Moneyball won't win the Premiership 2012-13

lol

not a red imo

Could only have been more lolsome with the disintegrator

He rugby tackled the last man, it was definitely a red.

so they got a red card for wrestling a player in on goal. boo hoo. post

i did like the expanding die

maybe the penalty should be taken with a perfectly icosahedral ball made out of the stuff inside crunchie bars

thought the goalie was getting there first guvnah

Niall Quinn is a creep

The way he's playing Dzeko would have punted it into the upper stand, Koscielny could have left him on his feet.

City could get a few today

Let's hear Arsene explain his way out of this one

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/65252000/jpg/_65252769_3f1fdc75-95fa-491d-bce4-9bbbac7a3c2b.jpg

i got a bloody nose ref. look, blood.

look, no hands xp

niall quinn 'it was a reactionary save'

Where is Jenk? I feel he needs to be a part of this.

not sure who this Fox Soccer co-commentator is but he's said "Robin Mancini" three times in the last five minutes.

How the fuck is that a red?

Bladdy ell. Are those always red cards now with the studs up? Didn't touch him!

or even have the studs up

pretty sure big swarthy foreign dude doing to great white hope of english fitba what great white hope of english fitba does a couple times every game is an automatic red

trying too hard

twp, gerrard, terry have had these privileges for years

kompany deserved a booking cuz it was scrappy and potentially dangerous, but not dangerous enough, and not malicious enough to get near a sending off

i had to do more grown up stuff what'd i miss

• Arsenal big babies, self-sabotage through self-pity
• City kinda bored of the epl, barely rousing themselves
• Utd actually do it through great precision and high tempo, but other than rvp have the air of a confidence side, could see them having a terrible run at some point
• Liverpool somehow dragging a promising display out of that first half, and I guess credit to Bren for changing it though maybe should've acted even sooner; don't quite understand how the dynamic changed quite so much though; Gerrard good, Suarez, Sturridge, Borrini could be a very interesting front three, but still too much average kicking around

"bored of the EPL" eh? Suppose they're saving themselves for Europe

Kompany sending off probably a yellow, definitely a classic shit refereeing "even the numbers up" decision

citeh saving themselves for the summer and spain/italy, perhaps

agreed on kompany. wilshere might have been booked imo. nothing wrong with first red.

Welbeck looked great today, felt dangerous throughout. Ditto Sturridge.

not really into finishing so much huh matt

Purism.

he 'makes things happen', classic english striker in the vassell mode, much better than a one-trick pony like darren bent

the lad houellebecq does gives it a rare puppy joie de vivre at least

The bit where he ran the length of the pitch, only to tumble out-of-bounds and be retrieved by a grinning Sturridge, was kinda lovely. It felt like a behind-the-curtain thing that we're not supposed to see.

i didn't see it- had he the ball or was it a bumblebee he was after?

would like to see van persie using only back-heels from now on in attempts to score.

xp "he's gambolled there and it's not quite come off"

oh yes

from ‏@DanKennett

#LFC vs top half #EPL (rank 18th): W0 D5 L6 F9 A19 Clean Sheets 2, Failed to Score 4 | vs bottom half (rank 3rd) W8 D2 L1 F26 A9 CS 6 FtS 0

Last season #lfc ranked 6th vs top half and 14th vs bottom half

When I watch Liverpool I keep thinking they're on the verge of being good (for a given value of good) - I'm quite surprised at those figures particularly no wins at all vs top half teams.

yeah but much improved vs bottom half, signs of a more solid/consistent team there?

Yes their record vs bottom half is very similar to e.g. Tottenham's - win column vs top half making the difference between CL & Europa aspirations.

they played pretty well against man u and city earlier this year. against chelsea they got a point despite playing a lot worse than in either of those two games. i'm still largely happy enough with them. i'll judge next year.

fair

actually think reina is a bigger problem than most fans would like to let on.

thought he'd held it together a bit better lately?

he was poor enough yesterday, though made a few good saves near the end. he had his own defence in a state of terror before the second goal, just seemed to cause confusion by whatever he was shouting at them. two very poor clearances in the first half as well.

#LFC vs top half #EPL (rank 18th): W0 D5 L6 F9 A19 Clean Sheets 2, Failed to Score 4 | vs bottom half (rank 3rd) W8 D2 L1 F26 A9 CS 6 FtS 0
Last season #lfc ranked 6th vs top half and 14th vs bottom half

you know stats like these, these "top and second half" do they use the teams' rankings as of those matches being played or just what the teams' rankings are as of now?

surely an element of cause/effect there?

I think they are as of now otherwise it's something of a moving target and you're not comparing like for like - some teams might not get to play e.g. a top half West Ham.

Might be more informative to look at how they compare against 1-9 and 10-17 from last season idk.

yes rangers, throw that money in the air like u just don't care

LET IT BURN

These guys who get linked and linked and linked to top clubs, and then end up signing for your QPRs - do they ever turn out well?

aw bless Arry's dog will be getting a new bank account