Premier League Thread

I'm so sick of City scraping through with terrible performances! Shocking decision to bring Long off, think that one changed the game.

Poor performance by United as well. The attack looks one of the best in europe but i'm worried about the defence and midfield..

As for Chelski, shocking choice by club and management to keep Terry as captain after being found guilty of racism. Absolutely pathetic.

Originally posted by mj2delmenico John Terry has a checkered past but the man must be an unbelievable on-field leader because he's always being put in a position to lead

I guess you can't really dispute that but the guy is clearly a scumbag and just a generally atrocious human being. I think there is grounds for bring the good of the game into disrepute. A captain is a leader who sets by example and while he may be an excellent leader of his own team whilst on the pitch his actions are disgraceful. Captains are meant to be looked to and keeping him Captain is setting a poor example for young kids. Basically he can do whatever he wants and still be kept as Captain. Its disgraceful by Chelsea and I can guarantee no matter how good terry may be, Ferguson would rip that captains band off him faster than he could say sorry.

No doubt John Terry is considered a scumbag by many, but to those of us who follow Chelsea, we turn a blind eye haha

He maybe a legend to Chelsea fans, but he's considered a total ass-hat by everyone else. Don't forget he had an affair with a team-mate's wife!

He's just one of those players that everyone but his own fans hate, like Suarez or Roy Keane.

I think this Utd/Chelsea game could be a classic. Both shaky at the back and great going forward.

What an absolute disgrace the officiating was today. After an awful no goal decision on Liverpool, they send off Torres and ruin the game and then allow the offside goal. Really poor day for the prem in my opinion.

The game was a cracker and even 10 v 11 Chelsea looked like the team that were going to score and then the whole game was ruined when they sent Torres off.. Just a shame really.

Suarez needs to get out of England...he will never get a call. Coloccini is gonna have to hack his leg off literally for a foul. Unreal...but he is an unbelievable talent. Every time he gets on the ball he is dangerous.

Haha...coloccini almost hacked his leg off...ideserved red

My beloved Arsenal are in trouble as they have been for season after season after season. Why are the arsenal board the only people who can't see they are in a crisis. INVEST!! Talent generates talent.

Don't be a dbag...he's a great player as proven by his goal today. As for Arsenal, the loss of Patrick Vieira is still the greatest loss of a player for that club. He was a tremendous player but even more so competitor and leader. When he left, he took with him an attitude and a toughness that has never been recovered. I still remember the Vieira-Keane battles in the middle of the pitch and off it to be honest.

Suarez annoyed the hell outta me until that handball in the world cup... when he earned my respect.

He makes really good charges at the net but yeah, his finish is lacking lately.

Originally posted by woodyy05 Originally posted by fj5 Suarez annoyed the hell outta me until that handball in the world cup... when he earned my respect. He makes really good charges at the net but yeah, his finish is lacking lately. Really? Seriously? Earned your respect for that! He cheated his team into a world cup semi. No doubt at all. Can you imagine that happening to you and missing the penalty - how deflated as a team you would be. Ghana deserved it way more than Uruguay!

true, arsenal have missed the grit and hardness that was patrick vierra. arsenal are too soft and delicate, another trophyless season awaits, how long before it sinks in to the manager and board?!

Originally posted by irish-boarder My beloved Arsenal are in trouble as they have been for season after season after season. Why are the arsenal board the only people who can't see they are in a crisis. INVEST!! Talent generates talent.

Originally posted by fj5 Originally posted by woodyy05 Valiant yes, stupid, even more so and very bad sportsmanship. I think his attitude, is win at all costs, regardless of if he knows something is completely wrong or not. I can see there's two sides to the coin, but for me, there's a difference between a last ditch tackle/foul for example and knowing the ball is going in and deliberating throwing your hands in the air, knowing you're committing something that is blatantly wrong for your own gain. That's not in the spirit of the game at all. Can't comment on the USA v Canada game, I haven't seen/heard of it - care to elaborate?   I guess we have different opinions about what Suarez did, I respect that. Here's footage from the USA vs Canada game... a lot of controversy from both sides, I for one think Canada was "cheated" by forces outside the players, if you get what I mean.

Haha okay i'll get to watching it then!

Originally posted by fj5 I know it's long, but it's seriously the best video I found... shows EVERYTHING you need to see, nothing extra there.  That game really upset me because the ref calls were so blatantly one sided. RE: Premier League, more so soccer in general... it looks like it's taking the route that the NBA took... teams stacking superstars.

Originally posted by woodyy05 Originally posted by giftedhands Originally posted by fj5 I know it's long, but it's seriously the best video I found... shows EVERYTHING you need to see, nothing extra there.  That game really upset me because the ref calls were so blatantly one sided. RE: Premier League, more so soccer in general... it looks like it's taking the route that the NBA took... teams stacking superstars. at least the nba has a salary cap though. City can buy as many titles as they want,spend as much as they want on players. Heh heh heh, i enjoyed that crossed out sentence. It's so true for last season but look at this. Over 1.5bn spent on players and its looking like they're going out in the Champions League group stages without even the Europa league to fall back on. Has anyone seen that list of balotelli antics on Facebook? Here's a link: I absolutely wet myself reading some of the stuff he's gotten up to in his career. It's absolutely hilarious http://www.whatsupwhatson.com/mario-balotellis-list-of-crazy/

Originally posted by milutinho what a great win for Celtic...well deserved!

And you have to get a bit lucky too.  Celtic players looked out on their feet the last few minutes.

United were dreadful until the lights went out.  No movement, no possession, they looked terrible.  Braga really threw that game away in the last 20 mins.

It is really unbelievable. I think that's 5 games already this year.

Who else here hates Rafael Benitez??

hahaha the fat waiter strikes again...we will see if rafa makes it past january

Your boys got the win 2-1. 12 points to make up in 7 games, a huge margin but crazier things have happened. IDK if they're the worst team to take it all that's a pretty big call

Originally posted by milutinho I'm not a city fan, I'm a Chelsea fan but I think that win was deserved yesterday. United look complacent right now and another slip up could make it exciting...I don't think city will catch up but it would be nice if there was some drama in the end.