2012-13 EPL Thread

[Topdog]

Re: 2012-13 EPL Thread

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.

God dont confuse Wet Spam with Tottenham.

Yeah because Chelsea are poorly run and managed and Arsenal refuse to spend money on anything other than wages.

[chef]

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No I'm 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.

Fair enough, we will have to agree to disagree on that. Our major problem ATM is our double pivot(essien falling to pieces and Romeu not coming on has hurt) IMO, which once fixed will allow our attacking players to be more attacking(but they still need someone in front of them capable of finishing what they set up).

We do need a striker(plus Lukaku back from loan to play off the bench and for the cup games) which hopefully will get fixed in January, CM shouldn't be a problem when De Bruyne(who's been cutting it up in the Bundesliga) returns plus Ramires returning to his rightful place there once we get a decent DM and then there is Oscar. Terry was always going to leave a huge hole while he's out and we have a season or two to try and replace him which won't be easy.

Not sure what your getting at about the GK as Cech is as good as any going around(and has been in career best form since he's gotten over that serious head injury that he had) and our number 2 is currently is Athelico Madrid's number 1 and is a very good keeper already.

Plus take Terry, Lampard and Drogba out of Chelsea and you have a team that's a shadow of it's self. We are still in the middle of a major rebuild which is going to take a couple more tranfer windows to finish.

[Eastdog]

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EPL Results - Round 15

Newcastle 3-0 Wigan

[Eastdog]

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EPL Table after Round 15

http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/matchday/league-table.html

[Eastdog]

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EPL Fixture - Round 16

Saturday December 8th 2012

Aston Villa v Stoke City

Swansea City v Norwich City

Arsenal v West Bromwich

Wigan v QPR

Southampton v Reading

Sunderland v Chelsea

Sunday 9th December 2012

Man City v Man Utd

Everton v Tottenham

West Ham United v Liverpool

Monday 10th December 2012

Fulham v Newcastle

[Eastdog]

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EPL Results - Round 16

Aston Villa 0-0 Stoke City

Swansea City 3-4 Norwich City

Arsenal 2-0 West Bromwich

Wigan 2-2 QPR

Southampton 1-0 Reading

Sunderland 1-3 Chelsea

Looking forward to Man City v Man Utd match tonight. A win would put us 6 points at the top of the table ahead of Man City. Might stay up to watch this one.

[chef]

Re: 2012-13 EPL Thread

EPL Results - Round 16

Aston Villa 0-0 Stoke City

Swansea City 3-4 Norwich City

Arsenal 2-0 West Bromwich

Wigan 2-2 QPR

Southampton 1-0 Reading

Sunderland 1-3 Chelsea

Looking forward to Man City v Man Utd match tonight. A win would put us 6 points at the top of the table ahead of Man City. Might stay up to watch this one.

Me too, should be a cracker. Hoping for a draw.

Good win over night by the Chels, if Rafa can unlock Torres(he even took a penalty which is something I thought I would never see, the confidence is coming back) he's a fair chance to keep his job for next season too.

Off to Japan now for a crack at the World Club Cup.

[Remi Moses]

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Just imagined the reaction if that first Arse penalty had been given at a certain venue
Even the second West Brom should have had a free kick before the penalty.

[The Coon Dog]

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Just imagined the reaction if that first Arse penalty had been given at a certain venue
Even the second West Brom should have had a free kick before the penalty.

Like when one of his players received a red card, Arsene didn't see zat!

[The Coon Dog]

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Manchester City fans are a disgrace & I hope the book gets thrown at them. Dock the club 10 points! Throwing coins, could easily take an eye out!

United win 3-2.

[Scraggers]

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Manchester City fans are a disgrace & I hope the book gets thrown at them. Dock the club 10 points! Throwing coins, could easily take an eye out!

United win 3-2.

Absolutely disgraceful ... Such a shame that's how that game will be remembered.

[BulldogBelle]

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What a game. What an ending. Probably just considering the Young non-goal and instant reply from Yaya Toure.

[chef]

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What a cracker in the end. In all honesty United should have been 4-1(it's a bit strange seeing United not getting the rub of the green) up after 70 minutes and the game would have been over.

Hopefully they catch the pricks who threw the coins throughout the match. What an animal house the Etihad is when Citeh are losing.

[Remi Moses]

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Just shows money can't buy class.
They're not known as the "Bitters" for nothing
Still plenty of twists and turns yet.

[Eastdog]

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EPL Results - Round 16

Man City 2-3 Man Utd

Everton 2-1 Tottenham

West Ham United 2-3 Liverpool

Great win by us against Man City. Didn't watch the game but from what some posters have said it must of been a cracker. That puts us 6 points clear at the top now.