2011/2012 English Premier League thread

[united]

Originally Posted by Barnet Flame

This is the third time Evra has accused others of racism. The previous two times, his claims were unfounded (Steve Finnan and Chelsea ground staff).

I thoguht both those times other people claimd they saw that Evra was abused, but never by Evra himself.

[Jimmy Stang]

Originally Posted by shermanator

FYI, Canadian international Simeon Jackson scored his first ever goal in the Premier League today for Norwich City. Congrats!

As much as I was hoping for Norwich to take all three points, it was an excellent match and, of course, Simeon's goal. Too bad it didn't stand as the winner!

[d_phaneuf]

Originally Posted by united

I thoguht both those times other people claimd they saw that Evra was abused, but never by Evra himself.

the one I know specifically was the one with a chelsea employee

he accused them of something and it turned out to be false

[rubecube]

Well at least Suarez doesn't have to worry about criminal charges unlike a certain individual.

http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/new...e-racism-claim

What a joke. Pathetic excuse of a human being. Think Capello will finally strip him of his band permanently?

[Locke]

Originally Posted by rubecube

Well at least Suarez doesn't have to worry about criminal charges unlike a certain individual.

http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/new...e-racism-claim

What a joke. Pathetic excuse of a human being. Think Capello will finally strip him of his band permanently?

Wow, thats the way to go. Criminal charge, sure, but the maximum penalty is only $4,000, and he wont miss any games.

Suarez got 8 games and a fine of $62,000.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by Locke

Wow, thats the way to go. Criminal charge, sure, but the maximum penalty is only $4,000, and he wont miss any games.

Suarez got 8 games and a fine of $62,000.

Yeah, but I think this is in addition to the FA discipline he's still going to receive. If Suarez gets 8, then I think Terry should get more because of his history.

[Barnet Flame]

Originally Posted by rubecube

Yeah, but I think this is in addition to the FA discipline he's still going to receive. If Suarez gets 8, then I think Terry should get more because of his history.

But Chelsea 'aint got no history'.

[d_phaneuf]

umm

this liverpool warmup may be the most pathetic thing I have ever seen

[Barnet Flame]

I just got a deal for Sky Movies and Sports for half price for six months. Phoned up a few minutes ago to add the channels.

Naturally I figured on watching a game tonight.

I figured wrong.

It's on Disney Cinemagic and I'm not allowed to change the channel.

[d_phaneuf]

20,000th goal of the premier league scored by Marc Albrighton

because football was invented in 1992

[united]

Unsurprisingly Liverpool/Suarez plan to appeal the decision. Guess we have to wait another month for the verdict.

[The Big Chill]

Another huge offensive output for Liverpool today. Downing has been pretty much useless since joining, and I really can't understand why Carroll doesn't get any time at all. There is no point in giving him 3 minutes a game. Kenny needs to either give him a run of games or cut his losses and just sell him on.

Another missed penalty didn't exactly help our cause today either.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by The Big Chill

Another huge offensive output for Liverpool today. Downing has been pretty much useless since joining, and I really can't understand why Carroll doesn't get any time at all. There is no point in giving him 3 minutes a game. Kenny needs to either give him a run of games or cut his losses and just sell him on.

Another missed penalty didn't exactly help our cause today either.

We've hit the most woodwork and missed 4 out of 5 penalties this season. Weird stats. Time to sign a German. Schweinsteiger or Gomez would be nice. Why not try for Messi while we're at it.

[valo403]

Not sure where else to post this:

http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/blog/dirty-tackle

Summary is a fan ran onto the field, kicked the keeper, keeper laid the boots to him, keeper is shown a red so his team says f it and goes home.

To make it even better, the fan that ran on the field was already banned from Ajax matches but managed to sneak in, and he was only one of 25 people arrested at the match. Of course hooligans are an English problem though

[Jimmy Stang]

^ I was just about to come here to post that. Here's another link to some video via the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16308483

I can't blame the keeper one bit. I actually wish that he connected his boot to his face. He was clearly being threatened and had every right to defend himself. And I fully agree with walking off of the pitch to protest the red card.

[Barnet Flame]

We talked about this at work today. All of us agreed that the keeper was in the right. How could he act rationally when he is being attacked and still at risk from attack.

The Manager was right to take his team off the pitch and cause the abandonment of the game, if only because the safety of his players could not be assured and the ref demonstrated he was incapable of taking the necessary action he needed to take to contribute to the well being and safety of the players on the pitch.

[Bagor]

Yeah, total no brainer to take the players off the pitch. Expose the ref for the buffoon that he is and hopefully piss off the Ajax fans enough at an abandoned game that they kick the tripe out of the idiot that ran on the pitch every chance they get. Liked the way the manager kept the conversation to a minimum when he was doing it. Why explain anything to an idiot?

I'd be curious to hear his rationale for the red. Bringing the game into disrepute?

In case you missed it there is an update in the link.

UPDATE: The Dutch Football Association has decided to rescind Esteban's red card, stating ""The keeper was attacked unexpectedly and therefore the prosecutor judged that his mood caused his response against his attacker."

[Bagor]

5 minutes with Motty ....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16303867

[SebC]

Man, these punishments for racists slurs just seem horribly disporportionate to me. You put someone's health in danger through reckless conduct on the field, and you get a red card, and miss one game. To me that seems more like the appropriate response level to cases like Suarez's. Obviously a fine is a slap on the wrist so it has to be a suspension, but I don't think it should be any more than one match.

[The Big Chill]

More dropped points for Liverpool. Our CMs have been atrocious lately, so it was a huge boost to see Stevie back in there. We looked better once he was on the pitch. Still an ugly game though. I hope Gerrard is fit enough to keep one of Adam or Henderson off the pitch for a while.