Early days yet, but Benfica are second behind Sporting Braga. Where have they come from? Perennial champions Porto are third, but have qualified fo the CL knockouts. The other big Lisbon team, Sporting, are 7th.

With Hull's almost certain relegation and consequent financial implosion, Hunt might have been better to have stayed with us. Or chosen a better team to go to.

Are the deluded "in Rafa we trust" brigade still trusting in Rafa?

A usual Bates incriminates himself out of his own mouth. When asked who owned the club Bates said him and one other. He later claimed there were several thousand shares owned by other people, but he didn't want to say who they were. David Conn reported this. So who is "destroying Leeds United's...

Dorset-Knob Yeah! and if Custer had seen one less indian on the day at Wounded Knee, it would have been a picnic for him and the seventh cavary!

I don't think the number of Indians at Wonded Knee would have bothered Custer much. He had been dead for 14 years.

Magnus Oxford have more of a history.

Hardly. They were formed in 1893, were called Headington United until 1960 and didn't enter the league until 1962. In fact few clubs have less history than them.

Agreed re Howard - a booking at least, but he raised his hand, and to the head of his opponent, and by rights should have been off. And the replay suggests Maierhoff did little wrong in his challenge for the ball, and that it was Howard's reaction that got him sent off. Agreed. At full speed you ca...

What I can't see is why everybody is moaning after the games against Boro and WBA. We were just starting to get ourselves sorted, having won at Preston, and then we come up against two teams who were both in the top three when we played them. Of course we lost to them. Why the outrage? In fact if Mc...

Probably not far off it. I've got a lot of time for Rafa, but to leave Mascherano on the bench with Gerrard and Torres already out, and to play someone like Jay Spearing, makes little sense at all (unless Spearing has genuinely been pulling up trees in the stiffs). Defeat next week at home to Unite...

Argentina will go through, draw tonight. Even if they lose ecuador have chile away and chile are too strong - already qualified. Arengtina will get someone crap like new zealand in the play-offs should they lose. 32-0 win. Germany already qualified and lose (or are losing) at home to Finland. More ...

I can't believe that noboby has said this, so I will:

F*ck off newbie.

chelsea are just a disgusting mercenary club with disgusting mercenary players like cashley cole and worst of all, drogba - the guy is the biggest disgrace in world football gerrard dives more than drogba m8 that's just not true! It is true that numerically Drogba dives more, but all over the pitch...

Yes, they rely hugely on Drogba. And of course he will be pissing off to Africa for a month or so and I don't think the others rely on an African quite so much (maybe Adebayor at Citeh). BTW why is the African Nations not once every four years and in the Euro nations tear? And why not out of the reg...

I think it's great fun that Man City and possibly Spurs are breaking up the big four. A bit early to make assumptions and a pity that Citeh are doing it by money alone, but if the two of them manage to keep it up and end up in the top four it will be a big laugh to see two of the present "big f...

Strap is correct. We equalled our record by not beating Birmingham City on the final day of the regular season last year. We're now on to 14 league games without a win. 15 if you count the play-off with Burnley as a "league" game. if you count Burnley you might as well count Burton as wel...

My beef is with goal kicks. The rule on this changed years ago for some reason. You previously had to take the goal kick from the side it went out, but now you can take it from any side. Cue goalies who take them from the left all game, but when they are winning 1-0 with 5 minutes to go they suddenl...

And don't get me started on seeding for the finals. We have already won our group and might even get 10 wins out of 10. BUT we didn't qualify for the 2008 Euros and went out of the 2006 World Cup in the QF. So Germany, France and Argentina, even if they all qualify through play-offs, will no doubt ...

To be fair he did say 'can' and not 'will'.

And don't get me started on seeding for the finals. We have already won our group and might even get 10 wins out of 10. BUT we didn't qualify for the 2008 Euros and went out of the 2006 World Cup in the QF. So Germany, France and Argentina, even if they all qualify through play-offs, will no doubt b...

Capello must be doing something right. Gerard and Lampard four goals between them. Who can't play together in a team?