Premier League 2017-18

[stattointhailand]

Taxi company have now probably gone out of business after being sued by approx 2 million Fantasy Football Managers worldwide (many of whom used their wildcard last week to bring Aguero in on the advice of many of the experts)

[stattointhailand]

Question ...... Are Prem lge matches taking longer? (Injuries/Time Wasting/Subs etc etc)

A few years ago when 3 matches were played on Sunday they kicked off at 12:00/14:00/16:00)
Then it became 12:00/14:05/16:10.
Then it was 12:00/14:10/16:20

NOW this season it's 12:00/14:15/16:30

If they carry on we will be getting up in the middle of the night to watch the late game

[Zidane]

Huddersfield 0 Spuds 4......a reality check for Huddersfield.The relegation battle starts in earnest now.I'd fancy The Spuds for the title but playing their home games at Wembley could cost them.
Bournemouth 0 Leicester 0
Man Utd 4 Crystal Palace 0.....Palace in deep,deep trouble and their only striker,Benteke,is out for 6 weeks.
Stoke 2 Southampton 1
West Brom 2 Watford 2
West Ham 1 Swansea 0

The big game of the weekend coming up in 30 minutes.......Chelski 2 Citeh 2 ???

[Brian Davis]

Man Utd 4 Crystal Palace 0.....Palace in deep,deep trouble and their only striker,Benteke,is out for 6 weeks.

Sadly for Palace fans, not even a contest, was it? Can't lay it all on Benteke missing, as the team wasn't able to give him much service in games so far anyway! Key player Zaha has also been out following the first game. Ridiculous to have only one recognised striker in the squad. I understand the Club's reluctance to be held to ransom in paying silly agents' fees (official or unofficial?) which is the suspicion for no signings but ........ Is the Head of Recruitment still at the Club?

[Zidane]

The late match finished Chelsea 0 Manchester City 1......a lovely goal by Kevin de Bruyne midway through the second half settled this match but the scoreline flattered Chelsea.City were superior in all departments despite missing 3 first team regulars.
Maybe Chelsea suffered a reaction after their excellent win at Atletico Madrid in midweek ?

Tonight the early match is Arsenal v Brighton at 6pm Thai followed by relegation threatened Everton at home to Burnley at 8.15pm Thai.
The late kick off is Newcastle v Liverpool at 10.30pm Thai,so make the most of it as that's it for a couple of weeks due to yet another international break !

[fogeyes]

Ronald “hasn’t gotta” Clueman is 6/4 fav to be the next manager to leave his post

[stattointhailand]

In the words of Jimmy Liddel

'ere I'm not 'avin that ........ 5 times ......... 5 times son ......... 5 bl**dy times Liverpool managed to miss "sitters"

n Jurgen (me ol son) calm down mate ..... calm down....... before yers 'av a siezure

[TAXIfor7/11]

i predicted a 1-1 draw before kick off{why don,t i ever put a bet on} the only good thing to come out of it was the small club losing to burnley

[Zidane]

Arsenal 2 Brighton 0
Everton 0 Burnley 1
Newcastle 1 Liverpool 1

Comfortable win for Arsenal who should have won by more,although Brighton had a couple of decent efforts near the end.

Everton started at a higher tempo than usual but then fell behind against the run of play.After that it was the "same old,same old" as they never really threatened the Burnley goal.Burnley aren't the prettiest team to watch but they do the simple things well and effectively.
Looking on the bright side for Everton,The Championship has around a dozen northern based teams with the possibility of Shrewsbury,Wigan and Scunthorpe also next season.So no more tedious trips to the South Coast to save costs and the chance for new signings Klassen,Sandro and Rooney to find their level !

Well,Liverpool dominated the game but missed at least 5 decent chances.....maybe even more as I twice went to the fridge for a beer.......highlight of the game was a cracking goal from Coutinho.Liverpool have to discover the killer touch in front of goal or the top 4 could be difficult for them.

[stattointhailand]

"highlight of the game was a cracking goal from Coutinho."

"HIGHLIGHT of the game" was the defence splitting pass from Shelvey

[TAXIfor7/11]

woudn,t take that much to split that defence,reckon fuzzy ken could do that,not only are the defence all over the place{have been for years}but seems like the forwards are now struggling

[stattointhailand]

woudn,t take that much to split that defence,reckon fuzzy ken could do that,not only are the defence all over the place{have been for years}but seems like the forwards are now struggling

Defenders get paid for being sheite, so why should the forwards keep trying with no rewards

[stattointhailand]

Big Rom due in court on Monday in LA .......... perhaps Jose should check which TAXI company he intends to use

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/ ... uly-arrest

[JimboPSM]

Does MOTD have a problem with Newcastle?

This screen shot taken from MOTD2 coverage of the Sunday match would appear to suggest it might.

The BBC are claiming it was an unfortunate error

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-41473443

[stattointhailand]

If Carlsburg did commentators Jimmy Liddel & the BBC would be up there with the best ........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSfdQAadylo

[747man]

If Carlsburg did commentators Jimmy Liddel & the BBC would be up there with the best ........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSfdQAadylo

Now THAT Is Funny, Statts......

[stattointhailand]

These two are worth a as well 747......... could be almost any udon bar on a Sunday night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCNB1ISRIkY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWa0V4sgmt4

[747man]

These two are worth a as well 747......... could be almost any udon bar on a Sunday night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCNB1ISRIkY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWa0V4sgmt4

Love them Statts.....Tears Rolling down my face.....

[stattointhailand]

Amanda Staveley has met Newcastle United officials and has opened lines of communication for further talks to take place regarding a potential takeover. From The Torygraph

No confirmation that any meeting with Mike Ashley has been scheduled for any pub in front of any fireplace, so nothing likely to come out of it

[Zidane]

What do Crystal Palace,Swansea and Everton have in common ?
Answer: they cant score goals and that is why they are struggling.

Palace only have Benteke and he is out for another 5 weeks.They said they don't like paying over the odds for a player but if they had paid 10 million over the top for a decent striker how much would that save them overall if it helps them avoid relegation ? 60 million ? 70 million ?

Swansea sold their only decent striker,Llorente,to The Spuds in the August transfer window.You cant blame Llorente for wanting to go to a bigger club but he has been replaced by Bony,previously good at Swansea,but who has endured three mediocre seasons at Manchester City and Stoke.Swansea must be hoping that both Huddersfield and Brighton start plummeting down the table as there best hope of survival.

Evertons big problem was not replacing Lukaku.They spent 150 million on new players but no decent striker.Even Stevie Wonder (but not 747man or goodison ) could see that Rooney was well past his sell by date on the evidence of the past two seasons......Sandro,also,has struggled to adapt to the Premier League.Niasse and Calvert-Lewin are a bit of an improvement upfront and should help keep Evertons heads above water until the January transfer window.

In the January transfer window I think that there is bound to be interest in acquiring proven strikers like Giroud,Vardy and,even,Andy Carroll.

Anyway,the EPL is back next Saturday 14th October starting with Liverpool v Manchester United at 6.30pm Thai....a decent starting time for a game involving two of the bigger clubs,for once.