2013-2014 EPL Discussion Thread

[Jezza]

Saturday's Results:
Everton 1-0 West Ham
Fulham 1-3 Chelsea
Hull 1-4 Newcastle
Stoke 1-0 Arsenal
Southampton 0-3 Liverpool

[sixpoints]

Man City nail the first trophy of 2013-14.
Sunderland bravely lead at the half, but City run over them at Wembley to take the League Cup Final 3-1.

[Jezza]

2014 League Cup Final Result:
Man City 3-1 Sunderland



Sunday's Results:
Aston Villa 4-1 Norwich
Swansea 1-1 Crystal Palace
Tottenham 1-0 Cardiff

The Ladder:
1. Chelsea 63 - Played 28
2. Liverpool 59 - Played 28
3. Arsenal 59 - Played 28
4. Man City 57 - Played 26
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5. Tottenham 53 - Played 28
6. Everton 48 - Played 27
7. Man Utd 45 - Played 27
8. Newcastle 43 - Played 28
9. Southampton 39 - Played 28
10. West Ham 31 - Played 28
11. Aston Villa 31 - Played 28
12. Hull 30 - Played 28
13. Stoke 30 - Played 28
14. Swansea 29 - Played 28
15. Norwich 28 - Played 28
16. Crystal Palace 27 - Played 27
17. West Brom 25 - Played 27
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18. Sunderland 24 - Played 26
19. Cardiff 22 - Played 28
20. Fulham 21 - Played 28

[The Prototype]

It was good to see Newcastle able to keep it to just 1 goal, and able to score four themselves. Hopefully we can finish top 10 and have some more money next season... need a better owner and manager though. Even though Pardew hasn't honestly done too badly, but I think he's going to be lucky to stick around after the headbutt.

[ronrat]

Newcatle improved the moment the prat Kinnear was removed. Much like our Kinnear, all promise and no delivery.

[The Prototype]

Though at least Kinnear for Collingwood knew names of players and didn't try and recruit players already at the club.

[Jezza]

This Weekend's Matches:

Saturday March 8 2014:
West Brom v Man Utd - 12:45
Cardiff v Fulham - 15:00
Crystal Palace v Southampton - 15:00
Norwich v Stoke - 15:00
Chelsea v Tottenham - 17:30

Man City v Aston Villa has been postponed.

All times are local British times.

[Jezza]

Saturday's Results:
West Brom 0-3 Man Utd
Cardiff 3-1 Fulham
Crystal Palace 0-1 Southampton
Norwich 1-1 Stoke
Chelsea 4-0 Tottenham

The Ladder:
1. Chelsea 66 - Played 29
2. Liverpool 59 - Played 28
3. Arsenal 59 - Played 28
4. Man City 57 - Played 26
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5. Tottenham 53 - Played 29
6. Man Utd 48 - Played 28
7. Everton 48 - Played 27
8. Newcastle 43 - Played 28
9. Southampton 42 - Played 29
10. West Ham 31 - Played 28
11. Aston Villa 31 - Played 28
12. Stoke 31 - Played 29
13. Hull 30 - Played 28
14. Swansea 29 - Played 28
15. Norwich 29 - Played 29
16. Crystal Palace 27 - Played 28
17. West Brom 25 - Played 28
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18. Cardiff 25 - Played 29
19. Sunderland 24 - Played 26
20. Fulham 21 - Played 29

[sixpoints]

FA Cup 2014 Semi Final draw.
Games to be held at Wembley over the weekend of 12-13 April.

Sheffield United v Hull City
Arsenal v Wigan Athletic

That's currently teams; 3rd 13th, 44th & 55th in the Football League.
If Arsenal don't break their drought in this, then they will never get a better chance.
Nice work Wigan in standing up in defense of their win of last year. To make the semis again after winning it is a sensational effort.
Sheffield U have also done well. First team in 13 years to make the semis from the third tier.
Surely it will be Arsenal v Hull in the final....but then again this is the Cup.

[sixpoints]

So United fans turn on Fergie because he anointed David Moyes as his successor. Fans also had to be restrained from confronting Moyes.
Such a sense of entitlement. Do they really think they are above having a poor season?
On behalf of all the supporters who've suffered two decades of defeats to you, all you Man U supporters can grow a set and get over it!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/10723153/Manchester-United-supporters-turn-on-David-Moyes-and-the-man-who-anointed-him-Sir-Alex-Ferguson.html

[sixpoints]

Leicester City are promoted to the Premier League for next season. It's been 10 years since they were last in the top division. Already confirmed with six games still to play. Great effort by the Foxes. Burnley looking good for the other auto spot.
The 3-6 play off places are still a bit of a raffle but QPR, Derby, Wigan & Reading are best placed. Other more well known clubs; Bolton, Blackburn, Leeds, Birmingham & Nott Forest all languishing mid table or slightly worse.

[King Malta]

Yeah it's good to see the Foxes on the way back up.

Nice to see Leeds and Birmingham off the pace too, can stay down there for a while longer.

[sixpoints]

Champions League semi finalists are sorted; Real Madrid, Chelsea, Bayern Munich & Atletico Madrid.
Overnight the current Spanish League leader Atletico outed Barcelona 2-1 on aggregate. Should have been more as they hit the woodwork four times in their overnight 1-0 home leg win.
Man U scored first in Munich to lead on aggregate, but then bang, bang, bang and it's 3-1 to Bayern on the night (4-2 aggregate win).
The draw for the semis takes place 11/04.
I'm hoping for a Real - Atletico derby final in Lisbon. That would be sensational. But realistically someone's got to get past Bayern and that probably won't happen.

[Jezza]

Results:
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Saturday March 15 2014:
Hull 0-2 Man City
Everton 2-1 Cardiff
Fulham 1-0 Newcastle
Southampton 4-2 Norwich
Stoke 3-1 West Ham
Sunderland 0-0 Crystal Palace
Swansea 1-2 West Brom
Aston Villa 1-0 Chelsea

Sunday March 16 2014:
Man Utd 0-3 Liverpool
Tottenham 0-1 Arsenal
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Saturday March 22 2014:
Chelsea 6-0 Arsenal
Cardiff 3-6 Liverpool
Everton 3-2 Swansea
Hull 2-0 West Brom
Man Utd 5-0 Fulham
Newcastle 1-0 Crystal Palace
Norwich 2-0 Sunderland
West Ham 0-2 Man Utd

Sunday March 23 2014:
Tottenham 3-2 Southampton
Aston Villa 1-4 Stoke
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Tuesday March 25 2014:
Arsenal 2-2 Swansea
Man Utd 0-3 Man City
Newcastle 0-3 Everton

Wednesday March 26 2014:
West Ham 2-1 Hull
Liverpool 2-1 Sunderland
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Saturday March 29 2014:
Man Utd 4-1 Aston Villa
Crystal Palace 1-0 Chelsea
Southampton 4-0 Newcastle
Stoke 1-0 Hull
Swansea 3-0 Norwich
West Brom 3-3 Cardiff
Arsenal 1-1 Man City

Sunday March 30 2014:
Fulham 1-3 Everton
Liverpool 4-0 Tottenham

Monday March 31 2014:
Sunderland 1-2 West Ham
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Saturday April 5 2014:
Man City 4-1 Southampton
Aston Villa 1-2 Fulham
Cardiff 0-3 Crystal Palace
Hull 1-0 Swansea
Newcastle 0-4 Man Utd
Norwich 0-1 West Brom
Chelsea 3-0 Stoke

Sunday April 6 2014:
Everton 3-0 Arsenal
West Ham 1-2 Liverpool

Monday April 7 2014:
Tottenham 5-1 Sunderland
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The Ladder:
1. Liverpool 74 - Played 33
2. Chelsea 72 - Played 33
3. Man City 70 - Played 31
4. Arsenal 64 - Played 33
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5. Everton 63 - Played 32
6. Tottenham 59 - Played 33
7. Man Utd 57 - Played 33
8. Southampton 48 - Played 33
9. Newcastle 46 - Played 33
10. Stoke 40 - Played 33
11. West Ham 37 - Played 33
12. Hull 36 - Played 33
13. Aston Villa 34 - Played 32
14. Crystal Palace 34 - Played 32
15. Swansea 33 - Played 33
16. West Brom 32 - Played 32
17. Norwich 32 - Played 33
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18. Fulham 27 - Played 33
19. Cardiff 26 - Played 33
20. Sunderland 25 - Played 31

[Dave The Man]

Hope Liverpool wins Title