Premier League 2015/16 Stuff it in here.

[ARM1968]

Stoke will be ok but Villa will struggle whilst managed by Mr. Flappy Bird.

[Master Fox]

I really hope other clubs keep appointing rubbish managers, it only helps with our progression. I do worry one of these Premier League clubs down the bottom might appoint Nige and then he'll come back and destroy us by stealing all are back room staff / Shakey / Walsh. I just wish Nigel would disappear forever. 

[davieG]

 

Arsenal
Average age of squad: 27 years, 1 month

Oldest player: Tomas Rosicky (34 years, 11 months)

Youngest player: Hector Bellerin (20 years, 6 months)

Players 21 and under: 3 (Matt Macey, Calum Chambers, Bellerin)

Foreign players: 18/25 (72%)

Squad’s total career Premier League appearances: 2724 (Petr Cech, 338)

 

Aston Villa
Average age of squad: 26 years, 6 months

Oldest player: Joe Cole (33 years, 10 months)

Youngest player: Adama Traore (19 years, 7 months)

Players 21 and under: 3 (Jordan Amavi, Jack Grealish, Traore)

Foreign players: 16/27 (59.2%)

Squad’s total career Premier League appearances: 2416 (Joe Cole, 367)

 

Bournemouth
Average age of squad: 27 years, 3 months

Oldest player: Sylvain Distin (37 years, 9 months)

Youngest player: Ryan Allsop (23 years, 2 months)

Players 21 and under: Zero

Foreign players: 7/25 (25%)

Squad’s total career Premier League appearances: 780 (Sylvain Distin, 457)

 

Chelsea
Average age of squad: 26 years, 1 month

Oldest player: John Terry (34 years, 9 months)

Youngest player: Kenedy (19 years, 7 months)

Players 21 and under: 6 (Jamal Blackman, Baba Rahman, Kurt Zouma, Bertrand Traore, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Kenedy)

Foreign players: 20/24 (83.3%)

Squad’s total career Premier League appearances: 2334 (John Terry, 463)

 

Crystal Palace
Average age of squad: 28 years, 1 month

Oldest player: Julian Speroni (36 years, 3 months)

Oldest outfield player: Brede Hangeland (34 years, 2 months)

Youngest player: Patrick Bamford (22 years, 1 month)

Players 21 and under: Zero+

Foreign players: 10/25 (40%)

Squad’s total career Premier League appearances: 1846 (Brede Hangeland, 232)

 

Everton
Average age of squad: 27 years, 2 months

Oldest player: Tim Howard (36 years, 6 months)

Oldest outfield player: Tony Hibbert (34 years, 6 months)

Youngest player: Brendan Galloway (19 years, 5 months)

Players 21 and under: 5 (Ross Barkley, Gerard Deulofeu, Tyias Browning, John Stones, Galloway)

Foreign players: 10/28 (35.7%)

Squad’s total career Premier League appearances: 3769 (Gareth Barry, 567)

 

Leicester
Average age of squad: 28 years, 7 months

Oldest player: Mark Schwarzer (42 years, 11 months)

Oldest outfield player: Marcin Wasilewski (35 years, 3 months)

Youngest player: Jeffrey Schlupp (22 years, 8 months)

Players 21 and under: Zero

Foreign players: 15/23 (65.2%)

Squad’s total career Premier League appearances: 1538 (Mark Schwarzer, 514)

 

Liverpool
Average age of squad: 25 years, 1 month

Oldest player: Kolo Toure (34 years, 5 months)

Youngest player: Joe Gomez (18 years, 3 months)

Players 21 and under: 5 (Emre Can, Divock Origi, Jordon Ibe, Jordan Rossiter, Gomez)

Foreign players: 15/26 (57.6%)

Squad’s total career Premier League appearances: 2601 (James Milner, 388)

 

Manchester City
Average age of squad: 28 years, 5 months

Oldest player: Richard Wright (37 years, 10 months)

Oldest outfield player: Martin Demichelis (34 years, 8 months)

Youngest player: Patrick Roberts (18 years, 7 months)

Players 21 and under: 3 (Raheem Sterling, Kelechi Iheanacho, Roberts)

Foreign players: 20/25 (80%)

Squad’s total career Premier League appearances: 2601 (Gael Clichy, 282)

 

Manchester United
Average age of squad: 25 years, 4 months

Oldest player: Michael Carrick (34 years, 1 month)

Youngest player: Andreas Pereira (19 years, 8 months)

Players 21 and under: 6 (Memphis Depay, Paddy McNair, Luke Shaw, James Wilson, Anthony Martial, Pereira)

Foreign players: 16/26 (61.5%)

Squad’s total career Premier League appearances: 2319 (Michael Carrick, 433)

 

Newcastle
Average age of squad: 25 years, 8 months

Oldest player: Fabricio Coloccini (33 years, 7 months)

Youngest player: Rolando Aarons (19 years, 9 months)

Players 21 and under: 5 (Gael Bigirimana, Jamaal Lascelles, Chancel Mbemba, Aleksandar Mitrovic, Aarons)

Foreign players: 19/28 (67.8%)

Squad’s total career Premier League appearances: 1501 (Fabricio Coloccini, 189)

 

Norwich
Average age of squad: 27 years, 2 months

Oldest player: Wes Hoolahan (33 years, 3 months)

Youngest player: Harry Toffolo (20 years, 1 month)

Players 21 and under: 3 (Nathan Redmond, Josh Murphy, Toffolo)

Foreign players: 7/26 (26.9%)

Squad’s total career Premier League appearances: 1656 (Matt Jarvis/Gary O’Neil, 187)

 

Southampton
Average age of squad: 26 years, 1 month

Oldest player: Kelvin Davis (38 years, 11 months)

Oldest outfield player: Jose Fonte (31 years, 8 months)

Youngest player: Matt Targett (19 years, 11 months)

Players 21 and under: 3 (James Ward-Prowse, Harrison Reed, Targett)

Foreign players: 16/27 (59.2%)

Squad’s total career Premier League appearances: 1336 (Steven Davis, 214)

 

Stoke
Average age of squad: 27 years, 5 months

Oldest player: Shay Given (39 years, 4 months)

Oldest outfield player: Peter Crouch (34 years, 7 months)

Youngest player: Ollie Shenton (17 years, 10 months)

Players 21 and under: 3 (Daniel Bachmann, Moha El Ouriachi, Shenton)

Foreign players: 15/28 (53.5%)

Squad’s total career Premier League appearances: 3258 (Shay Given, 443)

 

Sunderland
Average age of squad: 27 years, 6 months

Oldest player: Wes Brown (35 years, 11 months)

Youngest player: Duncan Watmore (21 years, 6 months)

Players 21 and under: 1 (Watmore)

Foreign players: 12/25 (48%)

Squad’s total career Premier League appearances: 2907 (John O’Shea, 392)

 

Swansea
Average age of squad: 27 years, 2 months

Oldest player: Gerhard Tremmel (36 years, 9 months)

Oldest outfield player: Leon Britton (32 years, 11 months)

Youngest player: Matt Grimes (20 years, 2 months)

Players 21 and under: 1 (Grimes)

Foreign players: 16/26 (61.5%)

Squad’s total career Premier League appearances: 1535 (Wayne Routledge, 231)

 

Tottenham
Average age of squad: 24 years, 6 months

Oldest player: Michel Vorm (31 years, 10 months)

Oldest outfield player: Federico Fazio (28 years, 6 months)

Youngest player: Dele Alli (19 years, 5 months)

Players 21 and under: 3 (Eric Dier, Nabil Bentaleb, Alli)

Foreign players: 13/24 (54.1%)

Squad’s total career Premier League appearances: 1239 (Moussa Dembele, 150)

 

Watford
Average age of squad: 27 years, 3 months

Oldest player: Heurelho Gomes (34 years, 7 months)

Oldest outfield player: Lloyd Dyer (33 years, 1 month)

Youngest player: Obbi Oulare (19 years, 8 months)

Players 21 and under: 3 (Tom Hoban, Nathan Ake, Oulare)

Foreign players: 20/27 (74%)

Squad’s total career Premier League appearances: 443 (Heurelho Gomes, 102)

 

West Brom
Average age of squad: 28 years, 3 months

Oldest player: Gareth McAuley (35 years, 9 months)

Youngest player: Serge Gnabry (20 years, 2 months)

Players 21 and under: 2 (Jack Rose, Gnabry)

Foreign players: 9/24 (37.5%)

Squad’s total career Premier League appearances: 2443 (James Morrison, 258)

 

West Ham
Average age of squad: 26 years, 2 months

Oldest player: James Collins (32 years, 1 month)

Youngest player: Reece Oxford (16 years, 9 months)

Players 21 and under: 2 (Stephen Hendrie, Oxford)

Foreign players: 16/27 (59.2%)

Squad’s total career Premier League appearances: 1729 (Mark Noble, 228)

[The Blur]

Shrewd move making payet my fantasy football captain tonight as he's the only player I have involved.

 

 

Good tactic that, I haven't thought of that before!

[ScouseFox]

at us having the oldest squad. wonder what the average age of our first few starting elevens was.

 

kasper 28

 

rdl 26

wes 31

huth 31

jeff 22

 

riyad 24

drinky 25

king 26

albrighton 25

 

vardy 28

shinji 28 

 

 

schwarzer fu cks our average haha.  

[Dan]

To be fair, the atmosphere at West Ham really is good.

As for Newcastle..The wally doesn't seem to be turning it around just yet does he. He should do..They have a far better squad than this time last year.

 

It really isn't. I couldn't believe how silent they were last year. Better this year though in fairness to them.

[EnglishOxide]

If McClaren can't get Newcastle going I can see Nige taking over there.

[Steven]

If McClaren can't get Newcastle going I can see Nige taking over there.

 

Nige has been sacked once from there. He would never go back to where he was sacked before ......; oh wait.

[STUHILL]

If McClaren can't get Newcastle going I can see Nige taking over there.

 

Don't think Nige's next job will be a Prem one. Championship or somewhere abroad most likley I reckon

[Fox in the North]

Have you seen Jose's response to a reporter's question? If that was Pearson last year...

[Jimothy]

at us having the oldest squad. wonder what the average age of our first few starting elevens was.

kasper 28

rdl 26

wes 31

huth 31

jeff 22

riyad 24

drinky 25

king 26

albrighton 25

vardy 28

shinji 28

schwarzer fu cks our average haha.

Reckon we'd be about 27.5 without Schwarzer in the squad.

[Soar Fox]

Have you seen Jose's response to a reporter's question? If that was Pearson last year...

They would be slating Pearson.

But to be honest Mourinho was right with what he was saying to the reporter.

[KFS]

Those Watford stats....

[Guest Col city fan]

Can't agree with those saying the Boleyn isn't generally a good atmos.

One of the better ones in the Prem I've been to.

[Riot Van]

When did you last go?

[Guest Col city fan]

When did you last go?

Went a few times last season (not v City). Mate lives in Shoreditch and gets us tickets.

I've been to most Prem league grounds over the past few years and West Ham definitely one of the best for atmos IMO.

[Captain...]

Went a few times last season (not v City). Mate lives in Shoreditch and gets us tickets.

I've been to most Prem league grounds over the past few years and West Ham definitely one of the best for atmos IMO.

Probably makes a huge difference if you're sitting with the home fans, in the away end you just can't hear anything from the home support.

[Captain...]

Reckon we'd be about 27.5 without Schwarzer in the squad.

27 years and 11 months without Schwarzer

I'm not sure how they count the under 21 players, I'm guessing they are using the match day squad plus any u-21 that have played, but surely that would include Dodoo and he would be our youngest player instead of Jeff.

[Jimothy]

27 years and 11 months without Schwarzer

I'm not sure how the count the under 21 players, I'm guessing they are using the match day squad plus any u-21 that have played, but surely that would include Dodoo and he would be our youngest player instead.

Good point about Dodoo. Maddison has made a squad too. That would bring our average down a bit.

[Captain...]

In fact those figures look wrong to me, I'm pretty sure our squad was 24 players, including Hamer with a call back option.

You look at some of the bigger clubs under 21 players and it includes players that have never played for the club, Matt Macey, Baba Rahman.

We've had Dodoo play and Madison on the bench but apparently we have no u21 players. Neither do Bournemouth, I know it is a old folks town, but do they really have no U21s or is it just lazy research.

[Finn Claw II]

We have Chilwell, Barmby, Dodoo and Lawrence all close to the first team squad. We also have Hamer as a backup keeper. CB is my only real concern in terms of aging squad.

[ScouseFox]

we've got a core of our squad at the perfect age (22-28) with experience at the back and the occasional flash of brilliance from a youngster. great position to be in, instead of relying on some 19 year old to be the best player in the world or hoping some 36 year old is fit enough to play every game cost we'd be fvcked without him.

[Wycombe Fox]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34249318

 

Love the league table lower down

[conLAD logan]

I was thinking after the dross shown by the English teams in the champions league last night, how brilliant would it be if someone was to disrupt the usual top 4 and a team not usually in the champions league finished in the top 4? In the spainish, German and Italian leagues it seems to change every year. How brilliant would it be if teams like palace, Swansea and Southampton did what we probably would all think is impossible? Id like to think they show a lot more passion, of course the dream is to eventually build Leicester enough that we get there to, but let's not rush things as we could easily crash and burn.

The only teams from England I've liked watching in the champions league in recent years are arsenal and Tottenham, as they were by far the most daring and entertaining, they went out to play and weren't held back by this tactical b*llsh*t that is popular in today's game.

[davieG]

Heroes and Villains: Mahrez and Ozil among stars

Date published: Tuesday 15th September 2015 2:24

Mesut Ozil: Arsenal's chief creator in win over Stoke

 

Riyad Mahrez and Mesut Ozil were among the statistical stars of the weekend, with Salomon Rondon and Harry Kane among the strugglers.

Manchester City maintained their 100% record in the Premier League with a 1-0 win at Crystal Palace on Saturday, while West Ham beat Newcastle 2-0 at Upton Park on Monday evening to extend their lead in the TEAMtalk Power Rankings.

Manchester United beat Liverpool 3-1 in the big North-West derby at Old Trafford, while Everton inflicted more misery on Chelsea in a 3-1 win at Goodison Park, and Leicester City came from two goals down to beat Aston Villa 3-2 in a thriller at the King Power Stadium on Sunday.

Here, WhoScored.com look at the players that played the biggest roles for their teams over the weekend – and those that were more of a hindrance than a help…

Highest-rated players
Steven Naismith (Everton) – 10
Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) – 9.99
Dimitri Payet (West Ham) – 9.84
Santi Cazorla (Arsenal) – 9.48
Wes Hoolahan (Norwich City) – 8.87

Most shots on target
Theo Walcott (Arsenal) – 5
Steven Naismith (Everton) – 3
Daryl Janmaat (Newcastle United) – 3

Most successful dribbles
Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) – 12
Victor Moses (West Ham) – 5
Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) – 5
Santi Cazorla (Arsenal) – 4
Daryl Janmaat (Newcastle United) – 4

Most chances created
Mesut Ozil (Arsenal) – 8
Santi Cazorla (Arsenal) – 7
Dimitri Payet (West Ham) – 7
Steven Davis (Southampton) – 5
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) – 5

Most touches
Simon Francis (Bournemouth) – 111
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Manchester United) – 110
Santi Cazorla (Arsenal) – 109
Jose Fonte (Southampton) – 103
Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal) – 99

Best pass completion (minimum 15 passes)
Kurt Zouma (Chelsea) – 95.5%
John Terry (Chelsea) – 95.2%
Nemanja Matic (Chelsea) – 94.9%
Vurnon Anita (Newcastle United) – 94.9%
Ashley Williams (Swansea City) – 94.7%

Most aerials won
Christian Benteke (Liverpool) – 8
Micah Richards (Aston Villa) – 6
Younes Kaboul (Sunderland) – 6
Ola Toivonen (Sunderland) – 6
Salomon Rondon (West Brom) – 6
Victor Wanyama (Southampton) – 6

Most tackles and interceptions (combined)
Jordan Amavi (Aston Villa) – 13
Nemanja Matic (Chelsea) – 12
Eric Dier (Tottenham) – 10
Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal) – 9
Ritchie De Laet (Leicester City) – 9
Cheikhou Kouyate (West Ham) – 9
Francis Coquelin (Arsenal) – 9
Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) – 9
Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) – 9

Most defensive clearances
Phil Jagielka (Everton) – 13
Micah Richards (Aston Villa) – 11
Ashley Williams (Swansea City) – 10
Brede Hangeland (Crystal Palace) – 9
Chancel Mbemba (Newcastle United) – 9

Worst pass completion (excluding goalkeepers)
Salomon Rondon (West Brom) – 50%
Rickie Lambert (West Brom) – 56%
Younes Kaboul (Sunderland) – 56.3%
Craig Dawson (West Brom) – 37%
Cameron Jerome (Norwich City) – 59.1%
Jermain Lens (Sunderland) – 59.1%

Most unsuccessful touches
Salomon Rondon (West Brom) – 10
Harry Kane (Tottenham) – 8
Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) – 7
Diafra Sakho (West Ham) – 6
Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United) – 5
Joshua King (Bournemouth) – 5
Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) – 5
Callum Wilson (Bournemouth – 5

Most times dispossessed
Harry Kane (Tottenham) – 7
Diafra Sakho (West Ham) – 6
Memphis Depay (Manchester United) – 6
Wes Hoolahan (Norwich City) – 4
Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United) – 4
Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) – 4
Jeremain Lens (Sunderland) – 4
Nacer Chadli (Tottenham) – 4
Christian Benteke (Liverpool) – 4
Romelu Lukaku (Everton) – 4
Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) – 4

All statistics courtesy of WhoScored.com, where you can find more stats, including live in-game data and unique player and team ratings. You can follow all the scores, statistics, live player and team ratings with their new free-to-download app.