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

squillaci... the less said the better

Wenger will continue to bring in failures like Gervinho, but there's no denying he's been more on the ball with signing defenders.

hang on... you are joking here right?

― I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), maandag 12 maart 2012 23:29 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I beg you, which defensive Arsenal signing as of late has been worse than the attacking signing of Gervinho?

carl jenkinson is finished.

Jenkinson > Gervinho > Park

otm

*finnish i mean. he has dual nationality.

What a brilliant goal from RVP btw, creating space for himself and scoring like that. Awesome.

good news for spurs: relegation is mathematically impossible

that's the spirit

relegation is mathematically impossible

Pretty sure someone will get relegated, tbh

don't tell venky's

http://p.twimg.com/An0ZiykCMAADWuP.jpg

:D

rvp was straight up trolling all game, dunno why.

Is Arteta tiny?

that smile is lol. also appreciated his wanking gesture in the liverpool match

he's kind of crouching there

relegation is mathematically impossible

Pretty sure someone will get relegated, tbh

― Let's Talk About Socks (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, March 12, 2012 6:58 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

sorry i'm american, still struggling with the concept tbh

http://i.imgur.com/sw7FO.jpg

Responding to a question about foreign investment in the Premier League, Redknapp replied: “Where they find some owners now, I don’t know. I remember the first guy they brought in at Portsmouth from Saudi Arabia somewhere. He looked like they pulled him off the stall outside. He looked like the only Arab who didn’t have oil in his garden.”

I remember predicting in January or February that Arsenal and Chelsea would be 3rd and 4th and Tottenham 5th

and people did not believe me

I think Spurs must still have a chance of finishing 4th above Chelsea, if they can ever get any form back, but not really of finishing 3rd

Come on pinefox, you only have to match Arsenal and you'll be third. You have better players. This should be just a wobble, these have been hard games.

Chelsea still to play City, Spurs, Arsenal, Newcastle, Liverpool + a Europa campaign.
Arsenal still to play City and Chelsea.
Spurs to play Chelsea and no-one else above 8th.

The fate of the top clubs will be decided by QPR. You've all got to play us. Time to rack up the goal difference, big clubs!

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1. EURGH BBC FORMATTING THESE DAYS. I JUST WANTED AN EASY TO READ LIST LIKE YOU USED TO DO. I WAS GONNA C&P CHELSEA'S AND SPUR'S TOO BUT FUCK THAT NOW.

2. Everton next week is the only real worry there, tbh. I feel we are playing City at the right time, and at home. Stoke away isn't really a 'thing' anymore, is it?

3. Looking at the Spurs fixtures, their game against Bolton on 15 April is postponed. Anyone know why/care?

Could be to avoid the FA Cup semi-final? They're playing each other in the quarters

"coming behind to win for a record 4th consecutive game" isn't a great record to break, is it?

Yeah Arsenal away, Man United then and Everton away, then Chelsea, is about as tough a run of games as you can get at the moment, give or take a City here and there. We *should* be alright for fourth, the run-in isn't tough at all provided something doesn't snap in the players' heads and/or legs.

I wonder how early in the game Everton will be down to 10 men tonight?

I bet both Spearing and Adam are off before you are down to 10 :(

When did this thread become a race to the self-pitying bottom?

Spurs will be fine for 4th (and probably third tbh). Everton, y'all have nothing to worry about except possibly losing Moyes to Tottenham in the Summer. QPR only have to be better than one other club they aren't currently above which, on paper at least, they are. Liverpool fans... sorry, got nothing.

Sam, this is a bit more fun than the corresponding period of last season, no?

When did this thread become a race to the self-pitying bottom?

A month or so back, dunno about the rest of you.

this has started for spurs since the beginning of these threads afair

i think united are going to walk this now, by the way

until they get fucked up the arse full dong by city next month

futafd

things just keep getting better for this poster!

pretty sure there's ilx posts from 1882 where Spurs fans insist the club's foundation is a false dawn

When did this thread become a race to the self-pitying bottom?

When my team hired mcleish in the summer.

except possibly losing Moyes to Tottenham in the Summer

Which is a fair bit to worry about, tbh. Recall how Everton and Spurs were basically of equal potential for much of mid-late '00s? It wouldn't even have been considered a step up until the last couple of seasons (e.g. EFC finishing 19pts ahead of THFC in 07-08).

I will be ignoring the game tonight. Derbies are bad enough without so much riding on them. (Yeah, I know - "who gets to finish just outside Europa League places"). And L'pool can't lose four in a row. Setting expectations low.

Kenny Dalglish: 'Kit deals and a happy club are as good as points'

It's got nil-nil all over it. Liverpool can't do it at home or against anyone outside the elite. Everton are great against teams making the running, not so much against dour sit-in types.

This is a similar situation to the Anfield derby of four seasons ago, when (a much better IMO) Everton went into it two points behind, conceded an early Torres goal, never really threatened, ended up (only one place but...) 11pts adrift by May.

All set up for a very particular kind of Evertonian disappointment, this - esp with it being Moyes' 10th anniversary, etc. If a supposedly struggling Spurs come to Goodison and rain 23 shots at goal, y'know...

Sorry to be such a misery. I'm mildly stirred at the potential of the situation but a lifetime of anxiety-pacing the colour out of carpets and punching radio commentaries off in frustration has me primed for a 3-0 defeat.

Sam, this is a bit more fun than the corresponding period of last season, no?

― Upt0eleven, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 11:40 (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This point yes but that whole season up until this point was a lot better going. I think I have given up any point of taking us seriously or holding on to my Wengerball beliefs now too, which makes it a bit breezier. As long as we don't come below Spurs.

Excited about tonight. There is always a customary sending off and I think both have been too hesistant in front of goal for too long. Might bet on Suarez goals.

i've sat on the fence for a while now but fuck it. some serious questions need to be asked this summer. does comolli's remit as director of football include deciding what style of play we're supposed to be playing, or is he a glorified chief scout? the alarm bells were ringing when we signed suarez and carroll in the same window, two players who don't compliment each other at all, and (i'm sticking my neck out here) never will. we need to decide what type of team we want to be, because the summer signings and the subsequent failure of the coaching staff to implement any kind of cohesive approach, style of play or strategy is a fucking shambles.

^^^ Basically exactly what happened to Spurs in the latter days of the Jol era and the Ramos era in particular.

Which is a fair bit to worry about, tbh. Recall how Everton and Spurs were basically of equal potential for much of mid-late '00s? It wouldn't even have been considered a step up until the last couple of seasons (e.g. EFC finishing 19pts ahead of THFC in 07-08

Don't think this is really the case, Everton had the edge on footballing matters for a good while, certainly a better manager, but Tottenham always had more potential just because of the amount of money in the bank.

I mean I think without Moyes Everton would very likely have been relegated at some point over the last decade. They've never been considered relegation candidates even when they had disappointing starts to a season, there's always been that level of footballing stability there, not to mention that fourth place finish. I'd be absolutely fucking terrified of losing him.

I don't think they'd have got relegated, I think they'd be in a position similar to Villa today (looking lost and fucked financially, lots of bad signings, still not going to go down without some disaster)

thanks for the reminder of Villa's woes.