The EPL thread

[serious14]

meanwhile, liverpool are set to continue their habit of the last 20 years of looking like champs in december only to have an inglorious late season fadeout to fourth place in the league...

1-1 at JJB... farking hopeless.

Lollerpool!!!!    ROFL Benitez!!!!    Steven Lollard!!!!

I feel the need to hack Sym this morning.

Don't worry chief, I feel that need football or not......

 

[serious14]

From Football365.com

Tim Cahill

'The credit he receives is utterly incommensurate to his influence. He has never featured in the PFA's Team of the Year, not even after scoring 13 goals in 2005, his debut season in the Premiership. But other than Aaron Lennon, he is the best player, in terms of contribution and value, in the Premiership not playing for either ManYoo, Arsenal, Chelski or Liverpool' - Winners & Losers, December 2006.

Lennon may have regressed terribly since then but Cahill continues to be the league's best outside of the absolute elite. Indeed, it is his ability to rise to the occasion - often literally so, due to his incredible leap and timing - that marks out Cahill as a very special player. Since that eulogy was published, the Australian - whose record at Everton of 35 goals in 118 appearances is entirely pure in the sense it has not been doped up by any free-kicks or penalties - has scored at the Emirates, Anfield, Stamford Bridge and Old Trafford.

While he has not received the acclaim he deserves outside of Merseyside, his value to Everton is priceless. In the 35 league games he has appeared in since the start of last season, Everton have won 21 and lost just five. In the 26 he has missed, they've won just eight and lost 12.

A final point in the form of a repeat: More's the pity that the obsession towards promoting English talent causes Cahill's qualities to be so shamefully unrecognised. Ironic, too, for having been plucked from Championship obscurity in 2004, the Aussie serves as a salient lesson for the Premier League that, instead of keeping their sights fixed abroad, the lower leagues of England can offer an outstanding product as well.

 

[serious14]

"Its not all doom and gloom for Liverpool fans. They could still win a trophy this season. All Rafa has to do is enter them into an art competition. After all they have had plenty of practise drawing recently".

HA!!!!!

 

[Gav...]

Half Time @ Britannia Stadium, Stoke

------ Stoke 1 - 0 Manchester City -----

Goals;
Beattie (Stoke) 40+5'

Red Card;
Delap (Stoke) 37'

 

[FFC Mariner]

How the f**k is the ex filth Wright-Phillips still on the pitch?

Ref must have seen his kick out at Delap (who deserved to go).

Crowd well fired up too.

Terrible football but atmosphere +

 

[Gav...]

Full Time @ Britannia Stadium, Stoke

----- Stoke 1 - 0 Manchester City ------

Goals;
Beattie (Stoke) 40+5'

Red Card;
Delap (Stoke) 37'

Attendance; 27,236

 

[Gav...]

That was so f**king fustrating and Mark Hughes shove the rocket up them please.

Stoke just defended heavily in the 2nd half which is even more frustrating.

FFC Mariner your right Wright-Phillips should of been given a card but not sure which colour. 50/50 Decision , but should of definately recieved a card.

 

[bjw]

Arsenal 0 - West Ham 0 

 

[David Votoupal]

We come away from Old Trafford losing 1-0. Fair enough, other teams have done worse there :-\

 

[Sym]

Bring it on You scouse gits

 

[Part_Timer]

f**king disgrace wright phillips stayed on pitch...delap deserved  to go for lashing out at him making the most of a tackle...you wont ever see sexy football watching stoke (so dont be disappointed) vital points for us...
ps: WHY WHY WHY DELILAHHHHHH

 

[Auburn Mariner]

f**king disgrace wright phillips stayed on pitch...delap deserved  to go for lashing out at him making the most of a tackle...you wont ever see sexy football watching stoke (so dont be disappointed) vital points for us...
ps: WHY WHY WHY DELILAHHHHHH

Was waiting for the Delilah quote, predictable and deserved, winning with 10 men.

Good point for the Hammers, any points taken off the North London hermaphrodites are always welcome.

Happy to win against the Toffees, another clean sheet for Van der Saar.

Onward and upward for Manchester United.

 

[scottmac]

We come away from Old Trafford losing 1-0. Fair enough, other teams have done worse there :-\

Hurts though to have gone down from a penalty with not much in it.

 

[Sacko]

Arsenal 0 - West Ham 0 

Great point for the Happy Hammers, Wenger's face at the final whistle was a peach and Zola gave our bench a bit of a smirk!

 

[FFC Mariner]

Looking at the table, there are just 7 points between 9th and last place.

Bastard of a relegation fight coming methinks.

W Brom, Hull (now in freefall) and.................Newcastle

 

[serious14]

8)

 

[serious14]

Chelsea, by far the most disgusting, scummiest, dirtiest pack of cheats in the League.  I'm actually glad they lost this game.  Pack of c*nts the lot of them.

Lollerpool 2, Chelscumcheatingfilthyc*nts 0.  Torres in the 88th and 92nd.  The Man U/Liverpool game in March just became a whole lot more whoa.....

 

[FFC Mariner]

Expect to see all the glory hunters discarding their blue shirts (to add to the Arsenal one they hid when they changed to Chavski).

Sales of Manure shirts to rise.

 

[T]

Good to see Torres back scoring goals

 

[Sym]

wtf are you whinging about serial
ffs

Lamps gets sent for a nothing tackle where alonso did a lot worse in the same tackle
and gerrard lunged in just the same a few mins earlier and no card.

so thanks ref might be some spots in the a-league reffing ranks for you