Football 19/20

[Hugh Jass]

Roy using the word “beef” on telly was unintentionally hilarious.

[The Nal]

18 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Are United just not bothering with the whole striker thing this year?

No. New way of playing football completely. Oléball. A squad of 7 central defenders, 3 midfielders and 5 left sided players.  

Its almost like they still think the window is open until the end of August. They'll wake up tomorrow after realising they can't replace Lukaku: "oh shit!". 

[lost]

7 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Roy using the word “beef” on telly was unintentionally hilarious.

A few places saying the valuation was £100m cash. I don't blame everton for not going above £70m plus players.. Thats £10m more than Madrid have just paid for Hazard.

Edited August 8, 2019 by lost

[Hugh Jass]

2 minutes ago, lost said:

A few places saying the valuation was £100m cash. I don't blame everton for not going above £70m plus players.. Thats £10m more than Madrid have just paid for Hazard.

Zaha single handedly keeps them in the PL so he is worth £100m to them.

[jyoung]

13 minutes ago, lost said:

A few places saying the valuation was £100m cash. I don't blame everton for not going above £70m plus players.. Thats £10m more than Madrid have just paid for Hazard.

With bonuses the Hazard deal will be closer to 130m but yeah.

[WS_Jack_III]

We've resigned Carroll ?

[lost]

Very difficult for the teams outside the Champs spots to attract the players to improve. With effectively losing Zouma and Gueye to PSG I actually think Everton are weaker this year.

Edited August 8, 2019 by lost

[kaosmark2]

2 hours ago, WS_Jack_III said:

We've resigned Carroll ?

I genuinely don't hate it! 

[Hugh Jass]

Looks like we tried to bring Gayle back from Newcastle but he wanted to stay.

[zahidf]

David luiz to arsenal was a massive surprise.

[mjsell]

Was actually a really interesting deadline day for once - normally its a load of shit. 

Moving it to before the start of the season has been a roaring success. 

[jyoung]

And so it begins...

Farke has said Norwich won't park the bus tonight but you'd imagine after the game he might be wishing they had. Can't look past a Liverpool win. If Norwich are going to commit players forward, LFC will be lethal on the turn of play.

Tottenham Villa tomorrow night should be a good game and I'm interested to see how Arsenal v Newcastle turns out on Sun. Then of course, finishing off the weekend with United and Chelsea... Could be a brilliant game, could be shit.

[priest17]

Maybe Everton will use my Iwobi long chant seeing as Arsenal never took me up on it

 

[eFestivals]

22 minutes ago, jyoung said:

LFC will be lethal on the turn of play.

depends what Liverpool turn up.

If it's the same as the first half on Sunday Norwich have half a chance. If it's the same as the 2nd half on Sunday i'll be a rout.

[eastynh]

what are peoples predictions???

Mine:

1) Manchester City

2) Liverpool

3) Spurs

4) Arsenal

5) Chelsea

6) Everton

7) Manchester United

[jyoung]

1. City
2. Liverpool
3. Chelsea
4. Arsenal
5. Spurs
6. United
7. Everton
8. Leicester
9. Wolves
10. West Ham

No point going any further really. No idea who'll go down but I imagine Sheffield United will be one.

[Wooderson]

1 hour ago, eastynh said:

what are peoples predictions???

Mine:

1) Manchester City

 

Nostradamus here. ?

[Hugh Jass]

Top four: City, Liverpool, Spurs Arsenal

Bottom three: Palace, Sheff Utd, Newcastle

Top scorer: Kane

First manager chopped: Roy

[JSmurphy]

1. Manchester City
2. Liverpool
3. Arsenal
4. Tottenham
5. Chelsea
6. Manchester United
7. Everton
8. West Ham
9. Leicester
10. Wolves
11. Watford
12. Bournemouth
13. Aston Villa
14. Burnley
15. Crystal Palace
16. Norwich
17. Newcastle
18. Brighton
19. Sheffield United
20. Southampton 

Goalscorer: Agüero 
First sacked: Graham Potter

[DareToDibble]

1 - City
2 - Liverpool
3 - Arsenal
4 - Spurs
5 - Chelsea
6 - United

[jyoung]

New contract all signed for Hudson-Odoi. Crazy turn of events considering how keen he was to leave in January, disillusioned by Sarri. Just goes to show the influence Frank has had. He's come in and Loftus-Cheek and Mount have both signed new deals and we're expecting Tammy, Reece James, Tomori and CHO all to be announced soon. Obviously not the front page summer signings as at other clubs but a great foundation to build on nonetheless. Just have to hope some of these lads take their chances this year and push on.

Edited August 9, 2019 by jyoung

[Hugh Jass]

4 hours ago, jyoung said:

New contract all signed for Hudson-Odoi. Crazy turn of events considering how keen he was to leave in January, disillusioned by Sarri. Just goes to show the influence Frank has had. He's come in and Loftus-Cheek and Mount have both signed new deals and we're expecting Tammy, Reece James, Tomori and CHO all to be announced soon. Obviously not the front page summer signings as at other clubs but a great foundation to build on nonetheless. Just have to hope some of these lads take their chances this year and push on.

I’d say it shows what happens when you’re not allowed to spunk millions on players.

[jyoung]

1 hour ago, Hugh Jass said:

I’d say it shows what happens when you’re not allowed to spunk millions on players.

Not necessarily but of course it plays its part. No way CHO was staying under Sarri. As for academy grads such as James, Mount, Tammy and Tomori... Sarri didn't watch a single academy match during his tenure. Those names wouldn't even be in contention if he was still manager. I hope we have learned our lesson from the ban though. We don't always need to spend 30m on average backups.

[CRW5252]

On 8/8/2019 at 5:42 PM, Hugh Jass said:

Zaha single handedly keeps them in the PL so he is worth £100m to them.

But they can reinvest the money they get. Now they have got an unhappy player who will eventually leave anyway on their books. It's ludicrous that they didn't accept that Everton offer. 

[CRW5252]

On 8/8/2019 at 9:47 PM, zahidf said:

David luiz to arsenal was a massive surprise.

Very happy with it personally. Offers loads of experience and better than anyone we have got. He'll be a good stop gap before we get a long term centre back in (or Saliba is ready to start). 

Bizzare to me that Chelsea would accept 8mil for him to a direct rival but I'm not complaining.