I might be wrong about the 17,000 tickets- so dont hold me to that. I was told though by a guy who has been with United that each club gets 17k or so for the final- with the rest going to corporate hospitality. Makes me sick.

I'd love it if your ticket turned out to be a fake that someone had made printed on a cracker

Be lucky to get tickets for the final if you don't go to the semi. Been talking to a United fan and he reckons we'd get 17,000 tickets if we got to the final. Assuming we do take 16,000 (approx) on Saturday, that leaves the rest of us scraping the pennies together (and fighting for) the last 1,000 or so tickets.

It's not fair to abuse those of us who can't make it. £45 a ticket + £20 to get down per person. I'm sorry we're not going to sell out all our application, but some people simply can't get to the game- and shouldn't be criticised if they've got a genuinely good reason.

Intersting fact. Henry has scored 30 goals for Arsenal this season. 24 have them have been scored at Highbury- only 6 at other grounds. I'm afraid I'll be an armchair supporter on Saturday- can't afford to go.

Finally got a half decent youth pull. Not great, but should raise me 50-70k. 18 year old with 400 TSI and Solid Defending. Hoping to spend about a million quid on one signing in the near future. Thinking between a centre back or a striker.

Give Matteo a few more games and he'll be a contender.

Speaking of Oumar Konde, I was on a quiz machine with some mates the other day. It was a football hang man game, and one of the categories was "Rovers Heroes". We selected Rovers heroes in the thought that I should be able to get it- got a few letters, but still had no idea. Then when we lost it revealed the answer- Oumar Konde. Ha Ha- hero, didn't think he even ever got a first team game.

I won 3-0. Still not ready for promotion though, I think I'll throw the last game. Another crappy youth pull too. Only an inadeqate defender. My brother, who has a solid youth set up (level below me), pulled an 18 year old midfielder with solid playmaking and solid passing with 1500 TSI. I've only had one decent player in the 6/7 weeks i've had an excellent youth team (an excellent defender)

Q: Who has scored for Newcastle United at Wembley under the managership of Kevin Keegan and then later in their career came on as substitute goalkeeper for an injured Peter Schmeichel for Manchester United in a European match?

Earl Barrett (?), Luther Blissett, Gary Mabbut

Probably very wrong- but Peter Schmeichel?

For the Derbies Question- is it Andrei Kanchelskis?

He'd played for us and retired before the premier league ever started. No, Moran played with us in until 93/94. Is there an echo in here?

Thought it might have been Paul McGrath, but he left United two years before the Premiership started - (so esentially this is a totally pointless post )

What an unfortunate turn of phrase Ha Ha! Good work!

He already has. Sort of. Ronny Johnson - did he get a start on the left wing at all? I've heard that Souness likes centre backs playing further forward. I remember first game of the season- the team was baffling. Matteo in central midfield with Tugay on the bench from the start. Friedel, Emerton, Amoruso, Short, Gresko, De Pedro, Ferguson, Matteo, Gray, Yorke, Stead I'm still utterly confused by that team. If anyone else recognised a formation that day please help me. I'd always been a Souness supporter till the shambles that was this starting line up.

an excellent purchase for those struggling to find a large boys shirt

A fifth straight league win keeps me top of my league. Don't think I want to go up this season. The team that went up from my division last season has lost every game in the higher division this season. I think I'll need at least one more season in level 6 after this to give me any chance of competing at the next level- so a few strange team selections may be called for in the last games of the season . Another season of experience will help too as my players have absolutely pathetic experience.

Said it all for me, it will be all good until he sells Robert to buy 35 year old Neville Strongbottom from Rangers Reserve *Please note there is no such player as Chunky, I was being sarcastic in regard to the Souness spending habits Is Neville Strongbottom real then?

Anyone got any idea how much the 125th Annivarsairy shirts are worth now? I know there were 1250 made, but thinking many will be in poor condition now. I've got one still with all the labels, in its original bag (never been worn) and in the rovers box they were sold in. Just wondered if it was worth anything now, or will it not be worth much for a long time yet?

Here's my squad. I've put their relevant ratings next to them. GLK - Keeper, DEF- Defending, MID- Playmaking, WNG- Winger STR - Scoring. I've put a star next to the ones that have come through my youth team. I've got about 500k spare to spend on a player. Where is the best area to strengthen? Opinions please. GLK 1. Buck PASSABLE 21 * 13. Rylance PASSABLE 19 * DEF 2. Bailey PASSABLE 21 5. Pearce SOLID 18 * 6. Gleeson PASSABLE 28 12.Main PASSABLE 21 * 20.Kilderry EXCELLENT 19 * MID 3. Honneger FORMIDABLE 20 8. Kampotsakis FORMIDABLE 19 14.Emery EXCELLENT 20 * 18.Bhattacharya SOLID 19 * 23.Koltzau PASSABLE 17 25.Lubek PASSABLE 17 WNG 7. Kjellskog PASSABLE 21 11.Ariyapadi PASSABLE 27 17.Kriesler SOLID 20 * STR 9. Rabeling SOLID 21 10.Evans PASSABLE 26 15.Pumphrey PASSABLE 23 16.Dyrsjo SOLID 19

There was a topic on here a few months back, about a group of Newcastle fans who had started a campaign. http://www.souness-out.co.uk/ They had a message board and were trying to get t-shirts made to get Souness the sack. Thought I'd try and go on the site this morning, and its mysteriously disappeared. Wonder if they couldn't afford to keep it going? Perhaps it's more to do with the fact they're in the FA Cup Semi Final, UEFA Cup quarter final, and have won their last 8 matches- or am I just being cynical.

Ha Ha- are you allowed to say that?

We've only conceded 11 in last 21 games now (12 clean sheets- only Cardiff and Newcastle managed two against us). I had a look, and in the ten games Ryan Nelsens played for us, we've only let in 3 goals (Chelsea, Boro, Burnley). LAST 21 GAMES P21 W10 D6 L5 F21 A11 NELSENS 10 GAMES P10 W6 D2 L2 F11 A3 OTHER TEAMS LAST 21 GAMES (GOALS AGAINST) Man United 9 ROVERS 11 Chelsea 12 Arsenal 18 Newcastle 18 Liverpool 21 Without Henry on Saturday, you've got to fancy our chances of getting at least a point out of the game. Hope they're not too tired after a few games close together though.