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Thanks. They're only 3hrs away from me as well. Thanks. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer:

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i can see tevez staying, i have no idea how the buyout or his contract works, i expect given what we have paid at the moment, in the region of another 10-12 mil to solely control his contract.

ronaldo i fear is beyond reasoning, real were no better last season than they are this, if he wants to play in spain, fair enough, but why on earth does he not look at barca. real in my opinion are well past their sell by date and living on past glories, i cannot fathom the appeal. i think he will go this time. i will miss him and i think the team will miss him, i fear for us next season without him to be honest.

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Isn't there another Presidential election at Real Madrid this year? I seem to remember someone promising Drogba going there if he was elected.

I've read somewhere that Real have always been in debt despite their income, and that if the banks and creditors called in their loans that Real would be bankrupt, but that they wouldn't do it because no-one wants to bring Real down.

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Doesn't surprise me..............initimating stadium with some nutty (facist) fans

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Not as bad as a Milan derby game. I thought you couldn't bring flares into football grounds anymore? I've even seen a Vespa scooter being thrown from the 2nd tier, how the hell do you get one of those through the Police lines?

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I was there for business a few years back and got a ticket to watch Real play Bayern in the CL. Got the ticket from a Tout for less then the cover price!

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Hull manager Phil Brown is queuing in his local building society, when a gunman bursts in through the door demanding money. Phil attempts to tackle the raider, but gets knocked over...as he falls, his head smashes the counter and he's knocked out cold. The robber escapes and the cashier tries to revive Phil.
After a few minutes he comes round and looks bewildered. His first words are "Where the hell am I?".
The cashier replies: "don't worry, its ok, you're in the Nationwide."
Brown replies, "F**k me, is it May already?"

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Not if they can get Frank Ribery? If I were you I would fear for next season anyway;)


Not like Man U then who owe ~£700M at present then???

In reality revenue at both clubs is well over £200M annualy, so although cash flow would be a problem is the debt were to be called, the reality is that all that would happen is a change of ownership....although thats far easier to do at Man U than Real due to the way the clubs are set up.

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i must confess, i have not seen enough or know enough about ribery to comment. only time will tell if he is suitable, or even a replacement, seems 20m deal for valencia from wigan is pretty much done, if so this appears to be the replacement. bank the difference? hope not.

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Ribery seems a pretty decent hard working player. Bit like Tevez but a bit tougher?

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yes, i got that impression from the bit of the bayern/barca game i saw. i do remember him scoring the one goal when france beat us 1-0 last year but thats it. he sort of looks like an even uglier version of gary neville with no sideburns, odd and almost unbelievable. still i bet there is many a manchester lass who will bed him if he comes over. has he won any french footballer awards?

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right, ta, i always forget about this place, very useful though.

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Never too sure how accurate the info is, but I wouldn't have thought anyone would put up spurious stuff on FR!

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Is that possible?..to be uglier than Gary, 'I speak in the 3rd person' Neville.

What I can't understand about the Neviller is how or why is he still the MU captain. It should be Ferdinand.

Ribery is the real deal and I believe one of the few french internationals who doesn't throw strops and is a players player a la Scholes.

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More an EPL type player than most french players. He can come and play for my lot any day!!

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Agreed. I'm in Germany a lot and see many Bayern matches on TV.

Ribery is good, very good.

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Unlike Thierry Henry for example, who is brilliant one match and anonymous in another.

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Hardly, he was by far and away one of he best players to have played in the Premier League.......truely world class

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Very true, a brilliant player, but on his off days, Arsenal had virtually 10 men and an uninterested Henry on the pitch.

I'd imagine that with Ribery, however well he was playing, you'd get 100% effort. Not as talented as Henry, but..... You pays yer money.....

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Ah well if Newcastle do come down with us plebs in the Championship, at least they won't be playing Leeds next year.. :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

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All players are like that and even the grafters have off days............judging by your user name you are used to a team of grafters kicking more skillful players off the park?

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Millwall or Leeds fans. What a choice :zzz::zzz:

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well you would have thought not, but i don't know, maybe...

still the capt purely in name now i would think, if that makes sense.

i hope you are right on the last bit. seems academic at the moment though, as valencia seems to be the preferred option.

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I hold my hand up, it's a fair cop! Unfortunately you can only support one team IMHO, the town where you were born and watched as a kid. So I'm stuck with Blackburn. And it's Tugay's last season.......... aaargghhh!

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Your one last skillful player!

What do you do if you were born in a town and moved away when you were 6 months? Your is a very old fashioned view I feel, true you cannot change your team once chosen but it doesn't have to be your home town club in this day of a highly mobile populace.

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You'll still get to play Swansea and Cardiff!! :thumbup: Didn't the Cardiff fans try to wreck the pub opposite Sunderland's ground a few years back?

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Just an emotional tug that no other team produces. If I had been brought up where I now live, in Gloucester, who knows which team I'd support.
Having watched Blackburn in the top 3 divisions, home and away, they are stuck with me.

I certainly don't admire the football we play, but considering Blackburn is only a small town just over 100k population, it's an achievement just to be in the EPL

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Jack's millions helped otherwise you'd still be in div 2

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I remember watching Swansea v Blackburn in what was then the third division. :thumbup:

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You'd probably be a rugby fan. :thumbdown:

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Perfectly good Newcastle goal by Viduka disallowed !!! :confused: :curse:

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The Toon are down to 10 men now. Bassong sent off for a foul as he was the last man back.

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With Hull drawing at the mo, its looking bleak for plastic Newcastle fans like me. :frown:

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No plastic here. Wouldn't you just sodding believe it? Today is my effing birthday.

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Happy birthday, come on villa;)

although I expect you to get a rewsult

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I don't, but thanks anyway.

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I do take a passing interest! :p

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Happy birthday, Novo. :thumbsup::thumbsup: :beer:

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well, mixture of relief, pleasure and pride all in one, what a season so far, so many trophies lost count, but perhaps the biggest still to play for.

worries now for newcastle though, i can only see a reserve/youth team, possibly with fletcher as capt, put out against hull, there is then at least a possibility of a draw, if not nick a win, obviously not good for novo, happy birthday by the way.

on a final sour note, see benitez has had a gripe about utd winning due to the money we spend, as he is of course very frugal. did not do chelsea that much good this year did it, or last come to think about it. disappointing from a top manager, at least wenger had the courtesy to comment on how he thought we won it with a little dignity, good on him and the arsenal players, there were some nice scenes of sportsmanship at the end of the game, makes a nice change from the shambles in years gone by when we played one another.

come on the 27th, more scenes like below in Rome.