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  • Re: The English Premier League thread
     Reply #270 - April 26, 2012, 05:17 PM
    Guardiola going... most likely to take a sabbatical but I guess there's still a possibility he could take over at Chelsea if RDM isn't made permanent manager...
  • Re: The English Premier League thread
     Reply #271 - April 26, 2012, 05:47 PM
    Quote from: Prince Spinoza on April 26, 2012, 12:28 AM


    I feel sorry for JT


    please, you're gonna make me weep  sad
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  • Re: The English Premier League thread
     Reply #272 - April 26, 2012, 05:59 PM
    I loved it when John Terry tried to claim that him kneeing Alexis was an "accident." What a knob.
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  • Re: The English Premier League thread
     Reply #273 - April 26, 2012, 06:31 PM
    Quote from: Blade Gunner on April 26, 2012, 05:47 PM
    please, you're gonna make me weep  sad

    :(

    It's ok, console yourself with the fact that it hasn't yet been a decade since Arsenal won anything.
  • Re: The English Premier League thread
     Reply #274 - April 26, 2012, 07:33 PM
    Happy as I am you beat Barcelona, Prince, accept that Terry is your weakest link on and off the pitch.

    Would Chelsea have defended with such exemplary discipline had he not been sent of? Unlikely, I'd say.
  • Re: The English Premier League thread
     Reply #275 - April 27, 2012, 05:58 AM
    No way I'm buying that. He's been Chelsea's best defender this season. There were seasons past when he was by far the worst, but this has been easily his best since his partnership with Riccy Carvalho became fractured, stopping and starting. Alex/Cahill/Ivanovic don't compliment him as well as players like Riccy and Luiz - quick, pressing, ball playing. Even Gallas was a better match. When he was out earlier in the season Chelsea's defence was the worst it's been since the late days of Scolari. One mistake doesn't make him Chelsea's biggest liability. It was stupid - not the atrocity it's been made out to be, he just took 'let him know you're there' too far - but it wasn't typical. He has a calm head, it just happened to roll off his neck at the wrong moment. Whatever goes on off the pitch - and he has been my least favourite Chelsea player for a lot, lot longer than the bandwagon has been rolling -  John Terry the footballer is a gem. It's tiresome to hear about his 'leadership', but I've barely missed a Chelsea game in 14 years and it is definitely *there*. If the task against Barca wasn't so simple, his organisation would have been missed. Rather him in the final than out of it, always.
  • Re: The English Premier League thread
     Reply #276 - April 27, 2012, 06:13 AM
    I don't think Terry has ever been a great defender. Probably in the Carragher class as far as defenders go, the kind that will make last ditch saves off of the line and be hailed as a hero. The truth is though that the great defenders like Nesta spot the danger and get rid of it before it even gets to the line.
    At evening, casual flocks of pigeons make
    Ambiguous undulations as they sink,
    Downward to darkness, on extended wings. - Stevens
  • Re: The English Premier League thread
     Reply #277 - April 27, 2012, 06:31 AM
    Not all CBs have to be sweeper-lites. There is a time and place for nicking the ball, and a time and place for holding firm. And frankly, though it's not the strongest part of his game and well below the likes of Carvalho, JT's ability to read situations is under-rated. People take one look at his horrendous lack of pace and assume he's bound to be caught out with balls in behind. But he has excelled in high lines almost as much as he has on edge of the box. Don't get me wrong, Ivanovic and Alex are superior players, Riccy was streets ahead of anyone in the PL at his best, in my not-unbiased opinion. But put JT with a Gallas, a Carvalho, a Luiz, and he will be a perfect foil.

    And I certainly wouldn't class him with Carragher. They may both be very gritty players, but Carra always struck me as needing that extra yard to complete his duties compared with JT. More of a last-ditch player, more of a 'hero' defender, even. Terry isn't about spectaculars as much, he has more discipline than Carra.
  • Re: The English Premier League thread
     Reply #278 - April 27, 2012, 06:35 AM
    I haven't seen Terry nearly enough as you but every time I think of Terry playing a high line I remember the public humiliation that Germany gave him at the WC last time.
    At evening, casual flocks of pigeons make
    Ambiguous undulations as they sink,
    Downward to darkness, on extended wings. - Stevens
  • Re: The English Premier League thread
     Reply #279 - April 27, 2012, 06:41 AM
    You should know by now that making judgements based on 3 week high-profile tournaments is usually a very bad idea. Tongue And he was partnered with Upson... there was so little coherence and awareness of each other that it would have made for a disaster against a counter attacking team even *if* either of them could sprint.
  • Re: The English Premier League thread
     Reply #280 - April 27, 2012, 10:56 AM
    Carragher is more of a tackler than a marker, thats where Terry has advantage over him.
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  • Re: The English Premier League thread
     Reply #281 - April 27, 2012, 11:04 AM
    £50 on France to win the Euros nets you £600. Very tempting, that.
  • Re: The English Premier League thread
     Reply #282 - April 27, 2012, 01:50 PM
    Quote from: Prince Spinoza on April 27, 2012, 05:58 AM
      he has been my least favourite Chelsea player for a lot, lot longer than the bandwagon has been rolling - 

    Mine too.

    Good points well made, though.
  • Re: The English Premier League thread
     Reply #283 - April 30, 2012, 05:27 PM
    Come on you Reds.

    Already on the beer, now off to try and find somewhere to watch the game.

    Cheers Aphrodite.
  • Re: The English Premier League thread
     Reply #284 - April 30, 2012, 09:01 PM

    Well played City. Showed alot of character there.

    "we can smell traitors and country haters"


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    Love is Blind. Stevie Wonder is blind. Therefore, Stevie Wonder is God.

  • Re: The English Premier League thread
     Reply #285 - May 01, 2012, 12:58 AM
    You deserved it.

    Craven and/or senile team selection from Ferguson.
  • Re: The English Premier League thread
     Reply #286 - May 01, 2012, 05:25 AM
    Yup, definitely. His plan going into that match seemed to be Chelsea style defense, and after the goal conceded the team looked lost.
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  • Re: The English Premier League thread
     Reply #287 - May 02, 2012, 08:38 PM
    Holy shit Cisse o.o
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  • Re: The English Premier League thread
     Reply #288 - May 02, 2012, 09:08 PM
    ^ My thoughts exactly o.O



    I'd take the defeat just to see that. Grin
  • Re: The English Premier League thread
     Reply #289 - May 02, 2012, 09:11 PM

    Fucking hell, what a hit by Cisse.
    "we can smell traitors and country haters"


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  • Re: The English Premier League thread
     Reply #290 - May 02, 2012, 10:03 PM
    This guy is fucking unreal!! His first goal was class.... but his second is just..... I don't know, fuck me!!

    "He scores when he wants, he scores when he wants, Pappis Demba Cisse, he scores when he wants!" dance dance dance

  • Re: The English Premier League thread
     Reply #291 - May 02, 2012, 10:07 PM
    Papiss Demba Cisse ‏ @CissePapiss
    Thanks everyone. Looking forward for the next game.

    Just another match in the career of Pappis Demba Cisse!  Cheesy dance
  • Re: The English Premier League thread
     Reply #292 - May 02, 2012, 10:42 PM

    With the outside of his boot too. Fucking amazing.
    "we can smell traitors and country haters"


    Quote from: arX on May 01, 2011, 03:33 AM
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    Love is Blind. Stevie Wonder is blind. Therefore, Stevie Wonder is God.

  • Re: The English Premier League thread
     Reply #293 - May 02, 2012, 10:54 PM
    Demba Ba, who was translating on behalf of Cisse on Skysports news, said he only took the shot because he was feeling too tired!  Cheesy Cheesy The dude is just soooo gooood. dance
  • Re: The English Premier League thread
     Reply #294 - May 02, 2012, 11:27 PM
     Cheesy

    Modric's goal was pretty sweet, too.

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  • Re: The English Premier League thread
     Reply #295 - May 06, 2012, 11:33 AM
    Bad feeling Van Persie will be leaving this summer, after that abysmal performance at the emirates. :/
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  • Re: The English Premier League thread
     Reply #296 - May 06, 2012, 03:48 PM
    So it's City then...



    I can barely summon the energy to be grudging.
  • Re: The English Premier League thread
     Reply #297 - May 06, 2012, 04:37 PM
    Well done Spuds Cheesy
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  • Re: The English Premier League thread
     Reply #298 - May 06, 2012, 05:34 PM
    Chelsea could still conceivably make 3rd Cheesy 3 teams above them just can't seem to secure the CL spots. Spurs and Arsenal especially have bottled it too often.
  • Re: The English Premier League thread
     Reply #299 - May 06, 2012, 05:38 PM
    Also, Torres looked like his mother died yesterday. Can't blame him, sitting on the bench at Wembley all game must be hard to stomach.

    And I like the song Chelsea fans have adopted for Ramires... who didn't have one prior to his recent heroics... "Song for Ramiresss... we need a sooong for Ramireeess..."  Cheesy
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