Barclays Premier League 13/14 Thread Part 'something'

[Liam]

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Boring game but good result for all the top teams around these two really. Difference between Arsenal winning the league and not is a world class striker, because in tight games like these in the big games a world class striker will finish the chance Giroud had. He's been excellent this season but misses far too many to deliver a title. That's what makes Suarez/Agueor and RVP last season the difference in the end.

[J.Benson II]

BTW arsenal looked fine yesterday. Newcastle away is a good victory.

This is why I think Arsenal can mount a solid title challenge this season. They may struggle against the better teams in games where they can't control the tempo, but they seem to have found a winning formula against the mid and lower placed teams. Newcastle have taken points off United, Chelsea & Liverpool yet Arsenal were able to defeat them even without Ozil & Ramsey.

Halfway through the season, the top 6 based on head to head matches looks like this:

Man City - 12 points
Everton - 8 points
Chelsea - 8 points
Arsenal - 5 points
United - 4 points
Liverpool - 4 points

It should be noted that City have played all but one of these games (which they lost) at the Etihad.
Liverpool will be playing all the remaining fixtures (with the exception of United) at Anfield so have the best run from now on.

[mystiroakey]

To state that arsenal look rubbish without Ramsey and ozil couldn't be further from the truth.

Newcastle were very organised and arsenal just keepd proding away. It was a brilliant midfield battle yesterday. Arsenal has exceptional strength in depth yet many seem to think they have none!! Its random IMO.

Arsenals concern isn't themselves. Its how good citeh are. And they are very gifted. If they turn up with regularity its almost game over for arsenal and Chelsea. But we know that in itself is very hard to manage.teams like arsenal and Chelsea can consistntly perform due to Wenger's and Mourinhios abilties and philosophy. but for citeh to do the same is much harder.

[Guest]

Arsenal's season is going to be defined by the big games. Just seen the fixtures for 2014, my word they've been unlucky at the end of March.

February
Liverpool (a) - 8th February
Man U (h) - 12th February
March
Tottenham (a) - 15th March
Chelsea (a) - 22nd March
Man City (h) - 29th March
April
Everton (a) 5th April

but then a pretty easy run-in

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Arsenal's season is going to be defined by the big games. Just seen the fixtures for 2014, my word they've been unlucky at the end of March.

We've been arguing that point for months John and being lambasted. Yet after the big games against Chelsea and City, they are no longer looking favourites. Funny that.

Credit to Arsenal, like I said yesterday - a win at St James' Park is big now on the title run. I could see it being big in the race for top four too.

[J.Benson II]

Balotelli is apparently up for grabs this Winter:

http://metro.co.uk/2013/12/28/mario-balotelli-placed-on-transfer-list-by-ac-milan-4243786/

Wenger HAS to make a move. Imagine an in form Balotelli leading their attack with Ozil, Carzola, Ramsey, Walcott etc. working behind him.

Could see Arsenal really tearing teams apart for the rest of the season.

[Guest]

Is it just me or have people forgotten what Mario was like in the EPL? Hardly prolific, total liability, upsets the squad dynamic, goes AWOL & is guaranteed to be sent off at least three or four times a season. Do Arsenal need that & does Wenger need that.......no!

Yeah, good player but a complete unknown to what Mario will be turning up. Also, I'd expect would cost a fair amount of cash.

[mystiroakey]

We are half way though- SO everyone has played everyone once.

arsenal are up on Citeh yet played less home games v the top teams..

citeh still favs- but it isn't a foregone conclusion as it never was.(chelsea would have been pre season favs for most)

And i think united will hurt Tottenham, liverpool and Everton fans and snatch the 4th spot.

[mystiroakey]

BTW I think arsernal will snatch up berbatov on the cheap.

[Guest]

Balotelli? May as well sign Joey Barton and get a cheaper bell end

[lorus59]

Balotelli is the most over rated player ever. To me he is an average striker and his attitude stinks. I would not touch him with a barge pole.

[Born Slippy]

Have to say I thought Arsenal would lose at least one of the away matches at West Ham and Newcastle. Very impressive to grind out a win at SJP. Getting Walcott back fit is a massive plus for them as he adds an extra dimension to the rest of the midfield. I still can't see them beating City and Chelsea but they should be good enough to take a CL spot.

United have a big three games upcoming. If they can beat Spurs and Swansea at home then a draw at Chelsea would be ok. They've then got Cardiff at home, Stoke away and Fulham at home. 16 points from that little lot and they will be looking very good for CL.

[Born Slippy]

Berbatov would be an awesome January signing for Arsenal.

[CFCNick]

Suarez against teams in bottom half: 16 goals in 7 games. Suarez against teams in top half: 3 goals in 7 games.

Interesting

Someone was saying that with me. Bet Liverpool would rather of had a Suarez goal this week than four vs Norwich.

Chelsea machine rolls on.......

I`m gonna have Giroud nightmares tonight!

John, I like your posts and by no means want to rub it in but it is a bit ironic that you have been so highly critical and that beautiful frenchie puts the game winner in on your boys. Still he should have had two, a blind school girl could have scored that chance he shanked with an open net from a yard out of goal.

I will say this LFC have been jobbed by the officials as badly or worse than Arsenal the last two weeks. A ridiculous disallowed goal against team Abu Dhabi and Suarez gets rugby tackled by Terry in the box and nothing. Frankly English referees are as bad as your weather. Where the Smeg do they find these guys? I love Europeans, they can build a large hadron collider to study subatomic particles a millionth the size of an atom but they still have a guy with a yellow flag calling offisides. We need offsides technology not today but yesterday.

Never seen or played Rugby have you? How you can call somebody putting their palm on someone elses shoulder a Rugby tackle is beyond me. Suarez was looking for it. It would be incredibly harsh to give a free kick outside the box nevermind a penalty. The ref was just as bad both ways. Lucas should have ben booked for retaliation against Oscar. Plus, there was far more tougher challengers let go then JT putting a hand on Suarez, who drops like a sack of spuds. I almost posted how much I respect Suarez this season the other day, that biting Ivanovic was the big wake up call for him and he's cleaned up his act, then yesterday he was back to his old self, probably born out of frustration that he wasn't having a good game.

My God, I didn't think Liverpool fans were that bad but any season they show some competitiveness and the fans get out their tin foil hats. I know you're not a Liverpool fan, just saying in general.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

I actually thought Suarez fouled Terry in that, backed in when he didnt have the ball and made the defender go over him.

[J.Benson II]

Lots of ambivalence towards Super Mario it seems.

I think he would be great at Arsenal. Has all the tools to be top class and will be under the guidance of a manager that will get the best from him.
Remember how good the young but sulky Anelka was at Arsenal?

Berbatov is too old. Great player and one of the most technically talented players in PL history, but past his prime.

If Arsenal were to get a foward, they should either go top quality (Costa, Balotelli) or not bother at all.
Don't understand why names like Berbatov, Hernandez, etc are being mentioned at all. No major improvement on Giroud.

[Fernando]

Super Mario would be a quality signing for us, He's temperamental sure but Arsene seems to knock that out of players somehow. 

Also he never was 1st at Citeh and i think that was the main part of his frustration at his time there. A consistent run at 1st choice could be interesting to see in EPL.

[Guest]

I actually thought Suarez fouled Terry in that, backed in when he didnt have the ball and made the defender go over him.

Oh dear...it's clearly a foul on Suarez but I've seen worse "challenges" like that not given before so I'm not surprised. CFCNick sees palm on shoulder...everyone else (except Webb) sees hand across face. Oh well....

The Eto'o one on Suarez is a real puzzler though. Even Gary Neville stated that Webb had got it wrong and Gary's hardly a fan of LFC. Mourinho is out of order claiming it's a dive though but history is written by the victors so again it's hardly surprising that he'd say that yet support Hazard's blantant dive with Lucas.

Jose says he appreciates Suarez's talent but can't abide divers yet in Hazard he has another exceptional player who goes to ground far too easily and he also has the ability to beat people fairly so I fail to see why he takes to option to simulate/dive.

Liverpool have been done twice in two games by poor officiating and whilst we're not alone in that respect, they're pretty clear cut decisions that the officials have got horribly wrong.

[Guest]

1st choice at Milan - 6 goals this season. Rossi's got 14 at Fiorentina.

The problem with Mario is that once he's back in the EPL, opposition teams will target him immediately & antogonise him constantly because they know he will react & get distracted. I don't see Arsene risking Arsenal's campaign, the best one in years, on bringing in Mario who could potentially disrupt all the good work that's been done before him.

I'd wait until the summer for the world class striker.

[lorus59]

I am no fan of Suarez the man but at the moment he is an outstanding talent. It is a bit rich for Mourinho to say he can't abide divers when he had Drogba for years diving all over the place.

[mystiroakey]

The reason berbatov is being mentioned is because he is coming out of contract therefore could be snapped up cheap in the window and he is clearly very unhappy at fulham. Its a short term move only. Its very hard to make long term signings in Jan.

It seems like the ideal move for arsenal tbh.

[MIG]

Torres to Chelsea, Suarez to Liverpool and Dzeko to City all happened in January didn't they?

[mystiroakey]

This is arsenal we are talking about.

Getting a wise technically gifted cheap short term signing is there style.

It may be all they need to maintain the challenge. If they win the league they will have an opurtunity to sign a world class striker.

[J.Benson II]

Liverpool also got Sturridge in January while Arsenal previously got Arshavin and Reyes. All these players also made big impacts for the remainder of those seasons.
There is no reason why quality cannot be brought in during January.
Berbatov would just be a short term purchase. I doubt he will be a regular starter too. More likely just another squad option.
I don't think Arsenal need this. Instead, they need someone who is good enough to lead their attack and bench Giroud.

Chelsea would be better off getting the short term option as they will have Lukaku back for next season.

[Guest]

Surprised that Chelsea didn't insert a get-out clause re Lukaku so they could yank him back at any time. Seems stupid to spend money on a striker when you have one who seems to be outscoring your three others by himself all ready and waiting.

Anyway, Liverpool to go crazy and buy Juan Mata as Mourinho won't rate them as rivals and will be happier selling to us than the likes of Arsenal.

[mystiroakey]

Liverpool also got Sturridge in January while Arsenal previously got Arshavin and Reyes. All these players also made big impacts for the remainder of those seasons.
There is no reason why quality cannot be brought in during January.
Berbatov would just be a short term purchase. I doubt he will be a regular starter too. More likely just another squad option.
I don't think Arsenal need this. Instead, they need someone who is good enough to lead their attack and bench Giroud.

Chelsea would be better off getting the short term option as they will have Lukaku back for next season.

as said before they wont get a decent player in january.There is literally no one available for the right price andf lack of hassle- they wont pay out on another big signing after Ozil only 4 months back. To think arsernal would do anything like that isnt really taking note of the way they do business

They wont upset the team structure by making any insane money power move. If they do well they will buy in the summer. All they need is to bolster there squad option and have a replacement for giroud( berba is ideal)

[socal1976]

We are half way though- SO everyone has played everyone once.

arsenal are up on Citeh yet played less home games v the top teams..

citeh still favs- but it isn't a foregone conclusion as it never was.(chelsea would have been pre season favs for most)

And i think united will hurt Tottenham, liverpool and Everton fans and snatch the 4th spot.

That is how I see it myself, City have the most talent and should win it. But Arsenal have played all the big teams like everyone else and are where you want to be. People talk about Arsenal's loss to City like Arsenal didn't score three goals themselves and have another half dozen decent chances themselves not to mention not getting 50/50 penalty called in their favor and having one called against them at the dying stages of the match, they were in it to 80th some odd minute. You would think by the reaction of the media and some of the posts like they lost 6-0.

Plus minus Rambo and Mesut they won on the road against a difficult team to play in a difficult stadium to play. Although I think Liverpool will win the 4th spot in the CL, United were fortunate to beat Hull on the road.

[NickisBHAFC]

How boring is City's manager btw

No charisma at all.

Nothing on Jose, Wenger and even Moyes!!!!

[Holymiky]

I can understand if people think that Mata may be sold but I really don't think that he will be.

With the striker situation, even if we do buy another striker in January, I think that Lukaku may be used as one of the main strikers next season when he returns from loan if he decides that he wants to stay at Chelsea. He will of had 2 seasons of Premier League football and plenty of experience scoring goals in the Premier League aswell.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

I actually thought Suarez fouled Terry in that, backed in when he didnt have the ball and made the defender go over him.

Oh dear...it's clearly a foul on Suarez but I've seen worse "challenges" like that not given before so I'm not surprised. CFCNick sees palm on shoulder...everyone else (except Webb) sees hand across face. Oh well....

Watch it again, Suarez digs himself in and down to make sure Terry, who he sees coming, is impeded and then backs in. These get called as fouls all over the pitch, mainly bigger men, and if you want to play that physical game then dont cry when its brought back to you by someone who is far smarter at it like Terry.

[socal1976]

I wouldn't want Berbatov, he is not going to impact whether they win or lose, he just is not a game changer at this level anymore. I mean if you play Theo or Podolski up top are they not better options than Berbatov. If you spend money to bring someone in they should be good enough to impact the title picture. Balotelli would be ideal if he can maintain his sanity for half a season or Javi Hernandez from United because they have both played in this league and could impact a title race with one or two match winning performances. Ideally I would want Michu but he has been fighting an ankle injury all year long and is injured and out right now. I know he has not been as prolific this season but a lot of that has been due to his injuries, early in the year he started brightly till the ankle problem started.

[Guest]

I actually thought Suarez fouled Terry in that, backed in when he didnt have the ball and made the defender go over him.

Oh dear...it's clearly a foul on Suarez but I've seen worse "challenges" like that not given before so I'm not surprised. CFCNick sees palm on shoulder...everyone else (except Webb) sees hand across face. Oh well....

Watch it again, Suarez digs himself in and down to make sure Terry, who he sees coming, is impeded and then backs in. These get called as fouls all over the pitch, mainly bigger men, and if you want to play that physical game then dont cry when its brought back to you by someone who is far smarter at it like Terry.

Nope, Terry climbs all over Suarez and puts his arms across his face and then his bodyweight on top of him. You call it a game and say it happens all over the pitch but it's still a foul. He's physically impeded his man....plain and simple (unless you're the ref)

[Guest]

How boring is City's manager btw

No charisma at all.

Nothing on Jose, Wenger and even Moyes!!!!

And I'm sure that Sunderland's fans will be delighted that they're managed by the effervescent Gus Poyet.

[mystiroakey]

Well if i was the arsernal manager i wouldnt buy anyone.(and just use walcott as the striker)

I have a feeling that wenger wont unless he can get a player that can help out the rest of the season without breaking the team spirit, bank or most importantly STYLE!

This is the problem 'STYLE'

playing Walcott up front isnt his style, even though for me he is one of the best in the PL.

But berba is actually a perfect striker for Wenger. Great technical ability , no nonsense and a great finisher

[socal1976]

I actually thought Suarez fouled Terry in that, backed in when he didnt have the ball and made the defender go over him.

Oh dear...it's clearly a foul on Suarez but I've seen worse "challenges" like that not given before so I'm not surprised. CFCNick sees palm on shoulder...everyone else (except Webb) sees hand across face. Oh well....

Watch it again, Suarez digs himself in and down to make sure Terry, who he sees coming, is impeded and then backs in. These get called as fouls all over the pitch, mainly bigger men, and if you want to play that physical game then dont cry when its brought back to you by someone who is far smarter at it like Terry.

Are you really saying that Suarez fouled Terry in the box? Suarez slowed down to play the ball, does he not have a right to stop his body for the ball he has to overrun it and let Terry clear it. So suarez fouled terry by getting kicked in the back grabbed and yanked down by Terry a yard away from goal? Terry didn't even play the ball, he just cleaned Suarez out and played the man and then the ball incidentally. If the official had two working brain cells and any gonads he should have called a PK. It seems that Mourhino has replaced Ferguson as the officials darling, as the one they are all in awe with and don't want to be criticized by.

[Guest]

I actually thought Suarez fouled Terry in that, backed in when he didnt have the ball and made the defender go over him.

Oh dear...it's clearly a foul on Suarez but I've seen worse "challenges" like that not given before so I'm not surprised. CFCNick sees palm on shoulder...everyone else (except Webb) sees hand across face. Oh well....

Watch it again, Suarez digs himself in and down to make sure Terry, who he sees coming, is impeded and then backs in. These get called as fouls all over the pitch, mainly bigger men, and if you want to play that physical game then dont cry when its brought back to you by someone who is far smarter at it like Terry.

Are you really saying that Suarez fouled Terry in the box? Suarez slowed down to play the ball, does he not have a right to stop his body for the ball he has to overrun it and let Terry clear it. So suarez fouled terry by getting kicked in the back grabbed and yanked down by Terry a yard away from goal? Terry didn't even play the ball, he just cleaned Suarez out and played the man and then the ball incidentally. If the official had two working brain cells and any gonads he should have called a PK. It seems that Mourhino has replaced Ferguson as the officials darling, as the one they are all in awe with and don't want to be criticized by.

[Guest]

I actually thought Suarez fouled Terry in that, backed in when he didnt have the ball and made the defender go over him.

Oh dear...it's clearly a foul on Suarez but I've seen worse "challenges" like that not given before so I'm not surprised. CFCNick sees palm on shoulder...everyone else (except Webb) sees hand across face. Oh well....

Watch it again, Suarez digs himself in and down to make sure Terry, who he sees coming, is impeded and then backs in. These get called as fouls all over the pitch, mainly bigger men, and if you want to play that physical game then dont cry when its brought back to you by someone who is far smarter at it like Terry.

Are you really saying that Suarez fouled Terry in the box? Suarez slowed down to play the ball, does he not have a right to stop his body for the ball he has to overrun it and let Terry clear it. So suarez fouled terry by getting kicked in the back grabbed and yanked down by Terry a yard away from goal? Terry didn't even play the ball, he just cleaned Suarez out and played the man and then the ball incidentally. If the official had two working brain cells and any gonads he should have called a PK. It seems that Mourhino has replaced Ferguson as the officials darling, as the one they are all in awe with and don't want to be criticized by.

Listen to the press conference afterwards where he talks about biased pundits etc and the fawning from the press is absolutely sickening.

[socal1976]

I actually thought Suarez fouled Terry in that, backed in when he didnt have the ball and made the defender go over him.

Oh dear...it's clearly a foul on Suarez but I've seen worse "challenges" like that not given before so I'm not surprised. CFCNick sees palm on shoulder...everyone else (except Webb) sees hand across face. Oh well....

Watch it again, Suarez digs himself in and down to make sure Terry, who he sees coming, is impeded and then backs in. These get called as fouls all over the pitch, mainly bigger men, and if you want to play that physical game then dont cry when its brought back to you by someone who is far smarter at it like Terry.

Are you really saying that Suarez fouled Terry in the box? Suarez slowed down to play the ball, does he not have a right to stop his body for the ball he has to overrun it and let Terry clear it. So suarez fouled terry by getting kicked in the back grabbed and yanked down by Terry a yard away from goal? Terry didn't even play the ball, he just cleaned Suarez out and played the man and then the ball incidentally. If the official had two working brain cells and any gonads he should have called a PK. It seems that Mourhino has replaced Ferguson as the officials darling, as the one they are all in awe with and don't want to be criticized by.

Listen to the press conference afterwards where he talks about biased pundits etc and the fawning from the press is absolutely sickening.

Exactly, he is the rockstar manager in the league and has gotten the rub of the green in both of his last two big matches against top opponents. I watched another PK not called in the Arsenal match and watched his goons kick Arsenal around the pitch for 90 minutes and then Walcott gets a phantom yellow when he barely grazed a players heel and was clearly trying to pull out of the challenge. Jose of course is effusive in praise for the referee and calls Arsenal crybabies, defends English ethics against dirty cheating foreigners and the media lap it up like babies sucking on their mums teet. And the same thing happens against LFC, another clear penalty does not get called and this penalty was not even 50/50 it was more obvious than Theo getting tripped from behind. Terry didn't even play the ball his eyes were on Suarez once he cleaned him out then he played the ball.

I will agree with the Chelsea fans Lucas deserved a yellow for rough retaliation on Oscar but that doesn't impact the result like an obvious missed penalty.

[socal1976]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48iHCvzyW5E

Lets not forget Andre Mariner preserving Mourhino's unbeaten streak at the bridge and maybe costing clarke his job. Always nice to get those ify extra time penalties. Sure helps to keep you in the title picture.

[Hammersmith harrier]

What about Girouds foul on Rooney which should have been a penalty, everyone gets bad decisions.

[socal1976]

What about Girouds foul on Rooney which should have been a penalty, everyone gets bad decisions.

No one claimed that bad decisions only happen for or against one team or another. Bad decisions happen over time in favor and against every squad. However I don't buy this they all even out nonsense either that is a cliche it is not a proven fact of any kind. But Mourhino is a master of working the refs and psychological warfare through his fans in the media. Look at the nonsense he is speaking about Suarez and how its in his nature and culture to cheat, if a non-latin white manager said the same things they would accuse him of being racist and stereotyping. Frankly there were 2 penalties in quick succession that could have been called in quick succession on Chelsea for fouls on Suarez, it is the height of audacity for this hypocrite who coached one of the biggest floppers in the game's history to call for Suarez being carded. His rant in his last press conference is borderline slanderous basically calling Suarez a cheat publicly. Mourhino I think has even surpassed Ferguson in working and intimidating officials. Funny, when he coached Ronaldo at Madrid why did he never come out publicly and say that latin players are cheats and it is in their nature. Why does he do it now. Funny how the man who claimed la liga refs were in a conspiracy against him to help Barca win after every match his team got undressed by Barca in is now calling Arsenal crybabies after ramires and mikel nearly sheered Arteta's leg off. He is a hypocrite, a liar, a loudmouth, self promoter and he is conning everyone into buying his schtick about Jose "the defender of English values" Mourhino. What a load of sheet makes me want to  vomit. All I know is the last two big matches I have seen his teams have gotten away with numerous questionable calls and that no one is calling him on his nonsense.

[Hammersmith harrier]

Could you repeat that in coherent english please.

[socal1976]

Could you repeat that in coherent english please.

If you have a reading comprehension problem I suggest adult education, I am not interested in helping you resolve your mental deficiencies.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

What about Girouds foul on Rooney which should have been a penalty, everyone gets bad decisions.

No one claimed that bad decisions only happen for or against one team or another. Bad decisions happen over time in favor and against every squad. However I don't buy this they all even out nonsense either that is a cliche it is not a proven fact of any kind. But Mourhino is a master of working the refs and psychological warfare through his fans in the media. Look at the nonsense he is speaking about Suarez and how its in his nature and culture to cheat, if a non-latin white manager said the same things they would accuse him of being racist and stereotyping. Frankly there were 2 penalties in quick succession that could have been called in quick succession on Chelsea for fouls on Suarez, it is the height of audacity for this hypocrite who coached one of the biggest floppers in the game's history to call for Suarez being carded. His rant in his last press conference is borderline slanderous basically calling Suarez a cheat publicly. Mourhino I think has even surpassed Ferguson in working and intimidating officials. Funny, when he coached Ronaldo at Madrid why did he never come out publicly and say that latin players are cheats and it is in their nature. Why does he do it now. Funny how the man who claimed la liga refs were in a conspiracy against him to help Barca win after every match his team got undressed by Barca in is now calling Arsenal crybabies after ramires and mikel nearly sheered Arteta's leg off. He is a hypocrite, a liar, a loudmouth, self promoter and he is conning everyone into buying his schtick about Jose "the defender of English values" Mourhino. What a load of sheet makes me want to  vomit. All I know is the last two big matches I have seen his teams have gotten away with numerous questionable calls and that no one is calling him on his nonsense.

It's gonna just about push you over the edge when Chelsea finish ahead of Arsenal ain't it

[socal1976]

What about Girouds foul on Rooney which should have been a penalty, everyone gets bad decisions.

No one claimed that bad decisions only happen for or against one team or another. Bad decisions happen over time in favor and against every squad. However I don't buy this they all even out nonsense either that is a cliche it is not a proven fact of any kind. But Mourhino is a master of working the refs and psychological warfare through his fans in the media. Look at the nonsense he is speaking about Suarez and how its in his nature and culture to cheat, if a non-latin white manager said the same things they would accuse him of being racist and stereotyping. Frankly there were 2 penalties in quick succession that could have been called in quick succession on Chelsea for fouls on Suarez, it is the height of audacity for this hypocrite who coached one of the biggest floppers in the game's history to call for Suarez being carded. His rant in his last press conference is borderline slanderous basically calling Suarez a cheat publicly. Mourhino I think has even surpassed Ferguson in working and intimidating officials. Funny, when he coached Ronaldo at Madrid why did he never come out publicly and say that latin players are cheats and it is in their nature. Why does he do it now. Funny how the man who claimed la liga refs were in a conspiracy against him to help Barca win after every match his team got undressed by Barca in is now calling Arsenal crybabies after ramires and mikel nearly sheered Arteta's leg off. He is a hypocrite, a liar, a loudmouth, self promoter and he is conning everyone into buying his schtick about Jose "the defender of English values" Mourhino. What a load of sheet makes me want to  vomit. All I know is the last two big matches I have seen his teams have gotten away with numerous questionable calls and that no one is calling him on his nonsense.

It's gonna just about push you over the edge when Chelsea finish ahead of Arsenal ain't it

I never liked Mourhino or his style before, but really the last couple of weeks of this guy's nonsense in press conferences has really been over the top. Frankly, I would not care that much one way or the other if City, Liverpool, or United win the league and Arsenal doesn't, anyone but Mourhino; he is a grade A bumhole. And frankly last season I liked Chelsea's three amigos, I even liked them when Benitez coached them. I rooted for them in their champion's league run. But Jose is just a real loudmouthed, arrogant, hypocrite. Why did he never publicly call latin players cheaters and impugn their cultural heritage when he coached Madrid, did he just figure this out a few weeks ago?

[Bull]

Are you guys still having that referee argument?

[socal1976]

No we are now arguing about how much of loudmouthed bumhole Jose "the defender of English values" Mourhino is. COABM=Come On Anyone But Mourhino!

[It Must Be Love]

Mike Dean = Referee of the Year
Jose Mourhino = Coach of the Year
Wayne Rooney = Sportsman of the year

Socal, check your inbox

[Hammersmith harrier]

Could you repeat that in coherent english please.

If you have a reading comprehension problem I suggest adult education, I am not interested in helping you resolve your mental deficiencies.

I find incoherent waffle quite hard to understand, next time take a deep breath and think before you type.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Don't worry Socal, I feel the same about Michael Oliver/Tony Pulis and Danny f*cking Haynes

[socal1976]

Don't worry Socal, I feel the same about Michael Oliver/Tony Pulis and Danny f*cking Haynes

Thanks Olly, I honestly don't even live in the UK so I don't have some type of tribal dislike of Chelsea. I just am tired of his routine, his arrogance, his hypocrisy, and the whole package.

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