Premier League 2021/22 Thread

[weller54]

51 minutes ago, Wymsey said:

Reckon Ranieri won't last longer than six weeks maximum, sadly.

Does that put him in the top 3 of Watford's longest serving Managers in their history?

[fox_up_north]

Fairly sure the dude from Blink 182 just had a similar battle with lymphoma. I've worked in hospitals and gather that, of the types of cancer, Hodgkins and Non-Hodgkins are more treatable than others. 

[Aus Fox]

Interesting with all the talk of new Newcastle manager and Bruce still hasn’t been sacked yet. Can only think at this stage of the week, he will be in charge for Spurs at the weekend.

[KrefelderFox666]

3 hours ago, Aus Fox said:

Interesting with all the talk of new Newcastle manager and Bruce still hasn’t been sacked yet. Can only think at this stage of the week, he will be in charge for Spurs at the weekend.

Maybe they don't want to ruin his 1000th game in charge.

[Ric Flair]

I really hope Bruce goes out with a bang, play Darlow up front and Almiron as a rush keeper.

[foxes_rule1978]

12 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

I really hope Bruce goes out with a bang, play Darlow up front and Almiron as a rush keeper.

Be interesting to see how the players react most will be getting replaced themselves 

[RonnieTodger]

This bollocks with South America and the Premier League going again. 

 

It'd be just our luck if Man City got away with playing Ederson and Jesus, then United rock up without Fred. 

[TrentFox]

This made me smile. 
 

https://twitter.com/fffestED/status/1448006671184302080?t=WivzdairakrcgdWiZERnyA&s=08

 

[Lambert09]

3 hours ago, TrentFox said:

This made me smile. 
 

https://twitter.com/fffestED/status/1448006671184302080?t=WivzdairakrcgdWiZERnyA&s=08

 

In my next fm campaign I might just give a conference team 1b and see how long it takes them to get up to the prem. 

[filbertway]

Just now, Lambert09 said:

In my next fm campaign I might just give a conference team 1b and see how long it takes them to get up to the prem. 

I did this with Hinckley on FM08/09 and I went back after 3 seasons. They had been promoted once and had Kayode Odejayi on 200k pw

 

[TrentFox]

20 minutes ago, Lambert09 said:

In my next fm campaign I might just give a conference team 1b and see how long it takes them to get up to the prem. 

I’m crossing my fingers that Toon are playing the same game, but in reverse.

Edited 14 October 2021 by TrentFox

[Leicesterpool]

Could you see Joachim low returning to management with Newcastle?

[StanSP]

 

[EastAnglianFox]

37 minutes ago, StanSP said:

 

 

I can remember the good old days when Hamza was their number 1 target, I do wonder if that ship has sailed.... 

Edited 14 October 2021 by EastAnglianFox

[fazzyfox]

3 hours ago, EastAnglianFox said:

 

I can remember the good old days when Hamza was their number 1 target, I do wonder if that ship has sailed.... 

I put that very question to a couple of their fans

 

[Finnegan]

11 hours ago, TrentFox said:

This made me smile. 
 

https://twitter.com/fffestED/status/1448006671184302080?t=WivzdairakrcgdWiZERnyA&s=08

 

 

 

To be honest, it would have been funnier if they'd done it honestly instead of actually trying to be amusing. 

 

FM throws up some such random shit and the AI is so bad at signing players (especially when cash is high but reputation is low as per Newcastle) that it probably would throw up some bonkers outcomes. 

[don_danbury]

i could've sworn i heard bruce had already been sacked?  

[Leicesterpool]

5 hours ago, StanSP said:

 

Jamie Vardy going Newcastle yeah right.

[CosbehFox]

17 hours ago, Aus Fox said:

Interesting with all the talk of new Newcastle manager and Bruce still hasn’t been sacked yet. Can only think at this stage of the week, he will be in charge for Spurs at the weekend.

Increasingly looking like he could at Newcastle for a bit yet. Appears they want an interim as they think it will give them a better chance at end of the season to get a more exciting appointment 

[rachhere]

Never thought I would feel sorry for Steve Bruce 

[Aus Fox]

The scenes when everyone is expecting Conte to come in and get Mbappe, Messi and Fofana, but they end of Keeping Bruce and bringing in Choudhury, Ben Mee and Dunk.

[fazzyfox]

23 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

I really hope Bruce goes out with a bang, play Darlow up front and Almiron as a rush keeper.

And what's the points deduction for fielding an ineligible player? Go on Brucey you know you want to !

[Mike Oxlong]

Shit reasons for being a glory hunter - number 456

 

From this week’s Lawro’s predictions on BBC Sport - Shepherd actor Tom Hunter 

 

 

Hughes did not know whether to follow his dad (an Everton fan) or his brother and grandad (both Liverpool) when he chose which team to support, so went his own way. "I remember watching the 1995 FA Cup final with my dad and I was thinking 'look at this team, the plucky underdogs that have just lost the league on the last day of the season and have now lost the FA Cup final too. They are my kindred spirits so I am going to support them'. And then we won… everything. It's the best decision I ever made”

Edited 15 October 2021 by Mike Oxlong

[fox_up_north]

Tbf I was sucked in to supporting Man City for a bit.

 

 

 

...because I lived there and I knew a bloke who worked for the club and took me to a few games.

[Finnegan]

10 hours ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

Increasingly looking like he could at Newcastle for a bit yet. Appears they want an interim as they think it will give them a better chance at end of the season to get a more exciting appointment 

 

I mean there's really no rush. 

 

They aren't going to be able to splurge that much straight away because the club is in such a mess they've got to balance the ship first. 

 

Because of spending rules they can't just inject infinitely. It's a different world from when Man City got taken over. 

 

They'll get there eventually for sure but the idea that they're going to mega spend immediately in January is naive.