General Premier League Thread - 2017/2018

blueser

blueser wrote: »

I can see it being a draw. Hopefully Palace can get their good performance out of the way tonight and not leave it for the weekend!

Palace going well. Hopefully they can nick something

astradave

astradave wrote: »

Really? The soccer forum would then consist of about 15 posters..

Less than that surely!

Trigger

Liverpool

RoboKlopp wrote: »

Less than that surely!

You are probably right, but don’t call me Shirley!

pjohnson

astradave wrote: »

You are probably right, but don’t call me Shirley!

Hyacinth it is then

DeanAustin

Man City

astradave wrote: »

You mean a thread where they can discuss both their teams together?

We need something like a “General Premier League Thread”

Na there are 18 other teams in the league fed up of ye polluting the General Premier League thread.

We more need a “Irish Manc and Scouser thread” where ye can all argue about how different ye are, whether football was better in the 70s/80s or the 90s/00s, whether Phil Jones really is better than Virgil Van Dijk and which of your two teams will get within 20 points of Man City.

pjohnson

DeanAustin wrote: »

Na there are 18 other teams in the league fed up of ye polluting the General Premier League thread.

We more need a “Irish Manc and Scouser thread” where ye can all argue about how different ye are, whether football was better in the 70s/80s or the 90s/00s, whether Phil Jones really is better than Virgil Van Dijk and which of your two teams will get within 20 points of Man City.

And just when the topic was moving on, you pull it right back to the shïte.

Why dont you comment on Carvalhal's appointment if you want to talk about a different club? Or tonights match.

niallo27

Arsenal

DeanAustin wrote: »

Na there are 18 other teams in the league fed up of ye polluting the General Premier League thread.

We more need a “Irish Manc and Scouser thread” where ye can all argue about how different ye are, whether football was better in the 70s/80s or the 90s/00s, whether Phil Jones really is better than Virgil Van Dijk and which of your two teams will get within 20 points of Man City.

In fairness before yesterday's events this thread was exactly as the title said. Have a look back over the last few weeks

The Talking Bread

Everton

DeanAustin wrote: »

Na there are 18 other teams in the league fed up of ye polluting the General Premier League thread.

We more need a “Irish Manc and Scouser thread” where ye can all argue about how different ye are, whether football was better in the 70s/80s or the 90s/00s, whether Phil Jones really is better than Virgil Van Dijk and which of your two teams will get within 20 points of Man City.

Having a merry Cristmas, Dean?







Anyway have you any topic you want to hit us with?

Or do you just want to arrive to argue about people discussing PL players and clubs and transfer fees on a PL forum?

ERG89

The Talking Bread wrote: »

Having a merry Cristmas, Dean?

Tbf he hasn't wasted it on here arguing about a transfer so has spent it better than a few on here

blueser

RoboKlopp wrote: »

Palace going well. Hopefully they can nick something

Unbeaten in 7 or 8 games, isn't it? A fair proportion of draws in there but, compared to the De Boer period, a marked improvement.

The Talking Bread

Everton

ERG89 wrote: »

Tbf he hasn't wasted it on here arguing about a transfer so has spent it better than a few on here

A few posts on a forum on a work free Thursday afternoon. Yeah, its taken over my Christmas, alright!

What have you been up to!

Shanotheslayer

Liverpool

The Talking Bread wrote: »

What have you been up to!

Nm hun u? X

DeanAustin

Man City

The Talking Bread wrote: »

Having a merry Cristmas, Dean?







Anyway have you any topic you want to hit us with?

Or do you just want to arrive to argue about people discussing PL players and clubs and transfer fees on a PL forum?

Had a fantastic Christmas buddy. Kids happy, wife happy and Spurs collected 6 points. Couldn’t have gone much better.

Reckon Swansea have sealed their fate. Terrible appointment. Clement certainly wasn’t the problem there.

Hoping Palace can do the business tonight. It’s the sort of game Arsenal stumble in and Hodgson is doing a great job so fingers crossed.

As for VVD. No idea how good he is as I don’t watch much of Southampton but even if he’s Franco Baresi reincarnated, I’m not convinced he’ll sufficiently improve Liverpool to shore up their defence in any meaningful way. I’m not sure that personnel is their real problem.

The Talking Bread

Everton

To be honest, I hope Arsenal win!

With the League all but done, at the very least we can hope for is a competitive race for the other 3 CL spots!

blueser

The Talking Bread wrote: »

To be honest, I hope Arsenal win!

With the League all but done, at the very least we can hope for is a competitive race for the other 3 CL spots!

Good point. With utd only drawing, and Chelsea, Liverpool, Spurs and (possibly) Arsenal all winning, the scramble for CL spots could be very interesting.

DeanAustin

Man City

The Talking Bread wrote: »

To be honest, I hope Arsenal win!

With the League all but done, at the very least we can hope for is a competitive race for the other 3 CL spots!

Yeah that’s fair enough if you’re not heavily invested in the race. I still think Spurs are struggling at Wembley compared to WHL and the CL will stretch the squad so I’d rather see Palace give Arsenal a good hammering tonight. I’d like to save the nail biting for the relegation battle instead.

The Talking Bread

Everton

blueser wrote: »

Good point. With utd only drawing, and Chelsea, Liverpool, Spurs and (possibly) Arsenal all winning, the scramble for CL spots could be very interesting.

Easy for you to say 15 points clear!!

I feel guilty and stupid saying it and I am a United fan! Hope it doesn't come back to bite me on the *rse!

blueser

The Talking Bread wrote: »

Easy for you to say 15 points clear!!

I feel guilty and stupid saying it and I am a United fan! Hope it doesn't come back to bite me on the *rse!

Don't be like that. I'm trying not to be too much of an arrogant tw@!

niallo27

Arsenal

Wenger doesn't look well there. He looks old.

pudzey101

Man Utd

niallo27 wrote: »

Wenger doesn't look well there. He looks old.

Beats Ferguson record of 810 PL games in charge , and is 68 . i wouldn't look well managing that team either would you ( and im a arsenal fan) :cool:

Rekop dog

Spurs

I think he's remarkably healthy and sprightly for his age. Thin people just look a bit more withered when they're old compared to someone carrying a bit more weight.

niallo27

Arsenal

Rekop dog wrote: »

I think he's remarkably healthy and sprightly for his age. Thin people just look a bit more withered when they're old compared to someone carrying a bit more weight.

I just thought the images of him at the start of the game he didn't look well at all.

Rayne Wooney

Palace look dangerous

irishman86

Everton

Sanchez gets the ball in a dangerous position aaaannnnndddd its turned over
Same **** different week

Johner

Arsenal playing well now.

Trigger

Liverpool

Johner wrote: »

Arsenal playing well now.

Ozil centre of it all

blueser

Wow. Undeserved, but Palace level. Nice finish by Townsend.

blueser

It's like someone has flicked a switch and turned Palace on. Totally different side now.

5starpool

pudzey101 wrote: »

Beats Ferguson record of 810 PL games in charge , and is 68 . i wouldn't look well managing that team either would you ( and im a arsenal fan) :cool:

Definition of an awful record. Just because Ferguson was in charge for a few years before the PL shouldn't mean that they are disregarded. It was a continuation of the old competition, just with different people officially running it.

Daft.

Trigger

Liverpool

5starpool wrote: »

Definition of an awful record. Just because Ferguson was in charge for a few years before the PL shouldn't mean that they are disregarded. It was a continuation of the old competition, just with different people officially running it.

Daft.

Whaaaaat? You mean there was football before 1992?????

Trigger

Liverpool

That is shocking from the linesman. Ozil about 5 yards onside .. not even close

Nice finish

fullstop

Brilliant strike that

Rekop dog

Spurs

Sanchez always a bit of an enigma. In isolation his goals/Assists per game for Arsenal is fairly top drawer.

fullstop

Great finish again. That *should* be that.

blueser

astradave wrote: »

Whaaaaat? You mean there was football before 1992?????

That's just a myth.

Rekop dog

Spurs

Sanchez since his arrival has played 120 games scored 60 and assisted 25

Hazard who plays in similar wide forward position and has largely been recognized as a top contender for player of the year 2 of last 3 seasons has played 122 scored 39 and assisted 20 in that same time.

Obviously a lot more attributes to consider but on raw figures there's probably not been a better wide attacking player in the league in that time.

Mr.Crinklewood

pudzey101 wrote: »

Beats Ferguson record of 810 PL games in charge , and is 68 . i wouldn't look well managing that team either would you ( and im a arsenal fan) :cool:

...but does he have the "Calendar year" record?

mickmackey1

Wenger v Ferguson


Wins 468 528
Draws 197 168
Losses 145 114
Goals for 1,524 1,627
Goals against 781 703
Points per game 1.98 2.16
Goal difference 743 924
Win percentage 58% 65%
Total points 1,601 1,752

Agent Coulson

Liverpool

Wenger vs Ferguson is it the turn of the century again.

Fromvert

It was only a competitive contest for a handful of the years they competed against each other. If it was a race Ferguson lappped him multiple times.

mickmackey1

Fromvert wrote: »

It was only a competitive contest for a handful of the years they competed against each other. If it was a race Ferguson lappped him multiple times.

Spent wagons more money though.

KaiserGunner

Crystal Palace

Fromvert wrote: »

It was only a competitive contest for a handful of the years they competed against each other. If it was a race Ferguson lappped him multiple times.

In fairness to Wenger in his first 7 full seasons in charge at Arsenal he won 3 premier leagues and Ferguson won 4. Obviously with Abrahamovic and Mourinho coming in, along with the new stadium (Emirates) it changed the whole landscape. From 2013 on Wenger has had no excuse though and is living off his first 7 years in charge.

Morrison J

pjohnson wrote: »

Fairly daft appointment. Britton made clear he didn't want the gig so they musta been desperate to have someone before the transfer window opens!

What's daft about it? Did a very good job overachieving at Sheff Wed with a bang average squad.

Who'd you have hired before him?

irishman86

Everton

Morrison J wrote: »

What's daft about it? Did a very good job overachieving at Sheff Wed with a bang average squad.

Who'd you have hired before him?

One of the English jobbers :pac:

Loafing Oaf

Morrison J wrote: »

What's daft about it? Did a very good job overachieving at Sheff Wed with a bang average squad.

Who'd you have hired before him?

Well if it's premiership survival before everything else, surely you have to go for Pulis?

Iused2likebusts

Liverpool

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Well if it's premiership survival before everything else, surely you have to go for Pulis?

They don't have the players for Pulisball.

pjohnson

I guess being 15th in the Championship and sacked is a good trait on the CV. Once your aren't English.

Harry Palmr

Sanchez bust up with Arsenal team-mates after Burnley game

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/dec/29/alexis-sanchez-frustration-dressing-room-bust-up

I hear something was made of the lack of feel good goal celebrations during the Palace game today.

Harry Palmr

Sanchez bust up with Arsenal team-mates after Burnley game

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/dec/29/alexis-sanchez-frustration-dressing-room-bust-up

I hear something was made of the lack of feel good goal celebrations during the Palace game today.

Rumple Stillson

Think Carragher nails it with this article. Destroys Mourinho in the process.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/12/29/jose-mourinho-sounds-like-broken-record-pep-guardiola-man/