Moneyball won't win the Premiership 2012-13

zonal marking 101

Given the state of United and probably Chelsea at the moment, City have enough good players to win the league comfortably even without Mancini even doing particularly well, especially if they bomb out of Europe altogether.

Yeah they're unbeaten so far this season playing at roughly 75% of the level they were last year.

I suppose it's probably English lessons xp, but it'd be amusing if Pep were studying something entirely unrelated like divinity or electrical engineering.

i wonder if the barca board contingent at city definitely precludes mourinho cos otherwise that would be the most obvious eventuality

reckon pep would totally take the arsenal job were arsene to find the noble self-sacrifice within

“I never really wanted to sell him at Tottenham to be honest. I had a good relationship with him. I never had a problem with Adel.

“At times his problems were self-inflicted, but I let him go because he wasn’t playing and the Chairman felt it was a good time to let him go."

Will miss Redknapp on MOTD: Player x has a good game, cue Harry "yeah i tried to get him at Tottenham.."

iirc when we sold taraabt (did we really only sell him once?) arry lamented his performance in a friendly the week before when ''ee was drivin poor luka mad'

Is the Liverpool game on actual telly?

Sky Sports, right now. Is that actual telly? I'll be wondering about that for next 2 hrs now.

Downing having to play LB behind and ACTUAL LB is trolling of the highest order btw.

Can't be as bad as the League Cup trouncing today surely?

thanks p - the question you can't help me with is whether it's worth seeking this out

it's pretty lively so far

People-who-used-to-be-linked-with-things and CL Miscellany news: Unai Emery sacked from Spartak Mockba

good match this, v absorbing

lpool obviously more limited but still seem more likely to score purely out of swansea defensive deficiency

two halves of a great side basically, stick agger skrtel and suarez into swansea and you'd have title challengers probably

gerrard just looking confused and lost now, so very old and tired you can see it in his face

swans midfield giving a real masterclass, constant intelligent swarming interchanges, much improved from overrated last season

pablo h is dope

if they keep it focused and tight tho and this will still end up lpool 1 or 2-0

am i really the only one watching this

farmers market aficionados must actually be at farmers markets

I knew this was going to be a great one so I was up at 5 my time

I decided on the radio instead, turns out some nomark is filling time with Lewis Hamilton instead ffs

I will be at the market later when they're open tho

I've just started watching it, forgot that the Spurs game doesn't start til 4. Also I've got Pablo H and Routledge in my FFL team and Suarez upfront so I've got a lot riding on it.

enrique is better than downing at lw tho surely

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/nov/24/eric-cantona-20-years-phone-call

20 mins in and the saints fans are already cheering ironically every time gazzaniga manages not to fuck up a clearance :-/

Ech, I was looking forward to slotting in two points behind Arsenal, I could've lived with that.

GET INVOLVED

Chris in Leigh-on-Sea via text on 81111: "I don't care how many times people say good things about Jonjo Shelvey. They're wrong. He's not good enough. But the same could be said about a few others wearing the Liverbird."

hmmmn does anyone know chris in leigh on sea's view on lucas leiva perchance?

Ech, I was looking forward to slotting in two points behind Arsenal, I could've lived with that.

Look on the bright side: just three points behind Allardyce's West Ham now and effectively a point and a half ahead of Norwich when you take into account how bad their goal difference is.

I hope you don't win the league

Actually, I suppose West Ham do have a game in hand.

and get put out the Champions League in the next round

enrique is better than downing at lw tho surely

― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Sunday, 25 November 2012 15:19 (29 minutes ago) Bookmark

v much so imo

movement off the ball still not good enough for what brendan's wishing for though

saints all over newcastle so far. if we keep a clean sheet today i might start to ~believe~

lol at sky trying hard to make "three amigos" happen

already looking forward to motson washing the memory of "vinqt-cinq kompany" away on motd2 later tbh

How long have City had this away kit?

i'd do a sweepstakes on a "newcastle in crisis" guardian blog if i didnt know it was already written

Henry Winter ‏@henrywinter

Matthew Harding End chanting "fuck off Benitez, you're not wanted here"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwMhQK9VeBY

someone's already put the audio up on youtube

The 'Rafa Out' posters held up in the corner just then were all remarkably similar. Do you think the club gave them out like those cheap plastic flags for those big Euro nights?

chelsea fans pretending they have any class

Beautiful xp. I hope he Inters you up good & proper, you don't deserve him.

christ this is tedious

what's whu-spurs saying

chelsea fans pretending they have any class

― whinesplaining 101 (cozen), Sunday, 25 November 2012 16:18 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

inters/liverpools, what's the difference

oh no

1 x Champions League trophy xp