Premier League 2016/17

[Lineker]

That'll do. Great defending in the end.

[Baddar]

City have made a bright start.

Suckerpunch Mane goal coming in 3, 2...

[Hobo]

City fans booing Milner is a new development...?

[Szumi]

That could easily have been red for Yaya. Nasty

[Baddar]

Hmm, if Toure had gone then, I doubt there could have been too many complaints. Glad he got the benefit of the doubt for the sake of the game though. 

[Szumi]

Now that's a penalty. Yaya not trying to play the ball at all after Gini embarrassed him.

[Arjen Robben]

Why are Man City still using Arsenal's full backs from like a decade ago?

[Baddar]

This can't finish 1-1, surely.

[Szumi]

That was the miss of the season I think by Lallana

I'll take the point here. Hell of a match

[Hobo]

That could've gone either way really.

Madness that it wasn't 3-3 or more.

[Baddar]

Man City v Man Utd has been moved to Thursday April 27th, and it's live on Sky Sports, 8pm kick off.

...which will no doubt please Mourinho as we have a Sunday 12pm kick off against Swansea to follow it. 

[Colly]

Good. Whinging prick.

[stokeriño]

TBH the sooner they come to accept the normality of playing football on Thursday nights, the better.

[Baddar]

Playing on Thursday night wasn't the issue - it was the early kick off Sunday that he moaned about. Same situation here though. 

I said it last week - 12pm Sunday is BT's PL slot, and with the money clubs get from TV games nowadays, it's hard to complain about it really. 

[Colly]

It's nonsense, as if playing at 12 or 2 on a Sunday makes any difference whatsoever. How many teams have played Champions League on a Wednesday then Saturday lunchtime. Never mind the fact that Rostov was at home.

[Baddar]

10 minutes ago, Colly said:

It's nonsense, as if playing at 12 or 2 on a Sunday makes any difference whatsoever. How many teams have played Champions League on a Wednesday then Saturday lunchtime. Never mind the fact that Rostov was at home.

I was saying this to my mate the other day. If we manage to win the Europa League, our CL group is going to be tough whichever way you look at it, with League winners being in pot 1. So next season, we could be looking at Bayern away on the Wednesday, followed by a trip to one of the big sides in the league on Saturday. Rostov home and then Boro away is hardly an issue.

I have maintained that the FA could do more for the teams in Europe though, considering the help sides in Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Portugal etc. get. For Juve's CL game with Porto, they had a 4 day rest before the 2nd leg, and a further 5 days to recover before the Sampdoria league game. The likes of Barca, Atletico, Bayern, PSG all got a 4 day break, minimum.

As mentioned earlier though, TV rights seem to dictate kick-off times a lot more here than in other countries.

[Adam]

They should just have a weekly friday night tele slot and whenever a club is in the UCL the next week schedule their game as the Friday match. Wouldn't take much doing.

[The Lusophone]

And get rid of the League Cup.

[DavidMarrio]

41 minutes ago, Mad Jack said:

And get rid of the League Cup.

But you'll be taking away Mourinho's crowning achievement for United so far!!! 

[9 to 5]

More than Klopp is gonna get.