English Premier League 2012-13

[Europe]

I agree with this and as said above, I hate players diving/feigning injury, ideally... they need to do something to stamp it out, such as allowing the referee to issue yellow cards, the only problem is leaving it to referees interpretation in real time is almost dangerous. What they could do is a system of reviewing each game footage the day after and hand out 1 game bans to anyone diving. I know this sounds harsh but there needs to be zero tolerance for diving, it's pathetic and is ruining football.

I agree about the faking of injuries, but Rafael did kick him. It really didn't matter if he was injured or not. This was done 2 feet in front of the official.

I don't think it is harsh to hand out suspensions for diving using replay. I think they should do it.

 

[Europe]

carroll is back to scoring goals
if liverpool don't want him he could go to tottenham
anyways tottenham will need to buy a striker because defoe and adebayor have been disapointments, especially adebayor
so why not carroll

It will be interesting to what happens to him. I'd rather have him than Adebayor.

 

[frederic38]

It will be interesting to what happens to him. I'd rather have him than Adebayor.

some guy from the staff of the england's national team was in the stadium during west ham-newcastle to monitor carroll and matt jarvis (a white winger i had never heard of) reportedly both carroll and this guy are expected to be called in the national team

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4911518/Andy-Carroll-set-for-England-recall.html

 

[Europe]

some guy from the staff of the england's national team was in the stadium during west ham-newcastle to monitor carroll and matt jarvis (a white winger i had never heard of) reportedly both carroll and this guy are expected to be called in the national team

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4911518/Andy-Carroll-set-for-England-recall.html

Good. It seems like you have to be black to play winger for England.

I hope McManamen, who players for Wigan and a winger, gets a chance to go to a bigger club when Wigan is relegated.

He was the man of the match in the FA Cup and he is only 22. He's white, so he has been overlooked by the bigger clubs probably.

 

[Matra2]

The British media are convinced that Rooney is leaving United. The below article mentions Man City, Arsenal, Chelsea, PSG, Barcelona, and the most interesting prospect, Real Madrid:

While Karim Benzema and Gonzalo Higuain are top strikers, there has been some questions raised whether they are the players to supplement the Cristiano Ronaldo goal machine. Rooney would fit the bill of a 'Galactico' that they so adore at the Bernabeu and he has a proven relationship with CR7 from the pair's time together at Manchester United.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...ne-rooney-be-playing-next-season-8614235.html

 

[frederic38]

lampard has scored 2 goals in chelsea's 2-1 victory against aston villa, he allowed them to qualify for champions league
he also became chelsea's top scorer ever: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/may/11/frank-lampard-chelsea-aston-villa

rooney must stay at manchester united now that ferguson has left the club, maybe he'll be allowed to play in the best conditions now

 

[frederic38]

loic remy (QPR's striker from france) was arrested for rape:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22537941

 

[Europe]

I saw a rumor that Moyes wants to signFrederic38's favorite player. I hope it's not true.

 

[Rebajlo]

I've fallen behind with my breakdowns, so here are the matches from round 36 (4-6 May), plus the midweek "catch up" matches which immediately followed (7-8 May). I'll post last weekend's breakdowns this weekend... :icon_wink:

Matches played Saturday, May 4; Sunday, May 5; and Monday, May 6:

Fulham 2 Reading 4

FULHAM:

Started: 9 Whites (No Englishmen), 2 blacks
Finished: 7 Whites (No Englishmen), 4 blacks

READING:

Started: 6 Whites (3 Englishmen), 4 blacks, 1 Turk
Finished: 7 Whites (4 Englishmen), 3 blacks, 1 Turk

Norwich City 1 Aston Villa 2

NORWICH:

Started: 9 Whites (4 Englishmen), 2 blacks
Finished: 6 Whites (4 Englishmen), 5 blacks

VILLA:

Started: 7 Whites (4 Englishmen), 4 blacks
Finished: 8 Whites (3 Englishmen), 3 blacks

Swansea City 0 Manchester City 0

SWANSEA:

Started: 6 Whites (1 Englishman, 1 Welshman), 5 blacks
Finished: 5 Whites (1 Englishman, 1 Welshman), 6 blacks

MAN. CITY:

Started: 6 Whites (3 Englishmen), 3 blacks, 1 Arab, 1 half-Asian
Finished: 6 Whites (3 Englshmen), 3 blacks, 1 Arab, 1 mestizo

Tottenham Hotspur 1 Southampton 0

SPURS:

Started: 5 Whites (1 Englishman), 6 blacks
Finished: 6 Whites (1 Englishman), 5 blacks

SOUTHAMPTON:

Started: 9 Whites (5 Englishmen), 2 blacks
Finished: 8 Whites (4 Englishmen), 3 blacks

West Bromwich Albion 2 Wigan Athletic 3

WEST BROM:

Started: 8 Whites (3 Englishmen), 2 blacks, 1 Argentine Jew
Finished: Unchanged ratio

WIGAN:

Started: 8 Whites (2 Englishmen), 2 blacks, 1 black-Amerindian
Finished: 8 Whites (2 Englishmen), 2 blacks, 1 mestizo

West Ham United 0 Newcastle United 0

WEST HAM:

Started: 7 Whites (4 Englishmen), 3 blacks, 1 Maori
Finished: 9 Whites (5 Englishmen), 1 black, 1 Maori

NEWCASTLE:

Started: 4 Whites (2 Englishmen), 5 blacks, 1 Arab, 1 quarter-Vietnamese
Finished: 5 Whites (3 Englishmen), 5 blacks, 1 quarter-Vietnamese

Queens Park Rangers 0 Arsenal 1

QPR:

Started: 2 Whites (2 Englishmen), 7 blacks, 1 Asian, 1 Israeli
Finished: 3 Whites (3 Englishmen), 5 blacks, 1 Arab, 1 Israeli, 1 mestizo

ARSENAL:

Started: 9 Whites (No Englishmen), 2 blacks
Finished: 8 Whites (1 Englishman), 3 blacks

Liverpool 0 Everton 0

LIVERPOOL:

Started: 8 Whites (4 Englishmen), 2 blacks, 1 mestizo
Finished: 8 Whites (2 Englishmen), 2 blacks, 1 mestizo

EVERTON:

Started: 5 Whites (2 Englishmen), 4 blacks, 1 Arab, 1 half-Turk
Finished: Unchanged ratio

Manchester United 0 Chelsea 1

MAN. UNITED:

Started: 6 Whites (2 Englishmen), 4 blacks, 1 mestizo
Finished: 8 Whites (2 Englishmen), 2 blacks *Mestizo Rafael sent off after 89'

CHELSEA:

Started: 7 Whites (1 Englishman), 4 blacks
Finished: Unchanged ratio

Sunderland 1 Stoke City 1

SUNDERLAND:

Started: 9 Whites (4 Englishmen), 2 blacks
Finished: 8 Whites* (2 Englishmen*), 2 blacks* *Craig Gardner sent off after 34'

STOKE:

Started: 8 Whites (3 Englishmen), 3 blacks
Finished: 7 Whites (3 Englishmen), 4 blacks

SUMMARY OF ROUND:

220 starters

Whites: 138 (62.727 %) - Englishmen: 50 (22.727 %)

Blacks: 68 (30.909 %) - "English" blacks: 23 (10.454 %)

Other non-Whites: 14 (6.363 %)

19 goals (Whites: 12; blacks: 6; Turks: 1)

Matches played Tuesday, May 7 and Wednesday, May 8:

Manchester City 1 West Bromwich Albion 0

MAN. CITY:

Started: 5 Whites (2 Englishmen), 4 blacks, 1 Arab, 1 mestizo
Finished: 6 Whites (3 Englishmen), 5 blacks

WEST BROM:

Started: 8 Whites (3 Englishmen), 2 blacks, 1 Argentine Jew
Finished: 8 Whites (3 Englishmen), 3 blacks

Wigan Athletic 2 Swansea City 3

WIGAN:

Started: 8 Whites (2 Englishmen), 2 blacks, 1 mestizo
Finished: 9 Whites (No Englishmen), 1 black, 1 mestizo

SWANSEA:

Started: 5 Whites (2 Englishmen, 1 Welshman), 5 blacks, 1 Israeli
Finished: 5 Whites (2 Englishman, 1 Welshman), 6 blacks

Chelsea 2 Tottenham Hotspur 2

CHELSEA:

Started: 9 Whites (1 Englishman), 2 blacks
Finished: 7 Whites (1 Englishman), 3 blacks, 1 Israeli

SPURS:

Started: 6 Whites (2 Englishmen), 5 blacks
Finished: 7 Whites (2 Englishmen), 4 blacks

SUMMARY OF MIDWEEK MATCHES:

66 starters

Whites: 41 (62.121 %) - Englishmen: 12 (18.181 %)

Blacks: 20 (30.303 %) - "English" blacks: 8 (12.121 %)

Other non-Whites: 5 (7.575 %)

10 goals (Whites: 5; blacks: 3; mestizos: 1; Israelis: 1)

 

[frederic38]

Queens Park Rangers 0 Arsenal 1

QPR:

Started: 2 Whites (2 Englishmen), 7 blacks, 1 Asian, 1 Israeli
Finished: 3 Whites (3 Englishmen), 5 blacks, 1 Arab, 1 Israeli, 1 mestizo

only in france i have seen worse
and with all that spontaneity, athlecism and diversity on the team, they are relegated and dead last :heh:

arsenal finally made it, despite another important goal by the best player of the season, gareth bale, arsenal will play champions league next year
the battle for champions league was very interesting between arsenal, chelsea and tottenham
the 2 whitest teams out of the 3 will play champions league, but tottenham was a thougher rival than i thought, because of bale and a change in defense at some point this season: kaboul and the black clown gallas stopped playing and the defense became dawson-verthongen, 2 very good white defenders:

http://ninetyminutesonline.com/2013/03/04/tottenham-must-be-glad-they-kept-hold-of-michael-dawson/

fernando torres also allowed chelsea to qualify for champions league with a very important goal, after his goal in the europa league final
demba ba has done less than torres for chelsea since his transfert in january

gareth bale's goal:

 

[Matra2]

According to Rebajlo's breakdowns Sunderland usually had 3 or 4 Englishmen but a mostly white team. In an article in the Guardian about Sunderland's problems I came across this line:

Like many managers, O'Neill and his predecessor, Steve Bruce, tried to avoid criticising first-team players in front of the media but Di Canio remains undaunted by risking dressing-room revolt and believes the gamble involved in highlighting unprofessional habits – and there have been rumours of a "drinking culture" among Sunderland's predominantlyBritish/Irish squad for some time – will ultimately strengthen his position.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2013/may/20/sunderland-paolo-di-canio

No stereotyping there! Perhaps they are hinting that Di Canio needs to replace them with non-beer drinking Africans and Brazilians.

 

[frederic38]

I saw a rumor that Moyes wants to signFrederic38's favorite player. I hope it's not true.

i think that it's not very plausible
i think that rooney and van persie must stay

 

[frederic38]

No stereotyping there! Perhaps they are hinting that Di Canio needs to replace them with non-beer drinking Africans and Brazilians.

why not some wine-drinking frenchmen?

:der:

 

[frederic38]

eden hazard's first season for chelsea was pretty good:

[video=youtube_share;5g1hs-Cxjno]http://youtu.be/5g1hs-Cxjno[/video]

 

[amoeba man]

According to Rebajlo's breakdowns Sunderland usually had 3 or 4 Englishmen but a mostly white team. In an article in the Guardian about Sunderland's problems I came across this line:



http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2013/may/20/sunderland-paolo-di-canio

No stereotyping there! Perhaps they are hinting that Di Canio needs to replace them with non-beer drinking Africans and Brazilians.

When English/Scottish teams dominated European football from the mid 70's to mid 80's they featured players from England,Scotland and Ireland and they were all for the most part 'drinkers'.There were very few players from continental Europe,South America,Africa in them days yet these teams dominated.I f anything drinking improved team morale so i dont know where this frowning for any drinking culture comes from.

The 1984 Liverpool team that won the European cup and were Europes top team for near a decade at that point.
GK Bruce Grobbelaar [Zimbabwe]
RB Phil Neal [England]
LB Alan Kennedy [England]
CB Mark Lawrenson [Ireland]
LM Ronnie Whelen [Ireland]
CB Alan Hansen [Scotland]
SS Kenny Daglish [Scotland]
RM Sammy Lee [England]
CF Ian Rush [Wales]
CM Craig Johnstone [England]
CM Graem Souness [Scotland]

All these guys were 'drinkers' yet they were excellent players who had an indomitable will to win and cared whether they won or lost.Many of the African and South Americann players dont.Its common to see Newcastles African players walk off smiling and joking with their African pals when they've just lost.

 

[Matra2]

Somebody left this post at Sailer's site:

Here is the English Premier League best XI selected by ESPN's David Hirshey, a long-time, popular soccer writer.

http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/kickingandscreaming/id/467?cc=5901

Even with all of the diversity and foreign players in the European soccer leagues today, the EPL's best XI consists of 10 white players and one roughly 3/4 white, 1/4 mestizo (Luis Suarez). Quite different from the NBA and NFL to say the least..

http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/kickingandscreaming/id/467?cc=5901

Shouldn't this say something to the EPL managers and others involved in new signings and transfers?

 

[Europe]

Somebody left this post at Sailer's site:



http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/kickingandscreaming/id/467?cc=5901

Shouldn't this say something to the EPL managers and others involved in new signings and transfers?

Even with all the Africans and mulattoes from Brazil there aren't any on the list. The BPL has quite a few blacks too.

 

[frederic38]

Somebody left this post at Sailer's site:



http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/kickingandscreaming/id/467?cc=5901

Shouldn't this say something to the EPL managers and others involved in new signings and transfers?

but this is pretty rare, usually they will always put 1 black player on the team even if he doesn't deserve it
credit to the journalist who wrote that