Official Premier League 2010/11 thread

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

What the hell kind of word is 'Grampus'?

Oh, wiki tells me it means Killer Whale. Not the best choice for a Japanese team, I'd have thought...

It's the city's patron animal or SOMETHING. There are golden ones on the castle from yeeeeaaaars ago. Well, the rebuilt castle after it got bombed.

They used to be Nagoya Grampus Eight - The kanji symbol for 8 being the city's symbol.

[Shelty92]

Fuck yes, it's game on now.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

MAN! That was close from Modric. Spurs look a different team with Defoe on.

[GoGo Yubari]

Well done, Fabregas, well done.

[stokeriño]

2-2

Don't disappoint me now, Spurs!

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Definite penalty! DANCEY DANCEY! :w00t:

[Pesci]

Ahahaha. Yes Chamakh and Nasri. Score again. And then Bale and VDV get sent off to propel me up my Fantasy League.

Fuck my life!

[Shelty92]

Ahaha, Fabregas gives away the dumbest of penalties and van der Vaart slots it in! This is turning into one fabulous match.

[stokeriño]

I bet all these Saturday lunchtime kick-offs will start being shit again once I stop having to work on weekends and can actually watch them on TV.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

van Persie coming on always fills me with fear though. He's class when fit.

[stokeriño]

Hah, offside.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

PHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWW

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

I really hate the celebration yellow card rule. Players should be able to tell the opposing fans to shush, to dive into their own fans, to swing their shirt around on a corner flag....Anything. ESPECIALLY in a derby match!

Y'know, I'm a fan of the old fashioned handshake and casual wander back to the half way line.....But I just went mental and it probably meant quite a bit to VdV too.

[GoGo Yubari]

That's seriously what the yellow card was about? That's stupid.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Exactly. He's probably deserved it this game but not for that.

[Shelty92]

Holy shit, Koschielny, how can you miss that!?

[stokeriño]

Ferreira starts ahead of Bosingwa for Chelsea, since Bosingwa played in midweek. Shouldn't be a problem since he'll be playing righ-back rather than a makeshift centre-back.

I guess we'll see how well Ramires-Mikel-Malouda works as a midfield... Knowing our recent luck, Alex will cripple himself and Ivanovic will get booked to leave him suspended for the Newcastle game.

[GoGo Yubari]

OH MY GOD

[stokeriño]

I watched Football Focus earlier, when they had an interview with Kaboul.

I have now decided he is awesome.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! STUNNING! GLORIOUS!

I shouted so loud my wife squealed in shock in the other room.