Moneyball won't win the Premiership 2012-13

Downing got an assist

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Miguel Delaney ‏@MiguelDelaney
Few scenes after the game there as fans in the away end dressed as penguins appeared to be throwing punches at stewards.

^ Stoke, apparently

ah, Christmas

Downing got a goal

Truly these are the end of days

just one place behind Chelsea as things stand too

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ftr i skimmed through this afternoon's bbc fitba liveblog and read several really stupid things but i'm not going to c&p any of them

at this special time of year, it's important not to lose sight of the true meaning of football even in the shallow, meta-obsessed world we inhabit

it's something to do with Stewart Downing isn't it

no

b- display name ideas -- ban lousy dejagah

brendan v obviously avoiding 'magnificent' after the match, said 'm..... outstanding' 8 times instead

Asked about his plans for the January transfer window, Redknapp said: "I don't want to spend their (the club's) money, to be honest with you.

"There are a lot of players at this club who earn far too much money for what they are; far, far, far too much money for their ability and what they give to the club.

"I don't really want to see the owners have their pants taken down like they have in the past. There's a lot of agents made money out of them.

"I fined a player last week and he was earning more than any player earned at Tottenham.

"You shouldn't be paying massive wages when you've got a stadium that holds 18,000 people.

"This club (Newcastle) holds 52,000 and most of their players will be nowhere near some of the wages some of the players are earning here."

Redknapp also confirmed that full-back Bosingwa had been fined a fortnight's wages after refusing to sit on the bench for last weekend's 2-1 victory over Fulham.

He said: "He didn't want to be on the bench and didn't want to be a substitute, so he went home.

"He has been fined two weeks' wages, £130,000. Not too bad for two weeks, decent isn't it? Not too bad for playing on a Saturday, it's okay."

Asked how he might handle a player like that, Redknapp said: "We'll find out in January."

shd have no problem shifting him after a glowing encomium like that

I thought I could hear the curious tone
Of the cornet, clarinet and big trombone
Fiddle, cello, big bass drum
Bassoon, flute and encomium

"I still live in the area and now they're in the Championship doing well under Tony Mowbray, but everyone is saying we didn't realise what a hell of a good time those five years were. We travelled around Europe, we were in cup finals, we had a damn good team and we sold out the stadium nearly every game. So therefore the legacy is there. At the time, we didn't realise it.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/dec/22/steve-mcclaren-coaching-the-coaches

average attendance in 2005/6 was 6000 below capacity and the highest attendance was 3000 below

I promise myself each week that I'll skip over the "punditry" on MOTD and just watch the games but I got sucked in this morning.

Hansen - "By his own lofty standards Steven Gerrard hasn't had the best of seasons."

YOU'RE AT LEAST 3 SEASONS TOO LATE!!!!!!!!

And Robbie Savage can do one an'll

yeah that shit about gerrard was just risible

kind of wonder if neville is going to shift the bbc sensibility too or whether they do focus groups with mouthbreathers in romford who don't want to hear anything more than power pace passion etc

According to many, Michu is the Premier League find of the season. Even Ferguson admitted last week: 'It was first-class business by Swansea to cherry-pick Michu. I'd never even heard of him.

this seems weird given that iirc manchester united 'were linked to him' (that was probably not true) and he scored 15 goals last yr from midfield

even if people hadn't seen a lot of him, that stat stood out

I loved the bit when Hansen was saying that Liverpool were a one-man team, then remembered Torres had been quite good so they became a "one-man team with another one, the two of them".

haha. yes

I read something last week about a mystery injury that Valencia has been carrying for the past few months. There has to be some explanation cos he is killing this team at the moment

DRUGS

Good game though

jeez evra for that goal...

Sir Clive Woodward interviews Roy Hodgson

no thanks

will watch it just to piss off rafa

Rooney's been on the sherry

rooney looks sharp as fuck but kinda random

sharp like a brick

Good game this

ref givin utd a fifteen yard wall there wtf

fouling Swansea players too

Ref's been quite poor. He's missed quite a few fouls on United but then awarded us a corner for no reason at all.

looooool RVI doesn't like it up 'im

tbf cant rly blame anyone there, good ruckus tho, in a mild way

lmao van persie

was that deliberate of williams

triffic save

Rooney off - about time.
Giggs on - really? Is that what we need?

70% i suppose but he might just have been getting rid of it idk

don't think so nakh

Lol at this

lol clear handball

fuckin smith fuckin cunt hows that handball you fuckin idiot

michu, not just a player but a game lad too

rvp peno, giggs-won, ref-aided

twww >>>>twp

on this showing