Also of his generation he will be the only England player to go down as an all time great. Alan Shearer is only 4 years older than Beckham I would but him in the 'Golden' Owen/Gerrard/Ferdinand etc generation, Shearer retired as these guys were coming through. And out of that bunch he is the only o...

Why does it supposedly count against Becks that he wasn't great at some things? In his prime he was the best at what he did, and worked very hard to keep himself at that level. Football needs more pros like him, instead of the cockend 'gifted' types who have lots of natural ability but an awful atti...

TBM Surprised Kes hasn't posted this yet

What has Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid beating Man Utd got to do with Chelsea?

They are playing Barnsley. But either way will be a really interesting afternoon.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with their first goal. Feds hesit8d plain and simple.

You're questioning Beckham's England career? Seriously?

I always thought Batty and Ince were a good midfield pairing, very hard working and committed. Maybe not the most talented as such, but certainly a good pairing at the time.

Unfortunately my dream of a comedy end to the season has been left in tatters, with Phil Brown taking the Southend job.

Pepe the Horseman I'll be distraught if it's Di Canio.

+1

Phil Brown would add a gr8 comical element to the end of our season.

Ridiculous decision. Too late for anyone coming in to do anything, and Brian would do a good job next year no doubt.

There you go, there's Brian's stonewall penatly for post match bingo.

Every game, every incident is different. To me common sense and subjectivity is much more important. And TBF the rules can't really be applied objectively, they are too vague.

But people do get sent off for going full blooded into 50-50s these days, and every time it happens in a high profile game, there is the same outcry from people who haven't learned. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying I agree with the rule changes which take this element of contest and physicality o...

creative_username_1 Whatever Adrian Durham says happened will confirm my opinion (i.e. the opposite).

TBF he is just going to troll United fans. He says whatever it takes to get people to call in.

Trying to control the ball at chest height when you're flying through the air at pace towards another player is definitely dangerous play, yes. But then surely any 50/50 tackle is dangerous play, if you are going into a full blooded challenge? Football is a contact sport, things like tonight will h...

Genuinely amazed how many of you think it's a sending off. There was no way it was violent conduct, a high foot absolutely, but there was absolutely no intent to injure Arbeloa (?) Intent has nothing to do with it. Dangerous play = red. Rules have changed in the last 5 years or so. So trying to con...

Genuinely amazed how many of you think it's a sending off. There was no way it was violent conduct, a high foot absolutely, but there was absolutely no intent to injure Arbeloa (?)

Avon Royal It's only a shock because it was given against Man Utd at Old Trafford.

Handsome Man It was never going to be anything else though. The ref saw it, so Nani had to go off.

Nt sr f srs...

United can feel very hard done by. No way back now.

VictorDMor And the question still remains: Is Jimmy Kébé the greatest man that ever lived?

There is no question. It's an undisputable fact.