The Barclays Premier League thread 2015/2016

[Gazz]

The last 24 hours has sucked.

[Bobfoc]

Srnicek was my friend's absolute favourite player. He used to pretend to be him during football practice, and he would run upfield as goalkeeper all the time because he saw Srnicek do it once. I remember how gutted he would always be when Shaka Hislop was picked over Srnicek, and that's the first thing I thought about when I heard the bad news just now.

[MDK]

I remember his horribawsome goalie kits 

[Lineker]

[Gazz]

Man City have gotten so desperate for homegrown players they've signed Geoff Horsfield.

[Baddar]

Should have expected it with it being Leicester and all, but I have to listen to Robbie Savage tonight. Ugggggggggh.

[Colly]

I wish we had Geoff Horsfield.

[Baddar]

Sterling looks like Kofi Kingston tonight. 

[METALMAN]

40 minutes ago, Gazz said:

Man City have gotten so desperate for homegrown players they've signed Geoff Horsfield.

It's just nice to hear his name again.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Leicester still not falling by the wayside yet. Top six looking more and more likely and to be honest outside of the current top 4 there aren't many other teams who look bothered (aside from Palace or Watford who you would assume WILL drop a little as the season wears on).

 

Anyway, Spurs now have the best goal difference by themselves. It's a weird feeling.

[The Lusophone]

11 minutes ago, ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster said:

 (aside from Palace or Watford who you would assume WILL drop a little as the season wears on).

Weren't we all saying this about Leicester?

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

2 minutes ago, Mad Jack Frost said:

Weren't we all saying this about Leicester?

We were to be fair. Who knows. Premier League and telly money means that the "smaller" clubs can afford to keep their better players in January and it's becoming more and more of a division where any team can beat any other team on their day.

[Lineker]

Us having the best GD is so weird. I'm so used to us having negative single digit goal difference all season before managing to end up in May with positive one! We are defending leads, WHAT THE HELL?

[Adam]

That Horsfield kid is getting on the City bench? He was poor when we had him on loan earlier in the season.

[Lineker]

Former Liverpool man Fabio Borini plays against his old club for Sunderland, partnering Jermain Defoe up front. Vito Mannone continues in goal. Liverpool give a start to striker Christian Benteke with fellow Belgian Divock Origi missing out. There's no sign of Daniel Sturridge either. Mamadou Sakho partners Dejan Lovren in central defence.

Sunderland XI: Mannone, Jones, Coates, Brown, van Aanholt, Cattermole, M'Vila, Rodwell, Johnson, Borini, Defoe.
Liverpool XI: Mignolet, Clyne, Lovren, Sakho, Moreno, Can, Henderson, Lallana, Firmino, Coutinho, Benteke.

[DavidMarrio]

 

Garth Crooks is still more annoying than Mr.Blobby....

 

Anyway, I fully expect Borini to score against us and we will drop points considering we finally have a chance to go level with United.

[DavidMarrio]

Only took us 22 seconds to do something more than we did in the first half...

Benteke makes it 1-0 

[DavidMarrio]

Benteke. Missing one on ones late on in games yet again. 

You can hit it in the corner ya know.... 

This has been such a sloppy ugly game. 

 

[Lineker]

Claudio Ranieri has given his Leicester players permission to celebrate on New Year’s Eve – as long as they avoid a hangover against Bournemouth on 2 January.

Leicester go into 2016 second in the Premier League behind the leaders, Arsenal, on goal difference after narrowly beating the drop last season.

They host Eddie Howe’s side on Saturday and Ranieri trusts his players to see in the new year without damaging their title chances.

He said: “They can celebrate, they are very, very good professionals. It’s important to celebrate, to enjoy it, because it was a fantastic 2015 but afterwards we have to put our minds on Bournemouth. They are a very dangerous team. For us it’s important to concentrate 100%.”

Please Jamie Vardy, have a party!

[9 to 5]

Not as if the BBC can report it if he does!