Kenny Dalglish Won't Be Delivering the Module: English Premiership 2011-12

Martin "Mr Creosote" Samuel needs to die of 7 simultaneous heart attacks the next time he eats a mint.

― Thoughts? You must have loads. (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 12:10 (1 year ago) Permalink

killing off any hope of a new Big Club

I see no reason to assume that, once FFP is in place, there will be stasis in terms of "big" clubs, by which I suppose you mean Champions League qualifying clubs. It seems more likely to me that these things would revolve slowly, and that would bring its own excitement.

A cap on profit-taking, for sure, and some greater redistribution of rewards between the Champions League and Europa League (ideally a remodelled version of at least the latter) would help a lot, too.

― Tim, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 12:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

Mark Perryman has led fans' reaction to the England appointment. I knew he was some kind of lefty, but was still surprised to receive this just now:

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After the Party: reflections on life since the CPGB
ed. Andy Croft

Eight former members of the Communist Party of Great Britain reflect on the twenty years since its demise. Combining personal and political history, analysis and autobiography, anecdote and argument, the contributors consider the consequences of the CP’s dissolution for British political and intellectual life.

Contributors: Dave Cope, Andy Croft, Alistair Findlay, Stuart Hill, Kate Hudson, Andy Permain, Mark Perryman and Lorna Reith.
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― the pinefox, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 12:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

i'd see no reason for there not to be more/quicker rotation of the 'big club' status, tbh, or at least the positions in the table that are held to be the signifier.

― underleg aeroboots i have smithed (darraghmac), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 12:26 (1 year ago) Permalink

the consequences of the CP’s dissolution for British political and intellectual life.

i lolled

― like Joe Pasquale and Gandhi (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 12:26 (1 year ago) Permalink

btw i suspect a major concern over FFP will be UEFA's willingness to enforce it and clamp down on clubs using loopholes to bend the rules

― like Joe Pasquale and Gandhi (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 12:27 (1 year ago) Permalink

yeah iirc perryman is a noted weirdo and like so many of the "fans representatives" you get is just the first gobshite that put his hand up and became #1 on the lazy media speed dial

― r|t|c, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 12:33 (1 year ago) Permalink

latest wolves rumour is the eagerly awaited return of young ferg btw

plus billy to hull which just seems utterly lol given what they sanctioned barmby for

― r|t|c, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 12:36 (1 year ago) Permalink

the Allams are gonna be hilarious pantomime villains for a while, was gonna raise it on the non-Prem thread

― like Joe Pasquale and Gandhi (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 12:37 (1 year ago) Permalink

young Ferg surely can't be more mediocre as a manager than he was as a player, plus we can borrow his dad's cast-offs oh wait

― like Joe Pasquale and Gandhi (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 12:38 (1 year ago) Permalink

Yeah FFP means that Chelsea'd have to spend like Everton, like Newcastle, like Villa, like Spurs - just because you had 1 year's extra money doesn't make you a major difference. It means that if you are smart, you can break in against a team who could afford one or two more players than you as opposed to having to fight a team that spent £300m more than you last summer.

― Thoughts? You must have loads. (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 12:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

newcastle were really, really good in that 1st half

― jabba hands, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 19:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

COME ON

― underleg aeroboots i have smithed (darraghmac), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 19:39 (1 year ago) Permalink

legit banger from Luka from 25+ yards, 1-0 Spurs

― listicular fortitude (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 19:39 (1 year ago) Permalink

fantastic

― Ms Tum-Bla-Wi-Tee (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 19:42 (1 year ago) Permalink

he scores so few but they are all beautiful

― mizzell, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 19:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

need some miyaichi in this grotty as fuck bolton xi

― Ms Tum-Bla-Wi-Tee (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 19:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

Anyone got a stream for that spurs game?

― GoT SPOILER ALERT (Gukbe), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 19:57 (1 year ago) Permalink

the Bolton game, man, don't be so self-effacing

― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 19:59 (1 year ago) Permalink

https://twitter.com/#!/Bloodzeed/

― Ms Tum-Bla-Wi-Tee (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 19:59 (1 year ago) Permalink

ha xp

― Ms Tum-Bla-Wi-Tee (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 19:59 (1 year ago) Permalink

Crikey @ Cissé's goal earlier

― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:04 (1 year ago) Permalink

Tiote looks badly hurt. Commentator's calling Mikel on it for once.

― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:05 (1 year ago) Permalink

toon easy reo coker from a throw in

― underleg aeroboots i have smithed (darraghmac), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:10 (1 year ago) Permalink

Very nasty airborne leading elbow from Mikel in revenge for an over-the-ball a few minutes earlier. Tiote out cold by the looks, fell heavily on his tailbone.

― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

pdc = tbm

― Ms Tum-Bla-Wi-Tee (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

david wheater looks like an illustration of an angry moon from a book of scary children's stories

― Ms Tum-Bla-Wi-Tee (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

FUCKS SAKE SPURS

― r|t|c, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

beautiful!

― underleg aeroboots i have smithed (darraghmac), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:20 (1 year ago) Permalink

3-1!!

― underleg aeroboots i have smithed (darraghmac), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:21 (1 year ago) Permalink

3-1 Spurs - VDV then Adebayor

totally inaccurate story of the second half ftr

― listicular fortitude (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:21 (1 year ago) Permalink

sigh

― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

phew

― r|t|c, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:28 (1 year ago) Permalink

4-1, Ade again

― listicular fortitude (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:29 (1 year ago) Permalink

not sure why I've reverted to explaining ppl's cryptic microposts btw

― listicular fortitude (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:29 (1 year ago) Permalink

smash em lads, it's all about that lovely goal difference

― r|t|c, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

today is all about phils brown and nult duetting coquettishly on the bbc liveblog

― Ms Tum-Bla-Wi-Tee (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

seriously good counterattacking tbf

newcastle?

― underleg aeroboots i have smithed (darraghmac), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

10 mins' stoppage time at Stamford Bridge. Newcastle just headed one off the line.

― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:33 (1 year ago) Permalink

Still 0-1 btw. Bad news for City, goodish for Tottenham?

― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:34 (1 year ago) Permalink

Looking all Chelsea, unfortunately. Might be a long 10 for Newcastle.

― CraigG, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:35 (1 year ago) Permalink

Cisse! 2-0. What a strike...

― CraigG, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:36 (1 year ago) Permalink

My god, the goal Cisse's just scored

― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:36 (1 year ago) Permalink

holy shit! cisse!

― jabba hands, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:36 (1 year ago) Permalink

i've....never seen anything like that

― jabba hands, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:37 (1 year ago) Permalink

Good to see the Spurs players react so well after their successful campaign to play Harry out of the England job.

― Official 10 Millionth Poster (onimo), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:37 (1 year ago) Permalink

staggering strike

― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:37 (1 year ago) Permalink

Makes the first look shit, and it was brilliant

― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:38 (1 year ago) Permalink

trivela from cissé too

― Ms Tum-Bla-Wi-Tee (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:38 (1 year ago) Permalink

perfect results, i'm not worried about newcastle tbh

― underleg aeroboots i have smithed (darraghmac), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:39 (1 year ago) Permalink