Premier League 24th May Discussion Thread

Wigan-Portsmouth is obviously the big one. Who will finish 12th? And who will be consigned to the dustbin of 14th/15th? Can't believe they're not showing it on TV

(actually it shows the extent of Wigan's slump that they could finish as low as 15th..just as the fact Villa may end up only 3pts ahead of Fulham shows the extent of ours)

I think Arsenal may batter Stoke...

debaser wrote:Wigan-Portsmouth is obviously the big one. Who will finish 12th? And who will be consigned to the dustbin of 14th/15th? Can't believe they're not showing it on TV

What about Liverpool v Spurs and that all important clean sheet record on stake

I wonder which corrupt and/or incompetent ref will fuck us this week.

Hopefully Phil Dowd.

Do you predict any players/managers who will cry if you get relegated? I'm thinking S.Taylor.

It'd be quite fairytale if Jonas scored his first goal to keep you up. We're quite good at conceding goals, so there's a chance

I thought Newcastle was safe already?

If Carew plays I'm afraid Newcastle might be doomed.

But tbh Newcastle have the destiny in own hands, so it's up to them if they want to be relegated or not. Last match they showed lust to stay up for the first time in... several games at least

debaser wrote:Hopefully Phil Dowd.

Do you predict any players/managers who will cry if you get relegated? I'm thinking S.Taylor.

It'd be quite fairytale if Jonas scored his first goal to keep you up. We're quite good at conceding goals, so there's a chance

I was actually thinking of Dowd. Little fucker would love it, i've never seen someone enjoys giving out red cards so much, he even tops Bennett.

It would be quite a fairytale if Jonas scored his first goal to keep us up, but then it would quickly turn into a nightmare when the ref rules it out because Martins has the nerve to be standing somewhere in the penalty box.

Bad kitteh wrote:I thought Newcastle was safe already?

If Carew plays I'm afraid Newcastle might be doomed.

But tbh Newcastle have the destiny in own hands, so it's up to them if they want to be relegated or not. Last match they showed lust to stay up for the first time in... several games at least

No, they lost to Fulham at the weekend - in fact, destiny is out of their hands now. If Sunderland and Hull win, they are down. However, Sunderland face Chelsea and Hull face Man Utd, so there is reasonable chance one or both will drop points.

Carew is the man to stop. His goal pretty much doomed Boro at the weekend, now he wants to kill another NE side

Kimbo wrote:

debaser wrote:Hopefully Phil Dowd.

Do you predict any players/managers who will cry if you get relegated? I'm thinking S.Taylor.

It'd be quite fairytale if Jonas scored his first goal to keep you up. We're quite good at conceding goals, so there's a chance

I was actually thinking of Dowd. Little fucker would love it, i've never seen someone enjoys giving out red cards so much, he even tops Bennett.

Not a word often used in relation to Dowd

WE DIDN'T FUCKING LOSE. WE JUST WEREN'T GIVEN OUR POINT!!! I'm still fuming about it. Howard Webb is a corrupt piece of shit. He apologized to Spurs after that bizarre penalty, where is our apology?!

debaser wrote:

Bad kitteh wrote:I thought Newcastle was safe already?

If Carew plays I'm afraid Newcastle might be doomed.

But
tbh Newcastle have the destiny in own hands, so it's up to them if they
want to be relegated or not. Last match they showed lust to stay up for
the first time in... several games at least

No,
they lost to Fulham at the weekend - in fact, destiny is out of their
hands now. If Sunderland and Hull win, they are down. However,
Sunderland face Chelsea and Hull face Man Utd, so there is reasonable
chance one or both will drop points.

Carew is the man to stop. His goal pretty much doomed Boro at the weekend, now he wants to kill another NE side

Oh really? I would never have though either would of won no matter who they faced but eh What I meant is if Newcastle wants to win, they will.

My predictions

Hull 1-3 Manchester United
Aston Villa 1-1 Newcastle
West Ham 0-2 Middlesborough

So that'll be the Geordies just surviving on Goal Diff

I think:

Hull 2-2 United
Villa 1-1 Newcastle

With a late goal by Villa in that one.

Boro are already down.

Yes, if we beat Villa then both Sunderland and Hull have to win to send us down; a draw against Villa is only good for us if Hull lose their game, so I think we have to really go for the win on Sunday. There are various ways to assess Hull's game - I've heard some people suggesting that we will benefit from Man Utd playing a young team, because the young players will be up for the match - but whatever, I do think Hull will secure a point at least on the day.

I think we were unlucky over the weekend in that Fulham's goal came somewhat against the run of play, and Viduka's header shouldn't have been ruled out. But we got lucky with a couple of decisions against Middlesbrough last Monday, so I don't think we can complain too much.

I'd love to see Jonas grab a goal on Sunday, but I don't see it happening. I thought he had perhaps his worst game for us yet against Fulham, and I lost a bit of patience with him because of it. It is one thing to look hesitant and lacking in confidence in the final third, but Jonas, who is almost 27 years old, looks as though he's never struck a ball properly in that area of the pitch in his life. Some of his passes in excellent positions around the area on Saturday were absolutely atrocious; and he also received the ball on several occasions with the goal in sight, but instead of turning inside and shooting, he turned outside and let good opportunities pass.

We always beat Everton at home. They always beat us (and have already this season) at goodison. So we should secure 7th. But it would be typical to lose and have Tottenham beat Liverpool. So I really hope with nothing to play for Liverpool will relax and overwhelm Tottenham.

Just noticed our goals for is 39. Which having been defensively minded isn't that bad compared to others below us. Only Man City have scored a considerable amount more.

I hope that Keane's been saving up his good form for Rafa, because he's been quite crap for a while now.

Pav+JD next season please, 'arry

Newcastle should stay up. Toons deserve better unlike top-4 supporting glory hunter. Come on Newcastle!!!!

The Sun are running a story that the North East's clubs could sue us if they go down due to Hull getting points off us if we field a weakened team.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article2438004.ece

The side they reckon we could well put out -

Amos, Eckersely, Chester, Evans*, Fabio, Nani, Gibson, Fletcher, Tosic, Macheda & Wellbeck.

*Think they mean Johnny Evans brother.

Unflinching Frenchman wrote:Newcastle should stay up. Toons deserve better unlike top-4 supporting glory hunter. Come on Newcastle!!!!

you live in madrid then?

Rosicky wrote:

Unflinching Frenchman wrote:Newcastle should stay up. Toons deserve better unlike top-4 supporting glory hunter. Come on Newcastle!!!!

you live in madrid then?

No.

Luis wrote:I think:

Hull 2-2 United
Villa 1-1 Newcastle

With a late goal by Villa in that one.

Boro are already down.

Not necessarily - United are quite capable of putting 3 or 4 past Hull which would mean Boro would only need to win by one or two. (Trouble of course is that Hull will defend like anything whether they're 2 or 3 down already purely for that reason.

I think ultimately it'll all come down to the Villa/Newc game though.

I think they probably will go down mind - boro i mean.

With this whole - fielding a weakened team nonsense. How could the football league actually pin them down on that one? Who's to say who's first team and certainly who's to say that they should play their first team just before the CL final? Methinks United will have none of that.

Unflinching Frenchman wrote:

Rosicky wrote:

Unflinching Frenchman wrote:Newcastle should stay up. Toons deserve better unlike top-4 supporting glory hunter. Come on Newcastle!!!!

you live in madrid then?

No.

Spain ?

Parks lives wrote:The Sun are running a story that the North East's clubs could sue us if they go down due to Hull getting points off us if we field a weakened team.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article2438004.ece

The side they reckon we could well put out -

Amos, Eckersely, Chester, Evans*, Fabio, Nani, Gibson, Fletcher, Tosic, Macheda & Wellbeck.

*Think they mean Johnny Evans brother.

We should sue everyone we can, most importantly we should sue the Premier league and/or individual referees. We should take Howard Webb for everything he's got, i recognize they make mistakes, but what he did takes the biscuit.

Milner to relegate Newcastle. Would be quite fitting

at Kimbo's avatar

Rosicky wrote:

Unflinching Frenchman wrote:

Rosicky wrote:

Unflinching Frenchman wrote:Newcastle should stay up. Toons deserve better unlike top-4 supporting glory hunter. Come on Newcastle!!!!

you live in madrid then?

No.

Spain ?

Take a look at his name. Don't know where he lives but im quite sure he is a frenchman.

Will be in Prague But I've set my V1 box to record Gillette Soccer Special. Sad.

Rasiak-9 wrote:My predictions

Hull 1-3 Manchester United
Aston Villa 1-1 Newcastle
West Ham 0-2 Middlesborough

So that'll be the Geordies just surviving on Goal Diff

Who is going to score 2 for Boro?
You expect them to keep a clean sheet?
They don't even have Downing!

BTW DI Caniooo...are you attending the Middlesbrough match this weekend?

There's a few warnings going about, because Millwall are taking 40,000 fans to Wembley on the same day. So if you're coming from that area, don't wear any colours or anything.