NAMING RIGHTS THREAD: Liverpool really won't win the Premiership 2010-2011

Didn't see much of it as it happens - unscheduled new year's day trip to a&e in the middle. I saw the end and the beginning - they looked a bit ropey, but committed and on the attack so a big improvement. Big congrats at the end from all staff and players, except that gerrard only gave him a cursory pat on the shoulder.

dude you ok?

In and out of A&E inside of 90 mins a bit of a Xmas miracle, much like 3 pts really. Hope you're okay IK.

My little boy fell out of his seat and bashed his head in the middle of dinner - they see you right away for things like that, but yeah, excellent service. We live right next to the hospital too. He'll be okay but grumpy is the diagnosis. It's a great result in the circumstances.

good to hear he's okay and it didn't take too long.

can he play on the wing at all??

:( for mini i.k. Glad it's not more serious. Roll on Blackburn away.

Thanks fellas. He can't stand up yet, so Babel probably still a better option for the next month or two.

lol @ Roger Johnson arguing about getting booked there, can only assume he was imploring the ref to send him off

Nicely done Bowyer.

lol at "can he play on the wing at all??"

how has RVI not conceded a penalty there

that utd peno call, fuck's sake

Wba and rvp handballs blatant but on a different level completely

Arsenal played super stuff, looked like wba out there

Great goal torres

Spurs having the best christmas period since i dont know when.

i understand the urge to recognise the paternity of the soft pattern. But here we are, Riddim, Sorry, nice to tap on the ex-patterns. Yeah, bwoyee. Goodnught, etc,

^^^these are agonies mere midtable football fans could never understand

"We have to just keep playing the way we have in the last two games without giving goals away."

http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/4/1/6/14167.jpg

http://www.freespirit.com/files/IMAGE/COVER/LARGE/Bye-Bye_Time.gif

interesting article on training & fitness
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9239342.stm

Someone put Collins out of my misery. He's killing me, week by week by week.

well now

You can virtually see the big wodge of Russian cash in Lee Mason's pocket.

So, Ralf Rangnick then?

thought that was just twitter buzz. is it actually a prospect?

Apparently it's what the German press are saying.

Think it is asking too much of him to take Liverpool up through the divisions.

didn't know Sturridge was ex-Villa, before he ended up at Man City

curses. Not seeing villa hanging on now either

h8

Inevitable.

Happens over and over with Villa the last few years - the minute they try to park the bus they get too tired and give up late goal after late goal. Frustrating.

I hope he dies in a fire, screaming.

<3

Hurrah!

Oh look - they attack and score! Don't park the bus with 40 minutes left.

What the fuck?!

Guess I shouldve watched the last 5 mins then?

exciting game imo

villa that is fuckin disgraceful. Settled for losin this with an hour gone.

lol watchin this on delay lololol but still ffs

Comedy Sky ad timing there - "Chelsea MUST be stronger this year" 'They don't know about cars, but they DO know about football'

Sensational corner from Newcastle there - a variation on the pull-back-for-the-Scholes-volley, except for a Coloccini header, which hit the bar.

wd have been insane yh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bvJHyCzaRE&sns=fb

<3 abandoned impartiality

except when done by shearer or wright at halftime during an england dismality

"dismality" shoulda been a Mortal Kombat finisher

"Yeah I got lots of stick from the Chelsea fans who had been silent until Terry scored. Ive got to be impartial on the radio? Where in the rules does it say that? I've been a Villa fan since I was 7 and my team has just equalized in injury time and I'm supposed to just stand there? No chance."

impartiality's never worried Alan Green and he owns Five Live.

Someone should remind the Chelsea fans that Collymore's a woman-beating sex pest mentalist and they shouldn't be listening to Tork Sport anyway.

That you tube still is for Collymore's stand up Lp right? Or possibly his hiphop opus.

Someone should remind the Chelsea fans that Collymore's a woman-beating sex pest mentalist

I suppose they'd grow to love him him pretty quickly that way!!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/8238241/Liverpool-target-Hamburgs-Eljero-Elia-to-support-Fernando-Torres-at-Anfield.html

Umm... £13M is the number being bandied about for a youngster currently being kept out of the Dutch side by none other than Dirk Kuyt, but ideally plays in the same position as Ryan Babel, who is also picked ahead of him for the Dutch. Who left his first club in the huff after falling out with the manager. And was at the heart of the racism row that surrounded the Dutch at the World Cup (when he said nasty things about Moroccans, but claimed it was just all directed at his "mate" who's OK with it and calls him "negro" all the time). And has managed a grand total of 8 matches since the WC after falling out with his current coach.

Is it just me that doesn't see that as the best use of money?