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Thought I would add my thoughts on this match. Thanks to @dave30 allowing me to use one of his memberships I was able to make my first trip to the bridge. We left our hotel quite early and arrived at the Bridge about 4 hours before kick off. After walking around the stadium taking snaps we went to the club shop where I picked up some souvenirs for my kids and got myself a track top. We waited for the bus to arrive and I got a video of the players arriving. Once the players arrived we headed inside to find our seats. Despite being 4 rows from the back in the Matthew Harding Lower the view was excellent. The atmosphere was fantastic, however I will say that many of the fans around me were somewhat lacking in football knowledge. It seemed that many of the folk around me wanted the ref to give us absolutely every decision and would get wound up and aggressive over the slightest little thing. Many of them also seem oblivious to the fact that many of our players go down far to easily. At our offside goal there was a French guy behind us who shouted "Two Zero!" When the ball went in he continued to shout "See, I tell you, Two Zero! Two Zero!" He continued this for a while, even after the free kick, nobody had the heart to tell him it was still 1-0 as he was clearly enjoying himself. We we got our penalty I whipped my phone out yo record it only to notice, when playing it back that after Lamp Ard missed I lifted the phone up too high and missed the rebound going in. When Willian scored the 3rd the scenes were amazing and I totally fell in love with Willian song and was singing it for the rest of my stay in London. Observations on players are that Salah was our best player on the day with Willian a close second. I was astounded by the love that Torres was receiving from the fans. He was awful and hid for most of the game yet was given a heroes reception. Overall I thoroughly enjoyed me experience and will be trying to get to the bridge at least once a season in future. I'd also like to add that I met very many friendly people on my stay which helped my enjoyment of the whole weekend.

I'm assuming that Ibra and your good self are unaware that Ferrari are 90% owned by Fiat.Good to see that Mata has solved all of Man Utd's problems though

It's exciting that he is doing so well. He can only pass with the dick he's got, so if he keeps this up then there's not much more he can do. He's certainly doing his chances of making it at Chelsea no harm, by being a continued success while out on loan.

No I've not just discovered it. I've read rumours before now. Good job on being a condescending prick though

So what's the story with Lukaku now? Hearing that he will be sold in the Summer for around £23 million to fund a £50 million move for Cavani, but other reports have us agreeing to sign Diego Costa for £32 million in the Summer.

Juan Mata has just phoned Jose Mourinho and asked if his place on the bench is still available

It's not ideal, but £37 million for a player who isn't featuring much is not to be sniffed at. This is a transitional period for us right now and getting this money in and a player off the wage bill who isn't playing (no matter how good he is or how much he is loved) will help us in the rebuilding process. I'd like to add that I'm not thrilled that we're losing Mata, not am I excited at the prospect of seeing him as a Man Utd player, I can I can accept it

When you have to put an explanation at the end of your joke it's really just an admission that it's not really that funny

I've been good. Came on here for the first time in ages today and 1574 notifications Been burrowed away in the dark depths of oblivion trying to get through the festive period with a positive bank balance Now that Xmas is over it's time to get round to booking my flights to London and saving for my first trip to the bridge in February Also, whose dick do I have to suck to get a minion avatar??

He's not a goalscorer though. In his last 3 games though he's scored 2 and got 6 assists.He wouldn't make it at Chelsea right now but he's only 17 FFS. The fact that he is interesting big clubs across the world speaks volumes. He has the potential to go to the very top. Like I said I may be being biased but being the key member of a team that has scored 4 goals on 6 occasions and 5 goals once in only 18 games this season is making clubs take note. He may never fulfill his potential and us being overloaded with talent in his position is probably a major factor in us not being interested. For such a young laddie though, he is an absolute joy to watch and a breath of fresh air in a team that struggled last season http://vimeo.com/m/80161129

We have £3million debt, we're in no position to be making any demands

Seriously? I totally despair for you. If you can't see that this boy is a talent, then maybe football isn't for you. It also amazes me how the Scottish Premiership gets looked down on so much. Sure it's not as good as the BPL but It's really not as bad as folk make it out to be. Plenty established players have served their football apprenticeships in the old SPL Tim Krul Steven Fletcher Victor Wanyama Gary Hooper Graham Dorrans Robert Snodgrass fair enough their aren't many world stars but it's not as bad as people south of the border make out. It's definitely not a trashy thug league either. Their are a lot of hammer thrower players in the league but you get that in every league around the world. If you watched teams like Dundee United this season or even Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Motherwell last season, there is some really nice stuff being played

Ok so Arsenal took the crown by beating Southampton (sorry for the delay in the update) The quickest route out of England is now if Arsenal lose to Napoli on 11th December

This may be a purely biased opinion what with me being a Dundee United fan, but why do we seem to be the only big club right now that don't seem to be interested in this kid? He has a huge amount of potential and is already being linked with big money moves to clubs. Figures of £5-6million are being talked about with the likes of Real Madrid, Man Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal, Everton and 2 Bundesliga clubs (1 of which is in the champions league) already sending scouts up to look at him

I agree on that. Bale is over rated and was over priced. He's still a fantastic player though

I couldn't care less that you dislike Messi, I just astounded that you think he is mediocre. I dislike Gareth Bale, doesn't mean I'd call him mediocre though

Come on eh? There's not agreeing and then there is calling arguably the best football player on the planet, mediocre. The fact that you've failed to answer most of the questions I've asked as to why you think he is mediocre says a lot in itself

You don't just disagree with me though, you disagree with the most respected opinions of world football who see Messi as good enough to be the only player in the world to have ever won the FIFA Ballon d'or. The mind boggles

Can I ask, if the reason you think Messi is mediocre is because he has only ever done what he does, at Barcelona. Does that mean that Paul Scholes wasn't one of the best players ever to have played in the EPL because he only ever played for Man Utd?

Also if Messi is mediocre then players such as David Villa and Zlatan Ibrahimovic who struggled at Barcelona must be shit then eh?

If everyone knows it then why does Messi continue to break records and win Ballon d'or awards then? I can accept people having the opinion that Ronaldo is better (although I believe that to be wrong) but to call Messi mediocre is absolutely ridiculous. He'd walk into any team in the world and be a first pick. Anyone who claims otherwise needs to stay off the glue

Well that's rather confusing, given that Ronaldo plays in the exact same league and plays in a team built around him.

So you think Ronaldo is better, that's fair enough, many people do. Is that it? Surely Ronaldo isn't the only player on the planet who is mediocre? What is it that makes Messi mediocre? P.S. I'm not claiming that I don't care (I'm interested in debate with everyone here) I just found it ironic that you claimed not to care, yet replied

Well then isn't it ironic that you think that I'd care about your long winded reply then? FWIW, if you truly believe that Messi is mediocre, I'd be interested to know your reasons why, and who you actually think is better than him? Seriously you don't win the as many honours as Messi by being mediocre.