in charge?

Whoever it is, he'll need a hotline to God Almighty to get past Man City next season.


164 comments:

  1. First!
    Arsenal above the spuds too!

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  2. Exactly, eh?

    Terry's in the England squad.

    Euros are dead to me.

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  3. @jamesmarsh197417 May 2012 at 10:25

    It's turns of phrase like "You almost pine for those calm and thoughtful days when that beacon of football purity Neil Warnock was in charge." which make this blog brilliant.

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  4. I still remember how spurs won the league back in november. Funny.

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  5. I can remember when the gunners won the league... but only just.

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  6. In fairness to Roy he was on a hiding to nothing with his squad.He's only been in the job 2 minutes and to completely gut the squad that got us there would be a very brave step.

    Ferdinand,according to his manager,isn't fit enough to play 2 games in 4 days.Yes Terry is a knob but we don't have much to choose from.Yes Rooney is banned for the first 2 games but there isn't anybody else to select.You could argue for Crouch or Richards being in there,but the cupboard is pretty bare.

    Hopefully Roy will use the World Cup qualifiers as an opportunity to bring in fresh faces.

    As for Dalglish,poor season having spent a fortune and his stance over Suarez haven't helped him at all.

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    1. I doubt he will use the WC qualifiers Jack, the emphasis will be on qualifying and if he takes the brave route and England don't qualify (or even if they look like not qualifying) then he'll be crucified by all and sundry and may even lose his job... I'm not sure he's that much of a risk taker.

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  7. Good end of term blog Robbo

    As someone pointed out earlier, who'd have thunk Toffees and City top teams in their respective cities.

    Pool could sell at least2 of their so-called top signings, sign Owen on a free(well if they can bring back KD, why not little Mikey)and then someone like Rhodes, and still make a profit

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  8. Haha, good blog Robbo.

    The season is barely over and we already have mega summer in front of us (** unless you are spending time in Ilolio **)

    - Liverpool sacking Kenny Daglish. Some high profile managers lined up are AVB, Capello, Rafa Benitez as well as PL survivors Martinez (Wigan), Lambert (Norwich) or Brendan Rogers (Swansea). Highly chucklesome.
    - No outcome in the meeting between RvP and Wenger. I guess the champagnes from French vineyard couldn’t do much trick. He should have been offered Amsterdam’s fine beers :P
    - 21 days to go for the Euros. All the teams are naming their Euro squads. Almost forgotten CL finals are yet to be played. England squad no good… Alex Ox Chamberlain is the only “hope” :P
    - How about having Olympics Football Team GB vs Woy's Euros England XI as warm up match before the start of the tournament??

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  9. Football teams on TV.

    https://twitter.com/#!/Footy_Jokes/status/203060902780608512/photo/1

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  10. This would be my England squad ...
    Chris Martin (G)
    Stuart Tomlinson (G)
    Sam Johnson(G)
    Adam Yates (D)
    John McCombe (D)
    Gareth Owen (D)
    Mike Green (D)
    Phil Roe (D)
    Clayton McDonald (D)
    Joe Davis (D)
    Robert Taylor (M)
    Anthony Griffith (M)
    Doug Loft(M)
    Louis Dodds(M)
    Ryan Burge(M)
    Paul Marshall(M)
    Sean Rigg(M)
    Sam Morsy(M)
    Chris Shuker(M)
    Kingsley James(M)
    Ryan Lloyd(M)
    Dominic Thorley(M)
    Marc Richards(F) (capt)
    Tom Pope(F)
    Lewis Haldane(F)
    Ben Williamson(F)

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    1. I've never heard of any of them, which means you've got my vote.

      Sign 'em up.

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  11. Which can mean only one thing....

    Certain Victory!

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  12. Hodg is ok.... further proof that if you want to get on in life...do as you're bloody well told !

    He might surprise us yet. He's got nothing to lose, really.

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  13. Good stuff Robbo.

    I too would like to congratulate Citeh, but am not in agreement with almost all the bum licking media who claim that Citeh will now dominate for the rest of this millenium.

    It's not like they run away with the title, did they? They won it in the last minute of the last match (against a ten man relegation candidate) on goal differance. They fell at the first hurdle in the FA cup, failed to get out of the group stages in the PL and even managed nowt in the so called inferior European competition for weaker teams. A billion quid obviously doesn't buy what it used to, does it?

    As for the squad, I've always rated Hart, he's a good keeper, Tevez is a game changer (he alternates between footy and golf) and Aguero is a world class striker. Silva started off brightly but faded, Nasri is a chinless lesbian, De Jong is a GBH waiting to happen and if Adam Johnson has any sense he'll be looking to ply his trade elsewhere next season because otherwise (imho) he'll just end up this most talented bench warmer in the land.

    But for all the millions spent, I believe that everything hinges on two players; Yaya and Kompany, take either of them out of the equasion and what you have left is an exspencivly assembled rabble of mis-fits.
    Don't believe me? Check out the Citeh results during the African Cup of nations for Africans playing for a Cup in Africa (or whatever it's called) or for the period in which the Belgian was injured/suspended. Obviouly they're not a one/two man team in the true sense of the word, but they're not that for off.

    Plus hopefully Mancini will also do his best to level the playing fields by retaining the services of Balotelli and with him in the squad doing what he does best (destroying it from within) all teams will feel they still have a chance.

    Next season the expectations will be even higher, not only will they be expected to retain the title, but I'm sure the owners will want them to give a better showing in the other competitions. Let's see what the pressure does to them then.

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    1. Tevez is a game changer (he alternates between footy and golf)
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  14. Right on! Come on BLUES!!!!

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  15. I LOVE TITS!!!

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    1. to love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong relationship

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    1. I'll stick with boobies. Blue-footed, preferably.

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  17. Great as usual, Robbo. That said, I take exception to you suggesting that God Almighty, who has recently signed for Man City, would throw matches so Liverpool could make the Champs League.

    Is there a possibility that Roy chose a below-average squad so he could turn them into a safe, midtable team that possibly makes it out of the group stage but probably won't? Or did he choose a below-average squad because those are the players available to him? I agree that he should have chosen a relatively younger, fresher side (at the back), but that wouldn't have made them better, just more likely to get beaten for positioning rather than pace (see: Smalling, Chris, had he been healthy).

    Maybe Roy could have taken Barton. Wait until you go behind in the first match--that shouldn't take long--then turn him loose during a corner once Lloris and Benzema are nearby. Seriously though, I took a look at your group and I can't wait to see how you manage to blow this one. Even Blog's side should make it to the quarters. Granted, you'll still lose to Spain/Italy/Croatia, but surely even England can't find a way to limbo under these low expectations?

    As for City, H2H, I agree that Yaya and Kompany are the lynchpins (JTs word, not mine) of the side, but I still wouldn't be surprised to see them repeat next year. (Read: Drop out of Europe early and focus on the league.) It seems that their triumph is much like the Red Sox winning the World Series... after years of heartbreak, an influx of money and mercenary talent takes them to the top. Wonder how FSG feels about that.

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  18. "As for the bottom end, Bolton's departure saddened me until some anti-Coyle Burnley fan roared his approval in my ear at a boozer. She meant it n all."

    Well which was it - a he or a she? ;)

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  19. Great blog as ever, but "Carroll's inclusion is welcome" - he's done f-all all season, had three half-decent games at the end and he's in. Whereas Holt, not the silkiest of touches granted, has banged in the goals and has demonstrated that if you need a lumbering big lad to make a nuisance of himself in the last 10 mins - he's your man. Or, as you say, Crouch - always plays well for England.

    Predictions for Euros:

    Game 1:Terry sent off for being a racist fucknugget after hauling a Frechie down in the box for a penalty: 1-0 France.

    Game 2: Sweden - we never beat Sweden in a major championship - best can hope for is a draw (probably thanks to Hart)

    Game 3: Playing against the host nation who will probably need a win to qualify - unless Rooney finally delivers on big stage, we're on the plane home.

    At least the players will be well rested to watch City win everything next year.

    That said, will still be in the pub, desperately hoping the lads will scrape through so we can go out in the quarters with dignity (on penalties after an insipid draw).

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  20. Sick of hearing about Grant "Average at best" Holt. 5 words for y'all...

    RICKIE LAMBERT... SOUTHAMPTON GOAL MACHINE!

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  21. Liverpool have appointed Ken Dodd as their new manager so they dont have to change the initials on the tracksuit... Or tactics

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    1. didnt he manage the barcelona diddymen at some point?

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    2. jacks i heard ken dodd on anthony clare's In the Psychiatrists Chair;

      Clare asked something like, Mr Dodd, what would you say to the proposition that you use humour to keep a distance and conceal your true self

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      well id be full of plumptiousness and absolutely discomknockerated

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    3. Any news on his Dad's canine companion?

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    4. dead jacks. doddy himself is living by the seaside so still refusing to contribute to inland revenue

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  22. Stuart Downing...really?

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  23. Many, many moons ago L****poo* used to be entertaining on the pitch, and now they're merely entertaining off it. There's a sizeable number of Pool fans saying that Moyes would be a good choice. A sensible shout but about as likely as Carroll scoring the winner in the final of Euro 2012. There are also a fair number of Reds who want the jovial Spaniard back at the cloob, amazingly! I'm all for that as in these depressing times we need all the larfs we can get, FACT!

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  24. somebody17 May 2012
    "As for the bottom end, Bolton's departure saddened me until some anti-Coyle Burnley fan roared his approval in my ear at a boozer. She meant it n all."

    Well which was it - a he or a she? ;)
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    She/he was from Burnley so it was difficult to tell.

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  25. I've stood firm re criticism of Downing but even I have to concede that there at least six wide men who have better claims.

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  26. I'd have liked to have seen Etherington go.His form on the left for Stoke over the last 3 seasons has been superb.He'd suit Carroll as well.

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  27. 6 wide men, robbo?

    Thomas Brolin?

    mickey quinn? : "He’s fat, he’s round, he’s worth a million pound, Micky Quinn, Micky Quinn"

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  28. if england make the knock out stages ill be full of plumptiousness and absolutely discomknockerated

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  29. If anyone is interested in Euro prediction and/or fantasy leagues via UEFA, feel free to join the following:

    Prediction
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    Password: robbo

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  30. Beckham?! Owen?! Hargreaves?! Barmby for Manager!

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  31. Great stuff Robbo, especially the comment from the sexually confused burnley fan. We were in the bottom three when OC took over from meggo you know. Not anymore though!

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  32. Wide boy is a British term for a man who lives by his wits, wheeling and dealing. According to the Oxford English Dictionary it is synonymous with spiv.[1] The word 'wide' is in this sense means wide-awake or sharp-witted.[1] Newspapers of the late 1940s and 1950s often use both terms in the same article about the same person when dealing with ticket touts, fraudsters and black market traders. It has become more generally used to describe a dishonest trader or a petty criminal who works by guile rather than force.

    And we've got six of them in the squad!

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  33. Roy : "I'd refer you to Denmark in 92 and Greece in 2004. You don't necessarily have to be the best team to win the tournament. You can get by with good team spirit and a bit of luck at the right time. We're one of 16 teams so that's 16-1. I'm not a gambler but..."

    No, he's obviously not a gambler with that squad but he wouldn't make a bookie either. 15-1, Roy, tut tut.

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  34. Martinez in talks with L'pool.

    The guy’s soooooo enthusiastic it borders on sickening, I must admit I do like him though.

    Wigan supporters are easily fooled though, they don’t really expect that much and there are hardly ever any of them in their ground anyway. Mickeys on the other hand are the ultimate pessimists and don’t trust anything that hasn’t been brought up, shagged or granted legendary status by themselves or the Scouse Standard Aproval Board.

    Can you imagine them swollowing Martinez’ upbeat reaction to just being tonked by Everton as he assures them that he believes in the team and he’s pretty sure they won’t be relagated!?

    How do they feel that their massive club is going for such a relatively small name in the management world?


    I do however feel he could pull off a perm and a tasche.

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  35. I see Fat Sam's talking shit again;

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18109276

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    1. Face like a bulldog's prolapse

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    2. hehe. he reminds me of the dog off of tom and jerry ....grrrr THATS my boy...

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  36. Sam is right, much more important to win promotion to the prem than the final of some mickey mouse Euro knock-out contest.

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  37. LIVERPOOL will make a sensational approach to Pep Guardiola

    How embarrassing. Well, Mickey Adams is available.

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    1. Pep is safely locked in my cellar with Tommy Smith and Joey Jones as his guards. He will acquiesce. Of that I am certain.

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    2. dont forget to check his right hand for a nail before you switch on the Ipcress machine, tommy

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  38. i dont want to sound selfish and i know it would be a terrible thing for the taramasalata salesmen and the squid fishermen, but im planning to do yer actual marathon next year - ie marathon to athens - and lets hope cough that greece doesnt default and wreck the european economy but if it does - im just saying - that trip would be a hell of a lot cheaper for me so if youre reading this, greece, go on, do it, youll always have thermopylae, you dont need the european malakas!

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    1. I can't do marathons, damn peanut alergy.

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    2. Running a snickers doesn't quite sound the same does it.

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    3. It would have the same - face and features blowing up like the Nutty Professor-effect on me though mate. I'd best steer clear of that too. ;)

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  39. Solksjaer for Villa manager - great news - might be tempted to stay at Molde and have a season in the Champions League if I was him though

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    1. Why is it great news Adam?

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    2. Another ex Fergieling. Kissing the ring by surrendering points to the Red Devils and satanic lord.

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  40. Bloggy - it sounds more shellfish than selfish wishing that on the taramasalata salesman and squid fisherman



    GO CHELSEA



    Afternoon all

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    1. Bhb if the taramasalata and the humus salesmen both go bust they'll be in a double dip recession

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  41. I am to be honest H - my liver and lungs will be taking a real pasting tomorrow night

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  42. I am going for a (maybe rather hopeful) 3-2 win to us , not on penalties though

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    1. A German national team lost on penalties this week.To The Dutch no less too.U17s I think.

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    2. well its in the bag (or rather net) for us then Jacks

      Hows Mrs Jacks and the Jackettes?

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    3. Hello BHB.They are telling me what to do,as always.How are you?Good luck tonight.

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  43. jacksofbuxton18 May 2012 14:14
    Why is it great news Adam?

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    Holloway2Holland18 May 2012 15:12
    Another ex Fergieling. Kissing the ring by surrendering points to the Red Devils and satanic lord.
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    it's great because he will have a fresh approach and it isn't just musical chairs on the merry-go-round of managerial failure with someone rewarded for being crap somewhere by being offered the chance to ruin someone else's team

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    1. That managerial merry-go-round featuring Bruce,Strachan,McCleish,Keane,Robson (Bryan) that sort of thing Adam?

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  44. off home very shortly, if/when we win tomorrow I reserve the right to gloat unashamedly on Monday but if we get thrashed I will accept all your ridicule with as much good grace as I can muster

    Have a good weekend


    GO BLACKPOOL

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  45. The good grace will consist of two words, the second being Off

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  46. IhavetosayImstartingtofindthesecommentsabit ?

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  47. I see andre is in contention to become villas boas off

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  48. Am I the only one not offered the Liverpool job off?

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  49. Jim Gannon hasn't either.

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  50. Morning all from sunny Norddeutschland

    Bit of a predicament here, most of my friends dont want BM to win(neither do I), but the potential image of JT with his mitts on the Cup I don't think I could bear, maybe I will turn away at that stage

    Go Chelski

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  51. Feel sorry for bayern after they have been labeled favourites for the game.

    this is not bloody game for the favourites.

    God forbid chelsea may sneak it...

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  52. Spit
    the main plus BM have is the french scarred dockworker, he was the only one who played well last week, but he can be riled, the pigclimber had a schocker

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  53. Match prediction:

    Pre-match: Chelsea's lineup includes youngsters Terry John (a rather slow white Trinidadian) and Brad Ivans (sheepish Eastern European) in their 5-4-1 formation.
    Fifteen minutes in: Chelsea haven't left their half, but Bayern have 0 shots on target.
    Thirty minutes in: Chelsea haven't left their half, but Bayern have 0 shots on target.
    Half time: Chelsea haven't left their half. Bayern have one shot on target, pawed off the line by Cech while literally standing on his head.
    Sixty minutes: Terry John is sent off for gouging out Mario Gomez's eyes. Cech saves the ensuing penalty. (Chelsea still haven't left their half. That was Bayern's second shot on target.)
    Seventy-five minutes: Di Matteo, disappointed with his team of relative youngsters, brings on Gianfranco Zola, Ray Wilkins, and Jimmy Greaves. Chelsea come alive, leaving their half for the first time, albeit only because Bayern accidentally lost control of a pass two yards inside their own half. (Torres throws directly back to Neuer.) Bayern is still stuck on two shots on target.
    Ninety minutes: Bayern have thrown everyone forward. Chelsea is playing a 10-0-0 formation, with all 10 outfield players stacked in a lattice pattern on the line behind Cech. Bayern finally manage a couple more shots on target but can't put the ball past the Chelsea defense. Terry John is sent out of the stadium for racially abusing David Alaba in the stands.
    Stoppage time: Cech fires a goal kick into the top corner with a shot even he would not have stopped.

    Chelsea 1-0 Bayern

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  54. BBC Radio 5 live summariser Robbie Savage at Wembley: "All the people who have been giving Big Sam stick this season, I hope they are eating their words."

    Too late, Fat Sam gobbled them up already.

    Well done Wet Spam, pretty ironic that Sam returns to the PL as two of his previous teams drop down to the Championship.

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  55. Well done the Bolton Old Boys! And as an added bonus, we get two extra Derby games against Blackpool!

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  56. jacksofbuxton18 May 2012 16:27
    That managerial merry-go-round featuring Bruce,Strachan,McCleish,Keane,Robson (Bryan) that sort of thing Adam?

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    yep that one. McLeish at least won the League Cup though and Strachan won a few things with Celtic and got Southampton to a cup final, Keane won the NPower Championship and Bryan Robson got 2 cup finals.

    I had more in mind the one with Steve Bruce, Mick McCarthy, Paul Hart and several others who do not even get that relative success and walk into another decent job and ruin that club too. The problem is even with the success the others had McLeish got relegated, Keane struggled after that at both Sunderland and Ipswich, Robson didn't get any success after that Strachan struggled at Boro. At least Keane has gone into the media

    I was tempted to say the one with Kenny Dalglish on but that would just be downright mean

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      No biggie, most have.

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  57. Holy crap. Watching on Fox in the US is painful. What a horrendous start. Too much technology, too much terrible pop music, too much "Americans don't know jack about soccer--or Europe--so let's tell you how to play (and where we are)" and an idiotic studio team pairing who are idiots only on because they are American. Friedel is fine and the commentary should be okay because--thankfully--no Americans, but the rest of this is terrible. (I'm hoping they don't fall back into the usual American style of over-explaining and simply let the match speak for itself.) Just don't pass it back to Friedel's buddies. They can't pronounce any of the names properly--I'm surprised they could say "Friedel" correctly. Even the music is Fox's football music. Please tell me the technology BS doesn't continue into the match...

    Forget improving our national side or even the MLS... until we have better commentary and production, this is hard to watch.

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    1. Never mind the commercials for other Fox shows... this reminds me why I don't watch television. (Well, it reminds me why I wish I could afford cable, so I only watch sports online...)

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    2. If they learned to call the game - football, that would be a major step in the right direction.

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    3. http://www.nastyhobbit.org/details.php?image_id=1606

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  58. Chelsea going for the old rope-a-dope trick here, presumably

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  59. Its not all bad Stephen. The key is to ignore the pre match show and to mute the commercials.

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  60. Every passing minute makes Chelsea favourites to win it...

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  61. RdM : "BRING OUT THE GIMP er, Torres"

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  62. It's all as good as over. Polonium-210 all round. The Gimp on.

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  63. Every tiny tott in the world just orgasmed.

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  64. BM 17 corners= bugger all.

    Chelsea 1 corner = goal.

    Another half hour of tosh.

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  65. chelsea have it in the bag now.

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  66. Strange sub that by Heynckes.

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  67. I can’t understand it.

    A team full of Krauts and they let the Dutch guy take the penalty.

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  68. You wanna win de coop? foist my bicycle.

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  69. I swear robbed just shouted at the bayern fans "gave mijn fiets terug"

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  70. Bayern were robbed!

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  71. Congratulations 'Bells

    The English beat the Germans in a shoot out, can you adam n eve it.

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  72. Fantastic well dome drogba. What did Robbo say about immense wealth?

    And spurs are out of Europe...

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  73. Will RdM get the job now though?

    If I was him I'd resign in the morning as a legend.

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  74. trophy should.have price tag not ribbons

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  75. Should this be considered as luck or hard work by Chelsea? Either ways Blue fans won't give a Fuck what others have to say. A moment for them to celebrate. Congratulations Chelsea and their supporters!!!

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  76. As I predicted earlier, RdM will be fired for not winning the PL. Look for Pep in Chelsea blue next season. (And only next season.)

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  77. I thought it was a very classy gesture from Drogba consouling Robben and Pigmounter.

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  78. John thought to himself, "I'll put my kit on and lift the trophy and no one will remember that I had nothing to do with winning it or that I'm a pathetic excuse for a human being."

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  79. I think you could be right there, Stephen

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  80. So now that Abramovich has won the CL, what will he expect next season? PL, FA, CL, LC? If they pull a quadruple--and I'm not saying they will--where would he go from there? Undefeated season? I get the feeling that Chelsea could win all four without conceding a goal and he would still sack the manager. If not that season, then as soon as they lost their next match.

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  82. Just a thought.

    Seeing that Abromovich has finally got the one he wants, will he now bugger off?

    Think about it. All his major investments are on their last legs, all (or most) over thirty. They’ll have to be replaced soon and that will take a major wedge.

    Will he be willing to foot the bill again now he has the one shiny trinket he wanted for his mantlepiece on the flight deck of his Deathstar?

    Or will he dissapear at warp speed and continue his mission on the otherside of the galaxy to finally wipe out the rest of the Ewoks?

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  83. Well done Chelsea. Well done Bells. A win for negative tactics, but that's not against the rules. Go on, you can all say it to yourselves now: 'John Terry - Champions League winner'.

    Gomez did well to help prove my point about him being a terrible footballer who can score goals for fun, he just forgot to do the scoring bit. And I would break Robben's legs if he was my teammate. Selfish git.

    Chelsea also won the trophy for 'worst trophy presentation' choreography. Bosingwa is a bit of a trophy hugger ain't he? He, Meireles and Ferreria monopolising the trophy, despite probably having the least to do with winning it.

    Looking forward to seeing Tottenham reserves on Thursday nights next season.

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  84. Congratulations to Chelsea and bells. Best game I've seen all season for entertainment value. Lampard was the man of the match for me and I dunno how Abromavitch managed to pull that bird, he must have a winning way with the ladies.

    And congratulations to John Terry, that's the perfect role for him, hopefully Roy will use him in the same way at the Euros.

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  85. done the Pensioners. I only caught the last 10 minutes of extra time and penalties so I got the best of it.

    He has a big dick Trott and lots of moolah.

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  86. I thought Cashley was outstanding. Mikel had a very tidy game too.

    The Aussie commentator said in the 117th minute 'I think that Chelsea will play for penalties now.' Really? I thought they were playing for penalties from the first minute.

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  87. Oh, and congrats Bells.

    Poor 'arry... first the England job is snatched away from him (if he was even considered for it) now he loses out on the CL because the masters of penalty shoot-outs royally fucked up. The best team in London get to play in the Euro thingy next season.

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  88. It's weird how things turn out, eh Bo? John Terry racially abuses a fellow professional (alledgedly), the FA then strip him of the England captaincy. Capello doesn't like that, so he resigns. 'Arry gets all emotional and national fervour sweeps over him, he allows his mind to wander, and our season goes down the pan. Someone else gets the job, and our form mysteriously picks up again, but by then the damage is done and a safe 3rd place is a lucky 4th place. Then John Terry lifts the Champions League trophy, guaranteeing Chelsea a place in it next season, at the expense of Spurs, and don Capello is strongly linked with the Chelsea job. There could be a conspiracy theory in there somewhere.

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  89. Living in Thuringia, I didn't think that people will be so gutted to see Bayern lose but its like a graveyard out there with the occasional sobbing of grown men breaking the silence,
    What effect this has on the Euros for Die Manschaft will be interesting, their man midfielder looked like a destroyed man...
    As for Robben, he had said that he would retire if he won both the CL and the Euros, guess he wanted to make sure at the first hurdle that he keeps earning that ridiculous amount of money.
    And I agree H that Abramovich might just bugger off, or maybe this gives him the excuse to get more interested and try to take on the sheikhs, logic says that he should stop giving a f*** now but then again people from those parts are not exactly known for being logical are they.

    --BeeZee

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  90. Oh and:

    haaaaaaahahahhahaha Tottenham, esp Adebawhore, wonder if he still 'loves' the club now,
    wonder if they will be able to keep their better players, which means that top 4 might get easier to achieve for Arsenal next year, (not that that is the most Wenger is trying to achieve with his signings :P)

    --BeeZee

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  91. I am not sure there is anything good about Chelsea winning the CL but without doubt the worse thing about it is Terry getting a winners medal.

    Twiggy brings the hammers back to PL football and ensures that that fucking dickhead Holloway stays where he belongs for at least another season.

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  92. Noel, it was Pat Rice who quite, innocent like, put out a whisper - 'arry for England' - to the media when Capello resigned

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  93. Well done Chelski and Bells
    It was amazing to be in a German bar with a few noisy Blues fans, and as I had been banging on all week that DD is better than Gomez in the end that was the difference.
    Stats are irrelevant, 55-45 certainly not the same as the Barca games, and yes BM missed many good chances, but corners 20 -1, so what, esp when you use your only one
    My own special moment, when Ribery put the ball in the net and the fans cheered, I stood up and shouted Abseits, to a following stunned silence

    And the look on Schweinsteigers face at the end brilliant

    Fortunately I looked away, when that twat got his hands on the Cup

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  94. New Blog's up H :),

    --BeeZee

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