Premier League 2016/2017 and other Euro League Talk

Post by **Shirley** » Wed Aug 31, 2016 11:32 am

It looks like David Luiz is likely returning to Chelsea. Interesting. Chelsea currently has one healthy defensive sub, so Sideshow Bob could be a big help. Think that means Cahill to the bench? Or Terry?

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Thu Sep 01, 2016 9:56 am

Newcastle deserves automatic promotion for getting £60 million for two players who helped get them relegated last year. That is impressive.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Sep 01, 2016 12:00 pm

degenerasian wrote:Newcastle deserves automatic promotion for getting £60 million for two players who helped get them relegated last year. That is impressive.

And for picking up DeAndre Yedlin.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Sep 01, 2016 1:53 pm

degenerasian wrote:Newcastle deserves automatic promotion for getting £60 million for two players who helped get them relegated last year. That is impressive.

Incredible that Sissoko's strong showing in the Euros brought his value up from 2 million to 30 million. I hope that Pochettino sees something there, but once Dembele comes back, I don't know where the guy can even play.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Sep 02, 2016 9:52 am

Zenit St. Petersburg has been offered €6.8 million to change it's name to Zenit Burger King. That seems like a pretty low offer, but hopefully they accept.

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 8:05 am

This has been a super entertaining match (manu/city).

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 8:43 am

Yeah, my team lost but it doesn't feel like a bad one. Fun game.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 9:31 am

A_B wrote:Yeah, my team lost but it doesn't feel like a bad one. Fun game.

Agreed, although it helps that I only woke up for the second half.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 10:57 am

I didn't get the whole first half myself. But this is a totally different fee from the past couple of seasons.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 12:16 pm

Stoke seems to have cornered the market on slow 30 year olds who can't pass, shoot or defend.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 6:59 pm

Is Bravo sorta shit or did he just play sorta shit in the first?

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 10:02 pm

Celtic put in one of the most abysmal performances imaginable for a team playing in the Champions League.

Barcelona looked like they were playing against 11 pylons.

No Embarrassment in Result says Brendan Rodgers

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Wed Sep 14, 2016 9:31 am

Sadly it isn't Premier League, but Newcastle put 6 past QPR yesterday.

After losing their first two games, Newcastle has now won their next five and are sitting (barely) in second in the Championship. I guess Rafa and the boys are finally taking things seriously.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Sep 14, 2016 9:50 am

Pruitt wrote:Celtic put in one of the most abysmal performances imaginable for a team playing in the Champions League.

Barcelona looked like they were playing against 11 pylons.

No Embarrassment in Result says Brendan Rodgers

Hey!

Celtic missed a penalty when it was 1-0. Could have changed everything

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Sep 14, 2016 10:50 am

degenerasian wrote:
Pruitt wrote:Celtic put in one of the most abysmal performances imaginable for a team playing in the Champions League.

Barcelona looked like they were playing against 11 pylons.

No Embarrassment in Result says Brendan Rodgers

Hey!

Celtic missed a penalty when it was 1-0. Could have changed everything

So the announcers would have said. That was men against boys stuff.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Sep 14, 2016 12:00 pm

Reminds me of a very old story I read as a boy. The Bears beat the Redskins 73-0 in an NFL championship game, sometime around 1940. Apparently, a Redskin receiver dropped a pass in the end zone when it was 7-0. Redskin QB Sammy Baugh was asked if that might have had a big effect on the game result if the guy had have caught his pass. He replied, "Yeah. It would have ended up as 73-7."

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Sep 14, 2016 4:22 pm

Spurs gonna Spurs

cerrano · Post by **cerrano** » Thu Sep 15, 2016 4:52 pm

Steve of phpBB wrote:Sadly it isn't Premier League, but Newcastle put 6 past QPR yesterday.

After losing their first two games, Newcastle has now won their next five and are sitting (barely) in second in the Championship. I guess Rafa and the boys are finally taking things seriously.

different boys, for the most part. boys who have a little thing called "belief". 1 point off the top and 6 on the bounce? i'll take it! (even if i can't fucking see it)

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Sep 15, 2016 5:46 pm

I watched the second half of the Inter Milan/Hapoel Beersheva game and was astounded that the Israeli team basically pushed Inter all over the San Siro. A mind-boggling performance.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Thu Sep 15, 2016 5:49 pm

Pruitt wrote:I watched the second half of the Inter Milan/Hapoel Beersheva game and was astounded that the Israeli team basically pushed Inter all over the San Siro. A mind-boggling performance.

Inter lost on purpose so they wouldn't have to wear those hideous jerseys anymore.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Sep 15, 2016 5:54 pm

That was also crazy! They have one of the classic kits in the game.

I loved when they showed the Beersheva fans going crazy. Barely a minyan!

(Which means 10 adults)

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 9:29 am

I picked a pretty fun team to bandwagon.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 12:17 pm

Says the Yankees fan.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 12:31 pm

#blessed

That French Guy · Post by **That French Guy** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 4:13 pm

mister d wrote:#blessed

If that's a deliberate reference to one of my top5 funniest tv jokes ever from "you re the worst", you get my vote for swamper of the year.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 6:44 pm

Totally don't have any idea what "You're the Worst" is or what the reference may have been!

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 6:54 pm

That French Guy wrote:
mister d wrote:#blessed
...you re the worst"...swamper of the year.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Sun Sep 18, 2016 3:33 pm

That was a very bad win for Spurs - Kane may be out for a while.

But at the end of the day, at least I'm not a Sunderland fan.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Mon Sep 19, 2016 9:56 am

or a united fan...

Mourinho is destined to follow Moyes and Van Gaal out the door if he doesn't drop Rooney, and leaving him out of Europa League is not dropping him. Can he actually do it? I'm skeptical, but by the time he does it may already be too late. I'm sure it's part of why United fans badly wanted Guardiola, because he's ruthless and would drop Rooney without hesitation.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Sep 19, 2016 10:07 am

Rooney is basically Beckham at this point. He doesn't run (well), but is capable of sheer brilliance with a pass or shot. The problem is you could sometimes hide Beckham on the wing, and deal with no defense over there. Rooney has to play behind Ibra, who is also unbelievably slow. It is waaaayyy too early to panic, but something does need to change.

I'm not sure any United fan ever had any misgivings about getting Pep. He's been City bound since he left Barca.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Mon Sep 19, 2016 12:37 pm

something that has really surprised me is how deep Ibra likes to drop. He's the better Rooney, if you pair him with Rashford up front and support them from the wings, things would look pretty good IMO. But Ibra+Rooney simply doesn't work because they're operating in the same areas. I believe van Persie lamented the same in the Moyes season.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Mon Sep 19, 2016 2:34 pm

I know that nobody follows Scottish Football here, but Joe Barton suspended by Rangers for 3 weeks for practice fight.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/so ... /90681930/

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Sep 19, 2016 8:21 pm

wlu_lax6 wrote:I know that nobody follows Scottish Football here, but Joe Barton suspended by Rangers for 3 weeks for practice fight.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/so ... /90681930/

I don;t follow the SPL, but I do follow Joey Barton. The guy is beyond belief.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 8:40 am

Anyone else have a moment of what happened to Oguchi Onyewu when you see a reference to "Gooch" (Lynden Gooch..Sunderland's American midfielder)?

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 10:54 am

wlu_lax6 wrote:Anyone else have a moment of what happened to Oguchi Onyewu when you see a reference to "Gooch" (Lynden Gooch..Sunderland's American midfielder)?

Absolutely. First time I heard the name, I was shocked Onyewu made a comeback.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 3:46 pm

Ex-DC United member Perry Kitchen named captain of Hearts in the SPL.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Sep 23, 2016 10:15 am

el flaco put this on Facebook. Funny. So, this is for those of you who didn't see it there.

howard · Post by **howard** » Sat Sep 24, 2016 8:30 am

just cuz Joey Clams retweeted this, and it always cracks me up

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Sep 24, 2016 2:58 pm

Is Syb OK?

howard · Post by **howard** » Sat Sep 24, 2016 3:00 pm

Did the Gunners blow a 3-nil lead?