Moneyball won't win the Premiership 2012-13

wait so is this on sky? cunts.

They look quite good, but it's so wobbly it's obviously four interns twiddling joysticks

theres not even an informal culture of gerontocracy in english fitba at least since roy evans carked it and the boot room legacy was effectively annulled

immense shout out to imago with the content provision on the sidelines btw

Wtf is parker doin playin, what were goals like who to blame etc

Wtf spurs wtf

Spiralli otm, nakh over the ball

idk if u cant see how a record that bad vs good sides is indicative of something im not going to help u

Hes consistent

Seems like our best effort in some time this, tho we're fucked on the counter

Fucking relieved to see Hazard go off by the way.

fudd

This is kinda the only available midfield but it's way too ponderous to cope.

hazards callipygian form esp evident when skinning kylewalker with neat lil turns tonight

kylewalkers hair slice ting makes it look like his upper skull is a lid for access to his etiolated brain

Vertonghen you clown

Adebayor playing well tbfttl

nakhy u been staring at eden's arse eh

*classical etymology bantz*

get in!

hes like a perfect reduction of ivanovic

Spurs should sign Adebayor

Whatta gol

Oooh terrible call linesman, tho the goal was borderline

Id settle for us settling but we're not gonna

Thudd passing keepin the pitch wide but hes gettin overrun off ball

Bale giving it away for fun

Don't settle ffs

Adebayor nextlev

Xp yeah but a loss on the break wont look so clever at full time

A draw's no good to you

Surely this is too much to hope

Draw keeps us possible

fair result; adebayor enormous

You need Arsenal to slip up against Wigan or Newcastle, or Chelsea to slip up twice. And you need to win both games.

wigan beating arsenal is probably the single result that keeps the whole season alive. maybe the shady powers that be should have a word with the referee

I think that's it over really. Arsenal's two fixtures are about as close as you can get to a guaranteed six points and Chelsea's are both eminently winnable as well. Although the last day of the season would be a really fucking good time for Moyes to break that stat upthread.

I fancy both Villa's chances at home to Chelsea AND Wigan's at the Emirates... Spuds will fuck up at Stoke though.

Lol at relying on arsenal's predictability. Ive had us out of it since fulham so a draw tonight is a good result on its own merits.

Although the last day of the season would be a really fucking good time for Moyes to break that stat upthread.

A cocksucking pedant writes: Though if that stat refers to beating a team that finished in the top four of the *previous* season, he wouldn't be able to break it because Chelsea finished sixth last year.

if wigan beat arsenal then they could play for a draw with villa on the last day to make sure they both stay up couldn't they

(assuming chelsea beat villa)

Full top four stats for the past eleven seasons (NBS rules):

- 72 home defeats
- of which 35 were to each other
- 37 were to sides finishing outside the top four that year
- Blackburn and West Ham won 4 each
- Villa won 3
- City, Spurs, Leeds, Bolton and Liverpool each won 2
- Everton and fifteen others have won 1 each

In conclusion, Moyes' top four away record is slightly below average, but the values are so low for that to be meaningless.

Arsenal haven't actually lost since the Spurs game though, they've been on almost impeccably competent form.

they are still shit though

Nice research, IK. But do those stats include some defeats inflicted on Everton the season they finished fourth?

No, I included Liverpool for that year

am of the extremely strong conviction that the relegation battle will hinge on whether paul lambert wants to save norwich, suspect that he doesn't

assuming lukaku stomps all over them on saturday

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£15.32!

Arrgh, lost my post.

Everton haven't won at Liverpool since Sep '99, at Arsenal since Jan '96, at Chelsea since Nov '94, at Man Utd since Aug '92. We've won at Spurs three times in the Moyes era, at Man City four times, at Newcastle twice, not going to look up Leeds. Yeah, probably not top four at the time.