The Official 2011-2012 English Premier League Football Thread

**DTroppens** · 05-13-2012, 10:19 AM

ManU and ManC each scoreless.

Tottenham up 1-0 vs Fulham.

**DTroppens** · 05-13-2012, 10:20 AM

Everton 1, Newcastle United 0

**DTroppens** · 05-13-2012, 10:22 AM

Manchester United has scored. Haven't seen it, but they have scored.

Wayne Rooney's 34th of the season

That might include all competitions.

**DTroppens** · 05-13-2012, 10:24 AM

Norwich City up 2-0 vs Aston Villa.

**dadair6** · 05-13-2012, 10:26 AM

I listened to the first couple minutes of Man City/QPR. Sounds like QPR is playing for the point.

A co-worker is at Stamford Bridge today so I've tried to follow a bit of that. Why did Mother's Day have to be today with all the games on TV?!

**DTroppens** · 05-13-2012, 10:31 AM

I have flipped it on for 30 seconds.

Arsenal has scored again 2-2.

Fullop needs to be yanked. He's terrible. I have no clue why Foster isn't in net.

**DTroppens** · 05-13-2012, 10:41 AM

Man City has scored.

**DTroppens** · 05-13-2012, 10:43 AM

Bolton has tied Stoke.
All's not dead for Bolton just yet.

**DTroppens** · 05-13-2012, 10:49 AM

Bolton is 2-1 up

**DTroppens** · 05-13-2012, 10:53 AM

Halftime scores (or very close to it)
Chelsea 2, Blackburn 0
Everton 2, Newcastle 0
Man City, 1, QPark 0
Norwich 2, Aston Villa 0
Stoke 1, Bolton 2
Sunderland 0, ManU 1
Swansea 0, Liverpool 0
Tottenham 1, Fulham 0
Wigan 2, Wolves 1
West Brom 2, Arsenal 2

**DTroppens** · 05-13-2012, 10:57 AM

As it stands now, ManCity wins the title on goal differential.
ManU finishes second.

Tottenham has Arsenal edged for third.
Newcastle is in fifth.

Bolton sneaks past QP Rangers for 17th.

**DTroppens** · 05-13-2012, 11:09 AM

Queens Park has tied ManCity!

ManU are the champs and Bolton are relegated if that stands.

**DTroppens** · 05-13-2012, 11:13 AM

Arsenal scores again.

Fulop allows his third ridiculously bad goal.

**DTroppens** · 05-13-2012, 11:19 AM

MAn City is spending a lot of time in QPR's box.
Lots of good chances.

**DTroppens** · 05-13-2012, 11:20 AM

WOW Craziness

**DTroppens** · 05-13-2012, 11:20 AM

What a save for QPR!

**DTroppens** · 05-13-2012, 11:26 AM

QPR LEADS 2-1

HEADER GOAL!!!

**Blue Square Thing** · 05-13-2012, 11:55 AM

Oh my...

**DTroppens** · 05-13-2012, 11:59 AM

Absolutely incredible ending to the season.

First off, I was totally shocked to see 5 extra minutes added to the Man City game. But, it didn't matter because they only needeed 3:30 of it to score two goals and beat QPR in extra time - 3-2.

What a day.

**DTroppens** · 05-13-2012, 12:00 PM

Jonjd,
That was quick.

**DTroppens** · 05-13-2012, 12:00 PM

I missed the red that put QPR down a man. What happened?

**jonjd** · 05-13-2012, 12:00 PM

Unreal. Just amazing.

Congrats City.

**Todd** · 05-13-2012, 12:03 PM

wow... anybody who says Soccer is boring needs to watch this game

**lordstanley** · 05-13-2012, 12:04 PM

Insane!!

**Todd** · 05-13-2012, 12:04 PM

dtroppens
i dont know the guys name but he punch/shoved the Man City player... pretty dumb

**DTroppens** · 05-13-2012, 12:04 PM

That could've been a 6-2 game the way ManCity was bombarding the QPR net. They kept doing it, kept faith and eventually got two goals in extra time.

I saw about five game's worth of scoring chances for ManCity, and I probably watched a total of 30 minutes of the game.

**lordstanley** · 05-13-2012, 12:05 PM

Originally Posted by DTroppens

First off, I was totally shocked to see 5 extra minutes added to the Man City game. .

The QPR red card took a lot of time.

**DTroppens** · 05-13-2012, 12:05 PM

That day ranks almost right up there with last year's final regular season day of the MLB season.

**DTroppens** · 05-13-2012, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by lordstanley

The QPR red card took a lot of time.

That makes sense. I didn't see the play. Hoping to see the red card in the highlights.

**Blue Square Thing** · 05-13-2012, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by Todd

dtroppens
i dont know the guys name but he punch/shoved the Man City player... pretty dumb

Oddly it was J.Barton.

Odd that.

**Todd** · 05-13-2012, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by DTroppens

That could've been a 6-2 game the way ManCity was bombarding the QPR net. They kept doing it, kept faith and eventually got two goals in extra time.

I saw about five game's worth of scoring chances for ManCity, and I probably watched a total of 30 minutes of the game.

before the first Goal by Man City QPR had everyone back on defense so there wasnt alot of shots on net

**lordstanley** · 05-13-2012, 12:06 PM

The only thing that could have made it nuttier would have been if the Man City winner had relegated QPR, which could have happened if not for Stoke's fairly late equalizer versus Bolton.

**DTroppens** · 05-13-2012, 12:07 PM

Actually, all the games are over and we still have stuff to be decided. What happens with Chelsea and that fourth spot?

**Blue Square Thing** · 05-13-2012, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by DTroppens

Actually, all the games are over and we still have stuff to be decided. What happens with Chelsea and that fourth spot?

I think if they win it then the 4th place goes into the UEFA cup. No idea what happens to the 5th place then.

**Blue Square Thing** · 05-13-2012, 12:11 PM

Originally Posted by DTroppens

That makes sense. I didn't see the play. Hoping to see the red card in the highlights.

This is the text comm from the Guardian:

54 min: Has Joey Barton pressed the self-destruct button? Play was going on elsewhere when the linesman started flagging furiously, because Carlos Tevez appeared to have been elbowed by Joey Barton on the edge of the area.

55 min: JOEY BARTON IS SENT OFF! AND THEN KICKS OUT AT SERGIO AGUERO! After a short while and plenty of remonstrations from both sets of players, Mike Dean sends him off. What an absolute moron. Mike Dean and the linesman discussed the incident for a while, and the decision was ultimately a simple one because he appeared to throw an elbow at Tevez. Once he was sent off, he went mental, knees Sergio Aguero up the backside, just like John Terry, and then tried to headbutt Vincent Kompany. He's talked off the pitch by Micah Richards, but not before starting an argument with, of course, Mario Balotelli. He's led down the tunnel by a member of the QPR backroom staff and the police.

58 min: That was perhaps the most farcical incident I've ever seen on a football pitch. The upshot of it all is a free-kick to City on the edge of the area. Tevez's effort spins up off the wall and through to Nasri, who shoots straight at Kenny. He saves with his feet.

Sounds entertaining.

**lordstanley** · 05-13-2012, 12:14 PM

What a difference 20 years make for Canadian TV coverage of soccer. Early '90s, we're still getting the FA Cup on one day tape delay. Today, we got 4 games live - Man City, Man U, Tottenham, Arsenal - with all but the Arsenal match being in HD on basic cable.

**Blue Square Thing** · 05-13-2012, 12:16 PM

And a Canadian scored.

**DTroppens** · 05-13-2012, 12:16 PM

Wow, I just saw that Barton play. Total classlessness.

**lordstanley** · 05-13-2012, 12:24 PM

Originally Posted by Blue Square Thing

Sounds entertaining.

So was this. He also whipped his jacked off at one point and starting beating the chair.

82 min: The cameraman manages to pick out a City fan absolutely losing it in the crowd, furiously hopping up and down on the spot, flinging his arms about like a man who's realised someone's cancelled the recording of Mad Men on the Sky Plus.

**DTroppens** · 05-13-2012, 12:32 PM

The same is true in the US. I was going to get Fox Soccer Channel to get more soccer, but then I started realizing, why? I get a couple EPL games a week, an occasional LaLiga game, UEFA Champions League games, MLS and (most important) most of the USA international games. And we'll get all of Europe this summer on ESPN (or 2 can't remember right now).

And to top it off, if you go to ESPN3, you have a ton of games archived.

That doesn't include the sites you can find for other games. I probably saw at least 25 of West Brom's games this year.