Premier League thread

[Barbara 15,149]

If Costa get injured, we can still put André or even Cesc striker.

still not enough to compete for titles.

We need a new striker... God could make some miracle for Torres leave this club this window. Even if he stays, we should get another striker and work with 4. Bring an English or HG - such as Jay Rodriguez - so we don't need to offload yet another non-HG.

Splash some money on Saints, their owner the Catharina woman wants to make as much money off of the team as possible. We have the money to splash

Does anyone know what's the status of Sturridge's contract? Maybe when he realizes he won't win fuck at Liverpool we could buy him back a couple of seasons down the road - if Liverpool accepts the money, that is. I wish there were release clauses in England in times like these

[The Chels 2,502]

The only way I see us getting a new striker is if Costa gets injured before the transfer window closes. After all the striker complaints from fans and manager last year it's unbelievable to think we're one injury/spell of bad form away from the same thing. Meanwhile City have 4 strikers, all of which are better than our 2nd and 3rd choice.

[Barbara 15,149]

should have loaned Oriol and a bunch to Saints in exchange of buying Jay Rodriguez.

That way they wouldn't spend much money in rebuilding their team and we would have a decent (far from brilliant but decent) HG striker. we could have sent Oriol, Marko - if anyone even wants him - Moses, Atsu and who else they wanted from our U-21. All those kids would get EPL experience in a good club, Saints would have saved their rich little money (and make some more from Rodriguez) and in a year or two they could even have bought a couple of them (if we saw fitting). Even PIazon and Bertrand could have made part of the package if we have thought about it before. Except for two matches they play us, they could have had a few guys to replace theirs. Everyone would be happy and Mourinho could keep his three other strikers, as Jay counts in the 8 players from the 25 squad.

Damn it.

[zolayes 14,489]

should have loaned Oriol and a few bunch to Saints in exchange of buying Jay Rodriguez.

That way they wouldn't spend much money in rebuilding their team and we would have a decent (far from brilliant but decent) HG striker. we could have sent Oriol, Marko - if anyone even wants him - Moses, Atsu and who else they wanted from our U-21. All those kids would get EPL experience in a good club, Saints would have saved their rich little money (and make some more from Rodriguez) and in a year or two they could even have bought a couple of them (if we saw fitting). Even PIazon and Bertrand could have made part of the package if we have thought about it before. Except for two matches they play us, they could have had a few guys to replace theirs. Everyone would be happy and Mourinho could keep his three other strikers, as Jay counts in the 8 players from the 25 squad.

Damn it.

PL clubs only allowed one loan from another PL club

[The Skipper 20,609]

should have loaned Oriol and a few bunch to Saints in exchange of buying Jay Rodriguez.

That way they wouldn't spend much money in rebuilding their team and we would have a decent (far from brilliant but decent) HG striker. we could have sent Oriol, Marko - if anyone even wants him - Moses, Atsu and who else they wanted from our U-21. All those kids would get EPL experience in a good club, Saints would have saved their rich little money (and make some more from Rodriguez) and in a year or two they could even have bought a couple of them (if we saw fitting). Even PIazon and Bertrand could have made part of the package if we have thought about it before. Except for two matches they play us, they could have had a few guys to replace theirs. Everyone would be happy and Mourinho could keep his three other strikers, as Jay counts in the 8 players from the 25 squad.

Damn it.

Southampton can spend lavishly, not only have they sold excellently, they also have a billionaire owner. They can get much better players than our u21s.

Edit (not to you specifically but to those who think Soton are struggling) - plus add to the fact that they've already replaced Lallana and Lambert with two equally as good players in Tadic and Pelle. They really won't struggle as much as people are saying they will. Bertrand is an ok replacement for Shaw, Clyne is still there so Chambers doesn't need to be replaced... That's pretty much 4/5 players replaced - they're fine.

[Special Juan 28,096]

Just saw the line up Liverpool started with last night and I honestly think they will struggle this season. Yes they have some good players like Coutinho but they haven't replaced Suarez as yet and to be honest they look awful at the back. That won't be quickly fixed by Manquilo either.

[Jase 43,479]

United improving this season under a better manager is expected but they have done rather well in pre-season and are beginning to worry me a little. I know it's only pre-season and all but think they will put in a strong challenge for the Top 4(at the very least), if not possibly even the title especially if Van Gaal were to get a few more players in.

[Special Juan 28,096]

Just seen the highlights of the game last night.....The first challenge on Sterling wasn't a penalty and it was given, then the challenge on Hernandez was a blatant penalty and wasn't given and the cross that hit the cross section of the goal, the ball went out, bounced back into play, Rooney tapped in, the ref gave it and then the linesman cancelled it out.

:clap:

Pre-season full of awesome refs and officials.

[Sheva. 5,373]

United improving this season under a better manager is expected but they have done rather well in pre-season and are beginning to worry me a little. I know it's only pre-season and all but think they will put in a strong challenge for the Top 4(at the very least), if not possibly even the title especially if Van Gaal were to get a few more players in.

Remains to be seen how PL teams play that 3 def.

There's always space to exploit on the wings in that formation, and wing play is one of the strong points of many teams in the league.

[Jase 43,479]

Remains to be seen how PL teams play that 3 def.

There's always space to exploit on the wings in that formation, and wing play is one of the strong points of many teams in the league.

True and not to mention the narrowness of the formation. We suffered quite a bit under Ancelotti when he used his diamond system. But if the back 3 doesn't work, then I don't think it will take long for Van Gaal to change his system anyway.

[The only place to be 11,313]

Southampton can spend lavishly, not only have they sold excellently, they also have a billionaire owner. They can get much better players than our u21s.

Edit (not to you specifically but to those who think Soton are struggling) - plus add to the fact that they've already replaced Lallana and Lambert with two equally as good players in Tadic and Pelle. They really won't struggle as much as people are saying they will. Bertrand is an ok replacement for Shaw, Clyne is still there so Chambers doesn't need to be replaced... That's pretty much 4/5 players replaced - they're fine.

They've lost the spine of their team, they've lost their manager and they haven't replaced them adequately whilst they could still lose Schneiderlin and Rodriguez (who is going to miss the first couple of months of the season anyway).

They have lost their Chief Exec who was key to much of what they are doing, there's rumours of discontent amongst the academy and despite comments to the contrary they have an owner who looks like she's liquidising the assets before selling what's left.

If they're not in a relegation fight next season then Koeman deserves manager of the season....but my feeling is that they're in trouble.

[Special Juan 28,096]

They can spend lavishly, of course they can. But we all saw how that ended up with Spurs last season. Too much too quick for me.

[Reddish-Blue 2,489]

They can spend lavishly, of course they can. But we all saw how that ended up with Spurs last season. Too much too quick for me.

To be honest, the spurs signings looked worse because neither AvB nor Sherwood knew what they were doing

With Pochettino, it'll be interesting to see how Spurs progress this season...from what i've heard, he gets that little bit extra out of decent players

[Special Juan 28,096]

To be honest, the spurs signings looked worse because neither AvB nor Sherwood knew what they were doing

With Pochettino, it'll be interesting to see how Spurs progress this season...from what i've heard, he gets that little bit extra out of decent players

I also heard a vicious rumor that Lamela has scored a goal this pre season.......Pochettino must be good.

[1chelsea 864]

City still have the strongest squad, by far...

With all this players we help them win the league[emoji33] we all know if we have half their striker we could have taken the league by storm, I see no difference in what is going to happen since Jose is still here and a descent striker I will hold head high over them