Barclays Premier League 13/14 Thread

[Dolphin Ziggler]

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Man City 3 Hull 0
Cardiff 1 Everton 2
Newcastle 1 Fulham 1
Norwich 1 S'oton 2
West Ham 1 Stoke 0
C Palace 1 Sunderland 2

Liverpool 1 man Utd 2
West Brom 1 Swansea 1
Arsenal 3 Spurs 2

[Duty281]

It was a decent show by Liverpool. 7/10 perhaps. First half was fine, flashes of creativity on show. The second half was largely backs-to-the-wall against an inept United side, admittedly with good organisation by Liverpool.

Decent, but room to improve.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

When we win games at home 1-0 playing like that we talk about defensively solid but worrying about the attack.

And for a man of stats Crimey, they dont sit well with you on the "best performance" part either.

[Crimey]

Chris, if you'd been a Liverpool fan over the past few years and seen the team throw away a result like that time and time again you'd be pretty pleased. I thought defensively Liverpool looked totally rock solid, fair enough United didn't create as much as you'd expect but they certainly were knocking on the door and Liverpool didn't allow them in.

A 1-0 win over your biggest rivals is always going to be a great performance in my books, think it's unfair to blame the defeat all on United being poor, I think in some games what they did would have been enough.

I don't know why you're so annoyed that Liverpool fans are enjoying a 1-0 win over United, for god's sake.

[Guest]

TalkSport are now doing a job on the Liverpool directors for not allowing Roy Hodsgon a seat in the directors box....when there were 13 seats empty there the whole match!

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Im not annoyed you're enjoying it, go have a drink and a smile. Im flabbergasted that you think it was a wonderful performance. It was a game very low on quality and you didnt play that well, for god's sake.

[GSC]

Important win for Swansea just to get their season started after 2 tough games.

[Duty281]

Swansea (A)
Southampton (H)
Sunderland (A)
Crystal Palace (H)
Newcastle (A)
West Brom (H)

Those are the next 6 games for Liverpool in the PL. 14 points the target, perhaps? 4 wins and 2 draws.

[Soldier_Of_Fortune]

Just for the Liverpool fans: You did score from a set piece and created nothing else.

The title isnt yours

Thought id get that in there before the wave of euphoria creeps into this thread

Yer cos set pieces are inferior goals

Bitter barsteward. 3/3 happy days

Claws away boy! 

Im not a Man United fan, the bitterness is not there. Sturridge's goal was quality from him, wonderful and excited me to see him continue that form. But the game was poor, low on quality and stats show United were a little on top. Good start, but dont get carried away, that was my message!

Your the one with the claws out girl. 'Don't carried away...we only scored a off a set piece'

Proper bitchy hahaha

[Guest]

United played non-existent, woeful, appalling football. Liverpool played average but well organised football but nothing special. Excellent result but not performance.

United could do with the technical, creativity of a Herrera & the physical, box-to-box nature of Fellaini. Anything is better than Cleverley or Giggs. Let me guess Cleverley starts both England qualifiers  

[Ent]

It wasnt a lack of creativity, it was a lack of rudimentary football skills- no individual would have made a difference.

We couldn't pass it to each other, chose the wrong passes, didnt move for each other and had no tempo.

It was a disgrace.

[Crimey]

Im not annoyed you're enjoying it, go have a drink and a smile. Im flabbergasted that you think it was a wonderful performance. It was a game very low on quality and you didnt play that well, for god's sake.

I honestly believe it was the best one this season, defensively against Stoke and Aston Villa I thought Liverpool were a little too flimsy, gave away too many chances and put themselves under pressure. Against Manchester United, they were disciplined and gave very little away, the defence was always on top of the attack. 

1-0 wins are not something I'm particularly used to as a Liverpool fan, having seen us throw away so many games like this, I thought it was an excellent performance not in terms of quality or attacking flair but in terms of heart and the desire to win. I thought Liverpool wanted it a lot more than United today and were throwing themselves into every tackle, but didn't lose their discipline like United began to.

[Guest]

Swansea (A)
Southampton (H)
Sunderland (A)
Crystal Palace (H)
Newcastle (A)
West Brom (H)

Those are the next 6 games for Liverpool in the PL. 14 points the target, perhaps? 4 wins and 2 draws.

If only football was played on paper. One of them games will be a loss.

[Bull]

Why are you getting so over-protective over a footy match?

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Just for the Liverpool fans: You did score from a set piece and created nothing else.

The title isnt yours

Thought id get that in there before the wave of euphoria creeps into this thread

Yer cos set pieces are inferior goals

Bitter barsteward. 3/3 happy days

Claws away boy! 

Im not a Man United fan, the bitterness is not there. Sturridge's goal was quality from him, wonderful and excited me to see him continue that form. But the game was poor, low on quality and stats show United were a little on top. Good start, but dont get carried away, that was my message!

Your the one with the claws out girl. 'Don't carried away...we only scored a off a set piece'

Proper bitchy hahaha

But mine was both realistic and tongue in cheek, whereas yours is genuinely annoyed madame! (Yeah, I can call you a girl too!) 

[Hero]

Is it worrying that I'm more excited about the Spurs team than my own teams set up, think I've got a man crush on them.

[Duty281]

Swansea (A)
Southampton (H)
Sunderland (A)
Crystal Palace (H)
Newcastle (A)
West Brom (H)

Those are the next 6 games for Liverpool in the PL. 14 points the target, perhaps? 4 wins and 2 draws.

If only football was played on paper. One of them games will be a loss.

Now Freek, if you were as optimistic for your side as I am for England, you'd know you wouldn't lose a game in that lot.

[Crimey]

Swansea (A)
Southampton (H)
Sunderland (A)
Crystal Palace (H)
Newcastle (A)
West Brom (H)

Those are the next 6 games for Liverpool in the PL. 14 points the target, perhaps? 4 wins and 2 draws.

The main two I'd be worried about there are the Swansea and Southampton games, neither of them have had great starts but both are really dangerous, so you might be right about the 14 points. Just hope get more than a goal a game to be honest, although if it continues, Sturridge is on 38 goals this year. 

It would be typical Liverpool to beat United and then go lose to Crystal Palace at home though.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Really fancy Arsenal to beat Spurs well today, gonna say 3-1. I'm not so high on Spurs like everyone seems to be

[mystiroakey]

It wouldn't be losing to crystal palace- it would be palace beating them..

[Crimey]

Is it worrying that I'm more excited about the Spurs team than my own teams set up, think I've got a man crush on them.

Think they will be my secondary-FIFA team this year.

On paper they do look excellent, I just worry that the players aren't going to gel. At least for now they're scraping wins away while the players take time to settle.

[Crimey]

It wouldn't be losing to crystal palace- it would be palace beating them..

[Duty281]

Really fancy Arsenal to beat Spurs well today, gonna say 3-1. I'm not so high on Spurs like everyone seems to be

I really fancy Spurs to announce their breakthrough with a crushing 1-4 win over Arsenal today.

[Crimey]

Really fancy Arsenal to beat Spurs well today, gonna say 3-1. I'm not so high on Spurs like everyone seems to be

I agree that I can see Arsenal winning today, think people are getting carried away with Spurs at the moment who have a great team on paper with a lot of classy, exciting players. Top 4 should be the aim this year and then I think they can challenge after a year when all or at least most of their players have settled and they can reinforce further with Champions League football.

[Hero]

Never mind my man crush, my wife's just admitted to fancying AVB.

[mystiroakey]

It wouldn't be losing to crystal palace- it would be palace beating them..

Every time palace get a point the other snobby fans will blame themselves.. Just get over it . Palace are in the prem..face facts. WHat they get they will deserve- just like they deserved it yesterday.,

[GSC]

BBC Sport ‏[ltr]@BBCSport[/ltr]33s
David Moyes: "From what I saw today, I'm more than happy with what I've got...I wouldn't be worried if I didn't add to the squad."

[Guest]

Swansea (A)
Southampton (H)
Sunderland (A)
Crystal Palace (H)
Newcastle (A)
West Brom (H)

Those are the next 6 games for Liverpool in the PL. 14 points the target, perhaps? 4 wins and 2 draws.

If only football was played on paper. One of them games will be a loss.

Now Freek, if you were as optimistic for your side as I am for England, you'd know you wouldn't lose a game in that lot.

I'm going to the England game Friday Duty. I'm gonna be you for a couple of hours!

[Crimey]

It wouldn't be losing to crystal palace- it would be palace beating them..

Every time palace get a point the other snobby fans will blame themselves.. Just get over it . Palace are in the prem..face facts. WHat they get they will deserve- just like they deserved it yesterday.,

I know, but semantics come on. It wasn't made to be disrespectful to Palace, I was writing it from a Liverpool perspective, which would be to lose to Crystal Palace, if I was writing it from a Palace perspective it would be to beat Liverpool. You're making an argument over very little. I'm not bothered if Palace are in the Premier League or not, it isn't being snobby, Liverpool would be expected to beat Crystal Palace at Anfield.

[Crimey]

From what I saw today, I'm more than happy with what I've got. It's the best we've played this season. I wouldn't be worried if I didn't add to the squad.

Best they've played all season? Manchester United fans can't be happy with that.

[Ent]

BBC Sport ‏
[ltr]@BBCSport[/ltr]
33s
David Moyes: "From what I saw today, I'm more than happy with what I've got...I wouldn't be worried if I didn't add to the squad."

Moyes must be high, on today's performance we need an entire new squad - they were all terrible.

[Guest]

Promoted sides DO tend to do well against Liverpool.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Is it worrying that I'm more excited about the Spurs team than my own teams set up, think I've got a man crush on them.

Considering you're a man responsible for young children, I find this extremely worrying. They are Spurs you know?

[Ent]

From what I saw today, I'm more than happy with what I've got. It's the best we've played this season. I wouldn't be worried if I didn't add to the squad.

Best they've played all season? Manchester United fans can't be happy with that.

It was the worst performance for years, there aren't words to describe how terrible we were.

I'm getting worried about moyes if he genuinely thinks what he is saying.

[TheCultOfPersonality]

Tends to be a lot of goals in this fixture but the trend from the weekends fixtures say this should be a clean sheet. 1-0 Arsenal.

[Soldier_Of_Fortune]

Just for the Liverpool fans: You did score from a set piece and created nothing else.

The title isnt yours

Thought id get that in there before the wave of euphoria creeps into this thread

Yer cos set pieces are inferior goals

Bitter barsteward. 3/3 happy days

Claws away boy! 

Im not a Man United fan, the bitterness is not there. Sturridge's goal was quality from him, wonderful and excited me to see him continue that form. But the game was poor, low on quality and stats show United were a little on top. Good start, but dont get carried away, that was my message!

Your the one with the claws out girl. 'Don't carried away...we only scored a off a set piece'

Proper bitchy hahaha

But mine was both realistic and tongue in cheek, whereas yours is genuinely annoyed madame! (Yeah, I can call you a girl too!) 

Yer am annoyed at beating manure! Very annoyed

[NickisBHAFC]

What a save by Lloris from that freekick!

I would say he is the best keeper in the league.

[Hero]

From what I saw today, I'm more than happy with what I've got. It's the best we've played this season. I wouldn't be worried if I didn't add to the squad.

Best they've played all season? Manchester United fans can't be happy with that.

It was the worst performance for years, there aren't words to describe how terrible we were.

I'm getting worried about moyes if he genuinely thinks what he is saying.

He's also said it was a straight choice between Nani and Kagawa for a place on the bench.
That shouldn't even be a choice.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Just for the Liverpool fans: You did score from a set piece and created nothing else.

The title isnt yours

Thought id get that in there before the wave of euphoria creeps into this thread

Yer cos set pieces are inferior goals

Bitter barsteward. 3/3 happy days

Claws away boy! 

Im not a Man United fan, the bitterness is not there. Sturridge's goal was quality from him, wonderful and excited me to see him continue that form. But the game was poor, low on quality and stats show United were a little on top. Good start, but dont get carried away, that was my message!

Your the one with the claws out girl. 'Don't carried away...we only scored a off a set piece'

Proper bitchy hahaha

But mine was both realistic and tongue in cheek, whereas yours is genuinely annoyed madame! (Yeah, I can call you a girl too!) 

Yer am annoyed at beating manure! Very annoyed

Lets leave it be eh

[The Special Juan]

Liverpool were definitely the deserved winners of a match that had 0 clear-cut chances and was played pretty much in midfield for the whole game. They were superb for the first half hour and Utd could barely cope with them, I'm surprised they weren't 2 up by half-time. Then Utd dominated the second half without actually doing anything, I think they showed a real lack of creativity in midfield. They definitely missed Rooney or Kagawa to give that spark which could break down the Liverpool defence. It's one thing not breaking down an incredibly negative Chelsea team, it's another with Liverpool who aren't renowned as being as good defensively (Agger and Skrtel played well though). Johnson was immense at RB today along with Vidic at CB. I never realised what a complete tank Johnson is, it was like he entered "Yaya Toure mode" or something. The only thing I can complain about Utd was that Moyes might have got his tactics wrong. The wingers just kept trying to hoof the ball into the box for van Persie to deal with. RVP's not great in the air and Agger and Skrtel are going to deal with those high balls all day long, but then again seeing as Utd were missing the creative players I suppose that's all they could do.

I do want to moan at the referee though. It seemed the Utd players were getting booked for every little thing whereas Liverpool's players were getting away with a lot. Anyway, that's all I have to say. Well done Liverpool

[mystiroakey]

It wouldn't be losing to crystal palace- it would be palace beating them..

Every time palace get a point the other snobby fans will blame themselves.. Just get over it . Palace are in the prem..face facts. WHat they get they will deserve- just like they deserved it yesterday.,

I know, but semantics come on. It wasn't made to be disrespectful to Palace, I was writing it from a Liverpool perspective, which would be to lose to Crystal Palace, if I was writing it from a Palace perspective it would be to beat Liverpool. You're making an argument over very little. I'm not bothered if Palace are in the Premier League or not, it isn't being snobby, Liverpool would be expected to beat Crystal Palace at Anfield.

No problem I understand. probably getting sensitive in fairness. I have heard the palace 'banker' so often recently. Just erm. Well you know.. It will off course make any victory all the sweeter

[NickisBHAFC]

Gibbs and Jenkinson can't handle the wingers they are marking.

[Hero]

I think the old Palace chairman was quite the banker.

[Guest]

I think the old Palace chairman was quite the banker.

Yeah never was a fan of Ron Noades  

[mystiroakey]

Well the one thing he did do was con Noades into getting the ground back. That was decent business. However everything else he did was to a detriment. The new 4 we have seem very realistic tbh.. We are away from flashy businessmen like noades and jordan thank gawd!

[NickisBHAFC]

Poor poor defending by Tottenham. All Micheal Dawson fault. 

Undeserved goal.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

The futures bright; the Chairmans orange - it was worth it all for that line (was it a name of a fanzine too?)

Wonderful finish from Giroud. All at sea in defence, Dawson lets his man go but three men let Walcott drift too

[Guest]

The futures bright; the Chairmans orange - it was worth it all for that line (was it a name of a fanzine too?)

Wonderful finish from Giroud. All at sea in defence, Dawson lets his man go but three men let Walcott drift too

They've had some characters running that club.

Remember Mark Goldberg and his dream?

[NickisBHAFC]

What a tackle from Lloris.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Fine lines, he so nearly missed the ball

[mystiroakey]

Wilshire off

when is this lad going to get a break..

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