Moneyball won't win the Premiership 2012-13

That said I'm starting to think that the 2012-13 Spurs midfield might actually be better as a unit than last season's. There just seem to be more options, we don't feel so reliant on one player to pull the strings.

Also Vertonghen is amazing.

Everyone allows Scholes too much time on the ball, I don't get it. He's still great on it, but he can barely move - making your forward stand right on him, or at least have somebody put in a sneaky reducer, seems so obvious every time I see him.

parker would have been useful in that second half

oscar managed to stifle arteta quite well yesterday, and oscar has the build of a 14 yr old

oscar did same vs pirlo, he's quite disciplined.

yeah he has fitted in fairly seamlessly

chelsea quite impressive, i didn't think torres was that great yesterday apart from the goal tho

i actually thought his link up play was really good y'day, but he's still not decisive enough in front of goal.

cash + torres for falcao just looks like it would happen

love to see falcao in beast mode in the prem.

for Liverpool

i guess he'd be an option off the bench.

would give pacheco a rest.

We've got to sign somebody. I'm now assuming Ba will be in as soon as the window opens again (and injured a week later).

Ba doesn't particularly strike me as a Rodgers type player tbh. I'm not really up for us signing anyone who wouldn't still be considered a relatively key squad player in 2 1/2 years time.

You're adapting quickly. You're probably right anyway, that's just what my subconscious woke up with this morning.

Who would be a Rodgers type, besides Borini?

Will Giuseppe Rossi be back from his injury by January? Think he has what it takes to be a top player and maybe a serious injury will have put off other interested parties. Course it would also be a gamble.

Oof I see his done his cruciate twice on the same knee. Perhaps not then.

love spurs beating this grim man u side at old trafford. their zombie trudge halted for once.

Ironically I thought the second half was the most exciting United have played for a while.

yeah, they were far worse vs Southampton and LFC and they WON those games. Only saw the highlights but was surprised Kagawa was subbed off.

I think they should sign Ba. He's a bargain.

Rumours today that they are going to try and sign Ozil.

good luck with that

is the money there tho? What happened the austerity of august?

downing and enrique should be worth £7m. Maybe.

santa is bringing them 20m

Would Ba necessarily be a bargain? I know he's not exactly popular at Newcastle at the moment but i think his release clause has lapsed.

I thought that he kinda has a permanent release clause but it can't be activated too late in the transfer window. ie you could buy him on July 20th but not August 20th, Jan 1 but not Jan 31.

i like how only one of newcastle's senegalese forwards is permitted to score at any time

it fucking pains me to say this cos i love pepe, but i wonder if he might make a cheeky bid for vorm at some point.

can we not use the phrase 'cheeky bid' pls

cheeky incursion from the lad hitler there, the poles aren't going to like that one bit

cheeky refresh

cheeky refresh, oh-oh, oh-oh

lol what's wrong with cheeky bid

It's funny how there's still no suggestion of Jones pushing Reina for his place. It's like No.2 Goalkeeper has become this specialised role that doesn't translate into being actual goalkeeper any more than e.g. playing upfront.

can u imagine daniel levy using the phrase cheeky bid?

"a cheeky pint" is the worst. it sounds like innocent smoothie made it up.

think it maybe depends on the no2, Jones very much has the look of Stuart Taylor to him

WWCBNS

What Would Chris Bevan Not Say

lindegaard has displaced de gea atm, gazzaniga is playing over the english dude

lloris and friedel

The boy Guzan too, credit to him, he's been patient and bided his time and he's spied somne weakness on the part of Given and he's stepped in and eaten his still-beating heart

it kind of depends on how solid and well established the #1 is, and reina has been there for ages

also liverpool have doni right? who was the starting gk for a team who almost won serie a not that long ago

apparently doni went back to brazil for some reason, but he's been named in the premier league squad.

given has apparently been struggling with injuries since marlon harewood perforated his bowel

how long's steve harper been at newcastle

perforated bowel injuries marlon harewood has inflicted

19 years!

not having much luck finding an image of Harewood like shrugging or doing a "eh what are you gonna do" face or something

tell you what given's got a good strong bowel but marlon has absolutely perforaked it there