Premier League 2021/22 Thread

[AjcW]

Few murmours about Dyche being interviewed at Palace also.... only got one year left on his contract at Burnley, wouldn't put it past them to take the cash.

[fazzyfox]

Levy "Hello, is that David Pleat"

Pleat "Yes, how can I help you old friend"

Levy "I'm calling about our vacant managers job...."

Pleat "You want my opinion, advice, insight on who to choose?"

Levy "Er no I'm offering you it, everyone else has turned it down. Three year deal, good salary, cheese room..."

Pleat "Sorry, Palace are calling on the other line, I'll call you back"

Levy "Hang on, do you have Peter Shreeves Number?"

 

[Koke]

Favre is way too big for Palace. He can do so much better. 

[Stuntman_Mike]

4 minutes ago, Koke said:

Favre is way too big for Palace. He can do so much better. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57607981

 

Doesn't look like it's happening. 

[UniFox21]

 Brighton really pushing hard with White. Don't blame them, important player. Really nice seeing a change in the league from how smaller teams were forced to sell to big teams, now they do whilst demanding a huge fee

 

 

 

 

[Riyad_Suarez]

Grealish to Man City is 'close to completion' for £100m according to talksport.

 

Where does that leave our good friend Riyad I wonder? 

[KFS]

1 minute ago, Riyad_Suarez said:

Grealish to Man City is 'close to completion' for £100m according to talksport.

 

Where does that leave our good friend Riyad I wonder? 

Been touted for moves already this Summer. It would never happen but I’d have him back on loan instantly if offered

[lcfc_forever]

3 minutes ago, Riyad_Suarez said:

Grealish to Man City is 'close to completion' for £100m according to talksport.

 

Where does that leave our good friend Riyad I wonder? 

Interestingly, The Athletic yesterday were suggesting Villa were 'hopeful' of keeping Grealish which doesn't exactly suggest they're confident of keeping him. 

 

Would make sense given they wanted Smith-Rowe as well as Buendia. 

[Riyad_Suarez]

Just now, KFS said:

Been touted for moves already this Summer. It would never happen but I’d have him back on loan instantly if offered

Absolutely. He's just a level above what we can attract both financially and in terms of ability.

 

I'd love it to happen, but realistically it's a step down for him and I feel like he'd  not be happy to make it and perform to the levels we were used to.

[lcfc_forever]

15 minutes ago, Koke said:

Favre is way too big for Palace. He can do so much better. 

It would be a massive rebuilding job at Palace, and sounds like Favre isn't looking for that type of challenge at this point in his career. 

[Christoph]

6 minutes ago, KFS said:

Been touted for moves already this Summer. It would never happen but I’d have him back on loan instantly if offered

Surely he still plays for Man City though. He was playing relatively regularly for them last season and bagged quite a few important goals for them. 

[StanSP]

13 minutes ago, Riyad_Suarez said:

Grealish to Man City is 'close to completion' for £100m according to talksport.

 

Where does that leave our good friend Riyad I wonder? 

They play two different positions so leaves Riyad in a good place... 

[moore_94]

7 minutes ago, Christoph said:

Surely he still plays for Man City though. He was playing relatively regularly for them last season and bagged quite a few important goals for them. 

Grealish on the left/through the middle with Foden getting the right wing role

 

Then they still have Torres, Sterling and Silva also

Edited 25 June 2021 by moore_94

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Interesting that the London clubs are struggling to get managers in. Perhaps the pull of London post pandemic is fading especially for managers who tend to be a little older? Hundreds of thousands of people have left London in the last 18 months. 

 

Might also be that Spurs are shit and a ticking financial time bomb, and Palace are one of the smallest teams in the league.

[moore_94]

Just now, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Interesting that the London clubs are struggling to get managers in. Perhaps the pull of London post pandemic is fading especially for managers who tend to be a little older? Hundreds of thousands of people have left London in the last 18 months. 

 

Might also be that Spurs are shit and a ticking financial time bomb, and Palace are one of the smallest teams in the league.

Both seem to be offering barely anything in terms of money towards rebuilding the squads

 

With Spurs needing a refresh and most of Palace’s players out of contract, I see why managers are being put off

[Sol thewall Bamba]

5 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

Both seem to be offering barely anything in terms of money towards rebuilding the squads

 

With Spurs needing a refresh and most of Palace’s players out of contract, I see why managers are being put off

Yeah absolutely. Looking at it again neither of the jobs are at all attractive, hence why they keep getting rejected. 

[moore_94]

Just now, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Yeah absolutely. Looking at it again neither of the jobs are at all attractive, hence why they keep getting rejected. 

Strange that Everton (who seemingly have some money to spend) also look to be struggling to pin down a new manager (Benitez looks close but so many appointments at the moment get close and for some reason don’t happen)

[Spudulike]

It's a good time to have stable management/coaching in place. Very happy to not be a part of this managerial merry-go-round this summer. 

[Foxes96]

I think Sterling is the one Guardiola would be most willing to lose and could fetch a decent sum, to be replaced by Grealish. Trouble is not many clubs would be willing or able to meet what Man City would ask for, and Sterling is unlikely to want a step down.  
 

Makes you appreciate the position we are in seeing the state of some of the other clubs in the league 

[Babylon]

13 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

It's a good time to have stable management/coaching in place. Very happy to not be a part of this managerial merry-go-round this summer. 

I think we'd be ok, presuming we've done some groundwork like we did for Rodgers, rather than just getting whoever was out of work like the previous attempt. 

 

We're looked at favourably at the moment and certainly aren't the shit shows like Spurs and Everton who don't look like they have a clue what they are doing, despite being big clubs 

[OhYesNdidi]

20 minutes ago, Foxes96 said:

I think Sterling is the one Guardiola would be most willing to lose and could fetch a decent sum, to be replaced by Grealish. Trouble is not many clubs would be willing or able to meet what Man City would ask for, and Sterling is unlikely to want a step down.  
 

Makes you appreciate the position we are in seeing the state of some of the other clubs in the league 

Reckon Sterling is on £200k p/W +. No way are they shifting him.. 

[Guest Chocolate Teapot]

Villa will be a lot better without Grealish IMO. They're too reliant on him and they'll be able to reinvest it wisely.

[urban.spaceman]

 

[Guest Chocolate Teapot]

https://www.villatalk.com/topic/4026-jack-grealish/?do=findComment&comment=3372218

 

Villa fans seem to think they're capable of offering grealish 13m a year - just under 10% of their overall annual revenue. 

 

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[NasPb]

Who in their right mind would swap sevilla for Tottenham 😂