FA Premier League Thread

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FA Premier League 2007/08  

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  1. 1. Who will win the FA Premier League 2007/08?

    • Arsenal
      34
    • Blackburn Rovers
      1
    • Bolton Wanderers
      2
    • Chelsea
      7
    • Liverpool
      17
    • Manchester United
      58
    • Newcastle United
      2
    • Portsmouth
      1
    • Tottenham Hotspur
      1
    • Other
      4

  2. 2. Who be relegated from the FA Premier League 2007/08 (select 3)?

    • Aston Villa
      2
    • Birmingham City
      33
    • Derby County
      95
    • Everton
      5
    • Fulham
      36
    • Middlesbrough
      17
    • Reading
      28
    • Sunderland
      38
    • Wigan Athletic
      53
    • Other
      26

  3. 3. Who will be top scorer in the FA Premier League 2007/08?

    • Benni McCarthy
      1
    • Carlos Tevez
      7
    • Cristiano Ronaldo
      42
    • Didier Drogba
      21
    • Dimitar Berbatov
      10
    • Fernando Torres
      12
    • Michael Owen
      2
    • Wayne Rooney
      9
    • Yakubu Aiyegbeni
      1
    • Other
      22

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rajputwarrior

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We've won a few games in a row now and we are in good form. Do you still hate Rafa?

Anyway, lets hope we can finish Inter at the San Siro tomorrow.

not really, they are beating crappy teams, games they SHOULD be winning. All rafa has to do is not screw with the lineup and he will get a lot more support. Keep playing who is hot, and you see what happens when you start and play pennant, he contributes, unlike babel and lucas who are still to young...

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The age has nothing to do about it. As you said before play who is hot, aka on form. Chop them after a period of "get better or your our of the team" Thats how most teams operate. When it comes to a select few matches thats when you can take a risk of swaping a midfielder or striker.

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sharpy2k4

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You weren't a closet scummer before they went down were you?

Sad to see a Fareham lad liking any other team than Pompey tbh :p

haha never! nah dads from Middlesbrough and him and brother support those Smoggies, and i chose to support Liverpool like my mum to even out the feuds.

but yeah,never been a Scummer, or Pompey Scum infact, i did support Crystal Palace for a stage and Watford, but i was 3 at the time haha.

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haha never! nah dads from Middlesbrough and him and brother support those Smoggies, and i chose to support Liverpool like my mum to even out the feuds.

but yeah,never been a Scummer, or Pompey Scum infact, i did support Crystal Palace for a stage and Watford, but i was 3 at the time haha.

A bit like me when I was 6 I supported Man Utd but my Aunty thought I liked Arsenal and used to send me Arsenal kits because he daughter was assistant to the director :laugh: but then I found my true calling...West Ham *silence falls*

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rajputwarrior

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The age has nothing to do about it. As you said before play who is hot, aka on form. Chop them after a period of "get better or your our of the team" Thats how most teams operate. When it comes to a select few matches thats when you can take a risk of swaping a midfielder or striker.

i agree but rafa can't get that in his head, a player can score a goal one game and then the next game he won't even play then may not start the next... it makes no sense. if the player is hot ride him until he cools down...

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Martyn

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not really, they are beating crappy teams, games they SHOULD be winning. All rafa has to do is not screw with the lineup and he will get a lot more support. Keep playing who is hot, and you see what happens when you start and play pennant, he contributes, unlike babel and lucas who are still to young...

Yes because Inter are a crap team? Beating them home and away is a crap achievement as well?

Babel has been playing really well recently (well, he was crap last night), but before that he was in really good form. The only reason Lucas is recently is because of the change in formation and we generally have to rest one of our three central midfielders now again (and for things like when Alonso's wife had her baby, and when Mascherano got a knock last week).

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rajputwarrior

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Yes because Inter are a crap team? Beating them home and away is a crap achievement as well?

Babel has been playing really well recently (well, he was crap last night), but before that he was in really good form. The only reason Lucas is recently is because of the change in formation and we generally have to rest one of our three central midfielders now again (and for things like when Alonso's wife had her baby, and when Mascherano got a knock last week).

when you are playing a team that is down to ten men, yeah you SHOULD win, especially when its an italian team that is defensively minded...

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Yes because Inter are a crap team? Beating them home and away is a crap achievement as well?

Babel has been playing really well recently (well, he was crap last night), but before that he was in really good form. The only reason Lucas is recently is because of the change in formation and we generally have to rest one of our three central midfielders now again (and for things like when Alonso's wife had her baby, and when Mascherano got a knock last week).

I knew Liverpool would get Inter Milan. I just knew it. And boy oh boy, Torres is on fire!

Damn, I hope the final would be something like Manchester United vs. Barcelona, that would be just awesome!

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Martyn

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when you are playing a team that is down to ten men, yeah you SHOULD win, especially when its an italian team that is defensively minded...

Not always, and that is the beauty of football. Your logic is fundamentally wrong, you are basically saying that theoretically Derby County should beat a ten man Inter Milan side, and if they do not, it is deemed a failure?

Oh, and another little fact for you about the whole rotation balls you keep going on about. Torres has only been rested twice this season when he has been fit to play, and the last of which was six months ago, a certain Cristiano Ronaldo has been rested more.

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rajputwarrior

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Not always, and that is the beauty of football. Your logic is fundamentally wrong, you are basically saying that theoretically Derby County should beat a ten man Inter Milan side, and if they do not, it is deemed a failure?

Oh, and another little fact for you about the whole rotation balls you keep going on about. Torres has only been rested twice this season when he has been fit to play, and the last of which was six months ago, a certain Cristiano Ronaldo has been rested more.

no i am not saying derby should, i am saying a team with the skill that liverpool possesses should beat inter with ten men, no excuses. If they had not won that game, both of them because inter was down to ten men twice, it would have been a complete embarrassment and you know it.

and wow you named one player, what about games where crouch, pennant, riise, carragher or even stevie g hasn't started for no real season...

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Martyn

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no i am not saying derby should, i am saying a team with the skill that liverpool possesses should beat inter with ten men, no excuses. If they had not won that game, both of them because inter was down to ten men twice, it would have been a complete embarrassment and you know it.

and wow you named one player, what about games where crouch, pennant, riise, carragher or even stevie g hasn't started for no real season...

Well seeing as Liverpool are playing 4-2-3-1 with Torres as a lone striker up front and (normally) Babel, Gerrard and Kuyt playing off him and on the wings, Crouch can hardly start every game...otherwise people would moan about Torres being rested. It just goes round in circles really.

Riise has been poor this season, and Aurelio is much better. Carragher I believe has played more or less every minute of our season I believe. Maybe Pennant should play more often, but our formation is working well at the moment and we have a balanced team, if we changed it we would only draw more critisism. As I said, it works in circles.

Now about that family rajput...

;)

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Liverpool won 2-1!

Ronaldo broke Pride Park hearts as Derby went down to a late goal and lost 1-0! I salute Derby! What a match! They only need a goal scorer and they would have won it!

Derby have pretty much lacked that all season a goal scorer that is, Kenny Miller is good but not that good.

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rajputwarrior

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Well seeing as Liverpool are playing 4-2-3-1 with Torres as a lone striker up front and (normally) Babel, Gerrard and Kuyt playing off him and on the wings, Crouch can hardly start every game...otherwise people would moan about Torres being rested. It just goes round in circles really.

Riise has been poor this season, and Aurelio is much better. Carragher I believe has played more or less every minute of our season I believe. Maybe Pennant should play more often, but our formation is working well at the moment and we have a balanced team, if we changed it we would only draw more critisism. As I said, it works in circles.

Now about that family rajput...

;)

Seventh straight win for Liverpool :)

i have nothing to argue about, seven straight and i am lovinig it, this family may have a chance...

now it's all about next week, going to be a war with my dad (man u supporter DIE HARD) and me. oh its going to great

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Pomepy beat Aston Villa 2 - 0

Muntari and Melberg got sent off due to second yellows. Defore scored again! Baros sounds lively and caused problems. Hopefully we can buy him and pair him up with Defoe and Kanu.

I really think this could be Pompeys year! FA Cup and a good table finish.

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