Premier League Thread 2019/20

[KingsX]

1 hour ago, ajthefox said:

That CL thing is a joke if it goes through.

 

In other minor news, don't expect to see Chelsea extending their stadium any time soon...

 

https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/scrapped-whistle-blown-on-herzog-and-de-meurons-chelsea-stadium/10046964.article?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=LinkedIn#Echobox=1588153180

 

That's one spectacular stadium design.  Too bad it's the Toilet Bowl that actually got built instead.

 

It's hard to figure out Abramovich and CFC.  What's another half a bill when the club already "owes" him ₤1.2B in "loans", and he's back to buying them players? 

[Blanchflower78]

Were nowhere near it yet but would feel very strange watching Newcastle have 70% possession against us, beating us with individual brilliance and feeling pleased it was only 3 they scored....

 

[The Bear]

You should never feel pleased about that sort of outcome. Unless you were a League One club. 

[Pliskin]

2 hours ago, walkerleeds said:

 

Haven't read too much about them but has any specific wrongdoing been proven against the prospective owners? Or is the uproar basically due to their human rights record etc.. 

 

There’s also talk they have a lot to do with illegal streaming of PL games, if that’s 100% true or not but there’s a lot of concerning comments being made about them.

[Staffs Fox]

5 hours ago, Nalis said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52440999

 

Another stupid barrel scrapping article on the best players outside 'the big 6' in premier league history, as if Leeds and Newcastle have been worse than last season's top 6 since the beginning of time. Gary Speed, David Batty and Tim Cahill regularly finished ahead of the likes of Spurs in their careers 

 

 

Ridiculous isn’t it?? Speed, Batty and Vardy have all won league titles (2 in Batty’s case!) for their none ‘top 6’ sides. 

Edited 29 April 2020 by Staffs Fox

[davieG]

Just now, Staffs Fox said:

Ridiculous isn’t it?? Speed, Batty and Vardy have all won league titles (2 in Batty’s case!) for their none ‘top 6’ sides. 

If they are going to keep doing these pointless list they should at least have focused on best players not to have won the PL /Tier 1 League depending on how far they want to go back.

[davieG]

Sky Sports to play recorded crowd chants for fans if behind closed doors are played
Football fans watching games behind closed doors could be given a pre-recorded fan noise of fans by Sky Sports if the Premier League season resumes

ByDan GibbsDeputy Sports News Editor
14:56, 29 APR 2020UPDATED15:06, 29 APR 2020

Sky Sports will reportedly give football fans the option to listen to pre-recorded crowd noise should the season resume behind closed doors.

 

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/sky-sports-play-recorded-crowd-21946901

 

 

[davieG]

Premier League’s most valuable teams ranked in new study as Spurs take top spot
Tottenham top the charts as the most valuable club in a new study - but where do the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool rank?

ByDan GibbsDeputy Sports News Editor
14:23, 29 APR 2020UPDATED14:26, 29 APR 2020

Tottenham have been named the most valuable club in the Premier League as a result of an in depth study.

While Spurs are far from the biggest spenders in England’s top flight, their tightly run club by chairman Daniel Levy is clearly working.

A new study compiled by University of Liverpool Management School football finance expert Kieran Maguire put Spurs ahead of second placed Manchester City and third-placed Manchester United in monetary value.

Despite a lack of trophies, Spurs have gained several yards on competitors thanks to their generally low wage structure and 'highly commercial' stadium with continuous earning potential.

 

Tottenham top their rivals when it comes to being the most valuable club

Maguire explains: “Spurs are top of the valuation table because in 2018-19 they delivered a Champions League final and a top four Premier League finish on a wage budget that was £100-150m lower than the rest of the "Big Six".

“As such they made more profits, and this was reflected in the final valuation number.

“These factors led to a 21 per cent increase in income, to £461m for Spurs in 2018-19, against an unbelievably light 39 per cent player wage cost – the lowest ratio in the Premier League.

“By comparison, top four rivals Leicester City see 84 per cent of their income eaten up by player wages. Tottenham also only spent a net £22m on players – only Watford spent less (£21m) – where Chelsea spent net £290m, Liverpool £223m, Man Utd £135m and Man City £87m.”

Pep Guardiola’s City topped the table back in 2018 with a value of £2.364bn.

Liverpool have risen from sixth in the standings back then to third thanks to their success in the Champions League, rising from a valuation of £1.356bn to £1.627bn in the most recent study.

However, overall Premier League clubs posted a combined loss of £384m across the 2018/19 season and clubs are now set to take a financial hit if the season is cancelled amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Eleven of the clubs in the league rely on broadcast income for at least 75% of their revenue.

“We have seen the share prices of clubs with shares quoted on the stock exchanges, such as Manchester United and Juventus, fall by 20-30 per cent since the start of the year,” Maguire adds.

“This is likely to be greater for smaller clubs who don't have the marketing and reputational might of the well-known brands.”

UEFA has given the Premier League a deadline of May 25 to decide if the season will be scrapped.

[stripeyfox]

6 hours ago, ajthefox said:

That CL thing is a joke if it goes through.

 

In other minor news, don't expect to see Chelsea extending their stadium any time soon...

 

https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/scrapped-whistle-blown-on-herzog-and-de-meurons-chelsea-stadium/10046964.article?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=LinkedIn#Echobox=1588153180

I really liked the Chelsea stadium design. I think there was a separate topic on it somewhere. I think it's been dead for some time now, but a shame to see it officially confirmed

[Fightforever]

5 hours ago, Pliskin said:

Back to the mardy bastards on the Tyne.... reports suggesting they’re willing to pay Potch £19m a year. I’d never wish bad luck on any club but I seriously hope this falls through.... it’s a complete joke if these schemers end up owning a premier league club. 

That's like 400k a week that takeover can't happen

[Nalis]

36 minutes ago, davieG said:

Sky Sports to play recorded crowd chants for fans if behind closed doors are played
Football fans watching games behind closed doors could be given a pre-recorded fan noise of fans by Sky Sports if the Premier League season resumes

ByDan GibbsDeputy Sports News Editor
14:56, 29 APR 2020UPDATED15:06, 29 APR 2020

Sky Sports will reportedly give football fans the option to listen to pre-recorded crowd noise should the season resume behind closed doors.

 

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/sky-sports-play-recorded-crowd-21946901

 

 

If its just an option rather than default then fair enough. 

 

Quest had fake crowd noise for EFL highlights and it was so embarrassing, the sound was about half a second off.

[Corky]

39 minutes ago, Nalis said:

If its just an option rather than default then fair enough. 

 

Quest had fake crowd noise for EFL highlights and it was so embarrassing, the sound was about half a second off.

And completely out of proportion. 300 Crewe fans making the noise of about 4,000 when they scored away from home.

[st albans fox]

4 hours ago, pmcla26 said:

How are Burnley above us?  

Well it’s based on last year and I assume our valuation is negatively  affected by the amount of money we are contracted to pay out to the players 

 

the corresponding report this time next year will have us higher - possibly 7th 

[Finnegan]

18 hours ago, pmcla26 said:

How are Burnley above us?  

 

Because Burnley refuse to spend proper money and keep pretending to be a small club despite raking in all the money that comes from being a premier league club year after year. 

[Fox92]

On 29/04/2020 at 12:32, Nalis said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52440999

 

Another stupid barrel scrapping article on the best players outside 'the big 6' in premier league history, as if Leeds and Newcastle have been worse than last season's top 6 since the beginning of time. Gary Speed, David Batty and Tim Cahill regularly finished ahead of the likes of Spurs in their careers 

 

 

This is what they're debating on MOTD this week. I knew Vardy would be in there, and rightly so. 

[Tielemans63]

Fair play to Marcus Rashford 

 

 

 

Easy to be cynical but there's plenty of footballers doing **** all and picking up massive wages.

[Facecloth]

This MOTD top 10 for players who haven't played for the big 6 doesn't really work. The big 6 is relatively new invention. Gary Speed is in there, but played for Newcastle when they were title challengers. Same with Batty. There'll be Spurs players from the past who miss out because they've joined this new big 6 group in recent years, but played for them when they were a mid table team.

[kyleolly]

6 minutes ago, Facecloth said:

This MOTD top 10 for players who haven't played for the big 6 doesn't really work. The big 6 is relatively new invention. Gary Speed is in there, but played for Newcastle when they were title challengers. Same with Batty. There'll be Spurs players from the past who miss out because they've joined this new big 6 group in recent years, but played for them when they were a mid table team.

Jamie Vardy won it so who cares

[Corky]

9 minutes ago, Facecloth said:

This MOTD top 10 for players who haven't played for the big 6 doesn't really work. The big 6 is relatively new invention. Gary Speed is in there, but played for Newcastle when they were title challengers. Same with Batty. There'll be Spurs players from the past who miss out because they've joined this new big 6 group in recent years, but played for them when they were a mid table team.

Alan Shearer should be on the list and would be top of it.

[don_danbury]

4 minutes ago, Corky said:

Alan Shearer should be on the list and would be top of it.

if you watch them he takes himself away. for obvious reasons. gary gave it to vardy in the end. knows his stuff that guy

[Facecloth]

7 minutes ago, Corky said:

Alan Shearer should be on the list and would be top of it.

He refused to be included. But the clubs he played for were the big clubs in those days. He was playing for title and top 4 challenging teams, similar to Spurs these days. And Spurs back then are probably similar to Newcastle now. So including Shearer and Speed is like including Kane and Eriksen. They're are omitting someone who played for Spurs 20 years ago based on their recent "success".

Edited 2 May 2020 by Facecloth

[stripeyfox]

This was an entertaining listen -  Ben Foster talking quite candidly about his career including getting the full blown "hairdryer" from Alex Ferguson and Fabio Capello being a complete arse. Capello was upset that Foster had to leave a England training camp to attend the birth of his child, then Capello called him back with the promise of playing the second half and didn't bring him on!

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08bykrr

 

[Fox92]

1 hour ago, stripeyfox said:

This was an entertaining listen -  Ben Foster talking quite candidly about his career including getting the full blown "hairdryer" from Alex Ferguson and Fabio Capello being a complete arse. Capello was upset that Foster had to leave a England training camp to attend the birth of his child, then Capello called him back with the promise of playing the second half and didn't bring him on!

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08bykrr

 

Ben Foster is great. Always a good listen when he's involved.

[tylesta]

Villa bloke moaning about the venues because of hone form.

 

Villas home games

Chelsea 

Sheffield United

Arsenal

Man Utd

Wolves

Sheffield united

[stripeyfox]

9 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

Ben Foster is great. Always a good listen when he's involved.

yeah he's a good talker. you sometimes forget that these players are real people with real lives like all of us. And they're still very young (at least compared to me!). No one deserves to be balled out by their boss in front of all their workmates in the way he described.