Least interesting team in the Premiership?

pickarooney

There's always one team in the top flight who are never involved in anything interesting - neither challenging for the title, or even the top four, nor seriously involved in a relegation battle, no great players or high scorers, going out early in the cup every year, just basically there to flesh out the table year after year. For a long time this was Coventry, then Southampton, even Spurs for a time and Everton. The latter aren't far off, still, but they did at least qualify for Europe in the not too distant past.

It's probably Aston Villa at the moment, with Stoke worth a mention. Who will one day take the crown from them as the least interesting premiership side?

n32

pickarooney wrote: »

There's always one team in the top flight who are never involved in anything interesting - neither challenging for the title, or even the top four, nor seriously involved in a relegation battle, no great players or high scorers, going out early in the cup every year, just basically there to flesh out the table year after year. For a long time this was Coventry, then Southampton, even Spurs for a time and Everton. The latter aren't far off, still, but they did at least qualify for Europe in the not too distant past.

It's probably Aston Villa at the moment, with Stoke worth a mention. Who will one day take the crown from them as the least interesting premiership side?

Has to be Fulham. Always mediocre. Usually just raise the white flag away from home and are rarely entertaining at home. At least Stoke had the capability to rattle the big boys and had a distinctive style of play.

mike65

Fulham probably, they don't even have a decent manager crisis really.

pickarooney

I completely forgot about Fulham. probably says a lot!

Turtyturd

Fulham who got to the Europa League final a few years back?

mike65

They are boring, that they reached the EL does not change anything. Wigan did not become more interesting winning a cup, or Birmingham (who are probably the least interesting side in the English game)

Turtyturd

But Everton qualifying for Europe gives them a pass?

pickarooney

no. winning a cup, like relegation and promotion, are major events. as a fan they'll obviously mean something to you even if nobody else cares. winning a cup and getting relegated in the same year is the antithesis of uninteresting and Wigan were always in the basement battle for the last few years. Birmingham, as a yo yo club, have no place here either.

mike65

Everton are still more interesting, how could they not be, proper history won plenty (if not recently), have a progressive manager now and are playing good football.

Laois_Man

Sorry. The opening post is nonsense

pickarooney

I'm sad you feel that way.

LiamoSail

No team with Tony Hibbert can ever be considered boring. Another riot waiting to happen

Oranage2

Norwich City

Turtyturd

mike65 wrote: »

Everton are still more interesting, how could they not be, proper history won plenty (if not recently), have a progressive manager now and are playing good football.

Super-Rush

Its been Villa for years.

Awful football, managers who would bore the face off you, fans who hardly show up, chairmen who were more concerned with their own images.

LiamoSail

Turtyturd wrote: »

Alfred Borden

Villa or West Ham for me.

Agent Coulson

West Brom/Ham

Turtyturd

LiamoSail wrote: »

Touche.

Laois_Man

pickarooney wrote: »

I'm sad you feel that way.

By your own criteria Astonishing Villa are nowhere near the least interesting

Did you fail to notice recent relegation battles, current plight.....and Christian Benteke?!

Richard Hillman

Aston Villa. They bring nothing to the league. Consistently lower mid table, always horrible to watch, no exciting players and always a bleak atmosphere at Villa Park. Its depressing even to think about them.

Bertser

Can't believe Everton can even be suggested, play good football and perform brilliantly with hardly any net spending. Probably just certain Liverpool fans who could think of suggesting it.

pickarooney

if net spending is one of your criteria for what makes a team interesting I'm not sure what to say... likewise Christian Benteke.

Corholio

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Aston Villa. They bring nothing to the league. Consistently lower mid table, always horrible to watch, no exciting players and always a bleak atmosphere at Villa Park. Its depressing even to think about them.

This could be said about any team who have had a poor few years, or any team who don't win anything also 'bring nothing to the league', which by the way is one of those terrible football phrases that I hate.

Richard Hillman

Corholio wrote: »

This could be said about any team who have had a poor few years, or any team who don't win anything also 'bring nothing to the league', which by the way is one of those terrible football phrases that I hate.

I think there are teams that never win anything that do bring something to the league. The likes of Everton, Swansea, Newcastle, Sunderland, WBA, West Ham all bring certain elements people can enjoy. Even the likes of Stoke bring something different to the league. Villa are just nothingness.

I just seen Chris Kamara reporting from Villa Park. The place is dead, very quiet, very depressing. Not even Kammy can make the place or match seem interesting.

Nalz

West Ham, Fulham and West Brom

Fulham probably edges it!

Laois_Man

pickarooney wrote: »

if net spending is one of your criteria for what makes a team interesting I'm not sure what to say... likewise Christian Benteke.

A club who is never involved in anything and never had a top player / goalscorer

That was YOUR criteria Villa were and are in relegation danger and Benteke scored 23 goals last season for Villa (and more for Belgium and Genk).

Including Everton is nonsense too.

Zico

Fullingham Hotspurpool Villa are painful to watch.

Utopia Parkway

Would probably say Villa overall.

Rarely seem to be anywhere near the top of the table but never really seem in real danger of going down. Just permanently exist in that mid-table netherworld.

pickarooney

finished fifteenth last year and are currently thirteenth. their top scorer was fourth in the league last year. who would you pick as less interesting and why?

Corholio

Richard Hillman wrote: »

I think there are teams that never win anything that do bring something to the league. The likes of Everton, Swansea, Newcastle, Sunderland, WBA, West Ham all bring certain elements people can enjoy. Even the likes of Stoke bring something different to the league. Villa are just nothingness.

I just seen Chris Kamara reporting from Villa Park. The place is dead, very quiet, very depressing. Not even Kammy can make the place or match seem interesting.

What do West Brom bring that Villa don't? what do Fulham bring that Villa don't? Also...certain elements? do explain.

Villa Park isn't the only quiet ground in the league, teams form has a lot to do with that.

pickarooney

west brom were promoted only a couple of years ago and relegated not long before that.

Corholio

pickarooney wrote: »

west brom were promoted only a couple of years ago and relegated not long before that.

So Villa should be lambasted for not being bad enough to get relegated? Still don't see what that gives WBA over Villa in being in the league.

Laois_Man

pickarooney wrote: »

finished fifteenth last year and are currently thirteenth. their top scorer was fourth in the league last year. who would you pick as less interesting and why?

Villa were in the bottom 3 or 4 nearly all season and are very definite realistical candidates for relegation this season too. Especially after today result. Also, 4th top scorer, especially in a struggling side, is a top player

Stoke meet all the criteria. The fact that they have a few Irish players is the only thing stopping me from forgetting they exist.

pickarooney

Corholio wrote: »

So Villa should be lambasted for not being bad enough to get relegated? Still don't see what that gives WBA over Villa in being in the league.

lambasted? it's not a question of who deserves to be where just a measure of just how much you can expect to get excited by or for a side

EuropeanSon

Got to be Fulham.

aliveandkicking

What a $hit thread. For one thing there is no such thing as the premiership. It stopped being called that years ago. Secondly who gives a flying f*ck who somebody deems to be the least interesting team. It's about the least interesting idea for a thread I've seen here in quite a while and that's saying something. It's right up there with starting a thread on whether you prefer a white ball or the yellow ball they currently use in "the premiership"

Fr Tod Umptious

To be honest most of it is uninteresting.

I often think about watching a game at 3 on a Saturday on a stream and all the is on offer is Hull v WBA, or Cardiff v Norwich etc.

The interesting games that include teams going for the title or European spots are spread out between 12.45 on a Saturday and 4 on a Sunday.
That being said the relegation "6 pointers"near the end of the season do add a little bit of interest to some teams.

BMMachine

has to be Villa. Fulham are a good shout but Villa have been doing it longer its a shame as I like the club and the fans

Maximus Alexander

Has to be Villa. The only interesting thing about them is that they're in the Premier League.

Darkglasses

Aston Villa, West Ham or WBA.

I quite like Fulham, lovely ground, bat**** crazy chairman, and they often have a few players I like (Dempsey, Kasami, Berbatov, and Duffer). WBA having Lukaku and Long makes them a bit more fun, and the Odemwingie saga was amusing. Shame about everything else.

Don't think I like a single player at West Ham.

What's Charles Nzogbia at these days?

TimeToShine

aliveandkicking wrote: »

What a $hit thread. For one thing there is no such thing as the premiership. It stopped being called that years ago. Secondly who gives a flying f*ck who somebody deems to be the least interesting team. It's about the least interesting idea for a thread I've seen here in quite a while and that's saying something. It's right up there with starting a thread on whether you prefer a white ball or the yellow ball they currently use in "the premiership"

Y so hostile

Pro. F

Aston Villa are kind of interesting because they have a few talented young players. Pity they have played boring football for so long.

Fulham haven't had anything interesting going on since their Europa run so they get my vote.

I think it comes down to whether or not a team has any exciting young players for me.