Premier league discussion 28th/29th December

Glenn Hysén wrote:

Black Magic wrote:

A world class player.

*awaits LOL Emoticon*

I think Pandev's an awesome footballer. I just didn't realise he was the type to 'explode' into other footballers.

Anyway................. Will Man City get a CL spot?

Matthew Upson wrote:Then knock out Manchester United fans Goater knows how to go to matches in style

Then Man Utd based man utd fans are a bunch of c**ts anyway. Good on Goater i say

Matthew Upson wrote:Then knock out Manchester United fans Goater knows how to go to matches in style

Yeah no prawn sarnies when you come to the football with me.

Black Magic wrote:

Glenn Hysén wrote:

Black Magic wrote:

A world class player.

*awaits LOL Emoticon*

I think Pandev's an awesome footballer. I just didn't realise he was the type to 'explode' into other footballers.

Anyway................. Will Man City get a CL spot?

nah. villa, everton & west ham are all poised to finish ahead of city now

debaser wrote:

Black Magic wrote:

Glenn Hysén wrote:

Black Magic wrote:

A world class player.

*awaits LOL Emoticon*

I think Pandev's an awesome footballer. I just didn't realise he was the type to 'explode' into other footballers.

Anyway................. Will Man City get a CL spot?

nah. villa, everton & west ham are all poised to finish ahead of city now

Why ?

Sgoater1 wrote:

debaser wrote:

Black Magic wrote:

Glenn Hysén wrote:

Black Magic wrote:

A world class player.

*awaits LOL Emoticon*

I think Pandev's an awesome footballer. I just didn't realise he was the type to 'explode' into other footballers.

Anyway................. Will Man City get a CL spot?

nah. villa, everton & west ham are all poised to finish ahead of city now

Why ?

dunno. i just noticed villa and everton are only 3pts behind now, and still not being talked about the same as city. just throwing some villa hype out there really

Dont count out Spurs.

If we can plug our defence, we've got no problems scoring; I fancy our chances of a top 6 finish when you consider that Villa's squad is threadbare, Everton usually tend to slump after Xmas, and Man City, well, there away record is abysmal.

Nothing like some NY optimism.

Chins

Don Fabio wrote:Dont count out Spurs.

If we can plug our defence

and if I win the lottery I will be rich

some things are just never gonna happen mate


cue liverpool will never win the league comeback

Don Fabio wrote:Dont count out Spurs.

If we can plug our defence, we've got no problems scoring; I fancy our chances of a top 6 finish when you consider that Villa's squad is threadbare, Everton usually tend to slump after Xmas, and Man City, well, there away record is abysmal.

Nothing like some NY optimism.

Chins

aye. you could get there, i don't rule it out. i fancy spurs more for a good cup run, just tending too concede too many to win consistently in the league

having said that, i'm not too confident about tomorrow. i think we've hit this fixture at a bad time.

about our squad...i think we'll get in at least a couple of players in jan to boost it, so we've probably got through the worst part - in that, if we'd had a few injuries in nov/dec we'd have dropped a lot of points, like we did in the same time period last season.

debaser wrote:

Don Fabio wrote:Dont count out Spurs.

If we can plug our defence, we've got no problems scoring; I fancy our chances of a top 6 finish when you consider that Villa's squad is threadbare, Everton usually tend to slump after Xmas, and Man City, well, there away record is abysmal.

Nothing like some NY optimism.

Chins

aye. you could get there, i don't rule it out. i fancy spurs more for a good cup run, just tending too concede too many to win consistently in the league

having said that, i'm not too confident about tomorrow. i think we've hit this fixture at a bad time.

about our squad...i think we'll get in at least a couple of players in jan to boost it, so we've probably got through the worst part - in that, if we'd had a few injuries in nov/dec we'd have dropped a lot of points, like we did in the same time period last season.

I see Villa becoming a permanent fixture in the top 6 over the coming seasons, I really admire the foundations and the consistency that O ' Neill and Learner are bringing to your team. It reminds me a bit of how Everton have slowly formed into a real dark horse side- dont get much hype, but are getting along with it nicely. Taken Moyes much longer though.

I've always rated O 'Neill as a manager- plenty on here dont. Not sure why, proven pedigree throughout his career, and doing the same at Villa where the odd results aside, they look a very capable side with some good young talent.

@ COTR - the King is back. Yes it made little difference on Saturday, but in the contaxt of the next few months, it should make a big impact on the rest of the defence, and midfield. We've lacked leadership without Ledley. He is as important to Spurs as Gerrard or Carragher are to Liverpool - born and bred talented leaders.

Good luck with the league

Black Magic wrote:

Glenn Hysén wrote:

Black Magic wrote:

A world class player.

*awaits LOL Emoticon*

I think Pandev's an awesome footballer. I just didn't realise he was the type to 'explode' into other footballers.

Anyway................. Will Man City get a CL spot?

Liverpool will be too good. 5th's between Everton and Man City I think.

Don Fabio wrote:
I see Villa becoming a permanent fixture in the top 6 over the coming seasons, I really admire the foundations and the consistency that O ' Neill and Learner are bringing to your team. It reminds me a bit of how Everton have slowly formed into a real dark horse side- dont get much hype, but are getting along with it nicely. Taken Moyes much longer though.

I've always rated O 'Neill as a manager- plenty on here dont. Not sure why, proven pedigree throughout his career, and doing the same at Villa where the odd results aside, they look a very capable side with some good young talent.

i hope you're right. i've said before - since lerner came in, everything about the club has been positive, as positive as its been in my life. O'Neill's doing very well, his only real weakness so far has been in transfers - a couple of questionable buys (buying knight after selling ridgewell, buying harewood at all) and it was a risk coming into this season with such a small squad. but, as he showed with spending £9m on young, he ain't afraid to spend big or take a risk. a couple of quality players in, and i think we'll definitely be top 8, and hopefully uefa.

Don Fabio wrote:Dont count out Spurs.

If we can plug our defence, we've got no problems scoring; I fancy our chances of a top 6 finish when you consider that Villa's squad is threadbare, Everton usually tend to slump after Xmas, and Man City, well, there away record is abysmal.
Nothing like some NY optimism.

Chins

FFS im sick of people putting our away record down as terrible, look at who we have played...Arsenal, Chelsea, Villa, Pompey, Blackburn, West Ham, Tottenham, all really hard places to go. The other two away fixtures where Wigan (who are on decent form now Bruce took over so a draw isnt a bad result) and Fulham where we drew.

won 1 draw 4 lost 4 isnt a terrible record when you look at who we have played. Its not like we are Tottenham who have a similar record to ours but have played Bolton, Fulham, Boro, Sunderland.

Sgoater1 wrote:

Don Fabio wrote:Dont count out Spurs.

If we can plug our defence, we've got no problems scoring; I fancy our chances of a top 6 finish when you consider that Villa's squad is threadbare, Everton usually tend to slump after Xmas, and Man City, well, there away record is abysmal.
Nothing like some NY optimism.

Chins

FFS im sick of people putting our away record down as terrible, look at who we have played...Arsenal, Chelsea, Villa, Pompey, Blackburn, West Ham, Tottenham, all really hard places to go. The other two away fixtures where Wigan (who are on decent form now Bruce took over so a draw isnt a bad result) and Fulham where we drew.

won 1 draw 4 lost 4 isnt a terrible record when you look at who we have played. Its not like we are Tottenham who have a similar record to ours but have played Bolton, Fulham, Boro, Sunderland.

We've played at Anfield, Old Trafford, The Emirates, and Pompey too. Also played at Newcastle & West Ham.

Hardest grounds left are Chelsea, Man City, Everton

Honourable C*nt wrote:

Sgoater1 wrote:

Don Fabio wrote:Dont count out Spurs.

If we can plug our defence, we've got no problems scoring; I fancy our chances of a top 6 finish when you consider that Villa's squad is threadbare, Everton usually tend to slump after Xmas, and Man City, well, there away record is abysmal.
Nothing like some NY optimism.

Chins

FFS im sick of people putting our away record down as terrible, look at who we have played...Arsenal, Chelsea, Villa, Pompey, Blackburn, West Ham, Tottenham, all really hard places to go. The other two away fixtures where Wigan (who are on decent form now Bruce took over so a draw isnt a bad result) and Fulham where we drew.

won 1 draw 4 lost 4 isnt a terrible record when you look at who we have played. Its not like we are Tottenham who have a similar record to ours but have played Bolton, Fulham, Boro, Sunderland.

We've played at Anfield, Old Trafford, The Emirates, and Pompey too. Also played at Newcastle & West Ham.

Hardest grounds left are Chelsea, Man City, Everton

and Villa and Blackburn.

My point is, its really annoying when people keep slaggin off our away record without takinginto account who we have played.

Would people say Pompy are abysmal at home ? cos they have one of the worst home records in the league. But that would be harsh cos they have played the top 6 /7 teams at home already.

Sgoater1 wrote:

Honourable C*nt wrote:

Sgoater1 wrote:

Don Fabio wrote:Dont count out Spurs.

If we can plug our defence, we've got no problems scoring; I fancy our chances of a top 6 finish when you consider that Villa's squad is threadbare, Everton usually tend to slump after Xmas, and Man City, well, there away record is abysmal.
Nothing like some NY optimism.

Chins

FFS im sick of people putting our away record down as terrible, look at who we have played...Arsenal, Chelsea, Villa, Pompey, Blackburn, West Ham, Tottenham, all really hard places to go. The other two away fixtures where Wigan (who are on decent form now Bruce took over so a draw isnt a bad result) and Fulham where we drew.

won 1 draw 4 lost 4 isnt a terrible record when you look at who we have played. Its not like we are Tottenham who have a similar record to ours but have played Bolton, Fulham, Boro, Sunderland.

We've played at Anfield, Old Trafford, The Emirates, and Pompey too. Also played at Newcastle & West Ham.

Hardest grounds left are Chelsea, Man City, Everton

and Villa and Blackburn.

My point is, its really annoying when people keep slaggin off our away record without takinginto account who we have played.

Would people say Pompy are abysmal at home ? cos they have one of the worst home records in the league. But that would be harsh cos they have played the top 6 /7 teams at home already.

aye so've villa. fixturing skews things. we've got a good away record, mainly because we've won at middling teams, while we've lost four at home - which ain't good, but they were vs liverpool, man utd, arsenal and portsmouth. only the latter was really disappointing.

for man city, you could make the case that both home and away records are skewed due to fixtures, as you've played most of the bottom 8 at home already, although it obviously is impressive to still be unbeaten.