The Barclays Premier League thread 2015/2016

[DavidMarrio]

3 minutes ago, metalman said:

I think Benji's point was that people actually wanted Newcastle to win in 95/96. :/

Quite a lot of people wanted Liverpool to win actually :/ Unless you're just being a dickhead and saying their opinion doesn't count. 

[peteypirahna]

It's funny, I remember a lot of neutrals wanted Liverpool to win it up until Liverpool were on top with a points advantage and being obnoxious dickheads about winning the league, at which point it was incredibly satisfying to see them crash and burn.

[Lineker]

It was just funny because Gerrard told all his teammates that they mustn't let it slip. And then he slipped. 

[stokeriño]

This match at Watford seems it's going to be a long and horrible slog. We may have to get pretty lucky if we're not to concede first.

[Moses Julep]

2 hours ago, David Marrio said:

Quite a lot of people wanted Liverpool to win actually :/ Unless you're just being a dickhead and saying their opinion doesn't count. 

I don't think anyone ever wants Liverpool to win anything  

[therockbox]

The Tim Lovejoy derby hasn't been a bad match, Ighalo looks like a nightmare to defend against.

[stokeriño]

Honestly, one of Matic and Fabregas needs to come off. I can't handle both of them having one of their "drift around the middle of the pitch acting surprised whenever they see an opposition player" performances at the same time.

Have the other one move/remain alongside Mikel, move Oscar central and bring Hazard onto the left.

Edit: Matic off for Hazard. Good man.

[Gazz]

*Buys a left winger and a target man in the transfer window*

*Plays entirely down the right hand side and with a deep lying striker*

Cheers Steve.

 

[stokeriño]

Is that by design though, or is it like Chelsea [last season], where Hazard got triple-marked on the left so most of our attacking play ended up going down the right where the opposition knew they could give space to useless players...?

Meanwhile, I sense that 88th minute Costa header was our last good chance of this game...

[MDK]

What Newcastle player are you going to triple mark?

[stokeriño]

I dunno, any of them. It would confuse the hell out of the entire team.

[METALMAN]

The ghost of Alan Shearer.

[MDK]

The ghost of Alan Shearer's hair

[stokeriño]

Sigh. So we retain our 'Draw/Draw/Win' pattern of results in the league... Keep this up and we might amass a whopping 53 points by the end of May.

[Gazz]

The ghost of our Premier League status.

[MDK]

4 minutes ago, Gazz said:

The ghost of our Premier League status.

We hardly knew ye

[Colly]

I started watching the highlights but just realised Sky Sports 4 are showing Kabaddi. I might pack in football altogether and buy a Bengaluru Bulls top.

[Lineker]

Cuts at the BBC have become so savage that we've got Jeremy Vine penning football blogs.

[METALMAN]

He did that TV programme for David Bowie too. He's the greatest polymath of our times.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

I used to watch kabaddi when Channel 4 used to show it in the late 80s/early 90s. There's no rivalry like East Bengal vs West Bengal.