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Post by Bojantastic on Jan 16, 2012 11:56:20 GMT
They're certainly this season's media whores but I don't mind them. I'd quite like the 3 promoted sides to stay up. Living in Norwich and working at Carrow Road on match days I've seen quite a bit of them and they remind of Stoke to an extent. They score from a lot of set pieces and are quite direct, keeping it tight at the back. They knock it about well too but I wouldn't say they're a Swansea/Blackpool/Burnley in that they're more about results than style.
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Post by Ninjadmin on Jan 16, 2012 12:31:38 GMT
They're certainly this season's media whores but I don't mind them. Did you see their 'total football' banner? Things like that spark off the disdain in me that I had when Tony Mowbray was getting wanked off by opposition managers and media on his way down with West Brom. He seemed to think that media adulation was worth more than points - and we were the polar opposite of that, doing it the right way. Seeing a club come up with that same philosophy (that has failed time and time again) and level of smugness that goes with it whenever it works for them... I always hope that they go down the same route. |
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Post by Dharma Bum on Jan 16, 2012 12:41:55 GMT
Swansea would be up shit creek without Vorm.
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Post by The Swahili Bastardizers on Jan 16, 2012 13:32:36 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2012 13:54:58 GMT
Is it wrong that I'm not that worried about relegation?
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Post by Ribanjo Fuller on Jan 16, 2012 14:17:55 GMT
Is it wrong that I'm not that worried about relegation? No, I'm not. Don't get me wrong if we lose our next 5 games then I'll start hoping teams below us get beat but where we are now, and how we're playing, I prefer seeing the teams above us drop points so we have a chance of catching them. There's easily 10 teams that would get relegated before us (and that won't last forever) so lets fucking enjoy the good times. |
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Post by Ninjadmin on Jan 16, 2012 14:25:53 GMT
Is it wrong that I'm not that worried about relegation? No, logically, we only need 10 points for the 40 mark (and I reckon 35/36 would see anybody safe this year). Even if we had a second half of the season as bad as Bolton's fucking awful first half we'd be quite comfortably mid-table with 46 points. Still, until we get past the 36 mark I'm still looking at the teams below us. |
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Post by Ribanjo Fuller on Jan 16, 2012 15:11:22 GMT
I'm looking at the teams below us, all 12 of them, and I'm enjoying not having to worry about Wigan's results.
Top 10, easy money.
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Post by Donkey on Jan 16, 2012 16:32:25 GMT
SSN going on about how one of Swansea's players has a higher pass succession rate than Xavi this season. What they failed to mention was Xavi had attempted 700 more passes with only 0.3% lower succession.  |
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Post by Ninjadmin on Jan 16, 2012 16:48:49 GMT
SSN going on about how one of Swansea's players has a higher pass succession rate than Xavi this season. What they failed to mention was Xavi had attempted 700 more passes with only 0.3% lower succession. ...and Xavi plays all kinds of passes. Britton just sits in front of the defence rolling the ball 5 yards a couple of hundred times a game. Xavi has 6 goals and 6 assists in 17 games. Britton has 0 goals and 0 assists in 17 games. |
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Post by Donkey on Jan 16, 2012 18:09:41 GMT
Thierry Henry was involved in an angry confrontation with a fan after Arsenal’s shock defeat at Swansea on Sunday. The Frenchman appeared to invite one of his own supporters down on to the field in an aggressive manner after the Gunners were out-passed and outwitted as Swansea came from behind to win a pulsating clash 3-2. Henry, who came on as a 63rd-minute substitute and gave the ball away in the build-up to Swansea’s winner, was enraged by a comment from the away end. The on-loan Arsenal legend, who completed a fairytale return to the club with a late winner against Leeds in the FA Cup last week, was leading his team in applauding the Arsenal support when one fan is understood to have vented his fury at the players. A club spokesperson confirmed that Henry had said: ‘No matter what, you should support the team.’ Television footage, however, appears to show Henry angrily gesticulating and aggressively shouting towards the terraces. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was unhappy with his side’s performance but reserved his most stinging criticism for referee Michael Oliver and Nathan Dyer, who he accused of diving. Wenger, incensed that Oliver awarded a penalty for Aaron Ramsey’s first-half challenge on Dyer, said: ‘The game was difficult because Swansea played well and also it was decided by some strange decisions One was by the referee, who gave a penalty that was a complete imagination and a good dive. Well done to the player who did it. Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2087104/Thierry-Henry-angry-confrontation-Arsenal-fan.html#ixzz1jcHEszWvOne of Arsenal's all time greatest players cannot avoid abuse. Pathetic from the Arsenal fan(s). |
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Post by The Swahili Bastardizers on Jan 16, 2012 18:18:52 GMT
Thierry Henry was involved in an angry confrontation with a fan after Arsenal’s shock defeat at Swansea on Sunday. The Frenchman appeared to invite one of his own supporters down on to the field in an aggressive manner after the Gunners were out-passed and outwitted as Swansea came from behind to win a pulsating clash 3-2. Henry, who came on as a 63rd-minute substitute and gave the ball away in the build-up to Swansea’s winner, was enraged by a comment from the away end. The on-loan Arsenal legend, who completed a fairytale return to the club with a late winner against Leeds in the FA Cup last week, was leading his team in applauding the Arsenal support when one fan is understood to have vented his fury at the players. A club spokesperson confirmed that Henry had said: ‘No matter what, you should support the team.’ Television footage, however, appears to show Henry angrily gesticulating and aggressively shouting towards the terraces. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was unhappy with his side’s performance but reserved his most stinging criticism for referee Michael Oliver and Nathan Dyer, who he accused of diving. Wenger, incensed that Oliver awarded a penalty for Aaron Ramsey’s first-half challenge on Dyer, said: ‘The game was difficult because Swansea played well and also it was decided by some strange decisions One was by the referee, who gave a penalty that was a complete imagination and a good dive. Well done to the player who did it. Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2087104/Thierry-Henry-angry-confrontation-Arsenal-fan.html#ixzz1jcHEszWvOne of Arsenal's all time greatest players cannot avoid abuse. Pathetic from the Arsenal fan(s). 'One of Arsenal's all time greatest players' offered a 15 year old boy on to the pitch to carry on the argument.. Equally pathetic from 'One of Arsenal's all time greatest players'.. |
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Post by Donkey on Jan 25, 2012 16:51:46 GMT
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Post by SuperRickyFuller on Jan 25, 2012 17:38:30 GMT
That's actually brilliant ;D |
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Post by Donkey on Jan 26, 2012 16:50:34 GMT
Same guy again... ;D ;D ;D  |
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Post by SuperRickyFuller on Jan 26, 2012 17:17:00 GMT
;D
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Post by Ribanjo Fuller on Jan 30, 2012 17:06:40 GMT
What a gay.
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Post by Ninjadmin on Jan 30, 2012 17:22:06 GMT
Football is such a gay culture now. Long gone are the days of the fat skinhead and the pint - it's fitness obsessed lad with a fake tan that doesn't drink. |
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Post by Dharma Bum on Jan 30, 2012 17:48:41 GMT
I would stab Jack Wilshere right in the heart.
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Post by Ribanjo Fuller on Jan 30, 2012 18:01:42 GMT
No it isn't, we've still got big strong players like John Carew  |
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