2012/13 Premier League discussion thread part 2

[Guest]

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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.

[Nakatomi Plaza]

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.

[Guest]

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.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

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

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Norwich now have the current longest unbeaten run in the league

[Lumbering_Jack]

Did Ferdinand punch himself in the face for that cut?

[mystiroakey]

norwich play some sweet footy!!

[Guest]

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.

[The Special Juan]

Did Ferdinand punch himself in the face for that cut?

I thought so too but it was a coin.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

He was hit by a coin

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

[Guest]

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.

[Duty281]

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.

[Lumbering_Jack]

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.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

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

[Duty281]

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.

[The Special Juan]

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

[Duty281]

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

[GSC]

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

[Duty281]

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!"

[Duty281]

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.

[Corporalhumblebucket]

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

[Corporalhumblebucket]

[Corporalhumblebucket]

[mystiroakey]

Good to see Joey Cole get a good goal..

Been some sweet games today ,,

I love the PL.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

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

[Guest]

3-2 poor result for us IMO...

[hampo17]

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.

[skyeman]

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.

[skyeman]

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

[skyeman]

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

[Ent]

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

[Liam]

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.

[Ent]

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.

[compelling and rich]

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

[guildfordbat]

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

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

[Guest]

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

[westisbest]

make that 3.

[Crimey]

What a total embarrassment.

Rodgers needs to sort it out.

[Guest]

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

[Crimey]

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

[Guest]

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

[Crimey]

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.

[Crimey]

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.

[GSC]

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.

[The Special Juan]

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.

[Crimey]

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.

[GSC]

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

[Guest]

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.

[westisbest]

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

[The Special Juan]

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.

[Guest]

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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