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

Apparently Salomon Kalou got permission from the Ivory Coast FA to fly back to London from Dubai, to open talks with Arsenal? Not sure what to think of it tbh

That's way more desperate than asking Thierry back

yep. Chamakh's a sight better.

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Benny Noon > Kalou > Arshavin > Chamakh > Park (not that I know f all about him.)

The guy is boring but he is reliable, not prone to being a dick if on the bench/dropped (fine for when aoc makes the proper step up) and can score. And he's never really been given a chance to shine in anything other than sub appearances, has he? I guess it is a smart enough signing and the type Wenger likes, if the price is as low as I'd expect it to be.

However, it is fucking underwhelming. There is still the Kolo/Ade money sat in the bank, let alone to Cesc money. Give the fans something to truly be happy* about while the club just tread water. Even if such a signing would turn out as shit as Andrey, everyone needs more of a boost right now than Salomon bloody Kalou can provide.

*Henry doesn't fucking count.

"We tried to get Gotze but he wasn't available, so we went for the next obvious option."
"Eden Hazard?
"No, Salomon Kalou."

kalou's had lots of chances

He's been there a long time

Warnock gets sacked because his board aren't happy to be hovering just above the drop zone in their first season up. Hmmmmmm.

crazy decision by bored who went through 9 managers in 4 years and had no qualms hiring joey barton shockah.

no i was praising them on their proactiveness

wd like to see other clubs in a similar situation who have maybe been in the Prem for a couple of seasons follow their lead

yeah moyes out

However, it is fucking underwhelming. There is still the Kolo/Ade money sat in the bank, let alone to Cesc money. Give the fans something to truly be happy* about while the club just tread water. Even if such a signing would turn out as shit as Andrey, everyone needs more of a boost right now than Salomon bloody Kalou can provide.

At some point you're going to have to man up and admit that that money isn't actually there any more. Still, whatever the question is, Salomon Kalou is not the answer. The scouting network at Arsenal really isn't what it used to be. And at Old Trafford for that matter. There's got to be some middle ground between Hazard/Gotze/other flavour-of-the-month types who everyone wants and yer standard issue underwhelming Prem perennials, but no one seems to be able to find them.

Warnock gets sacked because his board aren't happy to be hovering just above the drop zone in their first season up. Hmmmmmm.

Thing is, for every Fulham there's a Charlton where replacing the manager just makes the situation worse. You've got to be pretty damn sure you've got the right replacement lined up. No idea who that would be at Wolves.

newcastle are finding them

At some point you're going to have to man up and admit that that money isn't actually there any more.

So where is it? If the club come out and said 'we are stockpiling the £150m left for the stadium repayments' then sure, but they say 'we have a warchest to buy players if we want to'. If it is neither, then something is fucked.

The scouting network at Arsenal really isn't what it used to be.

I dunno, in the past year we picked up a dude out of a japanese high school who excelled on loan and has fans salivating to see him play. I think it is more to do with other clubs catching up than Arsenal's and Utd's scouting networks getting shit.

i've no idea who it wd be at Wolves, but I watched the Bolton game last week and my Dad assures me the performance at Birmingham was the same: we are pitiful. The guy's had over 4 seasons in charge and yet we're still devoid of shape, organisation, players able to control possession or dictate tempo for any length of time whatsoever. All 3 teams promoted this season have looked better managed than us, irrespective of where anybody ends up. we really are a void of anti-football right now, and yes it's easier to say who i don't want in charge than who i do, but i wd settle for anybody who valued some basic technique and invention above McCarthy's relentless, dour obsession with putting a fucking shift in.

enjoy that loanee's performance, meanwhile back at the ranch you're a two-men-who-break-easily team

wait who are you conceding to be the second man?

Chesney

nah joeks

mata v. silva - 1 man left in rearranging my ff team and i cant decide who to pick

i guess nani could also be involved but lol picking nani

fyi you should all be doing this since everyone most prob also has ba and yaya in their teams

vermaelen?
xp

thought he meant song tbh but vermaelen's not a terrible shout

Yes, he actually is good

ffs song fuuuck off

Blimey, Spurs could be level on points with Man City by the time City play their next game.

(And that is the sort of thinking that ruins weeks and months)

lives

oh my days

the ballon d'or ceremony is on eurosport and rooney is sporting... a hairstyle. nagl

how long is the show to hand out 1 golden ball to messi btw?

Shakira is taller than Sepp. Obviously heels and all but still...

Put Ronaldo in a red hoodie and the producers of Alvin and the Chipmunks could save a lot on CGI for their next movie.

Happy to see justice served w/ the goal of the year award: http://www.fifa.com/ballondor/puskasaward/index.html

is the show still going? blimey.

love that Neymar goal

have they given out the golden ball yet

Awesome. I just assumed it was going to be Rooney, nice to see there are still people somewhere for whom EPL isn't the be-all-and-end-all.

the rest of the world you mean?

the rest of the what now?

Premier League players have traditionally dominated at these awards tbf

such as ronaldo and... didn't owen do well once?

I was joking but having just checked Lampard and Gerrard were second and third to Ronaldinho in 2005

oh my bad when keegan was at hamburg he won two years in a row.

Owen won European thingy back when it was two awards (and more prestigious somehow). Lampard was 2nd to Ronaldinho once.

henry came second in 2004, beckham second in 1999, shearer (lol) third in 1996.

the rest of the world doesn't care about the premiership no matter how much people think they do.

yeah they actually do though

Terrace beckham Owen Rooney pampers all repose at world/European football awards

Btw I'm on an iPhone will I fuck be going back to recorrect this cunning autocorrect

David Speedie was 2nd in both 92 and 93

the rest of the world doesn't care about the premiership no matter how much people think they do.

you should check out the us of a, ppl care a lot