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  • Brahvocado
    MVP
    • Oct 2012
    • 7480

    #1156
    Re: The 2014-15 EPL Discussion Thread

    Originally posted by Leon
    When 11 men are defending their own half, touches inside the box are tough to come by. That's not really an interesting stat, no matter how much possession one has.
    Considering how high your pass percentage is, it's definitely interesting.

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    • Leon
      An Old Trafford
      • Mar 2003
      • 4981

      #1157
      Re: The 2014-15 EPL Discussion Thread

      Originally posted by Brahvocado
      Considering how high your pass percentage is, it's definitely interesting.
      Having Carrick or Blind as deep lying midfielder instead of Rooney would've maybe given us more chances in the box. Sadly, those injuries worked out just in time for Chelsea.
      "It's not how big you are; it's how big you play" - David Thompson

      @nicroni

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      • Brahvocado
        MVP
        • Oct 2012
        • 7480

        #1158
        Re: The 2014-15 EPL Discussion Thread

        Originally posted by Leon
        Having Carrick or Blind as deep lying midfielder instead of Rooney would've maybe given us more chances in the box. Sadly, those injuries worked out just in time for Chelsea.
        I think Carrick missing was the biggest blow, Zouma did a great job on Fellaini and I think would still have disrupted his triangles even with Blind there. Without Carrick though you guys just seemed super short on ideas. It was similar to the Liverpool game last season, except we didn't have to park the bus nearly as hard as we did vs Pool.

        If Carrick had been there our team would have been set up more for pressing. I think Jose knew that without Carrick you guys would be more likely to start throwing around crosses, which plays into our hands pretty well since half our team are trees.

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        • dubcity
          Hall Of Fame
          • May 2012
          • 17874

          #1159
          Re: The 2014-15 EPL Discussion Thread

          Watford up!

          Villa desperate not to go down.

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          • dubcity
            Hall Of Fame
            • May 2012
            • 17874

            #1160
            Re: The 2014-15 EPL Discussion Thread

            Remember when Man City were good?

            Edit: Oh, FFS Villa

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            • cdawg44
              MVP
              • May 2003
              • 2936

              #1161
              Re: The 2014-15 EPL Discussion Thread

              Originally posted by dubcity
              Remember when Man City were good?

              Edit: Oh, FFS Villa
              Ladies and Gents, it's squeaky bum time at the bottom of the table!!

              It would be so Gooner Tim to beat us in the FA Cup final and then get relegated...

              Also, even though Hull won today, I still have Hull going down with Queens Park Raisins and sadly Burnley... If they won today, I would have had much more confidence in them staying up.
              Last edited by cdawg44; 04-25-2015, 04:37 PM.
              "If you have a linebacker on him, you might as well start singing their fight song." -- WSU coach Bill Doba on Reggie Bush

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              • Brahvocado
                MVP
                • Oct 2012
                • 7480

                #1162
                Re: The 2014-15 EPL Discussion Thread

                Gerrard should have gone to the MLS last summer

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                • Brahvocado
                  MVP
                  • Oct 2012
                  • 7480

                  #1163
                  Re: The 2014-15 EPL Discussion Thread

                  Arsenal lucky with a draw tbh, 3 penalties denied and Ospina should have been sent off.

                  It's pretty ridiculous the things goalkeepers are allowed to get away with, but if you touch a keeper at all it's a foul. Example: Courtois in the second half grabbed a cross, fell down, and dropped the ball. Ref calls a foul on Giroud who did absolutely nothing except "be next to a keeper when he fell down", which is apparently a foul every time according to premier league refs.

                  If Ospina is a field player and makes that challenge, he's sent off every time, but because he's a keeper they just say "oh he went to punch the ball and missed". That challenge was wildly reckless, and he didn't even come close to playing the ball. Hell, if you look at the replay, he's not even LOOKING at the ball.

                  That result basically clinched the title for us but I honestly don't even care, we are so far ahead we could have lost and it wouldn't matter. I'm so mad right now.

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                  • ImTellinTim
                    YNWA
                    • Sep 2006
                    • 33028

                    #1164
                    Re: The 2014-15 EPL Discussion Thread

                    I don't understand how a player is allowed to play for a half hour after he's clearly concussed and then goes to the hospital before the match is over.

                    They need to do something about this.

                    And the fact that Ospina is just allowed to do that without being called for anything is completely ridiculous.
                    Last edited by ImTellinTim; 04-26-2015, 01:16 PM.

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                    • rsnomar05
                      MVP
                      • Dec 2003
                      • 3662

                      #1165
                      Re: The 2014-15 EPL Discussion Thread

                      The concussion protocols definitely need to be changed.

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                      • steelerfan
                        MVP
                        • Jun 2003
                        • 4348

                        #1166
                        Re: The 2014-15 EPL Discussion Thread

                        Chelsea's Eden Hazard wins 2014-15 PFA Player of the Year award; Harry Kane 2nd, David De Gea 3rd in voting.

                        Last edited by steelerfan; 04-26-2015, 05:55 PM.

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                        • dubcity
                          Hall Of Fame
                          • May 2012
                          • 17874

                          #1167
                          Re: The 2014-15 EPL Discussion Thread

                          Originally posted by Brahvocado
                          Gerrard should have gone to the MLS last summer

                          He should have just retired before the World Cup last year.

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                          • Mo
                            SSN
                            • May 2003
                            • 11425

                            #1168
                            Re: The 2014-15 EPL Discussion Thread

                            AFC Bournemouth going to the Premier League
                            Don't you EVER read my blog? It's gotten a lot better.

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                            • ImTellinTim
                              YNWA
                              • Sep 2006
                              • 33028

                              #1169
                              Re: The 2014-15 EPL Discussion Thread

                              Originally posted by Mo
                              AFC Bournemouth going to the Premier League

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                              • ~LiverpoolRed~
                                YNWA
                                • Dec 2008
                                • 10755

                                #1170
                                Re: The 2014-15 EPL Discussion Thread

                                Originally posted by dubcity
                                He should have just retired before the World Cup last year.
                                Yep, he should have went quietly and slipped out the back door before the WC.

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