Boxing Day Fixtures

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26 Dec 15:00
Everton

v

Wigan


26 Dec 15:00
Fulham

v

Southampton


26 Dec 15:00
Man Utd

v

Newcastle


26 Dec 15:00
Norwich

v

Chelsea


26 Dec 15:00
QPR

v

West Brom


26 Dec 15:00
Reading

v

Swansea


26 Dec 15:00
Sunderland

v

Man City


26 Dec 17:30
Aston Villa

v

Tottenham


26 Dec 19:45
Stoke City

v

Liverpool


Kinda annoying we chickened out of playing whilst the rest are

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20789688

Lawro predicts

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Reading: Federici, Gunter, Pearce, Mariappa, Harte, Kebe, Leigertwood, Karacan, McAnuff, Guthrie, Pogrebnyak. Subs: Taylor, Le Fondre, Hunt, Morrison, Tabb, Robson-Kanu, Cummings.

Swansea: Vorm, Tiendalli, Chico, Williams, Davies, Dyer, Britton, Ki, Moore, Routledge, Michu. Subs: Tremmel, Bartley, Graham, Monk, Shechter, de Guzman, Agustien.

Referee: Mike Jones (Cheshire)

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QPR: Green, Da Silva, Ferdinand, Hill, Traore, Mbia, Faurlin, Mackie, Taarabt, Wright-Phillips, Cisse. Subs: Julio Cesar, Diakite, Derry, Granero, Dyer, Hoilett, Ehmer.

West Brom: Foster, Jones, McAuley, Olsson, Popov, Mulumbu, Morrison, Fortune, Gera, Brunt, Lukaku. Subs: Myhill, Ridgewell, Rosenberg, Long, Dorrans, Odemwingie, Tamas.

Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)

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Norwich: Bunn, Martin, Turner, Bassong, Garrido, Snodgrass, Tettey, Johnson, Pilkington, Hoolahan, Holt. Subs: Rudd, Howson, Jackson, Morison, Elliott Bennett, Barnett, Ryan Bennett.

Chelsea: Cech, Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Cahill, Cole, Mikel, Luiz, Moses, Oscar, Mata, Torres. Subs: Turnbull, Lampard, Hazard, Ferreira, Marin, Piazon, Ake.

Referee: Jon Moss (W Yorkshire)

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Everton: Howard, Neville, Jagielka, Distin, Baines, Osman, Hitzlsperger, Gibson, Pienaar, Jelavic, Anichebe. Subs: Mucha, Heitinga, Oviedo, Naismith, Gueye, Barkley, Vellios.

Wigan: Al Habsi, Boyce, Caldwell, Figueroa, Stam, McCarthy, Jones, McArthur, Beausejour, Maloney, Kone. Subs: Pollitt, Di Santo, Gomez, McManaman, Boselli, Ramis, Golobart.

Referee: Lee Mason (Lancashire)

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Man Utd: De Gea, Smalling, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra, Valencia, Carrick, Scholes, Giggs, van Persie, Hernandez. Subs: Lindegaard, Vidic, Cleverley, Fletcher, Buttner, Wootton, Tunnicliffe.

Newcastle: Krul, Simpson, Williamson, Coloccini, Santon, Anita, Perch, Bigirimana, Cisse, Ba, Marveaux. Subs: Elliot, Shola Ameobi, Obertan, Sammy Ameobi, Ferguson, Tavernier, Campbell.

Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral)

QPR v WBA delayed by 15 mins due to WBA arriving late

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Fulham: Schwarzer, Riether, Hangeland, Senderos, Riise, Dejagah, Sidwell, Baird, Kacaniklic, Berbatov, Rodallega. Subs: Stockdale, Kelly, Ruiz, Karagounis, Briggs, Hughes, Frei.

Southampton: Kelvin Davis, Clyne, Fonte, Yoshida, Shaw, Schneiderlin, Cork, Steven Davis, Puncheon, Ramirez, Lambert. Subs: Boruc, Hooiveld, Rodriguez, Ward-Prowse, Do Prado, Richardson, Mayuka.

Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

QPR vs WBA has been delayed due to problems of getting supporters there.

Arsenal's foresight. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Man Utd 0-1 Barcodes, Perch!

:haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fulham 1-0 Southampton, Berbatov!

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GOAL - Man Utd 0-1 Newcastle - James Perch (4 mins)
Now then! Michael Carrick takes a torrid touch in midfield to allow Demba Ba in on goal, he takes a shot on from 25 yards and David de Gea can only palm it out, right into the path of James Perch, who beats Rio Ferdinand to the loose ball and slams home. Great start for Newcastle.Carrick :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He really isn't the best at protecting his team

Durham. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kompany hits the bar!

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GOAL - Fulham 1-0 Southampton - Dimitar Berbatov (8 mins)
Dimitar Berbatov has joined the Mario Balotelli club. Sascha Riether crosses from the right, Kelvin Davis can only palm the ball out into the goalmouth and Berbatov shovels in the loose ball. He then reveals a T-shirt which says "Keep calm and pass me the ball." He's booked. But that is class.:lol:

[Özil's Panoramic View]

:lol:

Berba :bow:

Still a must get :lol:

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All Man City

Only a matter of time before they score

[McNamara That Ghost...]

GOAL - Fulham 1-0 Southampton - Dimitar Berbatov (8 mins)
Dimitar Berbatov has joined the Mario Balotelli club. Sascha Riether crosses from the right, Kelvin Davis can only palm the ball out into the goalmouth and Berbatov shovels in the loose ball. He then reveals a T-shirt which says "Keep calm and pass me the ball." He's booked. But that is class. :lol:

That is brilliant.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Man Utd's defence has conceded the same amount as we had at this stage last season.

:haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Man Utd 1-1 Barcodes, Evans.

Pardiola. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Possible Evans disallowed own goal. :rolleyes:


Ah no after a debate, it has been given!

Man Utd 1-2 Barcodes, Evans OG! :haha:

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A debated goal at OT given against Mancs?

What is the world coming to?

Fergie :rose:

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Evans :haha:

I really and truly always feel bad for the lad. He's either utter shitte or extremly unlucky. I'm favouring the former a bit.

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GOAL - Man Utd 1-2 Newcastle - Jonny Evans OG (28 mins)
So Newcastle do now lead! Here is what happened. Danny Simpson hits in a low cross-shot from the right, and Jonny Evans turns it past his own goalkeeper under pressure from Papiss Cisse. The linesman flags for offside, and Cisse is a yard off. However, after originally ruling out the goal, referee Mike Dean consults with his linesman and gives the goal, as the ball did not touch Cisse. Clear?

Dean :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Norwich 0-1 Chelsea, Mata. He is awlsome.

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Mata is truly awlsome

[McNamara That Ghost...]

QPR 0-1 WBA, Brunt.

'Arry. :lol:

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Will Harry stay next season when they are in the Championship?

All games bar that game are at half time

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I'd imagine he will join whatever team is promoted to the Premier League.

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Man Utds bench looks awful :lol:

Come on Newcastle

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Everton 1-0 Wigan, Osman.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sunderland 1-0 Citeh, Johnson!

:lol:

Hart fuck-up. Again. :haha:

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Not a good day for us so far

Still, both Mancs are losing :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

GOAL- Sunderland 1-0 Man City - Adam Johnson (53 mins)

It had to be you. Adam Johnson scores against his old club, and his old mate Joe Hart won't like seeing this one again. Johnson cuts in from his station on the left, catches his shot cleanly enough but Hart should keep it out. Instead it spins off his gloves and into the net.

Hart. :haha:

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Hart :haha:

Thats unusual for him

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Man Utd 2-2 Barcodes, Evra.

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Evra scores again

FFS

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Can just tell the Mancs will win this one

Barcodes :doh:

[Gervinho's Forehead]

Fuck off shitnited!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

QPR 0-2 WBA. Another Green fuck-up - OG. Why is 'Arry picking him?

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Green :haha:

English keepers :haha:

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Krul apparently had a shocker for Evras goal as well

Keepers :lol:

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GOAL - QPR 0-2 West Brom - Robert Green OG (49 mins)
Get the circus music out - a comedy of errors sees West Brom go 2-0 up. A corner from the right is headed miles into the sky by Anton Ferdinand, Robert Green is impeded by Marc-Antoine Fortune as he tries to tip it over and he ends up just flapping it into his own net. Again, that looks a dubious decision. Fouls are normally given for less.One to watch

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2-3 Newcastle

Ba!!!!!!!!!

BBC just changed it to Cisse

FFS

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3-3

RVC

Newcastle :doh:

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Disallowed goal for Reading

Their manager wont be happy

[Gervinho's Forehead]

I doubt newcastle will have quite this problem keeping the lead against us. :(









:ilt:

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I can see it now

Newcastle hold Mancs to a draw and beat us and the Wenger Sympathizers on here will refer to the Manc game as how a defeat v Newcastle is unexpected

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Everton 2-0 Wigan

Jagielka

[McNamara That Ghost...]

QPR 1-2 WBA, Cisse!

Man Utd's defence. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Everton 2-1 Wigan, Coney! :bow:

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Ashic Mahtab on Twitter: "You have to wonder - had he not made the "mistake" of joining Arsenal, people would be comparing RVP to Messi & Pele by now."

:haha:

RVC and Messi being compared to Pele is hilarious

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FFS Wigan

Needed a 2-0 win for Everton

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fulham 1-1 Southampton, Lambert pelanty!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barcodes should've made it 3-4, Sammy Ameobi to be specific.

[Gervinho's Forehead]

fucking shit newcastle.

[Maestro]

Lescott up front for city now

winner for utd ...****s

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Man Utd 4-3 Barcodes, Hernandez. :rolleyes:

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Perfect for us tbh

Newcastle will be deflated v us

[Gervinho's Forehead]

pardew will still fuck wenger though, no doubt.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Norwich 0-1 Chelsea, FT.

[Gervinho's Forehead]

Perfect for us tbh

Newcastle will be deflated v us

:haha:

[Gervinho's Forehead]

Norwich 0-1 Chelsea, FT.

:sick:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Reading 0-0 Swansea, FT.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sunderland 1-0 Citeh, FT. :haha:

[Gervinho's Forehead]

What a shit day of football :(

[Gervinho's Forehead]

Sunderland 1-0 Citeh, FT. :haha:

Apart from this one.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Everton 2-1 Wigan, FT.

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Fulham 1-1 Southampton, FT.

Jol. :rose:

[Maestro]

Fulham 1-1 Southampton, FT.

Jol. :rose:

thought the instructions were clear from Berbatov

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Doesn't help the defence I suppose.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Aston Villa: Guzan, Lowton, Herd, Clark, Baker, Bennett, Westwood, El Ahmadi, Delph, Holman, Benteke.
Subs: Given, Ireland, Albrighton, Bowery, Bannan, Lichaj, Carruthers.

Tottenham: Lloris, Walker, Gallas, Vertonghen, Naughton, Lennon, Dembele, Sandro, Bale, Defoe, Adebayor.
Subs: Friedel, Parker, Dawson, Sigurdsson, Livermore, Townsend, Caulker.

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

QPR 1-2 WBA, FT. 'Arry takes QPR to rock bottom. :lol:

[Marc Overmars]

2nd place trophy up for grabs?

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Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini: "It's the same story for us at Sunderland every year, we are not going to come here next season. But last year we didn't win here and we won the title.

"It's important that our strikers start scoring more goals, sometimes we take one touch too many.

"We missed five or six chances in the first half, and we need to score first in games sometimes. We can't recover all the time."

He thinks Sunderland are going down then? MON :haha:

[Ernesto]

City are idiots.

Having said that, Sunderland do tend to up their game for Man City, and not so much for ManUre.

[Marc Overmars]

Won't be long before Mancini is sacked if they keep on sliding further behind United.

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Mancini for Arsenal? :pray:

Not really a fan but would mean the end for Wenger

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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson: "I thought it was a bad decision for the own goal. If you see it again he's offside he's also grabbed Jonny Evans on the arm and if that's not interference what is interference?

"December is always a big month. We dropped two points at Swansea but me made up for it today. It was a real championship performance. Rooney has done a ligament at the back of his knee and he will be out for two or three weeks. We are running out of ammunition."

Wazza got injured during training on Xmas day

Xmas day training :haha:

[Marc Overmars]

Running out of ammunition?

FFS, Hernandez is better than most first choice strikers.

[Gervinho's Forehead]

Running out of ammunition?

FFS, Hernandez is better than most first choice strikers.

I hate the **** and the rest of sir ****-alots team.

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Spuds dominant

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-0 HT. No idea how Villa have managed to keep a clean sheet there.

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0-1 Defoe

Villa are awful

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0-2 Bale

You truly have to be terrible if you finish below Villa this season

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0-3

Bale again

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Stoke: Begovic, Cameron, Shawcross, Huth, Wilkinson, Kightly, Nzonzi, Whelan, Etherington, Walters, Jones. Subs: Sorensen, Adam, Whitehead, Upson, Crouch, Shotton, Jerome.

Liverpool: Reina, Johnson, Skrtel, Agger, Jose Enrique, Gerrard, Lucas, Downing, Shelvey, Suso, Suarez. Subs: Jones, Cole, Henderson, Coates, Carragher, Allen, Sterling.

Referee: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire)

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0-4 Bale Hat trick

Villa :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-4 FT. :doh:

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They improved by 50% tbh

:Villa version of Ollie:

[Marc Overmars]

Villa. :lol:

Absolute garbage.

Yet we couldn't score against them.

Wenget. :lol:

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Penalty to Liverpool after 30 seconds

Shawcross foul on Suarez

Gerrard scores

0-1

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1-1 Walters

More excitement in this game than in the last 5 Stoke games. Looks like they wont be last on MOTD :(

Oh and Skrtel is terrible.

Time for Carra's return?

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2-1 Jones

Liverpool :lol:

[Marc Overmars]

Brendan Fraser. :lol:

[GP]

Brendan Fraser. :lol:

It's Rodgers.

[Marc Overmars]

Is it?

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Surely Rodgers is hanging on to his job by a thread?

An awful Villa side rips them apart at Anfield and a Stoke side who cant score, scores twice in a few mins against them

Liverpool :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Shawcross was booked for conceding that pelanty.

[Gervinho's Forehead]

0-4 Bale Hat trick

Villa :haha:

And Arsenal :haha:

[GP]

Is it?

Yes, Brendan Fraser is actually an actor.

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Suarez misses a sitter

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Stoke 3-1 Liverpool, Walters. :haha:

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3-1 Walters with his 2nd

Rodgers :wave:

Suarez :haha:

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It came from a throw in as well

And Delap isnt playing

Delap :rose:

[Gervinho's Forehead]

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOFFFFFFFFFFFF!! :haha:

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Next time we play, Stoke might be above us

Wenger :haha:

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Never fear, Liverpool fans.

Henderson is on

[Marc Overmars]

Fraser appears to have the patience of the fans, so I don't think his job will be under threat this season at least. Unless they really nosedive and his position becomes untenable.

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Suarez booked for a big boot on Begovic.

No sign of a leg drop though

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Disallowed goal for Suarez

Henderson handball before it :lol:

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Statisticians Opta on Twitter: "44 - Stoke have scored more than twice in a Premier League game for the first time in 44 matches. Unusual."
Liverpool :lol:

[Gervinho's Forehead]

lolerhoof :haha:

[Gervinho's Forehead]

I wonder if rodgers still believes they will finish 2nd? :lol:

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SUBSTITUTION - Stoke 3-1 Liverpool
Stoke now make a change, with former Liverpool man Peter Crouch coming on in place of Kenwyne Jones. Jones has been, well, unplayable today. Martin Skrtel will be having nightmares about him.

Tbf Skrtel has nightmares about most players. He is terrible. One of the worst CBs ive seen

[Özim]

Brendan Fraser. :lol:
Brendan Fraser :lol:

Awful voice

[Gervinho's Forehead]

lolerhoof still as high 10th :blink:


:banghead:

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2129:
LFCDan on Twitter: "This time last year Liverpool were nine points better off and only two points off the top-four. Failing to see the improvement..."

Time for Kenny to save them again?

Rodgers has been shocking.

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3-1 FT

MOTD starts at 10.25pm

[Injury Time]

3-1 FT

MOTD starts at 10.25pm
Lawro and Hansen have phoned in sick...

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Hope not. They are the best in the world at what they do


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Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker on Twitter:
"MOTD running order: ManU/New, Sun/ManC, AV/Tot, Sto/Liv, QPR/WBA, Eve/Wig, Nor/Che, Ful/Sou, Rea/Swa."

[Injury Time]

Lineker £2m/pa :sick:

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Newcastles 2nd looked good to me. Fergie going mad, will he be punished?

Hart :haha:

Villas defending is terrible. Feel sorry for Guzan. Seems a decent keeper

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Definite penalty for Liverpool

Agger with a great flick on for Walters first. Skrtel :lol:

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Pulis actually mentions being last on MOTD all the time :lol:

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Green :haha:

A bit harsh to let that stand as he was being fouled but still funny

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

footballing reasons :haha:

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Mata :bow:

What a goal

Best Spanish midget in the league by a mile

Wenger :doh:

Also Luiz looks awesome at DM

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

hart the most overrated keeper since paddy kenny.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

does bale trump every winger we have?

walcott is a striker so doesn't count.

id love him here.

[Gervinho's Forehead]

:sick:

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

are villa the shittest team in the league? even worse than Queens Park Range Rovers surely?

awful squad.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

feel sorry for pool.

brendan doesnt have much to work with. chasing a game and they bring on joe cole :haha:

poor sod. should have stayed at swansea.

[Gervinho's Forehead]

are villa the shittest team in the league? even worse than Queens Park Range Rovers surely?

awful squad.

We drew with them :haha:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

We lose to QPR and http://iliketowastemytime.com/sites/default/files/best_animated_gif_nuclear_explosion.gif

[Gervinho's Forehead]

:pray:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hart. :haha:

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

utd winning the league this year.

they lost on goal difference last year without van persie.

this year they've bolstered their attack considerably. already a 7 point gap.

they strengthened over summer whilst city weakened their squad.

de jong for £8m? :lol:

whoever sanctioned that deserves to be sacked. and then to replace with garcia? :haha:

rvp wins the league in his first season at united. christ.

footballing reasons :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I'm still finding it hard to believe a team with as poor a defence as Man Utd's can win the league.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

they can afford to let in goals knowing they'll score a load at the other end.

it wont work for them in europe but regaining the league is priority number 1.

then next summer they can look at replacing rio and evans.

[GP]

Their defence is massively shit.

We've conceded 18 goals in the league, and our defence gets slaughtered every week.

Man Utd have conceded TWENTY EIGHT!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

they can afford to let in goals knowing they'll score a load at the other end.

it wont work for them in europe but regaining the league is priority number 1.

then next summer they can look at replacing rio and evans.

I don't think there is any longevity in that, soon enough teams will be able to camp out in their half and get results against them, if their defence continues to be how it is due to the increased desperation of any of those sides just to gain a point.

And GP indeed. 28 is ridiculous, they're pretty much guaranteed to concede by a landslide more than they have done in previous title winning season.

Their goal difference is quite poor too to be honest.

[Marc Overmars]

Shows how shit the chasing pack are to be so far behind.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

:pray:

Exceptional post.