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

counts as 'home grown' iirc
xp

the article that informed us good readers that a) wayne bridge is being paid appx £20m by manchester city and b) he is schtupping thebig_sam fave frankie 'teardrop' sandford

I liked the tidbit about him having played an entire season in the Premiership without a single cross connecting with a team-mate.

oh yeah meant to say, i think parker's great.

Has provided a credible alternative to modric, will be interesting to see how that plays out. Only saw brief highlights, how was the prodigal son at the weekend.

Played pretty well, one amazing pass out to BAE bombing forward. He must look at pictures of Raul Mereiles and weep.

harry seemed to suggest that sandro and parker would play in the middle and that modric "can play elsewhere"

modric was great on the left tbf

does arry still come out with his "i think bale will be a top class left back" cobblers every so often?

horrible thought. Fine as an option where we're really battering an entrenched opposition, but there again it's not like bae can't play a bit.

Gareth Bale:

http://www.calwatchdog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Eddie_Munster_closeup.jpg

end of last season, arry was talking up danny rose as a potential top left back. bale is still listed as a defender on the spurs website.

HELLO football fans! can u help?

i am trying to sub this piece but fact-checking is proving something of a trial. is it accurate to say tottenham hotspur has won "17 major trophies"? that doesn't jive with anything i'm counting on wikipedia but i don't know what yall consider a "major trophy" (and neither does anyone else on this desk lol)

i wish, lex

if not 17 how many?

in our entire history, it's possible. If the statement's in that context i guess it might be correct, though it would be a strange context.

also i guess...since when? i *think* he's talking about, like, in their whole history of existence

ha xp - what would be a sensible context/timeframe?

FIRST TEAM
Football League Champions 1950-51, 1960-61
F.A.Cup Winners 1900-01, 1920-21, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1966-67, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1990-91
Football League Cup Winners 1970-71, 1972-73, 1998-99, 2007-08
European Cup-Winners Cup Winners 1962-63
UEFA Cup Winners 1971-72, 1983-84

=17

I'd change "has" to "have" though...

in the context of the piece it's basically saying "stop moaning about your team that's won so much compared to lower league teams that haven't won shit"

excellent! thx onimo. and that's 17 in their whole history yeah?

probably 12, on a quick count on that wiki page. Leaving out 2nd division and charity shields/league cups/anglo italian league cup

league cups were major trophies for most of history deems, dismissing them as mickey mouse cups is a fairly recent phenomenon

FIRST TEAM
Football League Champions 1950-51, 1960-61
F.A.Cup Winners 1900-01, 1920-21, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1966-67, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1990-91
Football League Cup Winners 1970-71, 1972-73, 1998-99, 2007-08
European Cup-Winners Cup Winners 1962-63
UEFA Cup Winners 1971-72, 1983-84

=17

oh i see where i was getting confused - 1950-51 = ONE trophy right? rather the winning it in 1950 and then again in 1951?

13, i'd say, sorry

In that context- i'd probably say 'frequent qualification for european competition and a number of league cups' is more relevant, lex

*rather than

Lex subbing a piece about football ... The original writer will be surprised to see the par in the middle about how football grounds should be torn up and moved away from houses, because once a fortnight Lex finds it inconvenient coming home c5pm.

recent history, like

Point taken onimo, i'd argue that any league cup after leicester is a 'small trophy' tho

yes Lex that's entire history and ignoring minor trophies and invitation tournaments and things

1950-51 = ONE trophy right?

yes, as seasons span years (August to May, typically)

imma go with 17 sorry darragh, it's what the writer (who presumably does know what he's talking about) put + backed up by onimo and a concrete set of stats

ithappens i have now moved away! driven from house and home by the marauding forces of football fans :(

np lex, it's a debatable point but in context yeah, not many teams win the league cup i suppose

Feel like reviving the TOTTENHAM ARE A BIG CLUB thread now

Lex subbing a piece about football ...

coming soon: Lex's Comedy Store reviews

league cups were major trophies for most of history deems, dismissing them as mickey mouse cups is a fairly recent phenomenon

this is totes happening in women's tennis right now btw

Lex spends a year on the road with Animal Collective

i had to sub some comedy pieces last week too, basically i don't miss opportunities to make any harsh adjectives i see a bit harsher

lol

league cup is a 'major trophy'

that is what the phrase means, whether or not deems thinks x trophy is valid cuz manchester united had it handed to them via masonic conspiracy

ok don't start, i'm not to be blamed for my high standards ffs

i come back from a weekend away to find a homemade lex joke and lex asking football questions in my bookmarks.

are you ok dude? need to hug it out?

i think the phrase is still used so that certain ppl cant claim that the emirates cup is a 'major trophy' even tho it is def a major trophy in its own way

the corn acla was a major trophy in its own way i don't have it on my fuckin cv or anythin

if clubs do not play their first team for games in that comp it isnt a 'major' trophy thus the carling cup hasn't been considered worth fighting for as a 'major trophy' for a decade.

arsenal's first team either weren't fit or had moved tbf

the teams that actually win it usually field strong teams

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vICA0EAOX24/TFWv-oAG3pI/AAAAAAAABBM/mC9ZyN0xXKw/s1600/emirates+cup.jpg

pretty strong squad afair

Sunday, 27 February 2011
Carling Cup
Home Team	Score	Away Team	Time
Arsenal	1-2	Birmingham	FT
(HT 1-1)
Van Persie 39
Zigic 28
Martins 89
Arsenal
53 Szczesny
03 Sagna
06 Koscielny 
20 Djourou
22 Clichy 
07 Rosicky
08 Nasri
17 A Song
19 Wilshere
23 Arshavin (Chamakh 77)
10 Van Persie (Bendtner 69)

lol xps

yeah but they werent rly trying

53 20 22 17 19 23

level of effort in terms of percentage

oh i see where i was getting confused - 1950-51 = ONE trophy right? rather the winning it in 1950 and then again in 1951?

― i asked for "HALF" a glass of wine, because i am TEMPERENT (lex pretend), Monday, September 12, 2011 5:16 PM (29 minutes ago) Bookmark

Aww Lex this is just so damn cute :-)

surprised wenger wasn't fined for fielding mostly their carling cup squad against last year's league leaders, throwing the game in order to save their players for the clash with swansea.

Arsenal
13 Szczesny
06 Koscielny
20 Djourou 
25 Jenkinson 
30 Traore
07 Rosicky
14 Walcott (Lansbury 83)
16 Ramsey
23 Arshavin 
39 Coquelin (Oxlade-Chamberlain 62)
10 Van Persie (Chamakh 83)

Good to have you on board lex xp! Next, these threads need your contribution:

full disclosure: in which we admit our biases
itt you explain why you support club x (are "support" and "club" are the right terms? i have no idea)
The first home / away game you went to
what football shirts u got / what football shirts u want