Football 2015/16

[TheGayTent]

Everton are good on a good day, and not so good on other days. A bit like WHU, in fact.

Their inconsistency will be their downfall, and stop them finishing as high as you suggest.

A bit like every team from 4th to 10th...

[eFestivals]

A bit like every team from 4th to 10th...

true, tho there's some teams in there who generally get a bit better thru the season, while others drop away.

I reckon the top 8 will look much like they normally do at the end - the same eight teams, tho not necessarily in the same positions (for example, Chelsea will be in there, tho top 4 looks unlikely for them now).

[TheGayTent]

In Everton's 11 league games thus far, they have already played all of last season's top 8.

They're a point off 6th currently - I think that's a false position and that'll they finish higher than they are.

Much will depend on the window....we will see come May

[mrtourette]

If we finish ion the top six I promise never to be mean about West Ham ever again.

 

[The Nal]

true, tho there's some teams in there who generally get a bit better thru the season, while others drop away.

I reckon the top 8 will look much like they normally do at the end - the same eight teams, tho not necessarily in the same positions (for example, Chelsea will be in there, tho top 4 looks unlikely for them now).

I think they can recover 10 points. Looks unlikely at the minute but everyone else is so inconsistent. Utd couldn't score in a brothel, City are hit and miss, Liverpool are an unknown and Arsenal are the only team lately that have shown a bit of quality.

More bad news for Mourinho today. Eva Carneiro has filed an individual claim against him, in addition to the one she filed against the club. Looks like Roman will have to cough up some cash out of court.

 

[eFestivals]

I think they can recover 10 points. Looks unlikely at the minute but everyone else is so inconsistent.

Chelsea would need a level of consistency from now on that they've barely achieved in their best seasons, so I can't see it.

It would probably take the lowest points for 4th spot that's ever happened for them to be in there, and while the points of per-game of 4th is currently below the average it was like that last season too and picked up in the 2nd half of the season.

 

 

[ThomThomDrum]

The OK One 

[mrtourette]

Another hilarious 'The [insert adjective that isn't as good as special] One' joke.

[Gucci Piggy]

Chelsea will get top 4. They don't need to gain 10 points on anybody decent. Leicester and West Ham will fall away once squad depth becomes important later on.

Chelsea are 6 points behind Spurs/Liverpool/Soton and 5 points behind Everton, who are probably the teams most likely to be challenging for top 4.

[TheGayTent]

I see Garde has been confirmed at Villa. Be interesting to see if he hits the ground running or whether he ends up a Felix McGath type appointment. 

[5co77ie]

I see Garde has been confirmed at Villa. Be interesting to see if he hits the ground running or whether he ends up a Felix McGath type appointment. 

as in the bit player at Arsenal?

 

Quality spelling error:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2585294-aston-villa-promote-hashtag-welcoming-remi-garde-and-misspell-frenchmans-name

 

 

 

Edited November 2, 2015 by 5co77ie

[TheGayTent]

They very same. 

[Gucci Piggy]

Remy doesn't play for Arsenal though.

[TheGayTent]

Remy doesn't play for Arsenal though.

No, but he used to. 

Mind you he did more work as a chaperone and translator than he did actually on the pitch. 

[mrtourette]

Oh Villa

[thegremlin_1999]

I think Leicester have been a little lucky this season, the small things seem to be going their way, you have to give them credit for building some momentum up.  However there run is based on the goals of 2 players which I cant see continuing indefinitely, I suspect they will drop like a stone, but Im sure at the start of the season mid table would have been fine with them.

as a Leicester fan anything above 18th is good by me! Pretty much most fans thoughts I think. :)

[TheSilence]

I can't see Everton finishing top 4. We've had a pretty decent start against teams that should be good but haven't been this season and we've got a run of should-be-easy games coming up but we really are one of the most inconsistent teams in the league. We can play beautiful football when we want to but it always manages to land us in an average position in the table come the end of the season.  

[The Nal]

Whats the deal with LVG calling Smalling "Mike Smalling"?

[pink_triangle]

I'm no fan of the punditry of Robbie savage, but John Terry's claim that a footballer has to played consistently at top 4 level to have a worthwhile opinion, is dumb beyond belief.

[mrtourette]

Two morons butting heads.

[eFestivals]

I'm no fan of the punditry of Robbie savage, but John Terry's claim that a footballer has to played consistently at top 4 level to have a worthwhile opinion, is dumb beyond belief.

corrected for you.

[ThomThomDrum]

So the Gunners..............the PLs in form team of the moment.....................Yikes!

[eFestivals]

So the Gunners..............the PLs in form team of the moment.....................Yikes!

they were always going to lose yesterday. The question was by how much.

The important thing for them given their first results was to get one win from the two games, which they managed - to everyone's surprise.

And if they still don't qualify, I'm not sure it's a bad thing either. They've got the best chance in years to win the league this year, so no CL distraction could be a very good thing to help that along.

[mrtourette]

They got beaten by a vastly better team. Not sure what them being being the Premier League's 'form team' has to do with it, unless it's more proof of how shit the Premier League apparently is.

[thetime]

 

The important thing for them given their first results was to get one win from the two games, which they managed - to everyone's surprise.

And if they still don't qualify, I'm not sure it's a bad thing either. They've got the best chance in years to win the league this year, so no CL distraction could be a very good thing to help that along.

That win in the first game though might be there downfall. There's a very good chance that win will give them the Europa league in the spring.