Official 2012/13 Premier League thread

[Pesci]

Ba, Cisse and Ben Arfa doubtful for the Spurs game. Oh I hope this isn't a cruel prank.

Our unofficial site has vaguely mentioned it, I'll be stunned if more than one is out.

Ohhhh Lawroooooo, tell us everything you knoooooow:

Arsenal 2 - 0 Sunderland

Everton 0 - 0 Man Utd

Fulham 2 - 1 Norwich

City 2 - 0 Southampton

Newcastle 1 - 1 Spurs

QPR 2 - 0 Swansea

Reading 1 - 1 Stoke

West Brom 1 - 1 Liverpool

West Ham 2 - 1 Villa

Wigan 1 - 2 Chelsea

No one ever scores more than two in Lawroworld!

Surprised he's actually gone for Man Utd not to win and Liverpool not to beat West Brom. I probably agree with most of those predictions (results not scorelines), I'd probably just have Reading to beat Stoke and maybe West Brom to beat Liverpool. Super Steve Clarke is bound to keep things tight and I can see them sneaking a goal on the counter and closing up shop.

[Colly]

He reckons 'all eyes will be on Liverpool' too, which feels like a stretch.

Just checked my calendar Hammy, fit or not Ramadan ends on Sunday so both Dembas will be fucking starving.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Ahhh wonderful Ramadan

Also, has Lawro ever backed anyone to actually BEAT Liverpool?

[Colly]

From the beeb, Mick McCarthy (yay!) and Harry Redknapp (boo!) are joining the MOTD team. The article also seems to imply Lawros just doing Football Focus, but I doubt it. All very old guard though, clearly learning nothing from Skys far better coverage.

[Dynamite]

Ahhh wonderful Ramadan

Also, has Lawro ever backed anyone to actually BEAT Liverpool?

Last year's predictions had Liverpool to lose once all season, rather than the 14 they actually lost. They also would have finished sixth, so I guess he had them to draw a lot.

[If_You_Wanna_Be_The_Man]

Any word on RVP's squad number yet?

Edit: nevermind, just saw starvinho's post in the other thread

Edited August 17, 2012 by If_You_Wanna_Be_The_Man

[Starvinho]

Just confirmed; Phil Jones out for at least another month and Chris Smalling out for two months. I think it's imperative that Vidic and Ferdinand stay fit now else we'll have no defenders again.

Jonny Evans is set to miss the Everton game too.

Edited August 17, 2012 by Starvinho

[Steeb]

I'm always amazed you haven't splashed out on another young centreback. Ferd's getting old, Vidic gets injured a fair bit, Jones and Smalling are currently out. Have you got someone promising in yr youth I'm forgetting?

[Starvinho]

We have a few promising youngsters but I'm not sure they're ready to be thrown in at the deep-end yet. Who knows though, there's a couple weeks of this transfer window left yet so we very well may sign someone to cover.

[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

I'm always amazed you haven't splashed out on another young centreback. Ferd's getting old, Vidic gets injured a fair bit, Jones and Smalling are currently out. Have you got someone promising in yr youth I'm forgetting?

Evans was outstanding last year. Smalling and Jones have potential to be the future England CB partnership. Ferdinand still has a couple of years left and Vidic is still regarded as possibly the best CB in world football (he had one serious injury, not a great deal outside of that). We're stacked in defence, signing a CB would be madness really.

[If_You_Wanna_Be_The_Man]

I think michael Keane played a few times in Pre season

[MJB]

Personally, I've got no idea why we left Fabio out on loan.

Evra wasn't anywhere near his best form last season and having Fabio there to push him and to cover RB aswell would have been nice.

[Starvinho]

The only thing that makes sense about letting Fabio go on loan is that we're gonna sign another left-back. All has gone quiet on the Leighton Baines front lately, but I'm still hopefull we can sign him before the dealine.

[Lineker]

Not sure if this has been mentioned, but Rio Ferdinand has been found guilty of improper conduct and fined £45,000 by the Football Association for comments on Twitter. An independent commission concluded Ferdinand's response to a tweet describing Chelsea's Ashley Cole as a "choc ice" did not make him a racist. It was ruled however that the centre-half had brought the game into disrepute.

Thomas Vermaelen has been confirmed as the new Arsenal captain.

[Nerf]

How can a black guy be racist to another black guy? :/

[Starvinho]

How can a black guy be racist to another black guy? :/

Are you being serious?

[Dingle]

How can a black guy be racist to another black guy? :/

Are you being serious?

"BLACKS ARE THE BEST"

"NO THEY...wait..."

[Adam]

The only thing that makes sense about letting Fabio go on loan is that we're gonna sign another left-back. All has gone quiet on the Leighton Baines front lately, but I'm still hopefull we can sign him before the dealine.

Now that Rodwell has gone I don't think Everton will have any need whatsoever to sell Baines.

[Starvinho]

Yeah you could say that, it probably means Everton won't let him go for cheap anyways. If we offered a decent amount then a club like Everton will find it hard to refuse I think. £15 million would get him, but whether we'd be prepared to pay that much is another story.

[Baddar]

Dempsey going on strike is a bit shit. When does he have a contract with Fulham til?

It's one thing wanting to be transferred, but to refuse to play too is ridiculous.