November 12, 201015 yr Got the Derby on Sunday, I'm sort of looking forward to it and dreading it at the same time as were playing badly at the moment.
November 13, 201015 yr Aston Villa 2-2 Man UtdFT Man City 0-0 BirminghamFT Newcastle 0-0 FulhamFT Stoke 2-0 LiverpoolFT Tottenham4-2 BlackburnFT West Ham 0-0 BlackpoolFT Wigan 1-0 West BromFT Wolves 2-3 BoltonFT Good week for Chelsea and they haven't even played yet.
November 13, 201015 yr Stoke 2 - 0 Liverpool Back into the dungeon. What one earth are you playing at?
November 13, 201015 yr This is when Liverpool will crash and burn against Wigan & Stoke Like they did a few years ago when they did the double over Man Utd, they raise their game for the big games but then can't be bothered the next couple and loose to lowly teams One draw and a defeat :laugh3: And Man City, these are goal-posts The idea is to get the ball between them to score :P
November 13, 201015 yr England squad for the international friendly against France at Wembley on Wednesday, November 17: Foster (Birmingham), Hart (Man City), Green (West Ham); Gibbs (Arsenal), Cole (Chelsea), Terry (Chelsea), Jagielka (Everton), Lescott (Man City), Richards (Man City), Ferdinand (Man Utd), Smalling (Man Utd); Walcott (Arsenal), Wilshere (Arsenal), Young (Aston Villa), Gerrard (Liverpool), Barry (Man City), Johnson (Man City), Milner (Man City), Henderson (Sunderland); Agbonlahor (Aston Villa), Bothroyd (Cardiff), Carroll (Newcastle), Crouch (Tottenham).
November 14, 201015 yr Jay Bothroyd in the England squad GET RID OF THAT MUPPET CALLED CAPELLO! Admittedly Bothroyd is a surprise inclusion and not a very impressive one. However do you really think he's a muppet? Yes he got a few things wrong in the summer but not as much as the players (do they even warrant that term?). The guy is a legend in everything he has done before England in my opinion. Just as AC Milan fans. Juventus and Roma. Even Real Madrid. They'd all say he's the best manager they've had in recent years. If he's not wanted at England I know he would be very welcome at Liverpool! I'd take him in an instance! Capello = legend!
November 14, 201015 yr Birmingham City´s goalkeeper Ben Foster (left) saves from Manchester City´s striker Roque Santa Cruz (right) during their English Premier League match at the City Of Manchester Stadium. The match ended in a 0-0 draw. Defiant Mancini hits back as City fans revolt MANCHESTER, United Kingdom (AFP) - Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini insists he is not under pressure despite an angry reaction from his club's fans during and after a dour goalless home draw with Birmingham at Eastlands. Mancini's side have now gone four hours and 45 minutes without scoring at home in the league following Saturday's stalemate. Supporters booed City off at the end of each half and vented their fury in no uncertain terms at the Italian as he took off popular forward Carlos Tevez late in the game, replacing him with midfield player Gareth Barry. Mancini defended that decision, and the performance of himself and his team in general, but there is no doubt that, having invested over 300 million pounds in talent in recent seasons, City should be performing at a higher level. "The supporters think 'okay, lets play two, three, four or five strikers,'" said Mancini, defending the Tevez substitution. "The fans might like that but if it was like that I'd play with 10 strikers on the pitch but that is not football. We had 17 chances in this game to score. "We were playing with all our players in the box. And Carlos has had a little injury for two or three weeks. I felt that we needed to take off a striker to create a chance to score. "If you play with four strikers it doesn't mean you score four goals. Football isn't like that. I must think like a manager not a supporter. "We're all unhappy but we played at 100 per cent and had a lot of chances to score. Some day we will score a lot of goals. Today it was important that we had the chances to score. The problem is when you don't score those chances." While seeming to defend himself quite aggressively against the criticism from City fans, Mancini did sympathise with their dissatisfaction. "I am also frustrated because I also wanted to win this game," he said. "But pressure? For what? I am not under pressure, we are in fourth place. We have some problems and we must improve. Sometimes if you want to entertain the supporters, you play with three strikers but then you lose your balance. "We have had this problem all season. If Carlos doesn't score a goal we don't have another player who can score because (Mario) Balotelli has been injured and is now suspended and Ade (Emmanuel Adebayor) is now injured." Mancini's claim that he does not possess a player capable of scoring a goal will earn him little sympathy, given the amount of money his club has spent on new players, and a return of seven league goals from seven home league games for City is clearly not what was expected of the club at the start of the season. His opposite number Alex McLeish had little sympathy for the problems he helped create for Mancini. "Fans are entitled to their opinion and you've got to try and get the right system for the players you have," he said. "Sometimes the system can affect one individual and that can throw your whole team out of kilter." The closest the game came to a goal was late in the first half when Tevez steered a David Silva header into the goal, clearly using his hand, an infringement for which he was booked and a hard-earned point was enough to give McLeish optimism that Birmingham can remain in the top flight. "What a shift the players put in for us. I thought we were comfortable in the first half, apart from the Tevez moment (disallowed goal) but the second half was a bit scary and we probably shot ourselves in the foot a couple of times," he said. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2010/November/14/defiant-mancini-hits-back-as-city-fans-revolt/
November 14, 201015 yr talksport are currently having a debate on whether Man City are ruining our Premier League enjoyment! :laugh3:
November 14, 201015 yr One thing that's clear about the Prem this year is that no team looks absolutely hopeless as in previous seasons, and it's almost impossible to predict who will be relegated at this point. So while the quality among the genuine title contenders is arguably less than before (there have already been some very unexpected results), the overall competitiveness of the league is is much greater, which can only be for the good.:cool: You could probably say much the same about the other divisions too.
November 14, 201015 yr Sheffield Wednesday on verge of administration Sheffield Wednesday face a "distinct possibility" of going into administration, BBC Sport understands. The Owls face a winding-up petition in the High Court on Wednesday over an unpaid PAYE tax bill of £600,000. The League One club are talks with three potential buyers, and a takeover would stave off administration. But Wednesday's main creditor, the Co-operative Bank, may now decide to place the club into administration in order to secure the £23m owed to it. With the taxman is also demanding VAT arrears of £300,000 by early December, administration has now become "a distinct possibility" according to a club source. "We have a number of people who want to invest in the club, but the problem is that chairman Howard Wilkinson and chief executive Nick Parker and not in control of its destiny and are relying on the Co-op bank to do the right thing," the source added. One of the parties interested in acquiring the club is a UK investor, willing to inject £5m immediately in order to keep it operational for the rest of the season. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_wed/9187930.stm
November 14, 201015 yr Inspired Sunderland thump Chelsea Chelsea 0 - 3 Sunderland Premier League leaders Chelsea were convincingly beaten as they succumbed to a sparkling Sunderland display. Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic escaped a red card for fouling Danny Welbeck but Nedum Onuoha went past three defenders and shot home to put Sunderland ahead. Asamoah Gyan expertly guided in a shot after a well-worked Black Cats move to leave the home side rattled. The lively Welbeck secured a memorable Sunderland win when he sidefooted in from Ashley Cole's poor backpass. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/9180668.stm
November 14, 201015 yr Makes me feel better, we got beat by Sunderland in the last minute away. chelsea got beat 3-0
November 14, 201015 yr Aston Villa 2-2 Man UtdFT Man City 0-0 BirminghamFT Newcastle 0-0 FulhamFT Stoke 2-0 LiverpoolFT Tottenham4-2 BlackburnFT West Ham 0-0 BlackpoolFT Wigan 1-0 West BromFT Wolves 2-3 BoltonFT Good week for Chelsea and they haven't even played yet. Hahaha. Well done Mackems, great game to watch.
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