The 6th Place Trophy - The 2017/18 Premier League Thread

[Dolphin Ziggler]

First topic message reminder :

The fixtures have been released, players have been signed and summer is already a bit boring, so here's the Premier League 2017/18 season thread.

Opening fixtures:

Arsenal v Leicester City
Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester City
Chelsea v Burnley
Crystal Palace v Huddersfield Town
Everton v Stoke City
Manchester United v West Ham United
Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur
Southampton v Swansea City
Watford v Liverpool
West Bromwich Albion v Bournemouth

[Dolphin Ziggler]

You’ve come here bigging up Arsenal. And an Arsenal fan is calling a supporter of another team a clown. What about net clownage, dou?

[Guest]

What has happened to Forster?

[Ent]

Comedy own goal from Everton.

[Guest]

MoTD should be great viewing this evening...

[Duty281]

Four 1-0ers in the 15:00 kick-offs.

Two of the three newly-promoted sides residing in the top-half.

[Guest]

Now watch West Ham beat Holland, here.

[GSC]

Sounds like Bilic is finally going to be put out of his misery

[GSC]

And Moyes making a triumphant comeback

[Dolphin Ziggler]

I’ve tried to explain to people how bad our board are.

David Moyes

[Guest]

Wow. I wouldn't go anywhere near Moyes.

How lucky he'll be to get that gig after last seasons disaster.

[Crimey]

Problem with Billic is he looks resigned to defeat, I just can't see him turning it around. Have no idea why West Ham would go for Moyes. I can understand when clubs threatened with relegation turn to the likes of Allardyce and Pulis, even Hodgson, who have all had a track record of being able to keep sides up from relegation. Moyes showed last year with Sunderland that he isn't even very good at getting sides performing better than their individual players.

[sirfredperry]

Just back from Spurs-Palace, with Palace causing more probs for Tottenham than Real Madrid did and perhaps unlucky to lose. Goal came after Palace's best spell of the match.

[Duty281]

Palace are already beginning to look like a stereotypical Roy Hodgson side: tight, disciplined and organised.

City currently a goal to the good against Arsenal. The only surprise being that it's just one goal.

[Fernando]

It's been a Poopie game of football with De Bruyne showing 1 bit of quality for the goal.

[Duty281]

This Chelsea-United fixture will be an excellent argument for the implementation of a rule whereby teams are allowed to shake hands on a draw before a ball is kicked, thus saving everyone the utter tedium of enduring it.

[Guest]

It's been pretty lively so far.

[Duty281]

It has been pretty decent!

Surprised at how open United are.

[Nathaniel Jacobs]

Mourinho getting exposed again.

[Guest]

Everton 2-0 down at home to Watford.

Fair to say they are in a relegation battle?

[Guest]

I spoke too soon.

[Ent]

Even if United somehow manage to get something from this game in the last few minutes they are an absolutely awful side full of players who cannot play football or manage a game.

Barely made a pass in this game and resorted to hoofing it to fellaini.

Chelsea a far, far superior side.

[Guest]

They televised the wrong game. Everton 3-2 Watford. Scenes at Goodison.

[Guest]

With GD advantage, Man City are basically 9 points clear

[Ent]

If someone turns round an 8 point gap they'll probably turn round the goal difference. More relevant when it's tight.

[Guest]

Yeah, it's already over. Congratulations to Man City on purchasing their 3rd title.

The race for 2nd should at least be good.

[Ent]

It's professional sport, it's always been bought.

Hard to compete with their finances.

What I will say is fair play to them for having a vision and structure for the club to progress to this stage. They wanted pep and spent years setting it up to attract him.

Unlike united who are complety rudderless and just spunk millions away on anyone who looks half decent. A bit like city when they had their first billionaire owner.

[Guest]

It's professional sport, it's always been bought.

Hard to compete with their finances.

What I will say is fair play to them for having a vision and structure for the club to progress to this stage. They wanted pep and spent years setting it up to attract him.

Unlike united who are complety rudderless and just spunk millions away on anyone who looks half decent. A bit like city when they had their first billionaire owner.

Or it was a convenient appointment for both parties at the time. Depends how naive and gullible you are I suppose. Did the club really set it up to attract one manager that is only there for 3 years? Interesting narrative.

[Duty281]

With GD advantage, Man City are basically 9 points clear

And with City's next league games being against Leicester, Huddersfield, Southampton, and West Ham, that advantage could well go into double figures very soon.

[Guest]

Huddersfield FTW!

[Ent]

I think it was clear they wanted him long before he signed. Hired barcas former sporting director who he had worked with before I believe. Approached him and signed him whilst he was still managing Bayern.

Naive to think it hadn't been in the works for a while.

[TRUSSMAN66]

Yeah, it's already over. Congratulations to Man City on purchasing their 3rd title. .

Because no one else has spent big to win the title before have they ??

Bless you.

[LionsV2]

Not to the extent of City whereby their success is built solely on foreign investment, Chelsea were at least a decent cup side.

[Guest]

Blackburn and Chelsea have done what City have so I'll give you that, Truss.

The achievements come with an asterix. You've bought your recent success. That's a blessing, flower.

[GSC]

It's so much more pure when you buy the league by pricing the rest of the league out the market or selling branded tampons in Taiwan.

[compelling and rich]

rather unsurprisingly billic has been sacked

[TRUSSMAN66]

It's so much more pure when you buy the league by pricing the rest of the league out the market or selling branded tampons in Taiwan.

I remember when Utd could only afford the best players..........Thankfully they just try to win the pure way these days because they are priced out of the market..

Pogba 90m....
Lukaku 75m....

God bless Man Utd.....City can learn a lot from them.

[LionsV2]

It's so much more pure when you buy the league by pricing the rest of the league out the market or selling branded tampons in Taiwan.

I remember when Utd could only afford the best players..........Thankfully they just try to win the pure way these days..

Pogba 90m....
Lukaku 75m....

God bless Man Utd.....City can learn a lot from them.

I wonder which of the two could survive without being bankrolled by a Billionaire?

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Bye Slav, it’s been emotional

[TRUSSMAN66]

Bye Slav, it’s been emotional

Half the stewards will miss him.....They probably won't be able to clock off so early....

[GSC]

Thank God United were there holding the line against the top 6 receiving a greater share of prize money last month

[BamBam]

I despise the petro dollar model, but the way he's got the likes of Sane/Jesus/Sterling looking like superstars so early on speaks a lot for his ability

[Luke]

rather unsurprisingly billic has been sacked  

And according to sky Moyes to be confirmed tomorrow.

[Guest]

It's so much more pure when you buy the league by pricing the rest of the league out the market or selling branded tampons in Taiwan.

I remember when Utd could only afford the best players..........Thankfully they just try to win the pure way these days because they are priced out of the market..

Pogba 90m....
Lukaku 75m....

God bless Man Utd.....City can learn a lot from them.

When was this then?

[Guest]

Some of the West Ham fans tweets on Moyes are gold!

[Dolphin Ziggler]

I told a mate yesterday I’d rather eat the skin off my own elbow than see Moyesy in charge

[compelling and rich]

i have no idea how moyes has got the job, the guy is damaged goods. utterly clueless at united, everton will be happy they can shift jags and baines in jan and pienaar will get to go another club

will end in the disaster this, the fans are already against him being there

[Duty281]

Can still get 5/2 on West Ham being relegated.

Worthy investment.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

I’d pile in on that - out of touch from boardroom to training ground.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Spurs have been awful

[Crimey]

Salah is now top scorer in the Premier League, Signing of the Season so far?

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