Projected table based on latest scores
Position Team P GD PTS
Full Premier League table
1 Man City 14 35 38
2 Man Utd 15 21 36
3 Tottenham 14 12 31
4 Arsenal 15 8 29
5 Chelsea 14 14 28
considering the unspoken potential for lols at city, this is a v. open season, 5 teams still kinda in the race by december.
spurs dominating possession now, but adebayor looking wasteful and vdv invisible
parker having his worst game for spurs too
vdv and adebayor completely lacking interest, lennon and bale aren’t on their toes, walker not one bit bothered about defending either goal, and the ref happy for it to be a physical affair- yep, we’re going down here today
Shotton just had one of the worst halves of someone purporting to be a professional footballer I’ve ever seen. He also set up 2 goals by throwing it very far.
VDV has been poor. Why is Bale right and Lennon left?
considering the unspoken potential for lols at city, this is a v. open season, 5 teams still kinda in the race by december.
― big popppa hoy, Sunday, December 11, 2011 4:34 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink
If City win tmrw there is no way in hell that Arsenal or Chelsea are making up 12/13 pts on them in the 2nd half of the season.
bale and lennon switch wings all the time. people like to complain about it. can’t see spurs scoring off crosses anyway with 11 stoke players in their own box.
considering the unspoken potential for lols at city, this is a v. open season, 5 teams still kinda in the race by december.
pandemic otm.
lennon more use on left tbh, bale better off cutting in today as we’ve nobody in the box
i hate it when they call him ‘scotty’ parker
ref’s a fuckin clown, tho that was a peno all day
ffs three penos missed by ref and a good goal chalked off
another handball refs a cunt
‘it’s rarely dull here at the britannia’ gtfo
he saw that alright the rotten cunt
spurs getting totally hosed by the ref here today. Shawcross can fuck off as well. Woodgate should have been off in the first half also.
sounds like Chris Foy has had a proper shitshow
ha xp
why are these inbreds booing modric
he got in the way of some great stoke defending
if the defender pulls his foot back after kickin you it’s no foul in stoke
foy’s a cunt, i dunno what was in that for him today but that was a rotten show of cheating he endorsed
this is effed up — same referee disallowed stoke goal in same fixture last season, surely they are (if not entirely consciously) liable to favour stoke?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8928595.stm
refs are pliable enough when faced with 30k angry reets without a guilt complex too
dunno but for him to book kaboul after the penalty shout was a disgrace
Fuck stoke tho
nah that’s fair enough, it was a booking and allowing it to ‘even things out’ is corrupt
Yep, just popping in to say the ref had a shocker
Modric did dive though tbf
Was that a towel Shotton had stitched into his shirt?
hammer blow to the title hopes
Yeah Chris, towels have been outlawed so he had a special towelshirt. FA inquiry on Monday
Abraham Zapruder’s ghost just sent me this gif
yeah that’s a dive alright.
ps alexis!!!!!!!!!1111111111
and c ron is a big bottling fan dan
this is a v. open season, 5 teams still kinda in the race by december
Hmmmmmm. Not really. City are 10 points clear of 5th-placed Chelsea. Looking back, the last four seasons were all closer than this in mid-December. This time last year only 3 points separated the top four and Spurs in 5th were just 7 points back (and Bolton and Sunderland were only 9 points back). The last time the pack were out of contention by mid-December was 2006.
ok but utd have lost their best players (pea and vidic) and i still feel their is a major collapse at city, making those 10 points less of a gap than they seem atm. i think it could be fun up until march (in which utd just run away with it.)
It all depends on City having a bad patch, but there’s no particular reason why they should. They’re destroying nearly everyone and it’s not because they’re in exceptional form imo, they’re just a stronger squad of better players playing in line with their ability. Everyone else bar maybe Chelsea is more likely to suffer a dip, and that’s only because Chelsea have just had theirs.
They employ Balotelli and you say there’s no particular reason?
http://www.101greatgoals.com/gvideos/eden-hazard-v-dijon/
Hazard on how to ‘pass it into the goal’ commentator cliche. (Totally ruined by the post-goal stadium musics but a fun goal nonetheless.)
He’s a good player though. Anyway, haul him off, put on Agüero, sorted.
I don’t really know what’s going to happen—I feel there’s about a 50% chance that City will just pull away and win by >10 points, but there’s also a 50% chance things will stay fairly tight for a while. I could see City having a wobble, but I’d be very surprised if they had a total implosion—I can’t see them finishing lower than second. I could see United coming anywhere from first to fourth.
all of that sounds about right
That sounds about right. Tomorrow night could be absolutely key actually—on paper it’s the hardest game City have left this season(!)
fuck stoke foy & the fa that perpetuate reffing like today’s everyone out
deems otm
still feel utd are the team to push city, if there is one
van de vaart’s corner in the 1st half was fine wasn’t it? i.e. the ball was hanging over the edge of the quadrant? referee in not knowing the laws of the game shocker.
wdn’t wholly rule out Spurs yet, wd probly rule out everybody else, unless something is slouching to be born at Chelsea
malaga not going to sell baptista in january
ps fwiw no team that plays like we did in that 1st half gets to complain abt a result tbf
fuck’s sake. watching highlights, we should have had damn near double figure penalties.
Unbelievable display from Foy- it’s not bias, he just didn’t give two fucks about enforcing the rules and that suited the team of yob cunts.
It was the bad karma after the Modric dive.
and the contact with modric is clear and significant imo
xp but in any case
Whether he dived or not, there were plenty of legitimately blown calls in that game. Rough to watch as a neutral; can’t imagine if one had an interest in either side.
with a cruel hangover and in front of an unsympathetic crowd of mainly lfc supporters
I took lumps out there today
oof.
wtf the fa really are looking into the towel thing?
Priorities
xp yeah, if you wanna talk about karma.....
strike for vaughan!
robinson- still doing that little jump before conceding from distance
ade’s disallowed goal came from this
prompting harry to say
‘The linesman, he’ll watch it tonight, when his wife’s making him a bacon sandwich and he’ll think: ‘F*** me what have I done there today?’
COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE
kaboul otm
I avoided the sandbox soccer thread last week, after our (Norwich’s) humbling by Man City, but after this weekend I thought I’d pop my head in.
Pretty pleased with that result, even if the referee was appalling (1 blatant handball by Holt, 3 by various Newcastle players—including one in the box and one right on the edge of the box, and a pretty shady red card for Newcastle).
Our next two fixtures look ok too (away to Everton and Wolves, but then home to Tottenham, who I fully expect to destroy us).
Haven’t had a chance to watch MOTD yet, so don’t have an opinion on the other games yet. Just thought, as the token Norwich fan, I should pop in.
rah!
I dunno how i expect us to react to this tbh, but if you play the two big lads up front you’ll get some joy.
☰☰☭☰☰ SHEFFIELD UNITED ☰☰☭☰☰ 5 WINS ON THE BOUNCE ☰☰☭☰☰
You’ve got to be pretty happy xp, excellent home form is the essential for new clubs imo (same points as undefeated Liverpool, pah).
likely outcome of foy’s perf:
FA charge for towel jersey -note that ref refused to deal with timewasting during the match
FA charge for Harry Redknapp for criticising Foy
Three points for execrable Stoke, none for loveable Spurs
Lols at loveable Spurs fans
No charge for despicable cheat Luka Modric
? Missed that one tbh
Diving and that
duplicate message
Don’t tell me i need to post the gif again?
should we start a sandbox thread on the categories of fouls that justify your falling over or otherwise?
imo, if someone kicks you on the shin while you’re trying to play football, fuck em. Stoke get away with enough.
gif shows a foul in the box, idgi
want to see a gif of woodgate’s two-footed slide on ekotto in the first half, tbh, a foul anywhere else on the pitch.
LBI—Is Jetro Willems any good?
I’m prepared to anoint him as the saviour
Less breakable than the Da Silvas you would hope
Had to laugh at Fabio lasting thirty minutes and Rafael sixty in the Palace game. I genuinely can’t remember Fabio completing a full match for Utd
Copa del Rey Preview: Ponferradina v Real Madrid
Back to business for Jose Mourinho’s side after the Clasico loss on Saturday as they travel to Leon to start the defence of their Copa del Rey title
just the time for ronaldo to score another four goals and prove he is the best in the world
There doesn’t need to be contact for a foul to be comitted. A free kick/penalty is awarded if a player “trips or attempts to trip an opponent”. Foy obviously felt that Whelan either tripped or attempted to trip Modric and that it wasn’t a genuine attempt to win the ball.
LBI—Is Jetro Willems any good?
― pandemic, Monday, 12 December 2011 14:30 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Permalink
Oh he’s talented alright. Has only played seven games so far, he wasn’t even playing in the second squad, he’s only 17. But the two left-backs before him got injured.
He’s made a really good impression so far, considering he’s only 17 and all of a sudden is needed. He made one huge error against Feyenoord a week ago, leading to a F’noord goal. But it was the type of error one can make when so young I think. I genuinely think he’ll have learned from that.
It’s bizarre to hear ManU think he can replace Evra in time; so many things that could go wrong still in his development. He’s still quite ‘shy’ (or just cautious?) making the play himself, but for once there’s a back at PSV who not only attacks decently but can actually defend. Which, in my eyes, is a quality so often overlooked for defenders, y’know, the actual defending.
Ps. Plz don’t buy him already as we like him here ok thx bye
Thx for that mate
full backs being able to defend is so last century
looking a lil bit rapegaze
Ha xps, good luck getting a foul for an attempted trip without diving.
Prefer chillwave Balotelli
yeah, that’s exactly my point, ismael
what happened to ross barkley is he still around
Style of play
A tactical player, Luiz is known for his flair, technique with the ball, powerful long-range shooting, tackling, reading of the game and an aerial threat in defence and attack. He has been harshly criticised while with Chelsea for his rash tackling and decision making at times, making him an inconsistent centre back. [24]
On 01 December 2011, David Luiz was one of 55 nominees, and an undoubted favourite, for the FIFPro World XI team[25] . This naturally makes a mockery of some of the criticsm he has received from members in the English media.
so prolly no one here that cares much but the Mexican Apertura final last night was quite entertaining. Tigres won 3–1 at home after claiming the first leg 1–0 at Santos. extremely chippy, 3 sendings-off including the Santos keeper (the odious Oswaldo “Dirty” Sanchez). it’s the first title for Tigres in something like 29 years so they’re loving it.
I’ve been meaning to learn more about Mexican footy for a while, because it’s an absolute black hole as far as Britain is concerned, other than Hugo Sanchez and the recent few EPL imports I guess. I couldn’t even’ve told you they did the apertura/clausura thing.
Meantime, predictions for tonight? 1–2 I reckon, City hanging on a bit for the win. Hopefully via a JT screw-up for which he volubly blames Luiz.
following/learning about the primera is hard even in the USA if you’re a non-Spanish speaker. I constantly have to go to my Mexican-American friends to explain things. Goal.com has some good English coverage.
I was actually watching the final w/ one Irish-American and one English expat, huge footy fans both, and they both agreed that Mexico is ripe for plundering as far as cheap quality signings goes. it’s definitely a moneyed league but not one that is above selling.