2012/13 Premier League discussion thread part 2

by Guest Sat Nov 17, 2012 7:26 pm

First topic message reminder :

The discussion(s) continue here guys.

Unbelievable win for the Canaries tonight which see's Man City top for the first time this season, will they hold on.

QPR - still without a win - look doomed and Aston Villa drop into the bottom 3.

by Nakatomi Plaza Sun Dec 09, 2012 3:24 pm

Perhaps being a bit harsh, but Joe Hart's positioning isn't great for the goal. I know it's taken a deflection, but he's been beaten on his side again from a free kick.

by Guest Sun Dec 09, 2012 3:25 pm

Nakatomi Plaza wrote:Perhaps being a bit harsh, but Joe Hart's positioning isn't great for the goal. I know it's taken a deflection, but he's been beaten on his side again from a free kick.

He's been having an awful season.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Sun Dec 09, 2012 3:25 pm

Nakatomi Plaza wrote:Perhaps being a bit harsh, but Joe Hart's positioning isn't great for the goal. I know it's taken a deflection, but he's been beaten on his side again from a free kick.

Because of the deflection! He was gonna move to the side the ball was going lol

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Sun Dec 09, 2012 3:26 pm

Norwich now have the current longest unbeaten run in the league Cool

by Lumbering_Jack Sun Dec 09, 2012 3:27 pm

Did Ferdinand punch himself in the face for that cut?

by mystiroakey Sun Dec 09, 2012 3:28 pm

norwich play some sweet footy!!

by Guest Sun Dec 09, 2012 3:28 pm

Lumbering_Jack wrote:Did Ferdinand punch himself in the face for that cut?

That was my initial thought. It wouldn't surprised me if he did to be honest.

by The Special Juan Sun Dec 09, 2012 3:29 pm

Lumbering_Jack wrote:Did Ferdinand punch himself in the face for that cut?

I thought so too but it was a coin.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Sun Dec 09, 2012 3:29 pm

He was hit by a coin

https://twitter.com/JLQPR/status/277796924101369856/photo/1

by Guest Sun Dec 09, 2012 3:31 pm

Grant Holt V2 wrote:He was hit by a coin

https://twitter.com/JLQPR/status/277796924101369856/photo/1

Jesus Olly you are breaking news on legs! You don't mess around.

by Duty281 Sun Dec 09, 2012 3:31 pm

Good to see United, a proper football club, beating the mercenaries at City. It certainly would have been very bad had that game finished a draw with United having a clear goal chalked off that would have put them 3 nil up.

As for the scumbag that hit Rio with the coin, ban him for life. Although it does sum up rather well the generally scummy nature of the City fans today.

Well done United. A victory for football. clap

by Lumbering_Jack Sun Dec 09, 2012 3:32 pm

Man City fans are quite scummy in my experience. Had a load of grief when I went down the last 2 years. Typically they start when they have rows and rows of security around them.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Sun Dec 09, 2012 3:34 pm

FreekShow wrote:
Grant Holt V2 wrote:He was hit by a coin

https://twitter.com/JLQPR/status/277796924101369856/photo/1

Jesus Olly you are breaking news on legs! You don't mess around.

They call me the next Trevor McDonald Cool

by Duty281 Sun Dec 09, 2012 3:59 pm

Looking on Twitter, the 'incident' was actually a minor pitch invasion. City's stewarding not up to scratch.

http://twitter.com/OnlyOneChelsea/status/277802437845327873/photo/1

EDIT: Some City fan has also been arrested for racism as well.

by The Special Juan Sun Dec 09, 2012 4:14 pm

I saw that live. Good on Joe Hart, I hope Rio mentions that (although would the guy have stood a chance v Rio?)

by Duty281 Sun Dec 09, 2012 4:56 pm

Tottenham 1-0 up against Everton in the 89th minute. It finishes 2-1 Everton. Unbelievable!

by GSC Sun Dec 09, 2012 5:05 pm

Great now we have Rio playing the racism card for the 60th time

by Duty281 Sun Dec 09, 2012 5:15 pm

Rio appears to be relaxed about it, he's just tweeted:

"what a result,3points! Sweet! Whoever threw that coin,what a shot! Can't believe it was a copper 2p....could have at least been a £1 coin!"

by Duty281 Sun Dec 09, 2012 5:21 pm

http://cadfael.tv/image/src/1355066934252.gif

Wasn't just one idiot either, look at all the coins on the floor around him. FA should make City play their next home game behind closed doors if they can't control their own fans.

by Corporalhumblebucket Sun Dec 09, 2012 5:32 pm

20 minutes to go at Upton Park. Come on you Irons Very Happy

by Corporalhumblebucket Sun Dec 09, 2012 5:38 pm

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by mystiroakey Sun Dec 09, 2012 5:45 pm

Good to see Joey Cole get a good goal..

Been some sweet games today ,,

I love the PL.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Sun Dec 09, 2012 5:46 pm

Diame getting injured has changed this game. He was dominating that midfield, but as soon as he's gone off I realise Joe Allen/Steven Gerrard are playing

by Guest Sun Dec 09, 2012 6:34 pm

3-2

poor result for us IMO...

by **hampo17** Sun Dec 09, 2012 7:48 pm

The free kick for West Hams second goal was an awful decision, absolutely nothing wrong with Skrtels header and if a 6ft plus striker can't challenge for a header he needs a new job.

Great win for us and we showed great determination to come back. Sterling needs to learn how to score though as he could have had two at 1-0.

by skyeman Sun Dec 09, 2012 8:48 pm

Cant believe Mancini saying they did'nt deserve to lose, should have been three down and if you don't score more than the opposition, then you deserve to lose.

by skyeman Sun Dec 09, 2012 8:56 pm

Duty281 wrote:Good to see United, a proper football club, beating the mercenaries at City. It certainly would have been very bad had that game finished a draw with United having a clear goal chalked off that would have put them 3 nil up.

As for the scumbag that hit Rio with the coin, ban him for life. Although it does sum up rather well the generally scummy nature of the City fans today.

Well done United. A victory for football.

Well, when you have the Gallagher's as fans Smile

by skyeman Sun Dec 09, 2012 8:58 pm

Duty281 wrote:Rio appears to be relaxed about it, he's just tweeted:

"what a result,3points! Sweet! Whoever threw that coin,what a shot! Can't believe it was a copper 2p....could have at least been a £1 coin!"

Well, the City fans are cheap Very Happy

by Ent Sun Dec 09, 2012 10:29 pm

Got to praise fergies tactics, willing to give up possession to isolate city on the flanks, worked a treat.

by Liam Sun Dec 09, 2012 11:39 pm

What a win for Utd today ending city's unbeaten run. Played the counter attacking game perfectly. Carrick and Cleverly were good in midfield, Cleverly energetic and Carrick playing a simple game effectively.

De Gea was outstanding today and is by far and away our no.1 keeper. He's only going to get better with experience in the PL and that's a frightening prospect.

Rooney and RVP up top were sublime and Rooney took both his goals very well.

Valencia, Young, Evra and Rafael (Who's been superb so far this season) decimated the city on the flanks and were superb.

Great win for Liverpool. Nice to see Cole on the score sheet again, always had a soft spot and just hope now he can get a run of games without injury.

by Ent Mon Dec 10, 2012 7:22 pm

Very good performance from united, deserved win too. Got to stop falling asleep/making simple errors though - nearly let city get something from the game by not defending the edge of our box and near post from a corner. simple communication/intelligence error as Valencia was doing that edge of the box role before he went off and his replacement didn't do it.

by compelling and rich Tue Dec 11, 2012 9:39 am

great performance from us on sunday, thought we deserved it even though they did come back at us in the second half

must be getting old, still feel hungover from the day of celebrating

by guildfordbat Wed Dec 12, 2012 10:58 am

An almost unnoticed but nonetheless very important win for Sunderland last night.

Reading and QPR increasing look like they are being left cast adrift ....

by Guest Sat Dec 15, 2012 4:03 pm

2-0 down at half time is a disaster. Villa's to lose now.

by westisbest Sat Dec 15, 2012 4:13 pm

make that 3.

by **Crimey** Sat Dec 15, 2012 4:15 pm

What a total embarrassment.

Rodgers needs to sort it out.

by Guest Sat Dec 15, 2012 4:27 pm

The sad thing is I've started to get used to it Crimey. I'd take a top half finish now.

by **Crimey** Sat Dec 15, 2012 4:29 pm

I couldn't believe it when I saw the story about finishing top 2...

by Guest Sat Dec 15, 2012 4:33 pm

Tell me about it. I had to double check that headline. The guy is out of his depth. We've gone back 20 years.

by **Crimey** Sat Dec 15, 2012 4:40 pm

What really frustrates me is that there has been absolutely no improvement from last year, the same issues that were there last year still exist, except the defence is now nowhere near as solid and the players often seem more interested in keeping possession than scoring.

It was a knee-jerk reaction to sack Dalglish, and Rodgers was a nonsensical appointment.

I worry about next summer, as unlikely to have European football, we could see a mass exodus, Skrtel, Agger, Johnson, Suarez, Sterling could all go.

by **Crimey** Sat Dec 15, 2012 4:48 pm

What was Rodgers doing when we scored? I show more passion on Football Manager! He should have been screaming for the players to give it a go, to pull themselves back.

by GSC Sat Dec 15, 2012 4:49 pm

Dalglish had to go given how much he spent and the little return on it. The game had passed him by.

Rodgers a. wasn't the guy who introduced Swansea's style, Martinez then Sousa did that, and b. has always prioritised possession % over cutting edge.

by The Special Juan Sat Dec 15, 2012 4:50 pm

I don't see Suarez leaving. The only ones I can see going are Sterling (who, let's face it, would jump ship immediately if some team offered him massive amounts of money) and Reina.

by **Crimey** Sat Dec 15, 2012 4:51 pm

I think if Liverpool don't get European football, teams will come in for Suarez, Real Madrid, PSG, Juventus are all sides I think that would consider him.

by GSC Sat Dec 15, 2012 4:54 pm

Team will come in for Suarez unless Liverpool get CL football.

by Guest Sat Dec 15, 2012 4:55 pm

If he's ambitious and wants to play regular Champions League football then he'll be off. He's not going to get it at Anfield.

by westisbest Sat Dec 15, 2012 4:56 pm

great result for us today.

great week, getting into semi final on cup.

benteke and weimann score again, great stuff.

dont awnt to get to carried away, but hope we can kick on now.

chelsea away next sunday, every chane to beat them.

great week for the villa.

very happy indeed well done lads Smile

by The Special Juan Sat Dec 15, 2012 5:04 pm

PSG's a good shout Crimey. I reckon they'd go in for him. Be careful what you wish for if you want Brendan gone though.

by Guest Sat Dec 15, 2012 5:10 pm

GSC wrote:Dalglish had to go given how much he spent and the little return on it. The game had passed him by.

Rodgers a. wasn't the guy who introduced Swansea's style, Martinez then Sousa did that, and b. has always prioritised possession % over cutting edge.

Always bemuses me when Dalglish takes the rap for the outrageous prices paid for players when it's pretty obvious that it was Damien Comolli who oversaw all incoming transfers. Dalglish may well have identified players but it was the board that signed the cheques. Dalglish was made the scapegoat.

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