The Barclays Premier League Thread 2013/14

[Colly]

Shouldn't it be 'the difficult season we are experiencing' rather than 'we have experienced', or has he written this year off already at the end of February?

[Baddar]

A journo was questioning Wenger in his press conference and claimed Arsenal are traditionally bad in March, and wanted his opinion on how he thinks that'll be different this season.

Wenger asked him to back what he was saying up with numbers, then they'd talk. Unsurprisingly, he couldn't.

SSN then went on to show that March is actually Arsenal's BEST month in recent years.

[stokeriño]

Shouldn't it be 'the difficult season we are experiencing' rather than 'we have experienced', or has he written this year off already at the end of February?

Either is fine. For the latter, it is inferred to mean "so far", on account that he's only commenting on actual rather than possible future events.

Also, if I were to get pedantic, he's not "experiencing" anything at the moment because the difficulty comes only when matches are being played.

[Lineker]

This just happened on Sky Sports News

[therockbox]

[Matt]

This just happened on Sky Sports News

can't get any sound, what is it?

[Colly]

Same here, wonder if I need the actual Vine app. Not that arsed...

[Lineker]

Unmute it.

[Nerf]

He calls Mertesacker "The Big Fucking German."

[brenchill]

Lol swears

[Ant]

According to reports in Spain (going off JugEars Twitter) Man City have offered 200m Euros for Messi.

Financial Fair Play seems legit.

[Matt]

Didn't PSG already offer more than that and get told to do one?

[Nerf]

Didn't PSG already offer more than that and get told to do one?

No? As far as I know they just threatened to activate his release clause if Barca didn't stop sniffing around Silva.

[Cheeky Hughes]

Were they told to do one by Barca, or by Messi himself? A couple of reports I have read say that 200M Euros is his release clause so if thats the case, Barca have to let Messi talk don't they?

Lord knows how City would get such a move through this FFP stuff, I'm not getting my hopes up.

[brenchill]

I can't see it happening but it should. Messi needs to go and do it in another league, IMO.

[Colly]

#windynightinstoke

[brenchill]

Pretty much.

[Nerf]

I can't see it happening but it should. Messi needs to go and do it in another league, IMO.

I'd hate it. You could pretty much just chalk the title off to City for the next 5+ years.

[brenchill]

Why? Are Xavi and Iniesta going with him?

[Ant]

Messi is good and all but i am one of the crowd who believes he needs to do it in more than one league. Ronaldo is the best player in the world right now. No question/doubt about it.