We Go Again! The 2014/15 Premier League Thread

[Liam]

First topic message reminder :

such a shame Strootman got injured before the world cup. Think he'd be at the club otherwise. He should have been here last summer along with thiago but we ballsed it up and ended up with fellaini.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Not sure how you can justify that, Crimey, they are going toe-to-toe and their start was definitely the problem

They only played six games, lost them all and have clearly ran out of gas in all of their first three games. This one is not as pronounced as the first two, but still definitely there.

Martinez's Wigan sides were always slow starters too..

[J.Benson II]

Bit soon to be anointing Chelsea as Champions. Yes, they've started the season brilliantly, but they done so in the past few years and fallen away.

I had them as favourites before the season started and after only three weeks it seems apparent that they a cut above. Mourinho just personifies confidence.
City are the strongest team in terms of player quality but I feel will have lost the hunger and spark they had last year. Liverpool without Suarez = No PL title. Wenger seems to have developed a phobia of winning the league given his reluctance to buy a quality CF and CDM. United may eventually click but it will probably be too late by then.

[Guest]

Think Stones > Jagielka at the moment though

yeah, jagielka has had a horror start to the season. always thought he did a decent job in pl, but he seems too of carried on from his woeful wc performances. him & distin need replacing sharpish.

as for costa, whatever he hits just seems to go in. can see him banging 25+ with ease at this rate. city had a slow start last year, so not counting them out after today's defeat. definitely a two horse race though. thoroughly enjoyable sky match today, whereas BT have had back-to-back 0-0's

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Credit to Chelsea, can't say they are boring this year. Costa has given them exactly what they needed. Wake up and add a striker Arsene. We could have had Cesc as well. Hate to say this but they look a shoe in for the title.

I still can't believe Arsenal didn't sign Cesc, you don't turn down players of that qualiry

[NickisBHAFC]

O Dear Joe Hart, huge mistake. Now watch the press rip our country's number one to shreds.

[Ent]

Credit to Chelsea, can't say they are boring this year. Costa has given them exactly what they needed. Wake up and add a striker Arsene. We could have had Cesc as well. Hate to say this but they look a shoe in for the title.

I still can't believe Arsenal didn't sign Cesc, you don't turn down players of that qualiry

He can give all the fake platitudes he wants, he wasn't interested in going back.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Alan Pardew just used the phrase "the spirit of the game. Without any hint of irony. 

Such a kretin

[NickisBHAFC]

Him vs Neil Warnock, battle of the complete wan*ers

West Brom should sack there failed league one manager soon as and bring in Tony Pulis, he won't be available for ever.

[Ent]

United on last and well deserved.

[Crimey]

Yeah, glad with that, half expected it to be second or third.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Shambles today. Awful use of subs and the players were pretty much all awful bar Kouyate

[NickisBHAFC]

West Ham looked awful then. When are they going to get rid of that slob. Another team that could do with getting Pulis whilst he is available.

[Ent]

The bt game tends to have minimal highloghts

[Crimey]

Not quite last, still got QPR-Sunderland?

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Shambles today. Awful use of subs and the players were pretty much all awful bar Kouyate

Its not gonna end well for Sam is it dolph

[Ent]

Not quite last, still got QPR-Sunderland?

We did have a British record transfer debuting.

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[NickisBHAFC]

Charlie Austin give him an England Call Up.

[Ent]

For?

[NickisBHAFC]

Danny Welbeck, he is rubbish.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Shambles today. Awful use of subs and the players were pretty much all awful bar Kouyate

Its not gonna end well for Sam is it dolph

We've been good 2 games out of 3, but that probably won't matter to the boo boys

[Ent]

I meant what not who.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

If Danny Rose and Jack Colback can get call ups then Austin might as well

[socal1976]

Credit to Chelsea, can't say they are boring this year. Costa has given them exactly what they needed. Wake up and add a striker Arsene. We could have had Cesc as well. Hate to say this but they look a shoe in for the title.

I still can't believe Arsenal didn't sign Cesc, you don't turn down players of that qualiry

Fully agree here Olly, I mean we could have even gone with a false number 9 role for Cesc Barcelona played that way for half the season when Messi was injured. It really hurts to see him in the blue of Chelsea when he made it clear he preferred to return to us. You make room for a Fabregas even if it means Ox, Santi, or Wilshere have their playing time hurt. Also should have pulled the trigger on Balotelli as well as big a risk as he was. You don't let Chelsea take Fabregas I don't care how many quality central midfielders you have.

[socal1976]

Credit to Chelsea, can't say they are boring this year. Costa has given them exactly what they needed. Wake up and add a striker Arsene. We could have had Cesc as well. Hate to say this but they look a shoe in for the title.

I still can't believe Arsenal didn't sign Cesc, you don't turn down players of that qualiry

He can give all the fake platitudes he wants, he wasn't interested in going back.

I think Fabregas made it clear that he did want to go back and Wenger said his position was filled. He wasn't out of our price range by any means and we know loyalty means a lot to Cesc as far as modern footballers are concerned he became the player he was at Arsenal and spent 8 years there. Neither you nor I can read his mind, but that is what he stated quite publically. And from a Wenger prospective that is the one position we have an abundance of riches.

[Ent]

Credit to Chelsea, can't say they are boring this year. Costa has given them exactly what they needed. Wake up and add a striker Arsene. We could have had Cesc as well. Hate to say this but they look a shoe in for the title.

I still can't believe Arsenal didn't sign Cesc, you don't turn down players of that qualiry

He can give all the fake platitudes he wants, he wasn't interested in going back.

I think Fabregas made it clear that he did want to go back and Wenger said his position was filled. He wasn't out of our price range by any means and we know loyalty means a lot to Cesc as far as modern footballers are concerned he became the player he was at Arsenal and spent 8 years there. Neither you nor I can read his mind, but that is what he stated quite publically. And from a Wenger prospective that is the one position we have an abundance of riches.

If he was loyal or loved arsenal he wouldn't have left, especially after achieving bugger all with the club.

He showed loyalty to his wallet leaving his home town club for arsenal in the first place.

No way he was turning down Chelsea for arsenal.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Watching MOTD 

This could be the year that Distin/Jagielka fall off the cliff and that would be serious serious trouble for Everton

[Ent]

They were all over the place yesterday.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Everton really did score some good goals, since when did Naismith become a deadly finisher

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

If Danny Rose and Jack Colback can get call ups then Austin might as well

Gayle >>>>Austin

The kid is such a talent

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Nathan Dyer consistently good, scores goals and has done for three premier league seasons now. Never in the frame for an England call up. Amazing really when all Andros Townsend did was hit a long shot in and he got in

[westisbest]

I think its that mentality that players that play for the 'lesser' teams shouldn't get a call up.

Dyer deserves a chance.

Good to see guys like Coleback and especially Delph(totally deserved), get their chance.

Not an England fan, but good to see some new faces in the squad.

[The Special Juan]

Watching MOTD 

This could be the year that Distin/Jagielka fall off the cliff and that would be serious serious trouble for Everton

Distin's about 40 so it's inevitable.

[Crimey]

I like Naismith, this season and the tailend of last season he's been like a Scottish Thomas Mueller.

Balotelli starts, Lallana doesn't. Skrtel and Johnson both injured.

Liverpool XI: Mignolet, Manquillo, Moreno, Lovren, Sakho, Gerrard, Allen, Henderson, Sterling, Sturridge, Balotelli

[Nakatomi Plaza]

Do you reckon Liverpool will play a diamond in midfield with Gerrard at the base and Sterling at the top?

[Fernando]

Spuds XI: Lloris; Dier, Kaboul, Vertonghen, Rose; Bentaleb, Capoue; Chadli, Eriksen, Lamela; Adebayor.

Shall be an interesting game, You turned them over easily last year but Pochettino got some joy against you and so will be good to see how it goes.

Im going Liverpool 4-2 Spuds

[NickisBHAFC]

Like the look of super Sunday today. 2 great games!

[Crimey]

I would have thought it will be a diamond formation, but it's possible it could be 4-3-3 with Sturridge out wide which would be a mistake in my opinion or possibly even a 4-2-3-1 with Allen and Gerrard deeper, Henderson on the right, Sterling on the left and Sturridge playing as a second striker which is marginally better, diamond is probably best but do feel like it hurts the width of the team, especially as Balotelli isn't going to drop off into wide positions like Suarez did.

[Crimey]

Actually like the look of Liverpool's bench:


Jones, Enrique, Toure, Lambert, Coutinho, Can, Markovic.


I know some will laugh, but that bench looks the best that Liverpool have had in a long time. Can't remember the last time when Liverpool had conceivably 4-5 players capable of changing the game from the bench. 

Last year the bench usually looked like:

Jones, Toure, Agger, Allen, Moses, Aspas, Lucas

[westisbest]

We will go 3rd with a win, as long as Spurs lose.

Need to get the win, going into a 2 week break.

Same team again.

Would have liked to see Bent start. Gabby or Weimann need dropping.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

He's gotta score there

[NickisBHAFC]

Great save by Hugo there but yeah Mario will be angry he didn't score there!

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Sterling is such a huge huge talent

[The Special Juan]

There's bad and then there's Spurs.

[Ent]

The premier league - defending optional.

Should he 3-0 Liverpool already.

[westisbest]

1-0.

Good man Gabby.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

We will go 3rd with a win, as long as Spurs lose.

Need to get the win, going into a 2 week break.

Same team again.

Would have liked to see Bent start. Gabby or Weimann need dropping.

Of course villa's goal was setup by weimann scored by Gabby Westi!!

[The Special Juan]

Frak brilliant challenge.

[Ent]

Danny rose.

My god.

[Nakatomi Plaza]

Balotelli should have a hat-trick by now. Absolutely bullied Kaboul there though.

[NickisBHAFC]

Liverpool have looked strong in all areas of the pitch today. Excellent game mind.

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