Oooh how exciting

It is, isn't it!

Man U are twats.

1 Man Utd..................36 53 79
2 Chelsea..................35 54 77
3 Arsenal...................36 39 72
4 Tottenham..............35 26 64
5 Man City.................35 27 63
6 Aston Villa...............35 15 61
7 Liverpool.................35 24 59
8 Everton....................35 9 54
9 Birmingham.............35 -8 47
10 Sunderland............36 -6 44


Sunderland have all but confirmed Burnleys relegation last week, Hulls relegation this week and could have a big say in the PL title with a home game against Man U to come next. Wolves away to close the season out.

The top 10 spot will be difficult to hold on to but wherever we finish it won't be too bad considering we did not win for 14 games and excitable mags believed we might get relegated.

Well that was the worst game I have seen all season.

You didn't go to many games then? Or see Swansea away on the box?

I think he was referring to the Arsenal/Man City game on the box.

Malouda with miss of the season.

Normally you'd forgive him what with his team already being 4-0 up, but that was so bad he wont hear the last of that

EDIT: 5-0 now, Lampard shows him how its done

6-0, Sturridge

Why Begovic decided to stay put i'll never know

7-0 Malouda

Miss, what miss

Premier League thread

Your point is still valid though!

Anyone else think its bollocks that Man City should even be allowed the opportunity to get a goalkeeper in? The only time that should even possibly apply is when the club has NO fit goalkeeper, but it's not the rest of the league's fault that they didn't bring in suitable cover for Given in the first place, in Taylor's absence. As a Championship side, we had Harper, Krul, Soderberg and Forster who I would have been happy enough with. Citeh were 'allowed' to spend £150m on the likes of Adebayor, Tevez, etc., and should not be given a get-out clause for managerial fuck ups.

Football just does not get it.

9 keeper's on their books but only 1 "senior keeper" available, pull the fucking other one you pikey manc bastards

looks like they got Fulop from the mackems, Hardly fair considering their financial resources.

Thing is other teams have been allowed to do it before so I suppose they couldnt turn around and not let Citeh do it this time.

Saying that though I dont agree with it and I think the rules need to be changed.

They have 9 keepers on their books and every team generally must have at least 4 or 5 - not sure why experience comes into the equation. You wouldnt be allowed to get an experienced loan in for another position outside the window so not really sure why a keeper is that different.

The powers that be are always banging on about young players not getting a chance - surely this is a scenario where a young player should be getting a chance and would have to if they were not allowed to bring someone else in.

I hope Sunderland beat Man U today and spare Chelsea having to beat Wigan at Stamford Bridge next week for the title.

Anyone know what the hell that was on the front of Liverpools shirt today?

I loosely translated it as "fucking shite" but im not 100%

Naa fecking idea but i suspect it went down well in China, where I suspect Liverpools next owners will come from.

Its Carlsberg in chinese, have no idea what possessed them to do that

Guy on real radio said it's because China is holding that Expo thing, so it was to appeal to that Market. Still seems strange.

Big game at Ewood tonight.
What am I talking about?
Good question, after all Arsenal are sure of a CL place and have no chance of getting 2nd spot, so basically have nothing to play for.
Meanwhile Rovers are safe from relegation and have no chance of getting into Europe.
But take a look at the table and notice the congestion in the middle.
With a win tonight Rovers would jump 3 places, which would be worth more that 2 million quid.
For a small club like Blackburn that is a big deal, so expect lots of commitment from Big Sam's boys.
It'll certainly be no walk in the park for Wenger's kids!
C'MON YOU ROVERS!!!

Don't talk too soon

Maybe a limp in the park after receiving a traditional Ewood welcome.

Don't walk too soon?

Unbelieveable

The linesman raised his flag for offside and all the Wigan players stopped thinking a free kick would be given. They didnt notice that the ref overruled the linesman allowing Hull to score an easy goal

Nothing pisses me off more than people that dont play to the whistle - a lot of my sunday league team have that annoying habit

Hull have scored, 2-1 reet clanger from the keeper though.

Stays like this then mathematically the relegation fight will go down to the wire, all Hull need to do is to beat Liverpool by about 20-0

2-2 injury time equalizer for Wigan, and what a goal, a Gouhuri bicycle kick

And thats the FT score as well, Hull are now officially down as if we didnt know that before now

Wonder if this season is the best trip they have ever been on............

The only thing that saddens me is that Tango Boy wasn't in charge. The cunt.

HT 1-1
from the Guardian commentry: Van Persie gets an elbow in the face, which looked accidental.

Dear me, that Fabianski lad is a bit powder puff.

2-1

Massive crowd there. I've counted 12 so far. Looks like a Boro game.

At least it pushes the mackems down into twelfth spot.

Been a very half-hearted Arsenal performance.

Citeh v Spurs on Wednesday should be worth watching

Arsène Wenger turns away in disgust and heads into the tunnel without shaking Sam Allardyce's hand as the final whistle is blown.
And I thought they were good mates!

Rovers had enough heart for both teams!

He did the same to Mark Hughes

To hell with the title fight and the battle for 4th spot.

The battle to be the best of the worst will be even more fierce and exciting

Quote from the Blackburn v Arsenal match report on the BBC site.

"The home team are assured of a mid-table finish after moving from 13th to 10th in the table. "

Well done guys, whens the open top bus parade!!??

Well it's the 5th year in a row we've come ahead of Toon in the League - maybe that is worth celebrating, or maybe not.

Pretty much the response I expected - im not talking about Newcastle here though mate, im talking about a team that has been in the Premier League for quite a while, with some decent players and a decent budget thinking that finishing around 10th in the league every year is some kind of massive achievement.

Personally I think its pretty pathetic and one of the reasons why im not so sure the English league is as good as it was in comparison to Spain etc - just too many teams content with mediocrity.

Newcastle have admitedly been shite for the last 5 or 6 years (40 odd if we are talking trophies) but at least we generally go into seasons looking to try and win things - doesnt always work but personally I dont think I could watch a team with such a neagative mentality year after year.

You certainly have the right man in charge for those footballing principles anyway

The problem is that we haven't got a decent budget.
We do have decent players, but we used to have more-than-decent players which we've had to sell just to keep our heads above water: Bellamy, Neill, Bentley, Warnock, Santa Cruz, McCarthy, Friedel all gone.
It's only been because Hughes and now Allardyce have been canny in the transfer market, picking up 'decent' players at bargain prices, that we've been able to survive.
What you call lack of ambition I would call realism - at the start of this season Sam was talking about survival first and foremost and that's what he gave us.
But it wasn't just that - we did get to the League Cup semis, and most importantly, did the double over Burnley!
On the one hand you lot put us down as being a small club with lousy attendances, while on the other you complain that we aren't fighting it out with Barca for the Champions League!

On the one hand you have six fingers while on the other you have.....eh, six.

Fixed