2017/2018 THE Premier League Thread - Page 60 - Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community

Senator Clay Davis · 01-07-2018, 10:53 AM

Arsenal are a mess. What a fun rebuild that will be for someone.

Slava · 01-07-2018, 11:06 AM

Just when I thought the FA Cup results couldn't get any better today!

Slava · 01-08-2018, 12:50 PM

FA Cup 4th Round Draw:

Liverpool vs West Brom

Peterborough vs Fleetwood Town/Leicester City

Huddersfield vs Birmingham

Notts County vs Wolves/Swansea

Yeovil Town vs Manchester United

Carlisle United/Sheffield Wednesday vs Stevenage/Reading

Cardiff/Mansfield Town vs Manchester City

MK Dons vs Coventry

Millwall vs Rochdale

Southampton vs Watford

Middlesbrough vs Brighton/Crystal Palace

Bournemouth/Wigan vs Shrewsbury/West Ham

Hull City vs Nottingham Forest

Newport County vs Tottenham

Norwich/Chelsea vs Newcastle

Sheffield United vs Preston North End

A couple of interesting matches here and there. The big clubs avoided each other but there are a couple of all Premier league clashes with Liverpool/WBA and Watford/Southampton.

Locke · 01-08-2018, 12:53 PM

Hard times...

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Manchester United will travel to fourth-tier Yeovil Town - the lowest-ranked side left in the tournament

https://www.thescore.com/s/3562759

devo22 · 01-08-2018, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Locke

Hard times...

https://www.thescore.com/s/3562759

yeah. Maybe Jose can ask Klopp for some advice, since he's such an expert on dominating lower-league teams like Exeter City and Plymouth Argyle

Slava · 01-08-2018, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Locke

Hard times...

https://www.thescore.com/s/3562759

It's not great for Liverpool because you basically get a draw and a replay!

Pretty sweet for Bournemouth as well though as they will hopefully get Shrewsbury at home also.

Bagor · 01-08-2018, 01:05 PM

Second time in three years they go to Yeovil.
van Gaal showed the difference in class the last time as United scored twice.

Locke · 01-08-2018, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by devo22

yeah. Maybe Jose can ask Klopp for some advice, since he's such an expert on dominating lower-league teams like Exeter City and Plymouth Argyle

Hey! We won those! Eventually....

Kipper is King · 01-08-2018, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Slava

Pretty sweet for Bournemouth as well though as they will hopefully get Shrewsbury at home also.

On a sidenote, the highlights from Nottingham Forest vs. Arsenal yesterday are worth watching. Nice goals, and one PK goal that was hilarious.

Slava · 01-08-2018, 04:36 PM

Sorry K is K. I just like the banter and WHU is an easy target! It's really nothing personal or anything like that.

Bagor · 01-08-2018, 05:40 PM

Harry Kane starting to plan his exit strategy.

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Harry Kane has said he is happy to stay at Tottenham as long as the club starts to win trophies.

https://www.theguardian.com/football...y-win-trophies

Slava · 01-08-2018, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Bagor

Harry Kane starting to plan his exit strategy.

https://www.theguardian.com/football...y-win-trophies

Lol. Wishful thinking perhaps? Basically he says as long as they keep progressing he will want to stay. I'm sure Mourinho would love to have him, but then I don't know if there's room for him at PSG.

Bagor · 01-08-2018, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Slava

Basically he says as long as they keep progressing he will want to stay.

“We want to start winning trophies so that’s the aim. As long as the club keeps doing that then I’m happy here.”

Very clever move.

Slava · 01-08-2018, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Bagor

“We want to start winning trophies so that’s the aim. As long as the club keeps doing that then I’m happy here.”

Very clever move.

Yeah and of course he wants to win. That's one of the best parts with Kane; he's hungry and works incredibly hard. I don't think he's on his way out though. I think Spurs can win trophies and they're moving in the right direction.

Realistically, City clinched the league this year, so I don't think he leaves based on the league this year. Frankly no one has provided any title challenge to them. I think he will give it another year or two. They were reports last week that Spurs were redoing his contract to £200k a week, so it's not imminent if that's accurate.

Bagor · 01-08-2018, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Slava

Yeah and of course he wants to win. That's one of the best parts with Kane; he's hungry and works incredibly hard. I don't think he's on his way out though. I think Spurs can win trophies and they're moving in the right direction.

Realistically, City clinched the league this year, so I don't think he leaves based on the league this year. Frankly no one has provided any title challenge to them. I think he will give it another year or two. They were reports last week that Spurs were redoing his contract to £200k a week, so it's not imminent if that's accurate.

Why wouldn't he be on his way out? He wants to win things. That's not going to happen at Spurs ....fact.

Yup, reports. They are not accurate and Kane was quick to point that out.

Tottenham are reportedly preparing a deal for Kane worth £200,000 a week but he is not aware of any planned negotiations. “Not that I know of,” he said.

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Originally Posted by Slava

I think Spurs can win trophies and they're moving in the right direction.

They are?

Senator Clay Davis · 01-08-2018, 07:10 PM

I do think eventually Kane leaves, and am looking forward to seeing how the bidding war for him goes. Gotta imagine there will be a tax for United and City if they want him. above and beyond what it would cost Madrid.

Slava · 01-08-2018, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Bagor

Why wouldn't he be on his way out? He wants to win things. That's not going to happen at Spurs ....fact.

Yup, reports. They are not accurate and Kane was quick to point that out.

Tottenham are reportedly preparing a deal for Kane worth £200,000 a week but he is not aware of any planned negotiations. “Not that I know of,” he said.

They are?

It's funny because if there was one team to worry about in the top five these days it's not Tottenham. It's probably United. I know they beat Derby, but the run of games before that was bad enough that people are wondering about the future of Mourinho.

Spurs have no such issues. We have an excellent manager, arguably the best striker in Europe and an overall young team with a bright future. When everyone is healthy we can play with basically anyone. And let's not forget that this is before we move into a brand new stadium that should also help loosen the purse strings. Regardless though, Levy is not an idiot. He isn't moving into the new stadium and selling Kane on the way in. He's got 61,000 seats to fill and you can bet Kane will be on the pitch for Spurs to make sure that happens next August.

devo22 · 01-09-2018, 11:00 AM

minor transfer news that probably won't interest anyone but me: Stoke City have signed Austrian right back Moritz Bauer from Rubin Kazan. Good stuff, hopefully he'll be a fixture there just as much as Kevin Wimmer has been.

Senator Clay Davis · 01-09-2018, 01:31 PM

Bristol about to shock the world? Or another repeat of Saturday?

d_phaneuf · 01-09-2018, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Bagor

Harry Kane starting to plan his exit strategy.

https://www.theguardian.com/football...y-win-trophies

that's a sun/mail level clickbait headline from the Guardian