Premier League thread

[Madmax 9,219]

Well....he gave a penalty that wasn't and didn't give us one... if we had won that game we might have kicked on and won the league.....so he certainly helped us not win it!

That penalty was the linesman's call. As shit as Dean undoubtedly is, his shittery in that game was even handed. We should've had a penalty when Larsson blatantly pushed Ramires over in the box but then he should've sent Ramires off shortly after for a forearm smash.

[Special Juan 27,425]

I enjoyed that game last night but I really want to punch Fat Sam when he claps like that on the touchline.

[Paul1970 250]

The fat fuck!!

[Myself 793]

why?

I'd rather lose than win because of the ref.

[thekid9 418]

I'd rather lose than win because of the ref.

Go home....you're drunk!

[CHOULO19 24,332]

We can't let our good start get to our heads. Remember under RDM? We were 7 points clear at the top a few games into the season.

I refuse to talk about our title chances before January; not before our usual "winter slump".

[The_Flash 1,144]

How close we came to winning the league last year about 6 games to go I won't say a thing till that final whistle of the game that ales is champions

[bababoom 4,478]

We can't let our good start get to our heads. Remember under RDM? We were 7 points clear at the top a few games into the season.

I refuse to talk about our title chances before January; not before our usual "winter slump".

I even remember on MOTD when Shearer said we play like Barcelona Did we have any defensive discipline in that team? i never forget when Atletico, City, Shakter and Juventus all played us of the park.

[samzilla 517]

I even remember on MOTD when Shearer said we play like Barcelona Did we have any defensive discipline in that team? i never forget when Atletico, City, Shakter and Juventus all played us of the park.

Lol yeah, being called "Chelsealona" after the Norwich game.

[Jase 43,479]

We can't let our good start get to our heads. Remember under RDM? We were 7 points clear at the top a few games into the season.

I refuse to talk about our title chances before January; not before our usual "winter slump".

Funnily enough, the winter period didn't cost us the title last season but rather the matches before a Champions League tie.

[Jase 43,479]

Decent return when conceding first..

[Madmax 9,219]

Decent return when conceding first..

More pertinent point, imo, is that we should not have shipped a lead in 27 league games in 2 years.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I even remember on MOTD when Shearer said we play like Barcelona Did we have any defensive discipline in that team? i never forget when Atletico, City, Shakter and Juventus all played us of the park.

Defensive discipline? Our defending literally started at the edge of our own penalty box!

Fun times...

Funnily enough, the winter period didn't cost us the title last season but rather the matches before a Champions League tie.

We still had that period in November where we had a run of bad results and dropping points, even though, in terms of fixtures, that was supposed to be the easiest period for us.

Decent return when conceding first..

Think that says more about the type of teams that we concede first against than about our character as a team.

[Jase 43,479]

More pertinent point, imo, is that we should not have shipped a lead in 27 league games in 2 years.

To be fair, it's actually more than 27 league games (around 35 maybe?) if we are looking solely at conceding first. Definitely agree that we should not have found ourselves too many times in those situations but still can't disregard the comeback spirit shown.

We still had that period in November where we had a run of bad results and dropping points, even though, in terms of fixtures, that was supposed to be the easiest period for us.

Yes but compared to the winter period in the seasons before, last season was an improvement. Between November and December, we only pathetically failed to win 3 games against the so called lesser sides - Newcastle, West Brom and Stoke. It's only the situation with the cup games that made it looked worse - the defeats to Basel and Sunderland.

Think that says more about the type of teams that we concede first against than about our character as a team.

I do agree that 27 (or rather around 35) is a lot but conceding first happens in football and when that's the case, you can't disregard about the team's character to come from behind and rescue a point or all 3. I mean don't we all rejoice when we fight back to win a game or at least earn a draw? Don't we always say that there are no easy teams to play against in the league? You can look at the type of teams that we conceded first against or look at the state of our defending as unit, especially two seasons ago. Can't just have it one way.

[stroey 2,525]

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/9474022/football-association-planning-to-cut-non-eu-imports-into-england

Football Association planning to cut non-EU imports into England

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/9474022/football-association-planning-to-cut-non-eu-imports-into-england

Football Association planning to cut non-EU imports into England

I like the part that clubs may be able to buy and obtain visa for any player as long as their transfer fee is higher than 10-15m. That'll allow us to buy from South America directly.

[Jase 43,479]

I just checked through the league results from last season and if my memory hasn't gone bust, think we did not score a goal DIRECTLY from a corner. WTH?!

But this season, we've already got 2 in four games!

[Jase 43,479]

http://www.premierleague.com/content/premierleague/en-gb/referees/appointments.html?paramSearchContext=MATCH_WEEK&paramMatchWeek=7

Martin Atkinson to officiate our game against Arsenal this weekend.