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

Cleverley's promised Christmas return has melted away as well.

aguero and balotelli have barely played in a 4-4-2, if they have played together this season then it's mostly a 4-2-3-1 with one of them playing lw

ameobi and ba isn't a regular partnership either

dude it was quite obviously a joek retort

Cleverley's promised Christmas return has melted away as well

...and Smalling's 'tonsilitis' seems to be lasting an impossible amount of time

this whole 'what is to be done with twp' is tiresome and wrong imo

twp is a very good player, and quite similar to suarez and tévez, streaky forwards with notable tenacity, strong intangibles and extracurricular problems that need careful managing

there isn't some sort of magical solution that will enable twp to 'fulfill his potential' -- this is about as good as he will get, sometimes great, sometimes not, a valuable franchise player but not an all-time great

yeah that's fair

he's gives off such a bad vibe when it's not happening for him though

he's p much walcott if he was a white northern cunt. little talent hidden by a massive fee and a few great appearances a season.

I was going to say I like how Utd have made Liverpool look good this festive period, but y'know.

Anyway, Utd angst is always entertaining, except that you've got a good chance hitting upon cures that actually happen and work.

too far a hoy hoy, too far

tonight has been an insight into the emancipatory randomness of playing fitba in hurricane force winds

2k10s will see the emergence of links football, with matches played on the isle of skye, the shetlands and the faroe islands

also the too much hype for a 16 year old bit.

Tim Howard didn't even look that happy

goalie solidarity maybe

Stuck with Rooney i suppose. Berbatov should probably go. Hernandez painfully limited. Welbeck, i like

― Number None

Wrong attitude

it seems that for some time now finding someone to partner effectively w/Rooney or some attacking threesome that includes him has been problematic or at least somewhat inconsistent

Getting waaarmer

Fergie made a big mistake not flogging him to the neighbours imo.

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gabby yorath is powerful

btwn djourou, rooney and liverpool my henhouse is full this week tbh

those were some good goals sunderland scored, who's this mcclean lad

ferguson was fucked either way, the optics of selling yr franchise player to rivals would have been terrible, and w/ 18 months on contract the fee would be limited

doesn't matter that he might not be 'all that', cuz city could/would have bought aguero anyway

I like what I've seen of Nico Gaitan but he's more analogous to Nani than Scholes I think, won't bring composure to the center of midfield. Whichever of Utd, City, Chelsea gets to Joao Moutinho first will have scored a major victory imo. Javi Martinez would be a good buy too.

nil optics ni minimum

defoe is twhlwhbwp

Can't wait for this McClean lad to be ostracised by Trap

― Number None, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 21:05 (Yesterday) Bookmark

ive heard a huge amount about javi martinez and never really seen him play more than a game or two. he seems like the type who'll end up at real for 10 years tho.

twhlwhbwp

otm

He's Romeu-like I think, bigger though. Bielsa's turned him into a central defender this season.

McClean is another one we've stolen from the Nordies but have yet to cap

javi m is more expansive, on a good day he can look like effenberg, probably not going to be a defender at his next club

romeu is a thoroughbred defensive midfielder

spain could field an ~english~ second xi better than england

Tioté is very much the type of Roy Keane midfield enforcer Ferguson could desperately do with and there was little the outstanding he – along with Ba the key performer in an excellent home display – enjoyed more than dispossessing United's leading scorer.

the outstanding he - toh?

Louise Taylor btw

classic LT

it works imo

has been corrected, halfway, to the outstanding the – along with Ba the key performer in an excellent home display – outstanding Ivorian ...

Liverpool striker Luis Suarez's mum has launched a passionate defence of her son in the wake of the Patrice Evra racism row.
Full story: Liverpool Echo

i wonder if suarez and konchesky had the same agent at liverpool

united were rank awful last night. just nothing going through the middle, easily dealt with. it's a credit to ferguson that he manages to make such a shower punch above their weight.

rooney couldn't have fed the haters any more easily, one amazingly typical moment where he was flailing around at left back with about 20 mins to go.

also it hasn't been said enough, what the absolute fuck was phil brown trying to do? he went for a ball he shouldn't have gone for and then failed to head it and it hit his knee.

since i just noticed we're back, let me add that i also thought liverpool were quite good against city the other night, scoreline didn't reflect the performance.

but then liverpool are almost always good against the big sides now, that's not really the problem.

phil jones, not phil brown.

but it also hasn't been said enough, wtf was phil brown trying to do?

oh and finally, has anyone dealt with ferguson's utterly mad "cleverly, the best midfielder in the country" shit yet?

Budweiser has signed up football managers Sam Allardyce and Ian Holloway to star in radio ads highlighting its sponsorship of the FA Cup, which reaches its third round this weekend.

The 30- and 60-second radio ads have been created by Anomaly London and feature the West Ham United manager Allardyce and Blackpool manager Holloway giving their own rousing team talks.

They stress the importance of a great atmosphere, team spirit and support of the crowd, before listeners realise the managers are talking about preparations for a good night out after they chant: "Grab some buds".

The ads will run throughout The FA Cup third, fourth and fifth rounds. The FA Cup fifth-round ad will feature another British manager to be confirmed later in the season.

Iain Newell, Western European marketing director at Budweiser, said: "As lead partner of The FA Cup, Budweiser is committed to promoting this iconic tournament like never before.

"What better way to demonstrate this than by recruiting some of the biggest voices in UK football to front this radio campaign? These men perfectly sum up what it means to be part of and lead a team, and the adverts create a real sense of the anticipation of good times."

nothing screams professionalism more than shilling mediocre beer

They stress the importance of a great atmosphere, team spirit and support of the crowd, before listeners realise the managers are talking about preparations for a good night out after they chant: "Grab some buds"!!!

I LAUGHED UNTIL I DIED.

These men perfectly sum up what it means to be part of and lead a team

1999–2007 Bolton Wanderers
2007–2008 Newcastle United
2008–2010 Blackburn Rovers
2011– West Ham United

ffs thanks for the spoiler, guys

chillax ismael, wasssup?

Rousing stuff alright, I'm a human dynamo now.

true, true.

let me add that i also thought liverpool were quite good against city the other night

this is madness

not really, they dominated possession, they just were poor at using it to create chances. in the first half they played quite good football. 3-0 flattered city at any rate.

Yes, City were quite happy to let them dominate possession as there wasn't a hope in hell they were going to score. Liverpool had no plan beyond lumping it to Carroll and I lost count of how many of their crosses hit the first man. Can't remember them creating much beyond a tame enough Adam (who was beyond awful) free-kick.

6-1 flattered city too but they're still going to walk it, aren't they?

i thought liverpool were very good in spells too. They just lacked the final ball.