Barclays Premier League 13/14 Thread

[Bull]

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Cleverly ?? Are you freaking kidding me!

[mystiroakey]

Hero he isn't english- he would clearly never ever choose england.

You should only ever choose where your heart lies IMO.

[mystiroakey]

But if i was belgium i would be gutted to lose out on this talent.

Belgium are a good team- but many of there players are becoming overrated (like english) beyond there actual talent. Fellaini is a perfect example of that.. Losing out on this real talent isnt a good thing for them

[mystiroakey]

and it does make me laff when england are ranked low and belgium high the rankings mean something, yet when england are ranked high the rankings are nonsense!!

[Hero]

It means something at the moment, the seeding draw for the World Cup is being based on the October rankings.

[Hero]

And a number of players choose country of residency as the national side over parentage or country of birth. John Barnes by example only moved to England at the age of 12.

[Bull]

England suck.

[mystiroakey]

And a number of players choose country of residency as the national side over parentage or country of birth. John Barnes by example only moved to England at the age of 12.

which is fine, from 12 years old is a perfectly reasonable age - Thats when your mind develops and you start learning. In Fact choosing the birth nation over that is wrong imo. Because the country you live at post 12 is the one that has created you. As i stated if i was a belgian i would be gutted.

[mystiroakey]

It means something at the moment, the seeding draw for the World Cup is being based on the October rankings.

that wasn't the point being made..

The point is that England will never win. if they are ranked high. The rankings suck. If they are ranked low they suck!

[Duty281]

Shouldn't we all calm down about Januzaj? He's had one decent gane against a team managerless, and bottom of the league. Calm down.

And yes Mysti, that's exactly how the rankings work. If England are high, the rankings are rubbish. If England are low, the rankings are a beacon of truth. The same goes for every sport to be honest, not just football. If England win, it's because the opposition played poorly, or weren't at full strength. England never play well - one of the facts of sport.

[Dr Gregory House MD]

England suck.

But are they funny?

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Yes for all we know Januzaj could be the next Macheda

[Guest]

Can't believe this debate on an 18 year old from Belgium/Albania or whatever. One game & he's the saviour for a nation. Two goals against Sunderland and desperate Roy is on the phone. Embarrassing. I remember sterling have a good game n suddenly was the next big thing, then reality hit. Not denying the kid is talented but cmon, its Sunderland. This season has been ridiculous for people getting carried away, never seen it so bad. Two weeks ago Liverpool were world beaters, then they lost to Southampton, now it's arsenal. Oh yeah, SAS is the greatest partnership ever because of goals against championship standard palace.....embarrassing. Just wait for the season to actually unfold, judge in February/march when the real title challengers emerge. Its a marathon not a two month sprint.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Fancy a bit of Leroy Fer anytime today chaps

[Bull]

He is rubbish Olly.

[mystiroakey]

arsenal, swansea and chelsea to win today.

[Steffan]

England suck.

But are they funny?

Yes. I cant wait for next year

6 Months of 'This is our year' and 'Its gonna be like 1966 all over again' before losing on penalties to someone

Hodgson will get the blame for Brazil 2014 by the fans and press. 'Arry should have got the job' and all that

My English mate is always the same. Never says 'England are there. Lets just hope we do our best and enjoy it'

Always 'England are gonna win it' and then when they dont (which is no shame) he always wants the manager out or the captaincy was wrong etc before resorting to the usual English football comfort of 'Ah well at least we are still better than Scotland and Wales'

[compelling and rich]

as a united fan i dont want adnan to choose england, many a good player ruined by the over-hyping British media and all the other crap that surrounds the English national team.

look at wilshere for example, held up to be englands leading star and going to carry us the next world cup. yet isnt even second best midfielder in the arsenal team. look at carzola who's better than wilshere, he cant get any where near the a spanish starting spot. that's how much we are behind

[GSC]

Actually the whole bit about rankings make sense. When England are ranked high the rankings are wrong and when they're ranked low they are correct.

Because England aren't particularly good

[NickisBHAFC]

He is rubbish Olly.

This.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

He is rubbish Olly.

This.

Its nice when you troll together

[NickisBHAFC]

Lovely little pass by Demba Ba there and Oscar finished superbly well. If Chelsea get another its game over.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Far too easy, awful defending really

[Bull]

I'm not trolling.
I'm being genuine, he is rubbish.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Lovely work in midfield by the aforementioned Fer, also noticing that the ref appears to be a Norwich fan.

[NickisBHAFC]

I wouldn't say he is rubbish, i just think he is over rated by Norwich fans. Alex Tettey now he is a  class little player.

[NickisBHAFC]

Superb save from Ruddy. Demba Ba easily played onside there though.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Luiz is having a very good game so far

Good to see that the ref isnt biased in any way, just a bit crap

[NickisBHAFC]

I jumped out of my chair when Bassong hit that shot!

Come on Norwich, 2-1 win me thinks. Going to throw some money on it!

BRING ON HOOPER

[NickisBHAFC]

Demba Ba has been using the Norwich defence as his own personal punching bag.

[mystiroakey]

I hope you didn't put that bet on Nick!

[NickisBHAFC]

Great play by Norwich. Snodrgass what an idiot a load of time there and he plays a stupid pass to Pilkington and his efforts to get a penalty there was laughable.

[NickisBHAFC]

Unlucky from the Wolf there, not sure why he thought he should of got a penalty though, this is when i feel sorry for refs, when people do stupid appeals.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Much better so far this half Norwich. RVW not doing enough for me

[NickisBHAFC]

I have been far from impressed with him this season Chris, Hooper looks a lot better.

[NickisBHAFC]

Christ this ref is crap.

[NickisBHAFC]

GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fantastic from The Wolf to knock that down, that is brilliant and Pilkington did well to force it in. 

Game on! BET STILL ON, COME ON YELLOWS!

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Andre Schurrle becoming Chelsea's James Milner

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Defoe's starting, banker to score

[Ent]

Lol what a shambles that was at the back for Norwich.

[NickisBHAFC]

Spurs team v West Ham: Lloris; Walker, Dawson, Vertonghen, Naughton; Dembele, Paulinho; Townsend, Eriksen, Sigurdsson; Defoe


West Ham team v Spurs: Jaaskelainen, Demel, Tomkins, Reid, Rat, Noble, Morrison, Nolan, Downing, Diame, Vaz Te



West Brom team v Arsenal: Myhill, Jones, McAuley, Olsson, Ridgewell, Yacob, Mulumbu, Amalfitano, Sessegnon, Berahino, Anelka



Arsenal team v West Brom: Szczesny, Jenkinson, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Gibbs, Arteta, Flamini, Ramsey, Wilshere, Ozil, Giroud

[NickisBHAFC]

Harsh on Norwich, they have deserved a point but laughable from Tettey and Ruddy.

[NickisBHAFC]

O MY LORD WHAT A GOAL!!!!!

3-1 is harsh.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Unlucky Tettey, Hazard gambled the right way.

CORKER!!!!

[Ent]

Harsh on Norwich but they were too gung-ho after equalising.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

I feel quite, quite lucky. Had backed Chelsea to win by 2 goal or more at 1-0 in the first half. Then I put money on Chelsea when Norwich equalised. Completely thought it was all gone.

Now Defoe to score is free money

[Duty281]

Norwich should have won that. Were much better for swathes of the game, but made the mistake of playing the name, and not the team that were on the pitch. Chelsea were there for the taking, and 3-1 quite flattered them in the end.

On a side-note, Souness wrote in the Sunday Times that England should drop Hart for Ruddy on Friday. Well not after that shambles of a goalkeeping display!

[Hero]

Has Oscar been possessed by an out of breath Michael Jackson?

[Duty281]

England suck.

But are they funny?

Yes. I cant wait for next year

6 Months of 'This is our year' and 'Its gonna be like 1966 all over again' before losing on penalties to someone

Hodgson will get the blame for Brazil 2014 by the fans and press. 'Arry should have got the job' and all that

My English mate is always the same. Never says 'England are there. Lets just hope we do our best and enjoy it'

Always 'England are gonna win it' and then when they dont (which is no shame) he always wants the manager out or the captaincy was wrong etc before resorting to the usual English football comfort of 'Ah well at least we are still better than Scotland and Wales'

It's a nice comfort to have though, especially when some pathetic Welsh and Scottish fans carry on with their anti-English attitudes.

[NickisBHAFC]

Southampton 2-0 Swansea. 

Adam Lallana and Jay Rodriquez with the goals. There up to 4th now 

[Breadvan]

Disappointing by the swans.....

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