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Weekly Premier League kneejerk update:

 

City are crap / City will win the title at a canter

Arsenal are rubbish / Özil will guide them to the Champions League

Chelsea in crisis / Chelsea back on top

Spurs to fail without Gareth Bale / New look Spurs can win the league

Luis Suarez is back and better than ever / Luis who?

 

Don't forget 

 

Sell Rooney, the vile spud faced Judas / Rooney is indispensable 

 

 

 

 

Is anyone else watching Coachella live on youtube?

Metric and Alt-J at the moment

No love for Purity Ring on these lists?

I didn't get to listen to much music this year so I won't post a list.

Dirty Projectors doing a cover of Usher's Climax.

Was anyone else aware that Rostam and Ezra were both a part of Dirty Projectors (according to Wiki)?

Transfer window approaching, who would you like to see your club sign in January?

Champions League last 16 draw:

Galatasaray v Schalke

Celtic v Juventus

Arsenal v Bayern Munich

Shakhtar Donetsk v Borussia Dortmund

AC Milan v Barcelona

Real Madrid v Manchester United

Valencia v Paris St Germain

Porto v Malaga

Capital One Cup semi-final draw:

Chelsea v Swansea

Bradford v Aston Villa

Animo Tito.

Second last. GRRRR

Wow, that Messi chap is a bit good, isn't he?

Or maybe not, if you believe many an English football fan on many an online forum at the moment. It seems little Leo is playing in an inferior league in foreignland and would find it much harder to achieve such incredible things in the mighty English Premier League.

So naturally, I'd now be very interested to see what would happen if a player from La Liga tested that theory by coming over and giving this Premier League lark a try. He wouldn't necessarily need to be a star from one of the perennial Spanish giants, a mid-level side like Rayo Vallecano would do, and he could join a so-called 'unfashionable' club like Swansea (we don't want to make things too easy for him) for a modest fee.

I bet he'd be bloody rubbish.

Transfer window approaching, who would you like to see your club sign in January?

Giuseppe Rossi.

Btw I'm good thanks for asking Hopefully I'll be moving to London next year

Di Matteo gone, the return of thread icon Avram Grant presumably imminent. Yay!

Benitez in?

I love you Zlatan (and Alan). I'll watch this over and over until I'm utterly sick of it, while also pretending we didn't end up with Tore Andre Flo all those years ago.

I like Gary Neville's commentary of Torres' goal last year more.

This was clearly the toughest group but still expected Man City to be doing better than they have, there just not the same side they were last season.

I think what I'd like to see in future (though obviously, it could only be done with the aid of video evidence) would be the right for managers to 'challenge' potential game-changing decisions, as seen in tennis. If the player is found to have blatantly dived, give him a straight red card - instant punishment and justice for the team he's cheated. The retrospective ban idea isn't a terrible one, but I suspect certain players would still see diving as a risk worth taking, depending on the importance of future fixtures. I mean, you might think twice about taking a tumble in the box if your next game was a do-or-die affair, but I can't imagine a player hesitating to hit the deck for an advantage in an early-season Manchester derby if the game he'd be suspended for was a cup tie on a wet evening in Colchester.

Not exactly 2012 but I didn't where to put these (courtesy of the Triple J website and the interwebz)

Bayern, aka Leverkusen mark II. But you knew it would happen when they sent a Dutchman in to do a German's job

As for Chelsea, I don't recall a Champions' League winning team that has been as bad as them in recent memory. Liverpool took a squad of average players but at least we smashed Leverkusen, dominated Juve and matched Chelsea. I don't know what Chelsea have done this year, but it has worked I guess.

So who are we betting on in the Euros? I'm gonna go with the Germans, even though they're on the harder half of the draw.

Iguodala's dunk on Pierce and Garnett D:

^ I'll second that. Watching Downing play is painful at the best of times.

FA Cup - after watching a grand total of 7 minutes, I knew we'd lose. FML.

Congrats to Atletico! Not a bad season considering what was happening earlier in the season with Manzano at the helm.

I've only just finished season 1.

For a fashion forum, there doesn't seem to be much talk about how incredibly awesome the clothes are. Immaculate tailoring with clean lines and a lot of attention to detail

I watched Wigan demolish Newcastle the other day. Di Santo's goal was awesome.

The most frustrating thing about that game was

Cisse was my captain in fantasy

Most anti-climactic final ever. I don't begrudge Chelsea and Bayern their efforts but I was looking forward to what would have been one of the biggest Champions League finals in a long time (maybe ever?). At the end of the day though, both Madrid and Barca have no one else to blame but themselves.

eNe, you forgot to add the bit where Torres scored I think if someone said that a few months ago they would've been certified insane and locked in an asylum for the rest of their lives

I can't agree about Alves, Puyol and Valdes. We have our own reasons but they're the same defenders that have been playing for the past 4 years. Not much has changed about them. The one who has changed the most is Pique. The Shakira effect is killing him

Herve, I think Chelsea's exploits have been given so much attention because of the season they've had and everyone's expectation for Barca to steamroll them. Also, no one needs to tell you how great the English media are at patting themselves on the back Is it just me or do a lot of people think Barca are just as good, if not better, this season? I seem to have that impression for some reason.

Pep walked and so ends a magnificent era in Barca's history. I do hope he steps back into the picture in the next few years though. Tito Vilanova appointed coach next season I hear? I'm sure he already has one eye on the next Classico Bielsa would've been a very good choice I think, and they probably could've lured Luis Enrique back into the frame if they wanted to but good on them for continuing to promote from within.

As for the final: Bayern for me, as much as I don't like them.

Not having that away goal will make it super difficult. That and Madrid conserved their energy prior to the Classico

It's crunch time this week!

Madrid: Bayern (A), Classico (A), Bayern (H)

Barca: Chelsea (A), Classico (H), Chelsea (H)

Chelsea: Barca (H), Arsenal (A), Barca (A)

Bayern:

It was a painful game to watch (just like all our other games <_<)

^ Damn, that's an awesome line-up.

I could only score me tickets to Tomorrowland on Friday