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i think that either can lead to a place in europe so thats one reason for taking them seriously.

Replying to Coulda Been The Redshiote..! how does bentez pick his team these days? musical chairs!

Neill and Cahill in investment link with Aussie A-League club SYDNEY (AFP) - English-based Socceroos Lucas Neill and Tim Cahill have discussed investment opportunities with Australian A-League club Central Coast Mariners, the club said Saturday. The A-League's smallest club, just north of Sydney, is struggling at the bottom of the eight-team league this campaign after losing to Sydney FC in last season's inaugural grand final and is looking for financial backers. Club executive chairman Lyall Gorman said he has met Southeast Asian investors and has had initial talks with Blackburn Rovers' defender Neill and Everton midfielder Cahill, both members of Australia's World Cup squad this year in Germany. "I read what they said about investing in the A-League, so we had a meeting while they were out here in late July, and we're exploring their interest to see where it might take us," Gorman told the Sydney Morning Herald on Saturday. "We haven't gone any higher or lower than that. Down the track, if there's a realistic opportunity, we'd be very keen to take it up." Details of any possible investment were not revealed. Neill and Cahill, key members of the Australian national team and close friends, are expected to be home again next month for two internationals against Paraguay in Brisbane and an Asian Cup qualifier with Bahrain in Sydney. Published : September 23, 2006

ferguson has been complaining about the manu fans, so it must be a factor in moral and performance.

duff and parker are two of newcastles best. if we can keep them under control we can win this game. why chelski sold duff i'll never know!

LIVERPOOL HAD A GAME IN HAND -- NOT ANYMORE! .....Team...... Pld...... Pts Portsmouth.....5...... 13 Man Utd........ 5...... 12 Chelsea........ 5...... 12 Everton...........5...... 11 Aston Villa...... 5....... 9 Reading...........5....... 9 Bolton............5......... 8 Fulham...........5........ 8 Liverpool........5........ 7 Newcastle......5......... 6

ACTIM INDEX TOP 10 http://www.premierleague.com/fapl.rac?comm...age=actimTop100 As at: Tue 19 Sep 06 14:30 Name Team Score 1 andy Johnson Everton 141 2 bobby zamora West Ham United 112 3 kanu Portsmouth 111 4 didier drogba Chelsea 109 5 sean davis Portsmouth 105 6 ryan giggs Manchester United 102 7 tim cahill Everton 102 8 david james Portsmouth 98 9 louis saha Manchester United 97 10 liam ridgewell Aston Villa 94

Good Queen Bess, Queen Elizabeth 1 of England, had a law passed which provided for soccer players to be " jailed for a week, and obliged to do penance in church."

he's not fourth in the list that matters! TOP SCORERS! Andrew Johnson Everton 5 Bobby Zamora West Ham 5 Didier Drogba Chelsea 4 Nwankwo Kanu Portsmouth 4 Darren Bent Charlton 3 Juan Pablo Angel Aston Villa 2 Joey Barton Man City 2 Jimmy Bullard Fulham 2 Tim Cahill Everton 2 Kevin Doyle Reading 2 Ryan Giggs Man Utd 2 Rob Hulse Sheff Utd 2 Frank Lampard Chelsea 2 Benedict McCarthy Blackburn 2 Benjani Mwaruwari Portsmouth 2

you may be right. altho watford played well against us they are still not winning anything. i'm a bit surprised. maybe their performance against us was exceptional and now they are settling into their natural game and place. they are fixed at the bottom of the table and altho its early days you dont want to spend too much time down there!

every squad in the premiership, except possibly chelski and manu play within their limitations. no matter who we can afford to buy in the summer we will still have weaknesses, just like every other team. get used to it. it isnt going to change. its the nature of the sport unless you have an unlimited budget.

unless they politely tell us to fuck off.

naysmith isnt as good as valente. he should be a backup not a startup, even tho he had a good game against the reds. i'm sure moyes wont be happy with the performance of one or two and i hope we'll see changes before the next real match against newcastle. they had a good away win against west ham so they will be looking for 3 points at home on sunday. i think we can dissappoint them! we should certainly maintain our unbeaten record.

we should win comfortably but lower league teams always seem to pull out all the stops against the big boys. its a rare opportunity to show them up. 3 - 0 for us.

liverpoo havent looked good in ANY game this season. they had their chances against chelski but failed to take them. the finger has to be pointed at benitez. he keeps changing the side and no-one knows whose going to play and who isnt. he picked a poor team aganst us and until crouch came on at chelski they didnt seem to have any real purpose. there maybe some advantages in rotating your squad, but there are also advantages in having a settled side that can work well together. i believe that benitez has cost liverpoo quite a few points this season.

yeah, your absolutely right. harry's honeymoon will soon be over. still, give him credit. he saved their bacon last year. but pompey are a mid table team at best.

yeah, no broadcast because of a power failure. the put reading and sheffield on. watched about half an hour of it. that was enough. the blades are for the drop unless they wake themselves up. saw the highlights this morning tho. kirkwood played well and may well have saved them. all the goals seemed come from bad defensive errors, on both sides. i couldnt believe that aj would be left in the penalty area with acres of space all round him. he must have thought xmas came early! still, no excuses. wigan are the kind of team you should take 3 points off. i think there will be changes to the lineup next week.

i'll be tuning in at 10pm local time. hope the weather is good. its quite a weekend with sundays matches as well. arsenal could finish bottom of the league if they lose and the others win! that would be a shocker. liverpoo will get a good hiding from chelski i trust. i hope arsenal beat manu. they must be getting pretty desperate and it will do us a big favour. charlton are playing crap this year but they may take a point or three off portsmouth. if all the permutations work out. we'll be a point clear of chelski at the top!

benitez is doing ok in this chart. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/et/managers?s...month=9&cc=4716 but ian dowie and martin jol are not doing quite so well! as are neil warnock and mark hughes.

ian dowie had better watch it! 35%!

THIS IS A LEAGUE TABLE. IT SHOWS ALL THE PREMIERSHIP MANAGERS FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/et/managers?s...month=9&cc=4716

wigan would be happy to get a point and thats what they will be playing for. f we can get an early goal, they will be forced to be more positive. one of the plusses of having a guy like aj is that he inspires the other guys to get among the goals as well. in fact, they know that they HAVE to get among the goals to keep their first team spot.

they would have been very lucky, and grateful, to get a penalty for that one!

"The commentators for the match pointed out several times the multiple near-misses: from Garcia, Crouch, Gerrard a couple of times as well as a few crosses that were agonizingly inches from reach and a sure-fire goal." we dont count near misses in soccer. they have to actually hit the back of the net! the fact is, apart from a couple of tough periods, we neve looked like losing and liverpoo never looked like winning.

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