2012-13 EPL Thread

[chef]

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would be hilarious if they do. Chelsea are where they should be. Squad is no where near that of Man Utd or City. All attack and a terrible defence. No spine in midfield. So unbalanced.

We have got two weak spots to address, defensive mid and striker. Your getting carried away with the result as 2 games ago our defensive look fine against the best side in the league and we have a very good squad. The spirit is the problem ATM, RDM was very popular with the players and is going to take some time for it to heal.

[Eastdog]

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It can be tough at times, but he has delivered a lot of good times too.

True. Roman Abramovich has done a lot for Chelsea but right now he is treating your club like a play thing. The owner puts the money into the club but the managers should have the control over the transfers.

[chef]

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True. Roman Abramovich has done a lot for Chelsea but right now he is treating your club like a play thing. The owner puts the money into the club but the managers should have the control over the transfers.

He's treating it the same as when he first bought the club.

There is a whole team of people who look after the transfers, not just the manager.

[Eastdog]

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He's treating it the same as when he first bought the club.

There is a whole team of people who look after the transfers, not just the manager.

Would you say that your board is at fault with what is going on?

[chef]

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Would you say that your board is at fault with what is going on?

No, Romans obsession with El Nino is the problem.

Bring on January.

[Eastdog]

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No, Romans obsession with El Nino is the problem.

Bring on January.

Do you like Rafa. His not a very popular guy with Chelsea fans especially when he was with Liverpool when he said some controversial things about Chelsea.

[chef]

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Do you like Rafa. His not a very popular guy with Chelsea fans especially when he was with Liverpool when he said some controversial things about Chelsea.

He doesn't bother me like he does some other fans, but i didn't really get this appointment with Roman wanting us to play like Barca in blue. I only see him keeping the seat warm for Guardiola, The Special One(seems he's getting booed more than Rafa ATM by his own teams fans) or some other high profile savior anyway.

[The Coon Dog]

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Goal line technology an issue again. A clear Robin Van Persie goal not given, it only crossed the line by about a metre.

[chef]

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Goal line technology an issue again. A clear Robin Van Persie goal not given, it only crossed the line by about a metre.

It's coming TCD.

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[Remi Moses]

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We have got two weak spots to address, defensive mid and striker. Your getting carried away with the result as 2 games ago our defensive look fine against the best side in the league and we have a very good squad. The spirit is the problem ATM, RDM was very popular with the players and is going to take some time for it to heal.

Yes Chelsea have a good squad but the angst towards Benetiz runs through the club.
It's ugly and only wins will quell some of the massive unrest.

[Remi Moses]

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Goal line technology an issue again. A clear Robin Van Persie goal not given, it only crossed the line by about a metre.

Once again the refs favouring Utd.
Gee city got a nice soft penalty, an Everton player was also held.

[Eastdog]

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I said that ill put the results up after the whole round is finished. I've changed my mind and decided to put the results up after each night of games. Ill put the EPL table link after the whole rounds are finished.

EPL Results - Round 15

West Ham 3-1 Chelsea
West Brom 0-1 Stoke
Fulham 0-3 Tottenham
Liverpool 1-0 Southampton
Arsenal 0-2 Swansea
Man City 1-1 Everton
QPR 1-1 Aston Villa
Reading 3-4 Man Utd

[Topdog]

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We have got two weak spots to address, defensive mid and striker. Your getting carried away with the result as 2 games ago our defensive look fine against the best side in the league and we have a very good squad. The spirit is the problem ATM, RDM was very popular with the players and is going to take some time for it to heal.

No Im not getting carried away. Your defence hasn't been fine for nearly 2 seasons now. RDM tried to hide that by playing super defensive but this year went out and bought all attacking players. Rafa will try and fix this but it means your attacking players will have to track back. Tracking back more leads to attacking players being tired and less threatening.

Striker, CM, defensive leader. Possibly a new GK too.

[Twodogs]

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How embarrassing, for us and for Arsenal.

Embarrassing is the very best you could call it. At least you guys were playing at White Hart Lane-we lost at home to Swansea!


Last week somebody said that as far as the EPL title is concerned the two Manchester clubs will disappear over the horizon and battle the title between them. Effectively the rest of us are playing for spots 3/4 and a place in Europe. That makes sense to me and puts the season in context.

[Eastdog]

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EPL Results - Round 15

Norwich 2-1 Sunderland