Liverpool 3-1 down at home. I thought Villa might sneak a point tonight but didn't see this one coming. My cousin will be buzzing after this victory. He's a Villa fan and didn't enjoy the stick he got after the Wigan result!
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Liverpool 3-1 down at home. I thought Villa might sneak a point tonight but didn't see this one coming. My cousin will be buzzing after this victory. He's a Villa fan and didn't enjoy the stick he got after the Wigan result!
You could get Villa at 8/1 and upwards before the game. Great stuff.
Man City vs Arsenal game was interesting. Adebayor's celebration could have lost him an eye with the coins being thrown at him. I think the stamping of van Persie was deliberate as well. I'd like to tune in to the return game at Arsenal :)
While I think Adebayor celebrating in front of the Arsenal fans was funny, and acceptable, the stamp on Van Persie was a disgrace. Will surely get some sort of ban for it.
Nasty little kick out and deserves a 3 game ban.
..and anything for the celebration in front of the Arsenal fans?Quote:
Originally Posted by shakermaker1982
Funny to hear an Arsenal fan commenting on the stamping: "It was disrespectful to Van Persie". Just disrespectful!!
Gary Neville got banned for running the length of Old Trafford to celebrate in front of Liverpool fans before. I don't see how Adebayor's behaviour is any different, but someone mentioned that the ref already booked him for that instance so nothing more can be done about it.
He did not get banned.Quote:
Originally Posted by superfrank
Charged then and fined £5,000. There is a precedent for this thing anyway.
http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news...icle32604.html
Quote:
The most famous example of Neville's 'Red mist', though, came On January 22, 2006, following Rio Ferdinand's last minute winner against Liverpool. Gary ran half the length of the Old Trafford pitch to perform this provocative celebration in front of the travelling Liverpool fans.
Neville was later charged with improper conduct by FA, fined £5,000 and warned about his future conduct.
I.I.R.C. he only got a fine because he did not leave the field of play. I suspect Adebayor will get the same punishment. If he reacted in that manner to some songs/chants from 3,000 Arsenal fans when playing at home for Citeh, god knows what he will do when he plays at the Emirates against them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rafa B
Was channel surfing between the Manchester derby and the cricket and every time I went back there was a goal :o Saw some great saves by Shay. Could have been 6 or 7. Why did they let Dunne go? No mention concerning the absence of Ronaldo.
Nice to see Wolves pick up 3 points and Burnley win at home again. Coyle could be the next Irish manager once the bubble bursts there if it co-incides with Trapp departing.
Top of the table has a familar look to it. Chelsea are so functonial. Hate Droghba - his play acting whenever he's touched.
As usual the most interest is in the relegation zone.
How is this fella doing it? His dad must be some agent. Absolutely brutal and always has been. The first line makes me shiver when I see where he's been.....
Zenden Training with Black Cats
I saw the Wolves v Villa game. Terrible stuff. The two Wolves full backs couldn't pass to their own team mates no matter how hard they tried. Doyle toiled away and was one of the few who showed some composure on the ball. I wouldn't be too optimistic about Wolves staying up after seeing them in that game but Villa weren't much better.
Spurs vs Stoke was a bit better. Robbie was anonymous and with no start for Lawrence or Whelan, Trapp and Tardelli left early (possibly to go to Stamford Bridge??). They might have been watching DeLap but other than his throws, he was seldom on the ball. Lovely goal by Whelan who came on in the second half.
I reckon Liverpool will win today, saving Benitez's job for another few months.
Pavlyuchenko to demand Spurs exit
The sooner he leaves the better for himself. Wouldn't blame Redknapp too much seeing as the quality of forwards is so strong there. There's plenty of clubs that would be doing very well to snap him up, and not necessarily clubs at a lower level than Tottenham.
Not looking great for Wolves. Need to put a few back to back wins together.
Thankfully, the 9 Spurs got against Wigan shoves Wednesday down to 3rd place for the most goals conceded in the Premiership (8-0 at Newcastle) :o.
Liverpool fail to win again. Beginning to look like a two horse race at the top.
At the bottom as usual is where the interest is. Bolton looked like relegation candidates against Blackburn. Hopeless.
Harte sacked by Portsmouth. Rumours of the appointment of Darren Ferguson. So he might come up against his dad!
to early for darren its avram grants if he wants it whats curbishley at these days would be a good man for the job?Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Avram Grant it is. Unless he gets funds, I would be surprised if he could turn it around. Not sure he's used to dealing with struggling teams. I only know him from his Chelsea days but he was also manager of Israel. He did ok at Chelsea but ok isn't enough.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYlle...layer_embedded
Pulis vs Beattie
"Rollickings" at half time appear to work sometimes. Apparently Wenger gave the Arsenal team a right going over, told them they weren't fit to wear the Arsenal short and they turned over a 1-0 deficit.
Chelsea drawing at home and Man U and Liverpool losing at home. Good to see the league becoming a bit more competitive and of course Doyle scoring for Wolves. Robbie looked off the pace again :confused: Post Paris syndrome still.
robbie is a moodie little so and so at the best of times and remember he always plays better in the second half of the season the goals always flowQuote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Surprised at Mick Mc's decision to rest almost the whole team against Man U. I know he has often said their fate will not depend on results against Man U, Chelsea and Arsenal but against the other team but I think he was wrong for the following reasons:
(a) Sends the wrong signals to the players and fans i.e. we have no hope of competing with the top teams. We are way to inferior that there is no point in even showing up.
(b) I am sure their top players would have liked to play Man U at Old Trafford.
(c) It lets down the fans who travelled to Old T.
(d) Don't agree with this resting business. The likes of Houllier and other continental managers brought this in to the game in England. Previously, when English teams, in particular Liverpool, dominated Europe, there was no resting of players. The same team usually played week in, week out, and it seemed to have no adverse affect.
(e) Man U were not playing well and lost their last game at home. Wolves had won their last game. A "result" was not beyond the bounds of possibility.
Sorry Mick, I think it was the wrong decision whether they beat Burnley next game or not.
Rumours that Hughes is going to be sacked in the next hour or so.
Another great day in the history of Liverpool and Man United........there as bad as each other now!
If people think that the likes of Anderson, Nani, Berbatov, Foster and Valencia are the future for Man United then they are living in a dream world.
Supposedly Mancini or Hiddink taking overQuote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Man Utd were missing their first choice gk, centre backs and right back. To make matters worse their back up defenders were also injured.Quote:
Originally Posted by rambler14
fair point .. but performance today by utd was brutal even with missing players still expect them to perform ... as for playing 3 at the back 2 midfielders and a rookie right back at left back :confused: surely you would keep it tight and play 4 at back and a deep lying midfielder to try and protect weak defence :ball:Quote:
Originally Posted by shakermaker1982
Absolutely. With the players available a draw was the best result that could be hoped for. At the same time Fulham were excellent, best performance I've seen (albeit limited) against Man Utd this season.
Man U have had these injuries for a few weeks now but only since last Saturday have they been used as a reason/excuse. They didn't stop them from creating chances and taking them. Credit to Fulham they deserved their win as much as Pompey did against Liverpool.
Fulham were great value for their win, especially on the back of such an important result on the road in the Europa League. United were hardly going to use the injuries as an excuse in matches that they won Rafa in fairness, of course it was going to come to the fore when results started going the other way. Liverpool fans point to Gerrard/Torres being injured when results aren't going their way (quite rightly at times), so I wouldn't get too put out by United fans suggesting that conceding 3 goals to Fulham may have had something to do with 8 defenders being missing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rafa B
Fair enough point there have to say. Nothing to stop them creating chances and taking them. Fulham a tough place to go these days though injuries or no injuries.Quote:
Originally Posted by old git
Fergie's formation was dodgy alright but what do I know?! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by old git
Fulham away is a tough place to go to with a full strength team as Man Utd found to their cost last season but your job is made near impossible when you resort to playing Carrick and Fletcher in a 3 man defence.
Chelsea are vulnerable and Man Utd will run them close as soon as injuries to the defence clear up. Chelsea without Drogba are not the same force and they'll miss him greatly next month. Throw in the fact that Anelka is injured now as well........
,di santo will be back it will be his chance to cement a place in the team.. same goes for sturridge,kakuta,borini and possibly even clifford will get a look inQuote:
Originally Posted by shakermaker1982
On paper they couldn't have asked for better fixtures during the African Cup of Nations.Quote:
Originally Posted by Acornvilla
As usual relegation struggle more interesting than title challenge as far more teams involved:
12 Stoke........19 -08 21
13 Blackburn...20 -15 21
14 Burnley......20 -18 20
15 Wigan........18 -18 19
16 Wolves.......20 -19 19
17 West Ham...20 -09 18
18 Bolton........17 -10 17
19 Hull............19 -22 17
20 Portsmouth.19 -11 14
Burnley doing a Hull. Great start but now slipping in to the dogfight. Take any 3 from 9. Looks like Portsmouth, Hull and Wolves or Burnley but a couple of back to back wins for any team changes everything.
which of these teams will be most affected by the African Cup of Nations?
Pompey and Chelsea will suffer most in my opinion.
Things appearing worse at Portsmouth now that they have a winding up order:http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/301220...ing-order.html
Their paying John Utaka £80,000 a week they deserve everything their getting.
Megson sacked by Bolton. Couldn't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear!