I'm going to miss the whole thing anyway. Dreading what I'll discover when I check the result: Capital One Cup 2013/14 thread

should make last year's thread a rolling one, imo. it only has 500 posts, last year's prem thread has over 10K

― mizzell, Wednesday, 25 September 2013 18:18 (2 minutes ago)

Overruled!

another bookmark, then.

spurs ruled last night! we're totally winning this thing. (i missed the whole thing anyway)

I want to pay respect to the competition tbh

who knows, we may discover the next Jay Emmanuel-Thomas.

has Suarez been sent off yet?

Rats, I missed whatever happened there. Utd a goal up.

gerrard whiffed a header defending a corner so chicharito had a tap in

Mr Potato - freshness. Mr Potato - fun. Mr Potato - no compromise.

I was struck by the extreme contrast at Sunderland between the ads facing the pitch and the ads facing the fans. On the neon side it's all Mister Potato and Visit Tanzania, on the matt side it's all local rags and funeral parlours.

Looks like the holders are going out.

Martin Kelly, sadly without mullet

excellent foul from Henderson

Ugh. The balance of power shifts.

It wasn't a 'tap-in', fwiw

Tusklike pricking of the bubble by Liverpool this past fortnight

yeah you're right he had more to do than just be there

xp

penalties at The Hawthorns, Arsenal generally good value in these

lol whatta shank

Turgid bottlejob by the Baggies there, almost like they accidentally realised they were going to win then fucked it up on purpose.

"50 lfc-applicable things about fleetwood mac's tusk" should be a thread really

gerraaaaard
you're the poet in my heart
never change
and don't you ever stop
... and now it's gone, no it doesn't matter anymore

You'll Never Walk A Thin Line

Peter Green's beautiful, elegiac solo fading out at the end of Brown Eyes is a perfect aural representation of King Kenny's return

I Know I'm Not Roy

that's all for henderson

this fucking thread title

Zaha lives btw

sounds like Bendtner is dying out there

Jol's last match, maybe?

Januzaj is going to be the best player in the league by the time he hits his mid-twenties

although it might be the Spanish league

On my way back from tonight's game, was actually a pretty even game just that arsenal were very... Arsenal.
Chelsea were also very Chelsea

Both these things are depressing

Jenko, Ryo and Bendtner were all rubbish, subs came too late. Saw the crowd being criticised for getting on big Nicks back...
But at some point he could stop being shit, honestly the ball was bouncing off him everywhere and he ruined every single good attacking move

I was ready to love you bargain basement zlatan

Where were you sitting? I'm making my North Bank debut on Saturday (sort of) and hoping for some atmosphere.

I was in the east stand, and before that the clock end. I think if you want atmosphere the north bank seems a good bet, as do most of the lower tiers.

But really the best option if you're after atmosphere would be the away section

— Ian Johnson (@Ian_JohnsonSN)
October 30, 2013
Truly embarrassing scenes at St James park. Security banning anybody from sitting in the anti-Ashley section. But the fans just run past.

This is kinda excellent. If you must be a despot, might as well ham it up imo

Paul McShane nets for Hull, shame on you WHL crowd

I last saw 1 1 whats the sitch there

Penalties at whl. Hull missed one.

2-1 to Spurs after two penalties each

Ismael, will you be attempting to take the North Bank all by yourself on Saturday?

Have Spurs really lost their last 7 shootout's before tonight?

I reckon I could if I have to, yeah xp - was watching Awaydays the other night, it's got me right in the mood for some old-school berserking. I was getting my hair cut yesterday, was so tempted to ask for a wedge.

It shows up as North Bank on the seating plan - but actually I'll be right down at the touchline by the corner flag, so not sure why.

This shootout has turned pretty great actually

ooh McShane

7-7

Spurs win 8-7, El Mohamady inevitably the patsy again

Spurs - West Ham
Sunderland/Southampton - Chelsea
Stoke - Man United
Leicester City - Man City

ah who gives a fuck

you're welcome

lol thks for update but fuck them

holy shit. Moyes in

YES! Fucking hell

I really, really, really, really hate penalties

Only just caught up with what's been going on. Bloody hell!

These penalties have been really shite.

lol that was a shootout for the ages

Seven out of ten missed suggests that.

I don't think I've ever seen that before.

Still, a famous 2-1 victory tonight, let's just ignore the unpleasantness that came after

Dunno what utd's overall performance was like but missing four penalties at OT is abysmal.

it was shite

pure shite

Just seen the Sunderland goal. Oh dear.

Dunno what utd's overall performance was like

The stronger of two weak teams over 90 minutes, but scarcely troubling the Sunderland goal (whereas Sunderland didn't even manage a shot on target until the 119th minute).

Didn't want another Bradford City type team in some mismatched final again, so it is a good result for the cup.

I honestly think Sunderland have more chance of beating City in the final than United would have had anyway (which is still not much)

*Chuckle*

just got home

staring at "win 2-1 on penalties" like a message from mars

I think I vaguely remember seeing an even worse shoot out than this, but only once. Was it Liverpool-Cardiff?

there was this a couple of years back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nYkmzWxVXg

ok i need that moyes reaction gif like now

psht when was the last time a title challenging side like City lost a cup final to a Northern relegation fodder club led by a young Spanish-speaking manager who spent a large portion of his playing career in England

http://i.imgur.com/4PlZ6yO.gif

no doubt whatsoever jonesey would convert that try

eternal kudos to the beeb for getting the football league show boys to rvw that shite

I was in a pub this evening, full of people who weren't watching the football really, until the penalty shootout when the entire pub galvanised in lolling at shite penalties and lolling at Man Utd.

Also I insisted before the shootout started that Ki was absolutely taking one and going to stick it away, and my mates were all "ha, everyone's shite, you're wrong". DON'T THINK SO.

Also also, it transpired that my mate sneakily stuck an inplay bet on Sunderland to qualify just before extra time started, a fiver at 5/1, so when we all finished lolling at Man U the drinks were

Basically, that is what watching football in a pub should be like - a mixture of calling shit right for kudos, getting free beer, and Man Utd being crap.

Top day. Cheers Moyes!

Drinks were on him, that should say.

Oh aye, with an added bonus of us all looking like extras in a terrible beer advert when said mate's joy turned to despair when Man U scored to take it to penalties, when he'd thought his money was safe on a Sunderland win.

Also, comedy goalkeeping.

wahey

Hmm is this worth gettin out the bath for

Klata right about Borini all along

The presence of Demichellis in this team is allowing Kompany to get away with an awful lot of substandard performances without attracting negative comment. Imo

Causal possibility?

Possibly

Has Dzeko touched the ball yet?

The presence of Demichellis in this team is allowing Kompany to get away with an awful lot of substandard performances without attracting negative comment. Imo

― pandemic, Sunday, 2 March 2014 14:24 (14 minutes ago)

none of the hacks who went after demichelis after his stupid penalty vs barcelona mentioned it was kompany's failure to keep to the line that left messi onside

i still distrust rafael honigstein after he compared dzeko to rvp as one of those rare #9s who can act as a playmaker and focal point for the rest of the attack

he has a fairly good scoring record with city but his general play is fairly crap, especially compared to negredo

Jesus what a goal

lol

2 goals 2 mins.

technique from Nasri there

All 3 goals completely unsaveable

Actually think that was a penalty tbh

Fucking hate these cunts at this stage.

City have been terrible since the goal. Still want them to win tho.

pitiful from Fletcher

It really really was

Guys in the sky studio so begrudging and bitter. Love it.

I kind of resent Navas for going near post and spoiling the aesthetic perfection of those goals

lmao

best substitution ever

literally noone on ilx could have done worse than kepa today. fail to save any of 11 pens and then blast one over the bar. was a p good game on the whole.

I saved more penalties than he did this weekend, and he faced 10 more than me #braggin'