English Premier League

[jersey10]

Arsenal beating Everton 6-1

At home as well - absolute disgrace. Slow starts have been Everton's downfall over recent seasons and it looks like the same is happening again.

 

[gooner]

At home as well - absolute disgrace. Slow starts have been Everton's downfall over recent seasons and it looks like the same is happening again.

A sign of things to come.

Mark my words. This is Arsenal's season and about time too.

Go the gooners

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

A sign of things to come.

Mark my words. This is Arsenal's season and about time too.

Go the gooners

Arsenal.

One word.

Everton 1 Arsenal 6

Says it all.

Best football team ever.

gg

 

[MRC & Co]

Yeh, and Man City won away from home? WTF. But they did look like junk doing it, looked promising though after that first goal!

Too easy for Arsenal, Wenger played a very different line-up.

Chelsea looked like trash, their usual slow, grinding selves. After watching that, I'm not so hot on them for the season title like I was beforehand. Though Drogba looks like he will be a weapon once again infront of goal this season.

Liverpool V Tottenham should be good tonight, but I am kind of disappointed to have to watch United without Ronaldo! I'm worried United are going to be the new Chelsea/Liverpool. A structured, grinding game.

 

[mazzatelli]

Upon mentioning Ronaldo [although this is not EPL related]

29 November 2009 - El Classico

 

[MRC & Co]

Upon mentioning Ronaldo [although this is not EPL related]

29 November 2009 - El Classico

Where is the first leg?

That will be absolutely El Classico! Hairs stand up on the back of my neck just thinking about it!!! Messi, Henry and Ibra in attack against Kaka, Ronaldo, Ribery (or Robben). HOLY SH*T! That is basically an all-star event!

BTW, did you guys hear Madrid apparently offered Bayern, Sjneider, Robben and 30mil for Ribery? WTF, that has to be the best value for money I have ever seen! Robben alone should cover that cost. Van Der Vaart and Sjneider have to be two of the cheapest and best playmakers going around at the moment!

 

[mazzatelli]

First leg is at the Nou Camp
Yeah and it will a competitive match *drools*
If the football Gods are generous both teams would be tied on points at the top of the table when the derby is on.
Here is an excel file of the fixtures

La Liga fixtures

NB: I tried to get EPL fixtures, but licensing issues do not permit creation of that spreadsheet.

Wow, you cannot be serious Robben for Ribery??? Typical of Perez, Sneijder and Van De Vaart aren't considered big enough names just like when he got rid of Makelele.

BTW any Everton fans happy with losing Lescott for other players?

 

[wayneL]

Chelsea looked like trash,

I had the..... ummmm, experience of being on the tube when all their supporters jumped on at Fulmam Broadway station after the game.

I can exclusively report to you that they all have BO.

eeeeeewww!

 

[MRC & Co]

Wow, you cannot be serious Robben for Ribery??? Typical of Perez, Sneijder and Van De Vaart aren't considered big enough names just like when he got rid of Makelele.

Robben, Sneijder and 30 million euros for Ribery.

Wonder where they got the idea from?

If I was Bayern, I would snap that up in a flash, but I don't like the fact of not seeing as much of Robben play

Apparently Zizou is behind the scenes pushing hard for this.

 

[MRC & Co]

Well the man himself (Ribery) spoke and just closed the door on the move.

United looked OK, at least some potential, but you could tell they really miss that Ronaldo influence. Rooney is obviously the core of the team now, he was involved in everything. Berbatov was his usual, lazy self!

 

[jersey10]

BTW any Everton fans happy with losing Lescott for other players?

No not happy, Moyes has to keep the team together and looks like he is going to do this. Everton also had a big bid for Saha during the summer but Everton knocked that back as well. Moyes has put together quite a decent squad with a lot more quality depth than we have had for a long time, will look quite good when the likes of Yakubu, Jagielka, Arteta come back from LT injuries.

On saying that i'm not a massive Lescott fan, seems to have a slow brain at times at the back and cost a couple of crucial goals last season, but he is a top level premiership defender and has been part of the England set up.

 

[mazzatelli]

United looked OK, at least some potential, but you could tell they really miss that Ronaldo influence. Rooney is obviously the core of the team now, he was involved in everything. Berbatov was his usual, lazy self!

After watching the highlights, must say the Gunners were quite spectacular.

I am having this feeling Berbatov could join the ranks of Forlan, Veron and Kleberson as major United flops despite all the promise and potential

On saying that i'm not a massive Lescott fan, seems to have a slow brain at times at the back and cost a couple of crucial goals last season, but he is a top level premiership defender and has been part of the England set up.

It was interesting because I read some articles that suggested Lescott be sold to raise funds to strengthen the squad.
But so many even looking teams this year, its going to be exciting!!

Ha!! Liverpool down [I am not a big Reds fan]

 

[Largesse]

ok

I watched:
Chelsea v Hull
City v Rovers
Arsenal v Everton

and first half of Utd v BC

Disclosure: am a gooner

Run down:

Chelsea looked sluggish, but still a very solid act. One genuinely quality strike from Drogba and a flukey backpost cross that sliced in. Thigns like that tend to happen to good players. For my mind they are still favorites.

City looked ok, but nothing amazing. They are a solid 5th, unless Liverpool go to sh.t.

Arsenal were beautiful. Everton were absolutely pedestrian. Vermaelan was rock solid. Bendtner actually played a good game for once. Fabregas was dominant through midfield. Just a giggity good time watching the game, pissed as a fart and singing in my living room.

Utd looked, to put it nicely, as impotent as a 90year old man. Their close ball control was clearly multiple levels above BC, but other than finding space outside the box they offered nothing. They looked very slow in both build up and fast break attack. Berbatov does not suit their style at all. Should have sold berbatov and kept tevez.
Also, Nani and Valencia simply do not have that danger and spark that C.Ron had. (duh...)


Good round though. I tipped 7 out of 10, leading my work tipping competition.

 

[doctorj]

It was interesting because I read some articles that suggested Lescott be sold to raise funds to strengthen the squad.

But so many even looking teams this year, its going to be exciting!!

I only saw highlights, but how much was Lescott at fault for Everton’s performance? From what I hear he was largely disinterested and may have been looking to force Moyes’ hand to sell him. £60,000+ a week is probably quite a jump on what he’s getting at Everton. Also, lets not forget his agent will get a cut of the £20m odd transfer fee.

No not happy, Moyes has to keep the team together and looks like he is going to do this. Everton also had a big bid for Saha during the summer but Everton knocked that back as well. Moyes has put together quite a decent squad with a lot more quality depth than we have had for a long time, will look quite good when the likes of Yakubu, Jagielka, Arteta come back from LT injuries.

On saying that i'm not a massive Lescott fan, seems to have a slow brain at times at the back and cost a couple of crucial goals last season, but he is a top level premiership defender and has been part of the England set up.

To be honest, probably better to sell Lescott than keep a player against his will. You won’t get anything out of him and his value will go down faster than Paris Hilton. The question is who do you replace him with? Turner (Hull), Upson (Ham) or Hangeland (Fulham) would be the usual suspects. Brede has 2 years left on his contract and FFC have come out and said he’s not for sale and won’t look at anything but a stupidly high offer – presumably £15m+. Upson, being English and an international can probably fetch similar money and Turner has been touted at around £10m. No cheap ready made replacements on offer really – it makes using the funds to build a squad a little unrealistic.

United looked OK, at least some potential, but you could tell they really miss that Ronaldo influence. Rooney is obviously the core of the team now, he was involved in everything. Berbatov was his usual, lazy self!

I actually thought Berbatov looked better than he did for most of last season. He made some fantastic passes and actually ran up a sweat. That type of game is exactly where ManUtd will miss Ronaldo – he excelled at putting the average teams of this world away.

As for my boys, well, we won by a single goal in a match we dominated. A little disappointing we didn’t win by more, but there were a lot of positives – no injuries and a game we could play in about 2nd gear ahead of a tough week with Europa this Thursday and the scum on Sunday. Two trips to the Cottage in a week after what felt like a loooooong summer break. Can’t wait!

Oh and I'll spit chips if Orange man signs Negredo. We had a £10.5m bid accepted for him in January but he didn't want to leave his team half way through a season. I hope we're back in for him...

 

[MRC & Co]

Have to say, I'm not sure if it was Liverpool that looked abysmal, or Tottenham were just that good? Definately have the quality to do damage, but I just still don't buy into their ability to break the top 4 without consistency.

 

[doctorj]

Have to say, I'm not sure if it was Liverpool that looked abysmal, or Tottenham were just that good? Definately have the quality to do damage, but I just still don't buy into their ability to break the top 4 without consistency.

I think Tottenham will score a lot of goals this year, but they'll let too many in at the back to be a chance at top 4. Top 6 is a real chance and 5th isn't out of the question with Villa and Everton looking off the boil.

Liverpool need to play Benayoun more - they look a completely different team with him on the park.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/manchester_united/article6798423.ece

Looks like the CB merry-go-round might just have got a push. With Shawcross and Huth going, it cuts down on options for Moyes...

 

[MRC & Co]

Liverpool need to play Benayoun more - they look a completely different team with him on the park.

Yeh, he made a big impact.

But he doesn't seem to make the impact from the get go, think that's why Rafa brings on his fresh legs as the impact man. But I think he deserves the shot at a starting place (no idea why Riera wasn't played though? He is FAR better than Babel).

 

[Largesse]

anyone else playing fantasy EPL?

a forum league maybe?

 

[doctorj]

I've got a team in the premierleague.com one... Doing quite poorly...

 

[MRC & Co]

I've got a team in the premierleague.com one... Doing quite poorly...

Same here (except maybe the doing poorly part, lol).

If someone creates an ASF league at premierleague.com and puts the code up, I will join with my team.

Or I will create it myself if there is enough interest? Maybe 4-5 of us?