I find it strange that A. Faurlín has played some 200 league matches in Argentina and England, almost all of them below the top flight, he looks excellent to me.
― boxall, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
a lot of ppl seem to think faurlin is pretty good, could be the next charlie adam if some epl machers fancy throwing £7m or so to big tony f
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
if this whole round is just an excuse to give Utd two points
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭
same lineup as v chelsea by the look of it
does redknapp ever bother using all the squad players he wants so much
pienaar hasnt played a single epl game this season
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
defoe must be devastated that modric is the new LIW MAN in redknapps heart
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
and again Gio doesn't even make the bench :(
― boxall, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
that is pretty ridiculous with lennon out
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
He doesn't make the bench because he isn't actually any good.
Nearly every other result has gone our way over Christmas. Don't fuck this up Spurs.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
He is good though. For Mexico
― Number None, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
wow he has played 53 times for mexico at 22
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
Apps Goals AssistsRacing Santander 2010–11 16 5 2
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
that is pretty impressive for a 22 yr old in a primera liga team with fairly little attacking quality
I've only ever seen him be ineffectual for Spurs.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
since most of his scant playing time for spurs consists of sub appearances as a teenager under a manager who doesnt trust him, yeah
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
im not saying he is amazing, it's more that redknapp doesn't use his squad properly
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
seems like every EPL centre back thinks he's Alex now whenever there's a dead ball opportunity.
― boxall, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
Hold on, Pienaar hasn't played all season? He's a known quantity, only a few months after you offered him £90,000 a week - that's *almost* as wasteful a signing as the January window had to offer imo.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
hes been injured for some of that time but hes managed a few appearances in the cups, suggesting some sort of residual playing capacity
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
that is former ailsa favourite danny fox rite
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
Pienaar is very good yes and a much more mystifying omission and more deserving cause.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
I don't like the stripes on Spurs shorts. Looks like they have suspender straps hanging down.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
SandroDos Santos Pienaar Kranjcar
Dos Santos Pienaar Kranjcar
midfield unit that should get a runout at least 4/5 times a season tbh
― twice banned gabbage is death (p much resigned to deems), Tuesday, 27 December 2011 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
lot of wasteful play out there today from modric/bale
it's playing vdv rw that fucks this formation, as well as modric being less efficient at am
a proper manager would play one of pienaar/kranjcar/rose/dos santos rw, or shifting bale there
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
nice play there from adebayor and vdv
― twice banned gabbage is death (p much resigned to deems), Tuesday, 27 December 2011 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
vdv could be ok on the right when walker overlaps tbh, if he'd stay out there
― twice banned gabbage is death (p much resigned to deems), Tuesday, 27 December 2011 20:45 (twelve years ago) link
it's one of those fucking games where the ref will not get his fucking hole out the way of our passing lanes
― twice banned gabbage is death (p much resigned to deems), Tuesday, 27 December 2011 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
that last clause is an impossible to imagine hypothetical though (xp)
― boxall, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i'll admit that
corluka/walker right side imo
― twice banned gabbage is death (p much resigned to deems), Tuesday, 27 December 2011 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
vdv is useless at rw cuz he is a total liability defensively and isn't very fast and always tries to cut inside
abd lo he was almost exactly in the middle of the pitch just outside the penalty area, ie his proper place, when he played the pass for ade
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
walker rw would be worth trying vs a weak team too
adebayor's pulled up there goes the season
― twice banned gabbage is death (p much resigned to deems), Tuesday, 27 December 2011 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
was that ray wilkins' michael caine impersonation
― twice banned gabbage is death (p much resigned to deems), Tuesday, 27 December 2011 20:49 (twelve years ago) link
urt iz bleedin buttock
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 20:49 (twelve years ago) link
finish worthy of Walcott right there ...
― boxall, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
it's time for defoe pav in a 352 imo
― twice banned gabbage is death (p much resigned to deems), Tuesday, 27 December 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
Grand, some saving grace in this week.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 20:56 (twelve years ago) link
lovely
― boxall, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 20:56 (twelve years ago) link
raaah
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 20:57 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY6BycKCD3M
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
Good win for Spurs. Took the edge off Anderlecht conceding in the 84th minute to balls up a 30-1 accumulator.
― If you did that to me in Turkey, i'd have to kill you (ShariVari), Tuesday, 27 December 2011 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
bale/modric/ade etc are awes to watch, especially enjoying kyle walker too atm
i guess their exhaustion-derived springtime slump will coincide nicely with redknapp's trial
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
:(
how much did you have on it?
Not very much. I only gamble for fun, really.
― If you did that to me in Turkey, i'd have to kill you (ShariVari), Tuesday, 27 December 2011 21:31 (twelve years ago) link
never trust anderlecht
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 21:32 (twelve years ago) link
I'm finding it difficult to pine for second-tier players when we're playing this well. Darragh OTM about Walker and Corluka on the right, would rather see Walker in more of an advanced role than any of the other options. Pienaar and Kranjcar are left-side cover really. We do seem freakishly left-heavy considering the paucity of real options on the right.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 22:18 (twelve years ago) link
Anyway, three-horse race.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
I dunno, I still feel it hasn't settled yet. You should be gutted if you're not top London club, but I wouldn't quite count it out. Spurs can't get much better I feel, whereas Chelsea obviously can.
Was going to add that you should be disappointed not to finish above Utd tbh, but who knows how they're going to go from here. It must be a little devastating to City's fans at least to have them right on their shoulder after all that's happened so far.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
I don't think Man City fans have quite grown into that "entitled, big club" mentality yet so none of the ones I know seem all that devastated by only being top on goal difference.
And yeah, while Spurs should certainly feel like third is for the taking, actually challenging for the title? Umm....
― N1ck, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 22:41 (twelve years ago) link
Is it possible to slide tackle without endangering the safety of an opponent?
― Chris, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 22:55 (twelve years ago) link