Official English Premiership Thread

[Webb]

So then, everything Prem related in here, that includes domestic and European football. Thread name just sounded better, thats all.

This weeks highlights -

Liverpool get goalless draw in Eindhoven - An unfortunate draw for Liverpool as they dominate away from home with star performances from Kuyt and Agger.

Chelsea take 3 points at home against Bremen - An easy 3 points for Chelsea as Essien stars and Ballack takes the penalty kick duty from Lampard.

Man Utd take 3 in the close encounter of the Brits - Solskjaer and Saha get United the 3 points in a 3-2 thriller at Old Trafford.

Last years' finalists Arsenal take all three away from home - So Arsenal won 2-1 after Hamburg's keeper gets sent off and a superb strike from Rosicky. Good start for the Gunners considering the start to the league they are having.

THIS WEEKS HOT TOPICS -

Chelsea v. Liverpool
Manchester United v. Arsenal

So without doubt the biggest weekend of the Prem with the star 4 in action against each other.

[snafegeeza]

Dont forget Sheff utd against Reading. :eek:

[Webb]

Dont forget Sheff utd against Reading. :eek:

Funny you should say that. I was gonna mention that game :p There is also a London derby, Tottenham vs Fulham :)

[Erutaerc]

*ahem* Top of the league, we're 'avin' a laugh, top of the league, we're 'avin' a laugh!

*runs*

[Minty]

Highlight of the week- Argyles comeback for a 3-3 after being 3-0 down against Cardiff ;)

[Webb]

I did notice that Minty, was quite shocked TBH lol

So then, UEFA tonight, good luck to the English teams :) Nice to see Tottenham win it this year. I think they have every chance ;)

[invincible rob]

Chelsea - 1 liverpool - 0
Arsenal - 1 manchester united - 0
and portsmouth are still top of the table.

[Webb]

I know! Whats up with that! lol

Chelsea were lucky sons of man!

[Webb]

Liverpool win 2-0 against the Magpies and Alonso scores from his own half!!!

Crazy shit man! Alonso. I officially am not worthy :bow: :p

Kuyt off the mark as well. Still not playing too well though.

[Blue Spatula]

Liverpool win 2-0 against the Magpies and Alonso scores from his own half!!!

Crazy shit man! Alonso. I officially am not worthy :bow: :p

Kuyt off the mark as well. Still not playing too well though.
It has got to be the best goal of the season so far

[TheFincher]

Notice this hasnt been updated for a while........ Im a massive Tottenham Hotspur fan and if anyone other than me is interested they are playing Balckburn on Sunday which is being shown on Sky Sports 1, My prediction for the game is going to be 3-1 to the mighty Spurs with Robbie Keane to score first............ Wonder what odds id get on that at the bookies!!!

[Webb]

Spurs are in dire form so I'll presume it would be pretty good odds from a punters perspective. 3 or 4 to 1 maybe?

[TheFincher]

Spurs are in dire form so I'll presume it would be pretty good odds from a punters perspective. 3 or 4 to 1 maybe?

Dire form.......... How can you possibly say that? Before their 3-1 loss to Reading at the weekend they had a run of 8 games undefeated including a 2-1 win over Chelsea at the fortress that is White Hart Lane, Blackburn are the out of form team so i reckon a good game for us

[Webb]

Look where you are in the table man, Tottenham and Liverpool should be in the top 6 and thus puts them both under the dire form category. Undefeated, but a shit load of lucky draws, take the Villa game for one!

Check the odds online on that result and let me know ;) Cause I have a feeling that's pretty accurate.

[TheFincher]

Firstly.......... Are you following me ;)

I do agree that our current position in the table isnt the best but at least things can only get better!!

Current odds on Skybet for Spurs winning 3-1 (It is at Ewood Park) is 20/1 but cant get the odds for Robbie scoring first......... Almost worth a flutter i reckon

[Webb]

20-1, so my 3-4 to 1 was a tad generous :p

And I always click the new posts button, so wherever you are, I'll be there :biglaugh

Sounds a bit stalkerish :S Oh dear! lol Buit seriously, they should be higher :p

[TheFincher]

seriously, they should be higher :p

Agreed!

I always use new posts button too, great feature.

I take it its not a regular thing this thread being updated then? I might have to start posting the weeks fixtures up and asking for predictions!!

Who do you support matey?

[Webb]

Liverpool through and through mate :D

[TheFincher]

This weekends Premiership fixtures:

12:45 Man City - Fulham
15:00 Arsenal - Newcastle
15:00 Chelsea - West Ham
15:00 Everton - Bolton
15:00 Portsmouth - Watford
15:00 Reading - Charlton
15:00 Sheff Utd - Man Utd
17:15 Middlesbro - Liverpool
13:30 Wigan - Aston Villa
16:00 Blackburn - Tottenham

My predictions:

Man City will beat Fulham, Good home form this season and are starting to pick up a bit after their bad start........ Having Micah Richards play a full 90 minuted for England is a big boost too - 2-0 to City

Unfortunately Arsenal will beat Newcastle, With the Magpies shoddy defence and the way the Gunners can attack i see this as a bit of a no brainer - 3-0 to Arsenal

I reckon that Westham will give Chelsea a good run for their money although i still see them edging the win....... The best the Hammers can hope for is a hard fought draw - 1-0 to Chelsea

Everton and Bolton are 2 tough teams and i see this as being a low scoring game probably with Bolton grabbing a late winner - 1-0 to Bolton

Portsmouth are in need of a decent win and i see Watford giving it to them - 2-1 to Pompey

When a team gets a new manager they usually have a couple of games where they win so unfortunately i see Charlton winning this one although id prefer Reading too!! - 2-0 to Charlton, Darren Bent to score both!

On Man Utd's current form i dont see them losing to Sheffield United even if it is at Bramell Lane, easy win for them - 4-1 to United

Boro against Liverpool i see as the scousers winning, if Stevie G can pull another goal out of the bag like last years winner against them then that suits me - 2-0 to Liverpool

Wigan against Villa should be interesting, My heart says Wigan but my head says Villa so my head it is......... Close game though - 2-1

And Finally Blackburn against Tottenham....... Ive expressed my views on this in my above posts

We shall see on Monday how well ive done!!

What does everyone else think?

[Webb]

12:45 Man City - Fulham DRAW
15:00 Arsenal - Newcastle HOME WIN
15:00 Chelsea - West Ham HOME WIN
15:00 Everton - Bolton DRAW
15:00 Portsmouth - Watford HOME WIN
15:00 Reading - Charlton DRAW
15:00 Sheff Utd - Man Utd AWAY WIN
17:15 Middlesbro - Liverpool DRAW :eek: 0-0 written all over it :(
13:30 Wigan - Aston Villa AWAY WIN
16:00 Blackburn - Tottenham AWAY WIN

[TheFincher]

My predictions:

Man City will beat Fulham, Good home form this season and are starting to pick up a bit after their bad start........ Having Micah Richards play a full 90 minuted for England is a big boost too - 2-0 to City

Unfortunately Arsenal will beat Newcastle, With the Magpies shoddy defence and the way the Gunners can attack i see this as a bit of a no brainer - 3-0 to Arsenal

I reckon that Westham will give Chelsea a good run for their money although i still see them edging the win....... The best the Hammers can hope for is a hard fought draw - 1-0 to Chelsea

Everton and Bolton are 2 tough teams and i see this as being a low scoring game probably with Bolton grabbing a late winner - 1-0 to Bolton

Portsmouth are in need of a decent win and i see Watford giving it to them - 2-1 to Pompey

When a team gets a new manager they usually have a couple of games where they win so unfortunately i see Charlton winning this one although id prefer Reading too!! - 2-0 to Charlton, Darren Bent to score both!

On Man Utd's current form i dont see them losing to Sheffield United even if it is at Bramell Lane, easy win for them - 4-1 to United

Boro against Liverpool i see as the scousers winning, if Stevie G can pull another goal out of the bag like last years winner against them then that suits me - 2-0 to Liverpool

Wigan against Villa should be interesting, My heart says Wigan but my head says Villa so my head it is......... Close game though - 2-1

And Finally Blackburn against Tottenham....... Ive expressed my views on this in my above posts

We shall see on Monday how well ive done!!

What does everyone else think?

Well not doing too bad so far....... although it was 3-1 to City they did win by 2 goals!

Arsenal and Newcastle drawing was a great result for Newcastle and Spurs fans!! Shay Given was on fire yesterday.

Cheslea - Westham exactly right!

Got the Everton and Bolton one round the wrong way but knew it would be tight.

Pompey score exactly right.

Charlton are shit....... FACT!

Man Utd didnt quite manage 4 but they should have with the chances they created.

Webbmeister was damn right about Boro Liverpool........ what a shocking game!


Spurs play today......... Come on boys!

[graemelunn]

I'm sorry to have to post this as I run the risk of Webb going off on one - but JESUS CHRIST REF HOW CAN YOU BOOK ALONSO FOR DIVING???????? I watched the entire Liverpool v Arsenal game and saw Arsenal playing every cheap shot in the book to try and win. Alonso got clattered. Stupid tackle plain and simple, yet the referee gets it wrong. And no-one can accuse me of bias - as a Man U fan, I hate both teams equally, but it's about time that shit refs had some kind of action taken against them.

End of rant - prediction Utd 3 - Villa 1 , first goal Larsson.

[Webb]

To be honest man, I don't blame the ref for that game, I blame Dudek and Crouch as both are equally as shit!!! Dudek should have saved two of the three goals, Reina would have... And Crouch :mad::mad: Don't get me started on that dick! I'm so hoping that Newcastle buy him and we get Villa :D

[graemelunn]

You've as much chance of getting David Villa as a nun has of catching syphallis ! He'll probably end up at Old Trafford just to rub salt into that scouse wound ;) .
Seriously though, I think Utd will sign either him or Torres as well as Christian Bale.

Prediction = close, oh so close !!!

[Webb]

Close? Wasn't it 1-1? lol Or did I turn off too soon?

Villa will come with the Spanish contingent over at Anfield and you know it fella ;)

[graemelunn]

You definitely turned off too soon. Good old Ole does it right at the death again!!
Ref transfers - we'll see, but I think Benitez needs to shed some dead wood first - its the only way for you guys to progress - you're carrying too many people or have too many whom have sporadic patches of form.
Cant wait til we play you lot next....lol

[Arran]

Oba, Obafem
Oba, Obafem
Oba, Obafem
Obafemi Martinssss

Tottenham 1 Newcastle 3

GET IN THIER MY SON!

[graemelunn]

Liverpool - Chelsea
Arsenal - Man Utd
Now thats a Grand Slam Weekend!!
Predictions anyone?
Mine:
Liverpool 1 Chelsea 2
Arsenal 1 Man Utd 2

[Webb]

Liverpool lead!!!!! 1-0!!!!! Dirk Kuyt is a legend!!! Woohoo!!!! :D

[Webb]

2-0!!!!!! Jermaine Pennant!!!! What a screamer!!!! :woop:

[Minty]

We have an edit button ya konw :p

Pennants goal- sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet :D

Good to see CHelsea go down- hopefully will push Jose a bit more

[Webb]

lolz

I knew you'd say that!

I would be very disappointed if we allowed them back in to this game at all. Lets hope we are as good this half as we were last half.

[graemelunn]

Haven't seen a Chelsea defense so crap in ages!!!! They're crapping themselves trying to challenge Crouch! Great goal Pennant and fabulous finish from Kuyt. My prediction's gone to shit and I can't see Chelski getting back into this one...

[Webb]

Today is gonna be a good day me thinks :)

37 mins left, could do with a third to finish them off.

And Lunn fella, your prediction would always go to shit when you say the mighty Liverpool will lose ;)

[graemelunn]

You will lose.... when we play you next ;).
Good to see the emotional rollercoaster of football lives on, eh Webb, what was the cup score??? 6-what? :eek:

Holy shit, I think Riise almost broke the bar!!!
Oh and I found an archive pic of Rio Ferdinand - awesome top-lippage :)
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p239/graemelunn/RIO.gif

[Webb]

Cup games don't count, especially the Carling cup :p

Wait till we sign Villa, then we will be all conquering ;)

[graemelunn]

Villa will come with the Spanish contingent over at Anfield and you know it fella ;)

Cup games don't count, especially the Carling cup :p

Wait till we sign Villa, then we will be all conquering ;)
Unless you won it, I suppose then it would count :p
Are you still on Villa??? You have no chance mate - the only places he'll be off to are Barca or Madrid.

[Webb]

I want him to come dammit! lol I signed him on FM, thats how much I want him to come! :p

[graemelunn]

I want him to come dammit! lol I signed him on FM, thats how much I want him to come! :p
Hmmmmm.... and didn't he get injured for you as well... there's an omen.

[Webb]

Only for short periods. He's worth 35 million now and scores every game near enough ;)

[graemelunn]

One statement to sum up today's game:
:mad: :mad: :mad: WE WERE ROBBED:mad: :mad: :mad:

[Webb]

Or a more appropriate statement, "You lost" :p lol

[graemelunn]

Or a more appropriate statement, "You lost" :p lol
Webb, I would respond with something witty and original... but I'm just too angry at the moment. Even the Mrs. has gone out of my way to do some ironing :eek: .
Watching it with an Arsenal supporting Father-in-Law didn't help either.
Oh, and Eboue wins my Dirtiest Bastard of the Year award.
Still got a 6 point gap though - turns out Liverpool did us a big favour this weekend, as well as Abramovich doing us a favour in his rift with Jose.

[Webb]

Well either way, it was a good weekend for us ;) Whats that I hear? Back in the title race :D

[graemelunn]

Well either way, it was a good weekend for us ;) Whats that I hear? Back in the title race :D
Webb....Webb....WAKE UP WEBB !!
Now it's OK mate, here's a hot cup of tea, you've just been having a nice dream but now it's all over. What a nasty bump to the head you've had, it's OK, the world will seem all normal soon.
Just to let you know, whilst you were out you were spouting all sorts of crap in your delerium: Villa signing for Liverpool, Spain winning the Euros... all kinds of crazy shit.
As I said, the world will seem all normal soon. :p

[Ryo]

Damn Middlesbrough to hell.

[Webb]

God the ref in this Barca v. Liverpool game is garbage!!!!! :mad::mad:

[xJoex]

God the ref in this Barca v. Liverpool game is garbage!!!!! :mad::mad:
At least you won!!!! good to see the english clubs doing well in europe! (come on chelsea!:D :D )

Anyone got any predictions on the carling cup final? personally, i think arsenals young guns will be too quick and slick for chelsea's 'john terry-less' defence:( but i think theres gonna be goals for both teams (hopefully:o )

[Baggers]

It wont be a John Terry-less defence :P He's starting apparently.

[Webb]

True, but the ref was still garbage :p Still gotta get a result at home. No easy task against Barcelona!

I'd say 2-1 Chelsea tomorrow, Arsenal always bottle it ;)

[xJoex]

True, but the ref was still garbage :p Still gotta get a result at home. No easy task against Barcelona!

I'd say 2-1 Chelsea tomorrow, Arsenal always bottle it ;)
Good Prediction!;) but poor JT:( i dont think he will play again this season:( shame the final was ruined by the injury and the fight:boxer whats the bet that the fa slam down on that!? 3 or 5 match ban?:confused: But oh well we won the first of (hopefully) 4!:drunk

[Webb]

Fancy that, me getting it right :p lol

I'm sure that will be all you win this season in all honesty. The league is all but gone and can not see that lot winning Europe (no offence). Maybe the FA Cup is still possible...

[xJoex]

Yer i think you might be right:( I can just see chelsea losing to porto and even if they dont they will proberly get knocked out in the Quarters! i think the league will be close (1-3 points) but man u will grab it:( i think there is still a chance in the fa cup but spurs wont exactly be easy (remember last time:mad: )

Nice to see Terry isnt too bad but he wont play for a couple of weeks because it was a head injury!

[Webb]

At least the league is a little closer this year. Next year is going to be even closer seeing as Liverpool have a lot of cash to spend and Arsenal's kids will be even better.

Should be fun :D

[xJoex]

Yer! its boring when someone runs away with it because theres more of a climax when its the last game of the season and it goes down to a few points or goal difference!

Does anyone know what the rules are on Qualifying for the champions league and uefa cup? i think they changed it when the president of uefa changed:confused: i just wanna know if Reading have a chance to get into europe (because there my nearest(sucsessful) club, before anyone says i change teams, lol:p )

[Webb]

Not sure to be honest, isn't it top 4 champions league, two have to play a qualifier. 5 and 6 get UEFA and along with the cup winners.

[xJoex]

Thats what i thought but its been all changed apparently because that some countries (like england) where getting more clubs in europe!:rolleyes: We have the best league and clubs therefore we should have them all in europe lol:p

Also last year the runners up in the cups got into europe (remember Millwall!)

[Webb]

Millwall only got a place because the winners were already in Europe though ;)

[xJoex]

ooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh yer now i remember! Hail Webbs Footy brain:rock lol! ;)

[xJoex]

FOR GODS SAKE!!!! how did man utd win that!!!???:eek: Liverpool were robbed of at least a point and thats the title race over in my opinion!:mad:

[Webb]

Tell me about it *sigh*

We were all over them all second half :(

[dompimpine]

United have been playing terrible for the past month or so. They have been so lucky to beat Fulham and Liverpool. Both were flukes. They beat Lille 1-0 today though. Hopefully they can pull it together and bring the Premiership trophy back to Old Trafford!

PS Barca is out of the Champs League : )

[Aprosa]

PS Barca is out of the Champs League : )

Arsenal also :woop:

[DarkDementia]

Hey guys, a very happy chelsea fan here reporting into the thread. Great result last weekend huh :)

[graemelunn]

So Man Utd drop points against Pompey (Worst I've seen Utd play all season - yes that includes the flukey win against Fulham), Chelsea pick up a valuable 3 points against Spurs (Damn you Robinson, you long-range liability!) and now both teams face a struggle to get through their Champions League ties against Roma and Valencia respectively.

So what are the predictions then guys?
Here's mine:
Man Utd to finish league level on points with Chelsea but win league due to superior goal difference.
Man Utd beaten but Chelsea go through in Tuesday's Champions League games. (This hurt to type, but on form, I can't see Utd turning Roma over - I hope the Manc Police keep an eye on the Ultras though...).

[XGC XCore]

im going for chelsea all the way

and down with man u

hate to say it

but im true to the blue

[Arran]

Newcastle to make a late push for Europe.

Man Utd to crumble like Newcastle did 11 years ago!

[graemelunn]

Half Time
Man U 4 - 0 Roma
I love it when i'm wrong :woop: :drunk :woop:

[Webb]

Well, it took you a while to post that, cause it's 6-0 now :nana

Chelsea - Valencia is an even affair - 1-1. Could be extra time :eek:

[graemelunn]

Bastard!!! I'm watching it slightly delayed on SkyHD+ !!!

[XGC XCore]

uh oh extra time is never good

[graemelunn]

Yeah, they'll probably want an extra match fee knowing Chelski's boys ;)

[Webb]

Chelsea - Liverpool semi finals then =/

[Baggers]

Who cares about Chelsea? Man Utd just smashed Italy's second best team 7-1 !!

What an amazing game, absolutely unbelievable..

[Webb]

Roma aren't that good? Come on, fair enough it's a good result, but they haven't got the class to be in the quarters.

I care about Chelsea cause thats who we get in the semi's ;)

[Xterm1n8or]

Roma aren't that good? Come on, fair enough it's a good result, but they haven't got the class to be in the quarters.

I care about Chelsea cause thats who we get in the semi's ;)

Oh come on! Roma have knocked out a side expected to challenge for the cup in Lyon, and quite comfortably i add. Man utd just played scintilating football tonight and i don't care who you support, they deserve all the credit they get! And yes, i am a united fan :p

[Webb]

Lyon lead the French league which is sub standard and is run by a English League failure, hardly says a lot for them :p

[xJoex]

Hey everyone!!! Just got back from new york and well... i watched chelsea (luckely) beat spurs, in a irish pub and went to the apple store and used the macs to youtube rios OG:D . but now i get home to see that man u have won 7 - 1 and chelsea have just got through in the last mins!!!

My prediction is; Man u Vs Milan (Milan win) and Chelsea Vs Liverpool (GOD KNOWS!?!) as for the premiership if Man u don't win it will be Rio's fault!!!:p

[Xterm1n8or]

Lyon lead the French league which is sub standard and is run by a English League failure, hardly says a lot for them :p

ha good comeback. remind me never to question your godly football knowledge again :p .

oh yes, congratulations to chelsea, hopefully if liverpool get through which is just a formality, then 3/4 semifinalists are english, which is great for english football. My predictions:

Munich 2 - 1 Milan (4-3 aggregate)
L'pool 2 - 0 PSV (5-0 agg)

Semis

Liverpool to beat chelsea

Man utd to beat Munich

Final

Man utd 10 - 0 L'pool :p
no really utd 2 - 1 lpool

[Webb]

I reckon we'll sink Chelsea and Man Utd will be too occupied with the Premiership to get past an impressive Milan or a not dead yet Munich.

Liverpool - Milan final and Milan get revenge for last time. Thats how I call it.

[graemelunn]

Oh Webb, Houllier only failed because the team he was in charge of were shit.:p

Man U - Liverpool final, Scousers to choke.

Premiership is going to hinge on the Utd-Chelsea game - a 5p/50p game for all United and Chelsea fans there methinks...

[Webb]

Houllier is shit man, he spent millions and got nothing but shit players. Now Benitez on the other hand, there is a class manager ;)

[graemelunn]

Houllier is shit man, he spent millions and got nothing but shit players. Now Benitez on the other hand, there is a class manager ;)
I think the Scouse scouting system may have had something to do with it. But, yeah, ok, Houllier is shit. He was probably alright once but got tainted by Scouse and has been on a slippery slope since. :p
Good luck against Chelski though in the CL Semis... a Man U - Liverpool final, now THERE's a game...

[Webb]

You have to get past Milan first ;) You lost the last time you met if I remember rightly! lol :D

[wolfyio]

Liverpool 1 - 0 PSV Eindhoven

a simple solid game ;)

My bet is a Liverpool - Man Utd final, with Liverpool coming out on top 3 - 2. COME ON LIVERPOOL :D

Chelsea shouldn't be that much of a threat


btw I was told that Ronaldo is being offered £150k a week if he stays with Man Utd next season, is that true? Gah I despise him.

[xJoex]

Congratulations Manchester United for winning the premiership.

But the Blues will be back next season on a high after winning the F.A Cup!!!:D

[graemelunn]

:woop: :woop: :woop: :woop: Doesn't really need words but it's gonna be great getting the trophy in Chelsea's backyard :p

[shearer06]

Gotta say i fell sorry for Roeder but Big Sam should get us playin some nice "Brutal" football ;)

[T FUNK 1984]

I know what you mean about Roeder but I don't think he could have taken us any further. Hope big Sam is the man to take the team forward!

Read a rumour about Phil Scolari being interested in the job but can't see it happening.

[Webb]

What about Sven? I heard he was rumoured to be wanting the post :eek:

[shearer06]

I was'nt surprised at the sven link - just think he would be too laid back for the prem !!

[Webb]

OMG, Sheff Utd went down, how the hell did that happen? :eek:

Oh well, absolutely classic season!!!! :D

[graemelunn]

Shef Utd were unfortunately the architects of their own downfall today - idiotic penalty to give away when goal difference played such a huge factor.

I'm disappointed as I really wanted Wigan to go down. At the risk of being controversial, I didn't agree with the sour grapes evidenced by Dave Whelan after the verdict was reached over the whole West Ham-Transfer episode.
I also have lost a lot of respect for Paul Jewell this season, seems all he did between seasons last year was go to moaning, bitching and crying school.

As Webb said, classic season, one of the most dramatic seasons of recent times, cementing the Premiership's position as most exciting league in Europe.

Now bring on the FA Cup Final. PLEASE just make it more exciting than Wednesdays piss-poor dress rehearsal...

[shearer06]

Its gonna be a classic i reckon + it gives jose - 1 more game to moan about :mad:

[nelsonscolumn]

Was that just not the worst FA cup final in history!! I don't think it helped that last years was such a cracker!

[shearer06]

Yep, so boring - both sides terrified of losing too much, i so wanted penalties !!

[nelsonscolumn]

Is this thread going to get turned into a transfer discussion topic now that the season is over and every player in the world who had a half decent season will be linked with Chelski for at least £20 mill

[dompimpine]

United finally snagged Hargreaves! Bayern wanted to keep him so bad but 17 million pounds changed their mind pretty quick. Hopefully he turns out to be worth the cash, and United have some more good buys this summer.

[Webb]

Hargreaves, 17 million = rip off lol

I heard AC are lining up a 28 million bid for Drogba!!! :eek:

[dompimpine]

That would be amazing. Get him out of England. It would certainly make things much easier for United.

I have mixed feelings about Hargreaves. As long as he gets over his injury and plays as well as he did in the World Cup i will be fine. But I'm wondering where this leaves Carrick? He mustn't be happy being replaced after a year. His play was pretty good, I thought he played up to United's standards.

Oh well we will have to wait and see.

[Webb]

I personally think Fergie see's Hargreaves AND Carrick playing in the centre, I mean, Scholes is no spring chicken anymore, he must be 32/33 now. So there will probably be some rotation till Scholes has passed it.

I'm still not sure why he hasn't attempted to fill the more important positions, like a striker to play with Rooney or another winger to play on the opposite wing of Ronaldo, cause lets be honest, Fletcher isn't that good!

As for my team (Liverpool), watch this space, we're gonna sign some HUGE players in the summer ... I hope :p We have the cash now :woop:

[dompimpine]

Ha I never thought of Hargreaves and Carrick playing together. Scholes has just been a definite choice in the midfield for so long. It will be sad to see him and Giggs leave, along with a few others.

[nelsonscolumn]

Ah but have you not noticed that United are playing 3 up top with 3 in midfield - I can see him playing all 3 with giggs ronaldo and rooney up top. However yes we need a striker - Torres would be nice - and probably another winger - but considering the transfer window hasn't started yet there's plenty of time.

[xJoex]

As for my team (Liverpool), watch this space, we're gonna sign some HUGE players in the summer ... I hope :p We have the cash now :woop:
Is David Villa still connected with liverpool...? If he came to England we would have some top goalscorer contest. Drogba (If he stays), Ronaldo, Villa, Rooney and many others which i can't think of atm...:p

[Webb]

David Villa has been linked with Liverpool, United AND Chelsea, so who knows where he'll go. I personally think he'll stay at Valencia cause he going to cost a shit load!!!

We defo need a prolific striker though!!! :D

[xJoex]

David Villa has been linked with Liverpool, United AND Chelsea, so who knows where he'll go. I personally think he'll stay at Valencia cause he going to cost a shit load!!!

We defo need a prolific striker though!!! :D

Oh, i didn't know he had been linked with United and Chelsea... but who isn't linked with Chelsea!? lol!:D Yeah, he will cost so much it won't be worth it in the end...

I just hope, for all the liverpool fans sake, that liverpool don't go mental and buy some semi-decent, passed it or injured player for a load of money like Chelsea did, because as a Chelsea fan i know that you will always be given stick for the money your club has spent and its even worse when the moneys been spent on players that don't help the club progress in any way.:(

[Davey_Pitch]

I just hope, for all the liverpool fans sake, that liverpool don't go mental and buy some semi-decent, passed it and/or injured player for a load of money like Chelsea did (aka Sheva),

You think Shevchenko is a semi-decent, past it footballer? Do you even watch football? He is a world-class striker played in a team and a system that doesn't suit his style whatsoever. If he went back to Milan (which I doubt he will, this summer at least) you'd see him banging the goals back in. Just because he doesn't fit into the Chelsea system, it doesn't make him a poor footballer.

[xJoex]

No way! I can see why you thought this because of the way i worded it. Sorry. I meant that Sheva came to Chelsea injured and then was expected to play the English game straight away, but didn't, so people (not me personally) thought that he wasn't all that any more. I used passed it and semi-decent, but they were not directed at Sheva.

I think Sheva's still great but he had a slow start because of the injury, and that he has to play in a different system. I will edit it so it doesn't seem like i'm a Shevchenko hater.;)

Also, yes i do watch football:p

[Davey_Pitch]

I reckon if Sheva stays he could be a real hit next year. Drogba was amazing last year but he was awful his first season in the Prem, falling over at almost every opportunity and missing easy chances. It does take a while to adjust to the English game, and Sheva is world-class, and class usually shows in the end.

[Webb]

He's on the wrong end of his peak though, it's only downhill from where he is. I personally think that he's not comfortable with the lack of time and lack of space he gets on the ball. In the Prem, you have players on you within seconds so have to act quick whereas Italy, he was probably dictating the pace of the game.

[dompimpine]

I completely agree with you webby. No other league can compete with the pace of the prem, especially the italian league. The game there is much more strategic (sp?) and slow. In the premiership its all quick reactions, just the way i like it.

[Davey_Pitch]

He's on the wrong end of his peak though, it's only downhill from where he is. I personally think that he's not comfortable with the lack of time and lack of space he gets on the ball. In the Prem, you have players on you within seconds so have to act quick whereas Italy, he was probably dictating the pace of the game.
Oh I agree, the Prem is far faster than Italian footy, but he's had a big number of chances this season that he should definitely have put away, the kind he would usually put away in Italy. I just feel that in his case, it's a confidence thing. If he puts a few away early doors next season, we could see him back to his best.

[Bax x360a]

Oh I agree, the Prem is far faster than Italian footy, but he's had a big number of chances this season that he should definitely have put away, the kind he would usually put away in Italy. I just feel that in his case, it's a confidence thing. If he puts a few away early doors next season, we could see him back to his best.
lets bloody hope not!! hargreaves will outscore him :p

[shearer06]

I think shevchenko will go - his work rate was good, its just the fact that ive seen the QE2 turn quicker :)

[nelsonscolumn]

He won't cos its the Russians Multi Billionaire's club... and Shev is his buddy lol. I'd say there is more chance of Mourinho going than Shevchenko

[katirai]

He won't cos its the Russians Multi Billionaire's club... and Shev is his buddy lol. I'd say there is more chance of Mourinho going than Shevchenko

neither of them will leave. kenyon has said that jose will stay and they aint gonna boot shevi when drogba has to go and play in the african nations. he was startin to play a lot better towards the end of the season, hes never been the fastest player in the world and although he has got slower, he does need to adjust to the prem!!

also the mighty newcastle to get topfour at the expense of arsenal!!

[shearer06]

Your not wrong :goodpost

[katirai]

u reckon mickey o will stay? premiership news of the day has to be obafemi martins gettin shot at in lagos:uzi:

[shearer06]

I certainly hope owen stays (don't think he will tho), him or oba playing off of viduka sounds champion to me - just need a class centre back and i think we are definately a top 4 challenger.
Glad oba is ok, must have been scary as hell !!

[Pez]

Fellow Magpie fans eh? Nice one!

What do you think of the 'New Newcastle' so far?

4 new signings, no strings-attached for once. Looks like the combination of Mike Ashley & Big Sam is starting to turn us around, which is nice to see.

The last time Newcastle fans enjoyed supporting Newcastle was under the managing of Bobby Robson, until he lost his managerial touch.

I think we're destined to do well this season. 3 signings, 1 more just about finished (Geremi waiting for his work permit), Newcastle's backstages are taking a turnaround.

You hit the nail right on the head, Arsenal lose out to Newcastle.

~SS

[skuff]

Torres signs for Lfc for 20million, lets hope he does better than Bellendamy and Morrientes :drunk

Edit: Also looks like Bellamy is going (thank god)

[Webb]

Torres signs for Lfc for 20million...

Woohoo!!! Torres!!! Woohoo!! I'm buzzed about this! Awesome signing :woop:

[Adam Miller]

Not great news (annoying scouse neighbor:p) but its good for the English league and will help them beat arsenal out of the third spot next season so its pretty good.

P.S Webb fix your quote :p and whats up with the award showcase 3 1 3 1 1 formation stick with the 4 4 2 :p


Warning this message contains many ":p"

[TheTenthArmy]

So, Sven-Goran Eriksson met the squad at Man City today. Personally, I'm noy overly excited at the prospect of the Swede in charge, but he's got to be better than Stuart Pearce.

The quality of football was as bad as I have ever seen last season, even worse than during our rapid descent into the third tier of english football a few years ago.

Apparantly, Thaksin Shinawatra our new owner will bank roll the club to the tune of 50-60 million for new players. Great news, but considering that we have only 3 premier league standard players on the staff currently (Dunne, Richards and Isaksson), I don't think 60 mill will be enough. There's room for at least 12 more players for the 1st team squad. Even then it would be a small squad.

At the start of last season, I thought we might struggle, this time I think we'll be lucky to get 10 points. Unless Sven has a magic wand of proportions never before seen in professional sport, Man City will be playing Championship football in 2008/09.

[Bax x360a]

I hope Torres is a flop in all honesty and liverpool wasted 20+mil :woop: It makes me laugh how their fans suddenly think their going to own the premiership because theyve bought one good player in, utd have signed 3 top class players with a striker coming aswell!! we will dominate!! mwahaha :)

[Webb]

I hope Torres is a flop in all honesty and liverpool wasted 20+mil :woop: It makes me laugh how their fans suddenly think their going to own the premiership because theyve bought one good player in, utd have signed 3 top class players with a striker coming aswell!! we will dominate!! mwahaha :)

How naive. Last time I checked, Hargreaves was still second rate and the other two are "potential". Liverpool have bought a player on a 6 year contract who is currently a world class striker and is only 23. Just cause your jealous ;) I remember the Man Utd fans last year... "Watch us get Torres and piss the league". Ha! Sour grapes I think ;)

[ThunderStorm101]

Liverpool is win!!!

Great sign, although our "track record" with signing of strikes i really hope doesnt continue, and Garcia left :( i liked him (unless that deal caved in im not sure)

[skuff]

How naive. Last time I checked, Hargreaves was still second rate and the other two are "potential". Liverpool have bought a player on a 6 year contract who is currently a world class striker and is only 23. Just cause your jealous ;) I remember the Man Utd fans last year... "Watch us get Torres and piss the league". Ha! Sour grapes I think ;)

Hargreaves isnt bad, not a league winner though.. And tbh like Webby said the Brazilian and portugeezer are unproven in a top league, i dont have enough fingers to count the amount of young players being hailed as the next big thing and totally flopped

And just signing Torres wont win us the league, but if we sign 2 world class wingers aswell we'll stand a better chance than most for sure

[Webb]

And just signing Torres wont win us the league, but if we sign 2 world class wingers aswell we'll stand a better chance than most for sure

Alves would help as well ;)

[Turbo VDuB 44]

I've never been to an EPL game in England however i finally got tickets with my friends to an Everton v. Manchester United (BOOOO) game in Old Trafford in December. SOOOOOO damn excited. Saw Man U. v. FC Barca a few years back and i'm going to see the LA Galaxy v. Chelsea FC (YAAAAAAA!!!) next week...can't wait to get back to Europe

[katirai]

nani wil b the dogs bollocks. he is class. anderson im not so sure about. and hargreaves is class at what he does, he is an awesome defensive mid.

[oneshotbilly]

Man Utd are behind the pace already :woop:

[joehill91]

Chelsea already got full points 4 ahead of Man U.
But we still have to beat Liverpool 2moro. Come on the Blues.

[joehill91]

Alves would help as well ;)
Alves is comin 2 chelsea i hope:confused: 21.5 million

[oneandonlytommo]

i didnt know steve nash was a spurs fan :eek: was watching match of the day last night and he was there at the spurs derby match.

[Webb]

Woohoo!!! Torres!!! Woohoo!! I'm buzzed about this! Awesome signing :woop:

He's the man :cool:

1-0 HT. Come on you reds, lets finish it off so we can pull further away from Man Utd :D

[xJoex]

He's the man :cool:

1-0 HT. Come on you reds, lets finish it off so we can pull further away from Man Utd :D

*sigh*

I can't really see Chelsea winning, hopefully we will grab a point...:(

[Webb]

Pizarro... Hmmmm interesting....

Hopefully WE can hang in and take all three. Need another one just to be safe though. Not very often Chelsea go without scoring though =/

[xJoex]

That was NOT a penalty. Unbelievable!!!

[Webb]

I am shocked and in total disbelief. The ref has made a mockery of this game :(

[xJoex]

He's a ref? I thought he was just a random pitch invader, who likes throwing yellow cards around!

I hate it when decent games are ruined by poor desicions!:(

[Webb]

He ought to get some sort of action against him from the FA for...

a.) Such a shit penalty decision.
b.) Booking Essien twice and let him stay on the pitch :mad:

Well annoyed!!

[xJoex]

I agree that the penalty call was crap, but APPARENTLY he only booked Terry.... But why he had to show him the card twice, I don't know!

He ruined a potential good game IMO.

[Turbo VDuB 44]

It was still a great game...the ref certainly ruined it, however Chelsea and Pool played one hell of a match

[Webb]

I was impressed by Benitez's "say what you feel" exercise in the interview at the end :D

[Turbo VDuB 44]

lol. Mourinho was saying that we are a naive bunch and play the game...even tho i love my blues...drogba should be a professional actor. However Torres did quite the bit of acting himself...twice he flopped a full 2 strides after he was touched and it was called, once for a yellow. Man City won the Derby tho, meaning Manu is in 16th!!!!!!!!!

[oneshotbilly]

I would love to introduce Mr Styles to Mr Stanley...

[TheTenthArmy]

1 Man City:woop:
2 Chelsea
3 Wigan
4 Everton
5 Portsmouth
6 Newcastle
7 Arsenal
8 Blackburn
9 Liverpool
10 Reading
11 Sunderland
12 Tottenham
13 Fulham
14 Middlesbrough
15 West Ham
16 Man Utd:p
17 Aston Villa
18 Birmingham
19 Derby
20 Bolton

If you ask me, the league table has never looked so good!

Come on City, only 35 games to go, you can do it!!

[oneshotbilly]

6-0!!! Liverpool did me proud even without Stevie G and carragher :uzi:

Fuck Rob styles.

[conor bp]

lol. Mourinho was saying that we are a naive bunch and play the game...even tho i love my blues...drogba should be a professional actor. However Torres did quite the bit of acting himself...twice he flopped a full 2 strides after he was touched and it was called, once for a yellow. Man City won the Derby tho, meaning Manu is in 16th!!!!!!!!!

all im gona say is if ur a city fan how longs it bin 31 , 32 years ? and winning 3 matches means ur now sudnly the best team in the league? u wont be winning many more thts all im gona say

[jimbonoel]

West Ham are gunna do great this season

[jimbonoel]

oh yeah join the premier league fantasy football its brilliant

[Turbo VDuB 44]

wtf is wrong with chelsea.....this is starting to piss me off....

[Webb]

Hate to say it man, but they've been relying on a few players for a while now and this is what happens when those few don't perform.

Chelsea were a one man team most of last year with Drogba in my opinion. This year people are marking him more vigorously.

[Turbo VDuB 44]

Drogba is an amazing talent but has done nothing. Shevchenko...i don't even want to get started with him....and i'm a huge Ballack fan...and he has been out forever and a day because of his ankle.

this weekend will be a real test facing Man U.

[Webb]

I'm hoping for a draw :p

[Turbo VDuB 44]

lol...that way pool and arsenal get even further ahead....but after watching this weekends game v Blackburn...i'm hoping for a draw too...

[Webb]

I've been surprised by Arsenal to be honest. I mean, I've seen them play a fair bit this season and they've been poor but still got the results.

As for my mighty Reds. I believe we should top by a few points now, was cheated out of 3 points against Chelsea and weren't prepared for the lunchtime kick off against Portsmouth and I do agree with Benitez that it was ridiculous to ask a team to play on a Saturday lunchtime after two days training with the squad. So long as we pick up and carry on where we were, I'll be happy :D

As for Man U and Chelsea, I'm pretty sure they will come good soon.

[Turbo VDuB 44]

Ya....having friendly's and euro 08 qualifiers mid-week kind of ruins your club weekend. Even though i'm a die-hard Blues fan i must admit, that PK against you guys was VERY weak. I can see where it came from because it was an off-the-ball hit, however he never should have gone down...he was creeping up on Italian soccer for that dive...

Hopefully it's just a slow start for Chelsea and i would LOVE to see Man U lose by a big margin. Should be interesting to see how the back line holds Tevez...

On a lighter note, my father worked with Matt Oakley's dad 3 years ago when he still played for Southhampton FC so i have a gameworn long sleeve jersey from him which is sick. I decided to slap him on my fantasy team and he has 3 goals already!!!

[AJMac]

Glad to see you two are doing well. The not so mighty whites are sitting comfortably at the bottom of the table. Hopefully Sammy Lee will be gone any time soon.

[Webb]

Sammy Lee is a good coach, but hmmmm, not sure of his managing credentials just yet, and he has HUGE boots to fill. I reckon Big Sam was like a size 11 :p lol

[Pez]

I'm a size 11. ;) Big Sam has done well at Newcastle so far, despite the 1-0 loss to Derby. Every manager makes mistakes, that's why every team loses games.

~SS

[Bax x360a]

I've been surprised by Arsenal to be honest. I mean, I've seen them play a fair bit this season and they've been poor but still got the results.

As for my mighty Reds. I believe we should top by a few points now, was cheated out of 3 points against Chelsea and weren't prepared for the lunchtime kick off against Portsmouth and I do agree with Benitez that it was ridiculous to ask a team to play on a Saturday lunchtime after two days training with the squad. So long as we pick up and carry on where we were, I'll be happy :D

As for Man U and Chelsea, I'm pretty sure they will come good soon.
Not ready for the game agaisnt pompey? I think you were mate, that's just a hard ass place to go to. Also your tactics were shocking, why did Benitez leave out his two best players in Gerrard and Torres, plus Babel? 3 goalscorers. You've got to play your bets team whenever its available, which liverpool dont, hence why i think we'll retain the premiership this season :) Wazza and Ronaldo back now, plus saha, so tevez has someone to play upfront with, and our defence is good for once. Should be a good title race :woop: Aslong as utd win it hehe.

[xJoex]

Man Utd 2 - Chelsea 0

Mikel shouldn't of been sent off. Joe Cole should of been sent off. Rooney should of been sent off. It wasn't a penelty. Poor poor decisions ruined a potential good match and not for the first time this season.

Apart from that, good goal by Tevez and a decent performance from Chelsea under the circumstances.

[Bax x360a]

that nob shouldnt of been sent off? it was a 2 footed tackle over the ball, extremely dangerous, were lucky Ev's isnt injured. Deffinate Red for me. However, the dirty diving douche joe cole's tackle wasent a red, only a yellow in my opinion. I would have sent the cnut off for good measure though!! Extremely deserved 2-0 from the lads :woop:

[Turbo VDuB 44]

It was a horseshit game...that red on Mikel was bogus. He wins the ball...it slams off the United player then he lands on the guys ankle with 1 foot...the second foot was behind him....it shouldn't have been a yellow...foul yes...but you can't give a red to a guy who wins the ball...then that PK was absolutely bogus as well...he knicks his foot and does some crazy swan dive shit to the ground....are you fucking kidding me?!?! he HAD to have taken lessens from Christiano....

The ref took away from a great game and changed the entire course of it. Tevez did have a nice goal because of shitting defending....but Chelsea could have come back had it not been for Mikel....pure and simple Bullshit

[ever31]

so uhm.........spurs are doing poor then,

oh well i still love martin jol and martin jol loves me

[Turbo VDuB 44]

so uhm.........spurs are doing poor then,

oh well i still love martin jol and martin jol loves me

18th place. Can we say Relegation?!?!?!;)

[ever31]

we can and we cry every night thinking about it

[Turbo VDuB 44]

we can and we cry every night thinking about it

LOL....the way Chelsea is playing we may be joining you:mad:

How bout ManUres 4-0 win this morning....god i would love to :uzi:Cristiano Ronaldo...that diving bitch

[ever31]

its crazy with him, if he could just cut that out then hed be amazing, well hes a great player now, but hes such a prick (can we swear here?) that it just makes people hate him,

its a bit of a funny one today being only 1 3:00pm kick off today,

[Turbo VDuB 44]

Swear all you want my friend. And it's weird. I usually wake up around 10am to watch the back-to-back live games from over there. ManU was on at 745 and the other game wasn't on tv. And tomorrow we're only getting 1 game: Liverpool v. Tottenham. Granted it will be a great game but I'm used to 3 games on Saturday and 1-2 on Sunday. Not 1 per weekend:(

Ronaldo is a GREAT talent but he is a bitch. Plain and simple. I love Drogba but his little "diving" match with Jens Lehman a few years back...I lost a lot of respect for both of them.

EDIT: I've searched all over the internet but does anyone know of a FREE website that I can watch or listen to the games from England? I can only find official team pages that charge $5 per game just to listen to it. Thanks in advance.

[ever31]

least you get the spurs game, its not on over here, but i think this site might help you www.4five1.com but im not sure if its up and running properly yet, basically just a forum like this and the games get embeded

theres something i find funny about grown men rolling around pretending to be injured, did you see the milan - celtic game, dida is a nob and i hope he gets banned or something.

so what do you think will happen at chelsea now? in a nasty way i would kinda like to see the wheels fall off, :)

[Turbo VDuB 44]

LOL that Dida incident has been all over Sportscenter and every other show you can think of. When I saw it i nearly peed a little I was laughing so damn hard. To be carried off on a stretcher with a pack of ice....come on. His legs were fine. If he wanted to make it realistic he should have at least walked off the pitch...Hopefully he gets smashed with fines and suspensions.

As for Chelsea....I don't even know where to begin. We have 0 offensive prowess because Lampard and Drogba are 50/50 to playing anytime soon, and Shevchenko....don't even get me started. I have hated Grant since last season and when I heard he was taking over, I looked around my room and saw $500 of Chelsea shit that I was wondering to myself....what do I do if Grant runs them in the ground. The rumors of the Holland coach, then the Russian coach have all been squashed so now I have no clue who is "in the lead" for the job. I just want them to pick a coach and stick with him. Otherwise I might have to change my allegiance to ManU.........hahahahahaha....just kidding

What is wrong with Tottenham this year? I haven't seen any of their games but saw they've scored very few. Berbatov started out decent I thought but has been quite since then.

And thanks for the website, i'll keep my eyes peeled for games on there.

[ever31]

the spurs thing is strange, i think we are missing ledley king a lot, our defence is too young and immature,and we dont have that midfielder who sits deep and protects the back 4 so basically we are inviting shots, berbatov has showed glimpses of what he is capable of, but i think the defenders have wised up to his game a little and are not giving him the time he needs, i guess we will see where it ends up, we should be ok soon, we play decent enough football, we just need to click

theres still the dutch fella rumours over here, although i think that that may be more as a coach than a manager

[Turbo VDuB 44]

Ya i'm not sure how the Dutch coach rumors are progressing. I heard them about a week or 2 ago but the latest on foxsoccer.com is that he is not in the running and denied he is interested, but the Russian coach is close with Ibra....who knows

[ever31]

yeah, i know theres been a few mumblings of discontent with the fans, not to happy at the mo,

its strange, im not a big fan of chelsea but i did respect and like mourinho

[CaptainKicker]

Im a big Liverpool FC fan, even tough i am from Denmark. But i consider to travel all the way to Liverpool, and watch a match. How much does it cost to get tickets to "the Kop"?

[ever31]

not to sure buddy, average ticket is usually about £60 but being as its in the kop it may be more, best to sign up to a liverpool forum and ask around there

[Perxxxxx]

Liverpool vs Arsenal , what a great match , im so glad Arsenal grabbed a point because they really didnt deserve to lose

[DrH3rbz]

I've been surprised by Arsenal to be honest. I mean, I've seen them play a fair bit this season and they've been poor but still got the results.

Tis quite an old post but still, they started their season well and have kept it going except for today, although I missed the second half sadly, I have no idea why and it is a huge coincidence each time, but every time I watch liverpool play in a match it makes me feel tired, its not because their crap or boring there a good team, but everytime I watch them play I slowly fall asleep xD

[Kannis]

But that is the formula of champions. You can win the few games 4/5-0, but you can also grind out 1-0 results if you have to.

I'm an Arsenal fan, and I think we can hold our own against the top teams. But we have to pick up results against Mid-Table teams if we want to really contend for the title. We'll see the table after 20/25 games and then see how are really the contenders.

[DrH3rbz]

Big game, Arsenal vs. Man U, I'm hoping Arsenal will be able to win it, but it will be a hard match, looking kind of dim I think :(

Both teams playing great so should be a great game.

[PwnOfTheDead]

Here was my Top 5 prediction for this seasons Premiership...

1. Man Utd
2. Liverpool
3. Chelsea
4. Spurs
5. Arsenal

Oh how wrong I am...:D

Lets hope Ramos gives the players a good kick up the backside!

[AJMac]

Here was my Top 5 prediction for this seasons Premiership...

1. Man Utd
2. Liverpool
3. Chelsea
4. Spurs
5. Arsenal

Oh how wrong I am...:D

Lets hope Ramos gives the players a good kick up the backside!

Man Utd, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal were obviously going to be in the top 5. Man City is a big surprise. Too bad Bolton had a surprise of a different sort... :(

[PwnOfTheDead]

I tipped Bolton to get relegated as soon as Big Sam left, them along with Wigan and Derby will get relegated...

[ever31]

so uhm yeah that ref for the spurs game was a bit shite wasnt he, poor little robbie keane, should have had a penalty and i dont look the west ham lot that much

[PwnOfTheDead]

Well they got a penalty in the end and Green made a good save. Should have won though...

[ever31]

yeah but well uhm....yeah stupid defoe, should never have taken it, emotions were too high and hes not that good of a penalty taker

[Gebadire]

Damn, well there goes the cup run for Staines! Slightly off Premiership topic! Liverpool v Bolton and Tottenham v Birmingham tomorrow! I'm going 2-1 Liverpool, 1-0 Tottenham! Anyone else?

[oneandonlytommo]

il go for 3-1 liverpool and 2-1 tottenham

[Gebadire]

Ipswich town season ticket holder! Not doing too bad this season!? We (Burnley) got an awesome result today! 3-1 away to Charlton!

[oneandonlytommo]

we (ipswich) should of beaten you (burnley) up at your place when it was 2-2 we had a goal dissaloud and it was perfectly onside i traveled up for the game aswell :mad:

[Gebadire]

Sorry, didn't mean to rake up the past! Was aiming for idle banter!...

[ever31]

sometimes i hate being a spurs fan

[Gebadire]

Sorry man! Had that one down as a win! What happened to Ramos being the saviour? As for the FA Cup, home tie against Arsenal sounds perfect to me!

[oneandonlytommo]

lucky you. we have portsmouth at home again :(

[ever31]

should of won it, keane should never have gone off, it changed and ruined the game, ramos will get it sorted we just need an experienced centre back and we will be ok

[Gebadire]

Yeah I watched MOTD2 last night, and couldn't see anything wrong with Keanes tackle, It just all happened so fast, and in front of a ref with a love for handing out reds! I thought the the foul earlier on should have been a red though, it was horrible! Birminghams 3rd was a peach though, stunning finish! But like you say, It seemed an unlucky defeat!

[jimbonoel]

Arsenal are gonna win the Prem this season. West Ham for UEFA Cup next year =]

[ever31]

nah arsenal will let it slip the african nations will hit them hard and well i hate them

[DrH3rbz]

Arsenals season to come will be shown next week against Chelsea, if they don't beat Chelsea I highly doubt they will win the premiership this season, its happened before, they do brilliantly, stumble a bit then stumble over completely :(

Draw against Newcastle, loss against middlesbrough now Chelsea next? Not looking good I'm sad to say.

P.S- Don't worry ever31, we hate you guys just as much ;) "We'll be running round Tottenham with our willies hanging out!" :P

[Xterm1n8or]

It was a great game between Man Utd and Liverpool at the weekend. Being a great Man Utd supporter i'm so happy we won and believe we deserved to win as the scousers never took their chances. Anyone watch it agree/ disagree?

[Bax x360a]

It was a great game between Man Utd and Liverpool at the weekend. Being a great Man Utd supporter i'm so happy we won and believe we deserved to win as the scousers never took their chances. Anyone watch it agree/ disagree?
Oh yes, Hargreaves was a god infront of the back four and loserpool never had any good chances. It was blatently a pass from Rooney aswell to Tevez :p Anyone watch the Arsenal Chelski game? Such a shame the arse won :(

[Xterm1n8or]

Oh yes, Hargreaves was a god infront of the back four and loserpool never had any good chances. It was blatently a pass from Rooney aswell to Tevez :p Anyone watch the Arsenal Chelski game? Such a shame the arse won :(

Yeah i watched it. I guess one way you look at it, it kind of takes Chelsea and Liverpool further out the way so its more of a two horse race for the title, whereas if they had of drawn, it would be more of a three horse race, still a long way to go though....

[Bax x360a]

Yeah true, Liverpool are pretty much written off now as far as the title is concerned. Chelsea are still there, but I can't see Utd slipping up, especially with Scholes and Neville coming back; two of the best ever players to grace the premierleague.

[Xterm1n8or]

Yeah true, Liverpool are pretty much written off now as far as the title is concerned. Chelsea are still there, but I can't see Utd slipping up, especially with Scholes and Neville coming back; two of the best ever players to grace the premierleague.

I can't see utd slipping up either, arsenal are starting to run out of steam, liverpool are well out of it already, man city havent got a chance with their away form, and chelsea aren't that great.

So i guess the question is what order will they finish in? I think Liverpool will miss out on the top 4.

1.Man U
2.Arsenal
3.Chelsea
4.Man City
5. Liverpool

What do other people think?

[Bax x360a]

Ah man I'd love Liverpool to finish outside of the top 4 haha, although i'd hate City to get anywhere near the top 4. Pompey for fourth position!! By the way, who does everyone thinks going to get relegated? and want to get relegated? Derby are deffinately down, with probably Middlesborough and Birmingham/Reading/Fulham.

[Xterm1n8or]

Ah man I'd love Liverpool to finish outside of the top 4 haha, although i'd hate City to get anywhere near the top 4. Pompey for fourth position!! By the way, who does everyone thinks going to get relegated? and want to get relegated? Derby are deffinately down, with probably Middlesborough and Birmingham/Reading/Fulham.

Nah man. Middleborough will stay up. Derby down for sure. Along with Fulham and Birmingham.

I would love Liverpool to get relgated, just like Fergie would love it too.

[Webb]

You two have no idea what you are on about... Man U out played Liverpool? Pfffft. Tinted glasses anyone ;)

The goal was shocking Liverpool defending, that's all. Hell, I could see where that corner was going when Rooney peeled out the box, god knows how the "professionals" missed it.

Liverpool should have walked the game, they created enough chances but as usual failed to finish. How you can write everyone else off because they're 6 points behind (... at xmas!) is beyond me.

[Bax x360a]

You two have no idea what you are on about... Man U out played Liverpool? Pfffft. Tinted glasses anyone ;)

The goal was shocking Liverpool defending, that's all. Hell, I could see where that corner was going when Rooney peeled out the box, god knows how the "professionals" missed it.

Liverpool should have walked the game, they created enough chances but as usual failed to finish. How you can write everyone else off because they're 6 points behind (... at xmas!) is beyond me.
Teams such as Utd and Arsenal rarely loose any games, especially two. But yeah your right its too earlier, i'm just dreaming of winning it twice in a row really.

[Gebadire]

I think it is a little early to write teams off, but I think the chances of them winning are getting slimmer.I dont support them, but I really hope Arsenal can keep it up and win, anything to keep United off the top! Talking of United, what are your views on all this stuff in the news today about the party goings-on? Personaly, it seems like a load of rubbish? It seems an unfortunate part of being in that role, with the the money and fame, is having these types of allegations, and events, all for a bit of money/ carrer boost? I guess we will have to wait and see, but we've seen it time and time again in the past, and it has never come to anything! anyway...

[Bax x360a]

I want to have Ronaldos babbies!! The guy did it again for us today, 2-0 to beat the other scousers :D We just own merseyside ey?

[Webb]

Still not the result of the weekend ;) In form Portsmouth? Pfffftt. 4-1 anyone? :D

[sam49]

Yessssss! Arsenal 4-1 Everton, while:
West Ham 2-1 Man utd.
We're 2 points ahead going into 2008 wonder how many twists and turns there are to come?

[KTC]

I'm a big Arsenal fan :D

To say i'm suprised by our team this season would be an understatement, once Thierry Henry left i thought it would be the end of us and we would struggle to reach 4th place....but we've been cruising!

It's exciting for Arsenal, people had written us off at the start of the season and now we're contending for the title!

If we don't win it, i won't be upset because we still have a fairly young squad and to finish in a better position that last season would be a very good achievement.

[Shutup23]

Finally! A thread about the English Premiership. Even though I dont watch soccer that much. But hey! how about Newcastle losing to Man City 0-2! btw what position are they now? man city.

[KTC]

I think Man City are 4th now

They're really flying this season under Sven

[sam49]

I'm a big Arsenal fan :D

To say i'm suprised by our team this season would be an understatement, once Thierry Henry left i thought it would be the end of us and we would struggle to reach 4th place....but we've been cruising!

It's exciting for Arsenal, people had written us off at the start of the season and now we're contending for the title!

If we don't win it, i won't be upset because we still have a fairly young squad and to finish in a better position that last season would be a very good achievement.
I thought that Arsenal would go down without the betrayer as well, but they didnt. They actually improved, but I think they'll need to draw less to win the league.

[LethalRope]

Wow spurs i mean common when will we win away from home well we have 2 times i think but aston villa we should be burrying teams like that no disrespect. We always let goals in within the last 10 mabey its time for mighty ledly king to make a return ne ones?

[KTC]

I thought that Arsenal would go down without the betrayer as well, but they didnt. They actually improved, but I think they'll need to draw less to win the league.

Definitely, it's something that needs looking at, i think we need more fitness as we seem to defend more in the latter stages or certain games. But i'm glad we're where we are now because we had trouble beating the likes of West Ham and such last season so there's a definite improvement.

Wow spurs i mean common when will we win away from home well we have 2 times i think but aston villa we should be burrying teams like that no disrespect. We always let goals in within the last 10 mabey its time for mighty ledly king to make a return ne ones?

That's if Ledley can ever go a game with full fitness! I think Spurs need to look elsewhere for a strong and established defender

[spooncat]

I'm an Arsenal season ticket holder and on one hand i'm astonished at our current standing,but on the other hand,who am i to question Arsene Wenger?I thought we would struggle to get in the top 4,our team for our last few league games has cost less together than Fernando Torres alone,that proves we have the best coach/manager in world football at the moment.

[Kmoney roc]

Im a manchester United fan so would have to go with Ferguson as the best manager because of everything he has acheived in the modern game.

Arsene wenger however is certainly IMHO the best manager when it comes to transfers, he knows exactly when to buy and sell and reaps huge profits for players he paid pittence for like viera and manu petit.

Full credit to Arsenal though, they are top of the league for a reason.

[Impulse]

You all know Middlesbrough are going to win the premiership :rolleyes:

[Gebadire]

Another draw for Liverpool! Why is it they seem to draw all the games they should be dominating? I think its between Arsenal and United now, and possibly Chelsea. Gutted about Arsenal as well, another two points lost to United, although granted they deserved their win yesterday!...

[Webb]

At least Torres is amazing :p All we need now is a team to play around him lol

[Pez]

Full credit to Manchester Utd last night for taking Newcastle apart for the first 4 goals.

The last 2 I'd say were because Newcastle just gave up, sadly. :(

Newcastle seriously need to gear up. They don't deserve to be in the Premiership, and this is coming from a Newcastle fan...

Pez.

[mr syms]

im ashamed to hear another newcastle supporter say newcastle donot deserve to be in the premiership. Its not we donot deserve to be there, we have various good players, just all of them under achieved under sam allardyce as he played them out of position and never gave them a chance to use there abilities. How can you say that based on a performance where obviously everyones head's where down, and we had no manager to arrange the team properly. If you actually weatched the match you will of seen Steven taylor (a friend of mine in real life) and Jose Enrique both had superb games, both of who'm where played out of position by sam allardyce and never given a chance.

The Mesiah has finally returned, and before everyone jump's on the bandwagon saying "keegan's no magician". He might not be a magician, but he will ignite passion, flair, and attacking football back into the heart of the toon army. Unless you are a geordie, no-one under stands the passion up here, no where else in the country could you sit at a bus stop next to two 90 year old grandma's, and they will be talking about saturday's match.

At the end of the day i think most geordies would prefer us to loose 6-7 than win 1-0 as long as we seen our team was making an effort, putting their heart into the game, and trying to play their own game of football. (which we have had none of that under allardyce)

We arn't expecting to win the premier league every season, but considering close to 55,000 people come to watch the toon every home game, even after our current form! Show's that at very least us gerodie's deserve a bit of hope and some damn entertaining football in the process!

Any nutural fan or lover of football must be pleased to see keegan back in the premiership, some of the most entertaining/attacking games in the entire premiership (4-3 liverpool twice? / Man Utd 5-0 (yes that was voted the third best premiership match ever all you man utd fan's) so hopefully there will be alot more to come in the comming year's in the way of not only giving newcastle fan's something to chear about, but maybe also the mutual fan who just has a passion for watching some damn good football. (he played some lovely attacking football at fulham and man city, those who are big fan's of football should remember)

Its a great time to be up in the North East, everyone is excited and ready to get back behind the toon army, now we finally have a gerodie leading the team, Number 7, King Kev!

[katirai]

im sorry but i have to disagree, most toon fans wouldnt prefer to lose 7-6. so you are saying you would rather finish 17th winning 7-6 than win the league with 38 1-0 wins and a 100% record. no geordie in their right mind would want that. i personally couldnt stand travellin all away round the country and then losing, id much prefer a cheeky 1-0 win than a defeat. who wouldnt want to win in style but if allardyce had won every game1-0 not one person would have been complaining. the fact is he didnt - the football was shite, the results were shite and some of the players he has bought look inadequate (then again some look brilliant - beye and faye are massive improvements on the previous defenders).

I grew up with keegans flair and had season ticket throughout his time here, i love him as much as the next geordie. im absolutely buzzing for saturday. cant wait - we are going to tear bolton apart - the atmosphere will be electric and its a late kick off so can get pissd b4 heading to the ground!!! GET IN!!!! COOOM ON! now all i need is a return for Laurent Robert!!

[narcolepticshee]

I'm a tottenham fan and all those people who say newcastle don't deserve to be in the Premiership are idiots. Mainly, because they do deserve to be in it because THEY ARE IN IT, which means they have been promoted from the league below I.E. DESERVING TO BE THERE.

Peace

[mr syms]

i think you took my point a little out of context. Obviously talking of 100% win ratio's then any geordie would want that and to win the league.

My point is as of late there has been no heart, no soul and no comitement to the side. The fan's only got on the back of allardyce when we wernt playing football, nobody looked like they wanted to be on the pitch, and people wernt even trying.

If newcastle just gave the geordie's a bit of hope, like when we lost 4-3 to liverpool, sure we were all disapoionted we didnt get any point's, but at least we knew our team gave it their all and at least tried to make something of themself's and gave us some damn good football to watch.

Obviously no-one would prefer to loose over winning, but newcastle don't even have to win every game to get my support, all they really need to do is give me something to chear about, even if we are loosing.

[katirai]

yeh ok but the reaction from most of the fans is pathetic. as far as im concerned, you should never boo a player in a newcastle united shirt. the home fans are a different breed to ppl who travel away. most of them dont even seem to care about the team and just want to complain. when we finished 5th a few years ago under sir bob, people left in disgust calling the team every name under the sun during the lap of honour after the wolves match. most of them are so fickle and dont even know anything about the game they are watching. andy carroll came on last season and i heard half the people in the ground asking who he was. pathetic.

sorry i know that wasnt even in reply to your post, i thought id just get that rant off my chest.

[Xterm1n8or]

It would be funny if they lost their next 5 games :p. I don't think they will though, i think Kev will do alright. I predict 2 wins 2 draws and a loss in the next 5 games.

I hope Kev does good though, especially with him being from Donny. Newcastle deserve a bit of success, i hope "King Kev" can do it, i also hope he isn't past it. If he can get them into Europe this season i think that would be a massive achievement but i'm not sure he will. Good luck anyway.

[mr syms]

got to agree with you on your point about the fan's. Alot of the so called "toon army" arn't even real geordie fan's and they do seem to just fish for excuses and thing's to complain about.

Personally this season i think kev's job is too keep us in the premiership, as we are only about 6point's behind relegation (i think anyway!). I have no doubt we will stay up, but pushing for europe when he has no time really to buy any player's is pushing it a bit too much for me. If he can do it then i'm sure us geordies will be extatic.

I think this season the toon army need to get behind the team, turn st james's back into the fortress it used to be, and then start a-fresh next season with a team chosen by keegan. I really hope none of the fan's get on his back this season, as he will basically be using the same player's as allardyce, so we can't expect HUGE miracles in the next 3month's.

[Bax x360a]

At least Torres is amazing :p All we need now is a team to play around him lol
Two words: Cristiano Ronaldo :p Rapes Torres in everyway. The 6-0 abliteration of Newcastle was SWEEEEEEET, that second half was extremely enjoyable :D I couldnt give to sh!ts how Keegan does to be honest, would love for the Geordies to go down :p Never gonna happen thoough.

[Xterm1n8or]

Two words: Cristiano Ronaldo :p Rapes Torres in everyway. The 6-0 abliteration of Newcastle was SWEEEEEEET, that second half was extremely enjoyable :D I couldnt give to sh!ts how Keegan does to be honest, would love for the Geordies to go down :p Never gonna happen thoough.

Come on man where are your loyalties? We'd much rather see Loserpool and Man City go down surely? :biglaugh Come on Havant and Waterlooville! Sorry Webb :p

Ronaldo is the best player in the world at the moment. I watched Kaka play for AC Milan against Napoli at the weekend, he was virtually nonexistent for most of the game, admittedly he did score a wondergoal but he was nonexistent for the large part. He literally only plays every other week for Milan, a team who are only 12th in Serie A!

Ronaldo plays week in week out for the best team in the world which is top of the Premiership, and he performs outstandingly most weeks. How Kaka won world player of the year over Ronaldo is beyond me. If Ronaldo keeps this up though he will kick Kaka out of the picture this year.

United for the treble! (Man Utd before anyone twists my words :P)

[katirai]

i dont think his target will be to avoid relegation. keegan isnt that type of guy. he will want to push on and try and move the team forward. despite how we'v played this season, i think we'v got a really good squad and should be at least 8th. admittedly ive been very disappointed with the summer signings but faye and beye are quality players and if rozehnal was played in defensive mid then he would be doing a lot better (he got psg's palyer of the year playin there). vidukas got an unbelievable touch, its mjust hes a lazy bastard. and then b4 sam even got there we had some top players: given, taylor, milner, duff, nzogbia, owen. i can see charlie nzog taking on a centre mid role under keggy tho with butt or hopefully a better passer of the ball playin def mid. more of a carrick who can run the game whilst holding.

[Odiumruse]

Keegan in, and now holding talks with Shearer about a job there too, no confirmation as what job, don't think he'd get Assisstant job just yet but he could do. Those 2 would definately relight your passion.
Keegan was a good manager with good exciting games...but the players then and your players now...Were slightly different in standard. Peter Beardsley, shearer etc. Quality players could provide quality results. you don't have a bad team now, Martins, N'Zgobia (sp?) and occaisonally you have owen. Just see him needing time to rebuild, and will he get that? Or get the push if he doesn't provide a miricle right away.

[Gibbo]

Alan shearer said when he gets back from a sports relief trip at the end of the week hes going to discuss the number 2 job with keegan from what ive heard. Seriously doubt he's gonna get the number 1 like a week or 2 after Keegans got there.

[Odiumruse]

The draw with bolton isnt really the best start, aparantly you didn't get a shot on target, not like KK to play like that. Obv i wasn't there so don't know the details. But we'll soon see what he can do.

[saggy197]

Did anyone see Ronaldo's freekick against Portsmouth last night? I've never seen someone strike a ball like that before.

I hate to say it (especially as my team Spurs play them again this weekend) but I think he's the best player on the planet right now.

[Odiumruse]

Can't stand him myself, not seen it yet but heard about it so gunna youtube tonight. Must have been good by the sounds of it though.

[sam49]

Did anyone see Ronaldo's freekick against Portsmouth last night? I've never seen someone strike a ball like that before.

I hate to say it (especially as my team Spurs play them again this weekend) but I think he's the best player on the planet right now.
Yeah I second that! And I support Arsenal!

[saggy197]

I swear the ball swerves in two different directions and dips at the last minute.. it's like he had it on a remote control....in fact...hang on a goddam minute!!!....:eek:

[Odiumruse]

YouTube - Man United vs Portsmouth [ C.RONALDO GOAL-2] 30.01.2008

wtf. I just saw it and have to say...That was amazing :/

[Bax x360a]

I am SO glad he plays for my team. I was running around the room srceaming when that peach flew in the top corner :p

[Odiumruse]

I've watched it about 50 times trying to work it out, the angle he hits it, just doesn't add up by the laws of physics. That much dip and swerve, I just gave up.

Ronaldo to Plymouth for 3 Million this summer XD

[Bax x360a]

I've watched it about 50 times trying to work it out, the angle he hits it, just doesn't add up by the laws of physics. That much dip and swerve, I just gave up.

Ronaldo to Plymouth for 3 Million this summer XD
3 million? He's not worth that much :p

[Odiumruse]

He'll move because we're slightly closer to Portugal and his family haha.

True, but we're nice so we'll pay the 3 mill XD.

knowing my luck we'll end up with Ronaldo De Bi Da Ti Lo Ferdos or some crap, from Egyptian 45th Division.

[sam49]

Arsenal have beaten Man City and at the time of posting Tottenham are beating Man Utd 1-0. YESSSS. Come on Tottenham do us a favour.