We Go Again! The Premier League thread

[Fernando]

First topic message reminder :

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel; Simpson, Huth, Morgan (c), Fuchs; Mahrez, Kanté, Drinkwater, Albrighton; Okazaki, Vardy

Leicester City Subs: De Laet, King, Schlupp, Ulloa, Dyer, Schwarzer, Inler

Manchester United XI: to face Leicester: De Gea, Darmian, McNair, Smalling, Blind, Carrick, Schweinsteiger, Mata, Young, Rooney, Martial

Manchester United Subs: Romero, Borthwick-Jackson, Fellaini, Memphis, Pereira, Schneiderlin, Rashford

[westisbest]

Absolutely pathetic from Villa.

Players shocking and the manager is a joke to.

Can't see us winning another game this season.

Relegation, been in the top flight since 88/89 season.

Very sad from a fans point of view where we are.

Been coming for a few seasons, never did I think we would be as bad as we are though, half the season gone and one win.

Fkn joke.

[Guest]

I didn't think it could get worse, than losing to a 93rd minute Tom Cleverley goal, but today's performance tops it. Absolutely dire. Steve McClaren please go now.

[Fernando]

Absolutely pathetic from Villa.

Players shocking and the manager is a joke to.

Can't see us winning another game this season.

Relegation, been in the top flight since 88/89 season.

Very sad from a fans point of view where we are.

Been coming for a few seasons, never did I think we would be as bad as we are though, half the season gone and one win.

Fkn joke.

Heading to a club shop near you

[westisbest]

Absolutely pathetic from Villa.

Players shocking and the manager is a joke to.

Can't see us winning another game this season.

Relegation, been in the top flight since 88/89 season.

Very sad from a fans point of view where we are.

Been coming for a few seasons, never did I think we would be as bad as we are though, half the season gone and one win.

Fkn joke.

Heading to a club shop near you

Deserve to get relegated to league 1 and pass the championship.

Got my ticket for Leicester game over Christmas.
Ha, should be fun.

[Guest]

I didn't think it could get worse, than losing to a 93rd minute Tom Cleverley goal, but today's performance tops it. Absolutely dire. Steve McClaren please go now.

Thanks for the three points, you were pretty awful. Playing Colback & Anita/Tiote as two holding midfielders is ok against top clubs, but not WBA. Anichebe ruined your defence which was embarrassing for you, also Mitrovic doesnt look great, seen him alot this year, misses sitter after sitter, which is costing you dearly. As for McClaren, he's clueless & should probably go ASAP, otherwise you will be following Villa into the championship.

[Ent]

Good half from United, should be ahead.

At risk of a red card though, herrera probably going to have to come off.

Referee very poor missing a lot for both sides and buying hazards antics.

[Hammersmith harrier]

Schneiderlin got a yellow for pretty much not being a pansy like Willian.

[Ent]

If anything he was fouled in that exchange.

[Ent]

Told you this referee was shocking.

2 stone wall penalties ignored.

[CFCNick]

Ref is sh!te for both teams

[Ent]

Worse for the team denied the 2 penalties clearly.

[Guest]

Someone needs to put Rooney out of his misery

[compelling and rich]

strange by chelsea they have absolutely nothing to lose yet really negative. they aint moving up the table with draws.

we just cant put the chances away, rooney being most guilty. especially considering hes our "main" striker

yet again we just cant beat any team that puts two banks of four in front of us

[compelling and rich]

Someone needs to put Rooney out of his misery

he's just been given man of the match

[Ent]

Chelsea time wasting against a team that have lost 4 in a row. Embarassing.

[Ent]

Good performance and more effort shown however;

It was against an embarassingly bad and negative chelsea team.

We created very few opportunities.

Our players need practising hitting empty nets from 5 yards.

[Holymiky]

Chelsea time wasting against a team that have lost 4 in a row. Embarassing.

I wouldn't say time wasting, pretty sure every team doesn't exactly rush when they are in the lead or heading for what could be considered a good result away from home.

[Holymiky]

Good half from United, should be ahead.

At risk of a red card though, herrera probably going to have to come off.

Referee very poor missing a lot for both sides and buying hazards antics.

Hardly antics when at one point near enough every exchange with a player from Utd was a foul on him.

[CFCNick]

I will personally piggy back Hazard to the airport on January 1st

[compelling and rich]

i would be really worried if i was a chelsea fan, weve been bad but they are much much worse

[compelling and rich]

Chelsea time wasting against a team that have lost 4 in a row. Embarassing.

I wouldn't say time wasting, pretty sure every team doesn't exactly rush when they are in the lead or heading for what could be considered a good result away from home.

not sure about good result. norwich beat us last game at home. if there is ever a time to win at old trafford its this season. you'll never know now though

[Guest]

Luckily for Chelsea though, Villa are gone, fat Sam is doing nothing at Sunderland & the wally with the brolly is slowly, but surely, taking Newcastle to the championship.

[CFCNick]

i would be really worried if i was a chelsea fan, weve been bad but they are much much worse

The players didn't want Jose and they don't want you to have him either.

[CFCNick]

I never thought I'd see a worse game than when Schurrle played the false 9 at Old Trafford two years ago.

[compelling and rich]

rooney must have the worse win percentage of any united captain in premiership history

[Ent]

And?

[Holymiky]

Obviously we would of wanted to win but just because Man Utd have not won for as many games as they have doesn't mean that we should say that 0-0 is a bad result away from home, i'd rather that than lose..

Nick i understand Hazard hasn't been as good as last season but what happens if he kicks back into form again? Would you suddenly want him back?

[compelling and rich]

no and, just a general thought

always considered it a sad state of the current team that rooney is our best "leader"

[CFCNick]

He clearly doesn't have the heart for it. He's barely trying, he looks like he wants to be elsewhere and running into dead ends attempting to look like he wants to win is getting boring, tiresome and I wish he would just Frak off!

[Holymiky]

I get the frustration but i feel it's a just a big dip in form, granted we need performances especially now in the position we are in so i am hoping he manages to get form back soon.

[CFCNick]

If it was just a dip in form he would look like he wants to be better. He would look disappointed with himself and he just doesn't. As it is he is just goes along at a pedestrian pace with very little drive. He goes into areas where he can't have positive effects on starting attacks.

[Guest]

LVG claiming he won't resign & has no intention. Guess it now lies with Woodward/Glazers to show some balls & remove him, before it's too late. All the primary objectives are already slipping away very quickly

[Guest]

Also Chelsea players have no real desire to turn their games around under Hiddink who's there for five months only. It's a pointless appointment

[kingraf]

Giroud's flick for Ozil's goal was exquisite on a another level

[Dolphin Ziggler]

I missed my first game of the season. In fact, I still saw the first 45. We were Poopie. I get home and we've had a comeback! I'm both pleased and annoyed!

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Chelsea time wasting against a team that have lost 4 in a row. Embarassing.

I wouldn't say time wasting, pretty sure every team doesn't exactly rush when they are in the lead or heading for what could be considered a good result away from home.

Drawing 0-0 away at utd isn't a good result

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Good win for the yellas, if we can get something against the saints it'll be a very good Christmas period from which we can hopefully kick on

[Holymiky]

Chelsea time wasting against a team that have lost 4 in a row. Embarassing.

I wouldn't say time wasting, pretty sure every team doesn't exactly rush when they are in the lead or heading for what could be considered a good result away from home.

Drawing 0-0 away at utd isn't a good result

I can understand if you mean currently because yeah Man Utd haven't been doing as well of late hence the calls for Val Gaal to be sacked but if you mean overall then i still think it's a decent result.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

It's a good result for Chelsea right now. Especially as the chances stacked up and they probably should have lost

[GSC]

Said it for a few years, relegation could be a pretty good thing for Villa. As it stands, they are going nowhere, scrapping for survival every year.

In the Championship, they could shed some highly paid veterans, rebuild a new team around their youth and build some positive momentum. As long as they make the right hire, they should be able to come back up

[GSC]

Been a great season for Leicester, and a sign of how far they've come that a loss at Anfield is a disappointment.

But probably a big day today in terms of their season. Lose at home to a City team that's had issues away from home and they'll drop to 3rd, and within striking distance of a Spurs team that is slowly heating up. Might start looking a bit vulnerable

[Guest]

The way Stoke are playing, I see them as the biggest threat to the current top 4, especially Leicester, if they begin to fall apart.

[westisbest]

Said it for a few years, relegation could be a pretty good thing for Villa. As it stands, they are going nowhere, scrapping for survival every year.

In the Championship, they could shed some highly paid veterans, rebuild a new team around their youth and build some positive momentum. As long as they make the right hire, they should be able to come back up

First off we would need to get rid of Lerner, hope he could find a buyer.
Hopefully would be someone that actually cares, probably not unless he was a local person.

Get rid of the deadwood, which would be a lot.
Like you say give some of the youth guys a chance.
Sign some decent players that could help us come straight back up.

Also Garde has to go, unlikely but am hoping he goes asap and we get someone like Pearson.

Has that experience to rebuild a team and get them up. May actually win a few games this season.

The championship is a very tough league to get out of.

If the above happens could see us reaching the play offs at least.
But wouldnt surprise me if we stay down there for a long time, ala Leeds, Forest, Derby, Sheff Wedd, Blues.

As for the rest of this season a win now is  a bonus.
Sad to say, but going into every game expecting us to lose or draw at best.

Will fight to the end and if/when we are down will be a whole new experience for the fans(of a certain age anyway).

Will be a Villa Park or whatever ground supporting the team as always(despite my anger moaning etc).

VTID.

[GSC]

The Championship is much funner anyway Myst, who needs the PL

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Well, tonights game really caught the imagination on here

[Guest]

BT sports Xmas double bill of United vs Chelsea & Leicester vs City, both ending 0-0

Goals have dried up for Vardy, just a question of whether they can get back to the form against the minor sides quickly or whether or not they have hit a wall. Still not convinced a top 4 is in the bag for them.

[Holymiky]

Should he really be expected to be banging them in against City?

[Guest]

Well, the City defence is a shambles, so for the reputation he's built himself, then yes. It was just a general statement really, he's only scored 1 goal in five games now too. I'm just saying, that have they hit a wall now or can they quickly get over the disappointment of Liverpool & the dropping of more frequent points & get back to winning ways vs Bournemouth. Once the results start to turn, things don't become so easy, mentally or physically.

[GSC]

Lets be honest, did anyone really expect Vardy to continue being prolific?

Almost wet myself when I saw rumours of City and Chelsea offering 30m

[Dolphin Ziggler]

However, they've played everyone now and remain joint top. Fair play to them, they're living the dream right now

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