Premier League 2012/13 general thread

[EJG1980]

...incredible. Some kind of animated version of the whole thing.

Had to laugh at the depiction of Lampard

[Team Andromeda]

My apologies to you, out of order.

No worries

[NW2013]

Does anyone have a Bet365 account? I was wondering whether they do actually stream all footy matches? I've opened an account but don't want to add any funds if it turns out they actually don't.

[Kit]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21204485

Things are looking up!

Further movement on tom ince and this could conclude a very decent transfer window for liverpool.

[nakamura]

That's good news. Hopefully for Liverpool Suarez will stay too. Slowly they are getting better and could build the team around him.

[Kit]

Things are looking up!

/facepalm

[Kit]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21251291

Good, bad? I think Milan are going to be gutted when they come to realise what a clown he is.

[VR46]

They ahve obviously done their research and reckon they can bring out the best in him, if not he's still only 22 and will be worth something on the transfer market for years to come. Can see him being the kind of player to change clubs every couple of years.

Will miss the stories of his glovebox full of parking tickets etc.

[EJG1980]

If a team can get performances out of him like he gave against Germany in Euro 2012 on a consistent basis they'll have a beast of a player on their hands. That's one bloody big if though! At the moment he's going to end up as the new Cassano, with all the talent in the world but too much of a nutcase to put it to good use.

[Adrock]

Cassano began to live up to some of his potential but never what he could have been, granted. Its such a shame Balotelli never did anything here, he has been poor on the whole.

Milan may be able to do something with him though, he reckons Milan is his boyhood club so that must count for something too.

[EJG1980]

Cassano began to live up to some of his potential but never what he could have been, granted. Its such a shame he never did anything here, he has been poor on the whole.

Milan may be able to do something with him though, he reckons Milan is his boyhood club so that must count for something too.

That's true. Once Cassano moved to Sampdoria he seemed to settle down and since then he's been consistently pretty good (when he isn't injured). He's actually one of my favourite players to watch (Theirry Henry said he played "courtyard football" like a kid) but just a bit more application when he was younger and it could have been so much more.

Hopefully this can be the move that settles Balotelli down a bit.

[Kit]

What's your verdict on the Coutinho move to liverpool, HE? aren't inter supposed to be pretty poor atm? opinion in the papers seems to be he has a very slight frame and will struggle in premiership.

[hudson]

Re: Premier League 2012/13 general thread

Sure he'll get kicked about, but by the time a grok has lumbered in, the pass, the dribble, change of pace will have happened. His dribbling skill are awesome. I'm sure he's on the weights.

[EJG1980]

Hoolak is right, brilliant dribbling skills, but his problem at the moment is that the mazy runs and skills usually don't result in any end product. A journalist (I forget who) summed it up quite well: it's 50/50 whether Inter have got a lot of money for a player who will always flatter to deceive, or that Liverpool have snatched away a young talent who could blossom into a great player given the right environment. Time will tell!

[VR46]

I think he'll be a good buy in the long term, sure he could do with putting on a stone in weight (I have a couple going spare), but I think we got a bit of a bargain.

And we're 1-0 up against Arsenal at half time so all is good on Anfield. For the minute.