Premier League Thread 2019/20

[surrifox]

19 minutes ago, henrik_62 said:

Yeah for sure, I predict this time next year he'll have already thrown a number of his players under the bus.

hope one of them is Alli although he and Spurs deserve each other 

[goose2010]

Ancelotti will be the 3rd highest paid manager in the world when he signs his 4 year deal with Everton

 

 

[Stadt]

58 minutes ago, goose2010 said:

Ancelotti will be the 3rd highest paid manager in the world when he signs his 4 year deal with Everton

 

 

4 years  

 

Thats gonna be a big pay off in 18 months time, Everton are a bit like the Milan clubs these days (Inter are actually quite good at the moment tbf). Spend loads, probably get in FFP trouble, sack the bloke that’s assembled an expensive squad, rinse and repeat.

 

Recently I’ve really grown to dislike them, them going down would be stupendous 

[Ric Flair]

Everton have the nucleus of a half decent team, he'll do well initially. If they get another centre half and either get a few CM's back or sign another then they're not out the realms of a top 6 charge.

[ealingfox]

Didnt realise he was only 60, had him at least a few years older than that.

[Corky]

5 hours ago, Babylon said:

Could someone please explain to me the attraction of Mikel Arteta as manager, beyond people thinking he's going to be Pep Mk II, just because he happened to have been his assistant. 

 

Just seems like another moronic decision by a big football club, taking gambles they didn't really need to make. 

He's another one in this odd current trend as Matt alluded to the other day about people knowing a club's DNA or whatever it is. And that clearly ignores the point that the current Arsenal caretaker manager spent far longer and was far more successful at that club than Arteta and he's not made a huge difference.

 

I suppose the attraction is the mystery of what he's like- we've nothing to judge it on.

[sylofox]

I know it was the crap cup and livarpool have put out kids but 5-0

[Guest Fktf]

1 hour ago, sylofox said:

I know it was the crap cup and livarpool have put out kids but 5-0

Won't be crap when we win it 👍

[Grebfromgrebland]

Jesus Christ let's get past Everton first!

[Chrysalis]

23 hours ago, Babylon said:

Could someone please explain to me the attraction of Mikel Arteta as manager, beyond people thinking he's going to be Pep Mk II, just because he happened to have been his assistant. 

 

Just seems like another moronic decision by a big football club, taking gambles they didn't really need to make. 

 

He is ex arsenal, and worked under a world class manager, to be fair I think its worth a punt, Jose started as a translator for a world class manager e.g.

 

Also I expect he wouldn't have as much demands for wages and transfer budget as an established name.  Which for the Arsenal board is probably their preference.

Edited 18 December 2019 by Chrysalis

[UniFox21]

Ancelotti going to Everton makes so much sense on his behalf. He becomes 3rd highest paid manager on a 4 year deal. Lets say he lasts 18months, he has a huge pay out and can blame the situation or hierachy if things go badly. 

[Guest SO1]

28 minutes ago, UniFox21 said:

Ancelotti going to Everton makes so much sense on his behalf. He becomes 3rd highest paid manager on a 4 year deal. Lets say he lasts 18months, he has a huge pay out and can blame the situation or hierachy if things go badly. 

Say Everton to me and I just think of another club throwing endless amounts of cash into the woodchipper. And to think I believed money equals knowledge.

[DerbyshireFox]

On 17/12/2019 at 12:46, Babylon said:

We now have Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea managed by three managers whose career highlights include:

 

Not improving Derby

Getting sacked at Cardiff

Never managing a game in their life.

 

Thank christ OGS won something at Molde 

To be fair to Lampard, getting them one game away from the Premier League is an improvement on not getting the playoffs multiple years previously. It just so happens he was improving Chelsea at the same time by developing Mount and Tomori 🤣

[UniFox21]

Levy coming out and commenting on other teams spending compared to their own and saying "it doesn't scare them" is frankly laughable. Spurs spent ~£1billion on their ground, they don't have a leg to stand on for me

[Babylon]

8 hours ago, DerbyshireFox said:

To be fair to Lampard, getting them one game away from the Premier League is an improvement on not getting the playoffs multiple years previously. It just so happens he was improving Chelsea at the same time by developing Mount and Tomori 🤣

Finished 6th the year before and have been in the playoffs 4 out of 6 seasons. Not really an improvement.

[Guest Fktf]

10 hours ago, Grebfromgrebland said:

Jesus Christ let's get past Everton first!

 

[brucey]

 

[The Bear]

That would only happen if they get relegated. 

[Guest Markyblue]

1 hour ago, The Bear said:

That would only happen if they get relegated. 

You mean when.

[st albans fox]

2 hours ago, The Bear said:

That would only happen if they get relegated. 

 No - these are PL rules they are in danger of infringing 

[The Bear]

Then it's a bollocks article. They haven't spent nearly enough to get in any real trouble, the TV money makes sure of that. Unless they're paying their new signings £200k per week each. 

[UniFox21]

3 minutes ago, The Bear said:

Then it's a bollocks article. They haven't spent nearly enough to get in any real trouble, the TV money makes sure of that. Unless they're paying their new signings £200k per week each. 

Villa fans don't seem too worried so I'd assume its probably some guesswork

[StanSP]

Weird club 

 

[Aus Fox]

On 18/12/2019 at 02:29, goose2010 said:

Ancelotti will be the 3rd highest paid manager in the world when he signs his 4 year deal with Everton

 

 

It’s a great appointment for Everton Football Club. I think he’ll do wonders for them next season. They could even win the league, think they’ll be close, but the bigger teams might just nick the top 2 spots, but if everyone performs well at the pointy end of the season, no one in the world would want to go Goodison Park in the 2nd leg of a play off semi final.

[Nalis]

There are teams I would normally like to see doing well like Newcastle, Sunderland and to a lesser extent the likes of Everton but since we were pretty decent at the minute, I hope of the bigger teams / sleeping giants are remain as shi te as possible as long as we're up there.