Big Simpson?
What, missing the ball?
Getting in the way, basically. Think it counts as an assist.
Hey, if it works.
Fuck me—how did he keep that out?
Sheesh, that Ba/Skrtl thing was beautiful all round.
ok that is one of the best goal line clearances i’ve seen in years
helluva clearance off the line there.
brilliant finish by ba, but what a clearance
ARGH
wow that is a hell of a cut Bellamy has
Yeah, time to turn it off now.
Nice
Nice shot by Johnson.
a hoy hoy, are you still working through the bible? i just came across this amazing passage that seems in the spirit of your reading:
2 Kings 2:23–24
King James Version (KJV)
23And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
24And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
(this is the ilf general chat thread, right?)
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it is and i am. gonna wait for proper ilx though to go back over my crude highlighting, because having two threads, one which will be lost in sand, wld be a shame.
No doubt now who are the sixth-best team in the league.
Nice to see Spearing’s learnt his lesson from that Fulham sending off.
Fully deserved MOTM for Gerrard there. Seem to remember he got one in the game against Utd “just cause it’s nice to have him back” (Wilkins tbf)
Just seen a clip of McCarthy’s presentation on tackling. Wow.
What a massive cunt, should fuck off back to his fairy castle Barbie home.
McLeish said: “You don’t want to be bringing attention to yourself. It is not something I want to be discussing.”
He added: “Was it a shisha pipe [Arabic smoking pipe] or something? I don’t know what is in that stuff. For all I know he could have been blowing bubbles into it or something.
#smallthingsinlife
The big rumour is a loan for Carlos Tevez, although his wages would surely be a problem and they already have Emmanuel Adebayor on loan from Manchester City; the rules permit no more than one loan from the same club (http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/dec/29/transfer-window-club-guide-premier-league)
wha, why is this even a rumour when it’s apparently impossible?
this is going to be a bloodbath.
Penalty to Blackburn....
1–0
pffft cheers for ruining it—wait, nothing could ruin that score/
Only 75 mins to hold out
Yakubu is still in his 20s... I don’t know how I feel about that.
Blackburn, defending, look like a third division team. Utd need to just work 1% harder and this is still 6–1.
that was one of the worst attempted shots i’ve ever seen
Crap game, flat atmosphere so far
you know what i fucking hate? 1. saying that the ref would have to be brave to give another penalty 2. having that be your statement when a foul has been committed in the area; not ‘he should give blackburn a penalty’ 3. the resigned use to not only imply the ref is weak and cannot do his job properly, but also that to be too weak to call it is natural and fine at OT.
I could never call a game where Venkys’s Blackburn are beating Utd at home crap. It is making a mockery of ‘best league in the world’ tho
Half-time approaching, there’s been one shot on target so far and that was the penalty (which was pretty soft anyway as they were both pulling each other)
yeah but venkys are winning at old trafford
i can’t make out united’s formation. carrick at rb?
Carrick centre-back, Valencia right-back, Rafael centre midfield, I think.
jones is kinda floating somewhere
kean 4 lyfe (if the game ended now)
Rrro-wahs!
I have zero faith in this continuing obviously. Is Rooney on the bench? It’s irritatingly poised for him to come on and turn the game like the world class player he is, same as Gerrard last night.
berbatov playing like the stereotype of players like berbatov
Substitutes
34 Lindegaard,
51 Fryers,
08 Anderson,
42 Pogba,
52 Cole,
32 Diouf,
48 Keane
huh welbeck is on the teamsheet? he must be giving a performance worthy of arshavin.
What is ‘Keane’?
a surname iirc
who did anderson come on for?
oh yes
Crikey, don’t get them angry now.
If it stays like this then Venky’s will have got half their points total from Man U, Liverpool and Arsenal (according to the BBC).
This always happens :( 5–2 vey much on.
bloody hell i go to make some lunch and 2 goals are scored?
you me both! wha happened?
no way did welbeck have a better first half than hernandez?
boo
berba again
can’t stay mad at that guy tho
if kean can get a point from this, he deserves unconditional blackburn fan support imo
not that he ever will, this is about as inevitable as... every other utd game like this in the past 20 years.
have they given up on jones as a centre-half? i dont really know whats going on w/ him
commentator just said blackburn have been playing some ‘lovely football’.
.
Think Jones is centre back today? I can’t really work out today’s team. Tbh, there have been so many injuries this season that Smalling, Jones, Valencia and Carrick seem to get used just about anywhere.
Huh?!
For fuck’s sake
This isn’t how it works!
venkys!
The whole system’s breaking down!
steve bruce must be watching and so confused as to what is happening
Not looking forward to the quarter-hour of injury time.
Not even 15 minutes of injury time, only 4!
Totally forgot there was football today, just checked BBC and saw the Man U—Blackburn score. Can they hold out?! Will the fans still want Steve Kean’s head?
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turns out i say ‘venkys!’ a lot.
o_OOOOOOOO
NEW YEARS EVE MIRACLE
Thank goodness for that. Utd being awful yet pummelling everyone was too depressing to go on forever.
venkys a lot!
Plus makes Liverpool’s point against them look a bit more heroic.
And Berba providing a little boost for my fantasy team, it’s been a good day.
:‘ )
Utd being awful yet pummelling everyone was too depressing to go on forever
This didn’t happen, though. When United were pummelling everyone (at the start of the season) they were great. Then they completed lost the ability to defend and had some rubbish results. Then they turned into a dull 1–0 machine that sometimes misfired. Then (against QPR, Fulham and Wigan) they looked great again. But that performance today was just dreadful (and the team selection was bizarre, even with all the injuries).
Those 1–0s feel like a pummelling to everyone else though
Great seeing old Nani back, couldn’t do shit today.
team selection was fine, it was the tactics that were bizarre. it was if ferg actually said ‘do what you want, it is just fucking blackburn’
oh and nv when you are about—what ye think of frimpong going on loan to Wolves? I have been really impressed by him this season but do Wolves need a DM? Seems an odd place to go?
Ferguson’s recent diss of City, saying it’s being top at New Year that counts, is quite pleasing.
☰☰☭☰☰ SHEFFIELD UNITED ☰☰☭☰☰ 8 WINS ON THE BOUNCE ☰☰☭☰☰
happy birthday sir alex.
Villa living up to form with an incredibly poor Dunne tackle. Egad.
surprised by that equalizer. Also should have been a a red for Terry. Interesting and ugly, which is a huge improvement over the usual plain ugly.
stephen ireland still has value
a day of surprises
it was purely accidental, I assure you.
Spurs ahead through VdV after being second best all game.
Blackburn going back bottom as things stand. Seems unfair.
Wolves can’t hold Fletcher for much longer if he keeps this up can they?
lolcott
Stub it out, Mario! Mancini begs Balotelli to quit his five-a-day smoking habit
Man do I miss ‘The Life and Times of Mario Balotelli’-thread ;_;
rrrrrrrrvvvvvvvvvvvvppppppppppppp
veni vidi venkys
if rvp gets two more can shearer, at the end of the day, fuck off for good?
Ha! Commentators writing off Chelsea’s title challenge on a weekly basis atm.
Oops, there goes Spurs’.
sounded like Swansea’s equaliser was overdue
lol that’ll do as compensation mind
Minute-by-minute basis I mean xps.