Official Premiership 2008/09 thread

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lol, Eboue. I'm still convinced him and Diouf go out on a Friday night to mug old ladies.

And then Rooney mops up the left-overs

[Adam]

Have Arsenal EVER failed to make the Champion's League under Wenger? It's a shame they got that late equaliser against Everton, because if that had stayed at 1-0 and Spurs win today, the two would've been level on points.

[stokeriño]

Have Arsenal EVER failed to make the Champion's League under Wenger?

If you wanted to be really, really petty, you could point out that they didn't qualify in the 1996-97 season. The fact that a) only the 1st and 2nd placed teams qualified at that point, and b) Wenger had only been in charge since September is clearly not important.

Edited February 8, 2009 by stokeriño

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

8 shots to 1, 6 corners to 0...Gooners down to ten men....Time for a van Persie 49th minute goal then from a defensive lapse.

Always seems to happen.

[therockbox]

8 shots to 1, 6 corners to 0...Gooners down to ten men....Time for a van Persie 49th minute goal then from a defensive lapse.

Always seems to happen.

Nah, Bale's not playing. You'll win.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Denilson has the world's tiniest forehead.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Since when has Jenas been Geee-Nasss? I've heard Geenass quite a lot but tonight it's some kind of Spanish pronunciation.....

[stokeriño]

Fuck you Redknapp - substituting Corluka after 73:54 minutes when I needed him on the pitch for a minimum of 75 minutes to get me a clean sheet bonus. 66 seconds!

Edited February 8, 2009 by stokeriño

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Clichy's wearing a crimson mask! He's doing a Muta etc etc...

[alldaws1]

Gutted we didn't take advantage of the 10 men. We never really exploited the right midfield position after Eboue was sent off. If O'Hara had have been fit he'd have destroyed them down the left flank. Ah well, a season without defeat to Arsenal is a good one

[Hobo]

Robbie Keane... eh? Looked pretty much the same player to me.

To quote a text from my sisters Man Yoo supporting boyfriend I got when I was at Anfied for Liverpoo/West Ham "C'mon the Hammers!".

[-A-]

How the fuck did Upson make that tackle?

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Palacios fantastic, Cudicini fantastic, Woodgate and Dawson fantastic, BAE getting better every week (still the odd awful crossfield pass though), Corluka brilliant except for the one horrible mistake, Lennon exciting, Modric lovely, Jenas okay, Pavyluchenko nice touches, lacking the finish though, Keane enterprising and rowdy and made some great runs. Was possibly TOO overhyped for the match though yelling for everything. Still he REALLY REALLY injected a massive urgency for Spurs and in the first half we were majectic at times.

Just a shame that it was Taraabt on the ball for the two breaks near the end. If it was Modric or Jenas slipping the ball to Keane or Bent we'd probably have won.

Oh well, two draws against the Gooners and more than anything that match really really encouraged me. A lot of the time Arsenal looked average and I think that was more because of our midfield actually being great for once.

To reiterate, Palacios magnificent.

[Hobo]

I'm impressed by West Ham. Keep it up!

[Shelty92]

Now that's what I call a beauty!

[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

What a goal from Giggs, needed something special and that was fucking special. West Ham played really well though, United were just that bit better though. No penalty for Ronaldo?

Should see Rooney return for the next game too, all is looking great

Edited February 8, 2009 by Dirty Johnny 27

[IAceI]

Looks like Adams is going tomorrow. Shame, he was making them suck nicely for us down in the mixer with them, and it's always a shame to see a manager go.

[Baddar]

Ugh. I like Adams.

To add to that, if he does go, SSN will be littered with PL managers talking about how guys like Adams aren't given enough time, over the next couple of days.

[IAceI]

You forgot to then link Curbishley to the job. Or Allardyce - just force of habit y'know

[Darloboy]

Harsh on Adams if it's true, yeah his results have been pretty dreadful but by most accounts Portsmouth have been playing decently, and yesterday they were undone by sloppy individual errors, for which it's a bit unfair to blame the manager.