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"The biggest Derby of the season returns...."

...and Spurs are gonna come out the victors.

I actually can't think of a better time to be playing Arsenal, off the back of two 'mares for them, and hopefully, not in full swing.

Granted, out bys aren't having the best run ever, but we're always up for this game. Our older players like King and Keane should get the younger lads gee'd up and players like Robbo are saying they can already sense the importance that this game has for the club and the fans. Always a good sign when your players are psyched up.

Edman is back, hopefully, which should firm up our defence a tad. I am also led to believe that Redknapp should be back, which is a great boost to the team.

Plus, Defoe is amazing, so we shouldn't have any problems :p

2-1 Spurs I reckon. Anyone else?

P.S. sorry if that post was rambled, I need to eat dinner and my hands are freezing, brr

P.P.S. Keller on loan to Southampton, good move

Villa v. Birmingham's usually pretty gritty too.

Anonymous wrote:
> Saints V Pompey...I don't think so

As somebody who has been to a Southampton vs. Pompey match, I would definitely put it up there.

It was a fantastic game and even my twin brother, who's a gooner, said he almost wanted to see it end 5-5. Would've been the perfect end to a crazy game.

Loads of gifted goals. I was quite pleased to see Cygan on the pitch, but in the end it was our centre backs who were the hopeless ones. Naybet: good on ya for your goal, but please never try carrying the ball out of defense yourself again, m'kay?

I reckon local derbies probably mean more to the fans and rivalries based on being the better team mean more to the players. Local derbies surely mean far less to the players these days when there's rarely any 'local' players in any team...

You can't say if it weren't for Naybet you'd have won though. If it weren't for him you could have lost without even scoring.

Lil Bro wrote:
> Now try telling me that's not the best derby you'll see this
> season....
>
> It's wasn't bleedin' King's fault, was fecking Naybet, gave it away
> too many times.

Both were sh!te to be honest. King tried playin Henry offside and got it totally wrong. Reyes should have scored when King totally missed his clearence, and King walking into the ball while in Robinsons hands led to another goal.

Anonymous wrote:
>
> Saints V Pompey...I don't think so
>
> Man Utd V City
> Liverpool V Man Utd
> Arsenal V Chelsea

Who said derbies have to be the biggest teams?

I'd say Saints vs. Pompey is probably the biggest, as far as hard-fought football is concerned.

Also, think of the less obvious ones. Norwich vs. Ipswich is one hell of a derby, as is the Newcastle vs. Sunderland one.

Oh, and also, think abroad!! Milan? Barca vs. Real? Munich? These are easily the biggest, the Munich one in particular is huge.

oops can't believe i missed everton liverpool!

Derby's are all about the tradition, and no game has a greater tradition than Spurs Arsenal. The two clubs hate eachother, you can ask any fan of either side. Trust me, if you asked an Arsenal fan whether they would rathe win the trophy at OT or WHL, it would be WHL every time.

Ashley wrote:
> er in order:
>
> Man utd vs City
> Saints versus Pompey
> Chelsea vs Arsenal
>
> those are the biggest derby.
>
> The first two for the history. Saints vs pompey is the most
> aggressive and hardest fought. Chelsea arsenal is the match of the
> two best quality teams

Saints V Pompey...I don't think so

Man Utd V City
Liverpool V Man Utd
Arsenal V Chelsea

something tells me caveat is Azul, back again

nothing better to do Azul? Can't face the fact you've been banned?