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

chelsea's two points dropped tonight will be more significant that the point they gained

― teaky frigger (darraghmac), dinsdag 31 januari 2012 22:48 (31 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is raising my spirits here, thans deems <3

Three v Arsenal, one each v Liverpool and Tottenham?

I'd've been curious to see Liverpool in the CL this year, by some miracle. It's the Rafa thing again of playing the big games well and having no idea what to do the rest of the time.

was thinking about this recently. worth remembering that rafa was woeful against the other top four sides at the start, then sort of clicked into gear.

i think a lot of the supposedly encouraging signs about lfc are actually just bollocks based on post-rafa hangover in terms of style/tactics/personnel.

like "liverpool have a good defence"=a conservative setup, concede less and score less, the goals they do concede frequently involve awful defending.

-"they just need to turn those draws into wins"- see above, they do need to do this but the answer to all their problems is removing the rafa "negate the opposition" bullshit mentality and completely adopting the idea that they dictate the play and that's how they win games.

judging by man u at the weekend and the recent games against city they're still using this counter-attack negativity crutch.

'Arry just on SSN saying they wouldn't Pienaar wasn't allowed go on loan because they couldn't get "the lad from Jooventus"

Wolves manager Mick McCarthy: "The fans' reaction is fully understood and the last 35 minutes were unacceptable. We were getting a real chasing but they're a great bunch of lads, work their socks off for me and the club. The shape that I had was making it difficult, but I was never going to keep it 4-5-1, defend and lose 2-0, so I take the blame for the last 35 minutes."
There was a banner unfurled at Molineux calling for McCarthy to leave. Unless they were very quick with their handiwork, that suggests dissatisfaction based on more than the final half-hour.

i trained with the bloke doing this min by min - nice zing on mccarthy there.

Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand on former Old Trafford midfielder Darron Gibson's Everton winner against Manchester City which allowed Manchester United to go level on points at the top of the table: "He will be getting a text message from me later to say well done.

should really tweet him a link to this interview instead, save the money.

xp That's why I find it incredibly hard to judge how far away we are from being a really good side tbh. We can hold our own against anyone decent, except if they're really on-song I suppose, but what's needed to win consistently? It could be as little as Lucas back + a finisher, so long as they were set up right.

better wingers maybe...i think also though they've nothing really coming through the middle of midfield in attacking areas either. there's not enough danger/pace in the midfield generally.

Rio leaking texts in advance, that's New Labourite in its media sophistication

Agree with that, but it's across-the-board so what, replace the whole midfield? I don't know. I do wish Meireles was still there though, he gave angles and such like Henderson never will.

Morrison's salary will start at around £12,000 a week with this possibly increasing to as much as £65,000. The rising sliding scale will be triggered only if West Ham regain their Premier League status. Then, after a certain number of top-flight starts, his salary would rise incrementally towards the £65,000 ceiling

Damn - you get kind of immune to salary talk, but this makes me quite envious, imagining this lot racking up exponentially. It's some comfort to know he'll just piss it all away.

Ryan Nelsen to the Spiders, possibly

this doesn't reflect their performances at all. these three clubs are all worse than they've been in recent years,

sorry, had to change a wash, cook up a stirfry

spurs have signed saha- confirmed

anyway, i don't know- it could be just as simple as you can tell by watching just liverpool in a game and be able to say that, yes, liverpool are worse. i suspect that the bottom/mid-bottom teams are substantially better than they have been in other recent seasons though, and i don't think that it's just as easy as comparing one team across different periods either, is all.

i've no idea why i've detailed my activities there, mind was on natalie sawyers yellow dress tbph

saha?

zamora to qpr confirmed

keith andrews to wba confirmed

pizarro to city confirmed

pogbranyak to fulham confirmed

six month deal from everton

can't believe man u passed on andrews

the ssn guy is making me puke WE'VE DONE IT AGAIN ON TRANSFER DAY fireworks noises and faces transposed onto big ben

bridge to sunderland!

boro rejected 6m from bolton for rhys williams

Pizarro arrived in Italy from Santiago in 1998 and played for Udinese for five years before joining Inter.

He joined Roma in 2006 but has made only 142 appearances

from bbc...kinda weird, surely 142 appearances in six years is a fairly decent return?

QPR. Quality. Players. Recruited.

quids pros reunited

24 appearances a year isn't great ronan

BASSONG JOINS WOLVES ON LOAN

THAT HELPS NOBODY

and ryan nelsen to spurs wtf

Harry just cannot help himself

rly tho

Apparently he was released from his contract

tremendous stuff from Hansen on MOTD. "because he's sidefooted it, you're entitled to appeal for a penalty kick"

lol rly tho couldn't believe it

cannot believe that city and hansen are encouraging the idea that dzeko was fouled in the buildup to the evertone goal as opposed to being lucky not to be booked for a raking stamp

these heart celebrations have got to stop.

so harry, done some good wheeling and dealing?

Spurs got Saha solely because it's easy for 'Arry to put that name on the sheet?

The shape that I had was making it difficult, but I was never going to keep it 4-5-1, defend and lose 2-0, so I take the blame for the last 35 minutes."

Actually admitting that you have no idea what you're doing (as if it wasn't obvious enouygh) is something else. These guys really do have no idea how to play anything other than 442, no idea that a 451 can be more attack-minded than 'two up top'. Amazing.

utd should have had a third pen

yeah it was clear as day. Pearse is an idiot.

fuck off Pulis

ooh, Hansen getting scared

Scott Sinclair apparently trying to actively draw the Chelsea fans' attention to the fact that he wasn't celebrating having scored against them

nice finish

Pienaar has gone (back) to Everton

eh yeah nbd there livermore, krancjar cover most midfield spots as is

this lad hennessey is no goalkeeper imo, 0% for agility

that was sweet

and that.

Tottenham confirm that they have reached an agreement for the transfer of striker Roman Pavlyuchenko to Lokomotiv Moscow

redknapp- pav's looking to move

xp

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