[Archived] Premier League Happenings

[Stuart]

Van Persie is just sheer class

Yes. But had the defender not slipped he wouldn't have had so much space and time.

[braddock]

Liverpool chilling in the relegation zone.

[47er]

West Ham playing attractive football and winning? Gosh, how is this possible under Allardyce?

Secondly, Adam and N'Zonzi to Stoke for a total of £8M. Good management that.

[Stuart]

Slippery penalty box at St Mary's.

2-1 Southampton

[John]

Man Utd defending awful - all their defenders all over the place today.

Bet in the back of Lambert's mind he is thinking I could have been playing Leeds yesterday instead.

[Stuart]

RVP misses a pen!

[Tom]

Class but stupid.

You don't do that when Fergie is your manager

[Tom]

Then he bags two more late on and saves himself a Fergie ass kicking!

[Stuart]

You probably get away with it by scoring a hat trick though.

[DE.]

Bottle it like that and you'll find it very hard to stay up, Man United or not. Atkins subs absolutely killed them.

[braddock]

It's hardly unusual for that to happen, though. As we well know the games against United aren't the ones that keep you up over a season, victory or defeat. It's the results against those around you that have more of a bearing on things. United have been doing what they did today (allowing the opponents to have a few chances whilst pulling late goals out the bag) for years.

[DE.]

Considering Southampton lost their first two matches I'm not sure throwing away a win against one of the poorest Man United teams I've seen in some time is something they can afford to do. I guess we'll see come the end of the season - I don't expect them to survive based on their start, though.

[braddock]

As a side point it is quite nice watching games and not minding if an underdog causes an upset as it affects us in the bottom half of the table. There's nobody in the lower half I despise with Burnley, Bolton and Birmingham being relegated in recent years, so I really don't mind all too much who survives. Wouldn't mind Wigan stopping up but not overly fussed.

[Carr]

Some sloppy defending by Southampton at the end to gift that away. Would have been nice to see them beat United without those grey shirts to use as an excuse again!

[Black Burn]

Southampton played both Manchester City and Manchester United in their first 3 games.

A bit early to think they will get relegated because they lost to these two.

As for Liverpool, they're in the relegation zone. I wonder if they'll stay there permanently. Be a great shock if they really get relegated this season - I'll be laughing my head off. I doubt it though.

[braddock]

Of course they won't.

[philipl]

The Liverpool owner apologises and explains.

Over to you Mrs D (or is it Mr A?)

Your turn....

John Henry's open letter to fans: http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/john-henry-s-open-letter-to-fans

[braddock]

Because that's how it works.

[John]

Interesting the amount of reaction to the open letter -"@ESPNFC: #LFC supporters' union Spirit Of Shankly calls on the club's owners to appoint a chief executive based in the city: http://oak.ctx.ly/r/hnr"

[ABBEY]

what have stoke and owen got in common? none have played football in years.

[Tom]

Philip Jones out for another 8 weeks with more knee trouble

I said when we sold him we may have got a good price as his knee seemed like a time bomb, that may still be the case and I think we got more money last season than we ever would have done

Shame we didn't replace him so the money was useless

[watford-rover]

Philip Jones out for another 8 weeks with more knee trouble

I said when we sold him we may have got a good price as his knee seemed like a time bomb, that may still be the case and I think we got more money last season than we ever would have done

Shame we didn't replace him so the money was useless

Now kean can call him the next Jonathan woodgate

[DE.]

It'll be interesting to see where Jones goes from here. His United career to date has been fairly disappointing and the injuries continue to stack up for him... he's got a fair amount to overcome. Let's see if his mental strength is up to the task.

[Tom]

United fans seemed to take to him at first but were a lot more wary of him towards the end of the season, the Newcastle own goal was probably a turning point in the fickle world of football

[Exiled in Toronto]

United fans seemed to take to him at first but were a lot more wary of him towards the end of the season, the Newcastle own goal was probably a turning point in the fickle world of football

Indeed. I've seen a lot of comments comparing him adversely to Johnny Evans rather than positively to Duncan Edwards