EPL Discussion Thread Season 2009/2010

[Bully]

good win by the black cats this morning. Bent got the hatrick .

Jack wilshire the best player for bolton by a long way

[Bully]

Also good win by birmingham this morning.

[whufc]

Burnley 1 - 1 Stoke (Full Time)

Burnley are well and truly in a rut at the moment and are right in the middle of the relegation dog fight now.

[BALLHOG]

Was reading a story on the weekend about a push for a possible play off for fourth spot in the Premier League. Just wondering what people thoughts are on this.

[devilsadvocate]

Was reading a story on the weekend about a push for a possible play off for fourth spot in the Premier League. Just wondering what people thoughts are on this.

That's been ruled out now, which is great IMO.

If you finish 4th, you've been better over the season than the teams that finished 5th-7th. So you deserve to play in Europe more than the others.

If you apply the same theory to the CCC promotion system, it would mean that Sheffield United would have been promoted ahead of Burnley. But bugger that!!!

[cossi11]

Was reading a story on the weekend about a push for a possible play off for fourth spot in the Premier League. Just wondering what people thoughts are on this.

I'm against having a play off, I think its fair enough to have a playoff for promotion to the Premier League but the Champions League is dedicated to the best 4 teams in the country and to have a team potentially finish 5th 6th or 7th in the league to snatch a place for the Champions League just defeats the purpose of it being the Champions League!!

But in saying that I also think it should only be the title winner that should qualify for this tournament and not the top 4 teams! I know it wouldn't be as big of a competition but at the end of the day it is the 'Champions League' not the 'unlucky you missed out on the title league'

[Bully]

Rafa has come out and said liverpool will need and will win at all costs for the remainder of the season. Well what the hell have they been doing for the start of this season? not trying to win at all costs??

[JK]

Rafa has come out and said liverpool will need and will win at all costs for the remainder of the season. Well what the hell have they been doing for the start of this season? not trying to win at all costs??

And you'd expect a Manager to come out and say what ... "Well we had a crack and fell short, so we'll pack it in now"???

[Bully]

Rafa has come out and said liverpool will need and will win at all costs for the remainder of the season. Well what the hell have they been doing for the start of this season? not trying to win at all costs??

And you'd expect a Manager to come out and say what ... "Well we had a crack and fell short, so we'll pack it in now"???

my point is that arent they doing this already?? not from now until the end of season??

[fish]

Chelseas recent couple of poor results has seen the title chase thrown wide open. Disregarding all but the top three, the current market is:

CHELSEA $2.50 out from $1.80 in January
MANCHESTER UNITED $2.50 in from $3.50 in January
ARSENAL $3.50 in from $4.33 in January

[Bully]

was watching this mornings game live, it was half hour gone from memory, i went and had a quick shower before my trip to work, it was 0-0, when i came back after 6 minutes, it was 3-0???? WTF i said

did pompey walk off the pitch for 6 minutes??

[devilsadvocate]

was watching this mornings game live, it was half hour gone from memory, i went and had a quick shower before my trip to work, it was 0-0, when i came back after 6 minutes, it was 3-0???? WTF i said

did pompey walk off the pitch for 6 minutes??

The might as well have for the first goal. The keeper had a mare and the defending wasn't much better.

Babel and Aquilani's goals were excellent though.

[The Real Number 3]

WTF is Gardening Leave?

[RoosterMarty]

WTF is Gardening Leave?

I was unsure of it myself but saw an explanation on another forum.

It is when you are still listed as a paid employee but you are not allowed to be at your place of employment so you are unable to access (and take with you) up-to-date documents.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_leave

[devilsadvocate]

It's a pretty rough decision by hull surely?
Brown took them to the epl. Then he kept them there.
They lost to arsenal which most clubs bar utd, chelski and Liverpool generally expect.

Why don't mre clubs take the lead of utd and stick with a manager for longer than 5 minutes?

[mighty hounds]

It's a pretty rough decision by hull surely?
Brown took them to the epl. Then he kept them there.
They lost to arsenal which most clubs bar utd, chelski and Liverpool generally expect.

Why don't mre clubs take the lead of utd and stick with a manager for longer than 5 minutes?

liverpool rarely beat arsenal

[devilsadvocate]

It's a pretty rough decision by hull surely?
Brown took them to the epl. Then he kept them there.
They lost to arsenal which most clubs bar utd, chelski and Liverpool generally expect.

Why don't mre clubs take the lead of utd and stick with a manager for longer than 5 minutes?

liverpool rarely beat arsenal

Not as rarely as spurs.

Hull beat arsenal more regularly than spurs do

[The Real Number 3]

WTF is Gardening Leave?

I was unsure of it myself but saw an explanation on another forum.

It is when you are still listed as a paid employee but you are not allowed to be at your place of employment so you are unable to access (and take with you) up-to-date documents.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_leave

Cheers cobba! Saw it on Fox Sports the other day and was a tad perplexed.

[Bully]

It's a pretty rough decision by hull surely?
Brown took them to the epl. Then he kept them there.
They lost to arsenal which most clubs bar utd, chelski and Liverpool generally expect.

Why don't mre clubs take the lead of utd and stick with a manager for longer than 5 minutes?

liverpool rarely beat arsenal

Not as rarely as spurs.

Hull beat arsenal more regularly than spurs do

good DA , ah thats brightened my day up !!

[devilsadvocate]

It's a pretty rough decision by hull surely?
Brown took them to the epl. Then he kept them there.
They lost to arsenal which most clubs bar utd, chelski and Liverpool generally expect.

Why don't mre clubs take the lead of utd and stick with a manager for longer than 5 minutes?

liverpool rarely beat arsenal

Not as rarely as spurs.

Hull beat arsenal more regularly than spurs do

good DA , ah thats brightened my day up !!

Glad it made you feel better mate. I've been feeling shit since 1999.