Barclays Premier League Season 2009/2010

[FaRSightxc2]

COME ON YOU SPURS!

[shaywood]

Ill Agree with the comment on Fulham, Roy Hodgson is probably of the best managers around for me.

Not premier league related but the "Red and White Wizards" are up to 7th in the Championship!

[Martyn]

Love all the Mancs that were laughing at Liverpool today...

...then they get turned over 3-0 themselves...

Ahhhh!

[Rappy Veteran]

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson: "I hope this defeat doesn't cost us the league - we need defenders back to go for the league and the quicker the better. We're working overtime to get them back but there's no light at end of tunnel at moment, that's for sure. The players are feeling a little bit sorry for themselves at moment."

[Farstrider]

....it's just another 81 minutes until Manchester City confirm they have sacked Mark Hughes.

[Rappy Veteran]

....it's just another 81 minutes until Manchester City confirm they have sacked Mark Hughes.

yeah just read a blog entry where it said that Mark Hughes clapped the crowd and walked to the 4 corners and applauded the fans and he was told not to give a post match interview.

[Mike]

Wonder after wining today if it will help Hughes? The one I am pleased about is the Villa result, the lads are on a good run!

Rumours about him being sacked started long before the match even started and based on his reaction after the game it was obvious it was/is his last game.

Love all the Mancs that were laughing at Liverpool today...

...then they get turned over 3-0 themselves...

Ahhhh!

Playing someone who is doing well in Europe and the league with only 1 real defender the on the pitch is slightly different to playing the club at the bottom of the league with a mostly first team playing :p

As for our defence (or what's left of it), it's obvious that Fletcher / Carrick can't play there (was obvious against Wolfsburg just they didn't take the numerous chances). We need to survive the rest of December and get a recognised defender in on loan for a month or 2 to tie us over until we get a recognised back 4 for starters. From there we'll be able to re-jig the team and have some form of rotation to keep players fresh.

[Rappy Veteran]

Just announced on R5 Mark Hughes and his whole backroom staff sacked!

Manchester City have sacked Mark Hughes after less than 18 months in charge and have named former Inter Milan boss Roberto Mancini as his successor.

News of Hughes' departure came via a statement, issued just two hours after the 4-3 home win over Sunderland.

The Welshman had been appointed in June 2008, replacing Sven-Goran Eriksson.

But despite spending heavily on the likes of Emmanuel Adebayor, Joleon Lescott and Carlos Tevez, results have not satisfied City's ambitious owners.

City currently lie sixth in the Premier League, having lost just twice in the league all season, and are through to the semi-finals of the Carling Cup.

They beat league leaders Chelsea a fortnight ago, ending a run of seven successive draws in the top flight, but suffered a crushing 3-0 defeat at Tottenham in midweek.

Now, despite a thrilling victory over Sunderland, Hughes finds himself out of work, axed by owner Sheikh Mansour and chairman Khaldoon al-Mubarak.

Under the 46-year-old Welshman, who had spells as manager of Wales and Blackburn before arriving at Eastlands, City won 36 and lost 25 of 77 games. Of their 16 draws, eight of them came in their last 11 Premier League outings.

They also spent close to ?200m on players during his 18-month reign, including a record-breaking British transfer fee of ?32.4m on Robinho.

They also paid out heavily for Gareth Barry (?12m), Roque Santa Cryz (?16m), Tevez (?25m), Adebayor (?25m), Kolo Toure (?15m) and Lescott (?22m).

Their spending would have been far greater had they succeeded with bids for England and Chelsea defender John Terry and Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o.

Mancini, 45, won 36 caps for Italy and spent the majority of his playing career at Sampdoria before a brief stint with Leicester City in 2001 just before he retired.

[nothuman]

What a ****ty day it is! We need our defenders back quickly. It's sad. :(

[Kralik]

Exactly what we needed :p

[Subject Delta]

Another bad result today, and for Man United, getting turned over 3-0 by fulham should count as a pasting. Normally i'd lol at Man U losing, but if they keep losing the title race is just going to get one sided and boring. If they keep faltering, I can only hope that Arsenal can make it interesting.

[deletedxyz]

Benitez seems to be only a few steps away from being fired.

Arsenal seems to be doing well. :D

[Subject Delta]

If Benitez gets fired, the fans will revolt, because they know he isn't to blame.

[Martyn]

For all those who think Rafa should be sacked...

Who would you replace him with?

Would you bring in Mourinho, and sign Messi and Kaka whilst you were at it ;)?

[Valerus]

Another bad result today, and for Man United, getting turned over 3-0 by fulham should count as a pasting. Normally i'd lol at Man U losing, but if they keep losing the title race is just going to get one sided and boring. If they keep faltering, I can only hope that Arsenal can make it interesting.

I'm seriously hoping Arsenal doesn't screw this up. I'm glad that they went over Hull City today, by a good margin too. And Cesc needs to get uninjured.

I'll be irritated if Wenger doesn't buy in the transfer period. Losing RvP didn't do any good for Arsenal's title chances.

[Rappy Veteran]

*gets ready for the chelsea mauling*

[Rappy Veteran]

COYI!!!!

DIAMANTI!!!!

We'll lose second half so I'll take that for a half :p

[Kostaz]

Referee should have given us 2 penalties but we've been through worse...

Average performance so far so I could say the Hammers deserve the lead.

Edit:We were just awarded one and I'm not sure whether it was legitimate

Edited December 20, 2009 by Kostaz

[Rappy Veteran]

1-1 :(

[Mike]

Well you've had 2 now :p

edit: make that 3.

Either way, it shouldn't have been given.

[Rappy Veteran]

Well you've had 2 now :p

3 :rofl:

[Kostaz]

3 Mins? wtf?

You got to lol at Zola's reaction to Cech's save.

Big 4?Yeah right..

[Kralik]

Woohoo!!! 1-1 :woot: Many thanks to Pompey, Fulham and Hammers :p

[Valerus]

Thanks for sticking with it, Hammers! Two points closer to the title, Gunners!

[Subject Delta]

Looks like Chelsea got another piece of ref aid, even so a very creditable result for the Hammers. Thank heavens that the title race is staying alive.