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

Evans must have voluntarily walked off the pitch because Utd don't get sendings off at home etc etc

YES!

goddammit

Stays like this and Chelsea win on Sunday and their game in hand they would be only 4 pts off the top. Which seems unbelievable to me.

or not now Utd have scored.

Bleeegghhh lucky ManU

I'll be disappointed if that goal wasn't in stoppage time in order to conform to stereotype

Sorry wrong thread ;-)

xp

Bring back Lehmann.

WIGAN :D

8 Sunderland 29 -2 38
9 Everton 29 0 37
10 Stoke 30 -2 37
11 Newcastle 30 -1 36
12 Fulham 29 1 35
13 Blackburn 30 -12 33
14 Aston Villa 30 -14 33
15 Blackpool 30 -15 33
16 West Brom 30 -15 33
17 West Ham 30 -13 32
18 Wolves 30 -14 32
19 Birmingham 29 -13 31
20 Wigan 30 -22 30

3 pts separating the bottom 8!!

I really hate you Arsenal

Didn't watch, sounds like shite.

The ref obviously felt emboldened enough by Fergie's absence from the sideline to send Evans off today

missin the point?
Was it a legit red or not?
Not every red card proves you're not favoured ffs, you just get 80% of 50-50's and maybe 20% of inarguably ridiculous ones

Lovely first time shot from Jarvis for Wolves' goal.

It was a joke dude. To be honest i think it could potentially have been a yellow. It's a 50/50 challenge and yes, Evans studs are raised but i think it's primarily the severity of the injury that's gotten him sent off. I'm not complaining though.

i've not seen it, bad injury?

I'm just irascible because i've not been allowed the tv since the spurs game. Carrie and the girls are in the fucking hamptons ffs.

It was very similar to Nani's, a "deep gash". Holden seemed to be in a lot of distress though.

Two players both jumped in a bit, Evans "won". Holden's skin was split right across his kneecap.

Suspension for Evans & Brown going off injured makes Wayne Rooney their only fit defender iirc.

lol Harper wtf is he doing

proper cunted free kick from Higginbottom. Newcastle replacing Stoke in the "could still go down" slot.

Lovely strike from Arshavin. It's glimpses of that kind of assurance makes the rest so frustrating.

This position must be torture for Wenger. Normally they're comfortably third or fourth and everyone's all 'brilliant, given their limitations'. This year his job's to keep Man Utd and Barca nailed down, and he's picking Bendtner and Almunia.

tbf almunia and bendtner are 3rd choices.

equiv of utd having to play.... who's behind kuszcak?

Lindegaard and Owen having to play the rest of the season :: Almunia and Bendtner having to play the rest of the season

oh boy this wiki photo

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Michael_Owen_072007_cropped.jpg/225px-Michael_Owen_072007_cropped.jpg

Having Almunia as third choice is still really stupid. Maybe give him a job in the club shop or something instead.

The worst thing about the Arsenal situation is knowing next season will be exactly the same, the same way as this season is the same as last year. Cesc rumours, injuries, customary bottling against promoted sides, Wenger interviews talking about "belief", complete lack of transfer business, promoting wimpy children into the first team squad.

Maybe next season RvP will finally kark it.

complete lack of transfer business = a new forward and 2 centre halves we needed? promoting wimpy children = oh thank god we never gave wilshere/chesney a chance, we have denilson/almunia? the "belief" that had us... beat barcelona and chelsea in games we could only get stuffed in last season?

Almost no words for Denilson, Gibbs, Vela et al other than 'wimpy children'.

Squillaci is the new Jenson, destined to be the subject of a "Whatever happened to..." useless one-season cult figure feature in WSC in 15 years' time.

describing almunia and owen as equivalent to kucszak and owen is dishonest. Almunia has been 1st choice for long periods, bendtner is one of your much-lauded and indulged stars of the future.

eh, much-lauded and indulged stars of the future who everyone knows are a bit shite and will end up having a sturdy career hopping over the Premiership-Championship divide are a mainstay of plenty of teams. See: half a dozen members of any Man Utd squad of the last fifteen years.

exactly

Also, man u have a dependable first choice goalie, and for another thing- owen isn't ahead of berbatov, lil p or rooney. Maybe not a couple others out on loan.

just saw the evans tackle. Holden comes in from the side, evans straight into the man.

Not a 50-50

Thought it was a harsh red myself, but when even Mike Phelan thinks it's fair...

They both leave the ground but yes, Evans goes in dangerously. I don't think any Utd fans are complaining tbh.

Also, Fergie's high in the stands and he's talking on a landline?

interests of balance- cahill handball def a peno

would have all these pints with arry redknapp

how can danny murphy still not be sure if that was a penalty after 5 or 10 minutes watching it?

Woah!

Wasn't quite so impressive on the replay, but top marks for the unexpected.

Was nervous before this one so even more delighted to come away with 3 points!

So 20 pts from 10 games under Kenny. 2 pts a game form would have seen us 1 pt behind Utd over the course of the season, although I know it wouldn't have necessarily worked out like that.

new boss bounce, tbf. But definite improvement.

Had he taken directly from rafa, you'd wonder......

Actually my maths is wrong we would have been 3 pts behind Utd. Think it only illustrates how mediocre the top of the league is this season I reckon.
God, Jamie Redknapp really really hates Balotelli doesn't he? Look forward to the same moralising about betraying ones teammates when one of Jamie's pals gets sent off.

Nice little bit of clear water below Liverpool now. We're only one result away from having a genuine top four top six

i'm looking down at ye rather than up at the rest it's true