Moneyball won't win the Premiership 2012-13

beyond gus poyet i don't even know who could do a job now

http://i2.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/article1726084.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/David%20Flitcroft-1726084.jpg

"The first day I worked with Jose Bosingwa, I went home, got my dictionary, tippexed out the definition for 'hero' and wrote his name in there instead. Because that is the kind of man he is."

I know recounting dreams is always boring but I just remembered that I dreamt of Harry Redknapp accidentally reviving some town-sized reptile monster and Obama authorising a nuclear strike. Me and Lee Gamble, we weren't happy about getting nuked let me tell you that. Nice diverse set of cultural references at least.

i notice that lionhearted r|t|c is yet to respond to my threats of thuggery; maybe he's written this thread off already

he's lying low obviously

aye i wouldnt want to court any bovver from the notorious charlton firm

i recently dreamt that i was inexplicably visiting a hideously gauche new home that dennis wise was building out of two semi detached houses he was knocking together a couple of streets down from me. on my way out i caught sight of my estranged father who was (lol oneirobigotry) apparently part of the building crew enjoying a well earned cuppa

issues, man

um ok whoa i just reflex wiki'd wise and he actually shares my dad's birthday

ur required reading for tonight: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_jung

ikr

chelsoedipus complex

amazing dive there from mcanuff

yeah that was special

won't be as remarked upon as your Bales and your Suarezesses but it was way more cynical

Amazing from Steven Taylor there, even if it was a penalty. Must take some bottle to put your head in front of a guy's shoe as he's about to leather the ball towards goal

Could see that the moment they let him cut in

PDC is quite likeable tbh (except for the fascist thing obv)

cunted

Di Canio knows how to celebrate for sure.

Interviewed him when he was at West Ham and he was a brilliant interviewee. Then got sounded out about doing his autobiography and was excited about it. Didn't get it, and once I read it, was very glad I didn't get it.

Sunderland fans giving it some, I imagine they've been saving it up all season

di canio is a disgusting savage

aw no he's not

Could somebody gif the third please, I missed it

that offside given against newcastle's goal is a stonewall betting syndicate job, the lino couldnt have seen it any clearer

RVP couldn't have been much happier about that goal

tad vulgar i thought

just been catching up with those di canio celebrations, fair play to the guy, i like him in spite of myself.

still, on strictly official terms, for all the obvious reasons, fuck paolo di canio and sunderland afc up the fucking wazoo, as hard as fucking possible, all day long

CUNTSSS

also i hope alain pardieu gets run over by an omnibus

Stoke are going down, I'm calling it.

Stoke worst form in the division since Jan 1 so

don't jinx it

They're only playing (theoretically) relegation threatened teams plus Spurs until the end of the season and I can see QPR, Norwich, Sunderland and Southampton all beating them, or churning out a turgid 0-0 at the very least.

Don't think Villa are one of the three worst teams in the division, but I honestly don't believe that even Stoke or Sunderland have a self-destruct sequence hard-wired into their DNA quite like we do. I mean, I'm quite fond of the lads Baker and Bennett, but crikey if they dont look capable of costing us when it matters most in every single game. I'm banking on those games against Sunderland and Wigan now, it's all in our hands

Wow Stoke have only managed to beat Reading in 2013. That's it.

and everybody beats Reading

Lazy Liverpool zing there.

Stephen Taylor is a fucking nasty piece of work.

Let them whinge about that offside like they shouldnt have been a man down and facing a penalty early in the game.

Jesus three peach goals tho

nakh iirc yr unconvinced by sessegnon. looks a player to me tbh.

sunderland looking alright now sessegnon especially

― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Saturday, 8 December 2012 15:30 (4 months ago)

this is the only reference i have made to him, also whatever game that happened to be was seemingly the only time this season prior to today sunderland managed to be alright

Sessegnon is inconsistent. He can look like one the best players outside the top six on his day but it hasn't happened much this year. Adam Johnson is still crap, despite his customary wonder goal every few months

meanwhile
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=E6Afz_UYq3c

might as well put this here too
http://i.minus.com/ibbhA6df6AVg4G.gif

heh

ayooooooooooo

Suuupppp

it took me like five days to read this thread and now i can confirm that di canio was a kinda shitty choice and fuck all else has happened in football in the past two months

Eh saints look intrstin tbf

di canio so far: unfortunate loss to european champions, 3-0 away win at hated rivals

saints have been phenomenal - the EPL finally has its Villareal (if Swansea weren't already - but Soton appear to have more grit)

Match of the Day 2 showed us that the reaction to Paolo has already passed from MASSIVELY CONTROVERSIAL FIGURE to QUITE A CHARACTER INNEE.

The massive controversy was media created and didnt rly take

well everybody loves a fascist