The Official English Premiere League Thread, 2011-12

[Libri]

Dempsey almost had a great goal.

[Libri]

Dempsey!

[Muser]

Dempsey!! Get in there.

[Muser]

Easiest goal he will ever score but he deserved one tonight. The guy is a workhorse.

[Spurstro]

easiest goal he will ever score but he deserved one tonight. The guy is a workhorse.

+1

[Libri]

I hope Liverpool beats the out of Fulham

another jinx

[lefty]

another jinx

Im awesome

[Phenomanul]

Im awesome

I wouldn't push your luck too hard considering "El Clásico" is coming up on Saturday... we know it won't end well for you...






possibly.

[lefty]

I wouldn't push your luck too hard considering "El Clásico" is coming up on Saturday... we know it won't end well for you...






possibly.

Barça can't lose

Messi=God


But seriously, they have picked their game up and are always motivated versus Madrid.

And Messi is always at its best during the Clasico.

I'm worried

[Agloco]

Barça can't lose

Messi=God


But seriously, they have picked their game up and are always motivated versus Madrid.

And Messi is always at its best during the Clasico.

I'm worried

Barca 4-2 tbh


and lol @City leading the tables. BPL has fallen off big time this year.

[Muser]

Yeah the top 4 has fallen off, but the rest of the league is stronger and more fun to watch than ever.

[lefty]

Yeah the top 4 has fallen off, but the rest of the league is stronger and more fun to watch than ever.

Yup

ANd I love waking up early on Saturday (which doesnt happen often) to catch a live game and watch this fantastic intro

[NASpurs]

Andre Santos is out for three weeks or more due to that damn ankle injury. It's an unfortunate timing since the team were playing well and more importantly, the defense was improving. But taking the season as a whole, the defense line has been the most battered and depleted especially with Sagna, Gibbs, Jenkinson and now Santos is out.

I wonder what Arsene is going to do. Will he play Djourou and move Vermaelen and Koscielny around while keeping Mertesacker in the middle? I guess the ultimate show of desperation is to put Alex Song in the back and play Frimpong. I don't know, what do you guys think?

[quentin_compson]

I guess Vermaelen will play LB, Koscielny and Merte CB, and Djourou RB.
Edit: Forgot about Miquel, he might play as well.

[Muser]

RVP plays all game then produces that.

[quentin_compson]

Yeah, what a goal after a game full of bad first touches by RvP.
Great pass by Song as well.
Well, Arsenal made things difficult for themselves by not capitalizing on the goalscoring opportunities in the first half. But a win is a win, I guess.

[Venti Quattro]

Cesc and Nasri who? Arsenal have come a long way from 2-8 at Old Trafford.

[velik_m]

Super goal by RvP, a real beauty.

[Muser]

RVP is 3 goals behind Alan Shearer's record for most goals in a calendar year.

[Venti Quattro]

Is Walcott okay? He went down earlier.

[NASpurs]

Alex Song is the ing man. Even before that assist to Van Persie I was thinking to myself during the game that Song is probably the best passer on the team especially from the midfield area and long through passes. Then surely enough, he had the assist to RVP on just a beautiful pass. Don't get me wrong, he's no Gervinho or Walcott on the sides but right in the middle of the pitch, just give Song the ball.

It sucks that those opportunities early in the game were wasted but I'll take the result. I think Walcott was offsides like four times in the game but overall I think he played really well.

The only thing that bothers me sometimes about this team is when they try and do too much on the offensive side of the field. Pass when they should shoot and shoot when they should have pass but it's just nitpicking.

Being in the top four right now in the standings, who would have thunk that especially after the beatings they took early on, all the injuries and the disarray. I'm pretty sure Chelsea is going to lose to City on Monday so hopefully Arsenal stays at four.

[quentin_compson]

Alex Song is the ing man. Even before that assist to Van Persie I was thinking to myself during the game that Song is probably the best passer on the team especially from the midfield area and long through passes. Then surely enough, he had the assist to RVP on just a beautiful pass. Don't get me wrong, he's no Gervinho or Walcott on the sides but right in the middle of the pitch, just give Song the ball.

It sucks that those opportunities early in the game were wasted but I'll take the result. I think Walcott was offsides like four times in the game but overall I think he played really well.

The only thing that bothers me sometimes about this team is when they try and do too much on the offensive side of the field. Pass when they should shoot and shoot when they should have pass but it's just nitpicking.

Being in the top four right now in the standings, who would have thunk that especially after the beatings they took early on, all the injuries and the disarray. I'm pretty sure Chelsea is going to lose to City on Monday so hopefully Arsenal stays at four.

Song can play the through ball and the decisive pass, that's for sure. I don't think he has the ability to do it on a consistent basis, but he has done it a couple of times already so far this season (the way he set up Santos' goal against Chelsea comes to mind). I think he was Arsenal's best player today - one of the reasons being that he got his defensive work done without risking a yellow that would have ruled him out for the game against City.
Ramsey has been rather poor the last couple of games, but (hopefully) getting Wilshere back in a couple of weeks will give Wenger more opportunities in central midfield.

I agree with you, being a valid candidate for a top four finish isn't something you would have imagined after this difficult (and sometimes - the Utd. game - horrible) start to the season. Right now, I think there's a possibility that Arsenal might leave either one of Chelsea, Liverpool or Tottenham behind in the end.

[lefty]

Wow

That referee really hates Tottenham

[NASpurs]

Song can play the through ball and the decisive pass, that's for sure. I don't think he has the ability to do it on a consistent basis, but he has done it a couple of times already so far this season (the way he set up Santos' goal against Chelsea comes to mind). I think he was Arsenal's best player today - one of the reasons being that he got his defensive work done without risking a yellow that would have ruled him out for the game against City.
Ramsey has been rather poor the last couple of games, but (hopefully) getting Wilshere back in a couple of weeks will give Wenger more opportunities in central midfield.

I agree with you, being a valid candidate for a top four finish isn't something you would have imagined after this difficult (and sometimes - the Utd. game - horrible) start to the season. Right now, I think there's a possibility that Arsenal might leave either one of Chelsea, Liverpool or Tottenham behind in the end.

Check this article out, it's what we've been talking about Alex Song.

http://www.ashburtongrove.co.uk/2011...rent-same.html

[NASpurs]

The video that comes along with the article also proves one more thing. While RVP gets his rightful glory, the man behind the scenes doing the dirty work is Alex Song.