2012-2013 English Premier League Thread (La Liga, Serie A, etc.)

[alenleomessi]

The 23-man shortlist for the Ballon d'Or award
Sergio Aguero (Manchester City and Argentina); Mario Balotelli (Manchester City and Italy); Karim Benzema (Real Madrid and France); Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus and Italy); Sergio Busquets (Barcelona and Spain); Iker Casillas (Real Madrid and Spain); Didier Drogba (Chelsea/Shanghai Shenhua and Ivory Coast); Radamel Falcao (Atletico Madrid and Colombia); Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint-Germain/Milan and Sweden); Andres Iniesta (Barcelona and Spain); Lionel Messi (Barcelona and Argentina); Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich and Germany); Neymar (Santos and Brazil); Mesut Ozil (Real Madrid and Germany); Gerard Pique (Barcelona and Spain); Andrea Pirlo (Juventus and Italy); Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid and Spain); Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid and Portugal); Wayne Rooney (Manchester United and England); Yaya Toure (Manchester City and Ivory Coast); Robin van Persie (Manchester United/Arsenal and Netherlands); Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid and Spain); Xavi (Barcelona and Spain)
The 10-man shortlist for the FIFA World Coach of the Year award
Vicente del Bosque (Spain); Roberto Di Matteo (Chelsea); Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United); Pep Guardiola (Barcelona, now unemployed); Jupp Heynckes (Bayern Munich); Juergen Klopp (Borussia Dortmund); Joachim Loew (Germany); Roberto Mancini (Manchester City); Jose Mourinho (Real Madrid); Cesare Prandelli (Italy)

[Jasi]

Originally Posted by alenleomessi

The 23-man shortlist for the Ballon d'Or award
Sergio Aguero (Manchester City and Argentina); Mario Balotelli (Manchester City and Italy); Karim Benzema (Real Madrid and France); Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus and Italy); Sergio Busquets (Barcelona and Spain); Iker Casillas (Real Madrid and Spain); Didier Drogba (Chelsea/Shanghai Shenhua and Ivory Coast); Radamel Falcao (Atletico Madrid and Colombia); Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint-Germain/Milan and Sweden); Andres Iniesta (Barcelona and Spain); Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich and Germany); Neymar (Santos and Brazil); Mesut Ozil (Real Madrid and Germany); Gerard Pique (Barcelona and Spain); Andrea Pirlo (Juventus and Italy); Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid and Spain); Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid and Portugal); Wayne Rooney (Manchester United and England); Yaya Toure (Manchester City and Ivory Coast); Robin van Persie (Manchester United/Arsenal and Netherlands); Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid and Spain); Xavi (Barcelona and Spain)
The 10-man shortlist for the FIFA World Coach of the Year award
Vicente del Bosque (Spain); Roberto Di Matteo (Chelsea); Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United); Pep Guardiola (Barcelona, now unemployed); Jupp Heynckes (Bayern Munich); Juergen Klopp (Borussia Dortmund); Joachim Loew (Germany); Roberto Mancini (Manchester City); Jose Mourinho (Real Madrid); Cesare Prandelli (Italy)

WTF, how come Messi is not in the list?

[alenleomessi]

i copied from eurosport they had him as the absolute favourite and then named his 22 men 'competition'

for coaches i go with klopp won the title twice in a row over bayern, beat them in the national cup and is doing very well in the CL so far, and made some fantastic transfers

[Skywalker]

How the **** is whiskey nose nominated for managers?

[alenleomessi]

Originally Posted by Skywalker

How the **** is whiskey nose nominated for managers?

if you are reffering to sir alex i guess legacy and being one of the greatest does it

[LJJ]

As much as I'd like to hate on Ferguson, it is impressive how consistent Man U performs given their talent is certainly not always that consistent. They are the only EPL team that is a title contender every season.

Their central midfield has been mediocre for years now, their defense has been mediocre for years. The fact that no teams really can take advantage has something to do with the EPL, but you also have to give Ferguson some credit there.

[alenleomessi]

micah will undergo a surgery and be out 2 months ( probably 4 though because its micah )

things not looking good for city, i think its safe to say united will win the epl this season

[AirTupac]

Originally Posted by alenleomessi

micah will undergo a surgery and be out 2 months ( probably 4 though because its micah )

things not looking good for city, i think its safe to say united will win the epl this season

The stupidity of your posts no longer surprise me. It's expected at this point.

[alenleomessi]

Originally Posted by AirTupac

The stupidity of your posts no longer surprise me. It's expected at this point.

its common sense, you saw it yourself two days ago... even if city plays better there is no way 'they' let united fail to win the domestic title twice in a row and especially not after how it was decided last season

[AirTupac]

Originally Posted by alenleomessi

its common sense, you saw it yourself two days ago... even if city plays better there is no way 'they' let united fail to win the domestic title twice in a row and especially not after how it was decided last season

City have started off slow but they are doing what United has been doing for years. Grinding out wins. They've picked up points where they've dropped from last season so it really isn't looking TOO bad for City. However, I'll agree that they need to step it up and hopefully they will. Not many teams will be winning this many games with so many players injured. Silva should be back in training by the end of this week.

[alenleomessi]

we'll see hopefully im wrong but i highly doubt it

[soadrules]

Originally Posted by alenleomessi

we'll see hopefully im wrong but i highly doubt it

Just like you doubt the Spurs were going to beat the Clippers last year? How you expected the Clippers to sweep the Spurs?

Yeah buddy, you clearly know what you're talking about...

[Nick Young]

Clattenburg about to get banned for life for being a racist shit and a bribe taking scumbag, but still Man Utd get 3 bullshit points and Chicharito's miles offside goal still stands. No justice in this world.

[alenleomessi]

Originally Posted by soadrules

Just like you doubt the Spurs were going to beat the Clippers last year? How you expected the Clippers to sweep the Spurs?

Yeah buddy, you clearly know what you're talking about...

yeah that was a bad one but still i was 5% of those who thought clippers will make the 2nd round anyway
and other than that i dont really have any bad predictions

[Nick Young]

Originally Posted by alenleomessi

yeah that was a bad one but still i was 5% of those who thought clippers will make the 2nd round anyway
and other than that i dont really have any bad predictions

"Barcelona will kill Chelsea at the Nou Camp"