Official Premiership 2008/09 thread

[Baddar]

I know a Steve Wilson...

EDIT: Thanks. Thought so.

Edited December 20, 2008 by Baddar Santa

[IAceI]

Just checked it was Steve Wilson.

Can't say I really know him by voice or anything specific. I generally just hate all commentators anyways. Especially Jacqui Oatley for proving women can't commentate on football.

[AJ]

Well, Steve Wilson is a self-righteous prick then.

He was like "Oh it looked like an own goal, it's such a big deflection it's got to be an own goal, oh it must be an own goal from Zayatte, for my money, that's an own goal, yes Richardson's shot heavily deflected there, own goal, own goal"

He must be thinking "If I say own goal enough then they'll have to make it one" Does he have a bet on, or something?

Now the Villa goal, I can understand that being an own goal, cause that was a cross that wouldn't have even gone out of play past the goal, nevermind been on target.

[Baddar]

If he covered the Villa game as well, you might find he'd have been all "Milner's goal. YEP. YEP. Definitely Milner's goal"

...that's if he had a first goalscorer bet on, anyway. ¬_¬

[IAceI]

Sbragia did say he wanted the goals spread around quite a bit when he came into temporary charge. You don't get much more spread around than own goals

[AJ]

God bless Jimmy Bullard

I should be rooting Middlesbrough here, but I have a soft spot for Fulham at the minute due to my Manager Mode on FIFA 09. That combined with the boro fans piss poor display on Soccer AM this morning isn't doing them any favours.

Especially their "We're above Newcastle and Sunderland wahey!" ...as if either of those two teams even acknowledge boro. It's like the third wheel of the North East.

[IAceI]

Hang on - the commentator isn't even going to make mention that the McMahon handball was completely unadvoidable? He's acting like it was a stonewall penalty. I mean, I hate 'Boro more than the average person hates 'Boro and even I'll say that was a harsh decision.

But.. that's what you get for being 'Boro.

[stokeriño]

There's something simultaneously bizarre, hilarious, yet undeniably awesome about West Brom opting to have Carl Orff's O Fortuna playing in the stadium before the match starts.

I shall be having this match on in the background while I tidy the sitting room. My only vested interest is in the realm of Fantasy Football, in that if City are going to score, have Vassell do it please, kthxbye.

Edited December 21, 2008 by stokeriño

[therockbox]

Rafa's not travelled to London for the Arsenal game, he's still recovering from surgery last week. Rumour going round that Reina's out injured as well, whilst Masch has got the flu.

[Pesci]

Ouch. That pretty much fucks up our chances of winning

[King Ellis]

Has Sammy Lee got a losing streak from Bolton he can continue today?

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Ugh we always lose against Newcastle anyway so to concede totally against the run of play was frustrating.

[Crybaby Bunting]

The Newcastle fan: N'Zogbia is proving how much he wants to play for us.

The Newcastle cynic: He's trying to win a move away

[King Ellis]

Caicedo is scoring now? What next, Vassell? Bojinov?

[stokeriño]

The Newcastle fan: N'Zogbia is proving how much he wants to play for us.

The Newcastle cynic: He's trying to win a move away

Such are the times that it's apparently difficult to believe footballers can play well without an alterior motive. Well, Newcastle players at least.

Edit: Oh City, lol is you.

Edited December 21, 2008 by stokeriño

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

MODRIC!

Classy finish that one and beat the offside trap very nicely while they were all staring at Pavlechenko.

[IAceI]

As much as it'd have been nice to see West Brom cut adrift right now, I guess keeping City in the relegation battle isn't too much to worry about.

Spurs and Newcastle can stay a draw as long as they like, that'll do fine.

My main worry is that we need to get as many points now. Because you still have to assume City, Newcastle, Spurs and Blackburn will all move back up the table at some point, and if 4 teams start making headway then obviously that's bad news for us. So the longer the teams all struggle and just keep beating each other up as we get through the season is probably better for us in the long run. So while I fully expect Spurs and the like to move back up the table in a bit - if we all just keep beating each other and no one can really get a proper run on the go then a team like Sunderland obviously will be hoping to avoid the drop due to the massive amounts of teams fighting each other. Just comes down to how tight the league is this year I guess.

[Clawson]

Are Richard Dunne and Micah Richards even alive? Or did we just prop their corpses into the center of our defense and hope for the best?

:bang:

[Zaz]

Newcastle's goal came from the ol' keeper boot it to the striker FM trick

[Crybaby Bunting]

It's probably the O'Shea effect, (or maybe even the Titus Bramble effect depending on how masochistic you are) where a young player has so much expectation placed on them after doing well for a season or two... then going to shit after what seemed like a nothing injury.