We Go Again! The Premier League thread

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

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Would very much appreciate it if Utd stopped being poo thanks

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[Ent]

At risk of sounding like a broken record they just aren't good enough and I don't think that can be classified as choking.

[Hero]

Man for man you'd have more Arsenal players in a mixed first eleven than you would a Leicester or Spurs team, something though mentally is just not quite there within the Arsenal camp.

[Ent]

Leicster are a surprise package so Id give you that.

Not sure about Spurs though think you over rate arsenal, I think several of their starting 11 are mid table quality.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Still, they should have beaten that United team, so it was a choke.

[Ent]

They should have on paper but this happens time and time again in football and to arsenal.

In the context of a league challenge they just aren't good enough.

[Hero]

In the context of this season though they should have been.

[Duty281]

They're still going to win the league.

[NickisBHAFC]

Never ever seen a team who so consistently chokes like arsenal - it's on a platter for them this season, and they're just throwing it away

Quite agree

[westisbest]

Must say i very rarely watch a live match if Villa are not playing.
Watched most of the Man utd Arsenal game, i thought it was pretty decent.

[Ent]

In the context of this season though they should have been.

So should chelsea, United. Have they choked?

[Hammersmith harrier]

Chelsea and United have never been in a realistic position to challenge they've just been poor; Arsenal look fantastic until the title becomes a real possibility.

[Ent]

No they haven't.

[GSC]

Might not be PL but **** it. Why did Mignolet get a contract extension?

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Most baffling piece of business any club did in January that

[NickisBHAFC]

Liverpool really riding there luck.

Sterling misses a sitter and Aguero is denied a clear penalty.

[Guest]

Raheem is so bad

[NickisBHAFC]

Goalllllllllll

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Raheem's finishing is so bad

Fixed

[NickisBHAFC]

Mignolet from villain to hero

[Guest]

Might not be PL but **** it. Why did Mignolet get a contract extension?

Scouse humour I assume.

[hampo17]

One mistake, but three or four real class saves that have kept Liverpool in the final.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

He's not saved the easiest one somehow

[NickisBHAFC]

That save from Aguero is up there with the best this season.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Lallana is my most hated English player

He's so bad and such a douche

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Willy Caballero the most unlikely of heroes

[Guest]

echo that Olly. Not surprised by that result, city pen line up far stronger

[westisbest]

Lallana is my most hated English player

He's so bad and such a douche

Im sure he will be so offended by being called a douche

[Guest]

Aguero "I'm happy with Willy..."

Maradona's daughter never stood a chance.

[TRUSSMAN66]

Well done City.....Might only be the carling cup but it's always good to win..

[Crimey]

Gutted to have lost.

It does show just how far behind Europe's elite Manchester City are though and Guardiola does have his toughest task on his hands. Against a back four consisting of Lucas and Toure for 85 minutes and James Milner at left back for 45, they managed one goal thanks to a goalkeeping mistake. That is really poor. Any of Europe's top teams would have destroyed Liverpool in those circumstances.

The fact that Liverpool only ended up losing on penalties, despite playing pretty poor for most of the match says a lot for me.

They need a huge amount of investment, AGAIN. They've allowed the squad to age and haven't got the depth to compete effectively.

Yaya Toure will go in the summer, probably Mangala, Demichelis, Bony at least will go as well. They'll spend upwards of £30 million on another central defender most likely, Laporte now been linked. They need a replacement for Toure, more depth up front, probably another wide player, they've got four ageing full backs.

[Fernando]

Im not sure you can say that about Citeh really. It was just a lack of chance taking & a blatant penalty being ignored (Why go down when he could finish the game) If Raheem took his it could of been 3/4-0 easily.

[Stella]

The best team won yesterday, and it could and should have been by a few. Plus they're easing into the quarters of the CL. Pep will have to tweak but still has a decent spine, plus flair, when all fit.

[Crimey]

They never took control of the game at all in the way you'd expect from a team that wants to be amongst the likes of Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid. They never looked comfortable and really only got any kind of fortune taking advantage of Moreno's awful positioning. I'm surprised people are being so positive of them when Liverpool played so poorly, had a makeshift defence and yet City only managed to win on penalties.

[Fernando]

It doesn't matter how you win as long as you do especially in cup finals. I wish a few at the emirates would take note of that. In 3 months time no one will care how bad or well they played all they will note is it saying 2016 League Cup Winners - Man Citeh.

[Crimey]

It doesn't matter how you win as long as you do especially in cup finals. I wish a few at the emirates would take note of that. In 3 months time no one will care how bad or well they played all they will note is it saying 2016 League Cup Winners - Man Citeh.

I'm not denying that, but for long-term prospects, looking at how they won now is a good indication of their future. I think there's still a lot of work to do to turn Manchester City into one of the top teams in Europe. Bayern, Madrid and Barcelona would have destroyed that Liverpool team, I'd have thought Atletico, Juventus and PSG would have been much more comfortable as well. They won, but they certainly didn't look convincing and had Liverpool played as well as they did in their previous match against City, I don't think they'd have won. Liverpool were quite poor really but never looked out of the game.

[LivinginItaly]

Obviously I am disappointed we didn't win the cup yesterday.  However, hopefully performances like that will help convince Klopp, and more importantly the board, of the importance of a major overhaul of the squad this summer which is quite frankly mediocre in too many areas. Rather ironically success in the much-maligned Europa league could be crucial to the summer transfer window given the new route into champions league football for the winner.

[Guest]

Mignolet's howler aside I thought both keepers had excellent games. Used to play in goal at school so have a fondness for good goalkeeping (despise Utd, but think De Gea's excellent) Also thought Lucas preformed admirably at the back and his penalty miss spoiled what was a particularly good game for him.

Moreno's fast becoming a liability and whilst we created some good chances in extra time, we should have been done and dusted before then.

However, much like we've bemoaned our inability to kill teams off this season, had we won the game in extra time, City would have been guilty of squandering the same sort of chances we have all season

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Feel like death warmed up so not at the Carra tonight, not expecting anything bar a loss

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

We're so bad

[Fernando]

Well atleast you are not Aston Villa

Villa 0-1 Everton - Funes Mori

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

No no we lost to Aston villa....

Chelsea could be three up already

[Fernando]

Leicester 0-1 WBA - Salomon Rondon

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

From what I saw Saturday I think a Pulis special could be on there...

[Fernando]

Villa now 2-0 down to Everton with Aaron Lennon scoring

Leicester 1-1 WBA - Drinkwater

[Fernando]

Bournemouth 1-0 Southampton - Steve Cook

Bad news for the bottom 3 that.

[Fernando]

Sunderland 1-0 Palace - Dame N'Doye

Even more bad news for Norwich & Newcastle fans.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Courtois just picked up a back pass, like an actual one and the ref did nothing lol

[NickisBHAFC]

Palace losing again LOL

Lovely goal by former Brighton youngster Steve Cook there! Bournemouth playing very well.

[Guest]

Palace are pissin' me off
Southampton are pissin' me off
Chelsea are doing a good job

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Costa a yard offside there, but we're miles out of this

All but down

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