Football Banter

(15-12-2012 21:21 )dan g 27 Wrote:  In my opinion, Hodgson should've been given lots of time at Liverpool and been allowed to stamp his mark at Liverpool. When a club goes into transition like Liverpool, it needs time to develop and there are always going to be bumps during that journey.

Agreed.

(15-12-2012 21:21 )dan g 27 Wrote:  I really hope that Ba goes now in January, it will benefit the team if he goes.

Allegedly he wants 90grand a week either to stay or from whoever buys him. No way is he worth that much. Rumours that QPR could be sniffing around now as well, I think it would be madness if they paid him that much, especially if they still went down!
Personally, I think Cisse is the better all round striker, he's just having a lean spell, maybe if Ba goes, and Cisse becomes the main front man, it will give him more chances and he'll find his form again.

(15-12-2012 21:21 )dan g 27 Wrote:  QPR finally win a game and Redknapp is still unbeaten with them.

He appears to be working his magic there.

Don't know about magic, but I certainly think Harry has given a bit better organisation to the team on the pitch. That and a bit of self belief can go a long way, on paper the squad isn't as bad as their position suggests. The big problem for QPR is that they need 3 other teams to perform worse than them, as well as getting some good results themselves. That's where the difficulty comes, currently only Reading look consistently worse, the other teams in the mix all look capable of picking up points and maybe putting a run together at some stage, so it could be very difficult for QPR to get clear of the danger zone whatever they do.

(15-12-2012 21:21 )dan g 27 Wrote:  It was big surprise to see Liverpool lose to Villa at home today.

After Rodgers talk of top two, it was pretty embarrassing to lose at home like that, to a team like Villa, who I still think will be in the relegation battle this season. Liverpool are vulnerable at the back, they can be ordinary in midfield (Gerrard is clearly not the player he once was), and we all know the problems up front. That means they will have days like yesterday, as well as days when it all comes together and goes gloriously well. This season is really all about survival, just hang in there, do the best you can, and build the squad for next year, they blew this season in the summer transfer window. Any talk of top two is just pie in the sky, and makes Rodgers look more stupid than visionary!

With us(arsenal) we either take ba who can play in the CL or huntelaar who can't but knowing Wenger Henry will be the only one he gets, really don't want him to come back for a third spell don't get the point of it

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Wenger stop making out that all us arsenal fans are so dumb that we believe Walcott is injured AGAIN, how can he play one game and then get injured everytime? Ok he doesn't want to stay but stop making up these excuses so u can keep him out of the squad lol

Plus he tried gervinho upfront so why not podolski? He can't play wide left so let's see what he does up top

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You heard about his bunga bunga parties, his antics with a 17 year old girl now today u here that 76 year old berlusconi is to marry his 27 year old "girlfriend", wow nice plot lady I look foward to hearing about the divorce a year later

Quote:Allegedly he wants 90grand a week either to stay or from whoever buys him. No way is he worth that much. Rumours that QPR could be sniffing around now as well, I think it would be madness if they paid him that much, especially if they still went down!
Personally, I think Cisse is the better all round striker, he's just having a lean spell, maybe if Ba goes, and Cisse becomes the main front man, it will give him more chances and he'll find his form again.

Ya I heard Ba wanted to double up his ages, but I don't think he is worth it and it may be a bit risky. I say sell him to anyone, who is willing to pay the release clause and just be done with him, as I can't stand his pestering agents. I feel sorry for Cisse, as I think he is better than Ba and works his socks off for the team. Pardew is giving him a job he doesn't want to do on the wing and its draining his confidence, which is evident when he missed that opportunity to equalize against Man City. Ba being sold will be a blessing in disguise for Newcastle.

Quote:Don't know about magic, but I certainly think Harry has given a bit better organisation to the team on the pitch. That and a bit of self belief can go a long way, on paper the squad isn't as bad as their position suggests. The big problem for QPR is that they need 3 other teams to perform worse than them, as well as getting some good results themselves. That's where the difficulty comes, currently only Reading look consistently worse, the other teams in the mix all look capable of picking up points and maybe putting a run together at some stage, so it could be very difficult for QPR to get clear of the danger zone whatever they do.

Well the important thing for QPR is that if they are still in touch of survival then they will be able to attract 2-3 players to help strengthen the squad. When January does come around then Redknapp needs to buy a couple of defenders and a striker, as they probably have the worst strike force in the league. I still think they will go down, as I said previously and the fact Taarabt is going to the African Cup of Nations will be a big loss for them in their quest for survival in the Premier League.

Quote:After Rodgers talk of top two, it was pretty embarrassing to lose at home like that, to a team like Villa, who I still think will be in the relegation battle this season. Liverpool are vulnerable at the back, they can be ordinary in midfield (Gerrard is clearly not the player he once was), and we all know the problems up front. That means they will have days like yesterday, as well as days when it all comes together and goes gloriously well. This season is really all about survival, just hang in there, do the best you can, and build the squad for next year, they blew this season in the summer transfer window. Any talk of top two is just pie in the sky, and makes Rodgers look more stupid than visionary!

Rodgers really shouldn't of said anything about competing for a top two finish and even before the game against Aston Villa it was a silly thing to say. If Liverpool were 3th or 4th and only 4 or 5 points behind Man City then he may have had licence to say what he said, but before the game they were like 9th or 10th and 11 points behind Man City.

Just focusing on Aston Villa for the moment, I agree despite the great result they got at Liverpool, they will be fighting relegation this season. They have been fairly inconsistent this season and have one of the youngest squads in the league. They look like the type of team that would beat someone like Chelsea one week and then lose to Wigan the following week. They are in good hands with Paul Lambert in charge and they will eventually become a very good Premier League team under Lambert. Benteke is looking like one of the buys of the season and his back heel for Aston Villa's second goal was beautiful.

Back to Liverpool again, I disagree about them being poor at the back, as they have some good defenders in their team. I think as soon as Lucas gets up and running then they will keep more clean sheets as the season progresses. I still don't understand why Sahin isn't getting more game time, as he should be walking into that team, as he is quality. This won't go down well with Liverpool fans here, but I think Liverpool's midfield three would be better if Gerrard was moved to the right wing and have a midfield three consisting of Allen, Lucas and Sahin. The January transfer window is vital for Liverpool and if they bring in the right players then they will rise up the table in my opinion. A striker is a must for Liverpool to take the goal scoring responsibility off Suarez.

Also just more thing, I believe Norwich are on a 10 game unbeaten run, which is currently the second best unbeaten run in Europe and is only bettered by Barcelona.

(17-12-2012 10:07 )Shan_afc_90 Wrote:  With us(arsenal) we either take ba who can play in the CL or huntelaar who can't but knowing Wenger Henry will be the only one he gets, really don't want him to come back for a third spell don't get the point of it

I believe Henry is only coming to Arsenal as a coach.

Also I don't think Huntalaer would go to Arsenal, as its a bit of a sideways move for him.

(17-12-2012 18:45 )dan g 27 Wrote:  

(17-12-2012 10:07 )Shan_afc_90 Wrote:  With us(arsenal) we either take ba who can play in the CL or huntelaar who can't but knowing Wenger Henry will be the only one he gets, really don't want him to come back for a third spell don't get the point of it

I believe Henry is only coming to Arsenal as a coach.

Also I don't think Huntalaer would go to Arsenal, as its a bit of a sideways move for him.

One of the newspapers say he favours inter over the premier league so gotta wait and see what happens

Everton's Fellaini has been suspended for three matches following his altercations with Ryan Shawcross on Saturday.
Should he have got longer?

(17-12-2012 20:27 )babelover48 Wrote:  Everton's Fellaini has been suspended for three matches following his altercations with Ryan Shawcross on Saturday.
Should he have got longer?

Well going by the rules of the game and the fact he headbutted and elbowed Shawcross a number of times then perhaps he may of got a longer ban.

But in fairness I found it great to have Stoke and Shawcross get a taste of their own medicine. If Stoke are prepared to fight dirty themselves then they should expect some in return.

Yes that's how we should be playing but should have kept that clean sheet, now Wenger knows to play the ox instead of gervinho, giroud ain't got the pace so just stick with theo for now up top, big thing is consistency so hope we don't mess up against Wigan