itt liverpool not winning things; sandbox i love football

ah here comes craig

commentators making out McCarthy was ballsy for starting 4-4-2 but it was the only logical option really

he was waiting for you to remind him!

(xp)

bellamy 20 secs in and he's already told the ref to "fuck off you prick". Bless.

United fans showing faith in the squad by singing about Cantona

The way Everton have been playing for a draw is repulsive though. How low did they sink etc

we're fslling apart here

bellamy and barton rowing, how surprising

just seen rvi's goal. for fans of volleys :D

the sooner somebody like Bellamy kicks Joey Barton to death the better the world will be

They just replayed RVP's celebration. He runs to the bench and celebrates with the subs, but it's like Wenger did a reverse AVB by fleeing the scene

maybe they can kill each other and make everyone happy.

oh dempsey, own goal AND a missed penalty

just seen rvi's goal. for fans of volleys :D

― big popppa hoy, Saturday, December 10, 2011 5:43 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Permalink

and of Song passes!

United fans showing faith in the squad by singing about Cantona

Tbf it's sung every December

yeah i figured i just cdn't resist the dig

Comfortable as you like for United. McCarthy out.

at least he took time to praise phil jones this morning.

off the bar now to keep our woodwork ratio up

Thank Christ for that. Jeez that was hard work!

Billy Wright, Stan Cullis, Steve Bull, Andy Mutch - can you hear me Andy Mutch? Your boys etc, etc

the woodwork thing is fucking ridiculous, what can it be put down to? they've now hit it something like 17 times.

besides just a tiny bit crap shooting

Villa get their first away win of the season. Just took playing the worst team in the league.

Staking a claim as the best of the teams with a negative goal differential. Woohoo.

FourFourTwo look pretty stupid for only putting Rooney at six in their list now. Phil Jones should have been top five as well

EyeOfTheGuy on Twitter: "Alex Song must surely be recognised now as the best in his position in the league? World class again today."

didn't know sam was on twitter.

Arsenal. Played well enough, but jeez they squander a lot. Gervinho is useful because fast, but makes Walcott look ruthless. Song was fine but this was no masterclass. Rvp had an unremarkable day. Ramsey's good, he spots things early. The defence looked pretty poor, when Everton did solidify second half they were under pressure *a lot*.

What a goal though. I spend most of my time cursing people for not seeing passes straight away, not taking chances early & wasting them. I felt vindicated to see rvp do just that.

Everton. A little bit unfortunate to lose. Fellaini their best player by a distance, he knits everything together for them, has most composure, most vision, everything. When Saha went off and he went up front he was their best forward too. He's a bit Zidaney, actually. Cahill's good for what he is, very sticky. Baines and Coleman are decent though Coleman looks slow and I'd be working hard on his speed off the mark if I were his coach.

They're all decent really, but I'd fear for them without Fellaini, they'd be a side who could go down in a bad year.

They also brought on two lads whom I'd never heard of, Gueye and McAleny, both of whom showed a bit of spark.

Ground's nice if atmosphere-lite, but the queues for drinks were long and I could really have used a bovril today.

tbh i always thought of zidane as a proto-fellaini

IK, you are right about Fellaini, he was by far the best Everton player. I was really underwhelmed by their defending attitude, but thinking about it again, I just don't think Everton can do any better.

Damn, RVP's goal was magnificent.

It's funny, but when Everton took Saha off and replaced him with Distin they suddenly began matching Arsenal. They'd been defensive 'til then, but by pushing Fellaini from a Lucas role to an Adebayor role they became far more threatening. Maybe simply because Fellaini can win and hold the ball - Saha did nothing.

EyeOfTheGuy on Twitter: "Alex Song must surely be recognised now as the best in his position in the league? World class again today."

didn't know sam was on twitter.

― pandemic, Saturday, 10 December 2011 17:32 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink

i am but i only at 2 in the morning, liveblogging wrestling, so this isn't me.

tbh he didn't do much today. well except the ball for rvi for the goal.

i agree about fellaini. he's a remarkably odd player tho, 'adebayor as a defensive midfielder'. i think the only place he wld suit, if he were to make the step up, wld be united.

Real Madrid (4-2-3-1): Casillas; Coentrao, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo; Xabi Alonso, Diarra; Di Maria, Ozil, Ronaldo; Benzema

Subs: Adan, Albiol, Arbeloa, Khedira, Kaka, Callejon, Higuaín

Barcelona (4-3-3): Valdes; Alves, Pique, Puyol, Abidal; Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta; Cesc, Messi, Alexis

Subs: Pinto, Mascherano, Maxwell, Keita, Thiago, Pedro, Villa

Benitez in the Sky Sports studio

this better be good, i'm in sick all weekend and i need some excitement.

coyf

valdes ffs

I think I defended Valdes at some point and I would like to apologize.

waht

looooooooooool

i know it's only gone three minutes but so far this is terrible football

Real still tried to fuck it up

GOALFLASH: Real Madrid 1-0 Barcelona (Benzema)

2100: Captains Casillas and Puyol have shaken hands, and so have Mourinho and Guardiola, with the Portuguese kneeling down theatrically at the entrance to the tunnel to greet his rival. We have lift-off...

i cannot find 1 bloody stream that works.

Sam: http://www.firstrowsports.tv/watch/97028/1/watch-real-madrid-vs-fc-barcelona---i.html

I guess you can't use Sopcast? It really is the way to go

Messi has only scored once a away from home this season. Big game bottler?

i was using sopcast!