Premier League 2009-2010 Thread

**beavis** · 12-08-2009 17:56

Santa Cruz out until end of August

Manchester City striker Roque Santa Cruz will be out of action until the end of August, the club's manager Mark Hughes confirmed on Wednesday.

When Hughes spent £17 million to sign Santa Cruz from Blackburn during the close-season, he was already aware the Paraguay striker's City debut would be put on hold due to knee surgery.

But Hughes has plenty of attacking options after also signing Emmanuel Adebayor and Carlos Tevez and he plans to let Santa Cruz recover at his own pace.

"We knew Roque would have a period of rehabilitation when we signed him, but we have good options up front", Hughes told City's website.

"If we can, we want to give him the time he really needs, rather than getting him back early and having him at 70%."

"Rather than bring him back too soon. I would rather give him the time that he needs. We are hoping by the end of the month he will be available."

Numai si numai pentru ca joaca in alb-albastru.

Sincer, imi place mai mult cum joaca MU,dar ii strica vopseaua de pe echipament.

a?

n-am inteles care e logica postului

**deangel9** · 13-08-2009 19:29

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a?

n-am inteles care e logica postului

chelsea joaca in alb-albastru aka U CRAIOVA

manchester = rosu aka cred ca acum iti dai seama

creca la aspectul asta s-a referit..

**beavis** · 14-08-2009 16:16

"No title excuses"

Fernando Torres has told his Liverpool team-mates they have a golden opportunity to end the club's 19-year wait to win the Premier League title this season.

Rafa Benitez's runners-up finished just 4 points behind Manchester United in the Premiership last season and beat the champions twice.

The Reds are expected to make a strong challenge again this season and Spain striker Torres insists there are no excuses for not winning the title.

He is confident Liverpool can hold their own against the top 4 rivals and he believes landing wins rather than draws in some of the other tricky fixtures, like Sunday's Premier League opener at Tottenham, will be enough to overhaul United.

"We have no problem beating Manchester United or Chelsea but it is games like Sunday's at Tottenham where we need to show our real title intentions", Torres told The Sun.

"Tottenham is not an easy place to go but these are games we must be winning if this is to finally be our year."

"I am not thinking can we win the title, I am thinking we have to win the title."

After several seasons on the fringes of the title race, Torres believes the experience of going so close last term will stand them in good stead this year.

"We came so close last season but for many of the players it was their first time experiencing the pressure of a Premier League title race", Torres said.

"We have experience and if we don't bring the title back to Anfield I won't be offering up any excuses at the end of the season."

"We don't need to improve a lot on last season to win the title. There is only a slight improvement needed to give the fans and players the title they have wanted for so many years now."

"This is the best Liverpool team there has been in years, that is what many of the experienced players are saying."

"Now is our time. Second best is just not going to cut it with me any more."

**beavis** · 15-08-2009 02:04

Premiership - Etapa 1

15.08.2009 Chelsea - Hull City (14:45 DIGI Sport)

15.08.2009 Aston Villa - Wigan Athletic (17:00 Eurosport 2)

15.08.2009 Bolton Wanderers - Sunderland

15.08.2009 Blackburn - Manchester City

15.08.2009 Portsmouth - Fulham

15.08.2009 Wolverhampton - West Ham

15.08.2009 Stoke City - Burnley

15.08.2009 Everton - Arsenal (19:30 Eurosport 2)

16.08.2009 Man United - Birmingham City (15:30 Eurosport 2)

16.08.2009 Tottenham - Liverpool (18:00 DIGI Sport +)

**rADONIS** · 15-08-2009 17:22

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15.08.2009 Chelsea - Hull City (14:45 DIGI Sport)

2-1 (cu obijuterie in prelungiri a lui Drogba)

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**beavis** · 17-08-2009 00:35

Chelsea 2 - 1 Hull City REZUMAT

Aston Villa 0 - 2 Wigan Athletic REZUMAT

Bolton Wanderers 0 - 1 Sunderland REZUMAT

Blackburn 0 - 2 Manchester City REZUMAT

Portsmouth 0 - 1 Fulham REZUMAT

Wolverhampton 0 - 2 West Ham REZUMAT

Stoke City 2 - 0 Burnley REZUMAT

Everton 1 - 6 Arsenal REZUMAT

Man United 1 - 0 Birmingham City REZUMAT

Tottenham 2 - 1 Liverpool REZUMAT

**FanStiintza** · 17-08-2009 00:51

Everton 1 - 6 Arsenal

Man United 1 - 0 Birmingham City

**deangel9** · 17-08-2009 00:53

foarte frumos gestul celor de la arsenal, respect.

**beavis** · 20-08-2009 18:47

Premiership - Etapa 2

Sunderland 1 - 3 Chelsea REZUMAT

Wigan Athletic 0 - 1 Wolverhampton

Birmingham City 1 - 0 Portsmouth

Burnley 1 - 0 Man United

Hull City 1 - 5 Tottenham REZUMAT

Liverpool 4 - 0 Stoke City REZUMAT

**beavis** · 22-08-2009 00:49

Eduardo fit for Portsmouth's visit to Emirates

Arsenal have this afternoon confirmed that Eduardo da Silva is fit to lead the line for the Gunners when they welcome Portsmouth to Emirates this Saturday in Premier League.

The official Arsenal news service also confirms that Tomas Rosicky will not be making his long-awaited comeback against Pompey and Theo Walcott's back problem continues to keep him on the sidelines, though the young Englishman might well return in time to face Manchester United. Samir Nasri, Johan Djourou and Lukasz Fabianski are also still out.

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger also confirmed today that the north Londoners have ended their interest in signing Fulham's Norwegian centre-back Brede Hangeland, a player with whom Arsenal have been heavily linked over the summer.

"No, we are not on this case", Wenger told reporters at his Friday press conference.

**FanStiintza** · 22-08-2009 16:50

Premier League Preview: Wigan Athletic – Manchester United

FORM GUIDE

Wigan Athletic:

18th August vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers (H) lost 1-0 (Prem)

15th August vs. Aston Villa (A) won 2-0 (Prem)

11th August vs. Leigh Genesis (A) won 2-1 (Friendly)

28th July vs. Preston North End (A) won 4-1 (Friendly)

16th July vs. Crewe Alexandra (A) lost 1-0 (Friendly)

Manchester United:

19th August vs. Burnley (A) lost 1-0 (Prem)

15th August vs. Birmingham City (H) won 1-0 (Prem)

9th August vs. Chelsea (N) lost 4-1 (Pens) drew 2-2 (FT) (Charity Shield)

5th August vs. Valencia (H) won 2-0 (Friendly)

30th July vs. Bayern Munich (A) lost 7-6 (Pens) drew 0-0 (FT) (Friendly)

TEAM NEWS

Wigan Athletic

A knock to flying winger Charles N'Zogbia (ankle) has placed his participation in doubt.

If he fails to pass a late fitness test he will join fellow Frenchman Olivier Kapo (knee) in the DW stands.

Last starting XI (vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers): Kirkland, Melchiot, Scharner, Bramble, Figueroa, Brown (Scotland 60), Thomas, N'Zogbia, Gomez, Koumas (Sinclair 60), Rodallega.
Subs not used: Edman, Watson, Pollitt, Boyce, King.

Squad: Kirkland, Pollitt, Melchiot, Figueroa, Edman, Boyce, Bramble, Scharner, Thomas, Brown, N'Zogbia, Koumas, Watson, Cho, Gomez, McCarthy, Sinclair, Scotland, King, Rodallega.

Possible starting XI: Kirkland, Figueroa, Bramble, Scharner, Melchiot, Gomez, Thomas, Brown, Watson, Koumas, Rodallega.

Manchester United

Serbian colossus Nemanja Vidic is expected to make his first start of the season. Gary Neville could follow his first team return at Burnley with another appearance.

Long term absentees Edwin Van Der Sar (hand), Owen Hargreaves (knee), Rafael (dislocated shoulder) and Gabriel Obertan (unspecified) all remained sidelined.

Last starting XI (vs. Burnley): Foster, O'Shea, Evans, Brown (Neville 71), Evra, Park, Anderson (Valencia 59), Carrick, Giggs, Owen (Berbatov 63), Rooney.
Subs not used: Kuszczak, Scholes, Gibson, De Laet.

Squad: Foster, Kuszczak, O'Shea, Neville, Brown, Evans, Vidic, Evra, Fabio, Valencia, Park, Fletcher, Anderson, Giggs, Scholes, Carrick, Gibson, Nani, Rooney, Berbatov, Owen, Macheda, Welbeck.

Possible starting XI: Foster, Evra, Evans, Vidic, Brown, Giggs, Anderson, Carrick, Valencia, Rooney, Berbatov.

PREDICTION: Wigan Athletic 1-3 Manchester United

**beavis** · 23-08-2009 16:53

Arshavin tells Wenger to splash the cash

Arsenal midfielder Andrey Arshavin believes Arsene Wenger must splash the cash if the Gunners are to sustain their impressive start.

The north London club have convincingly won their opening 2 Premier League matches against Everton and Portsmouth, as well as beating Celtic in Champions League.

But Arshavin fears Wenger's relatively small squad will struggle to cope when injuries and suspensions inevitably take their toll.

The Russian compares the size and strength of Arsenal's squad to the likes of Everton rather than Manchester United and Chelsea.

Arshavin told the Sunday Times: "We still have to buy. That's my opinion."

"We shouldn't set Everton as a benchmark, we should be looking at the top teams of Chelsea, Manchester United, Real Madrid, FC Barcelona.

"We should buy first-class players, regardless of their age. We should buy the ones who should improve our game. The top teams have much bigger squads than ours and that is why we have to buy."

**deangel9** · 23-08-2009 21:12

Fulham 0-2 Chelsea

**beavis** · 24-08-2009 20:04

Premier League - Etapa 3

Arsenal 4 - 1 Portsmouth REZUMAT

Birmingham 0 - 0 Stoke City

Hull City 1 - 0 Bolton

Manchester City 1 - 0 Wolverhampton REZUMAT

Sunderland 2 - 1 Blackburn

West Ham 1 - 2 Tottenham REZUMAT

Burnley 1 - 0 Everton REZUMAT

**FanStiintza** · 25-08-2009 01:16

Liverpool 1-3 Aston Villa

**deangel9** · 25-08-2009 20:27

Cole to be offered new Blues deal

Joe Cole is set to be offered a new contract which will pay him in the region of £90,000 per week, despite being injured for six months.

People Sport reports that there has also been a question as to how the returning Cole will fit into Carlo Ancelotti's Diamond 4-4-2 formation, with speculation mounting that Cole could start "in the hole".

'Carlotti', according to team sources, has indicated that Frank Lampard has not adapted well to the position and could be tempted to shift the midfield maestro to the left flank.

Cole has less than a year left on his current deal and the Blues are working diligently in a bid to secure the attacking midfielder's services for years to come.

The 27-year-old has been linked with a host of Premier League clubs, with Tottenham Hotspur monitoring the player and his future at Stamford Bridge. Spurs boss Harry Redknapp would love to have his former protégé in his current team, with the Sunday Mirror claiming that the White Hart Lane outfit are in the midst of tabling a £10 million bid for Cole.

**Raddu_AdyY** · 25-08-2009 21:00

Cred ca este anul in care se va rupe "BIG 4".
Nu prin faptul ca Man.City a investit masiv anul acesta , nu pentru faptul ca Tottenham a ajuns la maturitatea necesara pentru a fi sus (desi imi place sa cred ca va fi) nu pentru ca ma astept ca Aston Villa sa faca un sezon la fel de bun ca anul trecut , ci pentru faptul ca sunt echipe in special Liverpool si Manchester care nu se regasesc in acest inceput de sezon ... Liverpool are deja 2 infrangeri , un inceput mai negru nu se putea pentru ei.

**deangel9** · 25-08-2009 21:10

era un articol, nu mai stiu unde l-am vazut..gen: big 4->big 5?

**Raddu_AdyY** · 25-08-2009 21:12

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era un articol, nu mai stiu unde l-am vazut..gen: big 4->big 5?

englezii fac in asa fel incat sa arate ca au cat mai multe echipe importante

Nu ash incepe sa cred intr-un Big 5 decat dupa ce 10 ani aceleasi echipe vor fi acolo ... si e greu pentru o echipa ca Tottenham pe care eu o vad favorita sa sparga acest Big 4 sa aiba atata continuitate , poate odata cu inchegarea lotului de la Man.City se va putea vorbi despre asta , insa pana atunci trebuie sa mai treaca niste ani , si dupa mine sa vina un alt antrenor.

**FanStiintza** · 26-08-2009 00:06

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Cred ca este anul in care se va rupe "BIG 4".
Nu prin faptul ca Man.City a investit masiv anul acesta , nu pentru faptul ca Tottenham a ajuns la maturitatea necesara pentru a fi sus (desi imi place sa cred ca va fi) nu pentru ca ma astept ca Aston Villa sa faca un sezon la fel de bun ca anul trecut , ci pentru faptul ca sunt echipe in special Liverpool si Manchester care nu se regasesc in acest inceput de sezon ... Liverpool are deja 2 infrangeri , un inceput mai negru nu se putea pentru ei.

dupa ce bati cu 5-0 inseamna ca nu te regasesti ?