2016/2017 THE Premier League Thread

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

If it looks like a financial services company, has a terrible logo like a financial services company, and has a name like a financial services company...at least Everton is sponsored by beer to their credit.

It could be a ninja training company.

"Ay-YA!"

[nik-]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

If it looks like a financial services company, has a terrible logo like a financial services company, and has a name like a financial services company...at least Everton is sponsored by beer to their credit.

Anyone who's drank Chang would call that statement a stretch.

[Senator Clay Davis]

^Obviously, but the League Cup and Premier League used to be sponsored by Carling so....basically the equivalent Stanley Cup Playoffs, brought to you by Mountain Crest. Carlsberg is....alright I guess. Still better than being sponsored by Qatar or Azerbaijan I suppose.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

^Obviously, but the League Cup and Premier League used to be sponsored by Carling so....basically the equivalent Stanley Cup Playoffs, brought to you by Mountain Crest. Carlsberg is....probably alright I guess. Still better than being sponsored by Qatar or Azerbaijan I suppose.

Fixed that for you.

[GirlySports]

teams that have betting companies as shirt sponsors are weird

[Senator Clay Davis]

Betting companies having in game ads telling you the odds you can get down on at halftime of games is also weird. But having been over there now, everyone simple likes to get down with a little action.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

teams that have betting companies as shirt sponsors are weird

Not at all, I know, you know it, having some skin in the game makes the game that much better.

You've got to have a team to root for, no matter your reasons.

[rubecube]

Spurs have come a ways since the "Mansion Poker" days.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Well last year's sponsor count was...

Gambling - 8
Financial services/Insurance/Assurance - 5
Airlines - 2
Car companies - 1
Tire companies - 1
Beer companies - 1
Power companies - 1
Electronics companies - 1

[Locke]

Sunderland have granted the FA Permission to speak to Big Sam about the England job.

Yes, that Big Sam Allardyce. No, I'm not joking.

http://www.espnfc.us/england/story/2...er-england-job

90s long-balls for everyone!

[GirlySports]

90s long balls might work, it's better than what they're doing now.

and I mentioned Big Sam about 10 pages ago

[Senator Clay Davis]

Shouldn't they wait for Sam until they're facing relegation? Or in England's case I guess, appearing to not even qualify for 2018? Bringing him in when things aren't in peril seems like a waste of his talents.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

90s long balls might work, it's better than what they're doing now.

and I mentioned Big Sam about 10 pages ago

At least long-balls is a tactic, which, you're right, is better than what they had under Hodgson. That was just a disaster. That almost literally couldnt have gone any worse.

Good news for Andy Carroll though. This is going to be his time to shine!

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by Locke

Sunderland have granted the FA Permission to speak to Big Sam about the England job.

Yes, that Big Sam Allardyce. No, I'm not joking.

http://www.espnfc.us/england/story/2...er-england-job

90s long-balls for everyone!

England gonna England.

[d_phaneuf]

I think Sam is actually a good choice, he's a good man manager, knows how to deal with players

has a history of getting better results than his talent has shown, and he isn't exactly a throwback to the past, was one of the first managers to start looking at stats

plus he wont be as diplomatic as Roy, which we don't need, he knows his best team and will always use it

not saying England should have won that tournament but if say by the Iceland game the same group of something like Kane/Sturridge/Alli/Rooney/Wilshere/Dier/Rose/Cahill/Smalling/Walker/Hart had played 4-5 games with each other in 1 system I think things would have been more comfortable

[Senator Clay Davis]

Chelsea has apparently signed Kante away from Leicester. Unlikely there will be a more significant move this summer in terms of how it weakens the champions and significantly boosts a likely challenger. Still would have thought he'd go somewhere with Champions League next year, but obviously a great signing for Chelsea.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Chelsea has apparently signed Kante away from Leicester. Unlikely there will be a more significant move this summer in terms of how it weakens the champions and significantly boosts a likely challenger. Still would have thought he'd go somewhere with Champions League next year, but obviously a great signing for Chelsea.

That is a great signing for them. I wonder if Mahrez is staying or leaving this summer.

[devo22]

yeah that's a fantastic signing. Fee apparently is £30m (€36m).

Leroy Sane to Man City is almost done too. Sigh.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Chelsea has apparently signed Kante away from Leicester. Unlikely there will be a more significant move this summer in terms of how it weakens the champions and significantly boosts a likely challenger. Still would have thought he'd go somewhere with Champions League next year, but obviously a great signing for Chelsea.

He probably chose a Non-CL Chelsea because they are going to pay him a fortune.

[devo22]

so far:

LEICESTER CITY
+ Ron-Robert Zieler, Nampalys Mendy, Ahmed Musa, Luis Hernandez
- N'Golo Kante, Andrej Kramaric

FC ARSENAL
+ Granit Xhaka
- Mathieu Flamini, Tomas Rosicky, Mikel Arteta

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
+ Victor Wanyama, Vincent Janssen
- nobody

MANCHESTER CITY
+ Ilkay Gündogan, Nolito, Leroy Sane, Oleksandr Zinchenko
- Martin Demichelis, Edin Dzeko

MANCHESTER UNITED
+ Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Eric Bailly
- Victor Valdes, Nick Powell, Ashley Fletcher

FC SOUTHAMPTON
+ Nathan Redmond, Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg
- Sadio Mane, Graziano Pelle, Victor Wanyama, Juanmi, Gaston Ramirez

WEST HAM UNITED
+ Sofiane Feghouli, Gökhan Töre, Havard Nordveit, Toni Martinez, Ashley Fletcher
- James Tomkins, Alex Song, Joey O'Brien

FC LIVERPOOL
+ Loris Karius, Sadio Mane, Joel Matip
- Martin Skrtel, Jordon Ibe, Kolo Toure, Joao Teixeira

STOKE CITY
+ nobody
- Peter Odemwingie, Steve Sidwell

FC CHELSEA
+ N'Golo Kante, Michy Batshuayi
- Falcao, Alexandre Pato, Stipe Perica, Mohamed Salah

FC EVERTON
+ Maarten Stekelenburg
- Tim Howard, Steven Pienaar, Leon Osman, Tony Hibbert

SWANSEA CITY
+ Mike van der Hoorn, Leroy Fer
- Eder, Alberto Paloschi

FC WATFORD
+ Isaac Success, Christian Kabasele
- Miguel Layun, Jose Manuel Jurado, Joel Ekstrand, Victor Ibarbo

WEST BROMWICH ALBION
+ Matt Phillips
- Victor Anichebe, Anders Lindegaard, Stephane Sessegnon

CRYSTAL PALACE
+ Steve Mandanda, Andros Townsend, James Tomkins
- Dwight Gayle, Emmanuel Adebayor, Brede Hangeland, Marouane Chamakh, Adrian Mariappa

AFC BOURNEMOUTH
+ Lewis Cook, Jordon Ibe, Lys Mousset, Emerson Hyndman
- Matt Ritchie, Lee Tomlin, Tommy Elphick, Sylvain Distin, Glenn Murray, Stephane Zubar

AFC SUNDERLAND
+ nobody
- Emanuele Giaccherini, Wes Brown, Yann M'Vila, Santiago Vergini, Danny Graham, Steven Fletcher, Ola Toivonen

FC BURNLEY
+ Jack Leitch
- Joey Barton, Matthew Taylor

FC MIDDLESBROUGH
+ Viktor Fischer, Marten de Roon, Antonio Barragan, Neven Subotic, Victor Valdes, Bernardo Espinosa
- Jonathan Woodgate, Rhys Williams

HULL CITY
+ nobody
- Ryan Taylor, Sone Aluko

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absolutely love what Bournemouth is doing. Pretty amazing that Sunderland of all clubs haven't brought anybody in, that doesn't bode well for them and their shambolic squad. Middlesbrough has to be the most ambitious promoted team in years. Southampton is having a shocker of a window, I'm seriously worried about them. Everton will surely start spending serious cash at some point.