English Football Thread 2013/14

[barmyarmy]

Not sure I can take Liverpool winning the title but they're definitely favourites at this point.

 

[Haarithan]

C'mon Colin, you supported them in your younger days...

 

[barmyarmy]

It was the 80s and I had no clue about anything

 

[War]

BBC Sport - Jose Mourinho: Chelsea cannot win title after Crystal Palace defeat

Mourinho also explained why he ran to a ball boy in injury time after the youngster failed to release the ball to Azpilicueta promptly.
"It is not right to educate kids to do that," said Mourinho.
"I went to stop [Azpilicueta]. I was afraid he would lose control of his emotions and push the kid or do something like Eden [Hazard] did last year at Swansea.
"I told the boy to not do that. I told him if he does this, 'one day somebody will punch you'."


Oh the pressure of the league..

 

[Haarithan]

It was the 80s and I had no clue about anything

Ok fair enough, now answer me this hypothetical question though:

It's matchday 37 against Man City, and Everton are 100% in the mix for that lucrative 4th spot alongside Arsenal. A win for Everton all but gifts you Champions League football next season, but at the same time also puts Liverpool inches closer to the PL title, heading into the final gameweek. What do you do? Who do you support?

 

[Abhas]

Him supporting anyone won't alter the result
I'm really excited about the next month and a half. This could still go anywhere. 1 slipup and you've lost the league..it's almost like the champions league knockouts.
Liverpool aren't favorites by any stretch of imagination. Man City could draw 1, yet go on to win. The other 2 teams need to win em all.

 

[barmyarmy]

Ok fair enough, now answer me this hypothetical question though:

It's matchday 37 against Man City, and Everton are 100% in the mix for that lucrative 4th spot alongside Arsenal. A win for Everton all but gifts you Champions League football next season, but at the same time also puts Liverpool inches closer to the PL title, heading into the final gameweek. What do you do? Who do you support?

Take the CL spot; lose the prelim to the eventual finalists and wind up in the UEFA cup. Oh right - that already happened...

 

[Abhas]

Although not related directly to English Football, this is huge news..
Barcelona banned from making transfers in the next two windows | Football News | Sky Sports

Makes me believe Pepe Reina would sign permanently for Napoli in that case, poor lad, it was always his wish to play for Barca.

 

[barmyarmy]

They'll appeal and it'll get over-turned.

 

[khaleel]

They'll appeal and it'll get over-turned.

Barcelona transfer ban live reaction: What does this mean for the Spanish giants? - Mirror Online

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Should FIFA decide to whip the lash on a broad-scale basis now, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur will be the most anxious clubs in the EPL now due to their similar deals for Adnan Januzaj and Nabil Bentaleb respectively. Maybe even Chelsea and a few other clubs too will be under the scanner, but if such bans happen, they may have a devastating effect on the transfer market as a whole.

 

[Abhas]

They'll appeal and it'll get over-turned.

They'll pay their way through.

 

[ste_mc_efc]

They'll pay their way through.

all they need to do is keep appealing. Take it to the court of arbitration for sport. Which will delay it until the summer easily and go on a splurge then so they won't even need to buy while banned.

 

[War]

Benteke sidelined for at least six months with ruptured Achilles | FOX Sports on MSN

 

[KBC]

Terrible news. Showed signs of form in recent weeks but Villa would be absolutely gutted with the news, Belgium even more.

 

[shravi]

Reaching the top 4 already feels like winning the title, so I'm not even sure what actually winning the title would feel like. I've never experienced that before and I doubt I could handle it.

I don't see it happening thought because I know Chelsea isn't out of it (whatever Mourinho might say) and I think Manchester City are still strong favorites.