Premier League 2024/25

[sharpylcfc]

7 minutes ago, foxfanazer said:

Can anyone spot the glaring error?

Southampton for 15/16 when it was us.

[foxfanazer]

6 minutes ago, sharpylcfc said:

Southampton for 15/16 when it was us.

Exactly. Unless they mean the team that finished 7th every season which is a pointless thing to focus on

[messerschmitt]

2 minutes ago, sharpylcfc said:

Southampton for 15/16 when it was us.

Interestingly, Blackburn, Southampton, Burnley and Leicester have all been relegated.

The others, Everton, Aston Villa, Newcastle and Wolves have been involved in at least a couple of relegation battles.

Alan Shearer said any team outside the big six is only a few bad decisions away from being relegated.

[Soar Fox]

2 minutes ago, messerschmitt said:

Interestingly, Blackburn, Southampton, Burnley and Leicester have all been relegated.

The others, Everton, Aston Villa, Newcastle and Wolves have been involved in at least a couple of relegation battles.

Alan Shearer said any team outside the big six is only a few bad decisions away from being relegated.

Both have been relegated in recent years. Newcastle twice in 15 years

[sharpylcfc]

14 minutes ago, messerschmitt said:

Interestingly, Blackburn, Southampton, Burnley and Leicester have all been relegated.

The others, Everton, Aston Villa, Newcastle and Wolves have been involved in at least a couple of relegation battles.

Alan Shearer said any team outside the big six is only a few bad decisions away from being relegated.

I still think we'd of been a consistent top 10 side/fighting for Europe if wasn't for the complete mismanagement from the board and sacking Rodgers too late.

Edited 29 October 2024 by sharpylcfc

[BenTheFox]

2 hours ago, messerschmitt said:

Interestingly, Blackburn, Southampton, Burnley and Leicester have all been relegated.

The others, Everton, Aston Villa, Newcastle and Wolves have been involved in at least a couple of relegation battles.

Alan Shearer said any team outside the big six is only a few bad decisions away from being relegated.

 

2 hours ago, Soar Fox said:

Both have been relegated in recent years. Newcastle twice in 15 years

It's genuinely impressive that Crystal Palace, probably the third or fourth smallest club in the Premier League, have stayed up for 11 years. I think they've had the perfect recruitment strategy i.e. signing players that are good enough for the Premier League but not good enough to play for one of the top sides. Therefore, they're not losing their players to bigger clubs and not having offer massive contracts to stave off interest. Think about it, you can count the number of big player sales they've made on one hand. 

[Guest Bilo]

3 hours ago, sharpylcfc said:

I still think we'd of been a consistent top 10 side/fighting for Europe if wasn't for the complete mismanagement from the board and sacking Rodgers too late.

Totally agree.

 

If we'd sacked Rodgers after the Brighton and Tottenham fiasco and appointed Emery, we'd probably be where Villa are now.

[sharpylcfc]

4 minutes ago, Bilo said:

Totally agree.

 

If we'd sacked Rodgers after the Brighton and Tottenham fiasco and appointed Emery, we'd probably be where Villa are now.

I've blanked out on the majority of Rodgers tenure here including the year we won the FA Cup don't remember much about it at all, so I don't know if this was before or after the Brighton and Spurs fiasco but I'd of got rid after we lost to Forest in the FA Cup.

[Leicesterpool]

5 minutes ago, Bilo said:

Totally agree.

 

If we'd sacked Rodgers after the Brighton and Tottenham fiasco and appointed Emery, we'd probably be where Villa are now.

Im doubtful wed have got Emery the club was broke at the time. Dont think we could afford the comp fee for villareal. 

[BKLFox]

30 minutes ago, Bilo said:

Totally agree.

 

If we'd sacked Rodgers after the Brighton and Tottenham fiasco and appointed Emery, we'd probably be where Villa are now.

you realise how much Villa have spent to get there?

[Leicesterpool]

If we had sacked Rodgers two games earlier, we would have stayed up I think under Dean Smith.

[sharpylcfc]

31 minutes ago, Leicesterpool said:

Im doubtful wed have got Emery the club was broke at the time. Dont think we could afford the comp fee for villareal. 

I don't actually agree with us being broke part, I just think unfortunately the club didn't want him. Cause if we were broke across the spell where Emery was at Villareal and we would of needed to pay compensation we had spent £127 million on transfers so I don't think we were broke. Unless we took £127 million out in loans for the transfers. 

[sharpylcfc]

6 minutes ago, Leicesterpool said:

If we had sacked Rodgers two games earlier, we would have stayed up I think under Dean Smith.

If we had sacked Rodgers when we should have Dean Smith would of been absolutely nowhere near our club.

Edited 29 October 2024 by sharpylcfc

[BKLFox]

1 hour ago, BenTheFox said:

 

It's genuinely impressive that Crystal Palace, probably the third or fourth smallest club in the Premier League, have stayed up for 11 years. I think they've had the perfect recruitment strategy i.e. signing players that are good enough for the Premier League but not good enough to play for one of the top sides. Therefore, they're not losing their players to bigger clubs and not having offer massive contracts to stave off interest. Think about it, you can count the number of big player sales they've made on one hand. 

You could also count the number of memorable achievements on the same hand. 

[BenTheFox]

3 minutes ago, BKLFox said:

You could also count the number of memorable achievements on the same hand. 

This is the follow up point that I was going to make. In terms of being enough to stay in the league, they've got that mastered. However, they've not really offered much to the league. They've finished in the top half twice in those 11 years, and that was 10th on both occasions. 

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

5 hours ago, foxfanazer said:

Exactly. Unless they mean the team that finished 7th every season which is a pointless thing to focus on

 

Aye but Southampton finished 6th when we won the league, not 7th. Likewise Villa didn't finish 7th last year, so it's not that. The Unbelievable Jeff page on Facebook has just got 15/16 bang wrong.

[Ric Flair]

1 minute ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

 

Aye but Southampton finished 6th when we won the league, not 7th. Likewise Villa didn't finish 7th last year, so it's not that. The Unbelievable Jeff page on Facebook has just got 15/16 bang wrong.

Jeffa Cakes

[foxfanazer]

1 minute ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

 

Aye but Southampton finished 6th when we won the league, not 7th. Likewise Villa didn't finish 7th last year, so it's not that. The Unbelievable Jeff page on Facebook has just got 15/16 bang wrong.

Crazy from such a reputable page

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Just now, Ric Flair said:

Jeffa Cakes

 

Jeffa Capes (Rest in P)

[Leicesterpool]

Not saying Man United are in a relegation scrap but is it possible if they get this next appointment wrong they actually could be in trouble.

Edited 29 October 2024 by Leicesterpool

[Aus Fox]

1 hour ago, Leicesterpool said:

Not saying Man United are in a relegation scrap but is it possible if they get this next appointment wrong they actually could be in trouble.

Depends on how you define trouble for them; with the lack of quality in the bottom six teams there’s no way they get relegated, however, for a club that size with millions in overheads they need to be playing in Europe every season. 
They could continue after another cost cutting season slip further back and who knows in the next couple of seasons, Leeds, Aston Villa, Newcastle some massive club have fallen from grace and ended up being relegated.

[Trav Le Bleu]

9 hours ago, Soar Fox said:

Both have been relegated in recent years. Newcastle twice in 15 years

And Wolves, eh @The Bear?

[Leeds Fox]

9 hours ago, foxfanazer said:

Exactly. Unless they mean the team that finished 7th every season which is a pointless thing to focus on

We finished 5th the season it has us as alternative champions… 

[Leicesterpool]

1 hour ago, Aus Fox said:

Depends on how you define trouble for them; with the lack of quality in the bottom six teams there’s no way they get relegated, however, for a club that size with millions in overheads they need to be playing in Europe every season. 
They could continue after another cost cutting season slip further back and who knows in the next couple of seasons, Leeds, Aston Villa, Newcastle some massive club have fallen from grace and ended up being relegated.

Wolves and Palace are capable I think of turning it round sadly the other ones including us i'm not so sure about. Southampton looked doomed already, Ipswich can't find a win. 

 

Just noticed Man United have only scored 8 goals! why that's bad... considering we've scored 13 and having two strikers in their 30's. Even Ipswich scored one more.

Edited 29 October 2024 by Leicesterpool

[Fear Of The Fox]

It's strange the majority of media say Amorim to Man Utd is a done deal but reliable sources from Portugal say the exact opposite. 

Fyi Amorim to West Ham was a done deal in the summer for English media and suddenly he said "I'm staying loyal to Sporting". 

My prediction is that they will go through the season with RVN because their board can't risk appointing someone like Conceicao who will send packing within a week players like Rashford, Casemiro, Dalot etc.