General Premier League Thread - 2016/2017

Harry Palmr

West Ham win! Benteke missing a one on one from 12 yards was less surprising

Paully D

**** off Moyes.

Speak Now

Gbear wrote: »

City wern't great there but they really still should've won that.

You cannot go around missing penalty after penalty. Shouldn't have sold Jimmy Milner.:P

Didn't sell him

Harry Palmr

It's a 90+ mins game but if it were a 45+ min game Bournemouth would be third in the table on 14 points.

Johner

Harry Palmr wrote: »

It's a 90+ mins game but if it were a 45+ min game Bournemouth would be third in the table on 14 points.

It won't be long before Eddie Howe get's a top job.

Paully D

Johner wrote: »

It won't be long before Eddie Howe get's a top job.

They've spent a fortune over the last couple of seasons mind. That seems to get overlooked.

Gavlor

Harry Palmr wrote: »

It's a 90+ mins game but if it were a 45+ min game Bournemouth would be third in the table on 14 points.

The most liverpoolesque post ever!!

Johner

Paully D wrote: »

They've spent a fortune over the last couple of seasons mind. That seems to get overlooked.

Last season they spent a fair sum alright, this season they spent a bit but got some of it back through selling Richie. I would have said they've spent around the norm for a Premier League club in this day and age.

ricero

Manchester United

Paully D wrote: »

**** off Moyes.

Where does he go from here ? Looks like sunderland may call time on him soon.

Harry Palmr

Gavlor wrote: »

The most liverpoolesque post ever!!

We do love alternative tables! When Chris Coleman (?) was Fulham manager one point in the season they went down they were top 3 until the last 15 mins of games. So Fulham never worked out how to see out a game but if Howe can sort out late fatigue and loss of concentration they could flourish.

CSF

Some of the worst and most cowardly refereeing you're likely to see from Roger East there.

Paully D

CSF wrote: »

Some of the worst and most cowardly refereeing you're likely to see from Roger East there.

Yep, utterly pathetic.

Prisoner6409

CSF wrote: »

Some of the worst and most cowardly refereeing you're likely to see from Roger East there.

Bang on Mate, what is going on with refereeing in the PL. Fellas getting sent off for nothing one week and then this, where is the so called consistency, Watford robbed.

GLaDOS

What happened?

Unearthly

Chelsea

Paully D wrote: »

**** off Moyes.

Wait till he says Sunderland need to aspire to be like Hull

Paully D

ricero wrote: »

Where does he go from here ? Looks like sunderland may call time on him soon.

Down the A1 and never comes back hopefully.

Unearthly wrote: »

Wait till he says Sunderland need to aspire to be like Hull

Oh he already told us after the second game of the season that we are in a relegation battle!

SantryRed

Sorry lads,

Not sure where else to ask this, but does anyone know the dates for when Sky will be showing Friday night football games? I know that only up until January has been announced so far, but wondering if there's set dates for what weekends there will be a Friday night game.

Want to book a trip but not sure if I need to book the Friday afternoon just in case!

Paully D

Looks like West Ham tried to get Garcia in to replace Bilic:

https://twitter.com/mattspiro/status/789769246133850112?lang=en

GreNoLi

Manchester United

I fancy a bournemouth win against spurs, kick off at 12.30.

Decuc500

This Bournemouth Spurs game is like 22 players on speed. No finesse or skill just pace and unbelievable levels of fitness. The English game isn't exactly subtle.

blueser

Naughty by Sissoko there. Getting payback for the poor challenge by Arter a few minutes earlier.

NATLOR

Arsenal

blueser wrote: »

Naughty by Sissoko there. Getting payback for the poor challenge by Arter a few minutes earlier.

How did he not red for that

blueser

NATLOR wrote: »

How did he not red for that

Haven't got a clue; it looks worser and worser (!) the more you see it. Aguero got a 3 game ban for a similar offence against West Ham. Let's see what the PL do about Sissoko.

GLaDOS

Bournemouth ticking along nicely this season

Harry Palmr

Sissoko will get a 3 match ban in retrospect for that. Good point for Cherries and all the others teams in and around the Top 4.

Edit - Artur has just saved Sissoko in his post match interview.

Lukker-

Lamela should have been off before that for a second yellow, Spurs got away with one

blueser

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Sissoko will get a 3 match ban in retrospect for that. Good point for Cherries and all the others teams in and around the Top 4.

Edit - Artur has just saved Sissoko in his post match interview.

Not sure Arter's comments will save Sissoko. The video footage doesn't look good for the Spurs player.

Lucas Hood

Keith Andrews Co commentating on Arsenal game. He's actually pretty good.

Paully D

Already it's clear it's just a matter of time before West Ham score. God I ****ing hate David Moyes.

davycc

Manchester United

Benteke unlucky to hit the bar from Kelly's sexy inswinging early high cross

Unearthly

Chelsea

Paully D wrote: »

Already it's clear it's just a matter of time before West Ham score. God I ****ing hate David Moyes.

Bring back Big Sam before its too late

NATLOR

Arsenal

Middlesbrough with about 5% possession unlucky not to be 2 up!

Mushy

Sky show all the latest results on a scrolling bar to then advertise match choice. Probably shouldn't have shown the results if enticing people to watch something that looks like it could be shown in 5/10 minutes.

Unearthly

Chelsea

Another last minute defeat for Sunderland

GLaDOS

Moyes can't last much longer

Iused2likebusts

Great win for Burnley. There is a huge difference between them at home and away.

Skylinehead

John Stones is so, so bad.

klose

Howler from stones, redmond finished it off well though.

paulie21

Stones redemption

paulie21

Actually ruled out

Harry Palmr

Five games without a win for Man City. Treading water.

Chelsea

Pep starting to show small signs of struggling in this league

Agent Coulson

Leicester

Southampton sell players


Southampton just keep being Southampton.


A great story really.

Lukker-

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Southampton sell players


Southampton just keep being Southampton.


A great story really.

Especially if you own the club. They even sell their managers.

They have some academy and scouting network and it must be said their last 2 managerial appointments have been top class and it looks like the current one will probably do well too.

paulie21

Watford facing a possible points deduction for forging bank letters during their takeover

TitianGerm

paulie21 wrote: »

Watford facing a possible points deduction for forging bank letters during their takeover

Forging bank letters?

Trigger

Chelsea

From the BBC:

Watford are being investigated by the Football League for allegedly supplying false financial information.

The Telegraph newspaper claims it has obtained a forged bank letter submitted when Gino Pozzo became the Hornets owner before the 2014-15 campaign.

Watford won Premier League promotion that season, and could have points deducted or be fined if they are found to be at fault.


Watford said they are carrying out an internal investigation.

An EFL spokesman confirmed it had started an investigation into "serious allegations" and had contacted the club after receiving information from the newspaper.

He said Watford had been asked to "provide a full and detailed response to the allegations".

The Telegraph claims the "fabricated" document shows that the holding company which owns Watford - Hornets Investment Ltd - had enough money to be issued a bank guarantee of up to £7m and therefore allow Italian Pozzo to take control of the club.

The newspaper says there is no indication that Pozzo himself knew that the letter had been obtained or submitted on his behalf.

In a statement, Watford said it had "no prior knowledge of any concerns about the authenticity of the document" and that more than £20m had been invested in the club since the takeover.

It said the club "takes this matter extremely seriously" and would report back to the EFL next month.

http://bbc.com/sport/football/37759489

Id say it would be more likely a huge fine than a points deduction at this stage.. As if there is a points deduction it would have to come into effect from the season they won promotion or else the FA/FL will open themselves up to having legal challenges being brought forward by teams that could have benefited at that time.

Dirty Dingus McGee

I'm really shocked that an Italian who owns a football club would be so dodgy, if you can't trust one of them who can you trust.

SantryRed

The Pozzo family are loaded. This is a complete non issue and there isn't a hope in hell that any points deduction will occur.

It looks as if it's a lone agent rather than a complete club thing. The fact that 20m has been invested by them since shows this. They may get fined but it's not the massive scandal the Telegraph badly want it to be.

5starpool

Manchester United

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

I'm really shocked that an Italian who owns a football club would be so dodgy, if you can't trust one of them who can you trust.

Mr Burns, I'm sure you can trust the president of Cuba.