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Drunk today Gav or just angry still :devil:

First half was all Chelsea, a couple of shocking offsides against Kalou keeping the score down. THe only player to come out of the first half with any credit for Arsenal was RVP who on the few times Arsenal got the ball in an attacking position looked to do something positive. Adebayor and Nasri were like 2 men down, anonymous. Adebayor not even challenging defenders for the ball played forward. Around about the hour mark Adebayor decided to actually challenge for the ball and both times won headers resulting in goals for RVP. THe first was well offside though, but I though RVP was the arsenal player deserving a bit of luck. For the first hour though it was only Chelsea in the game and will definitely feel like they got mugged by Arsenal. Once he'd set up the two goals Adebayor went back to just letting the defenders have the ball before being subbed off.

Yet to impress me and already starting to run out of excuses. I'm not saying he needs to turn into a world beater, but does need to start showing he has something. His manager isn't helping him though. Play him up top.

Only see Berra against us, don't know what his general form is like against otehr SPL sides, but he always impresses me against us.

Well that was a cracking start to a difficult run of games. The only solace being that that should have been the most difficult one. 4 points was too big a gap though.

True, we can't take a win for granted, and a draw is a possibility. Wont contemplate a loss. I'm glad someone sees them dropping more points than us elsewhere and hope that rings true as I think the "clever money" is on us slipping up. With their 12th, 13th and 14th man we are more vulnerable.

Took Villa too so here's hoping that one comes up. Thought about Wigan but decided against for my coupon. Better for a single bet I reckon.

Cheers for that Barry Annoying pronunciation it is then! :devil: Just don't see the need to speak in a normal English accent all night but randomly slip in funny lisps and accents when pronouncing the odd word.

So that's 8 from 12 away at top 6 sides this year? Would be maximum points but for the officials too. Great! As I say, with Celtic's current league form and a realtively easy run of games we have to take maximum points in the next 4 fixture.Then it is up to us to do the business in the Old Firm with hom advantage and at worst we would be a single point behind them. If they slip up between now ant the 27th then we could potentially storm back to the top of the table in that game. That's the carrot dangling in front of us and should be used to motivate the players in the remaining 5 fixtures of the year.

Precisely, he has merely stated what happened.

One fans view of the game:

Right now the SPL title does not make happy viewing for us. After an impressive start to the domestic season, including the 4-2 win at Parkhead in the opening Old Firm game of this season, we still find ourselves trailing Celtic by 4 points thanks to a series of disappointing dropped points. A substandard performance at Love Street lead to 3 points dropped. This was closely followed by one of the games of the season in a 3-3 draw with Dundee United in which an uncharacteristically generous display by the back line led to further 2 more dropped points, with the same outcome at Fir Park the following midweek. With a less hectic fixture schedule to navigate this season, Smith must ensure that we avoid any more of these slip ups if we are to regain our league title. With Smith's record against our greatest rivals being almost as good as it was during his first reign, if we are to take advantage of the next Old Firm game being at Ibrox and cut the deficit by 3 points (as we have every right to expect) then we need to ensure no more lapses in form and concentration in the 4 fixtures between now and that December the 27th clash. It is by no means an easy run of games. First up is Hearts at Tynecastle this week and as ascender's preview shows, a win there is by no means a foregone conclusion. We ran out 2-0 winners in the reverse fixture this season, but the points were only secured by an injury time Kris Boyd penalty. On top of our game we should leave Gorgie to take the 3 points back across the M8, but our players will need to produce a disciplined and clinical display. Next up are Hamilton and the squad should be confident of emerging victorious after back to back wins over the Lanarkshire club in October. A tricky away trip to Tannadice will be next up and seeing as Dundee United were the first club to leave Ibrox with anything other than a defeat since October of last year it is clear we will need to produce our best form to secure the points and maintain our push for the title. Our midfield has struggled to dominate games against the Arabs over the last year and a half and Ferguson and Mendes will have to produce a more cohesive display at Tannadice if we are to defeat what is becoming a routinely difficult encounter for Smith's squad. In the penultimate game before the key Old Firm clash, the final fixture of 2008, Hibs are the visitors to Ibrox. Hibs recent form has been up and down, but after thumping last year's third placed side Motherwell 4-1 away from home, it is obvious they have the players to trouble any side on their day. No disrespect to bottom club Hamilton, but aside from the home fixture against Billy Reid's side, you would not consider any of the other matches as a banker victory. If we are to ensure we are in position to take advantage of the Old Firm encounter we will have to earn every victory between now and the festive fixture. Celtic's corresponding fixtures over the same period appear a little less treacherous to negotiate. Allied to their 11 game winning streak, their last dropped points being inflicted in the 4-2 Old Firm humiliation and the importance of the next 4 fixtures becomes clear. It is hard to see anything other than a home victory this weekend as ICT make the long journey south. Though the Highland club have taken maximum points from the last 2 away fixtures, Celtic at Parkhead are a different proposition, especially when you cannot account for impartiality from the officials. Celtic begin December with a visit from Hibs, and as I have stated Hibs can trouble anyone on their day. They will fancy their chances more at their own place against Celtic than when they have to make the trip to Glasgow to face Rangers at Ibrox. Celtic have the minor inconvenience of a dead rubber against Villarreal to try and restore some pride from their catastrophic Champions League adventure before Hearts travel to Parkhead. In a reverse to the Hibs fixtures over the next month or so, whilst Celtic get to entertain Hearts at home whilst we make the journey to Edinburgh and I would argue that an going to Tynecastle is a tougher fixture than travelling to Easter Road, as supported by the club's league positions. Celtic round off their pre-Christmas fixtures with a trip to Falkirk and will be confident of returning to Glasgow with the spoils. Whilst both sides have tricky trips to the capital to deal with the added menace of an away clash against Dundee Utd suggests we have the more perilous fixtures. Considering Celtic's ominous form in the league and relatively easier fixtures, Smith cannot contemplate any more dropped points between now and the crunch clash on the 27th. Four victories and a 2nd Old Firm victory of the season and we may just find out how this Celtic team copes with the pressure of a Rangers juggernaut intent on winning a 52nd title.

He's hardly criticised him with a personal attack or anything. He said he disallowed an onside Boyd goal; he did. He said he allowed an offside McDonald goal. He did. What's the big deal? You can't even state when they have clearly got something wrong now? It's hardly up there with the wild outbursts againsts officials and questioning their impartiality is it? And do the likes of Levein not say worse on an almost weekly basis?

Been done by the two Milan teams the last two nights

Crouch is shocking in the air for a man-giant, unless he's fouling someone such a pulling a T&T defender's (Brent Sancho?) hair in that World Cup game. Even if this comes back to bit me in the arse tonight I wont change my mind.

I know that is perhaps the response he is after (not the violence, but me stating I wouldn't be sorry to see him get a kickin) as it proves his point as to what bad people we are. But it's so frustrating to see him spout his own personal brand of bile and not have anything done to him for his lies and the hatred he brews up. As a supposedly educated man I should be above comments lie that, but sod it, i'm not. Would bring a smile to my face to see he had got his comeuppance.

No worries BD. I think I just have anger management issues, but for some reason it does rile me. If they had always made the effort for the native pronunciation fine, but suddenly start doing it for only a few names and countries is odd. With the German coaches name being of particular annoyance.

Just been reminded of this great fact, from the commentary on the Man City game, Admittedly that was the inaugral year of this format.

Sorry, yes I was BD. Sounded pretty shocking, though typical of this country these days. Hopefully justice will be done and then the government will stop wasting public money on these self serving arseholes.

Why do commentators make funny pronounciations? Admittedly they should try and pronounce names as they are said in their mother tongue. However why over the course of the Euro's did Joachim Low become Yo-kym lurve? Just sounds ridiculous. Tonight's commentatos at the City game made a similar bizarre attempt at his name that trigerred (sp) this rant! For years Barcelona were called Barcelona, no you get mostly Sky commentators saying Barthelona with a stupid lisp. Yes I know that is how it is said in Spain, but we're not in Spain, you're not Spanish and you sound a twat. Brings back horrible memories of McLaren talking like an arse in Holland.

If I'm thinking about the right incident then that too had a lengthy thread on FF as it invovled a regular poster there, correct? Often looked in to see the updates of the issue.

Lol, loving all the photoshops coming out. :devil:

No right of reply so he gets to slander us unchallaenged. Hope het gets a kicking and put in intensive care. Then maybe he wont feel he is untouchable as he spouts his own persoanl bile.

Though Whittaker and Bougherra are hardly slow. The left hand side is where pace could hurt us.

I can honestly say that I have no idea of a single word from the famine song, other than the 2 line ditty it has evolved from.