General Premier League Thread 2018-19

gimli2112

Chelsea

shamrock55 wrote: »

What do you mean by that?

nothing, an attempt at a joke. I should have included a

Baggly

Man Utd

Liamalone wrote:

Good riddance to this thread, hope the next doesn't contain as much bickering

You know it will :pac:

Liamalone

Spurs

Liamalone wrote: »

Good riddance to this thread, hope the next doesn't contain as much bickering

And pigs can fly

Harry Palmr

Man Utd

FFS! This thread is about to be closed with less than three weeks to go.

Baggly

Man Utd

Last?

Pter

Spurs

Pter wrote: »

Last?

No

Baggly

Man Utd

Ah raspberries.

Quazzie

Man Utd

I wonder will the mods make a post so we find out or will we be left wondering when it actually happens?

Baggly

Man Utd

Ill be damned if i dont get Fulham into the last non-mod post in the thread.

gimli2112

Chelsea

So you have to be a mod on the actual forum to close a thread? I guess it's wise not to give you guys unlimited power?

Baggly

Man Utd

Well personally i think i should be given unlimited power, but then i wouldnt want others given it, so i can understand why that isnt common practice.

So who wants to talk about which Fulham players are worth poaching for next year?

gimli2112

Chelsea

that Babel kid looks good wonder where he came from?

I don't know why my words are underlined I can't seem to fix it.

Baggly

Man Utd

'kid'

Thats very generous at this stage.

pjohnson

Man Utd

Pter wrote: »

'kid'

Thats very generous at this stage.

I now picture Gimli as well an older greyer beared dwarf Gimli well in his 70's :pac
Babel must be mid 30's by now?

Baggly

Man Utd

pjohnson wrote: »

I now picture Gimli as well an older greyer beared dwarf Gimli well in his 70's :pac
Babel must be mid 30's by now?

32 IIRC.

Mitro should go too.

Anguissa has been crap but can see a relegation struggler taking a punt he may work out better with a better structure.

Cairney has been better the second half of the season. Id be delighted if he stays, but he fits Burnleys profile, so could see a bid being put in there.

None of the defense has done anything, so im expecting to see all non-loan players stay.

shamrock55

Chelsea

Hudson odoi out for a fair spell I'd say after rupturing his achillies, could miss start of nxt season, good time to get an injury like that though I suppose

citytillidie

I think it is only fair i should book end this thread :pac:

Baggly

Man Utd

Go for it.

Panthro

shamrock55 wrote: »

Hudson odoi out for a fair spell I'd say after rupturing his achillies, could miss start of nxt season, good time to get an injury like that though I suppose

What?

Baggly

Man Utd

As in, not mid season, but over the summer instead?

shamrock55

Chelsea

Panthro wrote: »

What?

Better he got it this time of year, the fact he has all summer to recover

Baggly

Man Utd

Its a tricky one for him though. He was starting to break into the team a little. Going to be a lot harder to do so on the last year of your contract without a decent pre-season behind you.

batistuta9

Might actually be good news for them.
Chelsea will be popping round straight after the opp. to drop the new contract under his nose.

Panthro

Think he'd rather not be injured.
Get a preseason into him, maybe some game time in the nations league.
And be good to go the new season.

Baggly

Man Utd

No real good time to get an injury really. Is it too much to ask that all footballers never get injured ever?

8-10

Man Utd

Pter wrote: »

No real good time to get an injury really. Is it too much to ask that all footballers never get injured ever?

Luis Suarez never missed a single game through injury for Ajax or Liverpool (or Groningen I think)

Dude was a machine before Barcelona. There was that time that he borrowed one of Jordan Henderson's boots as one of his ankles was so swollen that he couldn't fit it into his own so he played with different size boots on either feet

Baggly

Man Utd

8-10 wrote: »

Luis Suarez never missed a single game through injury for Ajax or Liverpool (or Groningen I think)

Dude was a machine before Barcelona. There was that time that he borrowed one of Jordan Henderson's boots as one of his ankles was so swollen that he couldn't fit it into his own so he played with different size boots on either feet

He had, admittedly, some time off for other reasons, though.

LiamoSail

Man Utd

8-10 wrote: »

Luis Suarez never missed a single game through injury for Ajax or Liverpool (or Groningen I think)

That's a remarkable statistic. Even with the usual bans he was still available probably more than most.

Presumably he must have played through injuries/strains that would keep others out. I wonder will that come back to haunt him as he ages

thebaz

Man Utd

martyos121 wrote: »

Burnley will have a fourth consecutive season in the Premier League with that result. Just look through the squad from top to bottom and you realise how good a manager Sean Dyche really is. No luxury players or skilful forwards, just hard workers improved by a great system.

It won’t be hugely impressive to any big clubs, but he’s given them a spell of stability at the top level of English football that they haven’t had in nearly 40 years. Don’t see him ever getting a job at a top club, but not every manager needs to. A good summer in the transfer market and they should be eyeing a good cup run as well as survival next season.

Impressive, but its utter muck to watch - Howe at Bournmeouth plays the game in the right spirit and just as impressive results , would much rather him at my club than the ever moaning Dyche

Iused2likebusts

thebaz wrote: »

Impressive, but its utter muck to watch - Howe at Bournmeouth plays the game in the right spirit and just as impressive results , would much rather him at my club than the ever moaning Dyche

Dyche took over burnley from Howe and turned them from a mid table championship side to an established PL side. He is getting similar results to Howe now despite bournemouth having much bigger resources and pulling power.

Baggly

Man Utd

If Dyche cut out the moaning his whole deal would be a lot more palatable.

ERG89

thebaz wrote:

Impressive, but its utter muck to watch - Howe at Bournmeouth plays the game in the right spirit and just as impressive results , would much rather him at my club than the ever moaning Dyche

Howe spends a fair bit more. Never got European football either.
Both wouldn't be my first choice if you needed to build beyond staying up every year which is good enough at a Burnley or Bournemouth

Baggly

Man Utd

Id rank Howe's approach as being more scalable than Dyche's.

Continuous improvement and marginal gains. Attention to detail etc. Its the same stuff Pep is mad for.

TitianGerm

Man Utd

ERG89 wrote: »

Howe spends a fair bit more. Never got European football either.
Both wouldn't be my first choice if you needed to build beyond staying up every year which is good enough at a Burnley or Bournemouth

I think Howes buys are poor. He's a very good coach though.

ERG89

TitianGerm wrote: »

I think Howes buys are poor. He's a very good coach though.

Thing is bournemouth tail off a fair amount. I don't have the results in front of me but they've been sh*t since around November.

Harry Palmr

Man Utd

David Squires in great form today

https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2019/apr/23/david-squires-on-wayne-hennessey-and-the-nazis?CMP=share_btn_tw

Skylinehead

Quazzie wrote: »

I wonder will the mods make a post so we find out or will we be left wondering when it actually happens?

Bang.

New thread here:https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=109999396