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And the ****e scrape through on penalties. Shame.
Good on the part-time snackfood for taking them all the way, though.

 

Good old Hammers through

 

Think they qualified for europe via the fair play league....and have had 2 players sent off in their last 2 games

 

I know they've generally been playing youth & fringe players, but their performances in the Europa, from what I've heard at least, have been very poor. They're scraping through games against very average opposition and haven't been playing good football. If they continue that way into the season, then Bilic will have his work cut out for him.

 

Noble playing nice by calling one of their players fat too. Lovely team, fair play my arse

 

He offers a bit more cover in midfield defensively than most in the Pool midfield. As he gets older I think he will be used more to shield the back four and take some pressure of the defence. He is not that bad defensively. Our defence looked shot to pieces in AVB's early days when there was no-one to shield the defence and the simple measure of adding that type of player helped no end (though not enough)!

 

I read somewhere that The Spammers Twatter account didn't hold their usual MOTM poll! Wonder why that was?

 

They're muddling through again with players that aren't actually suited to the job, just like last season with Gerrard. Maybe they'll compensate for that with loads of goals, like the 13-14 season but I doubt it. I like Milner and have always said he's a good player but if Rodgers thinks he'd do well shielding the defence he's in for a shock.

 

Real 4-1 Man City. Aston Villa fans are no doubt mourning the injury suffered by Fabian Delph.

 

Yep, that's Paulinho being on the winning side against Bayern. Scored one of the penalties, too.

 

Well done, Paulinho. Being a highly paid star and pioneer in a new market suits him, somehow.

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Bastian Schweisteiger was injured playing against San Jose, and won’t play tomorrow against Barca. Van Gaal has implied that he will start the team that will play Spurs.

Man U will pay Schweinsteiger 40 million in wages if he sees out his contract. I realize he’s one of the great players of our time, but...

 

Early days.

And his experience in the dressing room is invaluable.

 

No it costs 40 million.

 

Why? Is he good at folding his kit? That's Germans for you.

 

No, towels on the sunbeds first in April when a top four place is secure, but no chance of the title, obvs

 

If Man U wins a title in 2-3 years with Van Gaal still in charge, it will shut up people like me. But in the meantime we’re free to wonder if he’s creating the next great team or the new Galacticos.

 

With the money he's spent/is spending, it would be a scandal if he doesn't win it!..

 

Agreed. I wouldn’t be sharpening my knife if he looked to be building a champion in a purposeful way.

Well, that’s not true at all. But I wouldn’t say he reminded me of

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Factitious sure love to troll us via social media, don't they?

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Without Spurs, Real would be nothing, today.