08/09 Premier League thread.

[Bobby Sands]

^^he said he wants to concentrate on playing for Man City but i think there is more to it than that. There are rumours that some squad members bullied him over his hair. I think Stephen Hunt was involved. Its a pity we have a thick fucker like that in our squad. I cant stand him. You should listen to him talk in interviews. He is brain dead.

But Ireland hasnt ruled out playing for Ireland again. It would be great if he returned for the qualifiers in February. Fuck any Irish supporter that says they don't want him back because he refuses to play with us now. Every real football fan wants a player like this in their team.

 

[Bobby Sands]

According to goal.com Liverpool may swap Benayoun and Stephen Darby for Elano

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

Apparently it was Robbie Keane bullying him the most. But I'm not sure.

 

[THEV1LL4N]

the foul on agbonlahor began outside the area when he was being tugged. not a penalty, but we could have been awarded one.

the star sports commentary said "look at ronaldo - hes on the floor crying like a baby. get in the petrov". - thats when petrov tackled ronnie and he went to the ground as if he got fouled (bascially diving and acting like a casualty).

 

[Bobby Sands]

Fabregas is new Arsenal captain.

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

Wouldn't be my choice. Too young to be captain.

 

[Duke]

Age is one thing but Fabregas doesn't act like a captain on the pitch imo. A real captain is constantly shouting orders and correcting things.

Cruijff = best captain ever.

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

Age is one thing but Fabregas doesn't act like a captain on the pitch imo. A real captain is constantly shouting orders and correcting things.

Cruijff = best captain ever.

Indeed. Fab is a good player but he doesn't like the type that will get the players going.

 

[Illuminattile]

I agree that Cesc isn't the captain type, but who at Arsenal is?

Maybe Wenger thinks the armband will discourage him from going to Spain next summer.

 

[Bobby Sands]

^^hey maybe Man Utd should do the same with Ronaldo

 

[Bobby Sands]

Looks like Keane might be on the way out of Sunderland. I have had my doubts about him as a manager. His decision to haul off Andy Reid last week against West Ham was a baffling decision and had me scratching my head. He was easily their best player. He has bought so much rubbish, its unreal. He is not shrewd and seems to have a poor knowledge of world football because nearly all the players he signed are either- Ex Man Utd, Irish players, 4 reject players from one club, as well as other premiership rejects like Diouf. The fact that he signed Chimbonda and Anton Ferdinand for a big sum of money makes me laugh. Both are absolute rubbish defenders and have only served to make the Sunderland team worse than it was last season. Almost all the other signings he made apart from Cisse have been poor as well.

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

Looks like Keane might be on the way out of Sunderland. I have had my doubts about him as a manager. His decision to haul off Andy Reid last week against West Ham was a baffling decision and had me scratching my head. He was easily their best player. He has bought so much rubbish, its unreal. He is not shrewd and seems to have a poor knowledge of world football because nearly all the players he signed are either- Ex Man Utd, Irish players, 4 reject players from one club, as well as other premiership rejects like Diouf. The fact that he signed Chimbonda and Anton Ferdinand for a big sum of money makes me laugh. Both are absolute rubbish defenders and have only served to make the Sunderland team worse than it was last season. Almost all the other signings he made apart from Cisse have been poor as well.

I agree bar the Diouf comment. I don't think he can be classed as a Premiership reject, Alot of Bolton fans were sad to see him go. :thumb:

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

Good win for Utd. Carrick and Fletcher were class. Rafael is awesome.

The Ronaldo sending off, both yellow cards were stupid. He won the ball in the first instance, tackle from behind though. He wasn't looking for an advantage with the hand ball. Gullit as usual spoke sense :thumb:

 

[Bobby Sands]

^^no he didnt win the ball. look at it again and his reaction after it deserved another booking

as for the other one, i dunno what he was doing. He looked to be protecting his face because he was afraid he would get hit in the face. He wasnt trying to punch it into the net. This guy sickens me though. Man Utd were nearly better off without him anyway because he was useless again today.

 

[Bobby Sands]

I agree bar the Diouf comment. I don't think he can be classed as a Premiership reject, Alot of Bolton fans were sad to see him go. :thumb:

Maybe but he flopped badly for Liverpool at the top level. He did ok at Bolton though

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

Good win for Utd. Carrick and Fletcher were class. Rafael is awesome.

The Ronaldo sending off, both yellow cards were stupid. He won the ball in the first instance, tackle from behind though. He wasn't looking for an advantage with the hand ball. Gullit as usual spoke sense :thumb:

Seen the incident again. He ball changes direction. He won the ball, but only just. Watch the analysis they did today :thumb:

His reaction wasn't good obviously.

The handball situation is weird as fuck...but hes not looking to gain an advantage at all, hes protectiong his face, still weird though.

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

Maybe but he flopped badly for Liverpool at the top level. He did ok at Bolton though

I think Phil Thompson once said that he and Houiller didnt nurture Diouf enough and was misused at times. He did good at Bolton, was highly creative for them.

 

[Duke]

Only saw two reruns but the first CR card looked legit to me. The second was weird. I can understand why the ref books him, but it does look like Ronnie thought the play was stopped, lol. Why else make that motion? Unlucky, I guess.


Arsenal today. The most consisitently inconsistent.

Persie was again class. lol @ offside tho.

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

He was convinced he heard a whistle. I never heard it, some people said you can hear a faint one after a horn. I can't hear it though.

 

[Sebastian]

He was convinced he heard a whistle. I never heard it, some people said you can hear a faint one after a horn. I can't hear it though.

That sounds like its gonna be some x-files shit.

Call Scully and Mulder.