The Barclays Premier League thread 2015/2016

[Matt]

 League: 8124637

https://fantasyfootball.skysports.com/

[Rich]

Sky sports?

 

No thank you!

[Thrilla]

Ah yeah, I want the fantasy.premierleague.com one, that's the only one I play.

[Jimmy]

Already got a team, so just give me the league. I'll try and keep up this year. Obviously persisting with Lamela again, despite all logic saying otherwise. 

[Gazz]

Snobs

[Rich]

Sky Sports is whack, yo!

[Gazz]

FPL code

558851-139462

[9 to 5]

Fine, I will fucking sort it. >_>

Or let Gazz do it.

[Gazz]

I've also created a head to head league, where everyone plays everyone in a fixture list with 3pts for a win etc.

H2H code - 558851-139714

[Thrilla]

HEAD

 

 

 

TO

 

 

 

HEAD

 

 

 

(I can't remember what that is from >_>)

[DavidMarrio]

Wanyama's in Pyjamas is winning it all this year. 

[Whisper]

Cabaye'ing The Title are in!

[MDK]

Whiskey Dijk reporting in, sir.

[Dan]

I signed up to the standard and H2H. I'm thinking of setting a draft league, just looking at the various websites.

[Rich]

You will all perish beneath my might.  Or Somebody else's, whatever.

[Hobo]

If anybody grew up where James McClean did then they'd be uncomfortable with God Save the Queen.

I don't particularly like standing for it either whenever I'm around it. History is pretty important where he came from and given the persecution the people in his area went through, I fully understand why he does what he does. It's not hurting anybody.

Whilst I agree in principal, he doesn't need to make a point of turning his back on it. He could just stand there and do nothing. No one is asking him to sing the national anthem, or even to respect it. But there's really no need to actively disrespect it - that's basically just screaming, "look at me, I've got a point to prove". Not the smartest idea when you're employed in England, by an English company.

Pretty sure it could've been handled better in general. When you've got someone with McClean's politics on your team you shouldn't let yourself walk into a situation like that

[Lineker]

Swansea City are to subsidise the price of every ticket for all away fixtures in the Premier League this season.

The club intend that no adult will pay more than £22 for any away fixture this season, while concession prices will be capped at a maximum of £15 and kids at just £10.

With adult ticket prices at some grounds costing in excess of £50, the club estimate their subsidy will amount to a £300,000 saving for supporters across the 2015-16 campaign.

According to the club website, a recent study showed that Swansea fans travelled further than any others in the Premier League last season, clocking up 4,129 miles at an average of 217 miles per trip.

[Thrilla]

Top work by the Swans.

 

And re: McClean, I'm sure it wasn't imperative that he started that game.  Could have easily been a sub and stayed in the dressing room until kick off.

[TCO]

I just don't get what the big deal about McClean is. Everybody knows what his stance is at this point and what he did was a completely peaceful, personal protest.

Just seems like sensationalised nonsense drummed up by the media.

[Jimmy]

This was my favourite tweet I saw about the whole thing. 

Shocking that James McClean pissed on the union jack then set it alight whilst leading pro IRA chants from the centre circle #disgrace