Bloody Football!

[robertlouis]

Who missed the pen? Was it gary mac? He never missed when it really mattered. tee hee.

Steady missy.

Are you up early or late, btw?

[SammiValentine]

Steady missy.

Are you up early or late, btw?

Late. Going to bed now =) later xx

[robertlouis]

Late. Going to bed now =) later xx

Night night. Sweet dreams. x

[robertlouis]

And at last, the curtain closes.....almost

45 minutes to go, then the final round of matches in arguably the most exciting season since the premier league started 20 years ago will get under way.

To be decided:

Man City or Man Utd champions? - short odds on City

Arsenal to nail third place? - probably

Newcastle or Tottenham to finish fourth? - head says Spurs, heart says the Toon

Liverpool or Everton to finish higher - who cares? (just for Sammi)

Bolton or QPR to join Wolves and Blackburn in the relegation trio? - QPR

On Wednesday, Roy picks his first England squad. Any surprises to come?

And in less than a week, Chelski vs Bayern in the Champions League Final AND Blackpool vs West Ham in the Championship playoff. Hope Blackpool do it, just so we can get more of Olly's wonderfully mangled pearls of wisdom.

And in July, the Euros. Yes, the fucking Euros. Glad I'll be on holiday. Don't get me wrong, but the English media drive me mad whenever there's a major set of finals on. It isn't caledonian sour grapes, just the way they go on. Surefire winners to crap losers in the space of four matches....

Enjoy!

[SammiValentine]

hahahahahahhahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[Stavros]

Hmmmm...how many minutes of extra time did they play? Talk about winning by a split hair...

[Arrowny]

Hmmmm...how many minutes of extra time did they play? Talk about winning by a split hair...

Well Joey Barton did go batshit crazy for a while there.

[SammiValentine]

How unlike joey barton lol

[Stavros]

That is Joey, I don't suppose he will ever change. I guess the fact that City couldn't break down 10 men until extra time indicates how slim the victory was; on balance City deserved it over the whole of the season, but both Arsenal and Chelsea won successive titles without being able, over the long run, to knock United off their long-term position. Interesting article in today's Telegraph which argues that the difference used to be that players would go to United precisely because of the opportunities MU offered to win something, because of the prestige as much as the money -rather like Liverpool in its heyday when playing for the Reds was the ultimate accolade. City have the money, but do they yet have the kudos, the prestige? If Ferguson's reign is over, City need to win the title again next season, and the season after that -and Ferguson needs to get it back. City have temperamental players, like Balotelli and Tevez; United needs to re-build, ease out the older players and re-vivify its mid-field and defence. Next season will be more interesting than this one, and hopefully, the quality of the football will be better.

Who do members think is manager of the year? They haven't won the European title, but I think di Matteo must be in with a shout, along with Pardew and Martin O'Neill -sometimes its about saving a club from self-destruction as much as victories that count.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...er-United.html

[robertlouis]

I wonder who it was who said in 1999, "Football, eh? Bloody hell."

Nobody could have scripted that finale.

Well done City.

And QPR certainly deserved to stay up after playing their part in one of the most dramatic matches in years.

Oh, and Joey Barton is due to star in Kung Fu Panda 3.