Premier League, 2017-2018 Season Thread

[sylofox]

18 hours ago, Aus Fox said:

Calling Tony Pulis... Don't think he will save them though, Swansea look dead and buried.

Dead and buried? Closer to safety than we were in the great escape. They also have more games and a transfer window to boot. No one knows better than us that the impossible is possible.

[Finnegan]

8 minutes ago, Wookie said:

Have you seen him play since he moved from Swansea to Man City? Awful.

 

Sure but it Vardy had gone to Arsenal and flopped because he didn't fit in there, we'd still all say it was Arsenal's fault and want him back. 

[Stadt]

2 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

Sure but it Vardy had gone to Arsenal and flopped because he didn't fit in there, we'd still all say it was Arsenal's fault and want him back. 

Definitely, Vardy offers a lot when not scoring though whereas Bony is terrible, he doesn't move.

[Finnegan]

1 minute ago, Wookie said:

Definitely, Vardy offers a lot when not scoring though whereas Bony is terrible, he doesn't move.

 

But Swansea don't play like we do. 

 

Bottom line is, man scored about a goal every other game for Swansea and was hot property before he went to City and lost his confidence. 

 

I'm just not having that it was a bad signing for them on paper. 

 

The loss of Gylfi, however, was massive. 

[Stadt]

Just now, Finnegan said:

 

But Swansea don't play like we do. 

 

Bottom line is, man scored about a goal every other game for Swansea and was hot property before he went to City and lost his confidence. 

 

I'm just not having that it was a bad signing for them on paper. 

 

The loss of Gylfi, however, was massive. 

We'll have to agree to disagree, it was as much sentimental as anything else. Gylfi was a bigger loss though - from memory he scored or assisted ~50% of their goals last season. Their transfer business has been poor for a few years now though and they're going down because of that rather than Clement.

[lancyclaret]

On 12/16/2017 at 19:04, NotTheMarketLeader said:

Totally crooked again.

 

TWO red card offenses from Kane and Alli, both awarded yellows.

 

The FA surely need to do something about this bullshit after Clattenbergs revelations the other week.

Of course, while Tarkowski has been banned after retrospective action, Kane and Alli will be playing at Turf Moor tomorrow although they both SHOULD be serving bans along with Vertonghen, who was spared a 5th yellow of the season despite giving away a penalty when the last defender.

 

So Burnley are without their second best defender (after Mee) while the Spurs trio can make a difference. Even, the mid-winter weather, which can adversely affect glove-wearing southern softies, will be unusually mild in Burnley tomorrow. Lucky Tottenham.

Edited 22 December 2017 by lancyclaret

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Vertonghen is the worst norris in the league 100%

[HighPeakFox]

17 minutes ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

Vertonghen is the worst norris in the league 100%

Norris? Sorry, not a known term to me.

[HighPeakFox]

Got it now. I suspected something like that and I'm not really surprised. 

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

27 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

Got it now. I suspected something like that and I'm not really surprised. 

Merry Christmas x

[st albans fox]

2 hours ago, lancyclaret said:

Of course, while Tarkowski has been banned after retrospective action, Kane and Alli will be playing at Turf Moor tomorrow although they both SHOULD be serving bans along with Vertonghen, who was spared a 5th yellow of the season despite giving away a penalty when the last defender.

 

So Burnley are without their second best defender (after Mee) while the Spurs trio can make a difference. Even, the mid-winter weather, which can adversely affect glove-wearing southern softies, will be unusually mild in Burnley tomorrow. Lucky Tottenham.

Tarkowski’s offence wasn’t a tackle though 

 

the others are able to be misinterpreted in the course of the match (which of course pawson did) 

 

what makes players think this isn’t going to lead to a three game ban ??  Just brainless. Huth was often guilty of this kind of thing and amazingly kept getting away with it until the fellaini incident 

[AdamLcfc81]

Man City now 5.30 kick off on the Saturday 

 

stoke at home 12.30 on the Saturday too

[the fox]

want arsenal to win this

[Koke]

Ainsley Maitland-Niles sounds more like a black Tory MP than Premier League footballer. 

[the fox]

henderson injured!

[the fox]

Maitland-Niles looks very good.

[Jimothy]

Why does Xhaka slams the brakes on when chasing Coutinho for that goal? If he carrys on running he might unsettle Coutinho but he stops suddenly and just watches him head it in the net.

[KingsX]

I take it the neon-orange hue of Liverpool's third kit doesn't scream "prison jumpsuit" in the UK like it does here.

[CollinsLCFC]

Imagine if Salah tucked away half the clear chances he gets. He'd be on 30+ goals this season.

[isaidno]

Arsenal very poor in the final third. Liverpool should be out of sight. 

[Guest]

I didn't see the first part of the first half but from what I've seen there are 2 teams running around like crazy and pasing the ball to the opposition a lot.

 

We can do that.

 

I understand why these two are not top 3 and really should be in our sites.

[kingfox]

Should definitely be two, maybe even three, Arsenal's defence and passing has been trash.

 

Liverpool are a joy to watch when going forward, Lovren and Klavan have done really well at the back as well tbf.

[Nod.E]

Does Milner still take Liverpool's penalties? Thinking of betting on him next goalscorer.

[Tuna]

1 hour ago, Koke said:

Ainsley Maitland-Niles sounds more like a black Tory MP than Premier League footballer. 

Or a firm of solicitors backed by Ainsley Harriott.

[RODNEY FERNIO]

Salah .......... jeez some player ... what would he be worth now ?