The Premier League any other business thread

mike65

If the lower levels can have one why not the top flight? Not every story fits an existing club super thread.

Skylinehead

Soooo....any other business?

JPA

Could have started with some news...

ShoulderChip

JPA wrote: »

Could have started with some news...

yes what is the news?

BT are trying with no luck yet to get access to the changing rooms for match coverage, god I would love that

GLaDOS

Because if there's on thing the EPL doesn't have, it's enough threads

Andersonisgod

ShoulderChip wrote: »

yes what is the news?

BT are trying with no luck yet to get access to the changing rooms for match coverage, god I would love that

I remember watching a documentary and there was footage of Graham Taylor during his time as England manager on the touchline and you could hear everything he said. It was hilarious, if BT found a way of getting a mic on every Premier League manager then I'd buy their product in a heartbeat.

Nuri Sahin

I wonder what KevIRL thinks of this thread..

mike65

Why should he think anything?

Nuri Sahin

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

I wonder what KevIRL thinks of this thread..

An even lower low!

RasTa

What would be a story that doesn't fit that clubs superthread?

ShoulderChip

RasTa wrote: »

What would be a story that doesn't fit that clubs superthread?

Hmm,

Stories about TV rights etc. like the one mentioned above.
Stories about Premier league officials
Stories about the culture of the premier league, rise of branding stadiums
Stories about financial fair play and its effect on the league
Stories about daft ideas like the 39th game in a revenue making location.
Stories about the fitness regimes of premier league players

basicaly stories which may be originate within a club but have a wider appeal, or stories which affect multiple pl clubs.

I'm not saying its a good idea.

Liam O

Would like to see a playoff for the 4th place CL spot actually after thinking of things to put in this thread.

ShoulderChip

Liam O wrote: »

Would like to see a playoff for the 4th place CL spot actually after thinking of things to put in this thread.

That would actually be amazing but so cruel!

RasTa

ShoulderChip wrote: »

Hmm,

Stories about TV rights etc. like the one mentioned above.
Stories about Premier league officials
Stories about the culture of the premier league, rise of branding stadiums
Stories about financial fair play and its effect on the league
Stories about daft ideas like the 39th game in a revenue making location.
Stories about the fitness regimes of premier league players

basicaly stories which may be originate within a club but have a wider appeal, or stories which affect multiple pl clubs.

I'm not saying its a good idea.

mike65

Stories about Stoke and Hull.

Lovely Bloke

Who the hell wants to read about Stoke and Hull?

mike65

When Sparky gets sacked and Bruce get sacked on the same day (possibly after the two meet and draw 0-0 while 8 points adrift!)

RayCon

mike65 wrote: »

When Sparky gets sacked and Bruce get sacked on the same day (possibly after the two meet and draw 0-0 while 8 points adrift!)

That would be magic

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Play-off for CL is a daft idea, how about a play-off for the title while we're at it, and sure throw in play-offs for relegation and Europa League too. Completely negates the point of a league.

mike65

I tend to agree, but I know why it exists - the help create more diversity in the Group Stages. The problem for UEFA is that it rarely actually works out that way as the Arsenals and Schalke 04 of this world (this season) will beat the likes of Molde or Legia Warszawa 9 times in 10 over two legs.

mike65

BBC1 London 11:05pm-11:45pm tonight (check local press for regional variations)

Swansea City: The Fall and Rise

Documentary exploring the football club's rise, which culminated in last season's League Cup triumph - a decade after the team almost dropped out of the Football League, but managed to avoid relegation with a victory on the final day of the 2002/03 season. Since then, the club have gone from strength to strength, moving to the Liberty Stadium in 2005 and rising up the divisions into the Premier League, and next season will compete in the Europa League
Category Football - Club
Producer Craig Withycombe

Neil3030

THFC wrote: »

Play-off for CL is a daft idea, how about a play-off for the title while we're at it, and sure throw in play-offs for relegation and Europa League too. Completely negates the point of a league.

Sign me up!

brianregan09

What did ye all make of the preview show last night on Sky if anyone watched it ?

losthorizon

RasTa wrote: »

In roman times if the emperor put his thumb down he thought it was a good idea. The Romans did it opposite to us.

Free LOI Fact of the day.

RikkFlair

Andersonisgod wrote: »

I remember watching a documentary and there was footage of Graham Taylor during his time as England manager on the touchline and you could hear everything he said. It was hilarious, if BT found a way of getting a mic on every Premier League manager then I'd buy their product in a heartbeat.

He may not be manager, but just a mic on Joe Kinnear this season would be enough for me

mike65

PL veteran Louis Saha retires at 35.

mike65

Was just reading about Paolo Di Canio and his teams language problems

After the arrival of 14 signings this summer, 13 of them foreign, fluency in English has become a precious commodity at the Stadium of Light.

"It's driving me crazy," said Di Canio, whose side's haul of one point from three Premier League games is largely attributable to defensive howlers prompted by poor communication, undermining some pleasing overall play.

"Every single training session I spend five minutes on this [vocabulary]," he acknowledged. "Every session you can see that everything is going OK, then when we practise something, there's a misunderstanding. A British player says: 'You squeeze up,' and the French player or the Italian can't understand. I stop the session. I tell them to learn five key words that are for the back four – squeeze up, cover, drop, hold. If they say a key word in a foreign language I stop.

At Liverpool things are not too bad as Rodgers speaks Spanish (and Italian) to a pretty fluent level. This summers arrivals speak English as a second language or Spanish. Phillippe Coutinho (Brazilian Portuguese) didn't speak English when he arrived but seems to have a few words now plus he has Lucas who can act as a translator.

One wonders how much gets lost when tactics are discussed.

retalivity

di canios english isnt great either, compounding matters

mike65

Its Southampton v West Ham bet you can't wait!

Skylinehead

retalivity wrote: »

di canios english isnt great either, compounding matters

Di Canio has perfect English from what I hear, never stuck for a word. It's just his awesome heavy accent that makes it sound difficult.

mike65

A. Boruc José Fonte D. Lovren N. Clyne L. Shaw A. Lallana M. Schneiderlin V.Wanyama J. Rodriguez P. Osvaldo R. Lambert

J. Jääskeläinen G. Demel J. O'Brien J. Collins W. Reid K. Nolan M. Noble M. Jarvis M. Diamé R. Morrison M. Maïga

Very light up top for West Ham.

Professional Griefer

Thank **** its not on BT.

Richard Hillman

They really need to sort out this TV team quotas thing. Matches like Southampton-West Ham shouldn't be on TV as a non 3pm game. It is 3 games into the season and both teams are pretty much playing for mid table mediocrity. I am only watching because my Fantasy Football h2h game is dependent on it.

Will somebody win? Probably not
Does anyone care? No

Professional Griefer

Richard Hillman wrote: »

They really need to sort out this TV team quotas thing. Matches like Southampton-West Ham shouldn't be on TV as a non 3pm game. It is 3 games into the season and both teams are pretty much playing for mid table mediocrity. I am only watching because my Fantasy Football h2h game is dependent on it.

Will somebody win? Probably not
Does anyone care? No

I'd say WHU and Soton fans do.

Mushy

Richard Hillman wrote: »

They really need to sort out this TV team quotas thing. Matches like Southampton-West Ham shouldn't be on TV as a non 3pm game. It is 3 games into the season and both teams are pretty much playing for mid table mediocrity. I am only watching because my Fantasy Football h2h game is dependent on it.

Will somebody win? Probably not
Does anyone care? No

Fans of the teams probably care. And tbh, if it was to be the likes of Utd-Chelsea and Utd-Liverpool week in, week out, Sky would run out of customers quickly due to off **** nature of those matches.

klose

Richard Hillman wrote: »

They really need to sort out this TV team quotas thing. Matches like Southampton-West Ham shouldn't be on TV as a non 3pm game. It is 3 games into the season and both teams are pretty much playing for mid table mediocrity. I am only watching because my Fantasy Football h2h game is dependent on it.

Will somebody win? Probably not
Does anyone care? No

Yall end up with a la liga problem if sky/bt were to only show games for the top 6.

Richard Hillman

Mushy wrote: »

Fans of the teams probably care. And tbh, if it was to be the likes of Utd-Chelsea and Utd-Liverpool week in, week out, Sky would run out of customers quickly due to off **** nature of those matches.

At least those rubbish games actually mean something. Matches like this mean nothing in the grand scale of things. Nobody cares apart from Southampton Fans, Hammers fans and players of Fantasy Football. And to have the game as a stand alone sunday fixture as "Super" Sunday is pretty shabby.

Mushy

Richard Hillman wrote: »

At least those rubbish games actually mean something. Matches like this mean nothing in the grand scale of things. Nobody cares apart from Southampton Fans, Hammers fans and players of Fantasy Football. And to have the game as a stand alone sunday fixture as "Super" Sunday is pretty shabby.

Ah sure make the league of only 6 teams then so all matches will mean something.

Richard Hillman

Mushy wrote: »

Ah sure make the league of only 6 teams then so all matches will mean something.

It should be the big 6 teams (Man U, Man C, Chel, Arse, Liv, Spurs) playing against the useless clubs or each other on TV. And then throw in special interest games like derbies and relegation 6 pointers in to fill up their quotas.

Mushy

Richard Hillman wrote: »

It should be the big 6 teams (Man U, Man C, Chel, Arse, Liv, Spurs) playing against the useless clubs or each other on TV. And then throw in special interest games like derbies and relegation 6 pointers in to fill up their quotas.

That's what it mainly is, but relegation 6 pointers don't happen at this stage of the season. Can ya imagine as the title race heats up they can't be shown on TV just to hit the quota for teams in relegation battles. Like what you suggested is what they normally do, but there were no major matches this weekend so perfect time to chop down the quota.

Some good Southampton play in this, WH are very hatchet at times.

Ardent

Southampton v West Ham. I can't believe I actually watched this. Utter sh*te and further proof of how weak the Premiership actually is.

mike65

Ardent wrote: »

Southampton v West Ham. I can't believe I actually watched this. Utter sh*te and further proof of how weak the Premiership actually is.

I'll see your Soton v West Ham and raise you a Rayo Vallecano v Almeria for example. Okay that would probably feature a few goals through comedy defending. It was always going to be tight.

Ardent

I guess I was spoiled having watched the Villareal/Madrid thriller last night.

G.K.

Hughton's finally found his best midfield imo.

mike65

Is anyone a bit boggled that Chris Hughton is on thin ice already? What do owners of clubs like Norwich expect? Europe? The top half? Just surviving is a triumph these days.

mike65

Norwich 1 up at HT.

Richard Hillman

Why on earth is a game like Stoke-Norwich allowed on live tv???

mike65

Begovich has just scored against Soton! (wind assisted)

GavRedKing

mike65 wrote: »

Begovich has just scored against Soton! (wind assisted)

Just seen it, mental :pac:

whoever has him in the FF is sorted.

Nalz

GavRedKing wrote: »

Just seen it, mental :pac:

whoever has him in the FF is sorted.

tell us more!

Oranage2

Beg on my bench, boruc in goal :mad: