UEFA Draw (and I don’t even care if I’ve misspelled some of these):
Brondby v Barcelona
Parma v Genclerbirligi
Benfica v Rosenburg
Marseilles v Dnipro
Celtic v Teplice (I think they’re Czech)
Perugia v PSV
Groclin v Bordeaux
Valencia v Besiktas
part 2 when the UEFA page loads
Galatasaray v Villareal
Club Brugge v Debrecen
Sochaux v Inter Milan
Liverpool v Levski
Spartak Moskva v Mallorca
Gaziantepspor v Roma
Auxerre v V Panathinaikos
Valerenga v Newcastle
I haven’t even heard of half that lot . . .
my thoughts exactly - who the f*ck are “Liverpool”?!
It’s interesting to note that all the English teams in the Champs League drew teams that we played in the UEFA Cup last year.
I for one will be very much looking forward to seeing Man U stuff those diving cheating time-wasting gits.
. . . a Henrik Larsson fan complaining about diving . . . there are those non-partisan observers who would find that a teeny-weeny tad ironic.
garius - I looked it up in an Atlas. Apparently, they’re the next employer of someone called Martin O’Neill . . .
Have a nice weekend, everyone !
Well LC, I don’t believe that Henrik Larsson is a diver.
Stilian Petrov is a diver, but he’s shite anyway.
I don’t see Spurs listed there anywhere L_C, could you help me out? 
You could try looking on a list of winners - we’re on it twice. (we were the first British club to win a Europan cup you know)
Check out next year’s inter-toto draw and you might have more luck 
I was there! Paxton Road end, to the left of Tony Parks for the penalties . . . it was a very long time ago, though . . .
Sorry . . . I forgot to whack Twisty round the ear: thwack there, that always feels better !
ta ta
There is an often printed photo of Graham Roberts being chaired by fans holding the cup. One of those fans is your’s truly with a truly regrettable mullet. At least I managed to avoid a Micky Hazzard perm.
So very long ago…Especially after saturday’s showing. I couldn’t even bring myself to watch it on the telly.
Which brings me to another of my theories…
I beleive, with all of my little Norf Lahdahn heart that Spurs have a unique purpose in football. We are there to let people break records.
Saturday was shearer’s 100th bar code goal. It seems to me that if a team/player needs to pass a particular mark, 100th goal, longest winning streak, break a losing streak etc etc they always do it against us. THe bastards.
Still I am looking forward to Wednesday. Enfield won too.
Eight points clear and it’s not New Year, do da, do da …
Romping.
Why on earth would Hartson and God want to play for Birmingham? Such a step down.
Good call on the Bolton result,L_C but sticking a 10/1 shot into a double with Spurs would have been tempting fate a bit.
Arsenal back on top and God is in his heaven. I should have taken the 100/1 when it was available for the Champions League. They won’t win it but I could have covered my bet home.
Larsson’s on his way in January apparently (to Newcastle). It said so in the Sunday papers (as reliable as DrunkenDuncan).
I would hope that Spurs would move heaven and earth in a bid to get Nicky Butt, sending Carr (and if necessary Davies), both of whom fergie covets, in the other direction. He is exactly what we need, and I can’t believe that he can’t get a game at Man Utd.
Larsson is going nowhere this season.
I don’t gamble on Spurs . . . just don’t trust my judgement.
Fwiw, if I do gamble, my default footie bet is two singles and the double. Alas, I didn’t this week.
IIRC, both O’Neil and Larsson have publically said they’ll hang around until the end of this season. No reason to think they won’t keep to that public promise.
And besides, they’ve got Motherwell (away) to gird their loins over this weekend . . .
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I am utterly distraught. Even before the (home) debacle against Bolton, I siad I never wanted to see the old, petestrian Guf Poyet and Sharon Anderton play in the same side again; It exposes the whole defence, it destroys tempo, it’s unbalanced, it’s utter shite. So Pleat did it.
And then he did it again on Saturday.
The combination isn’t good enough for the premiership and isn’t right for the balance of the team. It’s like going on the pitch carrying an anchor.
Pleat, I understand a lot of what you’ve done and are continuing to do but, please, be bold enough to put this ‘partnership’ where it belongs. We cannot move forwartd without so doing.
And then, how many times did you change things around on Saturday, two, three times in the second half ? Did the team actually know if it was coming or going in the last 15-20 minutes when three of the goals went in?? And you blame the defence!
Wanker Pleat.
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I feel your pain, L_C. An utterly dismal display at Anfield on Saturday, I suspect engineered by wee GOrd cleverly realising Didi Hamann’s importance in defence and having him closed down accordingly.
Still, to cheer you up somewhat, I hereby present this month’s Straight Dope Fantasy League Manager award to…
London_Calling.
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::applause followed by embarassedly curtailed chorus of For he’s a jolly goo…oh, sorry::
After a slow start you have managed your way to a whopping 60 points in one month. The three-month totals should be available soon.