Official 2011/12 Barclays Premier League Thread

[Touring Mars]

Yep, a very good result for them... they've had a great season, and the last few games have been something of a blip in comparison.

 

[Liquid]

United 3 up against Villa, thanks to the antics of Ashley 'Red October' Young.

Gap back at 5 points. Manchester Derby is looking absolutely critical.

 

[ENTERSANDMAN13]

 

[Liquid]

It's not actually the worse dive I've ever seen*, but it is a bleeding terrible one though. Take away the penalty and it's still 2-0 to United but Young is such a bad diver.

*This is right up there.

 

[Touring Mars]

The dive was bad enough, but the commentator on Sky even had the audacity to attempt to blame Aston Villa for possibly encouraging Young to dive when he was a Villa player!! (I'm not kidding!)

 

[C-ZETA]

Wow. As a Man U fan...just...silly. Ridiculous. Wow.

 

[MagpieRacer]

Somewhat of a hatrid building for Ashley Young from me now. If he won a penalty for England at the Euros like that I would be ashamed and start supporting Republic of Ireland..

 

[Liquid]

The dive was bad enough, but the commentator on Sky even had the audacity to attempt to blame Aston Villa for possibly encouraging Young to dive when he was a Villa player!! (I'm not kidding!)

I understand their flawed argument with poor words. As in, Young has always been a diver and has been since his Watford and Villa days. Which he has been, but it's certainly not Villa who 'taught' him. Way to show respect to the club that gave him his big break.

 

[Touring Mars]

I understand their flawed argument with poor words. As in, Young has always been a diver and has been since his Watford and Villa days. Which he has been, but it's certainly not Villa who 'taught' him. Way to show respect to the club that gave him his big break.

I suppose they could have said 'Villa didn't complain when he dived with them' or 'Villa didn't rid him of his diving habit either'... that makes more sense...

I'm disgusted at myself at being happy that Young got an assist for it in the Fantasy Football

 

[Alex.]

Man Utd winning penalties that aren't penalties. Nothing to see here.

 

[Liquid]

Alex Ferguson admitting that Wigan outplayed United.

Alex Ferguson half-admitting that one of his own players dived.

Madness.

 

[cuco33]

I can't stand diving ballerinas. I really wished FIFA, UEFA and all FAs would get involved and impose serious fines and bans to remove this crap. Rarely does anything happen.

 

[Touring Mars]

Unbelievable start at the Emirates tonight... 7 minutes gone, Arsenal 0 - 2 Wigan

 

[ASH32]

Unbelievable start at the Emirates start... 7 minutes gone, Arsenal 0 - 2 Wigan

If Wigan had played for the rest of the season like they have the last few weeks they would be no where near the bottom. Why can pretty much all of their team suddenly play now when they were rubbish before, I bet it's because of the massive wage cut they would all get if they were relegated.

 

[Touring Mars]

Wigan have been dangerous on the break all night, but Arsenal have been absolutely rubbish. A draw would be a good result for them - Wigan deserve the win at the present time...

 

[ExigeEvan]

Van Persie needs to get a glass stomach.

 

[Liquid]

Full. Time.

Dear me. Wigan pull off yet another great escape. And as the BBC vidiprinter tells us, it's the first time since Southampton in 2001 where a team has beaten Manchester United and then Arsenal consequitively.

 

[Akmuq]

Wigan do this every season, have a brilliant attack and a rubbish defense until April, and then manage to sort out the defense and avoid relegation. Brilliant, beating Arsenal.

 

[Touring Mars]

Really great performance from Wigan - they were just better all over the field all night. Arsenal looked to be in total disarray at times. Since going 2-0 down, they started playing like it was the last ten minutes of a cup final... not a bad idea, you might think, but in actual fact, they just looked ragged, rushed and uncomposed. Van Persie was marked out of the game, but when he did get the ball, he was unselfish to a fault - he almost always passed it rather than taking it himself, which didn't work once all night. A well deserved win 👍

 

[Famine]

Was he slipping roofies to League 1 keepers?

 

[TyrrellRacing]

Wait so why is he guilty and not McDonald ?

Also 5 years ? Is having sex with a drunk woman worse than armed robbery or assault, then ? Not that I should be surprised by this but seriously ?

 

[Famine]

Wait so why is he guilty and not McDonald ?

Also 5 years ? Is having sex with a drunk woman worse than armed robbery or assault, then ? Not that I should be surprised by this but seriously ?

Violating someone's body is worse than taking their stuff or beating them up, yes.

He raped a woman. He drugged a woman so that he could rape her. He deserves five inside - though he'll only serve two and a bit. Bye bye, career?

As for why McDonald was found not guilty - that'll be because of the evidence presented in court.

 

[Liquid]

I bet you Wednesdayites are having a field day, Famine.

Lee Hughes came back from killing someone. And he's still young.

Evans is a North East lad. And this happened in Rhyl, so I'm not surprised.

 

[TyrrellRacing]

Violating someone's body is worse than taking their stuff or beating them up, yes.

He raped a woman. He drugged a woman so that he could rape her. He deserves five inside - though he'll only serve two and a bit. Bye bye, career?

As for why McDonald was found not guilty - that'll be because of the evidence presented in court.

Where does it say she was drugged ? All I can see is her claiming that her drink was spiked.

 

[Liquid]

Where does it say she was drugged ? All I can see is her claiming that her drink was spiked.

And if she drank that drink then she was drugged.

 

[TyrrellRacing]

Nowhere does it say the drink actually was drugged, just that she claimed it was. From what I gather, it's rape because she was "too drunk to consent".

 

[Famine]

I bet you Wednesdayites are having a field day, Famine.

Yes and no. Nice to see scum locked up - and bacon scum won't make me shed a tear - but it's a pity he had to be scummy to get locked up.

Lee Hughes came back from killing someone. And he's still young.

Meh. He was playing Premiership - and almost England - football when he went away. He's since played for Oldham, Blackpool and Notts County, reaching a peak of the Championship - for three games, on loan. He's even had his doorway on Soccer AM removed.

He's now a League 1 player. Well, until his trial for sexual assault is resolved...

Where does it say she was drugged ? All I can see is her claiming that her drink was spiked.

Probably in the same place that it gives the reasons why McDonald is not guilty of the same crime...

Part of the evidence in the case was that she had not consumed enough alcohol to generate that effect on her. It's just a pity he'll be out in 60 months, really.

Also, what is it about footballers and gangbangs/indoor-dogging?

The prosecution claimed that while the attack happened, Jack Higgins, an "associate" of the footballers, and Ryan Roberts, Evans' brother, watched through a window.

 

[dhandeh]

Was he slipping roofies to League 1 keepers?

I would like to see what happens when he gets released. Lee Hughes causes death by dangerous driving and gets back into football, is then charged with sexual assault.

Marlon King is convicted of sexual assault and ABH and is back in football. My bet would be that, after 2 and a half years he will be out, and playing league football again.

 

[Liquid]

My bet would be that, after 2 and a half years he will be out, and playing league football again.

Same. He's a young player who had a decent career ahead of him and was bound to move to a bigger club soon.

Again, cite Lee Hughes. Sure he was Championship level with West Brom when he was incarcerated. He was also 27 years old. But he was released at the age of about 30-31ish (I think), and he's played 211 and scored 79 goals since then which isn't half bad for someone who was doing porridge for 3 years.

Evans is just 23. He might not make it back to the Premier League, but he could serve the full 5 years and still make a reasonable comeback.

 

[dhandeh]

Same. He's a young player who had a decent career ahead of him and was bound to move to a bigger club soon.

Again, cite Lee Hughes. Sure he was Championship level with West Brom when he was incarcerated. He was also 27 years old. But he was released at the age of about 30-31ish (I think), and he's played 211 and scored 79 goals since then which isn't half bad for someone who was doing porridge for 3 years.

Evans is just 23. He might not make it back to the Premier League, but he could serve the full 5 years and still make a reasonable comeback.

Which is a shame. I am all for turning over a new leaf and all that, but rape. The bloke should have had 20 years. The trouble with these footballers is they have no concept of reality, they live in this bubble and think they are immune to the real world.