Thomas

Personally, I dis-agree. It was not stonewall, because cameras do not prove that it hit his arm. I thought it hit his chest, and afterwards Wes Brown came out and said that's where it hit him. To be honest, I wouldn't see any reason why he'd have to lie about it. The match is over, and United won, so no need to lie. As far as the Berbatov one goes. If you can say that Vidic fouled him, without even knowing Berbatov was around, then fair enough, penalty. Vidic's eyes were on the ball, nothing else. It wasn't as if he took one look over to see where Berb was, and then just checked the run he made, it was just a clash between the two. The only reason so much is being made about these incidents by non-United fans is the fact that you "don't get penalties at OT" - Now, there's been many in the past that haven't been given and I agree should have been, but I firmly believe Spurs shouldn't have had one yesterday. Out of the two, if any was gonna be given, the Wes Brown one would have...If you watch the Berb-Vidic incident any more than once, you'll clearly see why it's no penalty. I may get ridiculed for saying this, simply because I'm a United fan. I just hope that a non-United fan agrees with me on it. I agree, but it's something Liverpool fans say a lot.

Personally, I dis-agree. It was not stonewall, because cameras do not prove that it hit his arm. I thought it hit his chest, and afterwards Wes Brown came out and said that's where it hit him. To be honest, I wouldn't see any reason why he'd have to lie about it. The match is over, and United won, so no need to lie. As far as the Berbatov one goes. If you can say that Vidic fouled him, without even knowing Berbatov was around, then fair enough, penalty. Vidic's eyes were on the ball, nothing else. It wasn't as if he took one look over to see where Berb was, and then just checked the run he made, it was just a clash between the two. The only reason so much is being made about these incidents by non-United fans is the fact that you "don't get penalties at OT" - Now, there's been many in the past that haven't been given and I agree should have been, but I firmly believe Spurs shouldn't have had one yesterday. Out of the two, if any was gonna be given, the Wes Brown one would have...If you watch the Berb-Vidic incident any more than once, you'll clearly see why it's no penalty. I may get ridiculed for saying this, simply because I'm a United fan. I just hope that a non-United fan agrees with me on it.

It's pretty complicated... We agreed a fee with Benfica for their 50% of Fernandes (£6m), and also agreed a fee (£6m) for the other 50% owned by a third party. Everythnig was going nicely and Fernandes had told everyone at the club he'd sign when Valencia offered £10m for the 50% share Benfica own of Fernandes. This was beneficial for Benfica because they get £4m more for the transfer, and the third party can continue to make cash from Fernandes as they did before.

Well we went about that wrong for 65 minutes, didn't we Davie. Bah.

YEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH

Anichebe on, we'll score. WE'LL SCORE!

Stronger, faster and more creative. Poop.

Well this has turned into shit.

Well that was against the run of play. Good save Howard.

Tell me when it kicks off on Setanta so I know how far behind my stream is...

Yeah I like the way Blackburn work too, for similar reasons. It's Santa Cruz and McCarthey upfront, then Derbyshire to come off the bench to score a couple.... only to be ruled offside! 4-0 Johnson, Arteta, Hibbert, Osman. Friedel Emerton Samba Ooooojer Warnock Bentley Dunn Savage Pederson McCarthey SantaCruz tis a really good team, gonna be tough.

No reason. He was at fault for the goal against Reading, so that's the only thing I can think of. Just shows how strong our backline is I guess. We're gonna win 2-0. Johnson and Osman.

Maybe some pleasing news to Blackburn fans, we've dropped Lescott. Howard Hibbert Yobo Stubbs Baines Arteta Neville Carsley Osman Johnson McFadden Wessels, Lescott, Jagielka, Pienaar, Anichebe. Game being streamed on Sopcast for those that don't have Setanta. It's a few mins behind though.

Damn, was gonna bet on Bolton beating Reading.

I thought we were talking about Beckham and Owen?

Jonty. Might as well...

Nope.

EVERTON manager David Moyes must plan for tomorrow’s visit of Blackburn without record signing Aiyegbini Yakubu. The Blues are waiting on results of a work permit application for the Nigerian international. But because the player fell out with his national coach and has figured in only five of his country’s last 13 matches, he does not meet the necessary criteria. That means the initial application will be rejected and the Blues will have to appeal, a hearing likely to be heard next week. Given that Yakubu has been playing in this country for five years the Blues are hoping for a favourable outcome, but not in time for him to feature tomorrow. One of the quirks of the work permit system is that Yakubu could carry on playing for Middlesbrough without censure, but permits cannot be transferred between employers. Yakubu’s international career suffered when he refused to go the African Nations Cup finals in January 2006 as a result of a fall-out with his international coach. That saw his international appearance record slide below the Department of Employment’s requisite figure. The Blues, however, were hoping for a successful resolution of the Manuel Fernandes saga today, giving Moyes at least one new face to select from tomorrow. Leighton Baines has also declared his fitness and will be in the squad for the visit of Blackburn. Victor Anichebe missed training yesterday, but is expected to resume today, while Leon Osman has also failed to train all week after picking up a knock at Reading. Stephen Pienaar is standing-by for his full debut, while Andy Johnson is expected to be fit after pulling out of the England squad in midweek with fluid on the knee. The Blues still have tickets available for tomorrow’s 5.15pm kick-off. They are available from the ticket office up until kick-off time.

The point is that Owen already has proved he can find the space in all situations. Just needs to get a run without injury and I think he'll be back to one of the best there is.

We need to hurry up and sign Yakubu and Fernandes. Hurry hurry hurry.