Premier League Season 2016-17 Stuff it in here.

[Jimothy]

11 minutes ago, Donut said:

Considering neither of them (that i can recall) have had any significant injuries, im finding it hard to work out how Barry is only 32 games behind Giggs, considering Giggs played till he was 40 and Barry is 35?

 

Excellent pro Gareth Barry.

 

If you look at their career stats, Giggs played a lot of 20-25 game seasons from his early 30's onwards. Barry has always played 30 plus games, every season. All those 5, or 10 or even 15 extra matches add up.

[Donut]

West Ham's approach to signing players was......well there wasnt one. They just signed random players everywhere.

 

They were never that good. They got a few big unexpected results that made people sit up last season.

 

People dont talk about them conceding 4 at home to Bournemouth. Or 3 to Swansea. Or 4 vs Spurs.....etc you get the point.

[Donut]

1 minute ago, Facecloth said:

 

If you look at their career stats, Giggs played a lot of 20-25 game seasons from his early 30's onwards. Barry has always played 30 plus games, every season. All those 5, or 10 or even 15 extra matches add up.

Yep this is a fair call thinking about it.

 

Giggs would have been rotated a lot more too considering throughout his career, Man Utd would have been competing on all fronts much more than Villa/Man City/Everton

[ajthefox]

Just had a look, hadn't thought about it but Giggs' first two seasons weren't even in the PL. Christ.

[jammie82uk]

17 minutes ago, Donut said:

Considering neither of them (that i can recall) have had any significant injuries, im finding it hard to work out how Barry is only 32 games behind Giggs, considering Giggs played till he was 40 and Barry is 35?

 

Excellent pro Gareth Barry.

I've just looked it up and was surprised at how few appearances Giggs made each season in 22 seasons he only managed at least 30 appearances in a season 10 times 

[Dan]

I think it's quite good for us that both West Ham & Southampton look to have gone backwards. I think realistically we were going to be fighting with teams like them this season.

 

West Ham's defending was astonishing. 8 goals shipped to Watford & West Brom in a week.

[Aus Fox]

#noranierinoaxewoundhairy

[UPinCarolina]

#NoDrinkyNoPinky

Yep, that's the whole season right there.

[FireFox]

10 hours ago, Foxxed said:

Is it premature to say that Man City are definitely winning the league? I'll settle with second (/staying up).

Like last year, when they won 15/15 points, without even conceding a goal? Though they then went through an injury crisis and didn't have the same depth they do now.

 

So far in the Prem, they won against Sunderland, an awful Stoke, an awful West Ham, a Man United that Jose completely fvcked up for that game, and Bournemouth.

 

They've dazzled, KdB has been amazing, Fernandinho too, and Sterling looks like he has the potential to be worth what they payed. But I'm not convinced.

[AKCJ]

11 hours ago, Fox92 said:

That last Cazorla foul (on Snodgrass) wasn't a booking. Can't be booking players for everything.

 

Arsenal's goals are quality.

Are Arsenal your second team?

[Fox92]

4 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

Are Arsenal your second team?

No? Don't have a second team.

 

But if I think a side/a player look good I'll say it. I'm not totally biased towards Leicester like some people appear to be. Always loved watching Arsenal though, just like I like watching Everton at the minute, Liverpool too.

[Webbo]

#nosimpsonjustalimp'un

[AKCJ]

10 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

No? Don't have a second team.

 

But if I think a side/a player look good I'll say it. I'm not totally biased towards Leicester like some people appear to be. Always loved watching Arsenal though, just like I like watching Everton at the minute, Liverpool too.

Just wondering, you just always seem to be cooing over them.

[Koke]

9 hours ago, Dan LCFC said:

I think it's quite good for us that both West Ham & Southampton look to have gone backwards. I think realistically we were going to be fighting with teams like them this season.

 

West Ham's defending was astonishing. 8 goals shipped to Watford & West Brom in a week.

 

Agree. And Stoke as well.

[jammie82uk]

Interesting team selection from Jose 

 

 

[Fox92]

2 minutes ago, jammie82uk said:

Interesting team selection from Jose 

 

 

What has he changed there from last week? Rashford in that's all isn't it?

[walkerleeds]

GOALS

[jammie82uk]

22 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

What has he changed there from last week? Rashford in that's all isn't it?

To be honest I'm not sure I don't follow them that closely I just thought it was a very attacking team when I seen the lineup and the way the pundits was on about it I assumed it had massively changed 

[Soar Fox]

48 minutes ago, jammie82uk said:

Interesting team selection from Jose 

 

 

Fellaini needs dropping, have Rooney & Carrick as the deep lying midfielders, push Pogba further up behind Zlatan and give him more of a free role. 

[Sharpe's Fox]

After making a fuss about not playing Rooney at CM Mourihno puts him in midfield. Just drop the fat turd and play Mkhitaryan.

[Guest Col city fan]

Said this two weeks ago...what price West Ham to be relegated?

They leak goals like a sieve.

Bilic looks out of ideas to me.

[Jimothy]

Ighalo

[Finnegan]

8 minutes ago, Steve_Walsh5 said:

Fellaini needs dropping, have Rooney & Carrick as the deep lying midfielders, push Pogba further up behind Zlatan and give him more of a free role. 

 

Fellaini as a midfielder > Rooney as a midfielder.

[Finnegan]

Jesus, imagine if we'd spent thirty million on Deeney instead of Slimani.

[Vacamion]

 

For once, the lads on Sunday Supplement had it right this morning.

 

Squeezing Rooney into sides (Man Utd and England) diminishes those sides.

 

And he gets paid 300 large a week.