Premier League Thread

**hawkclone11** · 02-03-2013, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by shagcarpetjesus

Wow, Reina with a horrid decision and gets caught out. But Aguero actually getting the ball in goal from that angle is crazy!

Luck was not on our side with that goal but Reina definitely blew it. I'm glad they managed a point at least, the way they played though it should've been 3...

**shagcarpetjesus** · 02-11-2013, 11:01 AM

Gareth Bale is playing out of his mind right now. He had a brace yesterday and was very close to a hat trick but was denied a couple of times by Krul.

**CEcyclone** · 02-11-2013, 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by shagcarpetjesus

Gareth Bale is playing out of his mind right now. He had a brace yesterday and was very close to a hat trick but was denied a couple of times by Krul.

He also missed a wide open voley with 10 mins. left

**CYcoFan** · 02-11-2013, 07:24 PM

Originally Posted by CYcoFan

Hell yeah! Watched the whole thing live on Fox Soccer 2 go. You could really tell a difference today in our attack when you put a point man out there like Rodallega. Berbatov and Ruiz always drop to deep and don't draw enough of the D's attention. Loved having Hugo up top with Berbatov cause you know he'll drop deep and then putting Ruiz out wide. Ruiz will provide width at the right time but he will also come in side and link up if he has to.

Thank you Arsenal for loaning us Frimpong. He didn't play today, but I have been begging for attacking mid for awhile. I thought we'd target Arshavin in the transfer window, but didn't happen. I can't wait to see what Fulham look like with Berbatov, Rodallega, Frimpong and Ruiz out there should be good.

Yeah I just quoted myself so what. Frimpong looked like $*** in his first start, Emanuelson is 10 times better Arsenal can have Frimpong back on this loan deal unless Frimpong plays better. He looked lost for Fulham for the 60 mins he played. Considering Fulham killed Norwich earlier this yr, it was almost embarassing to draw with them on the road last Sat

**PSYclone22** · 02-11-2013, 08:06 PM

Originally Posted by CYcoFan

Yeah I just quoted myself so what. Frimpong looked like $*** in his first start, Emanuelson is 10 times better Arsenal can have Frimpong back on this loan deal unless Frimpong plays better. He looked lost for Fulham for the 60 mins he played. Considering Fulham killed Norwich earlier this yr, it was almost embarassing to draw with them on the road last Sat

Thrilled that Norwich got the draw on Saturday. OTBC!

**3TrueFans** · 02-15-2013, 10:46 AM

Not Premier League, but damn.

**klamath632** · 02-15-2013, 10:50 AM

Nice ******* laser off the left foot there. Wow.

**shagcarpetjesus** · 02-15-2013, 10:57 AM

I saw that goal happen live yesterday. I love how Friedel is just flat footed and watches the missile fly past him helplessly.

**MrOtter** · 02-15-2013, 11:40 AM

I was gonna make a new thread for this but I figured anybody that would give a **** is already reading this thread:

@GrantWahl: Former USMNT player @robbierogers appears to have just come out & retired from soccer in the same blog post http://fb.me/2G6VcA57v

Here is the blog post: Home - robbierogers8

**shagcarpetjesus** · 02-15-2013, 01:57 PM

Good for Robbie Rogers. I'd be curious to know if he feels the need to retire because he simply doesn't want to play anymore/pursue other interests or if he feels like he doesn't want to have to fight the battle as an openly gay athlete who is still playing.

**klamath632** · 02-15-2013, 02:28 PM

Probably a little of both. There's a lot of hostility in sports, and most still feel like "the locker room" doesn't have the same expectations of civility as other professional workspaces.

**Rabbuk** · 02-15-2013, 02:40 PM

That almost looked like a banana kick but it was done off the bounce. Crazy.

**CEcyclone** · 02-15-2013, 02:59 PM

At 25 years old I don't see any other reason for his retirement. It's a sham that he feels that he needs to retire, but good luck to him on his future. I was always a big fan of his when he played under Sigi Schimd in Columbus. It will be interesting to see how other footballers react.

**Rabbuk** · 02-15-2013, 03:32 PM

European soccer fans still heckle the **** out of black players, I imagine it'd be similar for an openly gay man.

**shagcarpetjesus** · 02-15-2013, 04:18 PM

Originally Posted by CEcyclone

At 25 years old I don't see any other reason for his retirement. It's a sham that he feels that he needs to retire, but good luck to him on his future. I was always a big fan of his when he played under Sigi Schimd in Columbus. It will be interesting to see how other footballers react.

It looks like lots of support from other US players on Twitter so far.

American Soccer Player Robbie Rogers Comes Out, Retires With Powerful Statement | Extra Mustard - SI.com