Barclays Premier League 13/14 Thread Part 'x'

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Apparently we're after the prodigy that is Steve Clarke

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

West Ham you f*cking beauties!!!!

If we beat WBA at the weekend we should be safe. Massive massive massive game

Albion to win with a late Berahino winner, he then does the whole boxing the corner flag celebration to show he's over being given a good slapping by Jimmy Morrison after the Cardiff game.

At least I hope so anyway

Gotta be honest the worst I see for us is a draw, for as good awful as we are away were pretty good at the Carra

Plus you know you guys suck and we usually do well against you guys

[Corporalhumblebucket]

I expect us to beat Sunderland tonight, however i think there will only be one goal in it..

  

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

http://www.pinkun.com/norwich-city/norwich_city_want_their_season_of_toil_to_hurry_up_and_come_to_an_end_1_3518052

Good to hear our captain is up for the fight ahead, oh no wait he wants the season to be over....

[NickisBHAFC]

West Brom players now fighting each other and threatening to sue one and other. Christ, the scary thing is they might stay up. No justice in the game, if that's the case, well if Sunderland and Palace go down then i suppose there is!

[Crimey]

What is happening at West Brom? They were considered one of the best run clubs in the country and now look like they're falling apart. Pepe Mel was a poor choice of manager, might have been better off getting in a caretaker first if they wanted to appoint a continental choice to take them forward. Ridiculously difficult task for Mel to change the style of the side and get results under those circumstances.

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Sooner or later finances tend to catch up with you

[hampo17]

Sooner or later finances tend to catch up with you

They announced a profit at the shareholders meeting a few weeks ago, however their chairman has come out last May and said they are a mid table Championship club punching above their weight and it was inevitable that they'd fall away eventually. How the hell does that make the players and coaches feel when their chairman is saying stuff like that?

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Profit because they don't spend. Hard to keep up

[hampo17]

They don't spend because as far as their chairman is concerned though, they're punching well above their weight. What he needs to do is put some investment in to the club and keep them in the Premier League because if he doesn't do it this summer, they'll be exactly where he feels they should be.

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That's the thing, anyone can punch above their weight, it's not sustainable though. Gotta bulk up

[hampo17]

Exactly, I can see them signing a bunch of Championship players next season. If that treatment of Berinho is true its disgraceful as well, he's a young lad who's made a mistake.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Hard to know more until its all out.

No problem with a dressing room fight though, least theres some guts

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I just can't believe he got beaten up by a pop singer

[Crimey]

It was naive mistake by Berahino, but hardly worth getting in a fight over, he was trying to kill the game off. Can see him leaving now, there will be lots of Championship clubs snooping around for him.

[hampo17]

Just read another story, apparently he's a cocky little twunt since his pay rise and refused to apologise for giving the ball away.

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Loan markets closed

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

It was naive mistake by Berahino, but hardly worth getting in a fight over, he was trying to kill the game off. Can see him leaving now, there will be lots of Championship clubs snooping around for him.

Hardly worth getting in a fight over???

If he ran it into the corner Cardiff are down now, and WBA are bouncing into a winnable fixture at Norwich. As it is he wasted all the hard work of his team mates and has further plunged WBA into trouble.

If the reports are true and he was a cocky so and so about it then I can't blame one of the senior guys for lumping him. Should imagine emoitins were running pretty high in that dressing room post game

[NickisBHAFC]

Yeah it was a basic under 10 mistake. Why on earth did he do that ill never know. He has A LOT to learn about the game. If i ever did that in a game, i wouldn't be able to look at myself in the mirror again.

[hampo17]

You see experienced footballers make similar mistakes all the time, under hit back passes, needless fouls etc. This is a young player, in a massive game who made a silly decision, the pressure in this game would have been massive, do your games have that pressure Nick?

[Mat]

I think that it's an accumulation of things with Berahino that came to a head after the Cardiff game.

He was said to have attitude problems when he was out on loan a few years back(Brentford sent him back after he tweeted about Rosler) and it was only after Mulumbu had a word with him at the start of this season did he get his head in shape.

However, since he's become some sort of "starlet" problems have started. The messing around over the contract, the talk of bigger clubs being in for him and a close friendship with Anelka seem to have changed him again. Since he signed his new deal, he's piled on weight, not muscle either and the attitude has returned. That attitude has peed off the senior players and it boiled over, after Berahino initially refused to shoulder any blame/show any contrition for his mistake.

I wanted to level him after what he did on Saturday, so good on Morrison. It's just a shame no-one levelled him after, cos he's been awful for 18 months.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

I hope we nick him, bring back Morrison and then take Redmond off Norwich. We can have a bad lads team.

[mystiroakey]

I think palace should knick him and push for zaha ..

If ..... We stay up.

We can deal with wide boys in saff London. We get em into the right frame of mind.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Benteke torn Achilles tendon.

No world cup for him

[mystiroakey]

I doubt Belgium are that bothered with his form. Gutting for benteke though

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Least Villa are safe (pretty much).

Good to see Odemwingie pitching in on the Berahino thing. Odemwingie said on Twitter: "I see a repeat of my situation if he doesn't leave this summer. Senior pros haha."

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Omg THIS IS HOLTY'S CHANCE TO GO TO BRAZIL

#HOLTY4ENGLAND

[The Special Juan]

Is Kozak still out?

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Is Kozak still out?

Yeah he broke his leg

Benteke eight months apparently. Will probably mean Villa can keep him over the summer tho

[The Special Juan]

Is Kozak still out?

Yeah he broke his leg

Benteke eight months apparently. Will probably mean Villa can keep him over the summer tho

Christ, I didn't know that. Cheers. You're right, Holty for England as long as Gabby and Weimann can give him the service

[westisbest]

I hope it isn't Holte starting.

Would like to see Heleius given a go.

No doubt Lambert will play Holte.

Real shame for Tekkers.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

No Benteke till Christmas, probably after Christmas. Could be massive, all you need to do is look at how we suffered when our main attacking threat was out. In the battle at the bottom its all about those percentages.

[westisbest]

Gonna struggle without him.

Gabby a doubt for saturday.

Need to beat Fulham.

Have Palace away and Saints home(which I'm going to).

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

No Benteke till Christmas, probably after Christmas. Could be massive, all you need to do is look at how we suffered when our main attacking threat was out. In the battle at the bottom its all about those percentages.

Tbf they should have Kozak back for the start of next season and have Helenius as backup as well, guys who play in a similar mould to Benteke. Unlike you guys who had Maiga

[NickisBHAFC]

Think Villa will need to sign a decent striker in the summer now, huge blow. Shame another big name out of the World Cup

[Dolphin Ziggler]

No Benteke till Christmas, probably after Christmas. Could be massive, all you need to do is look at how we suffered when our main attacking threat was out. In the battle at the bottom its all about those percentages.

Tbf they should have Kozak back for the start of next season and have Helenius as backup as well, guys who play in a similar mould to Benteke. Unlike you guys who had Maiga

Good point, Kozak looks a decent player on the glimpses i've had, although if neither adapt to the Prem in first team football then it will be a similar situation. Id expect them to be fine however, Gabby and Weimann add some goals

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

No Benteke till Christmas, probably after Christmas. Could be massive, all you need to do is look at how we suffered when our main attacking threat was out. In the battle at the bottom its all about those percentages.

Tbf they should have Kozak back for the start of next season and have Helenius as backup as well, guys who play in a similar mould to Benteke. Unlike you guys who had Maiga

Good point, Kozak looks a decent player on the glimpses i've had, although if neither adapt to the Prem in first team football then it will be a similar situation. Id expect them to be fine however, Gabby and Weimann add some goals

Kozak was actually playing better than Benteke at the point he got injured iirc and as you say they have Gabby and Weimann as well

Villa actually been pretty unlucky with long term injuries this season, N'Zogbia, Okore, Kozak and now Benteke all long term

[westisbest]

As i said, would hope he starts Helenius saturday.

Was impressive pre season.

Been ok in parts I've seen him this season.

One of our big problems is we don't score enough goals from mid field

Delph, Westwood etc need to chip in more.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2596295/Sunderland-rocked-emerges-North-East-club-fielded-Ji-ineligible.html

Surely this should've resulted in a points deduction?????

[westisbest]

Only blessing for Tekkers is he's young, has a few world cups and euro champions to play.

Wont be the same though after that injury.

Christ, what do the players do in training.
Been a fair few injured training.

[Ent]

Train as you play, not surprised people get injured.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2596295/Sunderland-rocked-emerges-North-East-club-fielded-Ji-ineligible.html

Surely this should've resulted in a points deduction?????

Nope nope just a fine so apparently teams can field whoever they want now so long as they're prepared to stump up some cash

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Considering they only got a point and Ji is terrible who cares

[Dolphin Ziggler]

The fact is, they made a mistake, they have taken steps to stop it happening again. And they confessed. What I find more interesting is how easily the Premier League let these things slip by them.

I'm expecting Sheff Utd to start legal proceedings very soon on this one

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Tbf, the only way Ji could be played is by mistake

Sunderland were punished enough by Ji playing.

I'll get my coat

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Where's he heading in the summer?

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

"@NorwichCityFC: Post your support on the #NCFC dressing-room wall this Sat. Send your #YellArmy message for the lads now! Details: http://t.co/ij1454DbCL"

Isn't it the job of the manager to motivate the players?

I hate my club right now

[NickisBHAFC]

Is Ji the player who scored that last minute winner against Man City a few years ago? I don't know why but i went fuc*ing mental when that went in, one of my favorite prem goals, think Martin Tyler is to thank. 

Even so Sunderland have broken a rule. Points deduction should 100% be forced.

[The Special Juan]

Is Ji the player who scored that last minute winner against Man City a few years ago? I don't know why but i went fuc*ing mental when that went in, one of my favorite prem goals, think Martin Tyler is to thank. 

Even so Sunderland have broken a rule. Points deduction should 100% be forced.

Jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!

[Fernando]

Where's he heading in the summer?

Dortmund  It's like Faubert & Real Madrid all over again.

Ji > Lewandowski  

[Dolphin Ziggler]

My point exactly, hes clearly not all bad (although the Faubert example...we've still never understood that at our place and some of us like the lad)

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