Football

messi averaging three goals a game currently ( over the last 5 games )

How many goals did Andy Johnson score from the penalty spot as an Everton player?

Not many cos that nonce cunt Wenger whinged in the media and we never had a peno after that all season!

no bill it's klinnsman doing his pre match stretches

Good lord. Was this the genius caught stealing toilet seats? Not the coldest beer in the fridge, is he?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/mar/08/liverpool-glen-johnson-luis-suarez

I would really hate to be Liverpool's head of PR strategy at the moment.

I would be astounded if they even had one.

This is probably him.

Good lord. Was this the genius caught stealing toilet seats? Not the coldest beer in the fridge, is he?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/mar/08/liverpool-glen-johnson-luis-suarez

I would really hate to be Liverpool's head of PR strategy at the moment.

He was in an interview and answered the questions put in front of him. Wouldn't he get probably more stick if he had avoided answering them, as you say he's not the sharpest so I doubt he's got deflection of questions in his locker.

I think what he said was fair and honest, but the 'incident' has been analysed to death and it's done with now

hmmmmffrrrph mmmmmhhhhhbbgnng frrppphh

The biggest diver of all, by all accounts, was Francis Lee. Clive could probably confirm or deny this.

Oh wait, Francis played football before it was invented by Sky, Nick Hornby & the 3 Tenors.

Franny Lee was the master of dives.

Talking of pre Sky, I am reading a book about the Arsenal v Chelsea 1-1 draw in 1984 at present. 17,000 Chelsea there at very least. The biggest away crowd ever at The Library. I remember when Dixon equalised. We were about to jump up when we remembered we were in the Arse end.Suddenly the whole crowd around us started cheering and it turned out that the Arse end was full of Chelsea. Brilliant day. Were you born then Bill?

Utd being outplayed by Bilbao right now. Bilbao look hungry, sharp, and good in possession. Don't look overawed in the slightest. Plus their fans are singing and whistling the utd fans under the table.

Good open game. Bit disappointed by the channel five buildup and their lack of info insight into bielsa and Bilbao. All utd all the time. Rather blinkered and little England approach there.

I know man u are up by a goal but Bilbao are all over them. Real thrilling end to end stuff. Great game of football

well worked llorente goal

Come on Bilbao. Nicely worked goal. Llorente showed his strength in the buildup, and his quality striking in the final third..
The boys from the basque country have looked sharper, their passes crisper, the way they create space, and move players about, it's fantastic to watch. Utd seem able to do the same, and look really dangerous on the break, but they always seem on the edge of misplacing a pass, whereas Bilbao look much more in control.

Will be a really good second half I reckon.

Fuck me Bilbao look like they want to finish this tie early. Making utd look very very ordinary. Waiting for utd's period of dominance, because I'm not sure Bilbao can keep this pace up. But Bilbao really should be a couple of more goals to the good..

Refs having a good game as well. But he hasn't had much to do really, but he's been aware of everything and has only shown the first yellow with 25mins to go. Not been a dirty match in the slightest..

what a volley!

1-2. Jolly nice.

Get fucking in. Bilbao have deserved that second goal all night long. They've come out and said our football is better than yours and dared utd to prove them wrong and utd haven't been able to.

Great great performance so far.

Arsenal and man utd should both take a leaf out of tottenhams books...

Tottenham were playing Stevenage.

in the champions league last season we beat AC milan and in the pre-season we beat bilbao

My friend used to play for stevenage. He went there on loan from Luton.

He was in the Luton team that played Liverpool a few years ago at Wembley in the fa cup.

#csb

Get fucking in. Bilbao have deserved that second goal all night long. They've come out and said our football is better than yours and dared utd to prove them wrong and utd haven't been able to.

Great great performance so far.

i love that 'basque' inspired away kit.. the fans are putting united to shame also..

stunning third goal... whey hey