Saturday, Sunday, happy days, win some trophies, happy days, become crap gaffers, happy days
happy days, oh what a day, losing all week for yoooooou
happy days, oh what a day, losing all week for yoooooou
Well well, we're up late again, although the thought of being on the end of a Vinnie Jones Glasgow Kiss (see below for that gem) would keep me up all night. I'd be petrified!
We decided to skip the early game (we all know it'll end in a draw anyway) and begin our open thread journey at the beginning: 10am. The slate today promises action from all the Big 4, and the tension is killing me: I cannot wait to see who screws up today! Will it be Rafa? Will Scolari's men fail to crack the resurgent Stupid F*cking Bolton? Will Fergie see another precocious player red-carded and spend the next 7 days in media spin heaven? Will Arsenal drop more points at home?
(All signs point to that last one, btw)
Oh, and don't forget to pour one out yet again for Roy Keane. Poor lad. Ince thinks it's a conspiracy because they were good when they were players. I say they're just crap managers. What do you lot think?
So join us after the jump for the fixture list and some comments. Keep 'em clean (unless they're about Phil or Gary Neville; I f*cking hate those two.)
10am kick-offs:
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Arsenal v Wigan
Blackburn v Liverpool
Bolton v Chelsea
Hull v Middlesbrough
Newcastle v Stoke
12.30pm kick-off:
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Man Utd v Sunderland
All signs point to that last one, btw
ReplyDeleteWhy can't you be nice?
Come on, we're playing against Titus Bramble. There's no way we can screw this one up.
ReplyDeleteRight?
ADE!
ReplyDeletetakes a lot of incompetence to make blackburn look like a solid defensive team, but damnit thats just how much pluck liverpool have
ReplyDeletechrist
keep us updated Georger - we're watching the Gunners.
ReplyDeleteyossi just had a great chance 1v1 but warncock made a great tackle from behind in the box at the last second
ReplyDeletethen babel had a mardonaesque handball off the ensuing corner and got booked
no shots on goal yet. woo!
Good Lord! Palacios just scythed Nasri for a yellow.
ReplyDelete@Sarah - no FSC?
wow what a goal by deco
ReplyDeleteliverpool have zero creativity. just ping it around the back four then have reina launch a long ball to babel that he kicks out for a touch line.
just. not. that. good.
blackburn ought to be up
ReplyDeleteHORRIBLY sloppy pass by gerrard picked off by pederass, who cracks one from thirty out that pepe tips and goes off the crossbar. great shot, better save.
never had three successive goalless draws, but how theyre playing theyre going to lose so thats a pointless stat
and now Eboue on for Nasri - guess the Palacios tackle was as bad as it looks.
ReplyDelete@sven - I read that as "MPG", and wondered why Mark-Paul Gosselaar was playing for Liverpool.
Nope, my apartment at school comes with like 300 channels but no FSC. It's pretty ridiculous. But I'm only here for another week.
ReplyDeleteAnd crisis averted, found it on Sopcast.
oh my GOD this team is terrible
ReplyDeleteand by Liverpool, I meant Blackburn, because that is who Pederson plays for.
ReplyDeleteI am, of course, a douche.
another good chance by pederson forcing pepe into a sprawling save.
ReplyDeleteblackburn are the better team by far right now.
unfathomably bad performance
its saturday. its a shit performance. its rafa out!
ReplyDeletetheres a red card coming in this match no doubt
ReplyDeleteI'm late to the show. Good to see Ade get some. How do the Gunners look today? What's Nasri's injury?
ReplyDelete@Andrew - Gunners have looked average so far, a mix of long ball and true Arsenal footy. Nasri went down hard in a nasty tackle from behind from Palacios (took his ankle from behind) and then played the next few minutes before needing a sub from Eboue.
ReplyDeleteShocking how much less dangerous Babel is on the right side. I actually miss Kuyt on the wing... funny how he's made the role his own with his solid play.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't mind seeing Babel and Kuyt swap to start the half... After that, it may be time to head to bench for the likes of Keane, Reira and maybe even El Zhar.
i never though id say this but you know who might help in this game? pennant.
ReplyDeleteyou know, because hes the only actual right winger on the books at anfield.
i mean you have kuyt playing as a striker when hes really a winger that used to be a striker
yossi playing as a winger but hes a central attacking player who cant play out wide
and a striker playing the wing where he is clearly uncomfortable
every year rafa bitches about not having width yet he only has two wingers on the entire squad. at this point i would expect adam hammill to get recalled next month
All signs point to Arsenal F'ing rocking the house!
ReplyDeleteGeorger, I'd like to hear your views on Sarah Palin. They can't be more vitriolic than your views on Pool.
ReplyDeleteif her face were on fire i wouldnt give her a facial to put out the flames
ReplyDeleteits just infuriating. this is the same liverpool of the last few years, arguably worse, its not even good enough to be at the level of 'wasting chances' theyre stuck at 'creating no chances'
i just want to go back to bed. im sick and im tired and i cant deal with this crap anymore.
ReplyDeletekeane warming up. given rafa's substitution policy hes coming on for reina.
ReplyDeleteGunners knocking it around amongst themselves - its like they don't even care that there's another team on the field that are trying to beat them.
ReplyDeletenice buildup. look at little insua creating chances! see that dossena you fucking useless greaseball?
ReplyDeletenice dive by warnock
Okay, I'm ready for Arsenal to score a second and put this game away. Cmon you Gunners!
ReplyDeleteRVP almost makes it 2-nil, left footed shot goes barely wide. Toure took down some Wigan player in the box, but the ref looks the other way. It looked like a PK.
ReplyDeletesecond goal? greedy bastards
ReplyDeletebad game from gerrard. very heavy foot today.
wait we're supposed to keep it clean?
ReplyDeleteThis would be a different game if Paul Robinson were wearing an England shirt.
ReplyDeleteGeorger I thought you were going to bed.
ReplyDeleteStoke apparently making a small run against Toon. Owen with the double; I think he's on the move come January.
i made the mistake of taking the wrong robitussin when i woke up, took the nighttime one, im struggling right now.
ReplyDeletearbeloa is just dying to give up a penalty today
Someboy from Wigan just got a card . . . Figueroa? The stream is blurry. Excellent chance for Gunners right outside the 18 . . .
ReplyDelete. . . and Robin of Persie sprays it wide.
ReplyDeleteGunners on counter . . . long shot off the post from Denilson . . . wonderful shot and it bounced off the inside of the post. Fuckin' post.
shit...beautiful dive by Robbo over the goal-bound ball
ReplyDeletewow. well it came from xabi and man oh man oh man did robinson read that wrong.
ReplyDeleteQuick question: are there actually any Wigan supporters? I've never met one. Do they even exist? Wigan reminds me KC Royals; they're in the league, but who really cares?
ReplyDeletecompletely different team the past ten minutes or so, it is like they flipped a switch.
ReplyDeletedamned if im taking back that criticism though, they ought to be playing like this most of the time.
to blackburns credit theyre still trying to get one
@Andrew: I don't know any. I do know a couple of Royals fans though.
ReplyDeleteIt would be nice if one of these attempts actually went in soon.
ReplyDeleteMy friend started following Wigan after their good run a few seasons ago. So that's, uh, one. I find them kind of endearing too though. They've done well for being located in a small town that cares more for rugby than footy.
ReplyDeleteOkay, I'm still ready for Arsenal to put this game away. The longer this drags out, the longer I fear a last minute Zaki goal.
@andrew: i honest to god didnt know wigan was an actual place until this year, i always just thought it was just the name of the team
ReplyDeleteJesus, Gunners have had four good opportunities in the past five minutes. 0/4
ReplyDeleteI like how Ade is playing; he can be a beast when he wants to.
This is getting nervy.
ReplyDeleteThe stream I'm watching is pretty damn reliable. Funny how I have to go to site based in Baghdad to watch Arsenal.
I miss Brad Friedel...
ReplyDeletewell that settles that. attaboy yossi.
ReplyDeleteQuality finish by Yossi. After such a solid game, Warnock gets used.
ReplyDeleteAndrew, Elon eh? My little brother played football there a few years ago.
Ince is now officially on life support.
ReplyDeleteoh good god shirtless chubby scousers. oh the humanity
ReplyDelete@ Sven: oh yeah? good stuff. he play under coach seagraves? that dude was nuts.
ReplyDelete"I never could understand fans taking their shirts off!"
ReplyDeleteCopious amount of alcohol, my commentator friend.
I was a freshman the year after they changed mascots to the Phoenix, but there was still an "unofficial" mascot of a Pastor with a blunderbuss musket.
ReplyDeletei feel bad for ince, if he gets fired after this result that is. they were unlucky to not have the lead and they largely outplayed the league leaders.
ReplyDeletethen again its hard to feel sorry for anyone who willingly signs paul robinson
FUCK
Rovers scrapping for the points, I see.
ReplyDeleteWigan is hanging around.
Hey, Eboue, give the ball away in midfield again, please.
ReplyDeleteEboue sure is having a shit game.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile in the Bundesliga, Bayern is up 2-1 over Hoffenheim, but Ibisevic scored another goal.
Thank you for hearing my request, Emmanuel. So thoughtful.
ReplyDeleteCesc made a nice run into the area, tried to shoot, then realized he didn't have the ball.
poor Eboue - gets booed off the pitch for Silvestre.
ReplyDeleteand this is a horrible end to the match for the Gunners
not to crap on your parade spectator but that bayern game was yesterday.
ReplyDeleteHa I just realized that. Oh well... that's what I get for turning away from the Arsenal game to see what else is going on in the world.
ReplyDeleteill give you hoffenheim +300 to win
ReplyDeletethe rare empty netter!
thank sweet baby Jesus this match is over.
ReplyDelete/snack run, then Black Cats-ManPoo.
Well that was nerve wracking.
ReplyDeleteHeads-up play by Reira to calmly pass to Gerrard for the finish.
ReplyDelete"Everybody is chasing Liverpool..."
God, that sounds beautiful.
Andrew, my brother was there from roughly '98-'01ish... So methinks he was there for the name change... at least I seem to remember it.
There we are. A workmanlike win. Get the points at home, stay in contention.
ReplyDelete@ Spectator: Eboue was shit. He begun a number of Wigan counters through his poor ball control.
pretty sure phil collins is an in studio commentator for espn phillipines
ReplyDeleteugly ugly ugly game but of course CLICHE ALERT you have to win ugly to win the title
getting three goals is important though, confidence boost hopefully. cant play like they did the first 55 minutes or so
Blackburn: A Confederacy of Pauls
ReplyDelete@ Sarah: I agree. My nerves were being wracked.
ReplyDelete@ Sven: I was there from 00-04, and few people liked the change.
Would it be possible for Gunners to win easily in the league? I'd kill for a 4-0 or 5-0.
Stoke at the death! Only a point for you, Toon.
ReplyDeleteI'm off to the bar to drink heavily and try to forget that I'm a Rovers fan while watching ManUre-Cats...
ReplyDeleteNow if Florida can win, my weekend will be set.
ReplyDeleteOhfuck. I forgot about the other football. I had planned to spend all afternoon in the library writing a paper, but clearly that's not possible with the ACC Championship game on in 45 minutes.
ReplyDeleteanyone got a stream for the app state / richmond game?
ReplyDeletefour goals in the midweek gets you a bench spot? welp looks like saf is crouching his best striker. good for everyone else!
ReplyDeleteGeorger: three more unconvincing points, but still three points! Seriously, we do look less threatening without Torres, but credit our lads for still finding a way to get it done against a Blackburn team that was clearly up for it. They were playing for Ince's job today, tackling in pairs and fighting for everything. We did well to get a win today, regardless of the rather dull 65 minutes to open the match.
ReplyDelete"three more unconvincing points, but still three points"
ReplyDeleteyep.
last third of the game was very encouraging and given the choice of starting the game that way or finishing it that way id take the latter for the sake of momentum.
Re: Tevez
ReplyDeletethe only thing he's done wrong was being bought before ManU were squeezed publicly for Berbatov right at the transfer deadline. Regardless of form, they have to play Dimitar because they made such a fuss about wanting to buy him in the summer.
Poor Carlos. I hope he makes Real Madrid very happy
you know who i think he would fit in well with? inter. tevez would rape serie a like oh so many christmas parties.
ReplyDeleteAh... Mike you're going to leave us for the Facebook'ed Deadspin?
ReplyDeletenah, just thought id share the answer on that question; i was wondering the same thing but the bbc explained it. i honestly had no idea you could do serve those bans in the cup.
ReplyDeleteim not nearly funny enough for that group and im pretty sure id get thrown to the wolves rather quickly; but man theres some serious arman tanzarian shit going on over there right now
The carnage at Deadspin right now is truly sad. Somewhere, Will Leitch weeps.
ReplyDeleteid really like to argue the contention over there that all of liverpool's goals were ugly. since when is skinning a defender and blasting past the keeper ugly?
ReplyDeletebut im pretty sure doctor wandering bear will take care of that in no time
"Before this game, the last caretaker manager to bring a team to Old Trafford was Nigel Pearson. The first-half score-line was 0-0. The second-half scoreline was 6-0."
ReplyDeletebodes well for sunderland
I'm guessing 'Arman Tanzarian shit' is some reference to people using their real names?
ReplyDeleteno, simpsons reference. principal skinner being a fraud and getting run out of town; but the episode was about a group of people who like things the way they are freaking out when their world is disrupted. simpsons fans hated the episode, not realizing it was a metaphor for themselves.
ReplyDeleteRight... I got the Simpson's reference that Tanzarian was Skinner's real name. Didn't realize you were going quite so deep with the metaphor, but instead were merely going with the "my how things change when people's real names are exposed."
ReplyDeleteOkay, I'm curious how it's going to work with Rooney, Berbatov and Tevez on at the same time.
ReplyDeleteAnd right on cue Teletubby is writhing around in pain on the pitch.
well when you listen to simpsons commentaries as frequently as i do, these things come naturally.
ReplyDeletethough everyone's real names being exposed would be a shit show. why anyone would get on there and do the 'FIRST!!!!!!!!!' is beyond me. that kind of stuff is retarded from anyone let alone when youre bumrushing a community. i definitely get the close knitness of internet communities, i just like talking about soccer
So NOW Sunderland decides to play for Keane's job . . . ?
ReplyDeleteHaving to get approved to comment on DS did make it feel like an accomplishment and it was a good club of exceptionally funny and smart people for a while, but at some point it got a bit elitist. Like "who are you, new commenter? You can't be funnier than we are because you weren't here already."
ReplyDeletePlenty of people funnier than I probably never got approved.
Guess we've been pretty fortunate. We don't have any filter but we don't have a ton of people who comment. The ones who do usually can spell (i.e. 'you're' or 'your' instead of 'ur')and use punctuation and know generally not to take the shit we talk too seriously.
yeah. i would assume this thing will get shut down pretty quickly, frankly i think it's a terrible idea.
ReplyDeleteinternet elitism irritates the crap out of me, that and the revo monkeys. i'd like to think most sites frequented by older people are immune to the 'oh my GOD its a girl, lets call her by her first name even though we don't actually know her!' stuff; but man i'd be wrong.
whatever, deadspin still blows the big lead out of the water
Ahh, American soccer fans discussing elitism on the intertron.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the facebook/deadspin experiment will fail because of the rancor amongst the approved DS'ers. My buddy was approved for deadspin a few years ago and got so caught up in making funny comments that he would actually bring pen and paper whenever we all went out just to record some references, etc. I never understood it. Then again, I'm definitely not funny enough for any site on the gawker network. I'm not even sure I'm funny enough for UF.
Anyhoo, Sunderland looking to get that point in the Theatre of Shit.
"Ahh, American soccer fans discussing elitism on the intertron."
ReplyDeletenot only that, i'm also a hockey fan!
ah, you're good enough for us, Andrew. But your friend may have some serious self-esteem issues.
ReplyDeleteInteresting stuff at DS today. It's the end of the world as we know it, etc
ReplyDelete/stipe
Now then, I guess I was wrong; it's clearly Man U's turn to fuck up today. The rest of us got our points earlier. While I'm pleased to see Sunderland battle for a point, there is something horribly depressing about these games. Teams play a 8-1-1 to get a point. It's heroic, but also painful on the eyes, and even more frustrating for those fans who are emotionally invested in it. Still, admirable that Mackems did turn up, and thus far have ruined the "bet the house" prediction from yesterday.
(nice, I only managed to flip-flop back and forth about five times in that paragraph!)
Welp, that goal was inevitable.
ReplyDeleteBooooooo
ReplyDeletegod it must be so hard to be a united fan, they're the real heroes
ReplyDeleteSo Georger, let me get this straight. You're a:
ReplyDelete1. soccer fan
2. hockey fan
3. law student
Those don't add up to a barrel of fun. I'm two of those I can barely stand myself.
On the footie front, I remember the point someone made a few weeks ago re: draws in the Prem. Something about too many of them ruining chances of winning the League. I think that's gonna be the problem for ManShit and Arse this year. You have to finish, and that seems to be the problem with these two sides.
rooney suspended against spurs, i'm sure they'll weasel out of that some how. don't they have a testimonial they can schedule and have him serve it then?
ReplyDeleteumlaut: I realize that's Aberdeen-era Fergie, but you should really change it. He's become El Diablo in the last 10 years
ReplyDeleteReally... Arsenal hits the post twice and gets nothing.
ReplyDeleteUnited hits the post and it's like the ball of its own will rolls itself to the feet of Vidic.
Fuck United. No, really. I want a large black man to personally ass rape everyone on the team and coaching staff. Is that so wrong?
Andrew, it was he draws last season. This season, I think it's going to be the losses for the Gunners. Five already if I'm not mistaken.
ReplyDelete"1. soccer fan
ReplyDelete2. hockey fan
3. law student
Those don't add up to a barrel of fun"
hockey fans are a load of fun, the best part of my week is watching penguins games with my roommate (missing one at the moment because i'm to lit on cough medicine to walk up two flights of stairs), and i assure you i'm not a very at tentative law student, i have taken maybe three pages of notes in three years. i broke the mold.
Shit, I guess this means I better get on with my weekend now.
ReplyDeletePrecious Roy: it's not that wrong, especially if the large black man is Mr. Adebayor
ReplyDeletedamnit. looks like app state's stranglehold on IAA football is coming to an end. the only way this will get better is if ronaldo blew out his knee.
ReplyDelete@PR: Your wish is his command.
ReplyDelete"Thank Christ, we finally got a break today"
ReplyDeleteyeah, thank god united FINALLY got some good luck. the world has been conspiring against them for so long.
@Georger: as my ConLaw professor told me my first year, "Law school is too important to take seriously." He was right. My grades weren't great, but damn I had a good time.
ReplyDeleteI think that later period SAF. At least, I think he had the S by then. I just like the Flying V he's giving someone off camera.
ReplyDelete/Totally the way I feel about the new Facespin deal.
//add a sarcastic wink, and we're through.