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Rashford wont be going there then! I had a look at the German table, Dortmund are miles off it.

Bookies dont often get it wrong and draws in most games are never shorter than 2/1, usually around 12/5 so the price on this means the bookies can see this being a possible draw.

Villa with a costly defeat, they still sit in the auto qualification places until tonight. It means their home match against Celtic on the last day will be very meaningful. What a scoreline Benfica 4-5 Barcelona. UEFA dont get much right but this CL format is by far their best decision in a long time.

Casemiro was a Rolls Royce world class midfielder at Real Madrid - I give you that but his legs have gone. Erikson at Spurs bordered World Class but again is almost finished. Martinez and De Ligt are good but not WC for me. I really like Mainoo but is still raw. Yet the key point is none of them can perform in this 3-4-3 the manager plays. You have a point about them being on a different stratosphere compared to what we play week in week out but not so much of what we faced in Europe.

I dont think they have any world class players. Fernandes is their best but I wouldnt say he is world class. Diallo is on fire and Mainoo is alright but other than that they are poor. The defenders arent great and the keeper has a mistake in him every game. They will start as favourites but for us its the cliché of playing the game and not the occasion...play the team in front of us and not the name.

Man Utd 1-1 Rangers FGS Hagi

Man City splashing the cash, they have signed two defenders after giving Haaland that deal. 30M for Reis (defender) from Sao Paolo. And an Uzbekistan defender from Lens for 33.6M. Meanwhile Man Utd have slashed the salaries of club ambassadors - Bryan Robson, Gary Pallister, Denis Irwin and Andy Cole.

Thought I would get this one going for the match on Thursday. First and foremost this is nothing like the Man Utd teams we have played in Europe in the past - they are a really poor with a system not suited to their players which the manager says he wont change. If we apply the same approach as we did against Celtic and Tottenham then it could be there for the taking.

Champions League returns tonight and tomorrow. 2 games to go with masses to play for. Its very difficult to work out with a huge league table but it looks like there could be some big names in the knock out round, which is great to see - just hope there is no hot and cold balls when it comes to the draw. PSG v Man City is game of the week - both need to win. Looking at the table another good game is Feyenoord V Bayern Munich.

Chelsea with first win in about 5 or 6 games to go 4th again. Id rather see them stay there than City.

I suppose its quite apt that Aberdeen will play Dunfermline in the cup for a Calderwood tribute.

Unfortunately I dont think so, Liverpool are just a bit far ahead. Top 4 for them would be almost as good as Leicester because there are 3 top teams around them in the table - and City are starting to come back. At the other end of the table Man Utd and Tottenham are in a total mess. Amorin coming out with strong comments which is either him regretting taking the job or saying to the board he needs 11 new players. Spurs - every manager they get ends up in tears.

Always quite liked Calderwood, thought he was a bit underrated as a manager. Did well at his clubs in the SPL.

Im channel hopping between the snooker and the footy matches, the snooker is actually the most entertaining. This has to be Ange last game, the wolves will be out now, Everton will be 4 points behind them after this game. Forest thumping Southampton, they go level with Arsenal on 44 pts. Remarkable.

Just age, he has lost a yard of pace for sure. Also Arsenal style doesnt quite suit him, he was quite good at Liverpool and Man City. Read this morning Ali was about to join Como who are managed by Fabregas. Sterling isnt quite in Ali mould, nor is he like Lingard and Rashford who are more interested in social media than football yet all these players had a talent.

We'll have a problem filling the bench next season then IF Igamane and Raskin joined the above list especially with our injury record. Its one thing reducing the wage bill but if we cant afford signing fees we are relying on loans and freebies. Those two mentioned are very key to staying next season.

There are fans saying that in call in shows plus pundits are questioning him. He is too stubborn wanted to prove himself right by not buying a striker. If Ancelotti walked into their squad and a striker I think they win the league.

Arsenal bottling it again. They had clawed their way back into the title race but yesterday blew it. Potter with a massive job on his hand but he has to hold his hands up yesterday switching to a back 3 out of the blue.

What a result for Bournemouth. 6th in the league and 1 point off champions league places for a minnow of a club almost.

Welsh Derby at lunchtime.

One thing I would say is they played on awful pitches and tackles were far harder, even in the 80s this was case.

The media push things so football only started in 1992 with the Premier League. All the talk is about Shearer's record being beaten so I went and had a look at the top 50 goalscorers in the English top flight and in the top 20 Harry Kane is the only one to have played all his football in the Premier League era. Even Shearer in 5th place had 23 goals in the old Division 1. You chaps who watched football in the 60s and 70s must have been treated to far better talent than there is now because from the list of top 50 (there was 56 due to shared goals tally) I have seen less than half of them play. In the top 20 I've only seen Shearer, Rush, Cottee, Kane and 3 of those played in the old first division.

Newcastle 2-0 Bournemouth Brentford 0-2 Liverpool Leicester 0-1 Fulham West Ham 2-2 Crystal Palace Arsenal 1-1 Aston Villa Everton 1-2 Tottenham Man Utd 1-1 Brighton Nottingham Forest 2-0 Southampton Ipswich 0-3 Man City Chelsea 3-0 Wolves

Only Scot to have won the Ballon d'or In the past quite a few have said he was the best Scottish striker of all time surpassing Dalglish.

Sunderland missing 2 pens, they cant be doing that! 86th and 95th minutes as well so would have won the game.