Moneyball won't win the Premiership 2012-13

remy is not a physical striker unless you mean 'bigger than jermain defoe', not sure how it will be for him cuz adebayor isn't going to be easily displaced, bale is a fixture......probably a lot of games shoved out right with lennon benched

true and fair

i'd worry about avb if he starts boying lennon

now lil aaron is nobody's ideal for yr modern european wing forward but he has been a good player, the right player for this team

he creates the right space on the chart imo

someone think of a euro cups thread title quick

It's because there are a load of dumbshit sub-Martin Samuel types working in football journalism who assume that because AVB didn't get on with EBJT and FFLB he's automatically on a mission to turf out all established English players. I can't think of an example of a player with actual pace who wasn't in his plans, either at Spurs or Chelsea.

http://i.imgur.com/LzKUT.png

macca you look bloody awful

yeah i think discriminating against slow players is effectively discriminating against english players who aren't wingers or fullbacks

haha uefa secretary warning clubs over ffp before the draw

cut to platini rubbing his eyes wearily

PSG Thangs and BATE Boys: Champions & Europa League 2012/13

so andy carroll then

if andy carroll scores a hat-trick in the demolition of a martin jol outfit then i'm claiming some sort of lasting victory

hmm. think ill watch something else. is little house on the prarie on?

He'll need to score a first goal first

This was all inevitable obv. If it had been a loan to Liverpool City Council to dig holes, he'd've struck oil.

Or rather some other guys on the gang would've struck oil, and darragh'd be claiming victory.

something about AC's hair something about oil blah blah hungover gimme a break

fulham look so terrible

could be stoke's season to struggle

Spurs still not defending set plays. Defoe up front on his own such a stupid setup.

fair cop btw carroll was only so-so

thinking of starting a "Have Arsenal Scored Yet?" website this week

yeah, the commentators were basically in ecstasy every time the ball bounced off his head

Arsenal will score tomorrow, and/or Liverpool will score, or it'll be the most depressed game in the history of football.

that last one should probably be an and/or too

Mick McCarthy called Carroll "England's number nine" in a way that suggested this was a Nobel football prize, only and always conveyed on strikers of true class.

don't forget Mick secretly hates the English

was michael ricketts once england's number nine?

which, y'know, if you've growed up in Barnsley

Irishman Mick McCarthy.

the hated saxons

it is kind of disquieting seeing Carroll wear 8

this is rubbish. We need a big.

it's just eleven highly paid guys standing around in formation. I think i'll give up on football.

ashley williams just did a skrtel, fletcher finished well

is bale playing on the wing, or inside?

defoe as a #9 is a terrible idea i give u that

need Fletch to score 15 plus this season just to fuck my old man off

left wing. Swapping with lennon now and again, to decent effect tbf

Livermore is ok, but gainst norwich at home i'm not sure he shouldn't be watching sandro from the bench rather than partnering him.

friedel with a brilliant save after a gifted cross/header. Gallas fails to clear the rebound so friedel blocks again.

2 mainly holding MFs at home to norwich does seem one too many yes.

if AVB does nothing more than insist Bale plays in his best position then he's a win tbh

gallas should just have conceded a penalty, dunno how ref missed it. We don't look that bad, except for not really doing anything at all. We're just out there, hanging round, being marked, tbh.

well-positioned guys thinking about things

1-1 awesome finish from former prodigy and serial disappointment wayne ro...utledge

never seen routledge have a bad game, idk what he does be saying to managers off the field that gets him slung round so much.

Booed off at half time, harsh but we're three games in and not much in that so far to cheer either.

didn't routledge score his first EPL goal last season

i agree he looks neat and quick but he isn't really that dangerous

He's set up a good few already this season

williams fucks up again for the second goal

did caulker hold his hand all of last season or

lol fletch again schadenfreude is a sweet sweet cordial

routledge in my fantasy team for some reason.