The Barclays Premier League Thread 2014/2015

[Lineker]

Because he's Jonathan Pearce.

[Colly]

In fairness Kouyate is running into the box when Terry turns his back, that's a free kick.

[Colly]

That third Spurs goal is weird. Yes it's a great advantage played, but less so if Bentaleb swallows his tongue in the interim. :/

[DavidMarrio]

Great keeping by Joe Hart. Could have easily got that wrong and done what Ben Foster did yesterday.

[Colly]

What the hell is Aguero doing during Silva's goal? Toure chooses to go left rather than pass to him so he's standing miles from the area pouting for ten seconds as the rest of his team work a goal. Bizarre.

[Whisper]

Nigel Pearson is such a bellend.

[DavidMarrio]

Nigel Pearson is such a bellend.

He's a strange man. Seems a tad mentally unhinged

[Matt]

Yep, looks like they spat at each other. Looked like Evans went to kick Cisse in the shins as the referee walked over to them but I'm guessing that was just my eyes since the referee did nothing and there was no replay of it

What the fuck was Krul doing there?

[Whisper]

Seeing it back, that's actually a really nice finish from Young.

Be nice to see Evans suspended, for the simple fact that he's shite.

I get that spitting isn't nice and it's rightly a red card offence, but why do we, in England, regard it as the absolute worst thing you can do on a football pitch?

Always happy to see Trevor Sinclair's overhead kick get an outing.

Edited March 4, 2015 by Whisper in the Wind

[TCO]

Oh fuck off.

Man United are fucking terrible, the sooner they get found out and get a spanking off a good side the better.

4th in the League, third best defence in the league, 4th best attack in the league.

Clearly a 'fucking terrible' team.

Yes they are a terrible team. They're playing awful football, have shown no consistency in selection or formation because all variations of their defence are terrible.

Where United are is a combination of De Gea having a season of a life time, luck and scrapping wins off the back of some god awful performances. Not to mention the fact that they still have to play Spurs, Liverpool, Arsenal, Man City and Chelsea. If they continue playing the way they are, all the stats in the world won't protect them after that run.

[Colly]

Yep, looks like they spat at each other. Looked like Evans went to kick Cisse in the shins as the referee walked over to them but I'm guessing that was just my eyes since the referee did nothing and there was no replay of it

What the fuck was Krul doing there?

I think Evans was trying to suggest that Cisse had kicked at him, which was optimistic. Both will be banned, I'm hoping Carver gives a Riviere and Perez combo a try.

Krul makes a mess but that's entirely Abeid's error, you don't play a backpass under pressure in your six yard box, especially when Gouffran had done all the hard work.

Gutted watching that back, the most blatant pen you'll ever see and an incorrectly given throw leads to the goal. That linesman had an utter stinker.

[Lineker]

Is the general feeling that Krul will be off in the summer, with Darlow replacing him?

[Whisper]

Oh fuck off.

Man United are fucking terrible, the sooner they get found out and get a spanking off a good side the better.

4th in the League, third best defence in the league, 4th best attack in the league.

Clearly a 'fucking terrible' team.

Yes they are a terrible team. They're playing awful football, have shown no consistency in selection or formation because all variations of their defence are terrible.

Where United are is a combination of De Gea having a season of a life time, luck and scrapping wins off the back of some god awful performances. Not to mention the fact that they still have to play Spurs, Liverpool, Arsenal, Man City and Chelsea. If they continue playing the way they are, all the stats in the world won't protect them after that run.

Whilst you might be absolutely right about how our season unfolds, it's probably worth pointing out that we've played all of those teams already this season and have lost to only one of them.

[Mad Jack]

Oh fuck off.

Man United are fucking terrible, the sooner they get found out and get a spanking off a good side the better.

4th in the League, third best defence in the league, 4th best attack in the league.

Clearly a 'fucking terrible' team.

Yes they are a terrible team.

Huh, must make the 16 teams below them really fucking bad then.

[Adam]

Good to see Gomis is okay - did I read Garry Monk referred to it as a "vasovagal condition"? If he suffers from vasovagal syncope that means he's prone to passing out at a specific trigger. Hopefully it was that as I believe it's relatively harmless providing you don't get hurt from the actual fall when passing out.

[Baddar]

Oh fuck off.

Man United are fucking terrible, the sooner they get found out and get a spanking off a good side the better.

4th in the League, third best defence in the league, 4th best attack in the league.

Clearly a 'fucking terrible' team.

Yes they are a terrible team.

Huh, must make the 16 teams below them really fucking bad then.

You have to remember that the last time we won the league, all 19 teams below us were "fucking shit" that season.

[Kaney]

They were. Man U are shit Baddar you and your sig have been through this.

[Whisper]

Good to see Gomis is okay - did I read Garry Monk referred to it as a "vasovagal condition"? If he suffers from vasovagal syncope that means he's prone to passing out at a specific trigger. Hopefully it was that as I believe it's relatively harmless providing you don't get hurt from the actual fall when passing out.

Don't know the medical term, but Linekar on MOTD referred to it as "fainting condition". Apparently it happened to him on 3 separate occasions in a season at Lyon. Glad to hear it's a (relatively) minor thing though.

[Colly]

Oh fuck off.

Man United are fucking terrible, the sooner they get found out and get a spanking off a good side the better.

4th in the League, third best defence in the league, 4th best attack in the league.

Clearly a 'fucking terrible' team.

Yes they are a terrible team.

Huh, must make the 16 teams below them really fucking bad then.

You have to remember that the last time we won the league, all 19 teams below us were "fucking shit" that season.

While that's a stretch I think you do still have to consider the details. The season we finished fifth was down to us being decent, but it also required Liverpool to have a shocker and Chelsea to be focused solely on the Champions League. This season you're in fourth in a league where Southampton and West Ham were in the top 4 around Christmas and no one bar Chelsea had any consistency whatsoever. I think there's little doubt whatsoever that Arsenal will finish above you, and Liverpool, Southampton and Spurs all have a good shout of knocking you out of the Champions League places.

I genuinely haven't seen a Man Utd side play as poorly as that one did last night (I've never heard their away fans chanting 'Attack attack attack' ever) and 3 points was nowhere near deserved. You played exactly like Liverpool did earlier this season, loads of possession in the final third, then a shit long ball forward or crossfield to nothing. I'm sure it's just mindgames, but if Van Gaal thinks that's your best away performance this season I'm surprised you aren't in the bottom half.

[DavidMarrio]

I'd be shocked if Man U got more than 6 points out of the games against Spurs, Us, Man City, Chelsea and Arsenal. You'll fall out the top four unless performances get better.

Not every team will sidefoot the ball to you to tap it into an empty net and give you a get out of jail free card.