Moneyball won't win the Premiership 2012-13

poor mario, booked for receiving a shoulder charge to the chin.

he always intended to run into him i think. Still a foul though

"he's gotta start smiling"

Oh, that was a fun set of highlights. Ramirez in full flight really is rather great, but also: where the hell has this version of Jason Puncheon come from? The front four were a whirlwind and he was right at the heart of it. If Nigel can keep him playing like this, things might get spectacular.

Also, JH - how was Luke Shaw? Highlights suggest defence got a bit less shellacked than usual, but it does seem as though our improved form has rather coincided with the lad being introduced to the side.

Joey O'Brien has the forehead of an evil, evil man.

fucking hell that's one of the worst offside calls i've ever seen in the wigan game

WBS, shaw was v composed against both swansea and newcastle, he doesn't have fox's dead ball skills but apart from that looks an upgrade in every way. the current back 4 look better each time they play together, altho tbf they haven't been up against much in the last few games. cork coming back has also helped a lot, and puncheon & lallana seem to be doing more tracking back as well. even gazza came good yesterday! now watch it all go wrong against norwich.

Going thru the latest IBWM update on the progress of the players they chose last year as the 100 best youngsters and lo and behold there's a Saint on there, Emmanuel Mayuka. Anyone seen him play?

nope, he's only had a few sub apps so far. might have to wait till the ACN to get a proper look at him..

Have we talked about Joey Barton's French accent anywhere yet?

has he done a Schteve?

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xvdzlc_barton-la-ligue-1-est-ennuyeuse_sport

It's the Gallic shrug that does it.

ha, yes

I hope someone's taught him the correct use of the word 'bof'.

<3

‏@Joey7Barton

In my defence, it is very difficult to do a press conference in Scouse for a room full of French journalists. The alternative is to speak...

...like a 'Allo Allo!' character which is choose. Its simply a case of you had to be there. #youstupidwomen!

I am christening this new language Bartonese... @piersmorgan

Steeeeevvvveeee would be proud! http://mobile.footmercato.net/p/news?id_article=96064&id_next_article=96074 …

fuck off morgan

that reminds me

Mr Roger Quimbly ‏@RogerQuimbly
Does 'heinous' rhyme with 'penis' or 'anus'? To win a prize, send your one word answer to Piers Morgan. Good luck!

That was all from Barton's feed, I think he was maybe mentioning Morgan for having a go at him. xp

je ne regrette rien

god that is so bad

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2238236/Married-Premier-League-star-90-000-week-tricked-model-year-affair-telling-car-salesman.html

lmao

story loses something without this photo accompanying it

http://i2.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article1455418.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Kolo+Toure

Forget it at 15 million obviously Fergy is getting a bit old now so is a bit senile...Baines is the best player in his position in Europe...30 million no less!

- Sean , Co Wicklow, 27/11/2012 01:16

http://i.imgur.com/XvxNP.jpg

Baines has been better than Cashley for 18-24 months

baines is probably better as an epl fullback most of the time but he plays in a side where he is the most creative player

he's a fair way off cole at his best

yeah but Cole at his best is a fond memory

5 months

come the fork on

‏@TheBig_Sam Anti-Semitism will NOT be tolerated at my club. If I said it at one LMA meeting, I've said it at 50 - the Holocaust was bang out of order.

@robshepherd5 Do u think that's funny ?

@TheBig_Sam you know what isn't funny? Me sending you all those colouring books when you were in prison, and you not even thanking me.

‏@robshepherd5 comprende : Fullbrook Dillion Houllier EL Tel Big Frank Taylor and THE brothers sorted that out sunshine . Munchos Grazias x

‏@TheBig_Sam I prayed for you, Robert, & you shut me out. Only God can judge you. And that judge who imprisoned you for biting a human man.

thought thebig_sam was finished but ex-notw hacks are always ripe for clowning huh

if the real Allardyce cd read that Twitter wd have been long gone by now

uhm he got his lawyers to threaten twitter....

shepherd getting moral support from spivvy looking bantuh cunts with descriptions like

Freelance betting journalist and press officer. Avid sports fan, Follow NUFC and Celtic. Love the odd bet and alcoholic drink.

xp

sorry tv must've thought it was a legit tackle

xls fwiw

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2004/jan/09/pressandpublishing.dailyexpress/print

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRBxV505i3A

xpost Before his imprisonment, I was presenting a radio show on which Rob Shepherd was a guest.

In a commercial break he turned to me and said: "I'm worried my son's gay. I've been trying to get him to come to York Hall to watch the fights, but he doesn't want to."

"How old is he, Rob?"

"He's eight."

"I don't think not liking boxing at eight is a sign of homosexuality, Rob."

(xps) there have been rumours for a while that ashley cole is heading to united this summer

nice segue

The run of posts from the Kolo Toure link is an all-timer.

The Society of Black Lawyers have reported the chants highlighted by Benayoun to the Metropolitan Police

good stuff lads kiu

wtf are these cunts anyway

ask john terry

This must be the most interesting game of the season so far? And I'm including Dortmund v Real in that.

uh... what are you watching?

I was talking in the abstract. Thanks 7.45 kickoff for making me look stupid.