Who? What? Is it actually one word?

Mancs call scousers 'bindippers'. Calling Mancs 'skiprats' is a very poor comeback. Especially when you live in a town that has nothing to it, and is famous for being between manchester and Liverpool, and the home town of Kerry Katona. The little street I live on has a more impressive history.



Even though I wanted LFC to win last night, I quite enjoyed the Fiorentina game. I generally dislike the round-robin element of the Champions League but I thought it was a decent game.

Jovetic played well. Can't make my mind up if he will excel at being a No9 or No10.

Just a Challenge Cup winning Rugby League team.

I wouldn't call mancs skiprats there just rats.

I hadn't realised that Obafemi Martins had signed for Wolfsburg...must have missed that one in the summer!

The Challenge Cup is not even as famous as the Americas Cup. BTW who won the Americas Cup last time out?

Warrington is a sorry, little place.



I like you. You're not bright, but you are awfully funny

When the measure of a town is how its one major sports team performed in an annual knockout competition, it really must be bad...

You probably hadn't noticed because you assumed, quite fairly IMO, he was on the physio table at Newcastle.

Leythers can't even cling onto that prospect.

Still, a case of White Lightning at LIDL and a bench at the local library for the day is paradise for some of their locals.

PS: Sorry for going O/T.

In this article on how boring and pointless the group stages of the Champions League arehttp://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME


Alex Ferguson saysinvariably[/i (my emphasis) come out on top in the end but not before some heart-stopping moments and I am sure the smaller clubs welcome the chance of going for glory, even if the odds are stacked against them."

It is that lack of variability that is draining any excitement from the sport. The moments aren't heart-stopping because the same teams 'invariably come out on top'. I don't want a lottery, but some doubt about the final outcome makes for rather more compelling viewing - if a smaller club can beat you in a straight knock-out over two legs, they deserve to go through.

After winning the CWC with Aberdeen and knocking Liverpool off their perch, I think he has grown fearful that, given a level playing field, somebody might do the same to him.

Abe just type in Harry the Tramp on that vidoe sharing site before calling leigh lol

I don't really get your point tbh, basically you claim because it's a group format there is less chance of an upset or a 'smaller' team going through but surely in a straight knock out competition the bigger side will, as you put it, invariably go through anyway, it's what generally happens in any cup format, barring the odd slip. You're are right any side over two legs can win, however, if in a group format a side like Wolfsburg for example beat United and then draw (which would obviously put them out in a straight knock out) that will then give them a four point advatage over United and a good opportunity to progress.

The point you make about a side being able to win over two legs and go through is what's being avoided in a group format, a team has to be consistent over 6 games in order to go through not just play well in two and be rewarded to go into the next round.

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