EPL 2015/16

Post by **GT93** » May 13, 2016, 3:20 pm

The EPL looks too greedy downunder:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/ar ... d=11638925

There's so much sport on TV who cares if this mob don't want to display their goods. They should replace it with French, Spanish or German football.

Post by **Barney** » May 13, 2016, 4:01 pm

Oh dear, the kiwi is trying to class themselves as downunder. You are the small neighbor across the ditch or the land of the long white cloud.
Your small audience and passion for only one sport perhaps is the reason no one wants to send moving pictures of the EPL.

Post by **Zidane** » May 13, 2016, 7:28 pm

You would think that Watfords owners would have been happy for them just to survive in the Premiership this season?
They have done more than that and also reached the semi final of the FA Cup,but its still not good enough....

Watford manager Quique Sanchez Flores will leave the club after their final match of the season on Sunday.
The Spaniard, 51, was appointed in June 2015 following the club's promotion to the Premier League.
The Hornets are 13th in the Premier League, but have won just two of their past 11 top-flight games.
"The club and me don't have the same point of view about the season," said Sanchez, who also guided Watford to the FA Cup semi-finals.
"We don't have the necessary conditions to activate the clause to renew my contract so I will leave Watford as a consequence.
"I felt completely happy with this year and I have enjoyed this experience."
Former Real Madrid and Valencia player Sanchez will leave after Sunderland visit Vicarage Road on Sunday.

Post by **magpie73** » May 14, 2016, 12:50 am

typical makem just wondering where your going to get the four point's that you took off Newcastle next season to stay up I'm all for the three north east teams to be in the premiership

Post by **BobHelm** » May 14, 2016, 6:35 am

Well, all playing at the same time for the last game of the season & really a bit of a damp squib = apart from some minor placing battles..

Post by **botaknh** » May 14, 2016, 11:09 am

socksy wrote: My focus will be mainly on the 'grass roots' thread next season thanks to the SPL being included there, and thanks to a load of 'prima donna's' on the field, boardroom, coaches and managers alike at SJP.

Socksy, have you ever seen any of the Youtube videos made by The True Geordie. If not have a look at the 2 latest ones where he's slagging everybody off except Rafa. Might sound obvious but just do a search for The True Geordie in Youtube. Can't argue with anything he's saying, even when he talks about us

And for Magpie73, it was Statto that kept banging on about you lot gifting us 6 points every year so we could stay up, I just went along with it. Before that I did complain about no more derbies. We don't consider that small town in Yorkshire (as it was) to be in North East, that starts at the Durham border. It would be nice having 3 teams in the Premier League, but unfortunately Gateshead and South Shields have a long way to go yet

Post by **FLICKFLACKER404** » May 14, 2016, 11:24 am

goodison wrote:Conspiracy theories abound! Toffees rolled over at Stadium of Light to ensure "The magpies were relegated and for Senor Benitez to invoke the clause in his contact enabling him to leave should The geordies go down. Rafa does, after all have a home in Caldy on the Wirral a stones throw across The Mersey =D> David Moyes, a good friend of Bill Kenwright may do a U-Turn? However as Sky have been saying all night/morning Frank De Boer is the Bookies favourite: De Boer by name, how about by nature? Toffees cancelled end of season celebratory awards ceremony with 600? meals being donated to charity.

Think we are all overlooking the obvious choice?747

beats driving taxis for a living,he could still slip off for a few hours moonlighting on the cabs

could do with the extra money now his winter fuel allowance has stopped $\:D/$

Post by **Drunk Monkey** » May 14, 2016, 12:13 pm

FLICKFLACKER404 wrote:
goodison wrote:Conspiracy theories abound! Toffees rolled over at Stadium of Light to ensure "The magpies were relegated and for Senor Benitez to invoke the clause in his contact enabling him to leave should The geordies go down. Rafa does, after all have a home in Caldy on the Wirral a stones throw across The Mersey =D> David Moyes, a good friend of Bill Kenwright may do a U-Turn? However as Sky have been saying all night/morning Frank De Boer is the Bookies favourite: De Boer by name, how about by nature? Toffees cancelled end of season celebratory awards ceremony with 600? meals being donated to charity.
Think we are all overlooking the obvious choice?747 beats driving taxis for a living,he could still slip off for a few hours moonlighting on the cabs could do with the extra money now his winter fuel allowance has stopped $\:D/$

I was thinking the same Flicker , a great opportunity for 474 to get a proper tax paying job and give some thing back to the community .... then upon a re think ... what about the manager to player language barrier ???

Post by **socksy** » May 14, 2016, 1:24 pm

They'll already be quite fluent at Goodison in Spanish, hopefully in preparation for another 'spic' namely the fat waiter's arrival.

Post by **FLICKFLACKER404** » May 14, 2016, 2:03 pm

Drunk Monkey wrote:
FLICKFLACKER404 wrote:
goodison wrote:Conspiracy theories abound! Toffees rolled over at Stadium of Light to ensure "The magpies were relegated and for Senor Benitez to invoke the clause in his contact enabling him to leave should The geordies go down. Rafa does, after all have a home in Caldy on the Wirral a stones throw across The Mersey =D> David Moyes, a good friend of Bill Kenwright may do a U-Turn? However as Sky have been saying all night/morning Frank De Boer is the Bookies favourite: De Boer by name, how about by nature? Toffees cancelled end of season celebratory awards ceremony with 600? meals being donated to charity.
Think we are all overlooking the obvious choice?747 beats driving taxis for a living,he could still slip off for a few hours moonlighting on the cabs could do with the extra money now his winter fuel allowance has stopped $\:D/$
I was thinking the same Flicker , a great opportunity for 474 to get a proper tax paying job and give some thing back to the community .... then upon a re think ... what about the manager to player language barrier ???

The thought of 474 standing on the touch line Barking out orders in those lilac shorts

it would be like mike Basset on ACID

Post by **Zidane** » May 15, 2016, 10:35 am

Nothing to get too orgasmic about in this seasons final set of Premiership fixtures.
Cant see the Spuds or Arsenal losing against already relegated sides.
Possibly the one with the most interest is at the Liberty Stadium where Swansea entertain Manchester City.Normally you would expect City to win this one reasonably comfortably but Swansea have run into a bit of form beating Liverpool 3-1 and West Ham away 4-1 in their last two matches.
But even if Citeh were to lose would you be confident of Manchester United beating Bournemouth and securing the last Champions League slot ?
Elsewhere both West Ham and Southampton need to win to keep their prospects of Europa League football alive next season.
Note ALL THE MATCHES KICK OFF AT 9PM Thai time tonight.

Post by **BobHelm** » May 16, 2016, 6:39 am

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The United game against Bournemouth had to be called off & will be played Tuesday night. A suspicious device was found at the ground just before kick off.
It will come as no surprise to anyone watching football at Old Trafford this season that it was found to be a dud!!!

This is how the table ended up, but with the 1 (United) game still to be played.

Bit of a surprise that Spurs end up 3rd. rather than 2nd. after a fine season...

Post by **socksy** » May 16, 2016, 7:28 am

Totally bemused with 'Toon' - beat 'Spuds' comfortably at home when down to 10 men after the prize plum Mitrovic was quite rightly red carded. Beat them well away also but totally 'Cattle Trucked' up against other sides they should have beaten. Seems there was a huge balls up by security at Old Trafford leaving United's final League game scheduled four days before the FA Cup Final but I suspect there will be a lot of fringe players appearing in that one

Post by **Zidane** » May 16, 2016, 8:22 am

One of the few genuine moments of excitement for United fans in Old Trafford all season..... :-"

Old Trafford: Suspicious item destroyed at stadium was training device

A suspicious item discovered at Old Trafford on Sunday was a training device, police have confirmed.
The match between Manchester United and Bournemouth was called off after the device was found shortly before kick-off. Bomb disposal officers were called and carried out a controlled explosion.
Police said the item had "accidentally" been left by a private company after a training exercise on Wednesday.
The Premier League match has been rearranged for Tuesday at 20:00 BST.
Greater Manchester's Mayor and Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd called the situation "unacceptable" and wants an "urgent" inquiry to discover "how this happened, why it happened and who will be held accountable".
He added: "This fiasco caused massive inconvenience to supporters who had come from far and wide to watch the match, wasted the time of huge numbers of police officers and the army's bomb squad, and unnecessarily put people in danger, as evacuating tens of thousands of people from a football stadium is not without risk."
United will be refunding all tickets and allowing ticket holders from both clubs in for free on Tuesday night. Manchester United season ticket holders will also be given a credit.
It is estimated this gesture will cost United around £3m.

United have to beat Bournemouth by 19 clear goals on Tuesday to grab the fourth Champions League spot.
"Its still possible" said manager,Louis Van Gaal.(joke)

No excuses for the Spuds putting on a display like that when the runners up position was at stake !

Post by **Zidane** » May 17, 2016, 8:32 am

The English Premiership season finally ends tonight when Manchester United entertain Bournemouth at Old Trafford with a kick off off 2am Thai time Wednesday morning.
United need a point to qualify for the group stages of the Europa League and it is possible that this could be Louis Van Gaals last EPL fixture in charge of the club. [-o<

Post by **mathusalah80** » May 17, 2016, 12:23 pm

Zidane wrote:United need a point to qualify for the group stages of the Europa League and it is possible that this could be Louis Van Gaals last EPL fixture in charge of the club. [-o<

and then again it is possible that it won't be

.............. :-" :-" :-"

$\:D/$ $\:D/$ $\:D/$

Post by **BobHelm** » May 18, 2016, 7:30 am

Barclays Premier League
Man Utd 3-1 Bournemouth

United win the last Premiership game of the season. It moves them back above Southampton & into the automatic Europa spot. Southampton will now have to qualify.

Good news & bad news for Englands' European squad.
Young forward, Rashford, (who is almost certainly not going to play - even if he goes) showed skill & commitment in creating 1 & scoring 1. Bad news was that centre half, Smalling, (who is almost certain to be a starter) scored the only Bournemouth goal..

Post by **Zidane** » May 27, 2016, 8:35 pm

Just confirming what we already knew was going to happen.....
(BBC Sport)

Jose Mourinho has been officially confirmed as Manchester United manager and has signed a three-year contract.
He replaces Dutchman Louis van Gaal, who was dismissed on Monday, two days after the club's FA Cup win.
"Jose is quite simply the best manager in the game today," said United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward.
Mourinho, 53, said: "To become Manchester United manager is a special honour in the game. It is a club known and admired throughout the world."
He said he had always "felt an affinity with Old Trafford" and claimed he has "always enjoyed a rapport with the United fans".
He added: "I'm looking forward to being their manager and enjoying their magnificent support in the coming years.
"There is a mystique and a romance about it which no other club can match."

Post by **Brian Davis** » May 28, 2016, 4:22 am

Zidane wrote:"There is a mystique and a romance about it which no other club can match."

Nah, just loadsofmoney.

Post by **socksy** » May 28, 2016, 6:35 am

Brian Davis wrote:
Zidane wrote:"There is a mystique and a romance about it which no other club can match."
Nah, just loadsofmoney.

Makes me want to chunder the way Mourinho and Woodward are talking, are they 'Rogering' each other? The season's just ended and the nonsense has already started for the forthcoming one.