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

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

xp in tennis winning Wimbledon 2007-08 = winning it twice, as is entirely sensible and intuitive

Lex, I know! It's just cute. Not laughing at you, laughing with you etc.

A football season always starts in one year and ends in the next year, so: '09-'10, '10-'11 etc

non-calendar year grand slams work in the same way..

Football's already such a basic sport, we cherish this annotation as it seems at least half sophisticated lol

maybe with the move into the footballing world and the new-found love of British Sea Power (~allegedly~) Lex is slowly transforming into Louis J.

world ~turning~ upside down

Oh god my poor reputation ;_;

I think this is what Lex's recently uncovered love of British Sea Power's Lately has been leading up to ...

Sorry: just noticed BSP already mentioned.

lex what is your opinion on 'super' mario balotelli?

So, Dispatches tonight then? Doubt there'll anything really shocking in it

What's this?

A Premier League footballer who failed a drugs test and then made a 'multi-million pound' transfer without the buying club being informed of the result will be named and shamed in a TV investigation on Monday night.

THE TRUTH ABOUT DRUGS IN FOOTBALL. Channel 4 at 8. Supposedly naming players who have tested positive for cocaine.

lol my guess is bentley to spurs

Twitter seems to think it is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_O%27Connor#Birmingham_City

I was thinking Liverpool defender

O'Connor was arrested for cocaine possession at the end of last season, while he was training with Celtic iirc.

a lot of coke use in scottish football. can't go into specifics obv. there was even someone in a former spl club who was involved in dealing.

Bentley is a no-brainer. See also all yr bigtime charlies currently playing in reserve teams. Bridge, Routledge maybe. Is Marcus Bent still playing?

Although I suppose in those cases the club would name and shame just to get them off the wage bill.

hoping barton is big for QPR

O'Connor, then.

O'Connor confirmed as the drugs ban player. The presenter of this show is enormously irritating so i'm going to have to stop watching.