2012/13 Premier League discussion thread Part 6

[Guest]

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As you were...

[GSC]

You have to say, that does look in. Mighty close though

[JamesLincs]

villa are asking for trouble here

[NickisBHAFC]

Frank Lampard really is a legend.

However that goal has screwed a lot of sides over.

[JamesLincs]

i can only say well done lampard

[kingraf]

Greatest Chelsea player ever. And Imo greatest Englishman in EPL history

[GSC]

That goal will take Chelsea into the CL next season.

And Arsenal win and Spurs draw or loss will seal it for them as well.

[GSC]

I dunno, Scholes takes some beating

[GSC]

Lampard and Rio scheduled to be free agents this summer. Couple of bargains there.

[NickisBHAFC]

Bit of a shame next Sunday, nothing will need to be decided. So every game will be pointless.

So ill imagine a lot of people will be Wigan fans on Tuesday night.

[GSC]

Think the season petering out would sum up this year nicely

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Get in there Chelsea!

Come on Norwich, finish it off tomorrow with a win.

[GSC]

So Villa fail to secure survival but anything less than 2 Wigan wins will keep them up.

Rafa salvages the sinking ship at Chelsea nicely with CL qualification

[NickisBHAFC]

Think the season petering out would sum up this year nicely

I wouldn't say its been a bad season. Just you will never get a better season than last season.

[GSC]

It really hasn't been a great season regardless of last season

[Duty281]

Well if you're going to become your clubs record goalscorer, no better way to do it than that! Champions League Qualification secured.

[kingraf]

Its close GSC, maybe Scholes' longevity sneaks it... But Lamps has been the man in the final third

[GSC]

Scholes has more to his game than Lampard for me. Both superb players though.

[Guest]

Lampard.

[GSC]

If Lampard would consider a move abroad, Juve would make sense

[kingraf]

All I can say there is that I respectfully disagree. Both brilliant though

[PF4EC]

Gerrard?

[Gregers]

Super Franky Lampard!

What an absolute legend, best midfielder in prem history, top chelsea goalscorer of all time!

[CFCNick]

So Villa fail to secure survival but anything less than 2 Wigan wins will keep them up.

Rafa salvages the sinking ship at Chelsea nicely with CL qualification

Sinking ship my arse. We were 2nd, 4 points behind City when he took over.

[GSC]

Gerrard is similarly a good shout.

[The Special Juan]

I can't compare Scholes and Lampard because they're different types of players. Lampard is the "Iniesta" who gets forward and scores the goals but Scholes is the "Xavi" who sits back and dictates the game. If the England managers had been able to use Scholes, Gerrard and Lampard together then that would have been one heck of a midfield (when everyone was at their peak).

[GSC]

And already out of the CL, and going through the traditional pre xmas circus routine.

Rafa has done superbly well given the lack of backing hes received from all sides

[Guest]

Rafa can leave with his head held high.

[NickisBHAFC]

Rafa and Lampard deserve better than Chelsea.

[GSC]

If he leaves with his held high, hes leaving with a lot more dignity and class than I'd be showing the fans and board personally.

[CFCNick]

We were on the verge of going out, not out. If Juve could have beaten Shakhtar at home we'd have gone through. He took over in November and we had one of our best ever Xmas periods. He failed to get us passed Swansea in the League Cup and dropped us from 2nd to 3rd.

I'll give him credit for whatever role he played in Sturridge out and Ba in, and the fact he's got us to Europa League final with no one but Torres up top.

[GSC]

Semantics really, Rafa would've needed a miracle to survice in the CL.

Still, good luck to whoever gets to replace Mourinho in 3-4 years when he falls out with everyone again.

[Guest]

Semantics really, Rafa would've needed a miracle to survice in the CL.

Still, good luck to whoever gets to replace Mourinho in 3-4 years when he falls out with everyone again.

If I was a Chelsea fan this probably wouldn't bother me. They're hiring and firing policy seems to work regarding trophies.

[GSC]

You'd figure sooner or later running their club like a massive joke will come back to bite them in the ass.

Though to be fair, it hasnt yet.

[CFCNick]

You'd figure sooner or later running their club like a massive joke will come back to bite them in the ass.

Though to be fair, it hasnt yet.

It's not being run like a joke. We are successful on the pitch and in the last financial year made a profit for the first time since the 70s.

Say what you want about Roman and his ways but the club is being run far more better than it was when we were crap and in the old Second Division.

[kingraf]

True about Lamps and Scholes though. They occupy the same space, but do use it differently. One of my favorite Lampard perfomances was last years Champions league Semi final. dispossesing Messi and setting Ramires on his way in one fell swoop, it was a remarkably inteligent play which needed "360 degree" vision. I hope he does stay at Chelsea, if Mourinho does come back he just might.

[Duty281]

Greatest Chelsea player ever. And Imo greatest Englishman in EPL history

Scholes? Shearer? Ashley Cole?

[Guest]

Greatest Chelsea player ever. And Imo greatest Englishman in EPL history

Scholes? Shearer? Ashley Cole?

I can feel a new thread coming on!

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Hope he chokes on his fifth celebratory dinner later on. He'd make the top 10 but hes not the best. Happy hes got the damn record though, the media guffathon can end.

[Guest]

Hope he chokes on his fifth celebratory dinner later on. He'd make the top 10 but hes not the best. Happy hes got the damn record though, the media guffathon can end.

Play nice Chris

Reminds me of a Hammers fan I met in Milton Keynes a few years ago. One mention of Frank and his eyeballs fell into his drink.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Its best not to talk to me about him. Id take the ban with pride after the stuff I'd type

[kingraf]

I think this does deserve a new thread

[Guest]

I think this does deserve a new thread

I'll pop a "Best English Player/Team in PL history" thread up after the Cup Final.

[The Special Juan]

I think this does deserve a new thread

I'll pop a "Best English Player/Team in PL history" thread up after the Cup Final.

So Milner can stake his claim with a first half hat-trick?

[Guest]

I think this does deserve a new thread

I'll pop a "Best English Player/Team in PL history" thread up after the Cup Final.

So Milner can stake his claim with a first half hat-trick?

Absolutely.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

James Milner can win the award for most outrageously boring use of talent in football history. Hes a good player, but he plays like hes a bullied kid.

<---- Me today

[NickisBHAFC]

BREAKING: Sam Allardyce has signed a two-year contract extension at West Ham #whufc

[GSC]

Must be disappointing for him to miss out on the United job after sucking up to Ferguson for years

[Duty281]

I thought he was nailed-on for Madrid!

[JamesLincs]

i just want spurs to finish with 2 wins, its actually been another good season for us. were the best of the rest, we just cant compete with the wealth of the top 4

[The Special Juan]

I think you're two players short of the top 4: a competent LB and a good striker are all that's missing IMO.

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