Official 2012/13 Premier League thread

[Hobo]

I heard on The Anfield Wrap on Monday it wasn't quite as bad as first feared, which is excellent.

[EddieG]

He's done a Rooney.

[DavidMarrio]

I heard that it might have only been deep bruising which is rather lucky considering the amount of times Agger gets injured/how important he is to the team.

[Berober]

John CenAgger?

[Lineker]

http://www.offthepost.info/blog/2012/09/liverpool-john-lennon-airport-sign-falls-prey-to-some-witty-football-banter/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+offthepost%2FTLAa+%28Off+The+Post%29

[Baddar]

Good news, Spurs fans - Jenas has joined Forest on loan.

[Lineker]

Bad news, Spurs fans - it's only for a month.

[brenchill]

Poor Jenas. I remember him having a couple of seasons where he was awesome.

[Lineker]

FA have found John Terry guilty of using racist language.

[Lineker]

4 match ban and £220k fine.

That's him out of the Spurs game then (Y)

[brenchill]

Not guilty. But also guilty.

[stokeriño]

Suarez found guilty = 8 games

Not guilty = 0 games

John Terry, "well we don't really know either way so let's just fudge it" = 4 games?

[brenchill]

Complete farce.

[DavidMarrio]

Good consistency from the FA there.

[stokeriño]

I'd say that on the mathematical principles I suggested above it was very consistent. All you need to acknoweldge for it to make sense is that the FA have no clue what they're doing, which I think everybody knew anyway.

[Lineker]

On the one hand, the FA are a complete farce. But on the other hand, John Terry is a complete cunt. So 4 games is fair.

[stokeriño]

The penalty is suspended until after the outcome of any appeal, or the time for appealing expires, or should Mr Terry decide not to appeal. The reason for this is to ensure that the penalty does not take effect before any appeal so that Mr Terry has an effective right of appeal.

He is therefore fine for Arsenal (away) and Norwich (home), but likely suspended for Spurs (away), Manchester United (home), Manchester United (League Cup) and Swansea (away). Alternatively if he were to officially 'not appeal' either tomorrow or next week, that could shift a little.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Well the Spurs game will be the weekend of the latest "Kick it out" awareness campaign. No doubt the players will be wearing Kick it out t-shirts and stuff, so probably not a bad thing he's not there. The Spurs fans would probably launch into torrents of abuse at him.

[stokeriño]

The Spurs fans would probably launch into torrents of abuse at him.

This surely applies equally to any day of the year.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

We're not all as Jewish as Lineker.