English Premier League 2008-09

[stokiebaz]

we cud have been 2 up but second goal killed us,heads dropped..stokiebaz..

[Gozzo]

The FA took no action against Rooney for his badge kissing incident.

Is this because he is in the England team or maybe because he plays for United.

Would other players in the EPL get the same treatment?

I doubt it. :-"

[Zidane]

Newcastle moved out of the bottom three in the Premiership by beating West Brom 2-1 last night.
Programme of fixtures tonight includes Arsenal v Tottenham,Hull v Chelsea,Liverpool v Portsmouth and Man United v West Ham.
Kick off times in Thailand are 3am Thursday morning if you fancy a late night or early breakfast
The Hull match kicks off at 2.45am Thai time.

[stokiebaz]

must get a result tonite against sunderland or we will lose touch..stokiebaz..

[beer monkey]

Arsenal 4 Spurs 4...

[Zidane]

Arsenal 4 Spurs 4...

Yes,seems like an amazing game! Two late goals gave Spurs a draw.Harry Redknapps magic working already.
An excellent and well deserved win for Stoke over Sunderland 1-0.Stoke up to 15th now.
Defeats for Bolton,at home to Everton and Wigan,away to Fulham,have sent them into the bottom 3.Bolton for the drop,I reckon.
Liverpool beat Portsmouth 1-0,Man Utd beat West Ham 2-0 and Aston Villa climbed into the top 4 beating Blackburn 3-2.
Chelsea had a comfortable win over their nearest rivals Hull City 3-0.
In the other match Middlesborough beat Man City 2-0....two very inconsistent teams.

[Irish Alan]

Liverpool’s result last night was imho every bit as important as Sunday’s win over Chelsea. Liverpool have shown in the past they can beat any team in Europe BUT then they follow it up with drawing or getting beaten by teams in the bottom half of the league in games they are expected to win.

In September they beat Manchester United and one week later could only draw at home with Stoke City. (Sorry Baz.) Champions of yesteryear can grind out results and win ugly. The ability to not play at your best and still win is what makes champions.

Liverpool has now a put string of good results behind them beating Everton, Manchester City, PSV, Wigan, Chelsea and now Portsmouth. They may face a Tottenham side on Saturday going through a renaissance then host Athletico Madrid. If they have positive results in those two games they again have to show their mettle when they host West Brom at Anfield.

Significantly there are those that say Liverpool is all about 2 players namely Torres and Gerrard. Well Torres did not play against Chelsea nor did he play against Man. U and for a part Gerrard didn’t play against United either. To say they are about 2 players does not do justice to Jamie Carragher’s performance at the back. He is proving week in week out to be a Colossus in the heart of defence.

Once again Champions in the past could get goals from almost any player in the team. Phil Neal could get 10-15 goals per season; mostly penalties and Tommy Smith could score and so on throughout midfield. The only conscientious objector I can remember was Joey Jones. On to Man U in the 90’s and Bruce and Pallister could score from set pieces, Denis Irwin’s free kicks and penalties and I seem to remember Andrei Kanchelskis getting 15 goals in a season and he played out wide on the right, the same with Arsenal and Chelsea in recent years.

Liverpool needs just that. Torres has to be allowed an injury or an off day and one of the supporting cast has to do his bit and chip in with a goal. On Sunday Xabi Alonso did just that. It is time for Robbie Keane, Pennant, Benayoun, Babel, Kuyt, Agger and Mascherano to move beyond being provider and find the net. Then Liverpool will have the ingredients of a Premiership winning team.

[Gozzo]

Kissing in the wind

* Robbo Robson
* 30 Oct 08, 01:07 PM

Seeing Joey Barton bashing his chest like a neatly-shaved ape on Tuesday night made me aware of one thing that's getting me really riled about footie players these days.

All this badge-kissing is pretty hard to swallow, isn't it, from a bunch of well-moneyed no-marks who show as much loyalty to the cause as a tabloid-hogging-celebrity-one-night-stand bimbo.

If you're John Terry or Paul Scholes or Jamie Carragher or Ian Ashbee then maybe you've got a point. Trouble is, if you're a confirmed one-club man, you don't need to convince the fans - or yourself - that you're a faithful standard-bearer for your team.

Wayne Rooney kisses the Man Utd shirt badge

It's only them players who are a bit confused who seem to need to confirm their allegiance to whoever the hell is watching. Rooney at Everton was a case in point.

That 'Once a Blue Always a Blue' t-shirt will live with him forever, and frankly he could kiss the feet of Sir Bobby Charlton in an 'I Love Bestie' top whilst singing 'United, United!' and he'd still be a Toffee trying to escape his heritage.

Quoted from BBC, nuff said. :-" :-" :-"

[souness]

you blokes shold take note of irish allans words as if you didnt know already that liverpool will dominate the premership and champions league this season !!
back in the uk now after visiting pattaya,samui,vientane and luang prabung in laos,what a journey!
but stayed 2 nights in udon in the charoene hotel.didnt realise udon was such a big place.
went in the irish clock,excellent food and frendly old guy with glasses behind the bar.also pizza co,food not bad but waitresses a lot more tasty !
uk lousy,cold weather,lots of people losing jobs,crime up.your very lucky to be in thailand.im not 50 yet so difficalt for visa.
fortunately paid for season ticket at anfield.went on wednesday against portsmouth.not the best display but grafted the win which is sign of a good team.went in the flat iron for a couple of beers before.nearly 3 quid a pint not the same as thailand!
hey whats the chances of me or irish allan winning the fantasy league ?about the same as everton winning the premiership !are you watching 747man and gozo,ha ha !
chelsea no chance of title.no strikers and got to play us,mancs and arsenal away yet.between us and the mancs.sorry galilee!

sean

[Galee]

Sean, you may be right.
Have a look at the latest odds for the top 4. Best get some money on. 7/2 could be a good bet, but the bookies normally know best.
Chelsea 5/4
Man Utd 12/5
Liverpool 7/2
Arsenal 12/1.

[beer monkey]

Sunderland are taking a pounding from Chelsea 5-0....so far.

[beer monkey]

another good result for spurs, watch them climb the table.
And whats going on with Arsenal, have they lost interest..!

[Ba Bob]

BUT then they follow it up with drawing or getting beaten by teams in the bottom half of the league in games they are expected to win.

Bottom half, hiccup!Try bottom

To say they are about 2 players does not do justice to Jamie Carragher’s performance at the back. He is proving week in week out to be a Colossus in the heart of defence.

Scores a nice goal too

you blokes shold take note of irish allans words as if you didnt know already that liverpool will dominate the premership and champions league this season !!
sean

Good night in Liverpool last night??

Sorry guys couldn't help myself my brothers a Liverpool supporter too & he is not answering his phone

Never open the that champagne to early the cups are not handed out till next year
It could be a long time holding the open bottle

[Zidane]

Liverpool,the team tipped by some to dominate the Premier League and Champions League this season lost to a late goal at Spurs and were replaced at the top by Chelsea who thrashed Sunderland 5-0.
Manchester United beat Hull City 4-3 in an exciting game with Ronaldo scoring a couple again.Fair play to Hull who seemed down and out at 4-1 for an excellent comeback.
stokiebaz,no doubt,nursing a bit of a hangover today after Stoke had a great 2-1 win over Arsenal.Stoke up to 12th in the table now.
Lets hope Arsenal continue in this rich vein of form for next Saturdays game against United
Elsewhere wins for Everton and Wigan who beat Portsmouth 2-1 away.Maybe difficult times ahead for Pompey ?
Middlesbro v West Ham and WBA v Blackburn both ended up as draws.
Bolton v Man City today and Newcastle v Villa tomorrow night......3am Tuesday morning Thai time

[Irish Alan]

(Some text removed.)liverpool will dominate the premership and champions league this season !!

sean

Errrrrr... Sean has anybody ever used words like Jinx or Jonah in your presence? A Gypsy curse maybe?

[souness]

you are beiing to polite irish allan.i think what you are trying to say is"why didnt you keep your big mouth shut" ha,ha !
dont worry.just a very bad day.we could have been 3-0 up befor carraghers excellent headed equaliser and then them scoring in the last minute! words fail me.
but keep the faith irish rover.next weekend arsenal could beat the mancs and blackburn get a draw with chelsea.
weve got west brom at home so could well be clear at the top again.you will be able to go out in udon on a saturday night again without worrying you bump into rival fans.ha,ha!
be focused on the athletico madrid match.a win will all but put us into the next round.

to ba bob,one of the few good saturday nights in liverpool if you are an everton fan.watched the game in a local kirkby pub and a few bottles were thrown at the end and tables knocked over.
at least theres been no word from 747man and gozo,probably still in an alcohol induced coma ha,ha!

sean

[Gozzo]

to ba bob,one of the few good saturday nights in liverpool if you are an everton fan.watched the game in a local kirkby pub and a few bottles were thrown at the end and tables knocked over.
at least theres been no word from 747man and gozo,probably still in an alcohol induced coma ha,ha!

Not an alcohol induced coma, just a few quiet ones with a contented smile on my face.

With 3 of the top 4 losing it just closes the field a little and makes things more interesting.

Everton scoring a few more goals would make me sleep a lot better. Time will tell and next weeks results could give more insight as long as Everton wins of course.

[stokiebaz]

what a fantastic win over the gunners,they don,t like it up em as cpl jones used to say..stokiebaz.. =D>

[Geordie]

Newcastle beat Villa 2-0 a bit of pressure off Joe & the Toon Army but for how long

HOWAY THE LADS.

[beer monkey]

And it dumped Tottingham back to the bottom..