EPL 2007 Thread

[WayAbvPar]

Or they stole her Tele.

I wish someone would do the same for F13's Tele.

[Signe]

I still have my tele-phone but Liverpool never calls.  Never writes.   

[Hoax]

Lampard > Gerrard, I dont know why he gets so much love nor do I care.  Terry > both, great defender comes all the way up but almost always gets back, always clogging the middle on the cross.  I hate Chelsea, because rooting for the team w/ more money then god isn't much fun.  But you can't argue with the fact that Lampard/Terry/Drogba are amazing players.  Gallas (sp?) isn't too shabby either.

[HaemishM]

Since most of my experience with football comes from the World Cup, Gerrard gets the luv over Lampard because Lampard sucked it hard in the Cup. I mean, he had NO aim whatsoever. Almost every shot he took sailed over the goal or was way way wide. Also, he plays for Chelsea, and that seems to be the team to hate in the Premiership. Like the Yankees in baseball, as Righ said.

[sigil]

I still have my tele-phone but Liverpool never calls.  Never writes.   

Hard to write or call with hands filled with stolen merchandise.

I'd draw compariisons to Mississippi for Haemish, but as I live in Alabama, I really have no room to talk.

[Jobu]

Lampard > Gerrard, I dont know why he gets so much love nor do I care.  Terry > both, great defender comes all the way up but almost always gets back, always clogging the middle on the cross.  I hate Chelsea, because rooting for the team w/ more money then god isn't much fun.  But you can't argue with the fact that Lampard/Terry/Drogba are amazing players.  Gallas (sp?) isn't too shabby either.

Ehh... they're about equal I think. Lampard is a better passer, Gerrard is a better poacher. I don't know what you're smoking when you praise Drogba though. Total hack/cheat. When he's not handling the ball or hogging the ball, he's fluffing his first touches and watching it bounce for a goal kick off his chest or thigh. I hope Schevchenko and Kalou put his ass out to pasture.

Gallas needs to be played in the center again with Terry. The two of them paired are the best defense in the premiership. I don't know why they keep sticking Carvalho in there... maybe when they buy Cole, and apologize for giving his number away they can pop him (Gallas) back where he belongs. Or even better... he bails and leaves them hanging!

5 more days, and Fulham's going down!

[lamaros]

Gerrard is an amazing player, and better than Lampard.

Him and Alonso are the only players in the Liverpool team that matter. Kewell also, but that's just because I'm Australian, he's never recaptured his Leeds form.

[Hoax]

I can't believe someone is ripping on Drogba, you sir are fucking insane...

[eldaec]

Since most of my experience with football comes from the World Cup, Gerrard gets the luv over Lampard because Lampard sucked it hard in the Cup.

You don't have to limit to the world cup, Gerrard is just plain better than Lampard in every respect.

Which is partly why Chelsea offered Liverpool £35M for Gerrard's contract. Presumably to replace Lampard, as the England games had already showed repeatedly that Lampard gets easily confused when asked to play without a defensive central midfielder assigned solely to cover his back.

Lampard had a good season in 04-05 (The same season Gerrard was busy winning the Champion's League), and a good European Championship in 2004. That's about it.

Lampard can't run, doesn't contribute defensively, admittedly can make a solid short pass, can't cross well enough to play on a wing, needs the entire midfield built around him, pretty good at shooting from range. I won't be surprised if after the dust settles this year he ends up on the bench with Ballack in his slot - especially if he plays like last season.

Lampard is a better passer

I lolled. I don't know where people get this shit from.

[HaemishM]

I can't believe someone is ripping on Drogba, you sir are fucking insane...

Drogba is a bit of a dirty player, but he can provide pretty good service.

Lampard looked a lot better in the England/Greece friendly on Wednesday, actually managing to find the goal. Of course, Greece's defense appeared to be concentrating on the rear ends of all the England players, because the first half they got ran over. Almost all of England's goals were because the Greek defenders just forgot where they were. England looked much better without Beckham there.

[sigil]

Drogba is a bit of a dirty player

That's like saying Katrina got New Orleans a little soggy.


Diving bastard.

Rumors abound of Jol going with a 4-3-3, with Berbatov feeding Keane and Defoe.

I'm looking forward to some high energy beautiful playfrom Tottenham. This is the year they break the top 4. :)

[WayAbvPar]

Diving bastard without Cristiano Ronaldo does not compute. That little fucker goes down more than Greg Louganis.

[WindiaN]

At least Drogba is a thug, Ronaldo is a diver and a bitch.

[HaemishM]

Liverpool gets Dirk Kuyt

Ph3ar, bitches.

[eldaec]

At least Drogba is a thug, Ronaldo is a diver and a bitch.

To be fair...

Drogba: Thug, Diver
Ronaldo: Diver, Bitch

But you have to give Drogba credit for his open admission on the BBC last year.

"Sometimes I dive" "In fooball, you cannot stay up all the time"

So he might be a cynical cheating twerp, but it's hard to put all the blame at his door in a situation where he is perfectly open about his approach to the game, but still the league authorities are unable to do anything about it. And out of the two of them, Ronaldo is clearly the bigger dick.

Lampard looked a lot better in the England/Greece friendly on Wednesday, actually managing to find the goal.

True, but only because McClaren built the entire midfield around him. And 'a lot better' really only got him up to 'passable squad player performance'.

[Wolf]

Fuck the EPL, let's talk about the Champion's League and how a Bulgarian team will get in the groups for the first time ever!!!!!!!!!

[Righ]

Good 3-0 start by Pompey, two of the goals coming from insanely tall former Arsenal striker Kanu in his first match with the team. And two of Blackburn's players were sent off for their challenges on him.

[sigil]

That was a nice start by them.

Great Start for Reading, Down 2-nil then coming all the way back.Great way to start their premiership.

Alas, my poor Spurs got cockblocked by the ref on the first goal, then a once in a lifetime shot from 45 yards out. Game over. Fucking Bolton.

[WayAbvPar]

That was a hell of a shot by Campo. Just amazing. Robinson actually played pretty well- that one just suprised him and caught him leaning the wrong way.

Liverpool got a goddamned gift- Sheffield should have won that game 1-0.

Haven't watched the other game I have on TiVo yet (Chelsea/ManCity).

[HaemishM]

The Reading-Boro game was great. It was obvious Reading was starstruck the first 20 minutes, but once they got calmed down, they played some good football.

That first goal from Bolton was just wrong, but the second was such a kick in the nuts the Spurs really couldn't recover.

The Chelsea/Man City game was not a great game to watch. And yeah, Liverpool got a goddamn gift and a half. They better not start out this year like last, unable to score goals. Both Man U. and Chelsea are going to come out blazing.

[sigil]

Spurs are 0 for six years at the reebok.

Again, fucking Bolton.

We shall see what the next week holds, but after that I believe it's at Man U. That would make this one prety much a must win to keep from being forced to tread water before it's even October

[Hoax]

Will be watching the West Ham game with some fantasy induced interest this morning on FSC *cough* Harewood, quick hat-trick! *endcough*

[sigil]

Took a four point hit on the fantasy league to make some adjustments. Currently, chasing Ironmen by a fair margin as we begin the long hellish march to futility :)

And after todays game I've already recouped my investment with Berbatov's goal in what should have been a 4-0 rout by Spurs. Will settle for2-0. :)

[sigil]

There are no curses and expletives in existence to proper express my frustration and annoyance with Spurs at this point in time.

[Hoax]

Arsenal just lost, now if Camara and/or Drogba can net me some points this may not be too bad of a week, I expect low scores for everyone.

[HaemishM]

There are no curses and expletives in existence to proper express my frustration and annoyance with Spurs at this point in time.

Both Spurs and Arsenal looked terrible yesterday. Arsenal would have looked good if they'd remembered to actually shoot at the goal instead of dancing around it. Spurs though, they just looked lost. It was amazing how many times their midfield and defense just let them down on both sides of the pitch.

[eldaec]

Arsenal will ceratinly wake up eventually; but Spurs are in for a disappointing season, both their players and the team are heavily overrated and overbacked following their successes last season, when all the big three clubs were in transition years (leaving Chelsea to win the title by default). They can't hope to even equal last year's performance (4th until the last day of the season) given how the big 3 + Chelsea have moved on over the summer.

Also, a ytmnd in honour of the glory that is Peter Fucking Crouch...

http://crouchcrouching.ytmnd.com/

That would be 4 goals from 4 matches for Liverpool and England so far this season.

[HaemishM]

Also, a ytmnd in honour of the glory that is Peter Fucking Crouch...

http://crouchcrouching.ytmnd.com/

That would be 4 goals from 4 matches for Liverpool and England so far this season.

Beautiful. Fantastic.

I think now that he actually has some decent service, Crouch might not be as bad as he looked in the early stages of the World Cup. They just have to remember he's not that good in the air.

[Jobu]

I'm gonna love to see what Roy Keane can bring to the table for Sunderland. It's gonna be great watching him develop as a coach, good or bad.

Pompey's doing great Righ. Enjoy the view near the top while it lasts. Keep it up!

[HaemishM]

Yeah, Pompey is kicking ass. I watched the Boro-Porto game last night. Wow, does Boro ever look shitty. They have had about 40 minutes of good play in all 3 of their games. They looked clueless against Portsmouth, much like they did in most of the Chelsea match and after they scored the 2 goals in the Reading match. It's like they have no ability to adapt, if their way of playing is stymied they just keep at it. The Chelsea win was definitely a fluke.

Portsmouth, though... they may be my second team to root for after Liverpool. Good defense, decent goaltending, nice runs from Kanu.

[WayAbvPar]

After seeing his amazing goal in the first week and subesquently seeing him help beat Spurs (wow...what a dreadful start for them!), I am now an Andy Johnson (and subsequently, an Everton) fan. Even though I am once again hirsute, I have a soft spot for bald guys. 

[HaemishM]

Johnson kicked ass against Spurs, and is apparently being considered for a role on the England squad. I hope he didn't look so good because Spurs were playing so incredibly bad.

[WayAbvPar]

Yeah me too. I just spent MORE money to pick him up in my fantasy leagues. I am starting to think that 8 transfers in 3 weeks might be a bit excessive. In my defense, I didn't know half the players I originally signed, so I was playing blind. My team is much better now than originally, methinks.

[Righ]

Yep, Pompey is doing fine. Handy goal difference there. Middlesboro's defense is a shambles psychologically. Whether adding a couple of big names with questions over fitness will help is anybody's guess. I reckon this could be an easy weekend for the Gunners.

[Hoax]

Fucking fantasy sports...

Rio Ferdinand, injured

Camara, injured

Keane, sucking nuts

Cech, out for the first 2 weeks

I may need to make more transfers, I was pretty blind like WAP going in other then the few international stars I could afford to sign.