54 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32481218 St Mirren captain Steven Thompson says he is "mortified" after 'spearing' team-mate John McGinn in a training ground prank. Thompson threw a spiked pole at McGinn which pierced his thigh and meant the 20-year-old missed Saturday's win over Kilmarnock. The Scotland Under-21 midfielder is expected to be out for a further three weeks with the injury. "I'm mortified by the whole thing," said Thompson. "It was a daft prank." Speaking to the Scottish Sun, the 36-year-old added: "I threw it for a laugh, stupid me trying to be funny, and unfortunately it's anything but. It's a total disaster." St Mirren refused to comment when contacted by the BBC and said they would be dealing with the matter internally. John McGinn McGinn has played for Scotland under-21s The incident took place last Thursday at the Ralston Training Complex after McGinn robbed Thompson of possession during a dribbling routine. Thompson said the pole went a centimetre into McGinn's leg and has torn the muscle, but not caused any long-term damage. The striker added: "I've been shocked by it, to be honest, really down about it. I like a laugh and a joke in training, but for something like this to happen is just unbelievable." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Henry Winter @henrywinter 3m3 minutes ago Harry Kane on the reason behind his success this season: "I just started playing really" #PFAawards YPOTY ffs A lightbulb will have pinged above Carver's head hearing that. "Right lads, I've got it. What I want to do in this next match is this - start playing really well." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
morla84 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/04/26/12/2805AEC600000578-3055975-image-a-23_1430046273424.jpg Don't think Cahill should be in there How many would get in a combined premier league/primera division team of the year? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 De Gea, Ivanovic, Terry, Matic and Hazard for me like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 De Gea, Ivanovic, Terry, Matic and Hazard for me like. Not a chance considering he'll be up against Madrid and Barca's front 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 De Gea. Terry perhaps if he played for Atletico. As much stick as he gets, Alves has had a very good season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 De Gea, Ivanovic, Terry, Matic and Hazard for me like. De Gea probably. Matic is not better than Busquets, Modric,Kroos at a minimum. Hazard, not a hope unless you play him totally out of position. Maybe Ivanovic and Terry, not sure. Dani Alves has been very good lately after a poor start. Lot of competition for Terry too. Godin, Miranda, Pepe, Ramos Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
summerof69 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 http://www.buzzfeed.com/alexfinnis/the-hardest-premier-league-quiz-youll-take-today?bffb&utm_term=4ldqphz#.pwrAmKrgP Crouch has more assists than Scholes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Harry Kane's the type of lad that would ask his mam if he could ring the bell on the bus, she'd tell him that someone else already had and then he'd do it anyway, at the age of 21. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 De Gea. Terry perhaps if he played for Atletico. As much stick as he gets, Alves has had a very good season. You can't have watched Barcelona to say that. He was rubbish for around 4-5 months. Really picked it up now after February, but Ivanovic has had a far better season in general. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 It is difficult for me to put Ivanovic in any best 11, it seems he is directly responsible for a shockingly high percentage of goals that Chelsea concede, and is constantly out of position defensively, even when he hasn't bombed forward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Personally I find Ivanovic to be one of the best defenders in the league. Cracking player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Personally I find Ivanovic to be one of the best defenders in the league. Cracking player. I don't know, maybe I was somewhat harsh in the previous post, as Branislav is the best attacking defender in England by a large, large distance and clearly a good player, but I just don't think he is particularly good at any aspect of actual defensive play these days, especially given the solidity have through the first XI and the entire squad. He seems the weak link always. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Personally I find Ivanovic to be one of the best defenders in the league. Cracking player. I don't know, maybe I was somewhat harsh in the previous post, as Branislav is the best attacking defender in England by a large, large distance and clearly a good player, but I just don't think he is particularly good at any aspect of actual defensive play these days, especially given the solidity have through the first XI and the entire squad. He seems the weak link always. I think his positional sense isn't the best, but he's an excellent one on one defender no? Havent' watched enough of Chelsea lately though, Mourinho is the definition of boring. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
morla84 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Quite surprising that Milner is the joint 16th richest sportsperson under 30 imo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Quite surprising that Milner is the joint 16th richest sportsperson under 30 imo He's 29, in his 5th season with the richest club in the world and has been earning big wages since he was 17. Of course he's gonna be up there, man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Quite surprising that Milner is the joint 16th richest sportsperson under 30 imo Probably spends about 100 pounds a week Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 De Gea, Ivanovic, Terry, Matic and Hazard for me like. Matic is nowhere near Busquet's level as a defensive midfielder. Terry wouldn't get in ahead of Godin and a reformed Pique either, or Varane for that matter. Why am I even having this debate when you think Hazard would get in ahead of Messi, Suarez, Neymar or Ronaldo.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Possibly the most mental league table ever; http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32482350 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Possibly the most Giggs league table ever; http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32482350 FYP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 De Gea, Ivanovic, Terry, Matic and Hazard for me like. Matic is nowhere near Busquet's level as a defensive midfielder. Terry wouldn't get in ahead of Godin and a reformed Pique either, or Varane for that matter. Why am I even having this debate when you think Hazard would get in ahead of Messi, Suarez, Neymar or Ronaldo.. Varane, Godin and Pique, man. Give over. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 De Gea, Ivanovic, Terry, Matic and Hazard for me like. Matic is nowhere near Busquet's level as a defensive midfielder. Terry wouldn't get in ahead of Godin and a reformed Pique either, or Varane for that matter. Why am I even having this debate when you think Hazard would get in ahead of Messi, Suarez, Neymar or Ronaldo.. Varane, Godin and Pique, man. Give over. I wouldn't have Varane there, especially this season. But Terry doesn't get ahead of Godin, Ramos or Pique this season imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Terry could play in Godin's role for Atletico to a better standard. But I don't think Terry could ever have played for Barcelona or Real successfully. The line and isolation that those lads (especially Madrid) have is something else and Terry would really struggle. PLaying so deep against teams of similar lvels with Matic in front has left Terry to do what nobody else can do better than him. Defend 15-20 yards from goal. IMO Alves is never as bad as has been made out for Barca. He was out of this world for about 4-5 years, then his level dipped. I don't think anyone in the PL has been significantly better than him this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Otamendi for Valencia has been the best CB in La Liga, imho. Amazing season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I don't know why someone hasn't thrown good money at Godin in the PL. There's 2 or 3 top sides that £20m on Godin could go a long way to sorting them out over the next 3-4 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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