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

even my dad the man utd fan says it was. And he never ever admits these things.

Robbie Savage getting v exercised about something on radio, didn't hear what it was

Ah never mind, you're on it. Suppose Utd deserve a break one of these title races.

It's barely even a talking point, they're saying it was so obvious.

Looked a pen to me, reckon the ref bottled it. I know you're all going to say "it evens out over the course of the season, this makes up for that joke of a penalty Newcastle got at Old Trafford", but Fulham won't see it that way.

lol

You were owed one for the West Ham guy not getting a straight red for that penalty last season

It was a pen, but Murphy didn't need to go down and he looked like he was even before the contact was made. Fulham didn't really deserve anything from the game anyway.

nah

just nah

gnev u trollin cunt lol

Just seen GNev's picks for best 'ever' Prem volleys (inspired by the Crouch miracle) - whatever happened to Danny Rose?

he's a left back now ;_;

gnev giving the harsh truths re crouch

BAS DOST SLAMS VILLA

"That I knew. I know the club is not very good, but the interest is great.

We're already overdue a dedicated Bas Dost thread I think. This guy is my idol.

getting a clear post-newcastle summer transfer strategy vibe from villa now

vainglorious bast dos

qui est Bast Dost? I like his statement.

On 10 December 2011, Dost scored all five goals in Heerenveen's 5-0 win away to Excelsior. << Footballer destined to become ILF cult heroes.

He's 22, top scorer in the Eredivisie, plays for Heerenveen

I enjoyed this interview with Mata. I didn't know he was studying for a degree, good on him.

Interesting that he singles out McEachran

Outside of football, I like Murakami’s books, they have a slightly strange atmosphere, but they draw you in. I’ve also read Paul Auster and Jorge Luis Borges and I liked them.

Phrases You're Unlikely to Hear an English Centre Back Use.

likes Coldplay though

someone should buy him a can of london grill judging by the photo they've used to illustrate his nan's fabada

As for the dressing room, it surprised me how close Terry is, on a day to day basis he’s aware of everything, and dedicated special attention to us new arrivals.

heh heh zzz

I wonder if he even gets a ribbing in the dressing room for e.g. liking Borges? The would-be banterer is defeated before he starts here, I feel.

i doubt it's come up

more like garden of facking poofs, amirite.

one for the cover

JT "For fucks sake Juan, I like literary fiction as much as the next guy but dropping IQ84 on your foot and missing the rest of season has fucked us up good and proper."

I like to imagine a game of subtle one-upmanship at Cobham; Lampard ostentatiously reading Garcia Marquez in one corner, and Terry in the other slyly revealing an original Neruda collection in his coat pocket. While Cashley takes shots at the work experience kid.

"Which wan ov yoo cants spilled shower gel on my Saramago?"

work experience kid had the temerity to be reading robert ludlum.

ludlum would've been fine it was one of the new 'bourne' ludlum's not actually by ludlum, Ash has standards.

IK RACIAL PROFILING

Anyone remember Gaizka Mendieta and his love of the Stooges and the Velvet Underground?

my account's been hacked is what's happened here

http://www.thespoiler.co.uk/2010/03/29/10-footballers-and-their-favourite-novels-revealed/

lol 7 kids books out of 10

COOL!

quick poll, fellas: would you equate championships in the old First Division to Premiership championships? like, would you say Aston Villa are "7 time Premier League champions?"

I'm trying to school some uppity Americans on this

well, no. You would say they've won seven league titles

you wouldn't say they are 7 time premier league champions, but they are kind of equivalent.

people on tv might say "champions in the top division 7 times?"

7 time league champions. it is just a diff. name for the same thing, which is the league/top division

A hoy hoy otm, 'kind of' equivalent my arse.

when utd knocked liverpool off teh perch, they were 19 time league champs last summer. no-one said 10 time premiership champions, 9 time first division champions or whatever it is.

might be different somewhere like germany, where i'm not sure how they talk about pre-bundesliga football. (their modern format started in the 60s).

Though having said that, I could be persuaded that EPL titles are the ones that don't count.

Yeah, I have slight problems with Italy, where the first champs were from a four-team invitation-only round-robin iirc. But that'd deprive us of some really cool winners, so national champs in whatever guise I say.