Football : Season 2015/2016

[Chrysalis]

well we second now anyway I did forget about man city

[adzii_nufc]

Pedro pretty much wants to go to United. LVG also destroys clubs apparently. Bit hard to do that with United given they were already wrecked when he joined. Should be judged this season really, rather than last.

[thenry]

Originally Posted by Julian

He's a good player but he isn't Schneiderlin.

have to trust Ronko's judgement.

Still like to see a proven big man at the back...

Van Dijk??

Record Sport understands Saints manager Ronald Koeman believes he’s on the brink of securing a £10m deal for the centre-half which will go through before the transfer deadline.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/f...n-dijk-6236987

[thenry]

I'm not sure whether tonights 'forced' fixture is a hindrance overall for sides in the CL. No more than 10 friday night fixtures have been allocated and that for Sky to broadcast. I guess we are all in agreement that the friday night slots will be used to help EPL sides in the CL which come round so fast after a weekends worth of EPL fixtures so 1 of 10 has been eaten away by force apparently due to the EDL going on a rampage in Walsall on Saturday.

MU are at home vs Club Brugge on Tuesday. Surely they would have wanted the reverse, playing away with extra preparation. Having said that there wont be any need for another friday night slot to be taken with the reverse fixture to be played Wednesday the following week so Saturday 12:45 will do nicely for Newcastle at home EPL. I'm just thinking about the slots available and the need for the EPL to progress further in the CL.

In other news Arsene has quoted the word 'supermarket' which brings back fond memories of...

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Poor lackadaisical preparation for the game vs West Ham. Which is totally separate to the transfer market. The fact Arsenal are still short of players speaks for itself. The league has got a lot stronger. Wenger himself touched on it today that the quality in the lower part of the table has improved and that the points total to win the league could be lower this year. That doesn't of course mean teams can toy around and throw games, it means it'll be harder to beat teams. If Wenger stands still it'll be a top 4 competition again. Arsenal need to be better prepared for games and quality signings need to be had. He did say its intelligent to focus on performances than on miracle signings so you know Arsene, do exactly that! Why the screw up last week?!

The window is clearly going to hot up soon with moves triggering a merry-go-round and Wenger has always alluded to that during previous windows so why wasn't the team ready for the game vs West Ham. It's poor preparation even if transfers are waiting in the wings which of course are needed or its going to be a long hard season again! No crisis. Just no more of the same BS!

Off to Chelsea now. Eva Carneiro has undermined Jose Mourinho so he has got rid of her from the bench. He said "we need disagreements to improve. We work together and we improve together". During play Jose would have argued to the ref that Hazard doesn't need to go off, no medics, a big BS production would have surrounded it and the ref would have got slaughtered for doing what the rule states! Jose though would have diverted attention and got one over the morons while those with half a braincell would have known its total BS. All managers do it, try it on that is, exactly what Hazard and Jose done or were trying to do. Is the consistency there from the refs to get rid of the player from the pitch when these bs productions occur?

[iadom]

Well another scruffy goal for United but another three points. A better all round performance than against Spurs on Saturday though.

Slumming it tomorrow, been invited to Burnley v Brum at Turf Moor, 12.30 kick off so early start.

[denphone]

Well MU were a little better but lets see how they play when they play one of the giants.

[Mr Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by thenry

I'm not sure whether tonights 'forced' fixture is a hindrance overall for sides in the CL. No more than 10 friday night fixtures have been allocated and that for Sky to broadcast. I guess we are all in agreement that the friday night slots will be used to help EPL sides in the CL which come round so fast after a weekends worth of EPL fixtures so 1 of 10 has been eaten away by force apparently due to the EDL going on a rampage in Walsall on Saturday

I think the Friday night games start properly when the new TV deal starts next season. This was just a one off because of the reason you gave. Even then I'd imagine plod would have some say in certain games being broadcast at that time.

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Originally Posted by Shadow Demon UK

The league has been reset so if you were in it last season you will automatically be in it this season.

Cheers shadow

[thenry]

Originally Posted by Mr Pharmacist

I think the Friday night games start properly when the new TV deal starts next season. This was just a one off because of the reason you gave. Even then I'd imagine plod would have some say in certain games being broadcast at that time.

oops thanks

[Dave42]

end season now pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[iadom]

Not a bad game at Turf Moor but you can see why both teams are in the Championship, and likely to stay there.

Blatant dive for Brums second goal penalty.

[MalteseFalcon]

Sigh. If this was last season and Westley still in charge I'd be calling for him to be sacked. However, I hope Teddy can get the team working soon. A return of 1 point from 6 is not good enough, especially when on paper we should have at a minimum of 4 from 6 points.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Dave42

end season now pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Not looking good is it Dave?.

[adzii_nufc]

Same old defending issues. Daryl Janmaat has surely deliberately gotten himself sent off there. He's looking at a minimum 4-5 yellow cards in his opening half before the sending off. Mike Jones let him off far too many times until he finally conceded and dished out that second yellow. Swansea took advantage of an awful defence and given their possession play, it was a big ask 1-0 down but a certain win after the card.

Newcastle need 2 defenders, simple as that, players like Obertan shouldn't be starting games.

Newcastle and West Ham have agreed a price partnership (Annoying how many clubs have no interest in this, pure greed)

£25 adults and £1 U16's for SJP and Upton Park

[thenry]

Mitrovic.. again Swansea are far better prepared than Newcastle. It spoke for itself watching the game.

[adzii_nufc]

Adrian card is iffy, don't think he should be off though, 91st minute and he's watching that all the way. West Ham denied a blatant penalty though, that was an awful decision.