MikeO

This would be my list....be interested to see yours . Yobo, Arteta, Cahill, Lescott, Stubbs, Neville, Yakubu, Baines, Jagielka, Pienaar, Howard, Fellaini, Saha, Heitinga. Wright (but Wenger made the same mistake), Kroldrup (got most of the money back), Davies (again recouped money), McFadden (made good profit though), Beattie (debatable, top scorer one year and again got most of the money back), Johnson (again debatable, didn't live up to hopes but we sold him on for a profit), VDM (fair cop). Jury still out on some (Billy, Distin). Those are his most significant signings I think (probably missed some)....record stands up against anyone for me. Posted elsewhere but bears repeating...from The Guardian after the United game... "This has been a transformation as comprehensive as Arsène Wenger's refashioning of the lingering George Graham era: eight years ago in Moyes's first game in charge he picked a midfield of Tony Hibbert, Lee Carsley, Scot Gemmill and Thomas Gravesen. On Saturday his midfield was made up entirely of neat, skilful ball-players, three of whom were 5ft 7in or under. Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Steven Pienaar, Leon Osman and Mikel Arteta more than matched the visitors for invention. Add the injured Marouane Fellaini and Tim Cahill and Everton have arguably the best midfield in the country (perhaps behind only Chelsea)."

Wanted this one ages back (just after the 3-0 over Liverpool)....bit late now .

Dead easy really....used this site.. http://www.gifninja.com/ConvertVideoToGif.aspx Says the initial video needs to be about four seconds long but it then slows it down....so what I did was take eight seconds of Ossie scoring and double speed in on Movie Maker...then the transfer process slowed it down again to what looks like real time .

Players Bar in the County Road might show it http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/place?sourceid=navclient&rlz=1T4ACAW_enGB358GB356&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=players+bar+liverpool&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=players+bar&hnear=liverpool&cid=16686630536387963338 I watched a Fulham Europa game in there before the Benfica match .

Just found out how to do these...well chuffed. First attempt doesn't work very well because it needs to be a closer up image I think, and it's far too big a file to use as an avatar but it's a start...

"A key part of next season's ticket pricing structure is the re-introduction of six premium fixtures. This was in place for the 2000/01 Season at an additional cost of £18. Ten years later we will return to a premium on six fixtures but at a reduced cost of £17." I guess what they're saying is that in recent years they've not taken account of the inclusion of premium games when working out the prices, and that the last time they did that (in 00/01) it resulted in the prices being £18 more than they would otherwise have been....an extra £3 for each game. This time they're only charging an extra £2.83 for each premium game . That's the only way I can make sense of it....but it's a pointless and confusing bit of waffle and justification if you ask me (I'd say "spin" but I hate the use of the word in that context ).

Was at the Spectrum in December iggy....watching the basketball as I said earlier in the thread. Never thought of having a look at Guildford City round the back? Low level I know....seems like they're trying to move to Slyfield Green (again...they tried forty years ago).

Amazed that this hasn't been started yet....maybe everyone still a little dazed and confused after Thursday. I have no idea what will happen...the team seem to be suffering from multiple personality disorder so who knows which version will turn up. I'd be tempted to take a draw....could live with that. Seven points from Feb would have been beyond our wildest dreams after the derby....nine would be better .

Some? One I think you'll find. And milky's always been a bit eccentric in his views (to put it politely).

Liverpool and United were premium games this season....£4.00 extra per ticket.

Plainly a joke vote and as such cancelled. Senderos one is a bit sus also....anyone want to justify it? Didn't want to give it to anyone last night but on reflection Howard can have it. He deserves more than he's had this season anyway.

From the BBC report... "It was far from the humiliation that the Toffees suffered on their previous visit to Lisbon - the 5-0 drubbing at Benfica earlier in the competition...." It was worse for me because the expectation was so much higher. Not been this depressed about a "performance" for a long time. Wretched. Beyond understanding. I played sport at highish levels many years back and I know that sometimes things don't quite click into place as well as they do at others. But you should still have a basic level of ability and competence. I just don't understand .

What happened to this? '...a spectacular 3-1 win over Manchester United in the Premier League on Saturday has left the Blues full of confidence and Moyes has promised there will be no change in approach ahead of a landmark night in Lisbon. "We will play the same way," he said at his pre-match press conference.'

This is beyond tragic. How can the team that beat Chelsea and United be so damn poor? I'm at a loss for words.

Not strictly accurate . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Jagielka

Fulham conceded seventeen corners and had none themselves .

We're thrashing them . Honest :whistle: .

Was there last June....incredible place.

Great result for Fulham....got that one wrong .

Yup, it's over. Without taking tonight for granted looks like the easier option on paper. Galatasaray are top of their league while Atletico are 13th in Spain.

Sensible team....bring it on .

Current Player of the Year standings.... Fellaini 268 Pienaar 159 Heitinga 143 Osman 135 Saha 109 Cahill 108 Rodwell 94 Baines 84 Bilyaletdinov 82 Hibbert 71 Coleman 70 Donovan 68 Howard 61 Distin 42 Yakubu 24 Duffy 23 Yobo 20 Neill 15 João Alves Jô 10 Neville 10 Vaughan 8 Gosling 6 Arteta 6 Nash 3 Senderos 3 Baxter 3 Agard 2 Anichebe 1 Forshaw 1 Akpan 1 MOTM winners.... Manchester United (H) Leon Osman Sporting Lisbon (H) Leon Osman Chelsea (H) Landon Donovan Liverpool (A) Johnny Heitinga Wigan (A) Tim Cahill Sunderland (H) Marouane Fellaini Birmingham (H) Steven Pienaar Manchester City (H) Marouane Fellaini Arsenal (A) Marouane Fellaini Carlisle (H) Marouane Fellaini Burnley (H) Steven Pienaar Sunderland (A) Marouane Fellaini Birmingham (A) Leighton Baines BATE Boresov (H)...Shane Duffy Chelsea (A)...Johnny Heitinga Tottenham (H)...Seamus Coleman AEK Athens (A)...Steven Pienaar Liverpool (H)...Marouane Fellaini Hull City (A)...Johnny Heitinga Manchester United (A)...Johnny Heitinga West Ham (A)...Johnny Heitinga Benfica (H)...Marouane Fellaini Aston Villa (H)...Diniyar Bilyaletdinov Tottenham (A)...Tony Hibbert Bolton (A)...Louis Saha Benfica (A)...Sylvain Distin Wolves (H)...Diniyar Bilyaletdinov Stoke City (H)...Johnny Heitinga BATE Borisov (A)...Tony Hibbert Portsmouth (A)...Tim Howard Hull City (A)...Leon Osman Blackburn (H)...Louis Saha AEK Athens (H)...Diniyar Bilyaletdinov Fulham (A)...Sylvain Distin Wigan...(H)...Jack Rodwell Sigma Olomouc (A)...Steven Pienaar Burnley...(A)...Tony Hibbert Sigma Olomouc (H)...Jack Rodwell Arsenal (H)...Steven Pienaar

Amaretto filled dark chocolate eggs from Lidl....I'm in love .

Pretty sure there was no automatic yellow for deliberate handball back then .

Administration and consequent points deduction tomorrow... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/8527495.stm Certain relegation (they were going down anyway) but at least the winding-up order will be suspended.