2011/12 Barclay's Premier League Thread

[The Villain]

sitting nicely in 5th TOON TOON

Barclays Premier League

TeamPGDPTS
1 Man City 23 41 54
2 Man Utd 23 35 54
3 Tottenham 23 19 49
4 Chelsea 23 15 42
5 Newcastle 23 4 39
6 Liverpool 23 7 38
7 Arsenal 23 6 37
8 Sunderland 23 8 30
9 Stoke City 23 -12 30
10 Everton 23 -3 29
11 Norwich 23 -7 29
12 A Villa 23 -3 28
13 Fulham 23 -3 27
14 Swansea 23 -4 27
15 West Brom 23 -9 26
16 QPR 23 -15 21
17 Bolton 23 -19 20
18 Blackburn 23 -14 18
19 Wolves 23 -18 18
20 Wigan

 

[ljandkg]

John Terry to be stripped of England captaincy today.

For the 2nd time!! Well deserved too....

 

[sgt_pepper]

im suprised hes still on the team. thats probably why his trial isnt until july, because if he is found guilty theres no way hed be in the euro squad...

 

[AyiosYiorgos]

Yep - proud day to be a Liverpool supporter.................monkey taunts towards evra

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1014480/police-investigate-liverpool-fan?cc=3436

seems Liverpool are not the only club with dhead supporters...stats at the bottom are interesting as well..

http://www.thisisanfield.com/2012/02/man-united-fan-charged-with-racist-abuse/

 

[Warney]

the stats at the bottom mean nothing. They are the people who have been caught out.. theres probably hundreds more that haven't been caught! Not good though.

 

[AyiosYiorgos]

Agree but just highlighting that ALL clubs have dhead supporters..

 

[sgt_pepper]

millwall are the worst. no contest.
every team has idiot fans. just look at all the firms for proof.
i will say the 'pool fans vs rooney (i think?) was probably the worst ive heard about tho...in england anyway.

 

[Warney]

Agree but just highlighting that ALL clubs have dhead supporters..

wouldn't disagree with that.

Pretty keen for some more Premier League action tonight.. and to ljandkg's delight, back are my previews. I'll make sure it's better then my last ones for the massive gap since the last ones!

 

[Warney]

Previews for the main matches today..

Gameweek 24
Barclays Premier League:

Arsenal v Blackburn
Emirates Stadium
Kick Off: 1pm GMT

Current Form (Last Six Matches)
Arsenal: D W L L L D
Blackburn: D W L W D L

Last Meeting
Arsenal 0 Blackburn 0- 2 April 2011- Emirates Stadium

Position
Arsenal: 7th (W11, D4, L8, GD: 6, Points: 37)
Blackburn: 18th (W4, D6, L13, GD:-14, Points: 18)

Teams
Arsenal: Szczesny, Coquelin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Vermaelen, Song, Arteta, Rosicky, Walcott, Van Persie, Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Substitutes: Fabianski, Sagna, Ramsey, Bennayoun, Henry, Arshavin, Park.

Blackburn Rovers: Robinson, Lowe, Dann, Givet, Olsson, Petrovic, Dunn, Gamst, Nzonzi, Hoilett, Modeste
Substitutes: Bunn, Orr, Hanley, Rochina, Vukcevic, Goodwillie, Formica.

Players to Watch
Arsenal: Robin Van Persie- What more can be said about his goalscoring record in 2011?
Blackburn: Junior Hoilett- Promising talent who has drawn the attention from other Premier League clubs..

My views:
Despite Blackburn providing a slight resistance from the drop over the last month, i expect Arsenal to roll over the Rovers tonight. The Gunners will be looking to push themselves up the table and tonight is the perfect opportunity to do so, while breaking a 4 match streak that resulted in the Gunners' gaining the single point against Bolton midweek in a nil all draw. Blackburn have struggled without star striker Yakubu, who is available for the next match after sitting on the sidelines due to suspension for a couple of weeks. While Arsenal will be looking for a much needed win- Blackburn should be hungry to grab as many points as possible in order to avoid relegation into the Championship at the end of the season.

This could be a big match for either side, but i'm going Arsenal 4-1 and Robin Van Persie to score the first goal on 2 minutes

 

[rishgoon]

RVP to score 1st goal inside 2mins? Oh really?

 

[Warney]

ahahahahahaha.

 

[Warney]

Arsenal 1 Chicken Farmers 1!!!!

 

[rishgoon]

3-1

 

[Harsha_12]

THE OX!!!!!!

 

[Warney]

So i decide to go to the kitchen to cook myself a pie at 1-1, i get back a few minutes later and its 3-1. Loving it.

 

[Warney]

and things go from worse to horrible. Gael Givet is shown red and becomes another victim to the Premier League's strictest rule, two footed challenges aren't the best tackles to make in the PL, only if you want an early shower

 

[Warney]

Well Blackburn are in lots of trouble.
Down to 10 men with 3 others on yellows, with a rampant Van Persie on the loose.
It's 3-1 at half time.

 

[Warney]

and things go from horrible to as horrible as they can get for Rovers
Mikel Arteta makes it 4.

 

[rishgoon]

5, Ox again, great assist by Theo.

 

[rishgoon]

6, RVP hat trick. He scores when he waaaaannnntts