English Premier League 12/13

[Adi]

Premier League is insane with the amount of games they have their teams play during the winter.  All other leagues are on break, and the Prem has 2-3 games a week.  Really inconsiderate towards the players if you ask me.  It's probably the only time all year players get a break due to all the competitions over the summer.

[redsforlife]

Premier League is insane with the amount of games they have their teams play during the winter.  All other leagues are on break, and the Prem has 2-3 games a week.  Really inconsiderate towards the players if you ask me.  It's probably the only time all year players get a break due to all the competitions over the summer.

As a fan, I don't care. I just want to be entertained. My only complaint about it is I can only watch the Premier League. I am happy the other leagues start up again this weekend.

[L_I_S]

Premier League is insane with the amount of games they have their teams play during the winter.  All other leagues are on break, and the Prem has 2-3 games a week.  Really inconsiderate towards the players if you ask me.  It's probably the only time all year players get a break due to all the competitions over the summer.

You don't get paid thousands of dollars a week to play football to just sit around.

[VRK]

haha MAN C vs stoke 3-0 as I said yippiiiiiii !!! 

Any other magical predictions?

naah... it's enough for now... i am sad that united won though and with a bigger margin too... i hope city comes to the top and stays there till the end 

[Adi]

It's good for the fans but not the players. They just increase their likelihood of injury and burn out. I think it hurts them at the end of the season in important European games and summer competitions. You always hear of players complaining how the summer tournaments alone can impact their play in the next season. Now add 12 months of continuous play and you're doing something wrong.

LIS, they are still humans. Just because they get paid a lot doesn't mean they shouldn't get an equal shake like the other leagues. Almost all leagues have a winter window for a reason.

[redsforlife]

Luis Suarez is an amazing player. He's got a goal and an assist already in the first half against Sunderland. For me, he's been the best player in the league this season.

[Adi]

He's good but he's the biggest diving cheat in the league. Hate him for that.

He had a slow start to the season missing a lot of clear cut chances as well.

He's one of the best strikers though. Makes things happen. As far as best player of the season goes, that's RVP without a doubt. He's actually managed to make Rooney look like an average bloke.

[VRK]

He's good but he's the biggest diving cheat in the league. Hate him for that.

He had a slow start to the season missing a lot of clear cut chances as well.

He's one of the best strikers though. Makes things happen. As far as best player of the season goes, that's RVP without a doubt. He's actually managed to make Rooney look like an average bloke.

true that  sup with liverpool ? are they done too?

[redsforlife]

He's good but he's the biggest diving cheat in the league. Hate him for that.

He had a slow start to the season missing a lot of clear cut chances as well.

He's one of the best strikers though. Makes things happen. As far as best player of the season goes, that's RVP without a doubt. He's actually managed to make Rooney look like an average bloke.

I'm actually quite tired of hearing this shit. Yes, he does dive a bit often even for me, but he's definitely not the worst cheat in the entire league. There are several players in the league just as bad, and there are probably some even worse. The media has hounded him for what many attacking players do in football.

Also, how is it so clear RVP is better? RVP has one more goal in the league than Suarez, and he plays on a far superior team, and is the main penalty taker. Suarez's only set piece goals have been either direct free kicks or headers. He's also had 2 legitimate goals that I can recall off the top of my head wrongfully disallowed. For me, RVP and Suarez have been the two top players in the league. After those two, it gets a bit more tricky.

Rooney has always been one of the most overrated players in world football. He's a very good player, but he doesn't even make my top 5 Premier League strikers. Hernandez has arguably been better than him this season.

[L_I_S]

It's good for the fans but not the players. They just increase their likelihood of injury and burn out. I think it hurts them at the end of the season in important European games and summer competitions. You always hear of players complaining how the summer tournaments alone can impact their play in the next season. Now add 12 months of continuous play and you're doing something wrong.

LIS, they are still humans. Just because they get paid a lot doesn't mean they shouldn't get an equal shake like the other leagues. Almost all leagues have a winter window for a reason.

There rest is at the end of the season.
In those leagues they get paid lower on average though.

Also, how is it so clear RVP is better? RVP has one more goal in the league than Suarez, and he plays on a far superior team, and is the main penalty taker. Suarez's only set piece goals have been either direct free kicks or headers. He's also had 2 legitimate goals that I can recall off the top of my head wrongfully disallowed. For me, RVP and Suarez have been the two top players in the league. After those two, it gets a bit more tricky.

It's clear because he does great in every game and not just a few games. Why is MU such a far superior team? It's just the strikers that are carrying the team. They don't many outstanding midfielders. Quick check on fantasy EPL scores and the midfielders are doing amazingly poorly or 50 or so points and then we look at RVP on 149 points.
Johnson is supposed to be the best RB in the league, Agger and Skrtel are amazing players, Gerrard can still perform well, Sterling is doing pretty well and Suarez has the most goals so he's definitely up there. Maybe their flow and manager aren't as good or the play style doesn't suit the players but the players are not far inferior to MU.

Glad everyone is concentrating on MU and Liverpool and aren't talking about the Chelsea/QPR game.

[redsforlife]

LIS- What are you talking about Suarez not doing it every game? He definitely does it just as often as RVP in big or small games. Also, I'm not going to even begin to think Liverpool's midfield or other supporting attackers on are United's level. United are just better than Liverpool at the moment. Shockingly, they might have a weaker defense than Liverpool, but Liverpool haven't been too great themselves. Stats don't say everything about how they play. Just look at the players on Liverpool, and look at the players on United. With a few exceptions, the United players are just better currently. I don't like it, but it's true. Players like Downing and Henderson wouldn't see the field at United at the moment.

In the end, they are statistically very close, and they are both the main attacking influence for their team. The only major difference is Liverpool has far less players scoring as well.

[redsforlife]

Not Premier League, English lower leagues, but this is very funny.