The Barclays Premier League Thread 2014/2015

[Tigerstyle]

Sponsorship?

[Arjen Robben]

Nothing stopping any manufacturer from supplying them with just a black design tbf. Coloured designs are just the norm now.

[Tigerstyle]

Well, there is.

When you are watching a football match you see these ridiculous boots, then when you go boot shopping you know those are the ones your favourite pros use.

Plain black boots, you don't know which plain black boots are different to other plain black boots.

[Colly]

Why can't footballers just wear black boots with black laces like in the good old days?

Racist.

[stokeriño]

Why can't footballers just wear black boots with black laces like in the good old days?

I had assumed this question was rhetorical. It seemed too...obvious.

[Arjen Robben]

Internationals barging in three games in to the season so fucking piss poor.

[TCO]

More footballers should be like Paul Pogba, not having a boot deal and wearing whatever takes his fancy

1998 World Cup Predator remakes!

Modern Adidas boots look wank and Predators peaked in 2002 and have gone downhill since in design.

Nike's boots are OK nowadays, a bit too colourful but they always release blackout versions of their boots.

[Arjen Robben]

Oh man I used to fucking LOVE those Predators. Was delighted when I saw them thrown in for my Pro to wear in FIFA 14

[brenchill]

Those boots are awesome.

[Arjen Robben]

Apparently Luke Shaw has never heard of Tony Adams.

In an interview with The Sun, Lampard explains how a World Cup conversation with Man United full-back convinced him that he was too far removed from the new and upcoming generation.

‘I was having a chat with Luke Shaw and I mentioned Tony Adams and he didn’t seem to know who I was talking about,’ Lampard, who retired from international football last month,

‘I said: “Are you winding me up?” And he said: “Who did he play for?” I knew then then it was time to retire.’

[peteypirahna]

It sounds stupid, but the guy is 19 years old so if he'd started watching football when he was 8 years old he'd have never seen an Arsenal match with Tony Adams.

[Arjen Robben]

I don't know how you manage to have a career in football and somehow not know of Tony Adams even by accident to be honest. I just asked my mum if she'd heard of him and she said "errr, did he used to play for Arsenal? Looks a little bit like Jimmy Nail?". Particularly strange given that Shaw has been with Southampton since 2003 when he was 8 and just 5 years ago Tony Adams was managing Portsmouth, their main rivals.

Between that and the 2010 World Cup apparently being the first World Cup he can remember I reckon he's just a bit simple.

[9 to 5]

Or, just got into football at a late age and gives zero fucks about the history of football.

[Arjen Robben]

The late age of 8?

[peteypirahna]

You're forgetting that the football on TV situation in the UK has been absolutely shit for more than 20 years if you don't have Sky Sports, so it's likely that he might have enjoyed football but couldn't really watch many matches apart from Champions League and the odd FA Cup match.

Edited September 6, 2014 by peteypirahna

[stokeriño]

Tony Adams played his last game for Arsenal (May 2002) when Luke Shaw was 6 years old. I would describe my knowledge of footballers who finished their careers around the same time in my life (which just happens to be exactly 10 years earlier) as...well, 'sketchy'. Particularly for teams I don't support.

Either you look these things up or you don't. I can't really blame him for not inherently knowing stuff.

[Hobo]

I saw a few retweets from over-reacting Arsenal fans on Twitter. I wonder does Tony Adams know who the captain of, say, Southampton was when he was 6?

[Jimmy]

It sounds stupid, but the guy is 19 years old so if he'd started watching football when he was 8 years old he'd have never seen an Arsenal match with Tony Adams.

Na, it is stupid. I think if you want to have a career in something, you need to know what's gone before you. Hitchock directed his last film in '76, doesn't stop me knowing a lot about him. I think it's silly that a young English defender doesn't know who Tony Adams is.

[Colly]

I only know Tony Adams as the dad of that kid who gave Gary Neville's mobile number out to a load of posh kids.

[Blue Rosler]

It sounds stupid, but the guy is 19 years old so if he'd started watching football when he was 8 years old he'd have never seen an Arsenal match with Tony Adams.

Na, it is stupid. I think if you want to have a career in something, you need to know what's gone before you. Hitchock directed his last film in '76, doesn't stop me knowing a lot about him. I think it's silly that a young English defender doesn't know who Tony Adams is.

He does know what's gone before him. He's read both Graeme Le Saux and Ashley Cole's autobiographies.