Moneyball won't win the Premiership 2012-13

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

http://www.amazon.co.uk/portrait-Manchester-United-Finance-Director/dp/B002113DSW

£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.

The accumulated filth of [their profligacy in front of goal] will foam up about their waists and all the [supporters of Norwich City Football Club] will look up and shout "save us!"... and I'll look down and [shrug and] whisper ["you go again."]

I think we've established that teams not at the top of the table don't tend to win away often at teams at the top of the table.

Maybe next we can show how top teams often beat the bottom teams and that will prove just as much about David Moyes' ability to manage Man Utd.

brb etching 'THY DAMNATION SLUMBERETH NOT' on all the condensation-frosted bus windows in Norfolk

Arsenal on hot form, no doubt. They deserve fourth if they get it, im just surprised we performed tonight when we havent for months.

You only saw half the game, we were dreadful in the first half.

well that tallies with everything since ?january?

gotta give avb lots of love an patience until he gets a squad, but he has let things drift p badly this past several weeks without ever addressing things like marking from corners or the tracking of the full backs, let alone the forward movement and positioning of the players

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpjcd1lDcN1r18jzmo1_500.gif

oh wait sorry did something else happen in football today?

next season is gonna be the best

You really like puma huh?

20 goal striker kit deal

20 post poster back in action

i only skimmed what you guys had to say but we are all in agreement moyes is about as lol as any serious candidate can be, right?

no

he's a better manager than wenger or avb