Football The 2016/2017 Season Thread

[Moriath]

Cause they dont want fifa to make us play as one nation. Therefore they wont set a precedent to give fifa a stick. 2012 was a one off cause of home olympics.

 

[Lethul]

LFC - Barca 4-0

Petition to transfer to La Liga for easy League trophies!

 

[CorNokZ]

LFC - Barca 4-0

Petition to transfer to La Liga for easy League trophies!

You'll usually meet a Spanish team in the Champions League final, so you could start by qualifying for that

 

[Moriath]

They are only like one week into their preseason hehe.

 

[Bahumat]

Anyone got a reliable stream for the community shield?

 

[Embattle]

Jose is so going to offload captain elbows.

 

[Shagrat]

Musa is looking a good buy for Leicester.

 

[Bahumat]

Zlatan!!!!! Gooooaaalllllll

 

[Moriath]

Gabriel stretchered off in pre season friendly another injury for arsenal

 

[soze]

3 CB's missing the Liverpool game, leaves us with Chambers and Holding. I suppose all you can say is at least it has happened while there is still 3 weeks of the transfer window left. Whether he will do fuck all is another matter.

I officially gave up my season ticket this season, the guy who bought it last year did not want it so I sent a note saying I was giving it up due to the clubs transfer policy. I got a lovely letter back all but saying "ohh well we sold it already".

 

[Ch3tan]

Arsenal are starting the season well with Mertesacker being out for the rest of the year without kicking a ball. This could be a blessing though he is so very slow letting Kos and Gabriel start for form a partnership early could work really well. With Chambers, Jenkinson and this new kid we do have some cover but I still think we need another CB.

hah!

 

[soze]

hah!

That's just mean. I still think Per being injured could be good the pace Liverpool have vs him could be embarrassing.

 

[caLLous]

We beat Inter so bad that they sacked Mancini as a direct consequence (and there's absolutely no doubt in my mind that he's gone because of that single match).

 

[caLLous]

Pogba done, then. They kept that one quiet, I had no idea.

 

[Embattle]

In no way is he worth the silly transfer fee paid for him.

 

[caLLous]

John Stones to City for £42m + addons as well. The world's gone mad.



(The CL bit is confirmed but this journo does work for The Sun so the price might be off)

 

[Embattle]

Less than the £50m that was originally doing the rounds.

 

[Embattle]

Paul Pogba: Jose Mourinho says critical managers 'not at top clubs in the world'

 

[caLLous]

I'm already bored of what Mourinho says tbh. I expected it to take longer this time around.

 

[soze]

I have never been a fan of his. His play style is not great and his childish antics bore me. At least if he fails to win the league after dropping £200m that should be the end of the myth.

 

[CorNokZ]

I have never been a fan of his. His play style is not great and his childish antics bore me. At least if he fails to win the league after dropping £200m that should be the end of the myth.

Ehhh the myth? How many trophies does the "myth" have again?

 

[caLLous]

Ehhh the myth? How many trophies does the "myth" have again?

Wenger is his team's manager, leave him alone.

 

[soze]

I am not saying Wenger is a better manager than him. But people talk about him like he can show and and win what he wants and when he wants which is not true. What team has he built up from scratch and won the lot with?

 

[Lakih]

Didn't he do that with Chelsea the first time around @soze ? It happened before I started following EPL so I don't know the full story (I know Abramovich bought the club and injected a shit-ton of £ into it, I know Chelsea isn't a fairytale club).

 

[Moriath]

Chelsea came from zero to hero

 

[DaGaffer]

I am not saying Wenger is a better manager than him. But people talk about him like he can show and and win what he wants and when he wants which is not true. What team has he built up from scratch and won the lot with?

Porto?

 

[soze]

Didn't he do that with Chelsea the first time around @soze ? It happened before I started following EPL so I don't know the full story (I know Abramovich bought the club and injected a shit-ton of £ into it, I know Chelsea isn't a fairytale club).

A lot of people would say that Ranieri built that Chelsea team Jose came in added Drogba and that was the missing piece he hardly turned them from nothing to world beaters. If Ranieri had another season he would likely have won the league too. Chelsea fans here could answer that best.

Porto?

And that is what started his legend. I am sorry but everywhere he goes the press act like he revolutionises football and creates the best team in the world.

I suppose I just don't like the man.

 

[caLLous]

He is apparently the first manager to spend €1bn.

 

[Bahumat]

I heard Mourinho was the one who invented the famous 4-3-1-2 formation on championship manager. Was so good it broke the game

 

[Raven]

Its all about the 4-1-2-2-1 now. The AI is still so terribad in that game that once you find the winning tactics you become virtually unbeatable, regardless of who you play as.