Hopefully they'll either stick Stoke vs York on...or at least Sunderland vs Oxford. If they aint going to put on Premiership vs Non-League at this stage, then they never will.

I don't know pal, but Christian Purslow says getting through a few rounds in the Europa will make up for the loss so I don't think it's that bad, but disappointing non-the less.

We paid what, maximum 20m Euro's so we've saved about £8m, and that's a maximum which includes us winning certain competitions and is spread over several years.

If we finish in the top 4 it's because we've been one of the top 4 clubs in the country, as you Mancs always say, the table never lies.

Of course Liverpool will finish in the top four. The last two months have been a nightmare, and guess what, we're still fifth in the table.

Chelsea just made me feel physically sick with how well they defended.

it was like nal trying to break through a break wall with a sponge.

i would conut Liverpool and Arsenal out of the title race now.

Happened some time last month

An awful lot is normally made out of how well you do against the other 'Big Four' and how come May, that normally indicates where the title will be heading, given they all, barring the odd blip, do pretty well against the other 16 teams.

Chelsea right now, played 3, Won 3.

Stamford Bridge is starting to look a fortrass again, they have that ruthless streak back defensively, add look potent up top, they look the team to beat.

Chelsea best priced at 8/15. Luckily I got them at 5/4 pre-season.

it all depends i think how well Chelsea can cope with the loss of Drgba, Essien and Mikel to the african cup of nations in january.

certainly Chelsea look good in defence.

Portsmouth v Burnley - Draw
Arsenal v Stoke City
Aston Villa v Hull City - Draw
Blackburn v Liverpool
West Ham v Man Utd
Wigan v Birmingham
Wolves v Bolton
Man City v Chelsea
Fulham v Sunderland
Everton v Tottenham

Bold to win and draw

Worst case, ie, say Ivory Coast win the bloody thing, they'll miss three Premiership fixtures.

Sunderland & Birmingham at home, Burnley away.

on paper Chealsea should probably win all 3 of them but football isnt played on paper. being a United fan i will be hoping they slip up.

Everton were woeful today. 1-0 down after 60 mins with 2 strikers on the bench, make a substitution and still leave one upfront. Moyes: tactical genius.



Same old story for Arsenal. Over-hyped by the media desperate for them to win the league. Season over for them if they lose to city in the league cup on Weds.

What can Moyes do though? Neither Saha not Yakubu are fit enough to play 90 minutes. Jo is as useful as a chocolate frying pan.

Not saying he should have started with 2 upfront. But could've took a midfielder or defender off when he brought Saha on and then had 2 upfront.

Just listening to Motson on the MOTD highlights. Stupendously funny

Why does Arshavin just stop when he loses the ball? He never seems to move into space at all, even when Arsenal are attacking, he just stands still, never tries to get into a goal scoring position. It annoys meeeee!

alot of foreign players are the same, Ronaldo used to do that at United when one of his tricks didnt come off or he lost the ball he just stopped and didnt bother tracking back to win the ball.

One of them players. When he's up for it, he's unplayable and pure magic, but, when he's not, he disappears off the face of the earth and frustrates the life out of ya.

he is bloody awful.

Chelsea were awesome yesterday, Arsenal will struggle without van Persie. Need to hope a busy Christmas and then Cup/CL schedule will derail Chelsea, but can't see it ATM. It's theirs to lose now.



Hopefully, Leeds won't bottle it against Kettering, I can't wait for a game against them c*nts.

Which reminds me, how $hit was El W*nkico last night? A truly awful borefest.

Forbidden. The la liga dictators always draw up pure enthralling entertainment.

And that was Madrid's best performance of the season by far.

The Brazilian Fletcher didn't do anything special.

It might have been a little bit better if the ref kept his whistle out of his mouth.