Only just turned the match on—has there been an awkward conversation with Neville about AVB and those Luiz comments?
Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Terry, Cole, Ramires, Romeu, Meireles, Sturridge, Drogba, Mata. Subs: Turnbull, Lampard, Torres, Mikel, Malouda, Ferreira, Kalou.
Man City: Hart, Zabaleta, Lescott, Kompany, Clichy, Milner, Toure Yaya, Barry, Silva, Aguero, Balotelli. Subs: Pantilimon, Dzeko, Johnson, Savic, Nasri, Toure, De Jong.
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear)
Lolz not even on the bench? Going for a home win. Also predict it will be dull but as I’m gonna watch it, I hope I’m wrong on this one.
Lol.
― jim in glasgow, Monday, 12 December 2011 19:32 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink
beautiful.
i have the option of watching this or *redacted* prob gonna go with *redacted* y’all enjoy yrselves
‘as good as messi?’ lol sky
*redacted* on a football thread makes me assume that dizzy is up to something he’s gonna need a lawyer and a media team to deal with
heh no just a house sans siblings for a change tbph
By 10 ‘o’clock this evening, Manchester City could lead Chelsea by 13 points in the Premier League. It’s worth dwelling on that – 13 points. On 12 December last season, the then Premier League leaders Manchester United had put 13 points between themselves and Birmingham, who were 16th.
Goodness.
and Utd were still unbeaten, too
Too cool
LOOL I missed it.
worth not redacting for
ice cold where’s alex
damn when i heard terry complaining about ‘effin kun’ i thought
‘daniel was released by manchester city as a youngster’ uhm yeah 60k pw helped u imagine
he was otm
damn kun
Chelsea are an absolute shambles at the back
sturridge was released by city?
i was otm about him in that thread obv
the one abt him being the best player at the time he joined the epl, not the one abt him being better than rooney
I kinda wish this game was dull. I am too headachy for 100 mile a minute type stuff.
a hoy was also otm abt sil/bal/ag being the most interesting attack in europe this season
silkunbalo
‘excellent technique john terry’
troo although actually dzeko’s form has been the best part of city this season imo. mainly cos he looked shit when he came in jan and it was nice to see him settle instead of just being forgotten about and replaced like rich clubs have a habit of doing.
totes, i like dzeko
Game needed that
clichy is poo
watchin this on delay, htf is meirelles still on the pitch
oooh roma-juve is on as well. gonna watch that instead, sounds more interesting.
ok i cannot get a stream to work. its like the internet doesn’t like me anymore.
toure has backed himself to walk in this game
jesus what’s clattenburg for? Did a technical player fuck his gran in front of him?
Kompany too. This is all Chelsea.
Buffon just saved a penalty too
Wilkins actually purring at Mata
rightly so tho tbf
Only thing worse than a ref who wants to run things is a ref afraid of handling things
jesus what’s clattenburg for? Did a technical player fuck his gran in front of him?
― bloating forecast: ruff swells (p much resigned to deems), Monday, 12 December 2011 21:12 (2 minutes ago)
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Mata being racist?
Clichy beats them to it
god what a fucking piece of shit clichy is
assumed racism tbh
clichy is poo
― schalke nult fear (nakhchivan), Monday, 12 December 2011 20:36 (40 minutes ago) Bookmark
ikr
lol
he’s no ekotto
clichy has been making shitty mistakes for years
the fateful draw vs birmingham in feb 2k8 that derailed arsenal’s best/only title challenge in recent years was down to a stupid clichy mistake
if they had won that, despite shock of the the eduardo injury, their fragile confidence might have stayed intact...
instead it was gallas crying and the rest is history
silva barges mata, an impact they’d struggle to measure at CERN
chelsea’s best five mins of the season?
yeah clichy making the mistake of a legit clean tackle fucked up our season
silva barges mata, an impact they’d struggle to measure at CERN
hahaha
oh look a clip of him getting the ball and not the man
/football traumas i’ll never get over
WTF was that noise Wilkins made just now?
That thing where one commentator says he’d be thinking about bringing X on, the co-commentator agrees that yeah, bringing X on is *exactly* what he was thinking about; then the camera cuts to the bench and lo, X is already stripped and standing in full view of the entire stadium.
that was p much a pen for stupidity hence justified
Andy Gray was the master of that xpost
kinda hate avb
the acronym and the passagg mourinho hommage
kinda hate “avb”
damn
^^
how u seeing this so quick
lescott is a bit clichyish tbf
Not sure the penalty was ‘fabulous’ or ‘top quality’ tbh
Wilkins otm tbf
Wilkins’ reaction to the substitution was great!
fabulous substitution by avb, really top drawer
OH NO
does ray wilkins fuck the aunts of every chelsea player or this avuncularity shit just for show
Haha, I meant the groaning ‘ohhh no...’
what’s mario doin there
ugh, the ‘PC1’ on Cech’s mask
He’s gonna go full crash helmet one of these days
Awesome ten seconds from City, that
respect, maan
lol was gonna say
ya
tbrr martin tyler has probably talked to fewer black ppl than his controversial 14th century namesake wat
gnev was enthusing about meirelles’ run into the box for the goal when the nonentity brayed across him to note that d sturridge was english or w/e and gnev’s look of sudden disgust was a1
Why oh why did we force Meireles out?
id even k that dude’s name, he is just wallpaper
Terrific seeing-a-match-out from Chelsea the last ten minutes.
neville is pretty great, as will have been noted
luv u chelsea
yah chelsea were good but the narrative is so fucking boring, new manager comes in and tries to change everything & play football etc, everything goes to shit, then it’s back to the 2k6 mourinho template and lamps and drog and ehhh w/e
lol
foy, hoy & a hoy hoy boy ‘coys’ goys
but whoy
Arsenal look set to head into the hectic festive schedule with no recognised full-back after it was confirmed André Santos would be out of action for around three months with ligament damage to his right ankle.
The club revealed on Monday that the Brazil international – who had impressed in recent matches following his August transfer deadline move from Fenerbahce – was set to have surgery in his home country after sustaining the injury in what was effectively a meaningless final Champions League group game away against Olympiakos last week.
i mean
i have never seen so many fans of small indie clubs who are struggling along on the money they make from selling fan DVDs at their indie games as i have hating Man City in the last 6 months
Nando’s clearly not good enough for Bendtner.
Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher is to take a break from football after being diagnosed with a chronic inflammatory bowel condition.
The Scottish international has made just eight Premier League appearances this term, scoring in the 6–1 defeat to Manchester City at Old Trafford.
He has not featured for the Red Devils since the 2–2 draw with Benfica in the Champions League on November 22.
“On behalf of Darren Fletcher, Manchester United wishes to announce that he is taking an extended break from football for health reasons,” read a statement on the club’s official website.
“Over the past year he has had several absence periods which we have attributed to a viral illness in order to respect his right to medical confidentiality. Darren has, in fact, been suffering from ulcerative colitis (a chronic inflammatory bowel condition) for some time preceding this.
”Whilst he was able to maintain remission of symptoms for a considerable period this has proved more difficult recently and Darren’s continued desire to play and his loyalty to both his club and country has probably compromised the chances of optimising his own health and fitness.
“He has therefore accepted medical advice to take an extended break from the demands of training and playing in order to afford the best chance possible of achieving full remission once again.
Shame. Hope he can get better.
That’s rough. Hasn’t been the same player for the last couple of seasons but that’s pretty understandable in the circumstances. Now buy a bloody midfielder Fergie
hat’s not even worth joking about. yet. genuinely like the guy, and utd badly need him.