English Premier League

[ts_addict]

Originally Posted by Kirsty Scott

It's because tactically it's just like sex .....

Organising 11 men into whatever position is going to satisfy me and get the result I am hoping for, I am looking for effort and performance, a game of big tackles, plenty action in the box, I want my guys to be exploiting any opening at the rear, closing up any gaps, pushing hard all the time and shooting on target.

Kirsty
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Will you marry me and have my babies?

[Kirsty Scott]

Originally Posted by ts_addict

Will you marry me and have my babies?

How many babies do you have?

Kirsty
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[ts_addict]

None.... yet.

[Kylieam1]

Surprised chelsea lost today and manchester was unfortunate tohave nani sent off. That was only a yellow card. Owen on arsenal would be weird for me to see

[JenniferParisFan]

Great day for Arsenal today. They beat Liverpool 1-0 and were lucky enough to have Chelsea lose to Everton 2-1 and Man U tie Aston Villa 1-1. Having said that we looked like we still need a true striker that can finish off attacks and score some goals. We have to wait till next season to get Van Persie back and apparently Chamakh from Bordeaux, for now we have to rely on Bendtner and Arshavin playing up top until Eduardo gets healthy.

[sucka.free]

Originally Posted by JenniferParisFan

Great day for Arsenal today. They beat Liverpool 1-0 and were lucky enough to have Chelsea lose to Everton 2-1 and Man U tie Aston Villa 1-1. Having said that we looked like we still need a true striker that can finish off attacks and score some goals. We have to wait till next season to get Van Persie back and apparently Chamakh from Bordeaux, for now we have to rely on Bendtner and Arshavin playing up top until Eduardo gets healthy.

crappy day for liverpool!..we lost..we had a good unbeaten streak from just before Christmas..and we lost it..much credit to the guys though..i honestly think they played really well...i don't think arsenal deserved to win yesterday..their game was completely lacklustre...liverpool were definitely the better team i'd say..
..oh well

[Kirsty Scott]

Originally Posted by JenniferParisFan

Great day for Arsenal today. They beat Liverpool 1-0 and were lucky enough to have Chelsea lose to Everton 2-1 and Man U tie Aston Villa 1-1. Having said that we looked like we still need a true striker that can finish off attacks and score some goals. We have to wait till next season to get Van Persie back and apparently Chamakh from Bordeaux, for now we have to rely on Bendtner and Arshavin playing up top until Eduardo gets healthy.

A good day for the whole league ..... keeps it tighter at the top and a bit more excitement for a bit longer ....

Kirsty
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[ts_addict]

City v Liverpool is next weekend.

Huge game.

[dauls]

Friday's main story:

The Premier League is considering a proposal to introduce a play-off for the fourth Champions League place. The teams that finish from 4th to 7th could play a mini-knockout competition.

At least 14 of the 20 clubs would have to approve this change and due to existing TV deals the play-offs couldn't be introduced for at least another three seasons.

Surely we already have a play-off for Champions League qualification... it's the 38-game Premier League.

England should be represented in Europe by our best teams, and after 38 games the top four are obviously the best qualified.
Spanish, Italian, German and other European sides would love it if England sent one weaker team into Europe.

Over the 17 Premier League seasons the 4th placed team has finished an average;
* 4.7 points ahead of 5th
* 10.6 points ahead of 7th

Last season 4th placed Arsenal finished on 72 points...
* 9 points clear of Everton (5th)
* 19 points clear of Fulham (7th), with a record of 14 wins, 11 draws and 13 losses; hardly a record to worry Europe's big teams.

It's a nice idea to have different clubs in the Champions League, but they should qualify by finishing in the top 4. Anyway, this season it looks like one of the 'Big Four' might miss out on Champions League football next season.

Then there is the problem an extra 2 or 3 games would cause for the four teams in the play-offs, especially in World Cup and European Championship years. How would the play-off games be squeezed in around the FA Cup Final before the players had to be released to join up with their own National Squads. These play-offs wouldn't just affect England's National Squad, but roughly half the Countries represented at a World Cup. And if a top international player was injured during these play-offs and missed the World Cup, the Premier League would be crucified.

It just looks like the Premier League are looking for another way to make more money, remember the PL's previously proposed '39th Game' has rightly been blown out of the water.


An afterthought: Imagine if this proposal is accepted and in it's first season Everton, Aston Villa, Spurs or Man City finish 4th and then lose the Champions League spot to one of the 'Big Four' in the play-off. The Chairman of the club that came 4th, but still failed to land Champions League football, would wish he'd never voted for the play-offs.

[JenniferParisFan]

Originally Posted by dauls

Friday's main story:

The Premier League is considering a proposal to introduce a play-off for the fourth Champions League place. The teams that finish from 4th to 7th could play a mini-knockout competition.

At least 14 of the 20 clubs would have to approve this change and due to existing TV deals the play-offs couldn't be introduced for at least another three seasons.

Surely we already have a play-off for Champions League qualification... it's the 38-game Premier League.

England should be represented in Europe by our best teams, and after 38 games the top four are obviously the best qualified.
Spanish, Italian, German and other European sides would love it if England sent one weaker team into Europe.

Over the 17 Premier League seasons the 4th placed team has finished an average;
* 4.7 points ahead of 5th
* 10.6 points ahead of 7th

Last season 4th placed Arsenal finished on 72 points...
* 9 points clear of Everton (5th)
* 19 points clear of Fulham (7th), with a record of 14 wins, 11 draws and 13 losses; hardly a record to worry Europe's big teams.

It's a nice idea to have different clubs in the Champions League, but they should qualify by finishing in the top 4. Anyway, this season it looks like one of the 'Big Four' might miss out on Champions League football next season.

Then there is the problem an extra 2 or 3 games would cause for the four teams in the play-offs, especially in World Cup and European Championship years. How would the play-off games be squeezed in around the FA Cup Final before the players had to be released to join up with their own National Squads. These play-offs wouldn't just affect England's National Squad, but roughly half the Countries represented at a World Cup. And if a top international player was injured during these play-offs and missed the World Cup, the Premier League would be crucified.

It just looks like the Premier League are looking for another way to make more money, remember the PL's previously proposed '39th Game' has rightly been blown out of the water.


An afterthought: Imagine if this proposal is accepted and in it's first season Everton, Aston Villa, Spurs or Man City finish 4th and then lose the Champions League spot to one of the 'Big Four' in the play-off. The Chairman of the club that came 4th, but still failed to land Champions League football, would wish he'd never voted for the play-offs.

It sounds like an interesting idea, but as you said they already play enough games. For instance if Arsenal was in the "playoffs" then we would probably end up losing another 2-3 players for the beginning of next season, which is always fun.

In non Premier League news, Lyon defeats Real 1-0 in Champions league!

[Kirsty Scott]

Originally Posted by JenniferParisFan

It sounds like an interesting idea, but as you said they already play enough games. For instance if Arsenal was in the "playoffs" then we would probably end up losing another 2-3 players for the beginning of next season, which is always fun.

In non Premier League news, Lyon defeats Real 1-0 in Champions league!

Obviously it works in the Championship before they are thiking of adopting it for the Premiership .....

As long as teams know at the start of the season the squad size and tactics can be taken into account .... for instance if teams in 4th or 5th can't catch up the top two but are guaranteed a place in the top 4 they can rest players .... give other squad players a chance to get match fit etc .....

However, It would really be more devastating for the likes of say Everton finish in that position .... which they probably won't sustain they next season and then lose the play off's ..... the fans would be gutted.

However, it takes away from the "The Champions League" even more than it already is ..... if teams who finish 8th .... just above mid table get to play in it.

The need to do something to make the Uefa Cup more interesting .....

Kirsty
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Kirsty
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[dauls]

Originally Posted by Kirsty Scott

Obviously it works in the Championship before they are thiking of adopting it for the Premiership .....

As long as teams know at the start of the season the squad size and tactics can be taken into account .... for instance if teams in 4th or 5th can't catch up the top two but are guaranteed a place in the top 4 they can rest players .... give other squad players a chance to get match fit etc .....

However, It would really be more devastating for the likes of say Everton finish in that position .... which they probably won't sustain they next season and then lose the play off's ..... the fans would be gutted.

However, it takes away from the "The Champions League" even more than it already is ..... if teams who finish 8th .... just above mid table get to play in it.

The need to do something to make the Uefa Cup more interesting .....

Kirsty
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Kirsty
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Helping the UEFA Cup, or Europa League (as they have started calling it this season)...

I suppose they could award the Europa League Champions a place in the Champions League for the following season. It's a prize the teams will want to fight for, and they won't pick weakened sides like Aston Villa did in Europe this season.

And they should stop adding the teams that finish the Champions League Group Stage in 3rd place to the knockout stage of the Europa Cup.

Note:
* If Fulham make it to the Europa Cup Final it would be their 19th European football match of the season. That's too many.
* While the Champions League Final would only be Chelsea's or Man Utd's 13th and Arsenal's 15th Euro fixture of the season.

[dauls]

Originally Posted by Kylieam1

... and manchester was unfortunate tohave nani sent off. That was only a yellow card. Owen on arsenal would be weird for me to see

No it wasn't, I clearly remember seeing the ref wave his little red card in the air.

But seriously, even when Fergie was questioned about the two-footed challenge he said, "It was a red card. It was a naive tackle," and Fergie hardly ever agrees with red cards shown to his players.