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I watched the United game in a pub showing RDS. The commentary was in French, by a woman. I rather liked it. But then I was assuming that the commentatrice looked like Mélissa Theuriau.

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french!!!! what is the world coming to.
i have no idea who she is mate, but my experiences (limited) of french ladies have been positive so i shall conjure an aappropriateimage myself.

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Luckily for you, Peter Schmeichel was pretty devastating too.

Should be an interesting semi this year.

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Good luck to united for the semis great opportunity for them to finish runners up

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more importantly good luck to the gunners for sunday i am rooting for you

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nah nah, its our year this year, fated to beat our greatest historical and local rivals in the final.

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We didn't lose again.

This is a good thing.

Roll on next Sunday for the triffically hospitable welcome that the decent, civilized Geordies will proffer to the lumpen mackem sub human scum.

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Lets see what the dirty ARSE nil will do tomorrow. i have succumbed after the debacle with computer and TV so bought sirius to listen tomorrow from 11am my time. utd utd utd.

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Thanks Flogger.

I'm sure we'll do fine thanks. We'll see which of our teams concedes the least fouls and the least number of cards today?

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Err. It's on regular TV (The Score). 0-0 at the half. Arse are the better team so far.

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can't watch tv in the nick mate. learned bloody sirius has regular service no epl and premium service which costs more,typical. utd utd utd

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Well you didn't miss much. Good goal from Arse followed by a lucky penalty and a set piece goal 2-1. You get the points.

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Since when has using your arm to put the ball in the net been called a "good goal"? No real argument about the penalty either, even Gallas didn't argue which is probably a good indictator that he knew what he was doing in sticking his arm out like that.

Although as a Man Utd fan I have to admit the Arsenal looked the better team for most of the match (I'll probably need therapy for saying that).

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Did you think he used an arm? If so, I withdraw the remark. And I didn't say it was a wrong penalty, just a lucky one. Gallas was trying to avoid the ball, and if he'd succeeded it would have gone through to the goalie. But what do I care?

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Good old mouthy Jens. Got himself booked again.
What I can't work out is why there were no men at the posts for the free kick. It was clear from the stunned reaction that Ronaldo was expected to take it, and everyone knows what he can do from that position.

Can only assume Lehmann - who spent the days since our exit from the Champion's League crowing about how we'd still be in every competition if he'd not been replaced with Almunia - made that, very poor, decision himself.

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Ah well, never mind that... the big news of the day is that Laurent Robert & Armado Guevara's TOrONto FC beat Pretty Boy Beckham and Landon (Lonny) Donovan's LA Galaxy 2-3.

TOMORROW THE WORLD!!!!!!

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glory glory man utd. glory glory man utd. glory glory man utd, and the reds go marching on on on.

ryan giggs ryan giggs running down the wings.

10 cantonaaaaaaaaa's
et al.

league wrapped up, now for barca.

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EMILE HESKEY. Would you Adam'n'Eve it?

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Didn't even know he was still playing football - I remember watching him when he was at Leicester City (come on you foxes) and thinking - all you do is fall over, does he still do that???!!!

Anyway sorry will butt out of the boys thread :o

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I can't believe he's only 30.

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Emile Heskey struck with an injury-time volley to earn a point for Wigan and leave Chelsea's hopes of winning the Premier League hanging by a thread.

and so the final nail in the current chelsea managers coffin is firmly volleyed in. Told you, he'll be gone in the close season. money is still on lippi.

Now it really is utd, with Wigan being thrashed on the last day of the season just to really rub it in. Hubris. Ha.

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I have a feeling that the Chelsea and Arsenal starting lineups at the beginning of next season will be vastly different than the current set up. I can't see Drogba, Malouda, Lampard sticking it out for Chelsea and Lehman, Van Persie, Edabouryear (sp?) hanging on with Wenger.

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That's a finely mangled metaphor, even for a footie thread, and even for a ManUre supporter. Colemanball of the week award goes to Rae - congratulations. :rofl::p

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sir i thank you. with regard to people coming and staying, i agree, in as much that i think the english players who seem to have some real heart for chelsea such as lampard, terry and cole, will stay. as for johnny foreigner, as soon as the gravy train comes to an abrupt halt and spills onto the table, they will swim to safety.

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Lehman fershure. his days are numbered. though unfortunately i think he will find another spot in the premiership with someone like spurs, he will want to stay in the south anyways. pity as he is/was a great goalie but a bloody awful sportsman.

this was from a while ago:-Arsenal see Celtic's Artur Boruc as Jens Lehmann's long-term successor (Sunday People). Now this would be a good move for Arsene, especially given Jens clanger today against Fulham. I am a big admirer of the Polish keeper, who has been tremendous for Gordon Strachan’s side during the last two campaigns. The accomplished stopper has attracted controversy whilst in Glasgow and this may play a part in his future plans. He is currently injured and Celtic seem to have a more than competent replacement in Scottish keeper Mark Brown, but I am sure the Bhoys won't be keen to see their number one leave

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Lehman personifies poor sportsmanship to me. Leading up to WC 2006 he was ranting and raving in the press that Oliver Kahn shouldn't be #1 and that he should be #1 for Germany. He did well at WC 2006, but now he has been demoted at Arsenal and he doesn't like it one bit. His press statements (if they are true and haven't been lost in the translation) come across very bitter.

Against MUFC his positioning on the free kick that Hargreaves scored on was poor...he basically didn't move at all.

BTW...Hargreaves seems to be playing quite well these days.

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Did you do that on purpose or do you mangle metaphors for a living?

<and since when was Cashley Cole a furriner?>

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well both really, i am wooden top plod after all.

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yep seems to be struggling in the team though. its very guarded what goes on at utd, very little leaked, but from what i can gather he is not adapted to the 'fergie' regime well, late for training etc, thats why even though he is performing he is not being picked to start all the time, that and i suppose conflict of position with scholesy and carrick. we'll see what happens, he had to be a natural replacement for scholes, who i am glad to see get his 100 up, but is fast approaching his sell by date. mind you i said that about giggsy 2yrs ago.

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I said that about Giggs a decade ago and then he did this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgHi3D7OjNs

... b*stard.

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I have a feeling that if Man U win the premiership and the Champions League that Scholes/Giggs/Gary 'I speak in the 3rd person' Neville will either retire or substantially cut back on their playing time next year.

In interviews, Hargreaves comes across as reasonably intelligent (and a certifiable Mensa candidate amongst footballers) with the added bonus of having 3 accents (Canadian, north of england general accent and german) and he can actually speak german. I have a feeling that he is so driven and wanted to come to Man U so much, that he won't screw up anymore in front of the gum chewing boss.

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can't see giggsy going unless pushed, sholes maybe so. imagine giggs will go to coaching role with wales. scholes into the academy. robson recently took up an ambassador role so thats taken.

i like hargreaves and find it a little hard to believe he is a screw up or uncaring in training, wonder if its just a personality clash. if so he better wind his neck in or he'll be gone like so many before him, no matter what the transfer fee, how long he had been at utd or how much he wants to be there. rightly or wrongly thats the way it is under ferguson.

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Scholes is so unassuming that he might go the academy (can't see him doing the Man u schmooze circuit). He is my favourite player, in many ways due to his non-celebrity demeanour. Neville rubs me the wrong way when I've seen him interviewed and his union shop steward attitudes bother me.

Ferguson to me is a bully and like it or not he has been the continuity for much of their success since 1986. His defense of Roy Keane through the incidents with the Man City player who injured him etc, was awful in my mind.

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i agree. as much as i would not want our success changed obviously, as a person no thanks. i had dealings with him once at a police checkpoint. the road was closed as he steamed up to me in his merc. i tried to explain that not even he could go through as there were already hundreds of pedestrians walking along the road, it was clearly dangerous for traffic, hence the closure. he gave me a load of grief and got straight on his mobile to the chief super. fortunately this guy was a good egg and backed me up. fergie not happy, wheel skidded off in a cloud of dust, really no need for it at all, he couldn't have met a bigger man u fan who if i am honest would have made an exception for him if i could.
as for keano, well had dealings with him too. i know, but i worked around south manchester so met lots of the players over the years for one thing or another. keane had bomb threats after this incident. could not have been more obnoxious when i was at his home if he tried. also split up a fight between him and a builder in the middle of the day, almost on the bonnet of my car as i was parked up having a brew. again, very sullen like a little kid when i tried just to sort it out and send them both packing. went down a lot in my estimation over the years.

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Rae,

as much as I want it to be true......not quite as confident as you......with Chelski winning last night and our away match at Blackburn tomorrow its not extreme to believe that we could finish the match against Chelsea a point behind with two games to go..............I would then become a big Kevin Keegan fan for their game against Chelski..............

............my cup is half empty..............until the froth is seen to come over the top...........

Last years results Wigan Away Won, Chelsea Away Drew, West Ham Home Lost, Blackburn Away won.................a repeat of those would give us the title.............

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All converts to the church of King Kevin are most welcome. You may be sure that Toon will try their very best to help Manchester to the title by laying a thrashing on Chelshite. Yer average Geordie hates them even more than Mancunians (but less of course than mackems). Bon chance.

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that would be most welcome thanks, and with the 3 strikers he is currently playing together you never know.

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gotta believe baby. wigan again in the run in away, its fated. anticipate the trophy being delivered in front of the pie eaters after a 3-0 triumph.

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1-1 close, very worried. got to take my hat off to blackburn and players like friedal, samba and pederson, they were fantastic. should have been a penalty at the death for the handball on the corner, but no complaints, we needed at least a point and now its in our hands, only we can win or lose it next week. utd utd utd.

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Lil' Mickey 2 - Mackems 0, half time