LRD

They could really do without even more rapid-fire managerial sackings, mind. He's no Vincent Tan for sure. Pretty much a humble, low-key guy by most accounts and nothing of the 'flamboyance' associated with Tan and Tony Fernandes.

So local businessman Peter Lim has been credited with a strong bid to buy Valencia. It will take €200-300m to clear the debts, €130m to complete Nou Mestalla, and more funds to invest in players. Sounds like an expensive takeover to me although Valencia ticks a lot of boxes for a football club.

Singaporean. Looks like Peter Lim is the interested party. He was previously interested in Liverpool and a host of other clubs.

The lowest points tally that a PL club has ever survived relegation is 34. They will have to get another 24 points minimum to reach that. That's 8 wins from 21 remaining games, and will be a tough ask from a team still trying to find their feet.

81 pts with Januzaj on the bench. Two more to play tomorrow.

'Resign or be sacked!' Mackay refuses to walk. Tan doesn't want to fire him. Impasse. Meanwhile the team suffers. Well done, Vincent.

Ball-watching, those defenders.

So much space again.

4 OGs in 28 PL matches fwiw.

That's his 4th OG? :lol: :lol:

Ahahaha another OG from Hooiveld

Adebayor at Newcastle will be incredibly frustrating. He's Viduka-esque in that he only turns up when his contract is expiring or he's trying to earn a move elsewhere.

Nice goal.

Why was Sherwood in the stands in the first place?

'Oh when the Spurs Saints go marching in...'

Look at that space given to him man.

All those dives with obvious non-contact should be punished retrospectively with match bans though. Those players would think twice before trying to con the ref.

Lloris Walker Dawson Calriches Rose Dembele Siggurdson Eriksen Lamela Soldado Adebayor ?

He got confused with Spurs legendary WC winner and three times Ballon D'Or recipient Joe Kinnear.

http://i.imgur.com/iI5MVwL.png Run of 4 games in 10 days. Good thing is we are at home for 4 of them. 26 Dec Stoke (h) 29 Dec Arsenal (h) 01 Jan WBA (a) 04 Jan Cardiff (h; Capital One Cup) Stoke's last 6 games - W2-0 Sunderland; Everton L4-0; D0-0 Cardiff; W3-2 Chelsea; D0-0 Hull; W2-1 Aston Villa Stoke's next 4 league games - NUFC (a), Spurs (a), Everton (h), Liverpool (h) Newcastle Team News: Tiote suspended; Sissoko on 4 yellows (cut-off date for 5 cards suspension is 31 Dec) Stoke Team News: Huth injured

Anyone going to start the Stoke pre-match thread (with 5 days for the poll) yet?

After his early anti-diving stance, Moyes has now come out defending Januzaj's dive, asking for more protection for his player instead. Hopefully valid decisions such as penalties will be dismissed when it comes to Januzaj, Young and Hernandez and cost them a few points.

Unbelievable. It was all for a good cause and nothing unmanageable. And it's SBR's charity to boot.

No I don't think he did. Was bragging about how much he earned (which wasn't an amount to brag about) but claimed poverty when he lost the bet. w***** basically. Thought so. All I could remember was him losing the bet then dragging his feet with some lame excuses. And it was just a tenner iirc? Any recollection who the wanker was?