struggling to displace nani, really
― bloating forecast: ruff swells (p much resigned to deems), Monday, 19 December 2011 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
☰☰☭☰☰ SHEFFIELD UNITED ☰☰☭☰☰ 6 WINS ON THE BOUNCE ☰☰☭☰☰
― caek, Monday, 19 December 2011 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
☰☰☭☰☰ LET'S HEAR MORE ABOUT ☰☰☭☰☰ SHEFFIELD UNITED ☰☰☭☰☰
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 19 December 2011 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
Valencia has been largely crap up until the last two games, where he's shown a semblance of his first season form. He's not struggling to displace Nani though. Young is his competitor for the other wing place and he's undergoing some sort of crisis so Valencia is comfortably first choice at the moment.
― Number None, Monday, 19 December 2011 17:03 (twelve years ago) link
It's posts like that which make me think darragh has never even seen TWP and co. in action
― Number None, Monday, 19 December 2011 17:18 (twelve years ago) link
i've never seen valencia on the left and i've rarely seen young effective on the right, so if there's a fault here i'm more than reasonably certain it's with either your comprehension or mr ferguson's tactical acumen tbph
― bloating forecast: ruff swells (p much resigned to deems), Monday, 19 December 2011 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
Nani plays on the opposite wing depending on his partner
― Number None, Monday, 19 December 2011 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
tho i've hardly made any bones about it- watching this utd team- since maybe cron/tevez/rooney axis of scrappiness- has not been high on my list of entertainment pursuits
― bloating forecast: ruff swells (p much resigned to deems), Monday, 19 December 2011 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
valencia competing with smalling these days anyway iirc
― bloating forecast: ruff swells (p much resigned to deems), Monday, 19 December 2011 17:30 (twelve years ago) link
Phil Jones is good to watch at least. Check him out sometime.
― Number None, Monday, 19 December 2011 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
i saw him try to break bale's ankle the first three mins of our season iirc
Nah, tbf utd are playing a little easier on the eye this season, tho i'd quite like to see how much better they'd be with a self-contained midfield pairing.
Course, most utd fans i know feel the same
― bloating forecast: ruff swells (p much resigned to deems), Monday, 19 December 2011 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
I can see Blackburn staying up. They keep scoring, which is something (although so did Blackpool RIP), three more league goals than Liverpool in 6th.
― mortified of ILX (onimo), Monday, 19 December 2011 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
I agree with that, but it'll have to be with Kean at the helm otherwise what's the point? Wigan are playing well enough in fits too and might get better. It's looking bad for Wolves if either of those improve significantly.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 19 December 2011 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
Villa are the absolute worst but are somehow 10th.
― Lucas: loved by chris, lots and lots (Chris), Monday, 19 December 2011 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
Was motd2 on last night? I was wanting to check out the Villa thrillfest this morning but my recorder didn't pick it up.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 19 December 2011 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
I've only seen a a fraction of the Prem this season obv but I've been most disappointed by Aston Villa and Everton. Both teams are appalling.
― lebateauivre, Monday, 19 December 2011 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
xp. Yeah, complete with Hansen and Dixon in Christmas jumpers. You didn't see the game then? Very comfortable for Liverpool. Villa were so bad I actually felt angry. At least with Stoke you can tell they have a gameplan. Villa are just, well, pointless.
― Lucas: loved by chris, lots and lots (Chris), Monday, 19 December 2011 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
look
just
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTHCAtI_Mf8
from 1:20 onwards, it's just too much. how can you not bow down before this great man
― bloating forecast: ruff swells (p much resigned to deems), Monday, 19 December 2011 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
amazing
― Chris, Monday, 19 December 2011 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
+1
― mortified of ILX (onimo), Monday, 19 December 2011 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
wls
― bloating forecast: ruff swells (p much resigned to deems), Monday, 19 December 2011 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
Really wish i could post the photo that accompanied his Sunday Times interview
― Number None, Monday, 19 December 2011 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
http://theresonlyonekeano.tumblr.com/
― awesome to have a clever englishman zinging yr enemies (nakhchivan), Monday, 19 December 2011 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
He's just a big teddy bear really
― Number None, Monday, 19 December 2011 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
a video of great beauty, on so so many levels
― lebateauivre, Monday, 19 December 2011 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
that was fantastic.
― big popppa hoy, Monday, 19 December 2011 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
Ah what a treat, miss u Roy
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 19 December 2011 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/362/cuddlywuddlywoy.jpg
I tell you, I'm never going back to wool now I've tried cashmere. It's so gentle next to my skin, it's like bathing in a meadow full of rose petals.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 19 December 2011 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
like i say, a lot of the lads will weear whatever gets sent to them, adidas, reebok, at the end of the day you're gonna get these offers and all credit to the lads you know they'll make their own decisions.
― bloating forecast: ruff swells (p much resigned to deems), Monday, 19 December 2011 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
lol espn soccernet
http://i.imgur.com/4n6gN.gif
― tumblr whineys (Cuauhtemoc Blanco), Monday, 19 December 2011 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
Haha - now I'm looking at the other headlines for hidden gags
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 19 December 2011 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
Wolves have conceded at least 2 goals in 11 out of 16 matches. blah blah it's difficult to score in the Prem blah blah strikers overpriced blah blah if your cunt of a manager who allegedly made a living as a centre back can't organise your defence to keep the occasional clean sheet then you're fucked whether you're playing England's best right back or Pele or Dixie Motherfucking Dean up front cos everybody knows the secret to finishing 12th on the reg is to be DIFFICULT TO FUCKING SCORE AGAINST YOU WANKERS
― Seed Production Scientist cum Head (Julie Lagger), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 00:19 (twelve years ago) link
also scott dann rip, clearly there was some sort of occult pact between them and mcleish which has now been broken
― awesome to have a clever englishman zinging yr enemies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 00:25 (twelve years ago) link
if Johnson was ShawXing dudes on the reg it wd at least be an improvement on his performance since August
still, rather be relegated than play like a McLeish team, never forget
― Seed Production Scientist cum Head (Julie Lagger), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 00:26 (twelve years ago) link
On 6 January 2011, it was announced that Brown would become the new manager of Preston North End,[26] replacing the sacked Darren Ferguson.[27] In his first season at Preston, he was unable to save the club from relegation. He stated that "I nearly broke down in front of the supporters. I hold myself responsible for relegation, end of story" however "Next season we will hit the ground running – one thing is for sure, we’ll be able to run".[28]
― awesome to have a clever englishman zinging yr enemies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 00:29 (twelve years ago) link
"A big factor in attracting me was manager Steve Bruce," Turner told Sunderland's website. "He has a real pedigree." "Michael is one of the country's premier central defenders and I have had my eye on him for a while," added Bruce.
"I've been looking to add size and strength to the back line and Michael fits the bill perfectly in that respect, as well as being an excellent technical footballer.
― awesome to have a clever englishman zinging yr enemies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 00:32 (twelve years ago) link
can't argue with Bruce's pedigree in dumping one go-nowhere club for the next one that offered him 3 quid a week more
― Seed Production Scientist cum Head (Julie Lagger), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 00:38 (twelve years ago) link
i think that was his first proper sacking? also mcleish has never been properly and summarily sacked, was a sort of benitez 'leave at the end of the season' ish
― awesome to have a clever englishman zinging yr enemies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 00:53 (twelve years ago) link
tscchhhh my least fav fitba hack daniel taylor just voted the goalshy golem's shinned volley vs city last year as the best EPL goal ever ever
― awesome to have a clever englishman zinging yr enemies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 01:11 (twelve years ago) link
I wouldn't say Bruce was a *bad* manager - he was perfectly good in a limited sort of way (i.e. avoiding relegation with middling clubs). I thought the reason he was disliked was because of his lack of loyalty at the start of his managerial career.
― The Artist Formerly Known As Teh HoBB, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 07:55 (twelve years ago) link
The reason I dislike him is because his teams are painfully shit to watch. They just seem like futile creations with no agenda. Most other clubs in the Premiership during his time have had a tactical ~way~ whether they are good or not, but Bruce teams have always been a hodge-podge of players just told to go out there and exist. Has he ever shown tactical nous? Like if you look at his signings they have always been 'well i need a centre forward' 'what type of centre forward?' 'who cares? just see who is available'.
It is the same thing of why people like Coyle more than they did Megson, at least Coyle's team play a tactic and play as a team, whether successful or not.
― big popppa hoy, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 08:08 (twelve years ago) link
I hate him for his disloyalty coupled with no problem ever finding a new sap to take him on, plus his toadying to Ferguson. Keano otm.
But mostly because he's just a nothing, no style, no interesting quirks, no particular reason to wish him or his teams well. You've got to hate someone, and absent a pantomime villain guys like Bruce are as useful for that as anyone.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 08:30 (twelve years ago) link
his whinging, dear christ the whinging.
He buys blanks that might be players but he can't whittle for shit
― bloating forecast: ruff swells (p much resigned to deems), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 09:22 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2bQ9xBoKxo
― lebateauivre, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 10:08 (twelve years ago) link
Ouch, I just found out about Scott Dann's injury and now I want to cry.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 11:42 (twelve years ago) link
argh, the rooney's video gone.
― Chris, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 14:58 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Feurle7qkfQ
― lebateauivre, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 15:00 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2011/nov/30/steve-bruce-sunderland-sacked
― Chris, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 15:01 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/AefLK.jpg
― awesome to have a clever englishman zinging yr enemies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 15:03 (twelve years ago) link
http://takusahrisau.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/mourinhosirbobbyronaldo.jpg
― delonge and winding refn (p much resigned to deems), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 18:38 (twelve years ago) link