Definitely worth watching Klats, City are really good fun, Dzeko jut forced a brilliant short-range stop from Krul with a header. Freekick on edge of area for City now
― Third Rate Zoo Keepers With Tenth Rate Minds (Windsor Davies), Monday, 19 August 2013 20:10 (ten years ago) link
quality
― r|t|c, Monday, 19 August 2013 20:11 (ten years ago) link
the exhibition is continuing in the second half
― anonanon, Monday, 19 August 2013 20:11 (ten years ago) link
Can't work out the balance between City being good and the Toon being cack here
― Third Rate Zoo Keepers With Tenth Rate Minds (Windsor Davies), Monday, 19 August 2013 20:12 (ten years ago) link
Missed this bcz kill me now ilx fight. City cruising?
― In the airplane over the .CSS (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 19 August 2013 20:13 (ten years ago) link
i've seen this danse macabre before and trust me newcastle are only pretending to play here. yknow, sort of get into positon, sort of do a run, sort of put in an aimless cross. pards is a dead man walking
― r|t|c, Monday, 19 August 2013 20:17 (ten years ago) link
Joe Kinnear in charge of a talented yet inconsistent, poorly organised crew of Gallic shrug-merchants, what a story
― Third Rate Zoo Keepers With Tenth Rate Minds (Windsor Davies), Monday, 19 August 2013 20:21 (ten years ago) link
Got to agree xp on the basis of these ninety seconds I've been watching
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 19 August 2013 20:21 (ten years ago) link
five Man City players simultaneously breaking the Newcastle offside trap was pretty nice.
― Clyde One DJ Diane “Knoxy” Knox-Campbell (Merdeyeux), Monday, 19 August 2013 20:24 (ten years ago) link
a particularly FIFA-esque moment
― anonanon, Monday, 19 August 2013 20:25 (ten years ago) link
yeah the dink in for that from yaya was superb
― r|t|c, Monday, 19 August 2013 20:27 (ten years ago) link
be interesting to see if nasri responds to new management, you kind of totally forget just how good he once was
― r|t|c, Monday, 19 August 2013 20:28 (ten years ago) link
Gotta be annoyed getting injured in this
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 19 August 2013 20:30 (ten years ago) link
dearie me
― r|t|c, Monday, 19 August 2013 20:35 (ten years ago) link
Debuchy has been really awful tonight
― Third Rate Zoo Keepers With Tenth Rate Minds (Windsor Davies), Monday, 19 August 2013 20:36 (ten years ago) link
iirc he's been pretty bad from the moment he arrived
― r|t|c, Monday, 19 August 2013 20:39 (ten years ago) link
yeah, I don't think the Newcastle fans have taken to him at all
― Number None, Monday, 19 August 2013 20:42 (ten years ago) link
damn aguero's goal was a beaut
― r|t|c, Monday, 19 August 2013 22:40 (ten years ago) link
goal of the weekend imo tbh, get that challop right up ye
― r|t|c, Monday, 19 August 2013 22:44 (ten years ago) link
Wanna say Barkley or Welbeck for how unexpected they were, but on balance I think I agree. Kompany striding out / the big man's flick / dat finish = a special goal
― Third Rate Zoo Keepers With Tenth Rate Minds (Windsor Davies), Monday, 19 August 2013 22:50 (ten years ago) link
i wasnt really bothered about the build-up tbh, just that his options running through were 99% thwack and hope it rifles into the top corner and 1% slide it to the inch where krul won't reach, and he executed the latter
― r|t|c, Monday, 19 August 2013 22:57 (ten years ago) link
Pardew added: 'We've prepared with the lad for three days and then for him to have his head turned by this bid from Arsenal on the eve of a game is just disrespectful in my view. Why it couldn't have waited until tomorrow morning I do not know and I don't think the result would have been the same if he had played.'
lol idiot
― r|t|c, Monday, 19 August 2013 22:58 (ten years ago) link
In a direct conversation with Dick Law, Arsenal’s contract negotiator, it is understood that Newcastle owner Mike Ashley responded to the offer for Cabaye with the words: “Which part of him do you want to buy?”
― Number None, Monday, 19 August 2013 22:59 (ten years ago) link
It's still Welbeck btw
i really liked van wolfswinkle's header, beautiful arc to it. cavani's goal has them all beat, though.
― mizzell, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 00:29 (ten years ago) link
Wenger’s detailed knowledge of every player’s contract even created an issue when Oxlade-Chamberlain was making substitute appearances for Arsenal last season. Written into the England winger’s deal is a clause stating that Arsenal must pay Saints £10,000 every time Oxlade-Chamberlain appears for more than 20 minutes. Incredibly a trend emerged, with Wenger bringing him off the bench after 72 minutes (v Stoke), 73 minutes (Liverpool), 72 minutes (Coventry), 65 minutes (Norwich), 76 minutes (Fulham), 86 minutes (Tottenham), 67 minutes (Swansea), 73 minutes (West Ham), 71 minutes (Swansea), and 75 minutes (Reading). Arsenal’s accounts department were stunned to receive an email from Southampton demanding payment for the appearances, with the south coast club justifying their argument based on stoppage time. Eventually Arsenal agreed to pay for the appearances and the story worked its way around the offices at the Emirates with bafflement among staff.
― Number None, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 10:06 (ten years ago) link
oh god somebody sort this out
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 10:12 (ten years ago) link
where's that from?
― sonderangerbot, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 10:13 (ten years ago) link
The Mail. Quite possibly bullshit but funny if true
― Number None, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 10:18 (ten years ago) link
Surely it's fairly normal to bring on a relatively inexperienced but exciting player who likes to run with the ball sometime after 70 minutes? If this is evidence of Wenger taking an unusual interest in contract details I would think it's more likely that he suggested this clause be inserted knowing that he would likely play for ~15mins quite often rather than Wenger delaying bringing him on in order to save the club a few £.
― Blandford Forum, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 10:24 (ten years ago) link
He pretty much always makes subs around the 70 minute mark (which itself is a problem reflecting his inflexibility), so it's hardly "incredible" that he'd do the same with Chamberlain. The club is a complete mess atm (and arguably has been for some time) and there's a bunch of stuff that could be criticised but the Ox sub stuff sounds exaggeration (if not made up).
― My god. Pure ideology. (ey), Tuesday, 20 August 2013 10:29 (ten years ago) link
I like the idea of someone who works for Southampton starting a stopwatch as soon as he comes on
― Number None, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 10:31 (ten years ago) link
Agger: "Barcelona are obviously a big club, but I have never thought about leaving Liverpool, unless they want to sell. Everyone at the club are an integral part of my life. I. I have a YNWA tattoo. Frankly I don't mind if we don't finish in the top four, I love the club as if it were my own family."
First part of the last sentence needs a bit of work but otherwise otm.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 10:32 (ten years ago) link
I like Fulham this season, kinda like an old school mid-table Spurs. They'll win the FA Cup.
― jel --, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 10:36 (ten years ago) link
^absolutely in no way will they do this in this era. maybe transposed 18 years into the past they'd have a shout.
― imago, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 10:38 (ten years ago) link
yeah, the final is all about big clubs like Wigan, Stoke and Portsmouth nowadays
― beans on toast and ghosts (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 20 August 2013 10:53 (ten years ago) link
In the sense that most of their players peaked in 1995, perhaps so
― dmacation problem (darraghmac), Tuesday, 20 August 2013 10:54 (ten years ago) link
Well, I picture a nonchalant Berbatov strolling around Wembley, cup aloft. Though I guess it could be a mug from Primark.
― jel --, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 10:55 (ten years ago) link
Wayne Veysey @wayneveysey 10mLots going on at Spurs. Willian has chosen #THFC over LFC & is undergoing medical today. Roma chief Sabattini meeting Baldini about Lamela.Wayne Veysey @wayneveysey 7mTold #THFC have offered Roma £29.9m for Lamela & a 5-year, £65,000-a-week contract is on the table.
Wayne Veysey @wayneveysey 7mTold #THFC have offered Roma £29.9m for Lamela & a 5-year, £65,000-a-week contract is on the table.
― Number None, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 11:51 (ten years ago) link
cya bale
― dmacation problem (darraghmac), Tuesday, 20 August 2013 12:05 (ten years ago) link
uneasy about willian tbph.... at what cost
i thought it was either/or with those two
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 12:06 (ten years ago) link
we're overlapping on both threads
― Shamrock Shoe (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 20 August 2013 12:06 (ten years ago) link
there was talk at the weekend that liverpool would buy damiao if they couldn't get willian. be interesting to see damiao and soldado pairing up.
― Shamrock Shoe (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 20 August 2013 12:07 (ten years ago) link
Is there a word for the uneasy feeling during the interregnum where the two threads are running in parallel? There should be, it's a very modern malaise.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 12:24 (ten years ago) link
if the authorities would do the decent thing and have the end of the transfer window coincide with the start of the season we wouldn't have this problem
― Number None, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 12:27 (ten years ago) link
― beans on toast and ghosts (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 20 August 2013 10:53 (1 hour ago)
all of which were capable of sustained dedication to a *system* - fulham are far too fancypants lightweight for a serious cup-run
― imago, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 12:29 (ten years ago) link
Benteke <3
― Number None, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 19:34 (ten years ago) link
Lovely.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 19:35 (ten years ago) link
http://i.minus.com/iZZuDJm6kPmZZ.gif
― Number None, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 19:49 (ten years ago) link