2015/2016 Barclays Premier League Thread

[M*A*S*H 4077]

Eden Hazard will never have to buy a beer in Leicester ever again.

What an incredible story. Anything really is possible

[Locke]

Originally Posted by M*A*S*H 4077

Eden Hazard will never have to buy a beer in Leicester ever again.

What an incredible story. Anything really is possible

I always wonder about stuff like this, I mean, Jamie Vardy must be a king in Leicester.

[Slava]

First and foremost, congratulations to Leicester. I thought it would be tighter and come down to the last day, but Spurs just couldn't keep pace. Amazing turn over the past season!

Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf

first team in history with 9 yellows in a PL game

Some of the reffing was questionable I think. Kane nearly gets kicked in the head and play continues. Then Dembele gets called for a high kick. Kane gets hauled down, no call and then Hazard scores the winner on the counter from that. Incredible in a chippy game like that that the cards/fouls ended up as uneven as they were. Save for the last couple where Dier and Kane were just being dicks.

Originally Posted by nik-

Leicester could stay in the top 6 for a long time too ... they don't need to be a small team. Their owner is very very rich.

Yes, its the "little tiny club" in the media though. I won't be unhappy watching them slide down to mid-table next year.

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

I like Pochettino a lot as a coach, but the last two weeks his team totally melted down after dominant first half performances. I think that has to fall on him. As to Leicester kinda disappointing to not even have them on the pitch when they win it, but they clutched up huge in the last two months and never really gave any of the chasers any chance. They kept their foot on everyone else's throat. Best sports story I can remember.

Unfortunately this has been their way a lot this season. Its not new, and its something that cost them the title long before today. A number of teams have comeback at them in the second half and while a number of them ended in draws, games like Newcastle at home wound up with them losing entirely.

Oh and lastly, Chelsea is pathetic. Congratulations on a disaster of a title defence, and maybe squeezing into tenth place today!

[Bagor]

Originally Posted by Slava

Some of the reffing was questionable I think. Kane nearly gets kicked in the head and play continues. Then Dembele gets called for a high kick. Kane gets hauled down, no call and then Hazard scores the winner on the counter from that. Incredible in a chippy game like that that the cards/fouls ended up as uneven as they were.

You forget the bit where Spurs should have had Rose and Dembele sent off in the first half.
A miracle that they finished with 11 men never mind got out of the first half with a full quota

[Slava]

Originally Posted by Bagor

You forget the bit where Spurs should have had Rose and Dembele sent off in the first half.
A miracle that they finished with 11 men never mind got out of the first half with a full quota

Oh Dembele is done for the year once the FA sees that eye poke. I think he is awesome though and usually under control but with a bit of an edge.

[transplant99]

So how long til "Miracle on the Pitch" is in pre-production?

Admittedly, I am not much of a fan of the sport (though i have been drawn into a couple different times with Cdn women etc) but after following this a little bit of late and reading all about the whole scenario and the longest of longshots aspect....its pretty cool they closed it out.

Great story.

[d_phaneuf]

someone from One Direction is playing Vardy

supposedly they are waiting until the end of the Euro's to see how that goes, can't imagine they want his last act on the field of the season/movie to be sent off for diving and calling the ref a C U next tuesday

[nik-]

It's a great sports story ... in that context. It would be a terrible movie.

[d_phaneuf]

Also wonder if they start the movie in Thailand to explain what got Ranieri the job, or if they just skip that part...

[nik-]

uhh ... why would you ever leave the Thai gangbang out of a movie?

[d_phaneuf]

should be the selling point, just wondering if they see it that way

[GirlySports]

Fun to go back to the beginning of this thread. Leicester City wasnt even mentioned until post 525

[Slava]

Read this morning that Mousa Dembele could get 10 games for the eye poke. I don't know if that is legit, but that was the talk.

[d_phaneuf]

10 games would be crazy

bitey got 10 for something like his 4th major suspension in Europe

Thatcher got 8 for legitimate attempted murder on Pedro Mendes

attacking refs has gotten 8 or 10 in the past

my guess is 4 or 5, extends it early in to next season

[devo22]

both Huth and Fellaini have been banned for 3 games. Hopefully that's the last we've seen of Fellaini in a United shirt.

[Addick]

Originally Posted by Bagor

I don't agree with this at all and honestly think they could care less. They won it, end of story. Many a title has been clinched off the pitch but has been won on it.
Now they (the team and the fans) have nearly a full week to enjoy it, party, and can approach Saturday's game at home with a festive atmosphere.

Yup. Winning the last match doesn't win you the league, it's a combination of all of the points that you have collected over the season. Winning the league is different to winning a playoffs or cup competition.

Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf

10 games would be crazy

bitey got 10 for something like his 4th major suspension in Europe

Thatcher got 8 for legitimate attempted murder on Pedro Mendes

attacking refs has gotten 8 or 10 in the past

my guess is 4 or 5, extends it early in to next season

It's difficult to say, I think a points deduction would be best...

[Slava]

Originally Posted by Addick

Yup. Winning the last match doesn't win you the league, it's a combination of all of the points that you have collected over the season. Winning the league is different to winning a playoffs or cup competition.




It's difficult to say, I think a points deduction would be best...

I guess that's one way that Arsenal could make it past 4th place for a change!

I thought that three games for Alli was a lot considering it was a little whack. I know its "violent conduct" and all, but seriously it wasn't that bad. I don't think that Dembele should get ten games, but really I have no idea.

[d_phaneuf]

Alli was a straight red offense though if caught, that's why it's 3

[devo22]

6 games for Dembele. Seems about right.

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[corporatejay]

Libertore just Cecilled that inning