Predict The Number of Petulant, Flouncing Gestures Dimitar Berbatov Will Make Toward The Referee in Tottenham Hotspur's FA Cup 3rd Round Tie With Reading on 5th January 2008

Villa have a nasty-ass away run-in and a home run-in where the highest placed team they have left to play is Blackburn, so 5th will be dependent on grinding out Chelsea style away draws against good teams and trying to do a Man City at home, only with more than one goal a game

yeah B'burn have gotta click soon, Roque X is fucking insane and McCarthy's hardly even been playing recently

Isn't Roque X a horrorcore rapper?

i've only watched up to Roque III

contrary to punditry belief, the transfer window doesn't just matter to derby and birmingham- fifth spot will depend entirely on whether or not sven/MON can get that pesky centre forward they're seeking.

i just hope that neither tempt our board with a bid for darren bent, that would be a disaster for spurs.

a spurs fan with a self-deprecating sense of humour.

*applauds*

um, i was actually serious.

which, as i'm self-deprecatingly aware, is much much funnier.

systems thinking was funnier

Also, I hear the "Cleveland Browns" didn't make the "playoffs" even though their "quarterback" Brady "Brady Quinn" Quinn is regarded as being one of the brightest prospects in the "NFL"

It is 2008 now, the year where we try to understand.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Brady_Quinn_at_pep_rally.jpg

Is this what happens when the Plain White T's do roids?

wish lists for january-

in- any two experienced, competent, centre backs. a defensive midfielder with discipline and tactical awareness. a right winger who can pass/cross/beat a man, or any one of the three. a competent, experienced goalkeeper.

out- berbatov, to pay for the above and to show that ramos means business. jenas. young-pyo lee. ekotto. king. robinson. ghaly.

i think that spurs have a good opportunity to genuinely improve their team/squad while making money over the next thirty days. i'd be surprised (but pleasantly so) if ramos is given the freedom to make the changes that at this stage need to happen.

You want to change half of your team during the middle of the season?

are you mark lawrenson in a fat suit or something?

ZINHO

^^^any zinger to be called this

oh yeah, jokes bruv or something..

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there's as much enthusiasm for this thread as berbatov has for tottenham

I take full responsibility for the failure of this thread, all I can say is lessons are gonna be learned from this and we're gonna address the issues

or else we will pay the ultimate price

"We are lacking in some defensive departments and it is something we need to look at" - Juande Ramos

^^^smart guy

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not really.

looks like palyuchenko's signings finally paves way for mitka to flounce off to old trafford, and a team with wayne rooney in it might just be worth watching again.

God, it was good to see him treat United like that on Saturday.

this goal and celebration, the fifth and his second in a home win vs cordoba, is hightly reminscent of berbatov in its kinetics, context and demeanour

www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=yQulNhj7lA4#t=323

bollocks, he's not celebrating coz he knows the keeper should of had it

he is celebrating you putz, watch his first goal too which is a fine finish and gets the same response

according to someone on twitter he has now scored more goals with his right foot than his left this season

:D

the touch of course is nigh-on otherworldly

that is just how it goes for messi now unless it's a significant goal or the assist was impressive

does messi need to just keep doing this

argentina form the most important part of his narrative from here on out y/n

i guess if the narrative is 50-goal seasons until 2020 then that is more important than international football could ever be

and by 50 i mean 'anything over 25-30'

ahh all this tiresome 'narrative'. thinking like a sports journalist. not enjoying the moment, ceaselessly hurrying to the death of things. let this be penance.

that is what i used to think, but not any more, unless he goes one better and wins the world cup in 2018, or plays outrageously brilliantly there, in which case that will overshadow the rest

the most important thing now is how he adapts to playing as 'enganche' -- barcelona are now playing (sort of) a traditional argentine formation with him behind two strikers; look at how deep he is playing for the suarez goal

he has lost a little bit of acceleration from his early years, although not as much as sometimes suggested and he is still quick, but this is a role he could play into his dotage, and it's quite distinct from the free floating goalscorer that ronaldo has become

to my mind it is fairly clear now that these are two of the four greatest ever to play the game, and i expect messi to confirm he is the greatest eventually, even in pure playmaking terms he is more efficient than anyone since maradona and he is scoring a goal a game from this deeper position

ronaldo 'free floating' seems wrong, free storming maybe, free vanquishing

messi is the subtler man, going riquelme plus is probably natural

'enganche' sounds absolutely filthy btw - think it has literal sexual connotations - the one who penetrates from deep?

this explains it from one of the best football journalists whose articles seem thin on the ground now

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/nov/30/sport.comment1