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Woo Hoo !!! Arsenal/Tottenham ends in a draw which is great for Leicester. Credits to Arsenal for being a man down and a goal down and drawing the game in White Hart Lane. This game shows both the good and the bad side of Arsenal.
 
Woo Hoo !!! Arsenal/Tottenham ends in a draw which is great for Leicester. Credits to Arsenal for being a man down and a goal down and drawing the game in White Hart Lane. This game shows both the good and the bad side of Arsenal.
Arsenal played better with ten men than I've seen them play with eleven in weeks.
 
Liverpool rally from 1-0 down and 10 men! My God, Benteke has been awful but for him to step up and sink that penalty was pure joy.

Still hoping for a top four finish. :02.47 tranquillity:
 
How serious are Liverpool and Man Utd about the Europa cup. They are facing each other but both are outside the top 4 so i am curious to see if they will prioritize that over the Europa cup.
 
How serious are Liverpool and Man Utd about the Europa cup. They are facing each other but both are outside the top 4 so i am curious to see if they will prioritize that over the Europa cup.
ManU is taking it seriously because, frankly, it is our best chance to reach the Champions League next season. Also, ownership has basically mandated a win in Europa or FA otherwise LVG will be fired. So definite motivation there.

Also, in case people missed this:http://www.foxsports.com/soccer/sto...thquakes-with-unlikely-title-challenge-030816

Leicester are not only disrupting the tectonic plates of world football this season, they are also causing real-life earthquakes.


No, we aren't joking!



The celebrations of Foxes supporters has been picked up by equipment used to detect earthquakes.


A group of students from the University of Leicester placed the contraption at a school near the King Power Stadium ahead of the Premier League leaders clash with Norwich on Feb. 27.



When Leonardo Ulloa grabbed the winning goal in the 89th minute, the force of Leicester fans jumping up and down measured a magnitude of 0.3 on the Richter scale.



Leicester City striker Leonardo Ulloa scored a last-gasp goal to beat Norwich 1-0 on February 27.

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Both goals in their 2-2 draw with West Brom on March 1 were clocked at 0.1 as they held on to the Premier League summit.





Richard Hoyle, a first-year student from the University of Leicester, said: "A few days after we installed the equipment at the school and were analysing data collected, we noticed large peaks on the seismogram during football matches being held in the stadium nearby.





"A closer look showed us there was a strong correlation between the exact time Leicester scored at home and the occurrence of the large seismic signals.





"We concluded that our equipment was actually measuring small earthquakes produced by the sudden energy release by the cheering Leicester fans celebrating at the moment a goal was scored."





A dedicated twitter account has been set up by the students called @VardyQuake, named after top scorer Jamie Vardy, who has netted an impressive 19 goals already this campaign.





Mr Hoyle said: "Besides naturally occurring earthquakes, we are now curious to discover which Leicester City footballer will generate the biggest seismic signal. Our money is on Vardy."
 
ManU is taking it seriously because, frankly, it is our best chance to reach the Champions League next season. Also, ownership has basically mandated a win in Europa or FA otherwise LVG will be fired. So definite motivation there.

Also, in case people missed this:http://www.foxsports.com/soccer/sto...thquakes-with-unlikely-title-challenge-030816

SAn Andreas was caused by LEicester .... now we know :D !!!! In other Champions League news, my team Chelsea were humbled and kicked out by Zlatan and PSG :(.

After looking at this Chelsea squad i am really amazed at how we wont the league last year.
 
I am so glad Tim Howard left the EPL. He is an absolutely horrendous keeper.
 
I am so glad Tim Howard left the EPL. He is an absolutely horrendous keeper.
If he had just grown his beard a few more feet then he could have used that to save while he just stands around. In other news EPL is back! International breaks are so annoying when it takes place in the middle of the season.
 
If he had just grown his beard a few more feet then he could have used that to save while he just stands around. In other news EPL is back! International breaks are so annoying when it takes place in the middle of the season.
Although we had some great matches this break. England-Germany, Germany-Italy, Spain-Italy, and England-Netherlands were all entertaining.

But I agree, time for club football. Is El Classico this weekend? I'm looking forward to ManU-Everton, too.
 
Although we had some great matches this break. England-Germany, Germany-Italy, Spain-Italy, and England-Netherlands were all entertaining.

But I agree, time for club football. Is El Classico this weekend? I'm looking forward to ManU-Everton, too.

Yup Saturday @ 2:30 PM.

Germany is struggling after winning the cup. Barely won against Scotland, Lost to Ireland, France and England. Great comeback win for England though.
 
Yup Saturday @ 2:30 PM.

Germany is struggling after winning the cup. Barely won against Scotland, Lost to Ireland, France and England. Great comeback win for England though.
Germany's once historically great core is aging and they are struggling to find youth to replace it, especially in the midfield.
 
I am so glad Tim Howard left the EPL. He is an absolutely horrendous keeper.

Dude was one of the best keepers in the league for awhile. His play dipped certainly after the World Cup, but Roberto not being able to set up a defense to save his life deserves just as much if not more blame.
 
Dude was one of the best keepers in the league for awhile. His play dipped certainly after the World Cup, but Roberto not being able to set up a defense to save his life deserves just as much if not more blame.
I don't know about that. I think Howard had always had inflated stats from having pretty mediocre defenses around him. He has talent, no question, and he is tremendously gifted physically, but I always felt he was overrated. I know it's a minority opinion, though.
 
I don't know about that. I think Howard had always had inflated stats from having pretty mediocre defenses around him. He has talent, no question, and he is tremendously gifted physically, but I always felt he was overrated. I know it's a minority opinion, though.

His stats were inflated by mediocre defenses? Unless you mistyped that makes no sense.

I mean, I was expecting the typical Man U fan response that his Tourette's is what makes him shit. :chuckle:
 
His stats were inflated by mediocre defenses? Unless you mistyped that makes no sense.

I mean, I was expecting the typical Man U fan response that his Tourette's is what makes him shit. :chuckle:
Essentially, he had more saves than he would have had on teams with better backs. Not saying you did, but a lot of fans always point to how many saves he gets as a reason why he is good. I think the reason he was a solid keeper in his prime was that he was an athletic freak with balls of steel. But as he aged, his athleticism declined, and so has his performances.

I do have to admit, his knowledge of the game is impressive. He'll be an amazing full-time broadcaster one day.
 
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