feels strange to see spurs 2nd in the table and think it’s not an anomaly, or a brief fluke, but actually where that squad should be. This new paradigm will take some getting used to for me.
not confident of Utd getting a win later either
it’s villa park u always win, it’s like a law of nature or summit
ref not about to give us an 80/20 penalty after a soft red card already
I know, but we’ve been so shit lately and i see no real reason for that to change
is your basle game on tues or weds btw? Fergie may rest a few which judging from Weds night could be risky.
xp to number none
shite they v well may be but blackburn haven’t half racked up the goals under steve kean
as if to mock the ‘arsenal are a 1 man team’ thing, gervinho scores our 3rd.
It’s Wednesday. Fuck resting people
wigan and bolton in a negative goal difference race to be bottom of the table by the looks of things
https://twitter.com/#!/OptaJoe/status/142995914741649408
179 corners since Arsenal last scored from one!
gotta hand it to gervinho, a 1 in 200 conversion rate is pretty impressive
looking at the table as it stands the gap between 10th-20th the same as between 1st-2nd. Man City’s gd is monstrous.
and here blackburn go trying to fuck themselves up again, back to 3–2
sam
yr a one man team. gervinho scoring doesn’t refute that, but you claiming it does underlines it p well
Utd are pretty much full strength. Lindegaard in goal and Jones in midfield tho
ok rvi scores, after another walcott assist.
sam
yr a one man team. gervinho scoring doesn’t refute that, but you claiming it does underlines it p well
― Sad Banter (p much resigned to deems), Saturday, 3 December 2011 16:30 (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink
yeah if song gets injured before wilshere comes back, i may cry.
even then i dunno if we’d really cope.
has steve kean cut yakubu in on his pay rise i wonder?
song’s p good in dm for a slow winger
huh?
if/when wigan get relegated, is there any player worth buying? im not sure the likes of figs and rodders are even worth it.
Mario <3
james mccarthy?
stream down, fully expect 4–3 final score
al-habsi? xxpp
lot’s of goals today it seems, sadly no streams. how is it even possible to concede four to blackburn?
@sonderangerbot, did you check rojadirecta? Loads of streams there, most working too.
i mostly use roja too.
lot’s of goals today it seems, sadly no streams. how is it even possible to concede four to blackburn?
― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 3 December 2011 16:51 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Permalink
TWO STUPID FUCKING OWN GOALS IIRC
Huh, still not over our start to the season.
I’m going to see you lot v everton next week, this rampant form is good timing
FFS it’s a 4–5–1 with Rooney in midfield. What is the fucking point of Hernandez on his own up front. And do we really need to pack the midfield against fucking Villa?
what creative cm do you have to play?
did ferguson confirm that?
oof nigel pearson get that right up ya u venal twat
mizzell with the choice question imo
We haven’t had a creative midfielder in years. Play 4–4–2 and get it to the wingers with Rooney dropping back when needed. Hasn’t been confirmed but such is the internet chatter and i’m choosing to believe it
that’s what you will play here, 4–4–1–1
Maybe, but in every game where Rooney has been named in midfield he’s been ridiculously deep. Hernandez cannot function without a strike partner
that reminds me of a general q i was going to ask, do managers have to specify a formation when they name the teamsheet
TV get it wrong a lot of the time so i’m guessing not. Could be the manager messing with them though
espn have it as 442
so i see
mcleish is the worst
Utd Villa is like the most predictable 3–0 game of the season and has been for the past 20 years. And yet being ill and sat in bed with my laptop, I might still... aw fuck it i’ll get up and find a dvd.
oh chichipaws :(
Ryan from Lincoln on text, via 81111: “As a Blackburn Rovers fan, and as much as I understand the protests against Steve Kean, our next four games is a bigger deal at the moment. We need nine points minimum from the next four starting with today’s win. Need everyone behind the boys for a few weeks! Feeling good at last.”
the unfailing optimism of football fans
nice from phlol jones
When, if ever, did you stop thinking Arsenal 2011/12 were a one man team?
Utd Villa is like the most predictable 3–0 game of the season and has been for the past 20 years
man u—villa has finished with a heartbreaking 3–2 comeback at least twice in the last few iirc?
this made me laugh.
1753: GOALFLASH Aston Villa 0–1 Man Utd (Phil Jones)
Andrew on text, via 81111: “Phil Jones is a classy central defender who can also play very well at right back if needed. If Sir Alex continues to play him in central midfield then he’s risking what happened to Alan Smith. Let the kid develop alongside Vidic at the back. It’ll be best for him as well as England in the long run.”
FUCKIN ELL
Good goal by Jones, the latest in a long line of United defenders who look stronger going forwards than defending.
Re: heartbreaking 3–2 comebacks—the FA Cup game in 2002 springs to mind, can’t think of any others off the top of my head.
Re: ‘do managers have to name their formations?’—of course not! How on earth could that be enforced?
Must be about 7 or 8 minutes injury time in this half already.
I was at that FA Cup game. There were definitely no other 3–2s, ever.
I wish I’d been there. I was in Italy, following the game by text message (from a Villa-supporting mate and United-supporting Dad).
mick mccarthy has to name formations or risk a fine, ferguson obv not tho
I’d rather have been in Italy xp—the first half was terrible, it was freezing, and I had to get up at five to be back in time for work next day. Being a Utd fan looked most fun though.
Hate to say it, but Hernandez goes off and Utd play better than they have in an age. Although it could just be playing Villa
it is, villa are rank and i hope mcleish gets the sack before full-time
Villa looking every inch a Big Eck team. Bent must be bored out of his mind up there.
they are terrible, what is mcleish good for if he can’t even instill a bit of spirit in them, he appears to actively demoralize his own teams
Big Eck’s Sexy Football
Martin O’Neill perfect for Sunderland—Alan Hansen
bet this is an imaginative and well-reasoned argument about why Alan Hansen’s friend will be really good at a job
o’neill will do well in getting a squad of squad players playing i’d say
Is this villa performance worse than against Spurs last week? Because that was shameful.
eh it’s hard to say, i mean utd don’t really attack in waves like we do, for a start.
This is at villa tho
There are certain managers who, when they are not in a job, have the track record that ensures they will be linked with big vacancies and Martin falls right into that category because of his previous work.
......
Martin, even though he has been out of the game, will have kept his finger on the pulse and will know what is required. He is a charismatic guy who will go straight in and lift the fans. Gloom and doom will be instantly replaced by optimism.
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I think Sunderland chairman Short and all the supporters on Wearside can be delighted about Martin O’Neill’s arrival. During the course of a season many high-profile jobs can come up and you could bank on him being linked with every one, such is his standing in the game.
Alan Hansen was talking to BBC Sport’s chief football writer Phil McNulty
“500 words will this do? Thx, Alan”
Reads like Nult was going “do you think Martin will have been x?” and Hansen was lazily agreeing.
did the black pele dive too?
O’Neill would be perfect for pretty much any job except maybe the handful of elite clubs with swashbuckling traditions. Hansen’s probably just c&p’ed that article from last time.
Chris Waddle sure hates past participles
snob
Ooh, you didn’t ought to of went there IK
shouldent of gave me the opportunity then
heskey heskey heskey
commentator listing utd’s dog ownership
Are managers obliged to detail dog ownership when announcing the starting XI?
mccarthy has to prove bkc registration but ferguson just needs to show a name tag obvs
Despite having done fuck all for 83 minutes, Villa are annoyingly still just one stroke of luck away from a draw.
pfft utd no stroke of luck away from a win on the same grounds tbph
Welbeck and Rooney should first choice. They’ll have to be by necessity now but i’ve been saying it all along. Ashley Young needs a kick up the arse
That was a one-sided as a game can be where the dominant team rarely looks like scoring
As a measure of how shit Villa were, Carrick was spotted on the edge of their box a couple of times
has mccleish ever been as good at ‘organising’ his teams as the tv folk say? cos his birmingham and villa teams have been fucking shite.
birmingham were v well organised for a good while, scotland and rangers likewise, but like trap he’s not fit for managing decent teams with decent players- and i might be being harsh on scotland and rangers there
His main talent seems to be for hitting the ground running—I think at all his clubs he’s started well then faded sharply after about 12/18 months. He left Scotland before the rot set in. At Villa this seems to have happened early.
birmingham were v well organised for a good while, scotland and rangers likewise, but like trap he’s not fit for managing decent teams with decent players- and i might be being harsh on scotland and rangers there
― Sad Banter (p much resigned to deems), Saturday, 3 December 2011 20:14 (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink
are you implying that ireland are the best trapp has ever managed or worst, i can’t tell?
ah sure look either way trap out
Balotelli fans won’t want to miss his goal today
Inter-Udinese was fun. sendings off, saved penalties, one of the worst missed penalties I’ve ever seen, and Udinese win away. Fun.
Everybody loves a bad missed penalty, what happened?
brings out the best in commentators too
Ok as someone who works Saturday nights this is my first time watching motd as opposed to random youtube clips and...
Close-up HD Lawro is NAGLx10000000
As if I wasn’t stinking ill already.
EWWWWWW WHAT THE FUCK WAS LAWRO DOING WITH HIS TONGUE THERE?
did Cahill sleep w/ dudes wife or summin?
jussi’s beard is a+, not enough beards in football
thinking of a thread where we figure out a team of players everybody LOVES.
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