Liverpool still won't win the premiership (2007/08 edition)

it is a dull game tho, Toulouse are parking the bus somewhat

lol@BBC getting things wrong.

great goal there from the Dark Lord of Chaos

Why is this a 3:30 k/o? Shame, I was sort of looking forward to swearing at the telly later on. Now they've got an away goal one can only hope for some amusing Liverpool injuries/suspensions...

French bank holiday, apparently.

on a wednesday????

ooh assumption!

It's August 15th. It's a holiday in Italy too (Ferragosto? Madchen?). Christmas is on any day, it's not like you're unused to the concept.

christmas is the exception (oh, hold on, and new year's day)...

...but apart from those two!

it's a bit like when Inter played Norwich on a Thursday lunchtime.

I'm not sure anyone told Toulouse that the object of the game was to try and score... Reina made one save, a very dull match. Crouch was poor, but the much-vaunted Elmander was......seemingly absent

Yeah, our Bangalore (Partition+60) and Florence offices are closed but France shutting down seems a step too far.

Arsenal winning in Europe and Spurs at the bottom of the league, life is good

Stern John. Still doing the business.

They still celebrate his birthday like Christmas in Bermuda, don't they?

That and the date your family agreed to pay reparations, yeah.

I'm not entirely convinced about this new line you're taking.

Another day, another goalkeeping clanger, this time Tony Warner dropping the wet ball right at the foot of an oncoming Bolton player.

you don't deputise for David James for an eternity without learning a thing or two.

1550: A burst of energy from Steven Gerrard as he bustles into the box, but a bit too much elbow was used by the Liverpool skipper and the Greek referee spots the infringement

I'M SUPRISED HE DIDN'T GET A PENALTY

That and the date your family agreed to pay reparations, yeah.

-- Dom Passantino, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 22:45 (45 minutes ago) Link

I laffed.

I felt pretty bad for Tony Warner. It did seem that the weather conditions were so freakishly adverse that bumping into his own player very gently was enough to make the ball squirm out of his hands. I wish I had gone with my initial impulse to have David Healy as my cheapo striker instead of last year's Irish-prodigy-gone-blegh Kevin Doyle. Admittedly, soon the hilarious goalkeeping errors will run out and he'll have to score a goal via a voluntary physical movement, but baby steps.

Have the media maybe done Man City a favour by propagating this "Erikkson is a bad manager" nonsense? As opposed to Big Sam having to have a transition season with a chairman not that much less of a twat than Shepherd, and Martin O'Neill having already had a season to build and having to weather the criticism of his last-minute transfer nonsense while he has no (0) right backs at the club? And West Ham being like, West Ham, obv

Bowyer, Bellamy and now Dyer at West Ham. Well they were never any bother at Newcastle...

So Thaksin was "given a rapturous reception" then?

While this will probably end in tears, it's going to be great fun too.

xpost alan smith will join them next season probably

and joey barton obv.

I'm just surprised they haven't signed this guy yet

haha he was mentioned in the ILX Jailbirds XI

jol out.

Oh come on, NO WAY!

Spurs fan in fickle shock.

Interesting games Sunday. Blackburn-Arsenal is the key fixture - if the Gooners win, they'll be challengers.

I think Man Utd's early season striker crisis may lead to a Chelsea procession to the title. I can't see anyone else mounting a challenge.

Yeah, I was saying on Sat'day I think Man Utd are about to have a shit season

Has Jol been sacked? not seeing this anywhere

but this article yesterday clearly kiss of death

with jol spurs could still have finished 5th. without him they will be lucky to finish top 10.

United's striker crisis is self-imposed. they should have bought a substitute for Saha, not another Rooney (bit like us last year with Gallas). But they'll be up there in May.

Liverpool will win on Sunday but we'll finish above them.

Arsenal... hmmm, I like their chops but... lots of buts, actually, but it could happen.

i hope Nani does the business in the absence of Ronaldo - purely for fantasy league team purposes. I hope Utd crash and burn generally.

i've never been convinced by jol, so not really fickle. i think if george graham had been given the investment spent since, we'd be in the top 4 by now, so i'm actually calling for a manager change about 6-7 years after most other spurs fans.

with the current squad, most decent managers would have us in 5th, to be fair.

with the money spending, most decent managers would have a better squad, to be blunt.

Plus it's about time Warnock had the chance to manage a big team.

i'd go with that, yeah. i think steve kabba could do a job with berbatov up front.

i think if george graham had been given the investment spent since, we'd be in the top 4 by now

Insanity. Jol hasn't been sacked, btw. That would be the one of the most mental football sackings ever.

I don't see Chelsea running away with the title this year. Considering both Birmingham and Reading have given them the runaround already this season, they certainly don't look like the sort of indestructable side we saw two years ago. A more brittle Chelsea team plus Man Utd already playing catch-up on Arsenal and Liverpool could lead to a fun title race.

Fergie vs Sven could be amusing as well. Watch the handbags fly, especially in Man City win.

lol at idea of Spurs doing better with English manager

I was wondering when Matt would show up!

lol at idea of Spurs doing better with English manager

fixed for the current reality under a dutch manager.

with the money spending, most decent managers would have a better squad, to be blunt.

Like those managers who did so well establishing Leeds and Newcastle as stable top-four clubs, you mean?

Also lol Ian Holloway - "tell all the WAGs we've got a new shopping centre down here in Plymouth".

United's striker crisis is self-imposed. they should have bought a substitute for Saha, not another Rooney (bit like us last year with Gallas). But they'll be up there in May.

errrrrrrrrrr surely another Rooney was a genius move since he's going to miss at least 8 games???!?!?!

You have Strachan, we'll take Jol (xp)

we just need park ji sung to be fit again.

xpost

he's immense at pro evo 6.

"tell all the WAGs we've got a new shopping centre down here in Plymouth".

haha not really related but i've been there that new shopping centre is shit!!!!

yesh, i can finish besht of the resht after shpending more than mosht.

letsh buy another shtriker, and make jenash captain.

i just amn't seeing it.

we were lucky last year to finish where we did, and fukd up over the summer. what would spurs supporters out there be happy with this season under jol?

5th again?

6th?

7th and the league cup?

we'll be lucky to finish 8th this year with that midfield.

blackburns squad looks pretty nifty again this year