Official Premier League 2010/11 thread

[Colly]

Slightly confused by SSN's current headlines of 'Mario Balotelli accepts red card' and 'Balotelli will appeal ban'. I assume he's appealling the violent conduct, so how can he accept the red too? Is he accepting it as a second yellow?

[therockbox]

Lucas has misplaced 8 passes in his last 4 games.

The lack of praise is deafening.

[Hobo]

Probably because he's not English, isn't named Fernando Torres and for some reason the world likes to maintain that Lucas = rubbish, just because he wasn't a fantastic player three years ago.

[Pesci]

Aye it's because a 20 year old wasn't immediately fantastic when we bought him. Just one of our many bottom half-quality squad players though these days apparently.

[-A-]

I think he's a really good player and have been constantly mocked for saying so.

[Hobo]

I've done that too to be honest, and he wasn't great when he first arrived, but Lucas was Liverpool's best player last season.

[-A-]

I think you actually have to be Makelele to get much respect in that kind of role. Hard tacklers are accepted, but it's only once players like him get to the stage of virtually never giving the ball away that they get much respect. Denilson had/has the same problem.

Edited November 8, 2010 by -A-

[YI]

Lucas has misplaced 8 passes in his last 4 games.

The lack of praise is deafening.

It's cos he's got the name and face of a 7-year old boy.

[therockbox]

He's quality, and he's got bollocks of steel. Booed by his own fans, mocked almost constantly since arriving, and was nearly forced out in the summer so we could sign Carlton shitting Cole - and yet he's still been one of our better, most consistent performers over the last 18 months.

If more of our players had his attitude we'd be much, much better off.

[The Future]

I have always maintained that he's a bit like Darren Fletcher, he constantly got stick...made some errors but the work-rate was always there and now he's doing what Hargreaves was bought in to do.

[stokeriño]

In a similar vein: John Mikel Obi, Chelsea's player of the season thus far.

I'm not even slightly joking.

[Gazz]

In a similar vein, Chieck Tiote > *

What a piece of business.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Awww no Liverpool are after Keisuke Honda apparantly. I really hope they don't sign him cos I love the lad!

[Lineker]

Last time I come to a midweek game (Europe aside). I am fucking freezing my sack off.

[Guest Mr. Potato Head]

Owen

[Lineker]

That was dreadful. David Bentley is dreadful. Howard Webb is dreadful. My driving on the way home was dreadful (almost causing a pile-up (Y)).

Got a new kit thought - £55!!

[Baddar]

WHO'S THAT TWAT FROM ARGENTINA? WHO'S THAT MONEY GRABBING WHORE? CARLOS TEVEZ IS HIS NAME, AND HE HASN'T GOT A BRAIN - AND HE WON'T BE WINNING TROPHIES ANYMORE!

Yeah, excited for tonight.

[stokeriño]

Yeah. I'm sure Tevez is devastated to have missed out on those League Cup and Community Shield wins.

Not sure about the Chelsea game tonight. Everyone's banding around statistics like "FULHAM HAVEN'T WON AN AWAY GAME IN A BAJILLION YEARS" - but they have become the Kings of Draws, and a draw would still be an awful result for us.

[Hobo]

I may end up watching the Manchester Darby and Liverpool/Wigan at the same time.

I honestly enjoy watching that game every time I see it. Almost contemplated lighting a fire so I won't be frozen in the sitting room when I do. I haven't though.

[stokeriño]

Just realised that the weather is forecast to be cold and, more importantly, windy tonight. Fuck.

My seat, you see, is right in front of Gate 7, which is right in front of the entrance to the Shed Upper, which is right in front of a walled path down to Fulham Road. All of this creates an absolutely massive wind tunnel that, even on relatively mild and calm days, freezes the back of my head off.

Add wind and the temperatures of a November evening to the mix, and I may just become an icicle.