General Premier League Thread - 2016/2017

irishman86

ERG89 wrote: »

I think right now Napoli would beat most of the PL top 6 despite their own flaws and a bonus are very good to watch.

Dont see it, probably give them a match be about it. I think the problem with Italian clubs is the lack of consistency outside of Juventus

GreNoLi

Manchester United

Six nil to chelsea.

Why? Because I can.

irishman86

GreNoLi wrote: »

Six nil to chelsea.

Why? Because I can.

With Traore to wow you and make you wonder how he made it as a professional in the space of 10 seconds

blueser

ricero wrote: »

Neville with the red goggles on there, a bit too nice to jose

Yeah; it was surprising (and yes, I'm being serious). He's normally pretty impartial considering. Indeed, there is a feeling among utd fans that he is unduly harsh on them at times, in an effort to be seen as unbiased.

Turtwig

How is that not a yellow for Chambers?

GreNoLi

Manchester United

Sore one for Fabregas.

Johner

Fabregas already running the show.

blueser

Looks like it's only a matter of time until Chelsea score.

Bridge93

By the age of 21 Traore will have played for Barcelona and been relegated from the premier league twice, with two different teams

MonkieSocks

Chelsea playing 3 in the back four now

irishman86

Bridge93 wrote: »

By the age of 21 Traore will have played for Barcelona and been relegated from the premier league twice, with two different teams

Didnt Barcelona B go down with him aswell ?

MonkieSocks

Costa finds the back of the net :P

GreNoLi

Manchester United

Cescy football.

MonkieSocks

MonkieSocks wrote: »

Costa finds the back of the net :P

And again

Cool finish

Turtwig

irishman86 wrote: »

Didnt Barcelona B go down with him aswell ?

I think so.

There's no denying he's got potential. I remember his debut under Tata Martino. Messi and Iniesta fed him into so much space so many times. He just seemed like an even more exaggerated version of Walcott. Athletic and technically decent but just seems to have lack all manner of game sense and tactical awareness.

MonkieSocks

This is a stroll for Chelsea

irishman86

Turtwig wrote: »

I think so.

There's no denying he's got potential. I remember his debut under Tata Martino. Messi and Iniesta fed him into so much space so many times. He just seemed like an even more exaggerated version of Walcott. Athletic and technically decent but just seems to have lack all manner of game sense and tactical awareness.

I honestly dont think he has the brain for 11 a side football. Maybe someday someone will play him as a striker and he will explode.
I compare him to Ronaldo, he just doesnt have/want to try improve himself

theoneeyedman

If Boro ever had a thought of staying up, they finished when they decided to play Brad ****ing Guzan.
He wouldn't stop cows in a gap.

JPA

Manchester United

theoneeyedman wrote: »

If Boro ever had a thought of staying up, they finished when they decided to play Brad ****ing Guzan.
He wouldn't stop cows in a gap.

Play? You mean sign. I'd love to have seen those scouting reports.

Paully D

Just a reminder that Sunderland offered £2.5m + Modibo Diakite to keep Marcos Alonso after his successful loan spell in 2014. :pac:

Harry Palmr

Boro - the team no one remembered was in the Premier League (they'll still stop Liverpool playing in the CL though! :pac:)

blueser

Little more than a strenuous training exercise for Chelsea so far.

SlickRic

By putting Traore there, against this Chelsea team and system, Boro have basically given Chelsea the left side of the pitch.

Alonso is being made to look like a world beater.

GavRedKing

Chelsea

Boro are really, really bad.

Should be half a dozen or so up by now.

MonkieSocks

Boro Keeper


I haven't seen so many balls go between someone's legs since the last happy hour at the chicken ranch:rolleyes:

GreNoLi

Manchester United

Middlesborough coming back into this, chelsea wobbling, Terry comes on to stop the rot.

callaway92

Manchester United

Boro go out with an absolute whimper.

Pathetic really

blueser

callaway92 wrote: »

Boro go out with an absolute whimper.

Pathetic really

What did Agnew say before the game about them being on the front foot? Pfft.

MonkieSocks

GreNoLi wrote: »

Middlesborough coming back into this, chelsea wobbling, Terry comes on to stop the rot.

PMSL

callaway92

Manchester United

Fabregas surprisingly impressing me big time tonight

LuckyGent88

Just how did Jonny Evans get away with that handball.

ERG89

Martin Tyler doing his job admittedly, must be the last man in the universe thinking the title race is still on.

irishman86

There we go

martyos121

Batshuayi clinches the title for Chelsea.

I didn't expect to be typing that last August. :pac:

citytillidie

Congrats to those 8 people who predicted this seasons league winners

martyos121

Fabregas swearing on TV is one of the highlights of the season.

That's how bad it's been.

KERSPLAT!

Manchester United

I've just realised how close we are to the summer months of no premier league

Mushy

John Terry only has 7 league appearances, be no medal for him I'd say!

highgiant1985

citytillidie wrote: »

Congrats to those 8 people who predicted this seasons league winners

Those 8 being:

Chelsea
elefant, hungoverbunny, jem, Laois_Man, NATLOR, spock., xtal191, Zemuppet

Crackle

Manchester United

Mushy wrote: »

John Terry only has 7 league appearances, be no medal for him I'd say!

5 is the requirement

Mushy

Crackle wrote: »

5 is the requirement

Ah I saw a thing that mentioned 10.

GavRedKing

Chelsea

Mushy wrote: »

Ah I saw a thing that mentioned 10.

Used to be 10 they dropped it.

thelad95

Mushy wrote: »

John Terry only has 7 league appearances, be no medal for him I'd say!

There's actually theoretically no minimum, just that the club has to pay for extra medals for players below the threshold, for example Mourinho insisted Schwarzer got a medal despite not playing a league game all season.

Mushy

thelad95 wrote: »

There's actually theoretically no minimum, just that the club has to pay for extra medals for players below the threshold, for example Mourinho insisted Schwarzer got a medal despite not playing a league game all season.

Isn't it different again for a keeper as they're likely to play a lot less anyway?

Liamalone

Mushy wrote: »

Isn't it different again for a keeper as they're likely to play a lot less anyway?

Thought the same myself, sub goalies are rarely going to make the 5 let alone the 10 I thought it was.

Fair play to Chelsea, fully deserved winners!

Trigger

Chelsea

City goal a definite offside for me, Sterling went to play the ball.

Edit: The tackle for the peno wouldn't be out of place on a Sunday morning in the pheonix park

blueser

astradave wrote: »

City goal a definite offside for me, Sterling went to play the ball.

Edit: The tackle for the peno wouldn't be out of place on a Sunday morning in the pheonix park

Definitely offside. But we've had enough ropey decisions go against us, so I'll take it. As for that penalty tackle, it was ludicrous.

Trigger

Chelsea

Now that's a beautiful goal!

Trigger

Chelsea

blueser wrote: »

Definitely offside. But we've had enough ropey decisions go against us, so I'll take it. As for that penalty tackle, it was ludicrous.

Yep, swings and roundabouts an all that. I think every team in the league has had the same complaint and that just shows the standard of officiating

blueser

astradave wrote: »

Now that's a beautiful goal!

It was.but it was also sloppy play by us. Dinho way too far off Albrighton, allowing him to get the cross in. Also, Kompany going for a ball that wasn't his, and Otamendi slipping. We tend not to make things easy for ourselves.