Barclays Premiership (7th/8th/10th & 11th may)

[Amjid Javed]

7th may

Aston Villa v Man City, 15:00
Blackburn v Fulham, 15:00
Chelsea v Charlton, 12:30
Crystal Palace v Southampton, 15:00
Everton v Newcastle, 15:00
Man Utd v West Brom, 17:15
Middlesbrough v Tottenham, 15:00
Norwich v Birmingham, 15:00
Portsmouth v Bolton, 15:00

08 May 2005

Arsenal v Liverpool, 16:05

10 May 2005

Man Utd v Chelsea, 20:00

11 May 2005

Arsenal v Everton, 20:00

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race for 2nd,3rd & 4th place hits final furlongs and battle to stay up gets to the 2nd to last bend b4 the home straight....

[Oxy]

Relegation battle is really hotting up.

I am hoping SOuthampton can survive...lots of time for Harry Redknapp.

Liverpool MUST beat Arsenal to have any chance of playing in the CL next year

[Amjid Javed]

liverpool are arsenals bogey team in premiership. game will be a close one despite fact liverpool have lost 10 away games this season.

arsenal have conceeded just 1 goal in last 11 games which shud stand team in good stead!

[Oxy]

Nothing to play for psychologically for LFC in the Prem.

Players will want to remain fit for CL final.

Nothing to play for psychologically for LFC in the Prem.

Players will want to remain fit for CL final.

I disagree Oxy. IF Everton slip up tomorrow then Liverpool will have to win the Arsenal game. As long as there is a chance mathematically, I'm still a believer.

Amjid, I acknowledge our away form has been **** poor but know we have almost a fully fit squad and we generally tend to raise our performance against the bigger teams. But still, Arsenal look in very good form at the moment and will be very tough to beat

[Rob H]

Villa will lose to Man City :((

[Amjid Javed]

Nothing to play for psychologically for LFC in the Prem.

Players will want to remain fit for CL final.

I disagree Oxy. IF Everton slip up tomorrow then Liverpool will have to win the Arsenal game. As long as there is a chance mathematically, I'm still a believer.

Amjid, I acknowledge our away form has been **** poor but know we have almost a fully fit squad and we generally tend to raise our performance against the bigger teams. But still, Arsenal look in very good form at the moment and will be very tough to beat

Arsenal play both liverpool and everton during next week so that cud ultimately decide 4th place!

[Geordie Ahmed]

liverpool are arsenals bogey team in premiership. game will be a close one despite fact liverpool have lost 10 away games this season.

arsenal have conceeded just 1 goal in last 11 games which shud stand team in good stead!

:O :O :O :O :O

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

CMMON SOUTHAMPTON! i am supporting the boys - hope they can survive

[Amjid Javed]

liverpool are arsenals bogey team in premiership. game will be a close one despite fact liverpool have lost 10 away games this season.

arsenal have conceeded just 1 goal in last 11 games which shud stand team in good stead!

:O :O :O :O :O

make that 0 goals in the last 10 games where senderos has played. he missed the norwich game and thats when we conceeded!

[Rob H]

liverpool are arsenals bogey team in premiership. game will be a close one despite fact liverpool have lost 10 away games this season.

arsenal have conceeded just 1 goal in last 11 games which shud stand team in good stead!

:O :O :O :O :O
make that 0 goals in the last 10 games where senderos has played. he missed the norwich game and thats when we conceeded!
Arsenal have a top class defender for the future with Senderos in their side.

[nufc]

Villa will lose to Man City :((

You have good confident in your team dont ya!

[Amjid Javed]

Ronaldo, Figo, Rooney and God

Ronaldo, Luis Figo and Wayne Rooney are standing before God at the throne of Heaven.

God looks at them and says; "Before granting you a place at my side, I must first ask you what you believe in."

Addressing Ronaldo first he asks, "What do you believe?"

Ronaldo looks God in the eye and states passionately, "I believe football to be the food of life. Nothing else brings such unbridled joy to so many people from the slums of Rio to the bright lights of Madrid. I have devoted my life to bring such joy to people who stood on the terraces supporting their club."

God looks up and offers Ronaldo the seat to his left.

He then turns to Luis Figo, "And you, Luis, what do you believe?"

Figo stands tall and proud, "I believe courage, honour and passion are the fundamentals to life and I've spent my whole playing career providing a living embodiment of these traits."

God, moved by the passion of the speech offers Figo the seat to his right.

Finally, he turns to Wayne Rooney , "And you, Wayne, what do you believe?"

"I believe", says Rooney, "that you're sitting in my seat."

[Amjid Javed]

Man-U Viruses

The Manchester United Virus. This is where your PC thinks its far superior than any other PC and develops a memory disorder, forgetting anything that happened before 1993.

The David Beckham Virus. This affects newer PC's mainly. The computer looks great, all the lights are on, but nothing works.

The Roy Keane Virus. This one is particularly nasty and will throw you out of Windows.

The Alex Ferguson Virus. The computer develops a continuous whining noise and the on screen clock runs a lot faster or slower (depending on how your days been) than all the other computers in the building.

The Fabien Barthez Virus. This one's not particularly harmful - but you just can't save anything.

The Neville Bros. Virus. Just when you think things can't get any worse, this one pops up and causes a calamitous error.

The Ryan Giggs Virus. The computer develops a processor problem, whereby it thinks it's better than it actually is. It also experiences dramatic fluctuation in performance.

The Luke Chadwick Virus. This is a particularly ugly one.

The Manchester United Shirt Virus. This one is especially hard to detect as it changes it's format every 3 months

[Jameel]

Man-U Viruses

The Manchester United Virus. This is where your PC thinks its far superior than any other PC and develops a memory disorder, forgetting anything that happened before 1993.

The David Beckham Virus. This affects newer PC's mainly. The computer looks great, all the lights are on, but nothing works.

The Roy Keane Virus. This one is particularly nasty and will throw you out of Windows.

The Alex Ferguson Virus. The computer develops a continuous whining noise and the on screen clock runs a lot faster or slower (depending on how your days been) than all the other computers in the building.

The Fabien Barthez Virus. This one's not particularly harmful - but you just can't save anything.

The Neville Bros. Virus. Just when you think things can't get any worse, this one pops up and causes a calamitous error.

The Ryan Giggs Virus. The computer develops a processor problem, whereby it thinks it's better than it actually is. It also experiences dramatic fluctuation in performance.

The Luke Chadwick Virus. This is a particularly ugly one.

The Manchester United Shirt Virus. This one is especially hard to detect as it changes it's format every 3 months

OLD

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

Man-U Viruses

The Manchester United Virus. This is where your PC thinks its far superior than any other PC and develops a memory disorder, forgetting anything that happened before 1993.

The David Beckham Virus. This affects newer PC's mainly. The computer looks great, all the lights are on, but nothing works.

The Roy Keane Virus. This one is particularly nasty and will throw you out of Windows.

The Alex Ferguson Virus. The computer develops a continuous whining noise and the on screen clock runs a lot faster or slower (depending on how your days been) than all the other computers in the building.

The Fabien Barthez Virus. This one's not particularly harmful - but you just can't save anything.

The Neville Bros. Virus. Just when you think things can't get any worse, this one pops up and causes a calamitous error.

The Ryan Giggs Virus. The computer develops a processor problem, whereby it thinks it's better than it actually is. It also experiences dramatic fluctuation in performance.

The Luke Chadwick Virus. This is a particularly ugly one.

The Manchester United Shirt Virus. This one is especially hard to detect as it changes it's format every 3 months

OLDCMMON ARSENAL! - maybe man utd can get a discount on administration for champions league qualifiers - just put them out of their misery!

[Jameel]

Man-U Viruses

The Manchester United Virus. This is where your PC thinks its far superior than any other PC and develops a memory disorder, forgetting anything that happened before 1993.

The David Beckham Virus. This affects newer PC's mainly. The computer looks great, all the lights are on, but nothing works.

The Roy Keane Virus. This one is particularly nasty and will throw you out of Windows.

The Alex Ferguson Virus. The computer develops a continuous whining noise and the on screen clock runs a lot faster or slower (depending on how your days been) than all the other computers in the building.

The Fabien Barthez Virus. This one's not particularly harmful - but you just can't save anything.

The Neville Bros. Virus. Just when you think things can't get any worse, this one pops up and causes a calamitous error.

The Ryan Giggs Virus. The computer develops a processor problem, whereby it thinks it's better than it actually is. It also experiences dramatic fluctuation in performance.

The Luke Chadwick Virus. This is a particularly ugly one.

The Manchester United Shirt Virus. This one is especially hard to detect as it changes it's format every 3 months

OLDCMMON ARSENAL! - maybe man utd can get a discount on administration for champions league qualifiers - just put them out of their misery!

:((

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

resorting to crying?

[Amjid Javed]

bump

[Amjid Javed]

chelsea 1-0 charlton

lampard dives in last minute outside the box, chelsea star striker mike riley gives a penalty no surprise there

[Rob H]

Chelsea the Cheaters :((

[Amjid Javed]

Aston Villa 0-2 Man City
Blackburn 1-0 Fulham
Crystal Palace 0-0 Southampton
Everton 0-0 Newcastle
Middlesbrough 1-0 Tottenham
Norwich 0-0 Birmingham
Portsmouth 0-0 Bolton

[Geordie Ahmed]

Everton take the lead through David Weir X) X) X) X) X)

[Oxy]

C'mon you toon-sters!!!

[Geordie Ahmed]

We were doing well (according to the Radio) until they scored!
Hopefully we can get a goal, Everton will understandably be nervous and we need to exploit that

[Oxy]

Everton could clinmch 4th place today if Bolton slip up (they lead at the mo')

[Geordie Ahmed]

SHOLA SENT OFF for throwing a punch at Cahill

Cahill has just scored - Game over

[Oxy]

Couple of red cards at Palace v Saints...Crouch will now miss big game at ManUre.

Southampton WILL go down!

[Amjid Javed]

Aston Villa 1-2 Man City
Blackburn 1-2 Fulham
Crystal Palace 1-1 Southampton
Everton 2-0 Newcastle
Middlesbrough 1-0 Tottenham
Norwich 1-0 Birmingham
Portsmouth 0-1 Bolton

[Oxy]

Hmmmmmmm...Pompey equalise!

[Oxy]

Palace take the lead...2:1

[Oxy]

Fulham now 3:1 up at Blackburn!

[Amjid Javed]

norwich holding on against birmingham only just....

[Amjid Javed]

c.palace or norwich battling to stay up!

looks like saints and w.b.a are down!

[Oxy]

Norwich WIN.

Bolton have qualified for the UEFA Cup- 1st time in history.

[Oxy]

Everton WIN...if Liverpool DONT beat Arsenal, they are CL bound.

[Amjid Javed]

thank god bolton didnt qualify for champions league. what a joke that wud have been.

[Oxy]

Southampton...have EQUALISED 2 mins into injury time!

2:2 it finished.

[Amjid Javed]

damn!

[Amjid Javed]

Barclays Premiership Table

teams ----- P GD PTS
1 Chelsea 36 55 91
2 Arsenal 35 43 77
3 Man Utd 35 33 73
4 Everton 36 7 61
5 Liverpool 36 12 55
6 Bolton 37 4 55
7 Middlesbrough 37 7 54
8 Man City 37 8 51
9 Tottenham 37 6 51
10 Aston Villa 37 -6 47
11 Charlton 37 -16 45
12 Newcastle 37 -10 43
13 Birmingham 37 -7 42
14 Blackburn 37 -11 41
15 Fulham 37 -14 41
16 Portsmouth 37 -14 39
17 Norwich 37 -29 33
18 Southampton 37 -20 32
19 Crystal Palace 37 -21 32
20 West Brom 36 -27 30

all to play for still for bottom 4

[adi 101]

30 or so mintues left in the man utd west brom match. west brom should be dead and buried by now but are still hanging on. man utd are ahead by one goal thanks to a quickly taken freekick by ryan giggs

[adi 101]

a good chance for ronaldo, bad miss on the 6oth min

[adi 101]

can you believe it penalty for west brom!!!!!!!!!

[adi 101]

upsteps earnshaw and he scores 1-1, a lifeline for westbrom!!!!!!!!

[Amjid Javed]

a penalty at OT ***!

lol!

1-1

[adi 101]

dodgy desicion by the referee to say the least 7 minutes or so to go united must keep pushing although their sub keeper has been on top form!!!

[Amjid Javed]

:)) :)) man united 1-1 w.b.a

[Oxy]

:))) :))) :))) ManUre stink!!! :))) :))) :)))

Dodgy decison or not...its the only way an away team will get a penalty away from home...and in injury time a handball by Silvestre was missed by the ref!!!

[Oxy]

My player of the year is Tim Cahill, and Manager of the season is David Moyes (unless Rafa wins the CL!)

[Amjid Javed]

as alex ferguson refuses to comment we wud like jameel to comment on his behalf!

[sy]

with west brom drawing, this certainly makes an interesting final week for the bottom four clubs.

[Assara K]

Man U played absolutely *****..i always back my team....but even then i have my limits!

[Oxy]

..but West Brom are a class side...

[Assara K]

..but West Brom are a class side...

these days the bottom side are what you say "class" after all they ARE fighting for relagation..

[Amjid Javed]

..but West Brom are a class side...

:))) :)))

[Geordie Ahmed]

West Brom shud have had another Penalty - Kanu was brought down by Giggs - manure shud count themselves lucky!

Congrats manure for taking a point from West Brom

[Assara K]

yeah i agree giggs brought kanu down in the second half and wba should of been awarded another penalty.....man u played ***** and imo tomasz kuszczak played class and made some fantastic saves!!

[Amjid Javed]

West Brom shud have had another Penalty - Kanu was brought down by Giggs - manure shud count themselves lucky!

Congrats manure for taking a point from West Brom

:))) :))) fergie was majorly ******** off!

oh well they might aswell get use to 3rd place at best every season! ;)+

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

MAN UTD ON A ROLL - am not sure if it is worth barca entering the CL league next season with man utd on the loose. First the mighty display against norwich and now west brom. With the likes of kleberson we should all be worried - man utd are on the rise with the brazilian being the architect of the blooming midfield

[Amjid Javed]

MAN UTD ON A ROLL - am not sure if it is worth barca entering the CL league next season with man utd on the loose. First the mighty display against norwich and now west brom. With the likes of kleberson we should all be worried - man utd are on the rise with the brazilian being the architect of the blooming midfield

:))) :)))

p.s wigan into premiership congrats!

[Oxy]

Did Kleberson REALLY win a World Cup winners medal with Brazil???

[Amjid Javed]

yeah he was one of those sqaud players...!

[Oxy]

His he REALLY Brazilian...I mean he looks like an Asian.

[Amjid Javed]

arsenal v liverpool.

arsenal unchanged. liverpool bring back alonso.

[Amjid Javed]

latest

arsenal 2-0 liverpool

pires free kick and then reyes

[Amjid Javed]

come on score a third........

[Amjid Javed]

arsenal 2-1 liverpool

deflected free-kick by gerrard!

2nd goal conceeded in last 12 games!

[Amjid Javed]

arsenal 3-1 liverpool

sublime,slick move and cesc finishes it off...

everton in champions league....

bring on everton on weds nite

[nufc]

arsenal 2-1 liverpool

deflected free-kick by gerrard!

2nd goal conceeded in last 12 games!

thats after alonso dived for the free-kick [-(

[Amjid Javed]

AJ :/| Hitman and oxy

:D :D

[nufc]

AJ :/| Hitman and oxy

:D :D

Everton :D - :(( liverpool

[Amjid Javed]

:))) :)))

[Rob H]

AJ :/| Hitman and oxy

:D :D
2 bodies have now been found in the mersey

[Amjid Javed]

RH, u see pires free-kick?

[Saj]

never mind the Premiership. I'm absolutely gutted that my beloved Darlington missed out on the playoffs due to goal difference. X)

[Amjid Javed]

never mind the Premiership. I'm absolutely gutted that my beloved Darlington missed out on the playoffs due to goal difference. X)

yeah that was really sad to see :(

[Rob H]

RH, u see pires free-kick?
Yeh i did, why?

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

i hope pires is available in summer on the cheap

[Amjid Javed]

i hope pires is available in summer on the cheap

why dont u go buy some good players from man utd... like kleberson or liam miller instead ;-)

[nufc]

never mind the Premiership. I'm absolutely gutted that my beloved Darlington missed out on the playoffs due to goal difference. X)

theres always next season...

[Amjid Javed]

still no hitman.....

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

AJ - kleberson and miller - NO WAY - not even for our B side

[ImranR]

AJ - kleberson and miller - NO WAY - not even for our B side

Would they make the barcelona girls team?

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

i dont know- umer - kleberson may have a chance with our deaf side and miller with the under 12's

[HAFRIDI]

wooohooooooooo derby in the play offs!!!!! i wish they get promoted so i can see man utd play at pride park woohooo!!

[Amjid Javed]

bump

I'm gutted to be in the UEFA cup next season.

On the other hand, Everton have had a great year and deserve to go to the CL (though I doubt they'll make it past the qualifier). Congratulations to them!

About the Arsenal game, I think a draw would have been a fair result. ;-)

[Assara K]

I'm gutted to be in the UEFA cup next season.

On the other hand, Everton have had a great year and deserve to go to the CL (though I doubt they'll make it past the qualifier). Congratulations to them!

About the Arsenal game, I think a draw would have been a fair result. ;-)

im obviously not gutted liverpool wont be in the CL next year!-i hate everton as much as i hate liverpool-but this season everton totally deserved it...yesterday liverpool were outplayed-alonso was all over the floor-but gerrards goal was good!

what do you all make out of Kluivert going at the end of the season....nufc? GA?

Kluivert has been a flop and should be replaced with Yakubu

[nufc]

hes overweight and hes not motivated no more and he was injured most the time. When he has played he has loooked good but let him go a waste of 67k a week..

[Geordie Ahmed]

Kluivert has been a flop and should be replaced with Yakubu

13 goals in 24 starts is not a bad return at all!
He has been injured far too often - similar to shoaib he is out of shape AND he is not worth getting 67K a week. i would give him an extra year BUT on a reduced wage but its obvious he is leaving!

We need to sign 2 strikers in the summer

Wouldn't you rather have Yakubu?

[Geordie Ahmed]

Wouldn't you rather have Yakubu?

I would have a fit and hungry Kluivert any day of the week cos when on song he is one of the best in the business BUT i know thats not gonna happen. he seems to have lost the hunger and desire, so i would love us to sign Yakubu.

However according to rumours Yakubu is heading to Boro, i wud be gutted if we dont make an attempt to sign him. we have been linked with AJ but im not convinced of him yet, he might be another Rickets

Kluivert is in it just for the money.

[Geordie Ahmed]

it does seem that way! the guy is only 28/29 so he shud still be concentrating on football BUT it seems the early entry to football has burned him out!

Good luck to him wherever he goes!