Moneyball won't win the Premiership 2012-13

he's getting the aspirin in now. Seems to be grand

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not really watching the qpr game but enjoying the russian commentator's intermittent sneezing

Arsenal camped in Villa's box for about five solid minutes there, then boom

Now if they can just nab another one

Peter Pan!

sadly unsurprised.

Can't really complain. Villa'll get one more chance though.

I hope they take it well.

oof, season over for Everton

Moyes looked ready to kill after that.

Season over? Win two home games and we're at Wembley. But, from a Prem PoV, 6th absolute best now.

Can someone run the stats and reassure me that we've actually prospered as much as suffered in the dying minutes this season? There were the comebacks vs Spurs and Villa but, Jesus H Catterick, we've pissed away so many points late on. Never trust a MBM report that says you "look comfortable".

5 points behind Arsenal with 11 games to play? Jesus you're pessimistic.

5 playing minutes ago it was neck-and-neck with Arsenal, right on Spurs' heels - now look at it

Yeah, I'm pessimistic. Overhauling Arsenal seems unlikely. We have to go there at some point (should be 9/3, but hopefully that'll be FAC6R day).

OK - games saved/won in closing stages:
Late Baines pen vs Wigan for 2-2
Two goals inside last 16min to beat Sunderland
Two goals in injury time to beat Spurs
Late Fellaini header vs Villa for 3-3

GAIN: 8pts

Points squandered in final quarter-hour:
Newcastle, late equaliser
Fulham, late equaliser
Reading, WTF (count it as 1pt dropped, as equaliser was before hour but still HOW?)
Norwich (H), FFS
Norwich (A), FFS

LOSE: 10pts

That's alright. I won't smash any crockery or anything. If Jelavic was in form though...

Manchester United are now averaging over two-and-a-half points a game, which if they keep it up will edge them past Chelsea 2005's 95-point mark

Shearer explaining why playmaker-in-the-hole Adel Taraabt is rubbish because he doesn't run up and down or get himself in the box enough. What is the point, really?

The only mildly entertaining thing about Shearer is the comically high standards he claims to expect from everyone. I remember some world cup 0-0 where his analysis was that Luca Toni "should of scored half-a-dozen. At least". It may even have been only halftime.

enjoyed this from the first page gis results for "the two alans"

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Alan Wood and Alan Clark were behind Marston success in the Enforcement category at the British Parking Awards

Deniz Huseyin

Marston Group’s award-winning pair Alan Clark and Alan Wood have both left the civil enforcement agent. Group business development director Clark has retired while business development manager Wood is joining Whyte & Co in the new post of director of development.

you're going to fucking park. you're going to park here, in this bay, with the dotted fucking line around it. don't even try to drive off. you're parking.

lol

i am drunk but there is such a thing as The British Parking Awards

Ferguson says Rafael closed his eyes and conjured up some Samba magic

Sir Alex Ferguson joked that Rafael must have had his eyes closed when he spectacularly volleyed Manchester United into the lead at QPR.

= Samba closed his eyes and conjured up some Rafael magic

It either speaks volumes for the wealth of talent at Old Trafford or shows that Sir Alex Ferguson is fallible but Dimitar Berbatov continues to cut a classic football figure on the banks of the River Thames.

The Bulgarian striker, 32, sold by Manchester United for £5million last summer, combines the silky elegance of a rumba dancer with the deadly strike of a cobra, qualities which enable him to celebrate his 200th Premier League game in the grand manner.

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i have missed the particular joy cisse brings to lashing em in

Sweet. And I thought Tevez' was a good hit.

Must say I hadn't realised that Chelsea were right back in the pack now. Huge game for the Spurs tomorrow.

some decent goals this weekend

fuckin stoke jesus christ ban these sick cunts

lmao did u notice shearer laughing while saying the linesman 'wouldn't get out of there alive'

1) Giving thanks for Rodwell

In the post-match briefing after Manchester City had beaten Chelsea 2-0 Roberto Mancini opened up by saying: "One thing I want to say first is that for us today is the last Sunday for our Pope and I would like to say thank you to this Pope for what he did in eight years ago. Thank you very much." As Pope Benedict XVI walks off into the papal sunset and the Italian spends this week offering a prayer that Manchester United will finally slip up to allow City to close the 12-point gap, Mancini can offer thanks for the performance of Jack Rodwell in a first start since 1 September. His was a barnstorming, all-action display that was launched from the holding berth but which had him marauding all over the Etihad grass to suggest that Rodwell, at still only 21, has the potential to perform like an English Yaya Touré. Jamie Jackson

swansea's team is going to be dismantled this summer.
what a damn shame.

I would guess that Swansea are run well enough that they don't have to sell, and I would say that only Michu can step up to a Big Club, and even then, he'll warm the bench at Bayern or something. The rest of the squad is more about working hard, keeping shape and possession and taking chances, no? Swansea have clawed their way into being a mid-table Premiership club, players won't take a sideways move, and I don't think a move "upwards" would be on the cards. As much as I like Dyer, I can't see that any of the clubs above Swansea in the table would want him, or even be improved by him (lol Chelsea excepted).

Ashley Williams is being linked to Spurs/Pool/Arsenal quite a bit.

Most of their players would get a raise out of a move

Swansea would make significant profit on any move

they'd feel confident that their repeated success at identifying and integrating store brand players demonstrates that they could sell without the same effect that idk villa losing benteke would likely have

they're not established in their position, so still a wee bit of a shop window club at this level

Ashely Williams was linked with Liverpool before the January window too - I remember lots of stories of the 'how will Suarez feel playing in the same team as him after what he said' type.

I hadn't realised it was Spurs v 'nal on Sunday. I was going to be all 'biggest seven days since x blah blah', which is kinda true but doesn't allow for inherent talent for screwing up. Big week for AVB though.

Great bantuh btwn big sam and little dre in the lead up

Crikey, Roy looking kinda Nazilike in that coat & weirdo headcocking thing

Booing Scott Parker isn't really justified, is it? At least they managed to not boo Bobby Moore for his time at Fulham.

Moronic challenge from Parker, he should get panned for that.

Partic as he's the player should be out stoppin that cross

walker's lost a yard of pace the past while, whats with that

how's Adebayor missed that

Spurs deserve this

Fuckin adebayor fuckin vertonghen fuckin dawson fuckin parker

This is getting silly. They're not miraculous saves, but there're about 5,000 of them.

oh man

actual shouting going on here

That last 15 mins is the best we've played in weeks, carroll and livermore in!

what a winner, felt for jussi

And yeah my neighbours are gonna be writin letters