Premier League 2023/24

[Lineker]

 

[Adam]

I had just come to post that. Link to the full article here, it's a fantastic read.

The bits about his brother/family, and discussing how his wife had a miscarriage just before he was assaulted by that Spurs fan, heavy stuff. Takes a hell of a lot to openly talk about those things especially as a public figure.

[JamJamMan123]

...do we have EWBattleground FPL league anywhere? If not...anybody fancy one?

[Kyle]

11 hours ago, JamJamMan123 said:

...do we have EWBattleground FPL league anywhere? If not...anybody fancy one?

https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/0adrbp

Edited August 4, 2023 by Kyle

[Gazz]

1 hour ago, Kyle said:

https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/0adrbp

@Jimmy @probablyoliver

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[Kaney]

EASY

[King Ellis]

Quintuple is off.

[Gazz]

Sela Cup champions.

You'll never sing that.

[Kaney]

21 minutes ago, King Ellis said:

Quintuple is off.

What are you talking about we just won the 1st

[gunnar hendershow]

14 minutes ago, Gazz said:

Sela Cup champions.

You'll never sing that.

Sela Cup presented by Visit Malta champions*

[Colly]

Stumbled on this when looking at the Lauren James stuff. It's a lot of lovely paragraphs from Varane but mostly bollocks. I'm curious as to how "stop bullying refs" equates to more intensity and less emotion, and cutting down timewasting simply means they'll actually play what they're supposed to.

 

 

[lanky316]

I'm still not convinced long term the changes will do much. Perhaps the added stoppage time will hang around but some of the other elements they'll rethink. We already see referees treating certain games and sides differently "for the spectacle", and it's going to take a very strong ref who will get a lot of abuse from the media when they have a goalkeeper on a yellow card still taking ages over a goal/free kick and give them that second yellow. We're at that point of the year again where little rule changes are implemented and applied before being forgotten about or quietly changed after a couple of months.

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On 04/08/2023 at 09:28, Kyle said:

https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/0adrbp

What's the code for this?

[Gazz]

Those last six characters

[Lineker]

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Wolves are preparing for life after Julen Lopetegui with the manager’s future in extreme doubt and Gary O’Neil poised to take over days before the start of the season.

Lopetegui has repeatedly voiced unhappiness at a lack of investment this summer amid financial fair play constraints and Wolves are concerned his frustrations could damage dressing-room morale.

Wolves felt compelled to sound out possible successors and last week held productive talks with O’Neil, understood to be Wolves’ No 1 target to succeed Lopetegui.

Lopetegui and his staff are due to take training on Tuesday afternoon. Lopetegui, appointed last November, is under contract for another two years but club and the manager are expected to reach a financial agreement over his departure.

O’Neil was sacked by Bournemouth in June despite retaining the club’s Premier League status after replacing Scott Parker. O’Neil was appointed after Parker’s side lost 9-0 at Liverpool. Bournemouth appointed Andoni Iraola as O’Neil’s successor.

Last week the Wolves chairman, Jeff Shi, sent an open letter to supporters in which he blamed “a significantly increasing wage bill and player acquisition costs” for their financial predicament. Wolves begin their season at Manchester United on Monday.

 

[Captain Kirk]

4 minutes ago, Lineker said:

 

Wolves will go down this season I think, completely ruined by Jorge Mendes.

[stokeriño]

Ah, so Chelsea's most significant attacking signing (Nkunku) now has to have knee surgery and will be out for months. Cool. Coolcoolcoolcoolcool.

[Gazz]

Wolves have been on the slide for a few seasons now. Somehow spending massive amounts of money on highly rated attacking players like Goncalo Guedes, and yet somehow getting offensively worse with each one.