The Barclays Premier League thread 2015/2016

[Lineker]

Norwich manager Alex Neil has signed a new and improved longer-term contract at Carrow Road.

Swansea City have named former England striker and Accrington Stanley boss James Beattie as first-team coach. The 37-year-old was in charge of League Two Stanley for 16 months but left last September by mutual consent.

[Lineker]

Leicester City's Danny Simpson has avoided a prison sentence for assaulting his former girlfriend and mother of his child, reports the Leicester Mercury. The 28-year-old was ordered to carry out 300 hours of unpaid work by Manchester magistrates' court.

[Benji]

I hate my club.

[MDK]

Fixtures are out, who will be the first to whine about them?

[stokeriño]

No problems here. The away games I want to go to (Southampton, Leicester, Bournemouth, Norwich, Watford) are mainly packed together around February. I can work with that.

[MDK]

I fear it'll be Liverpool fans

[Benji]

December and February could be tough months for us (Livepool and Man City both months, with Chelsea and Arsenal in their respective months), but I'm quite happy with that spread.

[DavidMarrio]

Why? What's wrong with our fixture list?

October will be hard but better to get the hard games out the way. Plus our final 6 games are quite good on paper.

Hardest game we've got is our opening fixture...

[Gazz]

I'm too much of a pessimist now, 'Oof, Watford away then West Brom at home, pretty tough'.

[Lineker]

Man Utd is Spurs' first game, and it's away from home! Decent Christmas programme including a Boxing Day game at home vs Norwich, but a tricky run in with games vs Man Utd and at Liverpool and Chelsea, plus Stoke is never a nice place to go.

All in all, that's not bad!

[Gorka]

The opening day fixtures aren't kind to us, but at least the game will likely be on television.

There's not a terrible month for Swansea, but October (H Tottenham, H Stoke, A Villa, H Arsenal) and April (A Stoke, H Chelsea, A Newcastle, A Leicester, H Liverpool) could prove to be difficult months.

[Baddar]

Aside from Arsenal, we have all the big teams at home first this season. :/

Campaign.

...However, our run in after Spurs away on April 9th looks kind. Swings and roundabouts.

[TCO]

I wouldn't be surprised if McClaren loses his first four games.

[Benji]

The opening day fixtures aren't kind to us, but at least the game will likely be on television.

There's not a terrible month for Swansea, but October (H Tottenham, H Stoke, A Villa, H Arsenal) and April (A Stoke, H Chelsea, A Newcastle, A Leicester, H Liverpool) could prove to be difficult months.

I choose to pretend April is difficult because you're facing Leicester

[The Lusophone]

Bournemouth's run in though.

[Gazz]

Bournemouth's run in though.

That's for when they've won 4 out of 30, then suddenly hulk up, win 6 out of 7 and survive.

[Colly]

Two home games bookending Christmas is usually great for me, but my wife's due date is somewhere in the middle which increases the odds of missing one. Doubly bad as Synthonia got relegated last season so the Billingham derby is back on for Boxing Day.

We've got Stoke away on a wet windy Wednesday night in March! We should sign Messi quick to see if he CDI.

Edited June 17, 2015 by Ultra Rare Colly

[Baddar]

Wilshere has been fined 40k for parade bus gate.

[TCO]

That's bollocks to be honest. It wasn't offensive and he was just having a bit of fun at the expense of the clubs rivals.

The Richard Keys excuse actually works in this instance!

[Lineker]

Leicester have sacked their three players involved in the racist sex tape scandal. Including Nigel Pearson's son.