2014/15 Premier League and General Football Discussion
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- Peasantslayer
Boro probably played well enough for all 3 points at Forest but the Championship now has 4 teams tied for 1st! with the in-form team (Norwich) just 1 point behind that group.
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The Senegalese footballer, recently returned from international duty in Equatorial Guinea? Yeah, how could he possibly have contracted EBOV at any point...As paranoid as I can be, I'm fairly certain Johnny Evans and Papiss Cisse don't have ebola.
I mean, I can provide a pretty large list of spittle-transmissible diseases, but the very fact that gobbing on someone is criminal assault ought to be enough...
Ross
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Whilst I agree with you that it's disgusting and should have a longer ban, footballers have tests for all diseases that could be considered contagious. And as we're talking about lengths of bans, don't forget that John Terry only got a 4 game ban for racially abusing Anton Ferdinand. And in my opinion, racism is worse than spitting.
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- The__Luke
First off I know how ebola is contracted, so that paragraph was fairly meaningless.
Secondly, if Cisse contracted ebola, he would not have played after returning. Even then, I think he would be ok now, since it has been 5 weeks.
Do you really think that players were allowed get ebola without being tested? Think of the outcry if there was no protective measures, we probably would have heard of it.
He doesn't have ebola.
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It's one of many disorders that can be transmitted by phlegm.
Spitting isn't just "dirty" or "disgusting" - it's a full blown biohazard. This exactly why it's classed as an assault - the gobber is hurling infectious material at the victim. It has been since tuberculosis peaked as a notfiable disease in the late 19th century - but since Cisse and Evans are unlikely to have TB that's meaningless too, right?
andrea
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- Peasantslayer
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So yesterday on my way to work I encountered lots of Wrexham fans on their way to the derby against Chester, quite a heavy police presence too with two police helicopters, like Liquid has said before its all a bit over the top as there hasn't really any trouble between the two sets of fans recently...Wrexham won the game 1-0 👍
..also in regards to the spitting thing, although it is pretty horrific and those bans are rightly deserved I still think that a career threatening tackle/leg break is more serious ..
..also in regards to the spitting thing, although it is pretty horrific and those bans are rightly deserved I still think that a career threatening tackle/leg break is more serious ..
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I'm not disagreeing, I think spitting at an opponent is one of the worst things that a player can do but thankfully it doesn't really happen that often..
...Football has had a really bad press in the last few weeks, we have had the Chelsea train incident, Barnes/Matic, Adam Johnson allegedly having sex with an underage girl, the spitting incident in the week and now the slightly scary pitch invasion yesterday, hasn't been a good few weeks has it?
...Football has had a really bad press in the last few weeks, we have had the Chelsea train incident, Barnes/Matic, Adam Johnson allegedly having sex with an underage girl, the spitting incident in the week and now the slightly scary pitch invasion yesterday, hasn't been a good few weeks has it?
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It's unfortunate that, given what football can be, it's often the lowest common denominator sport that attracts a great deal of extremely stupid people both to watch it and to play it. In the words of Bill Bailey, footballers are:
and we probably shouldn't be all that surprised when they behave like teenagers (both intellectually and sexually), gobbing on each other, spouting racial abuse and having sex with anything. Then their more moron-grade fans think it's just fine to ape them...
And those of you who watch the Premiership may have missed this peach from the Championship this weekend...
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@Fuzzy I really stopped caring about us getting into itwe always get knocked out early it's a cycle that I'm sick off.
Very true... only a handful of teams have a realistic chance of winning it.
BUT it's vital for big clubs because of the revenue... in 13/14, prize money alone was a cool €20M minimum for getting to the knock out stages, and c.€60M for winning it. Only the winners of the Europa League earned more than the lowest income anyone got who qualified for the ECL.
And it's not just the direct income you lose - game income, sponsorship deals, commercial income etc will all be affected.
Deloitte estimated the financial impact to Man United of not qualifying in 14/15 at £50M (c.€68M), and that will increase if they fail to qualify for 15/16 ECL as there are widely reported penalties in the £750M Adidas contract should they miss out.
ps; players spitting is disgusting!
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Football was always a working class game* and that still shows in the culture surrounding it. It's a bleeding shame that such a fine game, from the public schools to the factory fields, is now the richest prize in competition but has a horrible stink around it both on and off the pitch.
*Although organised association football had an element of public school about it upon foundation. Mediaeval football was definitely peasant class and association football was quickly snapped up by the working masses and that lowest common denominator aura has been carried ever since.
*Although organised association football had an element of public school about it upon foundation. Mediaeval football was definitely peasant class and association football was quickly snapped up by the working masses and that lowest common denominator aura has been carried ever since.
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Anyone seen the top of the Championship like Peasantslayer said top four are tied on 66 points, Bournemouth top with Derby, Watford and Middlesbrough just behind, then its Norwich on 65, Brentford on 62 and Ipswich make the top seven on 61! 
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Carlo Ancelotti's job at Real Madrid is said to be under threat after Real's recent bad form, they were six points clear of Barcelona but now Barca are on top on goal difference ahead of El Clasico on the 22nd....
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Meanwhile, in Scotland, Heart of Midlothian (aka Hearts) now only need 12 points from 10 games to win the Scottish Championship and return to the Scottish Premiership at the first time of asking. Rangers had three games in hand over Hearts, but have drawn three games in a row... they remain 22 points behind with one game in hand left, and one Hearts v Rangers game still to play, although the league could have been won by then, since Hearts now only require 4 more wins to secure the title. Rangers may even struggle to get promotion, as Hibs are currently 2 points ahead but have played a game more.
Hearts' form this year has been nothing short of unbelievable. Despite playing in the lower division, they've done an incredible job. Facing financial ruin last year, and shedding players and staff left, right and centre, Hearts have essentially reinvented themselves and have exceeded the wildest expectations of their supporters. 20 points clear with 10 to play, only one defeat all season, and the longest unbeaten run in UK football this year... nothing short of amazing!!
Hearts' form this year has been nothing short of unbelievable. Despite playing in the lower division, they've done an incredible job. Facing financial ruin last year, and shedding players and staff left, right and centre, Hearts have essentially reinvented themselves and have exceeded the wildest expectations of their supporters. 20 points clear with 10 to play, only one defeat all season, and the longest unbeaten run in UK football this year... nothing short of amazing!!
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93 minutes to score a goal. Still, it's a goal. Rhodes scores, we get another clean sheet without Hanley at the back, and 1-0 over Bolton will do us nicely.
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So the Premier League is back this weekend and we are at that stage of the season where every weekend there is two or three massive games at different parts of the table (title race, top four and relegation battle) and this weekend is no exception, some big games this weekend!
Saturday
Arsenal v West Ham
Burnley v Man City (5.30 Sky)
Crystal Palace v QPR (12.45 BT)
Leicester v Hull
Sunderland v Aston Villa
West Brom v Stoke
Sunday
Chelsea v Southampton (1.30 Sky)
Everton v Newcastle
Man United v Tottenham (4.00 Sky)
Monday Night
Swansea v Liverpool (8.00 Sky)
Saturday
Arsenal v West Ham
Burnley v Man City (5.30 Sky)
Crystal Palace v QPR (12.45 BT)
Leicester v Hull
Sunderland v Aston Villa
West Brom v Stoke
Sunday
Chelsea v Southampton (1.30 Sky)
Everton v Newcastle
Man United v Tottenham (4.00 Sky)
Monday Night
Swansea v Liverpool (8.00 Sky)
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- The__Luke
Mourinho defended his "11 babies" after Jamie Carragher's criticism of them by suggesting Carragher had a short memory and did the same on the pitch when he was a player. pathetic.
He also said Chelsea will win the league so Stamford Bridge will be a Bus Stop again for the next two months or so and I really want to see City overtake them.
pathetic. He also said Chelsea will win the league so Stamford Bridge will be a Bus Stop again for the next two months or so and I really want to see City overtake them.
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So then, who is City's next manager for the 15-16 season?
Nice result for Arsenal, helping the goal diff and putting pressure on MU for 3rd. 👍
Nice result for Arsenal, helping the goal diff and putting pressure on MU for 3rd. 👍
