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

odd future wolves gang kill themselves

I picked a bad day to throw a strop with football.

Is that 30 secs per sub thing an actual rule? Cos they don't bother in the Bundesliga whereas Serie A always has loads of stoppage time.

If City fuck this up today I'll be fuming. Come on, send Wolves down in style.

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went out to see 30-foot giant puppets walking around town only to find it had finished early. ended up missing one of the games of the season by the sound of it.

i'm too hungover to process it really

this is quite similar to what had been happening in spain prior to last night, fwiw

30-secs per sub is not a rule, just a rough idea of what usually happens

David Moyes: 'I thought Fellaini was nearly unplayable at times today'

The two sides were, not similar exactly, but experiencing the game at a similar rhythm. Both attacked well when they had to do so (Utd close to their swashbuckling best, but only in brief patches); both defences stood up okay to moderate pressure; but crumbled under any real sustained threat, such that they were practically passing into one another's nets late on. Flawed teams, but well-balanced enough to make a great game.

yeah I was thinking how Yanited-ish Everton were in their ventures forward circa 80 mins or so

Official law states "The allowance for time lost is at the discretion of the referee." No mention of 30 seconds for subs.

Sorry, just saw that NBS got there before me.

I was delighted that Everton took on the idea of marking Scholes out of things btw. My feeling is that everyone else has made it a little too easy for him to be the masterstroke of the season.

a good strategy that limited Utd to just the four goals?

Strange time to break out the 'fuck all! you're gonna win fuck all' chant

unless it's City fans doing the singing

beautiful passing move by City there, Nasri dragged the finish wide tho

more please

Clichy looking like Bale with that move + assist.

lfc dominating, denied a pen, hit the woodwork. 0-0. story of our season.

and west brom take the lead.

lol at Bassong just watching City walk that into the net

story of our season

and yet i still can't quite believe it.

61% possession, 28 shots. Lovely. All the teams down to Stoke will overtake us at this rate. We'll finish 14th and win 2 cups. Don't know whether to laugh or cry.

I'm not sure how we're managing to hang on in 8th tbh, the pressure buildup is getting massive in behind. We're like the cork in our FA Cup celebratory champagne.

nice to see Roy finally getting a win at Anfield though

Lol

46pts from 34 games is pretty much an automatic sacking really.

i've opted for laughing

Liverpool have a p generous run-in but none of their games are more self-evidently winnable than WBA at home so yeah

kinda stoked (npi) for the midtable madness actually

14th and 2 cups? Would you settle for 11th and one?

When was the last time EFC scored four in consecutive league games? Kendall's first era? It's all gone a bit ridic. Would gladly transplant Osman's Easter Monday curler and Jelavic's header today to Wembley last Saturday and manfully accept the loss of a point.

xxxp

The cups are the thing to have obviously; the league is just embarrassing since it's of no consequence anymore. I'd say that a low finish (i.e. below 8th) could have the benefit of forcing change - but my fear is that that change will be Suarez leaving and nothing else.

Suarez leaving might be a good idea

Nah, Suarez is the main creative player. We need a finisher. But seeing as we've just spent/wasted £100m can't see us buying one.

Obviously I'm seeing this through LFC lensed glasses but I find it difficult to believe that Newcastle create more chances than us. Difference is they actually have a couple of guys who do the difficult bit and score.

I was jokin' about the cups.

To answer my own question: Aug '99: 4-1 and 4-0 home wins over Southampton and Wimbledon. The Jeffers-Campbell dream strike force!

Kevin Campbell! Was that when he came at the winter break and saved Everton from relegation?

August '99, so it must have been Jan '99 when he arrived. Was that the Mike Walker era?

God, i'm 5 years out!! Hangs head

if Everton could start a campaign like that now you'd be laughing

Wiki tells me Campbell arrived in March '99, on loan, and scored 8 in 9 games!
Eventually lost his place to some youngster called Wayne Rooney, never made it iirc.

Spurs are officially uncatchable now btw, it's no St Totteringham's day but congrats to you lot I suppose

I think that even Spurs fans have evolved beyond 'finishing above LFC' = a good season. But congrats anyway.

Where's that Newcastle thread that made an appearance at some point last year? Didn't we have one Newcastle fan? Kudos to that dude.

Connor: we have to be competitive the last 3 games ... because league rules demand it.

Tyno AsPOLLia: Songs of the Great River

Are they gonna dock them points if they under perform? Who could even tell?

Btw am pouring one out for Mr NV.

lol on googling I am disappointed that the M Knopfler poll option is not in fact one song

SportsDirect @ Official Newcastle United forum - FA Cup winners 2011/12, Europa League here we come!

Can't believe I was actually undermbitious for them!

Ah, missed all the SuperKev chat, I was Wii Boxing with the girls ("Fight him in the face, Dad!"). Yep, as above - spring '99 was when he arrived and saved the season. First two-thirds of 99-2k was in a similar vein (we were 7th at the end of Feb, Kev-Fran had provided 18 goals, only Man Utd were outscoring us as a team) and then it all fell apart.

Feeling for Noodle Vague right now.