Football Focus

[Mick Mac]

>

> Anyhoo, I still predict you'll finish bottom of

> the group unless you get a result in Amsterdam.

>

So you are pretty much saying that we will finish above them if, and only if, we get more points than them.

[????]

Stop arguing over a comb....

......Holloway gone.

[Mick Mac]

Its hairy man v slaphead fighting over a comb.

[Alan Medic]

Rangers announce ?14.4M losses for 13 month period to end of June. What did they spend that on?

[Mick Mac]

Taxis and Taxes

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Alan Medic Wrote:

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> Rangers announce ?14.4M losses for 13 month period

> to end of June. What did they spend that on?

A few one off costs to get the club back up and running but also lots of ridiculous pay and bonuses for the current bunch of crooks and thieves with their snouts in the trough.

FFS the FD got a ?200k bonus for us winning the bloody third division.

Hopefully they get their jotters at the AGM and we get a board interested in the goodness of Rangers rather than lining their own pockets.

[red devil]

It will be interesting to see what action UEFA take over the racist chanting aimed at Yaha Toure. Don't hold your breath though...

[Otta]

Probably at most a fine for the club. They should be made to play all their home champs league matches behind closed doors.

[Mick Mac]

UEFA Team of the Week:

GOALKEEPER

Forster (Celtic)

DEFENDERS

van Der Wiel (PSG)

Cahill (Chelsea)

Hummels (Dortmund)

Alaba (Bayern Munich)

MIDFIELDERS

Sneijder (Galatasaray)

Montolivo (AC Milan)

Ribery (Bayern Munich)

ATTACKERS

Kiessling (Leverkusen)

Ibrahimovic (PSG)

Aguero (Manchester City)

[Alan Medic]

Toure's international teammate disagrees with him. This from the Beeb's website:

A club statement read: "Having carefully studied the video of the game, we found no racist insults from fans of CSKA."

Spokesman Michael Sanadze told BBC Radio 5 live: "We have nothing to hide, of course, and we have confirmation from the match delegate and the venue director that they themselves didn't hear anything special."

The Russian side's own Ivory Coast player, striker Seydou Doumbia, added: "I didn't hear anything like that from the CSKA fans.

"Yes, they're always noisy in supporting the team and try to put as much pressure as possible on our opponents, but they wouldn't ever allow themselves to come out with racist chants.

"So my Ivory Coast colleague is clearly exaggerating."

[Jah Lush]

He would say that though wouldn't he. They are his paymasters after all.

[Mick Mac]

oh dear - major fallout in Ivory Coast ranks predicted at next international meeting.

[Mick Mac]

Managed to avoid the results yesterday. Always makes MOTD much more interesting.

United were lucky again RD. I'm liking my 33s on Liverpool even more now. When's the last time Liverpool finished above United?

[Alan Medic]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> He would say that though wouldn't he. They are his

> paymasters after all.

He now says he didn't say it at all.

[Mick Mac]

Back to bed Alan. It's only 7am mate.

[Otta]

I too avoided the results til MOTD yesterday. Don't want to get carried away at this stage about Liverpool, but am starting to think top 4 is a real possibility. They've always struggled with consistency though, so just taking it a week at a time.

[red devil]

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> United were lucky again RD. I'm liking my 33s on

> Liverpool even more now. When's the last time

> Liverpool finished above United?

2002.

Utd have always been known for late comebacks, so yesterday's result actually felt promising in that respect, but our midfield looked dire until Januzaj came on.

As MOTD pointed out, both Liverpool and Arsenal have some tricky games coming up in the run up to Christmas/New Year, so we'll have a better idea by then if either team are genuine title contenders. I still see Chelsea and City as the main title contenders. Before today's game we're only 3 and 2 points behind them respectively, so in that respect we're not out of it yet, although we need to start putting in some convincing performances sharpish...

[Otta]

I'm not even thinking of Liverpool as title contenders. Of course if they're still pushing in January I may change my tune, but right now I'd take 4th so we can offer Suarez champs league football and keep him.

[Parkdrive]

Not surprised AVB has had a go at the Spurs fans, but I'd be more worried about my crap team if I was him...has Soldado scored from open play yet?

[????]

And meanwhile at the bottom, we 've played 6 of our 9 games against teams in the top 10, without 3 miracle free kicks and with a striker, I can't help feeling we'd be in Southamptonish territory. :)

[maxxi]

A draw today abroad not a bad result - what are the odds of Zaha coming on loan in Jan? Make a good partnership with Morrison (handbags notwithstanding) and it doesn't look like Carroll's return is exactly imminent.

[red devil]

Loving your positivity ????, have the diet withdrawl symptoms been purged?..;-)

[Mick Mac]

Can't agree more with Lawro and Owen, big Hart mistake today. I say that as a former goalkeeper. Advancing defender was winning the chase, stay on your six yard line for easy passback.

[Otta]

Jah Lush has been going to the Lane a lot this season, and was there yesterday. AVB was talking to you man. Cheer the fuck up! ;-)

[Parkdrive]

Love the way AVB spends obscene amounts of money and blames fans for a poor performance.the fact that he picks the team and bought the players had nothing to do with it then? Wanker. http://pic.twitter.com/9XcEmQ3Ldo