2016/17 Premier League & General Football Discussion

[lxmmy]

They'll be raving about him for six months and then the lazy tendencies will slowly reappear and they'll be wondering why the hell they spent such a ridiculous amount of money on him. I've watched him from the Gallowgate end since he joined us and I'm can't think of a more lazy player.

Yaya Toure?

 

[PzR Slim]

Yaya Toure?

Honestly, you have no idea, the bloke would put himself in positions so that it was impossible to pass the ball to him. He's an absolute unit and would pull out of a tackle with the runt of the opposition team. I've even seen him pretend to slip so he didn't have to track back. He's a mercenary and events tonight just prove that to be the case. If we can get £30million for him the club will be laughing all the way to the bank.

 

[lxmmy]

Honestly, you have no idea, the bloke would put himself in positions so that it was impossible to pass the ball to him. He's an absolute unit and would pull out of a tackle with the runt of the opposition team. I've even seen him pretend to slip so he didn't have to track back. He's a mercenary and events tonight just prove that to be the case. If we can get £30million for him the club will be laughing all the way to the bank.

He sounds like a bargain. Just imagine the deal fell through now.

Lazar Markovic joins Sporting Lisbon on loan.

Atsu completes a move to Newcastle on loan.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Everton's booby prize is getting Enner Valencia on loan

Hull sign Diemerci Mbokani on loan, from Dynamo Kiev i assume, he was at Norwich last season.

 

[lxmmy]

 

[MUSC4EVER]

And the window is now.......Closed!!

Still waiting on Luiz and Sissoko to be done....

 

[lxmmy]

And the window is now.......Closed!!

Still waiting on Luiz and Sissoko to be done....

Both deals are done.

Plus, quite a big move for Valencia in managing to get Garay on a undisclosed fee.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Ricky Lambert joins Cardiff on two year deal.

Sunderland still trying to get Portugese keeper Mika in.

West Brom sign Hal Robson Kanu.

 

[Dennisch]

Balotelli goes for free to OGC Nice. So Liverpool wants to get rid of him so bad that they throw away 20 million.

 

[Mike Rotch]

@lxmmy Is that an Arsenal jumper?

Had to laugh at some of the comments doing the rounds, around Wilshere going to Bournemouth on season long medical

 

[Akmuq]

Okay, we have a replacement for Dembele, for 2 games a season.

The other 36 he's an entitled got. Not happy.

 

[lxmmy]

Best one so far.

 

[88GTA]

Have any Chelsea fans heard anything about Miazga being loaned out? I doubt he'll play this year and was hoping to follow his games because he played for my Red Bulls and grew up in NJ.

Miazga joins Vitesse (Chelsea B) on loan for the rest of the season.

Spurs and Marseille switch players. N'Jie leaves Spurs on loan and N'Koudou is transfered to Spurs.

Spurs paid 11 mil. Euros for N'Koudou transfer.

AC Milan loan out Diego Lopez to Espanyol whose goalie Pau Lopez just left for Spurs on loan. AC Milan also loaned in attacking midfielder Mati Fernandez of Fiorentina. Fernandez rejoins his old manager at AC Milan, (Montella) after not playing yet this season for his new manager in Fiorentina. The loan has an option to buy.

 

[Dennisch]

Chelsea B

*Chelsea H.

 

[Akmuq]

Turns out Spurs are paying 6 mil a year to Newcastle only if Sissoko stays his contact. Levy has somehow managed to turn this into a good deal.

 

[Touring Mars]

This is actually a thing...

 

[Brend]

This is actually a thing...

I'm genuinely interested in how well made it'll actually be - very strange concept.

 

[Touring Mars]

I'm genuinely interested in how well made it'll actually be - very strange concept.

Hehe, I nearly tagged you in that post....

Something tells me it will either be really well done or absolutely terrible!

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Three game ban for Aguero.

 

[christara321]

Three game ban for Aguero.

http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2016/09/0...-ref-mark-halsey-makes-astonishing-claim-ga/?

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...l-news/man-city-aguero-elbow-halsey-11837805?

Makes you wonder what has been seen or not? Not followed up the story from the link above but its a brave comment from a past ref.

Quote next to last paragraph in first link.
"It is easy to echo Neville's words here with this a huge problem for the Premier League. In the wake of Aguero's three-match ban, which did split opinion, Halsey's comments do cast the spotlight on referees as pictures seemed to show referee Andre Marriner looking at the incident."

Plus how many decisions in the past have gone under the radar.
Plus am not bitter it is what it is.
Just hope its a good game when they all get back to action in the premier league. (Derby game.)

 

[Liquid]

As if we didn't suspect it all along. Nice to see this stuff finally coming out.

 

[christara321]

As if we didn't suspect it all along. Nice to see this stuff finally coming out.

Its shocking, The story is being covered by loads of the media pages.
Can,t say am surprised but a little shocked its finally come out into the open. Good on the the ref who made it headline news. 👍

 

[Furinkazen]

 

[MUSC4EVER]

United have got problems doing into the derby too, Mkhitaryan might be out after going off injured for Armenia, Shaw has pulled out of the England squad and Romero, Rojo and Valencia will only arrive back in UK around 24 hours before the game.

 

[Furinkazen]

They scored more today then the mens team are likely to score all season.

 

[m8h3r]

United have got problems doing into the derby too, Mkhitaryan might be out after going off injured for Armenia, Shaw has pulled out of the England squad and Romero, Rojo and Valencia will only arrive back in UK around 24 hours before the game.

Also Eric Bailly will be going to the African Cup of Nations. Not sure when that starts but expected to be gone for 5 weeks.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Nottingham Forest have signed Nicklas Bendtner....

 

[Liquid]

I'm going to invoke the commentator's curse and say that still no managers have left yet and it was around this time last year that the first ones started departing.

Apparently Tony Pulis was close to walking out on West Brom thought. He was frustrated at their transfer activity or apparent lack thereof.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid banned from making any signings in the next two transfer windows after losing their appeals, Real are taking this to the court of arbitration for sport

 

[Dennisch]

The EPFL Board of Directors is meeting today in Amsterdam to discuss the outcome of the reform of UEFA Club Competitions.

The European Leagues believe the way this process has been conducted by UEFA to be unacceptable for an organisation that claims to be the governing body of football in Europe. A major change in European football has been announced without the support and consensus of the organisers of domestic league football in Europe. This decision will have a detrimental impact on domestic competitions and will lead to an exponential growth in the financial and sporting gap between the biggest clubs in Europe and all the others.

As a result of the decision taken by UEFA, the EPFL believes that UEFA has breached the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two organisations.

In the event that the EPFL were to terminate the MoU as a result of such breach, this would give all European Leagues total freedom to schedule their matches as they see fit – including on the same days and at the same kick-off times as UEFA Club Competitions.

Finally, the EPFL calls on the new UEFA President, to be elected next week, to reconsider the reform relating to UEFA Club Competitions. The European Leagues stand ready to meet the new UEFA President to discuss these matters.

The EPFL will further clarify its position during a press conference that shall take place at 15:30hs in Amsterdam.

The EPFL Board of Directors’ meeting was attended by the following Leagues:

- Spanish La Liga
- German Bundesliga
- English Premier League
- French Professional Football League
- Russian Premier League
- Liga Portugal
- Dutch Eredivisie
- Swiss Football League
- Swedish Professional Football League
- Danish Professional Football League
- Scottish Professional Football Leagues
- Italian Lega Serie B

EPFL site.