This weekend's premiership orgasmatron

ROCKMAN

ROCKMAN wrote: »

Saturday, 29 March 2008

Barclays Premier League
Birmingham v Man City, 15:00 HOME
Bolton v Arsenal, 15:00 DRAW
Derby v Fulham, 15:00 DRAW
Man Utd v Aston Villa, 17:15 HOME
Portsmouth v Wigan, 15:00 HOME
Reading v Blackburn, 15:00 DRAW
Sunderland v West Ham, 15:00 HOME

Sunday, 30 March 2008

Chelsea v Middlesbrough, 13:30 HOME
Liverpool v Everton, 16:00 DRAW
Tottenham v Newcastle, 15:00 HOME

oh why oh why late goals when sunderland score yes but BUT ARSENAL GRRRRR

my €10 accum see above
7/5
11/4
9/4
4/5
9/4
5/4

without Arsenal late show I would have 3K+ going on to UTD AT 3/10:eek::eek:

smemon

Fair play to Keano...

Gets Sunderland in to the premiership in his first season, then keeps them in it in his second.

Europe beckons next season

Xavi6

smemon wrote: »

Fair play to Keano...

Gets Sunderland in to the premiership in his first season, then keeps them in it in his second.

Europe beckons next season

Meh I coulda kept them up on that budget.

Im_No_Superman

Roanldo with the cheekiest goal you will see all season!

Peyton Manning

what a f*cking goal!

Xavi6

Lovely finish

bennyx_o

What a goal!! :D

Mikeyt086

You have to love that. You just have to.

mayordenis

there is no other way he could of kicked the ball at the goal.

mike65

Are Villa looking like they'll get a tonking?

Mike.

Mikeyt086

They are actually holding up pretty well.

Oh btw, dont want MOTD or Sky Sports News tonight unless you want LOTS of the usual Ronaldo-love.

Call Me Jimmy

It's times like these ye learn ye shud have sky! Roll on MOTD

Chong

Christ, it just gets better and better.

Peyton Manning

Teveth

bennyx_o

Brilliant

Xavi6

Fantasy League points galore!!! w00t!

Im_No_Superman

ROCKMAN wrote: »

oh why oh why late goals when sunderland score yes but BUT ARSENAL GRRRRR

my €10 accum see above
7/5
11/4
9/4
4/5
9/4
5/4

without Arsenal late show I would have 3K+ going on to UTD AT 3/10:eek::eek:

Ah man thats harsh, unlucky!

Necronomicon

ROCKMAN wrote: »

oh why oh why late goals when sunderland score yes but BUT ARSENAL GRRRRR

my €10 accum see above
7/5
11/4
9/4
4/5
9/4
5/4

without Arsenal late show I would have 3K+ going on to UTD AT 3/10:eek::eek:

Ouch, unlucky

Team rivalries aside, it's hard not to admire that kind of come back with 10 men.

bennyx_o

United lucky not to concede there

PHB

lol, Ronaldo ****s up the flick on, but he's just so good it still lands into Rooneys path

bennyx_o

3-0 Rooney :D:D

Xavi6

Pro Evo dummy finish

Peyton Manning

Xavi6 wrote: »

Pro Evo dummy finish

lol i thought the exact same!!

bennyx_o

4-0 Rooney

Brilliant.

Peyton Manning

1 goal, 3 assists.

10/10.

PHB

If anybody wants to see the funniest thing, watch Laursens reaction after Ronaldos goal. He just looks at Ronaldo in utter amazement, it's hilarious

smemon

Ronaldo just has to look at ball these days and it ends up in the back of the net

Guy:Incognito

Just back in from playing football. Des what score did the Sunderland match finish?

Guy:Incognito

This could probably do with a thread of it's own but just wanted to mention Martin O'Neill. He seems to be looked on as some sort of messiah by a lot of people. At the end of the day Villa are a mid table team (league table doesnt lie remember) since he took over. No improvement on the days of Dave O'Leary, yet O'Leary is seen as some sort of devil figure as a manager (I'm not pro or anti O'Leary btw, dont really have an opinion on him tbh) Any thoughts?

PHB

I think his squad depth isn't enough. I think in the first half of the season, they looked a really impressive team. His first 11 can challenge most teams in the premiership. After the summer, their squad willl be deeper. I think MON is a great manager.

For me, they are the 7th best team in the premiership, after the top 4, Spurs, then by some distance Everton.
I think next season Spurs will challenge for the top 4 personally, and I think we will see a sort of top 3 challenging for the league, and then one of the top 4 having a poor season and letting Spurs challenge.

Guy:Incognito

PHB wrote: »

I think his squad depth isn't enough. I think in the first half of the season, they looked a really impressive team. His first 11 can challenge most teams in the premiership. After the summer, their squad willl be deeper. I think MON is a great manager.

For me, they are the 7th best team in the premiership, after the top 4, Spurs, then by some distance Everton.
I think next season Spurs will challenge for the top 4 personally, and I think we will see a sort of top 3 challenging for the league, and then one of the top 4 having a poor season and letting Spurs challenge.

But the squad depth isnt there because he didnt put it in place. Not the sign of a great manager surely?

PHB

I still maintain that he has limited funds (not limited in the 10 million sense, but in the 30-40 million sense) and hence is waiting for the rights players to become availible in the summer.

Charlie

PHB wrote: »

I think his squad depth isn't enough. I think in the first half of the season, they looked a really impressive team. His first 11 can challenge most teams in the premiership. After the summer, their squad willl be deeper. I think MON is a great manager.

For me, they are the 7th best team in the premiership, after the top 4, Spurs, then by some distance Everton.
I think next season Spurs will challenge for the top 4 personally, and I think we will see a sort of top 3 challenging for the league, and then one of the top 4 having a poor season and letting Spurs challenge.

I would rate Pompey ahead of Villa. Better in most positions of the field and still playing with a desire.

What Villa really lack is a goal machine, ala Defoe. They missed out there. Its no coincidence that Villa's downfall of ate has coincided with Laursen's goals drying up. Never good to be relying on your defenders for goals.

Don't think Spurs are quite up there yet to challenge for 4th spot, at best it will be top 7 for them. Holding onto Berba will be crucial for them.

smemon

PHB wrote: »

one of the top 4 having a poor season and letting Spurs challenge.

By one of the top 4 you're of course referring to Arsenal or Liverpool

Utd and Chelsea are too solid to fall apart any time soon.

Liverpool will probably start strongly next year then the wheels will come off (as usual) once the cup competitions kick in and rotation is need.

Arsenal are hit and miss... if you bully them you'll beat them.

I'd expect Everton and Portsmouth to get back in their zone next year (mid-table) and they *should* be replaced by Newcastle and Spurs.

Spurs should be in a position to challenge for 4th spot but i think they'll need to be knocked out of all competitions for that to happen as they won't have the legs to last the distance if they're involved in cups.


If i had to put money on the most vulnerable of the top 4, it would be Arsenal.

OPENROAD

mayordenis wrote: »

yes we al hate diouf, what i hate more is when a player is playing good football(diouf and bolton) somebody just keeps kicking them(robin van persin and arsenal) arsenal did the same against man utd and nani, petulence.

Bit like when utd kicked Arsenal off the park to end their unbeaten record.

Charlie

smemon wrote: »

I'd expect Everton and Portsmouth to get back in their zone next year (mid-table) and they *should* be replaced by Newcastle and Spurs.

You're too kind sir. As a Toon fan even i'm not that optimistic. 7th or 8th is where we need to aim for and then build on that for the next season, maybe even a cup run. Also, cue onslaught of Newcastle hating posts.

smemon wrote: »

If i had to put money on the most vulnerable of the top 4, it would be Arsenal.

Weren't people saying that last season? That squad can only build on their experiences from this year.

Im_No_Superman

My God that one of the most ridiculous penos ive ever seen given in the Birmingham vs Man City game.

PHB

Jesus, just saw that tackle by Diaby now, so similar to Eduardos leg breaker its unreal. An inch lower, and from a slightly more sideways angle, it would have defo broke the leg. Crazy tackle, the sooner that they are stamped out of the game the better.

OPENROAD

PHB wrote: »

Jesus, just saw that tackle by Diaby now, so similar to Eduardos leg breaker its unreal. An inch lower, and from a slightly more sideways angle, it would have defo broke the leg. Crazy tackle, the sooner that they are stamped out of the game the better.

He was just too quick for Diaby

Mitch Connor

Im_No_Superman wrote: »

My God that one of the most ridiculous penos ive ever seen given in the Birmingham vs Man City game.

yeah - such a dive from Benjani....

An Citeog

OPENROAD wrote: »

He was just too quick for Diaby

Ban him for life!;)

patrickc

patrickc wrote: »

Saturday, 29 March 2008

Barclays Premier League
Birmingham v Man City, 15:00 City
Bolton v Arsenal, 15:00 Arse
Derby v Fulham, 15:00 Fulham
Man Utd v Aston Villa, Villa
Portsmouth v Wigan, 15:00 pompey
Reading v Blackburn, 15:00 reading
Sunderland v West Ham, hammers

Sunday, 30 March 2008

Chelsea v Middlesbrough, 13:30 home
Liverpool v Everton, 16:00 toffees
Tottenham v Newcastle, 15:00 spurs

i didnt so well prediction wise today, ah tomorrow's another day

Xavi6

Im_No_Superman wrote: »

My God that one of the most ridiculous penos ive ever seen given in the Birmingham vs Man City game.

Rob Styles strikes again. Between him and Bennett the standard of EPL refereeing is getting worse before it gets better.

Tauren wrote: »

yeah - such a dive from Benjani....

Yes that's the one the ref got wrong alright :rolleyes:

therecklessone

One post fits all!

PHB wrote: »

Jermaine Defoe, 7 goals in 7 games, impressive. Really surprised me he's done this well. Still, its a testament to how good Keane and Berbatov are.

I'm not surprised at all, always said he'd score with a run of games...now to see when they dry up how he'll respond. Worth pointing out that when Berbatov and Keane were playing like a pair of clowns Defoe was still left to make do with 10 minute run outs. Also worth pointing out he would not have been sold if he'd signed the new contract that had been on the table for six months, he only had a year and a half left on his existing deal.

Xavi6 wrote: »

3-1 Brum. Watch MOTD later. The softest penalty you'll ever see. I really don't know why it was given.

Because it was Rob Styles and he hasn't a clue how to do his job.

PHB wrote: »

What a great day for football. Not only amazing games, but Fulham and Bolotn, horrible teams to watch, confirmed their relegation pretty much

Sorry to see Fulham go if they do, Craven Cottage is always a great day out and at least they're trying to play football unlike Brum's performance against Newcastle last week when it was like watching an u-7s reserve match.

smemon wrote: »

If i had to put money on the most vulnerable of the top 4, it would be Arsenal.

People being saying that for years, and still they hang on. They're the new Germans...:pac:

PHB wrote: »

Jesus, just saw that tackle by Diaby now, so similar to Eduardos leg breaker its unreal. An inch lower, and from a slightly more sideways angle, it would have defo broke the leg. Crazy tackle, the sooner that they are stamped out of the game the better.

It was a protective tackle apparently...:rolleyes:

Mitch Connor

Xavi6 wrote: »

Rob Styles strikes again. Between him and Bennett the standard of EPL refereeing is getting worse before it gets better.



Yes that's the one the ref got wrong alright :rolleyes:

I didn't think i'd be seeing a City fan admit it! Well done sir!

I may have just been messing around

An Citeog

therecklessone wrote: »

It was a protective tackle apparently...:rolleyes:

Yeah, I heard that. And "Taylor's was worse because it was much higher". Without wanting to get into this debate again, it was Eduardo's movement that did Taylor. Diaby came in head on and still managed to catch the Bolton player's standing leg.

KdjaCL

1-0 chelsea carvalho



kdjac

PHB

Chelsea 1-0 up already, crikey.


Title I think will be decided between the games between the top 3 left. If United manage to beat either Arsenal or Chelsea, I think they should be ok. If they lose to Arsenal and Chelsea, they are ****ed. I'd happily take two draws now
I'm more confident about the Arsenal game, because they will have just played Liverpool 3 times, will be wrecked, and probably have picked up a couple of injuries. Chelsea is gona be an absolute bitch of a match, but I still think Grant is a poor manager and its shows in big games.

Cionád

I fancy Chelsea for 3-0 in this game, its just a matter of time for more goals.

Spurs 4-2 Newcastle in the next game (hopefully not though )

Everton are going to knick it, i'm 80% sure of it : 0-1 maybe

KdjaCL

Boro are utterly pooh, i expect them to equalise tho

Only makes sense if you watch chelsea fluff chance after chance, well not realyl chances more trying to bundle the the ball over the line.


kdjac