How many L'pool fans do we have in Wazua let alone outside England? Most of them moved to Chelsea when Abramovich came in. Arsenal have not won a trophy for the last 5 years yet we have one of the biggest fan base in East Africa alone....it just keeps increasing. People will always appreciate clubs that play attractive football,that is why I've always been a Barca fan even before they started winning trophies again.

I used to like L'pool fans because of the passion they hard for their club but most of them just disappeared.

Very true.
You only need to hear the noise emitted when Arsenal concedes against other teams such as the game against leeds.It was like Leeds has fans on loan.....we know of course from where.

Are you high @anasazi? What have you been smoking? There are more Arsenal fans watching Man U games than Arsenal games! Walk into a random club during a game and see for yourself. Heck, they were even watching Man U's game against Crawley in droves yesterday.

I was watching Sky Sports prior to the match and they were analysing the different formations that SAF would have at his disposal for the game. The guy reckoned SAF would go with a 4-5-1 formation with Berba lone striker and Rooney coming in from the left....and that's exactly what SAF did.

While one has to be careful with formation away, I think he could have shown some more adventure in the 2nd half after seeing what Marseille had to offer...which was completely nothing!He did but it was a little bit too late as those guys were defending high up. % shots and one shot on target summed up the night, frankly no team deserved anything from the match. Hopefully we'll have Ryan Giggs back for the return coz he's the only one who shows some creativity in midfield.

Jus Blazin clearly you didn't watch the Inter Bayern game to the end, Julio Ceasar blundered at the death and gifted Bayern a precious away goal!...Saw the highlights and wished I had watched that game...it was open and flowing, E'too still as sharp as ever but Bayern look a very dangerous side with Robben and Ribery back in the team, I think they could be the surprise package this season...surprise because most pundits have been mentioning Barca and Real, with the rest a close second.

But I was disappointed with Man Utd's performance, Deschamps said he'd be satisfied with a goalless draw and that's what his team played for...I would have expected SAF to play for more...I remember Robben's away goal last season with pain

C& P from ESPN Soccernet

"Marseille and Manchester United played with similar tactical plans (4-2-3-1) on the following night 200 miles south. While it's necessary to acknowledge the amount of injuries in the United midfield, a central trio comprised of a pair of sitters in Carrick and Fletcher and Darron Gibson roaming in front didn't convince us of a team who had gone to the south of France looking for the result which would finish the tie."

SAF should have more confidence in his defense and be more adventurous against teams like Marseille. What would it have cost us if we had won 2-1 or been beaten 2-1, or even drawn 1-1? A nil nil score is a dangerous one when the other team gets a goal at OT and pack the bus!

We need creative mid-fielders in Summer, retain Park, Anderson and Fletcher and do away with Carrick, Gibson and the ever unrealiable, should stay injured Evans. O'Shea can be substituting Rafael for now. The likes of Modric (and other)should be easy pickings if Spurs don't make it for another CL campaign.

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE LAST 16 DRAW

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Benfica Vs. Paris Saint-Germain
Dynamo Kiev Vs. Manchester City
FC Twente Vs. Zenit St. Petersburg
CSKA Moscow Vs. FC Porto
PSV Eindhoven Vs. Rangers
Bayer Leverkusen Vs. Villarreal
Ajax Vs. Spartak Moscow
Liverpool Vs. Braga


-First legs to be played on Thursday 10 March 2011, and the return legs to be played on Thursday 17 March 2011.

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