Koke Posted 5 February 2016 Posted 5 February 2016 Tony Pulis is the kinda guy who whinges about foreigners ruining the English league an arl. Absolute helmet. Either play him or let him go. Look at what Big Sam said the other day.SAM ALLARDYCE launched into an amazing rant about foreign players after Jermain Defoe was accused of elbowing Nicolas Otamendi. The Sunderland striker floored the Manchester City defender with a flailing arm during the second half of last night’s clash at the Stadium of Light. But an angered Allardyce, who memorably labelled Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp a “soft German” in December for criticising Jeremain Lens’ tackle on Mamadou Sakho, slammed Otamendi’s reaction. Big Sam insisted: “Jermain Defoe doesn’t elbow anybody on purpose. “They make a big fuss about it and that’s what they do. “That’s mostly foreign players, they do make a big fuss of it. “That’s in their nature. They react in a more volatile way to incidents like that than we do. __________ Lallana made a big fuss about when Huth elbowed him in the face. Poor comments from Sam.
melrose Posted 5 February 2016 Posted 5 February 2016 Big Sam's spot on when he goes on about the foreigners making the most of minimal contact!
Freesolo Posted 5 February 2016 Posted 5 February 2016 Who's the grovelling vagina pretending to be a Leicester fan as he keeps reiterating how shit we are? This cretin clearly doesn't have a life if they have time to post on another fans forum im guessing its the same person who does it on the sunderland forum and right now it trying to register with Wolves
Phube Posted 5 February 2016 Posted 5 February 2016 This, a million times this. Man City without Aguero - Minus 13 goals Arsenal without Giroud - Minus 12 goals Spurs without Kane - Minus 15 goals Everton without Lukaku - Minus 15 goals Watford without Ighalo - Minus 14 goals Granted the last two aren't challengers for the title/champions league, but if you take the top goalscorer out of any of those teams it will affect their league position significantly. The same even goes for taking Rooney's 7 goals away from United, Payet's 6 for West Ham or Defoe and Wijnaldum's 9 each for Sunderland and Newcastle respectively. Those two would be dead and buried without those goals. It's just a terrible argument. I wonder how many points this equates to? (Can't be bothered to work it out myself! )
Carl the Llama Posted 5 February 2016 Posted 5 February 2016 Vardy makes one very misguided angry comment towards one particular guy in a casino; "RACIST!" the red-tops and every other fan crowed from the ramparts. Big Sam makes it crystal clear how he feels about foreigners (presumably including the ones who play for Sunderland) and everyone's cool with it. Hmmmm.
melrose Posted 5 February 2016 Posted 5 February 2016 Vardy makes one very misguided angry comment towards one particular guy in a casino; "RACIST!" the red-tops and every other fan crowed from the ramparts. Big Sam makes it crystal clear how he feels about foreigners (presumably including the ones who play for Sunderland) and everyone's cool with it. Hmmmm. Big Sam should be wearing a pointy white hood!
Carl the Llama Posted 5 February 2016 Posted 5 February 2016 Also while I still have it open in another tab - shout out to the Man City fans complaining about people focusing on the vast amounts of money they spend as though it's not the one key factor behind their success... while each page plays the same video of one of their Senior Advisors talking about how Man City will break the transfer record under Pep.
ealingfox Posted 5 February 2016 Posted 5 February 2016 'Can you take a moment to spare a thought for me, a beleaguered Chelsea supporter?' - Fvck off pal, as if anyone could ever have sympathy for that shower.
Babylon Posted 5 February 2016 Posted 5 February 2016 'Can you take a moment to spare a thought for me, a beleaguered Chelsea supporter?' - Fvck off pal, as if anyone could ever have sympathy for that shower. Do you not do sarcasm? 3
Popular Post Berlinfox Posted 5 February 2016 Popular Post Posted 5 February 2016 Another sign of the recogniton Leicester's achievements are getting around the world. Here is a translation of an article from the back page of yesterday's Berliner Zeitung. Unfortunately (or maybe, fortunately), the original article isn't on the free online version of the paper so you can't do a Google translate version to compare wth my effort, The orignal German title is "Füchse auf der Pirsch" and it is by a sports journalist named Matti LIeske, FOXES ON THE PROWL Matti Liseke is impressed with the resilience of the league leaders in England It certainly was not a good evening for Jürgen Klopp, but it was an extremely positive one for Leicester City fans and for all those with a sense of the romantic and who root for the underdog. Just as they have done throughout the season, Claudio Ranieri’s team played with calmness, confidence and with total dedication to the cause, kept Liverpool’s attacks at bay and scored two beautiful goals. Those came, of course, from Jamie Vardy, now the top scorer in the Premier League with 18 goals. As Arsenal could only achieve a 0-0 draw with Southampton, Leicester lead the Londoners by five points and Manchester City by three (with 24 games played). As a result, people are not just jokingly but seriously beginning to suggest that the Foxes could actually win the league. It would be the first time since 1995, when Blackburn Rovers sensationally won the title, that the champions have not been called Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea or Manchester City. It is not so unusual for a cheeky upstart to mix it with the big names in Europe’s biggest and richest league, but this is normally an early season phenomenon which fades as the top clubs reap the rewards of having squads with greater depth and it looked as if Leicester’s ascent had come to halt when they went five games without a win after Boxing Day. However, in the game against Liverpool the team showed that they thought otherwise and played as they always play. Robert Huth rampages at the back, Riyad Maherz provides the beautiful passes and Vardy scores. Ranieri lets the team play to its strengths. Leicester is only the team in the league which has less than 50% possession in their home games, but they are solid at the back and when they attack, all hell breaks loose. It has to be said that Leicester City is not a poor club, the wealth of Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, the Thai owner, is estimated at three billion Euros. However, the club’s budget is nowhere near that of the heavyweights. By next season it could be well be that the best players have joined other clubs - although Vardy has just extended his contract. But until then the Foxes are going to provide a lot of pleasure. And, by the way, their next opponents are..... Manchester City and Arsenal. 5
Foxymcoxy Posted 5 February 2016 Posted 5 February 2016 This, a million times this. Man City without Aguero - Minus 13 goals Arsenal without Giroud - Minus 12 goals Spurs without Kane - Minus 15 goals Everton without Lukaku - Minus 15 goals Watford without Ighalo - Minus 14 goals Granted the last two aren't challengers for the title/champions league, but if you take the top goalscorer out of any of those teams it will affect their league position significantly. The same even goes for taking Rooney's 7 goals away from United, Payet's 6 for West Ham or Defoe and Wijnaldum's 9 each for Sunderland and Newcastle respectively. Those two would be dead and buried without those goals. It's just a terrible argument. Just linked this in the prem thread but since it's relevant here too, take a look at this about Kane: http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11675/10155990/better-off-without-harry-kane-the-amazing-stat-of-tottenham8217s-season
Corky Posted 5 February 2016 Posted 5 February 2016 Didn't stop Allardyce signing three foreign players in this window, did it? Despite them being soft and not tough, English boys like Ashley Young. Just **** off to the Championship.
ARM1968 Posted 5 February 2016 Posted 5 February 2016 Take Ageuro out of Man City and see where they are. It's a non argument. All succesful teams have an outstanding player or two who are impossible to replace. That's football.
Maybes Posted 5 February 2016 Posted 5 February 2016 This, a million times this. Man City without Aguero - Minus 13 goals Arsenal without Giroud - Minus 12 goals Spurs without Kane - Minus 15 goals Everton without Lukaku - Minus 15 goals Watford without Ighalo - Minus 14 goals Granted the last two aren't challengers for the title/champions league, but if you take the top goalscorer out of any of those teams it will affect their league position significantly. The same even goes for taking Rooney's 7 goals away from United, Payet's 6 for West Ham or Defoe and Wijnaldum's 9 each for Sunderland and Newcastle respectively. Those two would be dead and buried without those goals. It's just a terrible argument. Agreed. All this crap about taking players out of teams. Vardy is employed as striker to finish off the chances we create as a team. That is his position. Take Aguero out of their side or Kompany for that matter and they turn to mush.
Dan Posted 5 February 2016 Posted 5 February 2016 PULIS ON BERAHINO Tony Pulis is speaking ahead of West Brom's trip to Newcastle on Saturday, the club who attempted to sign Saido Berahino in the winter window, and he's had this to say about his striker... "This football club has been without one of best goal scorers in the Premier League for the whole season. Take Vardy out of Leicester and see where they are. Fook off Pulis, thinks he's smart in saying that a team isn't as good as it is when you remove the top goal scorer Still comfortably above West Brom and their centre halves at full back I'd imagine.
Popular Post Max Power Posted 5 February 2016 Popular Post Posted 5 February 2016 (edited) Interesting comparison between us this season and Simeone's Atletico Madrid. http://twentyminutereads.com/2016/02/04/secrets-of-the-italian-4-4-2/ Edited 5 February 2016 by Max Power 6
enmac Posted 5 February 2016 Posted 5 February 2016 Very good piece about City: http://samrobertsrugby.com/2016/02/03/vulpeculated/ 3
Sampson Posted 5 February 2016 Posted 5 February 2016 Interesting comparison between us this season and Simeone's Atletico Madrid. http://twentyminutereads.com/2016/02/04/secrets-of-the-italian-4-4-2/ Good read that.
foxes21 Posted 5 February 2016 Posted 5 February 2016 Interesting comparison between us this season and Simeone's Atletico Madrid. http://twentyminutereads.com/2016/02/04/secrets-of-the-italian-4-4-2/ Fantastic article
onekeithweller Posted 5 February 2016 Posted 5 February 2016 PULIS ON BERAHINO Tony Pulis is speaking ahead of West Brom's trip to Newcastle on Saturday, the club who attempted to sign Saido Berahino in the winter window, and he's had this to say about his striker... "This football club has been without one of best goal scorers in the Premier League for the whole season. Take Vardy out of Leicester and see where they are. Fook off Pulis, thinks he's smart in saying that a team isn't as good as it is when you remove the top goal scorer If Leicester kept losing games instead of winning them they'd be in the bottom third like WBA.
Riot Van Posted 5 February 2016 Posted 5 February 2016 Interesting comparison between us this season and Simeone's Atletico Madrid. http://twentyminutereads.com/2016/02/04/secrets-of-the-italian-4-4-2/ Very interesting. “Four-three-three doesn’t give the balance required and it’s more difficult to pressure higher upfield. Our intention is to defend with a 4-4-2 and attack with a 4-3-3.” After the Spurs home game in the cup Ranieri mentioned that we needed to get better at 4-3-3.
Babylon Posted 5 February 2016 Posted 5 February 2016 Very interesting. “Four-three-three doesn’t give the balance required and it’s more difficult to pressure higher upfield. Our intention is to defend with a 4-4-2 and attack with a 4-3-3.” After the Spurs home game in the cup Ranieri mentioned that we needed to get better at 4-3-3. I think he meant the starting formation. We already attack pretty much as a 4-3-3 with Ryad joining the attack much higher up the pitch, with Albrighton more tucked back into midfield.
Riot Van Posted 5 February 2016 Posted 5 February 2016 I think he meant the starting formation. We already attack pretty much as a 4-3-3 with Ryad joining the attack much higher up the pitch, with Albrighton more tucked back into midfield. aye yeah you're probably right
davieG Posted 5 February 2016 Posted 5 February 2016 Manchester City Manager Manuel Pellegrini hailed table-topping Leicester City who the Blues face tomorrow in the early kickoff. The winner will go top of the table. However Pellegrini rightly states the game is not decisive as lots of football remains to be played after tomorrow. "They have a very good squad with not many players injured. They play with the same team every week. They have less games than other teams but I think the merit of the squad is very important. "In football, not only finances make the difference - of course you must buy players to win the title but I always said the big teams but every year there's a surprise. Leicester are all thinking and doing the same thing at right moment. That can equalise the finances. "I don't know if you can compare but what we did at Villarreal was similar. We reached the semi-finals of the Champions League and finished second in the league. "Maybe it's not a team with a lot of possession but they defend very well with a lot of concentration and they counter-attack with a lot of speed. If you have the commitment of the players as a manager, that's the most important thing. "It's not the biggest game of the season so far- we can win or lose this game and the Premier League will not end here. We have 39 more points to fight for. You cannot think you're champion if you win and if you lose, there are lots more points. "It's a good game, a big game but not decisive." This applies to us as well.
Bluetintedspecs Posted 5 February 2016 Posted 5 February 2016 This applies to us as well. Totally agree and well said Davie G
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