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Premier League 2015/16 Stuff it in here.

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Feel for Mings - from what I recall, didn't he just fall very awkwardly at first without contact from a Leicester player, then twisted his knee in the process?

 

Oh my, bad luck is only the surname.

Posted

Feel for Mings - from what I recall, didn't he just fall very awkwardly at first without contact from a Leicester player, then twisted his knee in the process?

 

Oh my, bad luck is only the surname.

 

Collided with Drinkwater in a 50/50 didn't he?

Posted

To be fair anyone pinning their hopes of survival on Tyrone Mings is fvcked anyway.

 

haha deffo this. they could've had twelve tyrone mings fit for every game they'd still have finished bottom 

Posted

 

oh fvck that's nasty. 

 

Wasn't it his debut too?

 

Reminds me of Snodgrass at Hull last season.

 

Nah. He mentioned something on Twitter that it was his 2nd appearance. Cos for his 2nd appearance at Ipswich he also suffered a really bad injury.

Posted

Collided with Drinkwater in a 50/50 didn't he?

Sort of, but then he fell rather awkwardly - I don't think Drinkwater was in any way an active part of the process. A regular tussle for the ball with a tragic outcome for one of the player involved.

Posted

Sort of, but then he fell rather awkwardly - I don't think Drinkwater was in any way an active part of the process. A regular tussle for the ball with a tragic outcome for one of the player involved.

Mings' injury had nothing to do with how he fell. Drinkwater's follow through jarred his standing leg. 

 

And you blast me in another thread about if I even support this club when it seems like you haven't even seen the highlights lol  :nigel:

Posted

Very bad injury, but his signing cannot be described as anything but a complete waste of money.

Posted

oh fvck that's nasty.

Nah. He mentioned something on Twitter that it was his 2nd appearance. Cos for his 2nd appearance at Ipswich he also suffered a really bad injury.

He played in the cup in the week but It was his prem debut

Posted

I don't like to see any players injured as it is their careers that are at risk (even though the clubs and players are both insured against serious injury).

But I am pleased Bournemouth are now seriously weakened. It's one team we shouldnt have to worry about.

Posted

Teams were allowed to name a maximum of 25 players over the age of 21, although not all teams have filled their lists completely.


Players under 21 are all eligible to play and do not need to be listed.


AFC Bournemouth


Ryan Allsop, Harry Arter, Joe Bennett, Artur Boruc, Steve Cook, Charlie Daniels, Sylvain Distin, Tommy Elphick, Adam Federici, Simon Francis, Dan Gosling, Yann Kermorgant, Joshua King, Shaun MacDonald, Glenn Murray, Eunan O'Kane, Marc Pugh, Tokelo Rantie, Matt Ritchie, Adam Smith, Junior Stanislas, Andrew Surman, Lee Tomlin, Christian Atsu, Callum Wilson.


Arsenal


Gabriel Paulista, Mikel Arteta, Joel Campbell, Santi Cazorla, Petr Cech, Francis Coquelin, Mathieu Debuchy, Mathieu Flamini, Kieran Gibbs, Olivier Giroud, Laurent Koscielny, Per Mertesacker, Nacho Monreal, David Ospina, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Mesut Ozil, Aaron Ramsey, Tomas Rosicky, Alexis Sanchez, Theo Walcott, Daniel Welbeck, Jack Wilshere.


Aston Villa


Gabriel Agbonlahor, Jordan Ayew, Leandro Bacuna, Mark Bunn, Ciaran Clark, Jose Angel Crespo, Gary Gardner, Rudy Gestede, Carles Gil, Idrissa Gueye, Brad Guzan, Alan Hutton, Tiago Ilori, Libor Kozak, Joleon Lescott, Charles N'Zogbia, Jores Okore, Micah Richards, Kieran Richardson, Carlos Sanchez, Scott Sinclair, Jed Steer, Jordan Veretout, Ashley Westwood.


Chelsea


Cesar Azpilicueta, Asmir Begovic, Jamal Blackman, Willian Borges de Silva, Gary Cahill, Thibaut Courtois, Diego Costa, Papy Djilobodji, Oscar, Cesc Fabregas, Radamel Falcao, Eden Hazard, Branislav Ivanovic, Nemanja Matic, John Obi Mikel, Loic Remy, Pedro Rodriguez, Ramires, John Terry.


Crystal Palace


Patrick Bamford, Yannick Bolasie, Yohan Cabaye, Fraizer Campbell, Marouane Chamakh, Scott Dann, Damien Delaney, Dwight Gayle, Brede Hangeland, Wayne Hennessey, Mile Jedinak, Martin Kelly, Joe Ledley, Chung-Yong Lee, Adrian Mariappa, James McArthur, Alex McCarthy, Jordon Mutch, Jason Puncheon, Bakary Sako, Pape Souare, Julian Speroni, Joel Ward, Connor Wickham, Wilfried Zaha.


Everton


Leighton Baines, Ross Barkley, Gareth Barry, Muhamed Besic, Tom Cleverley, Seamus Coleman, Ramiro Funes Mori, Darron Gibson, Tony Hibbert, Tim Howard, Phil Jagielka, Arouna Kone, Aaron Lennon, Romelu Lukaku, Conor McAleny, James McCarthy, Aiden McGeady, Kevin Mirallas, Steven Naismith, Leon Osman, Bryan Oviedo, Steven Pienaar, Joel Robles, Leandro Rodriguez.


Leicester City


Marc Albrighton, Yohan Benalouane, Ritchie De Laet, Danny Drinkwater, Nathan Dyer, Christian Fuchs, Ben Hamer, Dean Hammond, Robert Huth, Gokhan Inler, Matthew James, Ngolo Kante, Andy King, Andrej Kramaric, Riyad Mahrez, Wes Morgan, Shinji Okazaki, Jeffrey Schlupp, Kasper Schmeichel, Danny Simpson, Leonardo Ulloa, Jamie Vardy, Marcin Wasilewski.


Liverpool


Joe Allen, Roberto Firmino, Christian Benteke, Adam Bogdan, Nathaniel Clyne, Philippe Coutinho, Jonjo Flanagan, Jordan Henderson, Danny Ings, Dejan Lovren, Simon Mignolet, James Milner, Alberto Moreno, Lucas Leiva, Mamadou Sakho, Jose Enrique, Martin Skrtel, Daniel Sturridge, Joao Teixeira, Kolo Toure.


Manchester City


Sergio Aguero, Wilfried Bony, Willy Caballero, Gael Clichy, Kevin De Bruyne, Fabian Delph, Martin Demichelis, Joe Hart, David Silva, Aleksandar Kolarov, Vincent Kompany, Fernando, Eliaquim Mangala, Samir Nasri, Jesus Navas, Nicolas Otamendi, Fernandinho, Bacary Sagna, Yaya Toure, Richard Wright, Pablo Zabaleta.


Manchester United


Daley Blind, Michael Carrick, Matteo Darmian, David de Gea, Marouane Fellaini, Ander Herrera, Sam Johnstone, Phil Jones, Will Keane, Jesse Lingard, Juan Mata, Marcos Rojo, Sergio Romero, Wayne Rooney, Morgan Schniederlin, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Chris Smalling, Victor Valdes, Antonio Valencia, Guillermo Varela, Ashley Young.


Newcastle United


Vurnon Anita, Gael Bigirimana, Papiss Cisse, Jack Colback, Fabricio Coloccini, Karl Darlow, Siem de Jong, Paul Dummett, Rob Elliot, Curtis Good, Yoan Gouffran, Ayoze Perez, Massadio Haidara, Daryl Janmaat, Tim Krul, Jamaal Lascelles, Sylvain Marveaux, Gabriel Obertan, Emmanuel Riviere, Moussa Sissoko, Steven Taylor, Florian Thauvin, Cheick Tiote, Georginio Wijnaldum, Mike Williamson.


Norwich City


Sebastian Bassong, Elliott Bennett, Ryan Bennett, Robbie Brady, Graham Dorrans, Lewis Grabban, Wes Hoolahan, Gary Hooper, Jonny Howson, Matt Jarvis, Jake Kean, Kyle Lafferty, Russell Martin, Dieudonne Mbokani, Youssouf Mulumbu, Gary O'Neil, Vadis Ofoe Odjidja, Martin Olsson, Cameron Jerome, Declan Rudd, John Ruddy, Alex Tettey, Steven Whittaker, Andre Wisdom.


Southampton


Cedric Soares, Ryan Bertrand, Steven Caulker, Jordy Clasie, Kelvin Davis, Steven Davis, Jose Fonte, Fraser Forster, Florin Gardos, Paulo Gazzaniga, Lloyd Isgrove, Juanmi, Shane Long, Sadio Mane, Cuco Martina, Graziano Pelle, Gaston Ramirez, Jay Rodriguez, Maarten Stekelenburg, Dusan Tadic, Virgil van Dijk, Oriol Romeu, Victor Wanyama, Maya Yoshida.


Stoke City


Charlie Adam, Ibrahim Affelay, Marko Arnautovic, Phil Bardsley, Jack Butland, Geoff Cameron, Peter Crouch, Mame Biram Diouf, Shay Given, Jakob Haugaard, Stephen Ireland, Glen Johnson, Bojan Krkic, Joselu, Marc Muniesa, Peter Odemwingie, Erik Pieters, Xherdan Shaqiri, Ryan Shawcross, Steve Sidwell, Marco Van Ginkel, Jon Walters, Glenn Whelan, Marc Wilson, Philipp Wollscheid.


Sunderland


Fabio Borini, Liam Bridcutt, Wes Brown, Will Buckley, Lee Cattermole, Sebastian Coates, Jermain Defoe, Steven Fletcher, Jordi Gomez, Danny Graham, Adam Johnson, Billy Jones, Younes Kaboul, Sebastian Larsson, Jeremain Lens, Yann M'Vila, Vito Mannone, Adam Matthews, John O'Shea, Costel Pantilimon, Jack Rodwell, Ola Toivonen, Patrick van Aanholt, DeAndre Yedlin.


Swansea City


Daniel Alfei, Jordi Amat, Andre Ayew, Modou Barrow, Kyle Bartley, Leon Britton, Jack Cork, Marvin Emnes, Lukasz Fabianski, Federico Fernandez, Bafetimbi Gomis, Ki Sung Yueng, Lee Lucas, Eder, Jefferson Montero, Kyle Naughton, Kristoffer Nordfeldt, Wayne Routledge, Jonjo Shelvey, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Franck Tabanou, Neil Taylor, Ashley Williams, Angel Rangel.


Tottenham


Toby Alderweireld, Tom Carroll, Nacer Chadli, Ben Davies, Moussa Dembele, Christian Eriksen, Federico Fazio, Son Min-Heung, Harry Kane, Erik Lamela, Hugo Lloris, Ryan Mason, Clinton N'Jie, Alex Pritchard, Danny Rose, Andros Townsend, Kieran Trippier, Jan Vertonghen, Michel Vorm, Kyle Walker, Kevin Wimmer.


Watford


Almen Abdi, Ikechi Anya, Giedrius Arlauskis, Valon Behrami, Steven Berghuis, Miguel Britos, Etienne Capoue, Craig Cathcart, Chose Cholevas, Troy Deeney, Alessandro Diamanti, Lloyd Dyer, Rene Gilmartin, Heurelho Gomes, Adlene Guediora, Victor Ibarbo, Odion Ighalo, Jose Manuel Jurado, Allan Nyom, Juan Carlos Paredes, Sebastian Prodl, Connor Smith, Ben Watson.


West Brom


Victor Anichebe, Saido Berahino, Chris Brunt, James Chester, Craig Dawson, Jonny Evans, Darren Fletcher, Ben Foster, Christian Gamboa, Craig Gardner, Rickie Lambert, Anders Lindegaard, Gareth McAuley, James McClean, Callum McManaman, James Morrison, Boaz Myhill, Sebastien Pocognoli, Salomon Rondon, Stephane Sessegnon, Claudio Yacob.


West Ham


Adrian, Morgan Amalfitano, Michail Antonio, Andy Carroll, James Collins, Aaron Cresswell, Doneil Henry, Nikica Jelavic, Carl Jenkinson, Cheikhou Kouyate, Manuel Lanzini, Victor Moses, Mark Noble, Joey O'Brien, Pedro Obiang, Angelo Ogbonna, Dimitri Payet, Darren Randolph, Winston Reid, Diafra Sakho, Alex Song, Raphael Spiegel, Enner Valencia, Mauro Zarate.


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Teams were allowed to name a maximum of 25 players over the age of 21, although not all teams have filled their lists completely.

Players under 21 are all eligible to play and do not need to be listed.

AFC Bournemouth

Ryan Allsop, Harry Arter, Joe Bennett, Artur Boruc, Steve Cook, Charlie Daniels, Sylvain Distin, Tommy Elphick, Adam Federici, Simon Francis, Dan Gosling, Yann Kermorgant, Joshua King, Shaun MacDonald, Glenn Murray, Eunan O'Kane, Marc Pugh, Tokelo Rantie, Matt Ritchie, Adam Smith, Junior Stanislas, Andrew Surman, Lee Tomlin, Christian Atsu, Callum Wilson.

Arsenal

Gabriel Paulista, Mikel Arteta, Joel Campbell, Santi Cazorla, Petr Cech, Francis Coquelin, Mathieu Debuchy, Mathieu Flamini, Kieran Gibbs, Olivier Giroud, Laurent Koscielny, Per Mertesacker, Nacho Monreal, David Ospina, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Mesut Ozil, Aaron Ramsey, Tomas Rosicky, Alexis Sanchez, Theo Walcott, Daniel Welbeck, Jack Wilshere.

Aston Villa

Gabriel Agbonlahor, Jordan Ayew, Leandro Bacuna, Mark Bunn, Ciaran Clark, Jose Angel Crespo, Gary Gardner, Rudy Gestede, Carles Gil, Idrissa Gueye, Brad Guzan, Alan Hutton, Tiago Ilori, Libor Kozak, Joleon Lescott, Charles N'Zogbia, Jores Okore, Micah Richards, Kieran Richardson, Carlos Sanchez, Scott Sinclair, Jed Steer, Jordan Veretout, Ashley Westwood.

Chelsea

Cesar Azpilicueta, Asmir Begovic, Jamal Blackman, Willian Borges de Silva, Gary Cahill, Thibaut Courtois, Diego Costa, Papy Djilobodji, Oscar, Cesc Fabregas, Radamel Falcao, Eden Hazard, Branislav Ivanovic, Nemanja Matic, John Obi Mikel, Loic Remy, Pedro Rodriguez, Ramires, John Terry.

Crystal Palace

Patrick Bamford, Yannick Bolasie, Yohan Cabaye, Fraizer Campbell, Marouane Chamakh, Scott Dann, Damien Delaney, Dwight Gayle, Brede Hangeland, Wayne Hennessey, Mile Jedinak, Martin Kelly, Joe Ledley, Chung-Yong Lee, Adrian Mariappa, James McArthur, Alex McCarthy, Jordon Mutch, Jason Puncheon, Bakary Sako, Pape Souare, Julian Speroni, Joel Ward, Connor Wickham, Wilfried Zaha.

Everton

Leighton Baines, Ross Barkley, Gareth Barry, Muhamed Besic, Tom Cleverley, Seamus Coleman, Ramiro Funes Mori, Darron Gibson, Tony Hibbert, Tim Howard, Phil Jagielka, Arouna Kone, Aaron Lennon, Romelu Lukaku, Conor McAleny, James McCarthy, Aiden McGeady, Kevin Mirallas, Steven Naismith, Leon Osman, Bryan Oviedo, Steven Pienaar, Joel Robles, Leandro Rodriguez.

Leicester City

Marc Albrighton, Yohan Benalouane, Ritchie De Laet, Danny Drinkwater, Nathan Dyer, Christian Fuchs, Ben Hamer, Dean Hammond, Robert Huth, Gokhan Inler, Matthew James, Ngolo Kante, Andy King, Andrej Kramaric, Riyad Mahrez, Wes Morgan, Shinji Okazaki, Jeffrey Schlupp, Kasper Schmeichel, Danny Simpson, Leonardo Ulloa, Jamie Vardy, Marcin Wasilewski.

Liverpool

Joe Allen, Roberto Firmino, Christian Benteke, Adam Bogdan, Nathaniel Clyne, Philippe Coutinho, Jonjo Flanagan, Jordan Henderson, Danny Ings, Dejan Lovren, Simon Mignolet, James Milner, Alberto Moreno, Lucas Leiva, Mamadou Sakho, Jose Enrique, Martin Skrtel, Daniel Sturridge, Joao Teixeira, Kolo Toure.

Manchester City

Sergio Aguero, Wilfried Bony, Willy Caballero, Gael Clichy, Kevin De Bruyne, Fabian Delph, Martin Demichelis, Joe Hart, David Silva, Aleksandar Kolarov, Vincent Kompany, Fernando, Eliaquim Mangala, Samir Nasri, Jesus Navas, Nicolas Otamendi, Fernandinho, Bacary Sagna, Yaya Toure, Richard Wright, Pablo Zabaleta.

Manchester United

Daley Blind, Michael Carrick, Matteo Darmian, David de Gea, Marouane Fellaini, Ander Herrera, Sam Johnstone, Phil Jones, Will Keane, Jesse Lingard, Juan Mata, Marcos Rojo, Sergio Romero, Wayne Rooney, Morgan Schniederlin, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Chris Smalling, Victor Valdes, Antonio Valencia, Guillermo Varela, Ashley Young.

Newcastle United

Vurnon Anita, Gael Bigirimana, Papiss Cisse, Jack Colback, Fabricio Coloccini, Karl Darlow, Siem de Jong, Paul Dummett, Rob Elliot, Curtis Good, Yoan Gouffran, Ayoze Perez, Massadio Haidara, Daryl Janmaat, Tim Krul, Jamaal Lascelles, Sylvain Marveaux, Gabriel Obertan, Emmanuel Riviere, Moussa Sissoko, Steven Taylor, Florian Thauvin, Cheick Tiote, Georginio Wijnaldum, Mike Williamson.

Norwich City

Sebastian Bassong, Elliott Bennett, Ryan Bennett, Robbie Brady, Graham Dorrans, Lewis Grabban, Wes Hoolahan, Gary Hooper, Jonny Howson, Matt Jarvis, Jake Kean, Kyle Lafferty, Russell Martin, Dieudonne Mbokani, Youssouf Mulumbu, Gary O'Neil, Vadis Ofoe Odjidja, Martin Olsson, Cameron Jerome, Declan Rudd, John Ruddy, Alex Tettey, Steven Whittaker, Andre Wisdom.

Southampton

Cedric Soares, Ryan Bertrand, Steven Caulker, Jordy Clasie, Kelvin Davis, Steven Davis, Jose Fonte, Fraser Forster, Florin Gardos, Paulo Gazzaniga, Lloyd Isgrove, Juanmi, Shane Long, Sadio Mane, Cuco Martina, Graziano Pelle, Gaston Ramirez, Jay Rodriguez, Maarten Stekelenburg, Dusan Tadic, Virgil van Dijk, Oriol Romeu, Victor Wanyama, Maya Yoshida.

Stoke City

Charlie Adam, Ibrahim Affelay, Marko Arnautovic, Phil Bardsley, Jack Butland, Geoff Cameron, Peter Crouch, Mame Biram Diouf, Shay Given, Jakob Haugaard, Stephen Ireland, Glen Johnson, Bojan Krkic, Joselu, Marc Muniesa, Peter Odemwingie, Erik Pieters, Xherdan Shaqiri, Ryan Shawcross, Steve Sidwell, Marco Van Ginkel, Jon Walters, Glenn Whelan, Marc Wilson, Philipp Wollscheid.

Sunderland

Fabio Borini, Liam Bridcutt, Wes Brown, Will Buckley, Lee Cattermole, Sebastian Coates, Jermain Defoe, Steven Fletcher, Jordi Gomez, Danny Graham, Adam Johnson, Billy Jones, Younes Kaboul, Sebastian Larsson, Jeremain Lens, Yann M'Vila, Vito Mannone, Adam Matthews, John O'Shea, Costel Pantilimon, Jack Rodwell, Ola Toivonen, Patrick van Aanholt, DeAndre Yedlin.

Swansea City

Daniel Alfei, Jordi Amat, Andre Ayew, Modou Barrow, Kyle Bartley, Leon Britton, Jack Cork, Marvin Emnes, Lukasz Fabianski, Federico Fernandez, Bafetimbi Gomis, Ki Sung Yueng, Lee Lucas, Eder, Jefferson Montero, Kyle Naughton, Kristoffer Nordfeldt, Wayne Routledge, Jonjo Shelvey, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Franck Tabanou, Neil Taylor, Ashley Williams, Angel Rangel.

Tottenham

Toby Alderweireld, Tom Carroll, Nacer Chadli, Ben Davies, Moussa Dembele, Christian Eriksen, Federico Fazio, Son Min-Heung, Harry Kane, Erik Lamela, Hugo Lloris, Ryan Mason, Clinton N'Jie, Alex Pritchard, Danny Rose, Andros Townsend, Kieran Trippier, Jan Vertonghen, Michel Vorm, Kyle Walker, Kevin Wimmer.

Watford

Almen Abdi, Ikechi Anya, Giedrius Arlauskis, Valon Behrami, Steven Berghuis, Miguel Britos, Etienne Capoue, Craig Cathcart, Chose Cholevas, Troy Deeney, Alessandro Diamanti, Lloyd Dyer, Rene Gilmartin, Heurelho Gomes, Adlene Guediora, Victor Ibarbo, Odion Ighalo, Jose Manuel Jurado, Allan Nyom, Juan Carlos Paredes, Sebastian Prodl, Connor Smith, Ben Watson.

West Brom

Victor Anichebe, Saido Berahino, Chris Brunt, James Chester, Craig Dawson, Jonny Evans, Darren Fletcher, Ben Foster, Christian Gamboa, Craig Gardner, Rickie Lambert, Anders Lindegaard, Gareth McAuley, James McClean, Callum McManaman, James Morrison, Boaz Myhill, Sebastien Pocognoli, Salomon Rondon, Stephane Sessegnon, Claudio Yacob.

West Ham

Adrian, Morgan Amalfitano, Michail Antonio, Andy Carroll, James Collins, Aaron Cresswell, Doneil Henry, Nikica Jelavic, Carl Jenkinson, Cheikhou Kouyate, Manuel Lanzini, Victor Moses, Mark Noble, Joey O'Brien, Pedro Obiang, Angelo Ogbonna, Dimitri Payet, Darren Randolph, Winston Reid, Diafra Sakho, Alex Song, Raphael Spiegel, Enner Valencia, Mauro Zarate.

 

 

Cant be right, where is Schwarzer?

Posted

From another source

 

Here is the squad in full:

25 Squad players (*=Home grown)
  • *Albrighton, Marc Kevin
  • Benalouane, Yohan
  • *De Laet, Ritchie Ria Alfons
  • *Drinkwater, Daniel Noel
  • *Dyer, Nathan Antone Jonah
  • Fuchs, Christian
  • *Hamer, Benjamin John
  • *Hammond, Dean John
  • *Huth, Robert
  • Inler, Gokhan
  • *James, Matthew Lee
  • Kante, Ngolo
  • *King, Andrew
  • Kramaric, Andrej
  • Mahrez, Riyad
  • *Morgan, Westley Nathan
  • Okazaki, Shinji
  • *Schlupp, Jeffrey
  • *Schmeichel, Kasper Peter
  • Schwarzer, Mark
  • *Simpson, Daniel Peter
  • Ulloa Fernandez, Jose Leonardo
  • *Vardy, Jamie
  • Wasilewski, Marcin
Posted

Playing dreadful at the minute. Again our board has refused to significantly invest in the squad, which was severely needed with the loss of key players (net spend of 8 million in 3 seasons now). The fans were promised a big summer in terms of "next level " signings which only shaqiri fits that Bill.

Should of lost at Norwich but should of beaten spurs and drawn against Liverpool. We were will the team on top with 9 men against WBA.

After finishing 9 consecutively whilst spending peanuts, it put us in a great position to realy invest and push 6-7th, didn't happen though.

It's going to be a struggle to achieve top 10 again with so many teams improving ( west ham, Swansea palace and yourselves )but when the new players van ginkle and bojan gel who knows.

J think Leicester are playing tremendously ATM and can be seen as serious contenders for top 10

 

Aren't Shakiri, Afellay and Van Ginkel next level signings? All of them are surely an improvement on what you already had such as Walters who wants out. I think you've strengthened well without blowing stupid money but you needed to replace N'Zonzi, that's where someone like Cabaye would have been superb or even Alex Song when he's fit. It does seem odd how certain teams seem less prepared to spend money once they've properly established themselves in the PL, but perhaps it's because there's little in it for the owners if you finish 7th or 11th. The Europa League is a pain for most clubs and unless you're going to get in the top 4 then you're kind of in limbo for teams like Stoke, Everton and a few others.

Posted

Daniels is a good left back anyway so I can't see Mings being a huge loss, he was quality for them last season. I assume it'll be a front four of Atsu Wilson Kerm/King Ritchie for them now. Not a the worst case scenario for them. However if they lose another full back or winger then they will be looking a bit worse off.

Posted

 TBH your own players allowed him to have that with 2 moments of madness (from a game you would have won otherwise)

 

The only mistake he made was not sending off the WBA player for reacting but really no-one at Stoke should have any complaints about those red cards.

 

Just silly behaviour from players who should know better..

Unfortunately, what Match of the Day shows doesn't necessarily represent how the game went. Oliver was well and truly giving everything to West Brom. He and Hughes have history and it's not the first time he's come to Stoke and give some strange decisions. A few minutes before the Afellay red, Dawson shoved him into the advertising boards while OFF the pitch. Completely unnecessary. Instead of ticking off the West Brom player, he bollocked Afellay for having a go at Dawson.

 

He's a very poor referee in my opinion. He's your typical celebrity referee, as per most of his coverage last season. He's still the only referee in the last 3 seasons to give a penalty for holding..... against Stoke, yet weeks later he was allowing it to go on in a different game. He's a career ref. The new 'young' referee come good. Oh how I miss Howard Webb. The level of refereeing is poor right now.

 

No surprise he didn't send off the West Brom player. He gave them everything that day, I was wondering at times how much that brown envelope in his sports bag contained.

 

 

Aren't Shakiri, Afellay and Van Ginkel next level signings? All of them are surely an improvement on what you already had such as Walters who wants out. I think you've strengthened well without blowing stupid money but you needed to replace N'Zonzi, that's where someone like Cabaye would have been superb or even Alex Song when he's fit. It does seem odd how certain teams seem less prepared to spend money once they've properly established themselves in the PL, but perhaps it's because there's little in it for the owners if you finish 7th or 11th. The Europa League is a pain for most clubs and unless you're going to get in the top 4 then you're kind of in limbo for teams like Stoke, Everton and a few others.

Shaqiri is a next level signing for sure. Hmm, Afellay has blown hot and cold for a few seasons now. Seems to have constant injury troubles. Hopefully we can get the best out of him though. Van Ginkel is the one where time will tell.

 

I think Cabaye is too small and lightweight to do N'Zonzi's job. Song would have been good though.

 

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