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Yes he's menacing, but my god that man must have spacial issues when it comes to goal posts. In the second not only did he sky a ball about 8 feet from goal as if he was kicking a FG, but had one of the most akward point blank header misses that I've ever seen. I'm glad to know that God hates him as much as I do.
He misses sitters so consistently it's hard to write it off as a fluke. Maybe he just gets too geeked up sometimes? I don't know how to explain it.
I think for sane people this is true, but for Liverpool fans who convinced themselves this team was ready to compete for a Champions League place, Saturday was probably pretty disappointing.
Well, Skrtel signed and extension today, so that's some good news for them.
I haven't seen enough of Joe Cole lately to know. But the lack of other options doesn't take Rogers off the hook. He's had time to change the roster. If he's got no better option than to start Downing, then LFC will be lucky to finish 7th.
11 days to go!
To pick up on Flynn's suggestion, what do we think that Downing's negative WAR would be since joining Liverpool?
I don't want to be mean to Jeff Mathis by comparing him to full England international, Stuart Downing.
Clubs competing in the championship or elsewhere at lower levels are legitimately competing, and players who would be replacement level in the top flight have value at lower tiers. So they can't be acquired for free. After the transfer deadline, you basically can't acquire anyone.
It seems to me that a concept of "replacement level" in football would have to include some sort of nominal transfer fee along with the salary. It's not precisely "free talent" in the same way.
Consider, for instance, the number of guys clubs like Man City and Chelsea have out on loan at the moment, while they are aren't immediately available, it seems to me that they are not that dissimilar to minor leaguers in terms of roster construction for the following season.
We also appear to be going through another period (these arise episodically) in clubs are creating "virtual farm systems" through common ownership or contractual agreements based on rights of first refusal. Udinese are the best example of this, given their cross-ownership of Granada and now Watford.
910 illustrates why "chances created" shouldn't be used in Football WAR. You need to attempt to capture the quality of the chances, and every observer I've reade agrees that Downing's deliveries have been sub-standard. Using the raw stat is sort of like using putouts for baseball. Indeed, I think that the conceptual challenge of coming up with meaningful football metrics is similar to that posed by the quantification of defense in baseball.
If anybody wonders how this went: the plucky underdogs lost 0-9.
He looks like a member of The Mars Volta with that haircut.
My favorite fact about them is that they represent an island known for its prison, which is why they play in black and white stripes.
how did that stay out
Kagawa to me, plays like a right-footed Ozil and has been United's best player.
They just need to open an upscale cafe/use bookshop where Berbatov won't look out of place in a sharp suit while he sips an espresso, smokes and reads the latest from Milan Kundera. They should probably have a little Jazz at night, too.
That's why I say the need to open one! I just assume such a thing doesn't exist in Sunderland. Surely it's worth opening this establishment even if Berbs is the only customer? The man scores goals...
What would Anzhi do in this situation? They could build a nice looking Pontemkin village...
O'Neill wouldn't blink, but Ellis Short's skin just puckered...
It sounds like what Gertrude Stein believed Oakland to be, only worse and with weirder accents.
For some strange, strange reason it usually takes most of a day to travel 100 miles in England, I don't know how they do that.
Makes 'em feel like they still have an empire.
Because Andy Carroll went anywhere there was beer?
Apparently he prefers prem before Russia.
16 million quid is a spicy meatball. Good luck to them! Zenit, with Gazprom's help, can pay the fee, but I can see how M'Villa would be reluctant to go to a club not known for their cuddly feelings towards black players. Honestly, I don't really have an opinion on if he's worth it or not as I haven't seen him play much.
The establishment you are describing would be somewhat out of place, just as it would be in Richmond. And he would pilloried by the support if seen out in Newcastle.
Anzhi would have him live in Moscow, just like the rest of their team.
I was just kidding ursus. I just dig Berbatov's existential philosopher vibe. He really should be playing for PSG.
It would be like opening an upscale Jazz Café in Flint...
Le Cafe de Flore hasn't been the same since Jean-Paul and Simone kicked the bucket.
Berba could bring the glory days back instantly.
I don't think a philosopher would like to jostle with PSG's new recruits drawn there by money. He should go to Ajax, Amsterdam is a nice place for philosophers.
Crap, now I want to go back to Paris. That's the town for me.
Fellaini was like an (angry) Warrior Poet - but for United I thought Kagawa was very good. In fact he was like the exact opposite of Wellbeck's haircut....
Do they have a stomach pump for newcomers who takes a bite out of the "food"?
Once upon a time when Sweden had strict liquor laws and booze could only be served with food, most places had a plate of peas that shuttled between the kitchen and the bar, filling the same function.
The regulars new to decline the "Free" "meal"...
This would have been the perfect bar if they were wasabi peas.
Also Scandinavia has some really weird licensing laws, Norway just confused the hell out of me.
London = New York + Los Angeles + Miami + Seattle
Birmingham = St. Louis
Manchester = Chicago
Liverpool = Philadelphia
Sheffield = Pittsburgh
Leeds = Cleveland
Newcastle = Detroit
Sunderland = Flint, Michigan
Middlesbrough = Saginaw, Michigan
Hull = Toledo
Nottingham = Milwaukee
Derby = Green Bay
Bolton = Rockford, Illinois
Wigan = Gary, Indiana
Stoke = Kansas City
Blackburn = Boise, Idaho
Wolverhampton = Bluefield, West Virginia
Blackpool = Atlantic City
Portsmouth = Providence
Southampton = New London, Connecticut
Norwich = Savannah, Georgia
Basically the entirety of the UK except the areas south and east of London seem to be part of the Rust Belt.
That is also my impression. I always think of England as a big Ohio plus London.
Birmingham = large industrial city, lots of conferences, zero tourist appeal, simmering racial tension. Growing economy.
Liverpool = old port city in terminal decline, full of unemployed and unemployable people. Has lots of truly #### sinkhole estates. Everyone with any sense lives across the Mersey in the Wirral or Cheshire.
Leeds = Rapidly regenerating and growing, big financial services industry with quite a few engineering firms.
Newcastle = Fairly pleasant "small" city with lots of Georgian architecture, relies very heavily on the service sector and gov'mint jobs.
Middlesbrough = Previously had lots of chemical industry, now slowly decaying away and a dead economy.
Hull = See Middlesbrough, but worse. At least it's not Goole.
Stoke = Industrial City, hotbed of racism with lots of BNP (White Supremacist Party) support.
Wolverhampton = It's pretty much been absorbed by Birmingham.
Bolton = Suburb of Manchester
Wigan = You've forgotten it existed five minutes after you leave and don't regret it.
Blackburn = Old mining town, fairly #### in a profoundly average way. It died in about 1978 and has been stuck in a time-warp ever since.
Portsmouth = Naval Port (with all that comes with that), a throbbing puss filled zit on Southampton's ass.
Southampton = Fairly pleasant commercial port city, heavily redeveloped and gentrifying seafront.
Norwich = Fairly pleasant, in the middle of absolutely nowhere and surrounded by sugar beets.
And Blackpool is sort of like Asbury Park
Now, I've never been to Asbury Park, but I can't imagine it is half as tacky as Blackpool.
OK, Leeds can be Pittsburgh and Sheffield can be Cleveland. That means Bradford is Akron and Barnsley is Youngstown.
Blackburn = Old mining town, fairly #### in a profoundly average way. It died in about 1978 and has been stuck in a time-warp ever since.
I chose the wrong college footbll fanbase. That sounds more like Morgantown.
Like Wolverhampton it has been swallowed by the Birmingham metro area.
Omaha?
Also Glasgow is obviously Boston.
Hmm. I have Glasgow more as Seattle and Edinburgh as Boston, though I guess those could be flipped based on your POV.
And Boston's concentration in higher education and financial services is much more Edinburgh than Glasgow.
Clearly I was overly influenced by the similar natures of the Glasgow / Boston sports fanbases (fascinated by their own unique tradition and importance, viewed by everyone else as insufferable and contemptible).
But yeah, Boston has/had the Charlestown Navy Yard, but not real commercial shipyards.
The closest thing I can think of is Niagara Falls, although Blackpool obviously lacks any natural (or man made) feature that compares to the falls.
Still tied for first, hooray!
Well, Bangor has legalized gambling in the form of slot machines, but it's not on the coast...
It's too lively to be Asbury Park. Morecambe, further up the Lancashire coast, is I would guess more like Ashbury Park.
And Blackburn is a former mill town, not mining town, but otherwise Obi One's description of the place is bang on.
OK, Leeds can be Pittsburgh and Sheffield can be Cleveland. That means Bradford is Akron and Barnsley is Youngstown.
Sheffield is Pittsburgh in terms of industrial past and Cleveland in terms of football futility.
Rotherham is a better comparison to Youngstown...incidentally, Rotherham United played their first home game in their new stadium on Saturday and were rewarded with their highest opening day attendance in 40 years. The name of the ground is...the New York Stadium, as the area of Rotherham where its located is known as "New York".
Which means that his fund must have gotten just about every share in the IPO.
The answer to this question is Goole, always Goole.
Sebastian Bassong is off to Norwich City. He always looked the part but the results never matched his athleticism. Also, Michael Dawson is in the shop window which makes sense, but is a little sad. That leaves Spurs with 4 CB's which seems a little light. Maybe the Carvalho rumors are true.
Elsewhere: Scott Sinclair, sadly, looks to be headed to Man City. I assume this means an Adam Johnson deal is imminent. And Stoke seems to have interest in Maurice Edu, now. Would much rather him go there than Ipswich.
Do not doubt the Swans...they mate for life!
A lot of twitter smoke that Spurs want Pjanic to replace Modric, which makes sense because he's the same guy they wanted last year, too. I think he's a tidy player with a real fearless streak and, unlike Moutinho and Porto, I think they could actually strike a deal with Roma for him.
In a world where money mattered, I'd be okay with this. 10 millionish for Johnson, 5 millionish for Sinclair. I like Johnson, but if Mancini isn't going to play him, I can live with this exchange, and it's good business.
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