2017/18 Premier League & General Football Discussion

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Still no sign of Everton appointing a permanent manager after saying they would do so during this international break.
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Apparently Everton approached Watford to talk to Marco Silva. This was rejected.

Also uh-O's, another managerial sacking for @Liquid
 
Didn't Leyton Orient get taken over in the Summer??
 
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England v Brazil tonight...
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Or Republic of Ireland vs. Denmark in matches with significance...

The friendly is going to be woeful. Either a tedious draw, or Brazil ramming it into Southgate's face.
 
Wales v Panama as well, don't know what to expect from that, I'm a little embarrassed about it to be honest because they qualified for the World Cup and we didn't...
 
The beeb have published their annual price of football survey. The main point is that ticket prices have come down slightly in the Premier League thanks to the TV deal, although the averages are skewed because of Huddersfield and their dirt cheap tickets. Their cheapest season ticket is £100.
As usual there's the "look how cheap it is in Europe" while ignoring the most expensive options, such as PSG and their €3000 season ticket.
Summary:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41485422

Full breakdown of the results:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41482931
 
Looks what's back....

Saturday
Arsenal v Tottenham (12.30 Sky)
Bournemouth v Huddersfield
Burnley v Swansea
Crystal Palace v Everton
Leicester v Man City
Liverpool v Southampton
Man United v Newcastle (5.30 BT)
West Brom v Chelsea

Sunday
Watford v West Ham (4pm Sky)

Monday Night
Brighton v Stoke (8pm Sky)

Just the one game on Sunday, North London derby is the stand out game but a few other intriguing games too, the Championship is back as well plus there's Atletico Madrid v Real Madrid tomorrow night.

Man United confirm that Pogba, Rojo and Ibrahimovic are expected to return tomorrow. 👍
 
About time, I always miss the Premierl League when it's the international break. Hopefully United put on a good performance. Great to see Pogba and Ibra back in the squad, Rojo will be a boost too.
 
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Looks what's back....

Saturday
Arsenal v Tottenham (12.30 Sky)
Bournemouth v Huddersfield
Burnley v Swansea
Crystal Palace v Everton
Leicester v Man City
Liverpool v Southampton
Man United v Newcastle (5.30 BT)
West Brom v Chelsea

Sunday
Watford v West Ham (4pm Sky)

Monday Night
Brighton v Stoke (8pm Sky)

Just the one game on Sunday, North London derby is the stand out game but a few other intriguing games too, the Championship is back as well plus there's Atletico Madrid v Real Madrid tomorrow night.

Man United confirm that Pogba, Rojo and Ibrahimovic are expected to return tomorrow. 👍
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Yeah and I've got a little dilema. The Arsenal vs. Tottenham match is on about the same time as the WEC race from Bahrain. I paid for the season pass of live streaming for WEC so I think I'm going to have to watch the race then go back and watch the football match on NBC Sports Gold later that afternoon. And no I do not have a DVR :)
 
So Chris Coleman has resigned as Wales manager to take over at Sunderland...... I don't really understand that move tbh.
 
Arsenal 2-0 Tottenham full time score, goals from Mustafi and Sanchez, Arsenal were pretty dominant throughout and Spurs just didn't really look up for it.

Coleman has always stated that he wanted to get back into club management so the fact that he has is no surprise, but I would've thought it would be a better job than at Sunderland.

He did an amazing job at Wales and he will be badly missed.
 
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Coleman has always stated that he wanted to get back into club management so the fact that he has is no surprise, but I would've thought it would be a better job than at Sunderland.
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I'm very con£used as to how Coleman £elt Sunderland was his £irst choice back in club £ootball. It's such a toxic, negative environment there that relegation is almost a £oregone conclusion. Is he - or the club - willing to lead the team's £ight back £rom League One, or will relegation end with him being £ired (with compensation)?

Meanwhile, big-spending Everton are still without a full time manager - and are likely to have an open chequebook for a striker in the January transfer window...
 
Would the club be paying him that much considering they are up for sale?/

Full times.
Arsenal 2-0 Tottenham
Crystal Palace 2-2 Everton
West Brom 0-4 Chelsea
Leicester 0-2 Man City
Liverpool 3-0 Southampton
Bournemouth 4-0 Huddersfield
Burnley 2-0 Swansea

Some big wins, Bournemouth won despite being down to 10 men for the second half, Paul Clement's position as Swansea boss is under threat now as the Swansea owners were at the match and will talk to Clement tomorrow.
 
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Another 4 goals for Manchester United, I think today showed how much we've missed Pogba. He is just class and rarely gives the ball away.
 
Very good win and performance, slow start but the way we came back was impressive, Pogba was fantastic. :D
 
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I'm very con£used as to how Coleman £elt Sunderland was his £irst choice back in club £ootball. It's such a toxic, negative environment there that relegation is almost a £oregone conclusion. Is he - or the club - willing to lead the team's £ight back £rom League One, or will relegation end with him being £ired (with compensation)?
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Yep this and also he may well be fired before Sunderland go down and before Wales even appoint his permanent replacement, so he can then go back to the Wales job a lot richer than when he left it. :sly:
 
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Pulis gone
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42041923
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That's surprising, but isn't.

They've not been great this year, and they're on a bad run, but is "first match after an international break" the best time for a club like WBA - which Pulis overachieved with last year - to be firing a manager, much less one who got them to the brink of Europe (well... by league position) last year?
 
Essex Police have asked West Ham fans to stop calling 999 to complain about thier team.
 
Newcastle have received a takeover bid in the region of £300 million from PCP Capital Partners, headed by Amanda Steveley, who has been linked with the club a lot in the last few months.
 
That shouldn't be the first time it's been used in my opinion, all diving (zero contact/clear intent from the "diver" to cause the contact) should be punished with a ban, 1 game where it didn't con the ref and 2 when it did, repeat offenders should also get an extra game every time they do it.

Yellow cards for diving however should be removed (at least in divisions where there's retrospective action) as this now confuses the issue totally and half the time the refs get it wrong anyway.
 
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That shouldn't be the first time it's been used in my opinion, all diving (zero contact/clear intent from the "diver" to cause the contact) should be punished with a ban, 1 game where it didn't con the ref and 2 when it did, repeat offenders should also get an extra game every time they do it.

Yellow cards for diving however should be removed (at least in divisions where there's retrospective action) as this now confuses the issue totally and half the time the refs get it wrong anyway.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39962886
The FA defines the new offence for which players will be punished as "successful deception of a match official".

Only incidents that result in a player winning a penalty or lead to an opponent being sent off - through either a direct red card or two yellow cards - will be punished.

The FA says it will act "where there is clear and overwhelming evidence to suggest a match official has been deceived by an act of simulation, and as a direct result, the offending player's team has been awarded a penalty and/or an opposing player has been dismissed".

So whether the ref gets it wrong in the game is irrelevant, Its a question of the referee being conned more than anything rather than dubious penalty called/or not by the referee?
 
Yes I know how the FA are doing things, I just believe their way is wrong and don't agree with the entire reason they brought this in. It should have been because players should not be cheating rather than because they make the referees look stupid when they dive and otherwise con them.
 
Alan Pardew talking to West Brom.

Romulu Lukaku has been fined £340 for noise complaints at those LA parties he had in the Summer, someone set up a Crowdfunding page for him quick!!
 
ASH32
Yes I know how the FA are doing things, I just believe their way is wrong and don't agree with the entire reason they brought this in. It should have been because players should not be cheating rather than because they make the referees look stupid when they dive and otherwise con them.
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Yeah its wrong is all this diving and conning refs, but at least its a start by taking action after the event. (Also players will learn they will not get away with it anymore.)
Maybe then the refs could be a bit stronger in the future when more retrospective diving is seen and then the refs learn by what the independent panel sees and learn from there mistakes/and there findings?
Still early days, But its a way forward, For now?
 
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Should have posted this yesterday as there is a game on tonight, but here's this weekend's games

Friday
West Ham v Leicester (8pm Sky)

Saturday
Crystal Palace v Stoke
Liverpool v Chelsea (5.30 BT)
Man United v Brighton
Newcastle v Watford
Swansea v Bournemouth
Tottenham v West Brom

Sunday
Burnley v Arsenal (2pm)
Huddersfield v Man City (4pm Sky)
Southampton v Everton (1.30 Sky)
 
Full times.

Newcastle 0-3 Watford
Palace 2-1 Stoke
Swansea 0-0 Bournemouth
Man United 1-0 Brighton
Tottenham 1-1 West Brom
 
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