The official 2010/2011 Premier league thread.

[Denn Forever]

You've been Tango'd.  Back with a bump against Arsenal I'd think.

[paco]

Anyone have Marlon Harewood on their dream team? Blackpool are some craic! Joe Hart was excellent today, doesn't bode well for Given. Horrible first half performance from City, but it's doubtful they'll go for such a negative formation the next day with Yaya Toure, De Jong and Barry in the same team, thought Shaun Wright Phillips was brutal as well and Johnson was very dangerous when he came on! Seemed to be an entertaining opening day and I can't wait till MOTD tonight.

[GalwayBayBoy]

Anyone wondering about Hart should be watching the game now. He is the real deal and then some on this evidence.

Hart played very well alright although I don't think he saved anything that Given wouldn't have saved. Still looks like he's going to be City's number one this season.

[Norf Tyrone]

Interesting point from Wenger!!

He has been an outspoken critic of a system that hinders the ability of players to play, and encourages agents to become even more mercenary. He was dismayed to read how Stephen Ireland's representatives are asking for a hefty pay off to move him from Manchester City.

Wenger points specifically to a clause that could mean that players such as Ireland, left on the fringes of their squads, will legally be able to extricate themselves from their contracts. "If a player plays less than 10% of games in a season he can get rid of his contract. It's a Fifa rule. I would like to know whether, when they voted for [the new system] in the Premier League, that they knew about this rule."

Wenger is referring to clause IV, section 15, of Fifa's regulations on the status and transfer of players. It states: "An established professional who has, in the course of the season, appeared in fewer than 10% of the official matches in which his club has been involved may terminate his contract prematurely on the ground of sporting just cause.

"The existence of a sporting just cause shall be established on a case-by-case basis. In such a case, sporting sanctions shall not be imposed, though compensation may be payable."

Fifa would judge each individual case, but it would hardly be difficult for a player excluded from a squad list of 25 to argue he has not had a fair chance to play.

According to Wenger, the Premier League have not thought through the consequences, particularly for players who are on pay-as-you-play contracts. "If you have players who have incitement for competition, which means they are paid when they play, they can go to court for that money because they never had a chance to play," he said. "If you are not in the 25 how can you play?"

[Archie Mitchell]

Wonder who this is?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1303431/Premier-League-footballer-obtains-injunction-stop-paper-writing-private-life.html

[flog the lot]

http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/post/_/id/5454835/can-name-every-premier-league-team

can you name all the teams?
not as easy as you would think!...

[ross4life]

Easy done with 140 remaining on the clock

[Hoof Hearted]

if you were a manager would you sign this tool charles n'zogbia. he huffed at newcastle cause kinnear called him the wrong name, now he wants out of wigan when they are going bad and tonight he failed to agree personal terms with birmingham after clubs agreed a fee. an obvious greedy bastard just like the most of them.

[Norf Tyrone]

Wonder who this is?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1303431/Premier-League-footballer-obtains-injunction-stop-paper-writing-private-life.html

There are meant to be 3 England players with injunctions now, and I see their names being banded about on other forums, but you can never be sure how accurate it is. It would be a calamity for them if they were named wrong....

All 3 either play or played for the same club team.

[Farrandeelin]

Funny looking at the papers today seeing Liverpool 18th!

[ross4life]

Couple of big moves today,Robinho to AC Milan, Asamoah Gyan to Sunderland, Alexander Hleb to Birmingham while Stoke got Eidur Gudjohnsen on loan

[Puckoon]

Couple of big moves today,Robinho to AC Milan, Asamoah Gyan to Sunderland, Alexander Hleb to Birmingham while Stoke got Eidur Gudjohnsen on loan

There is a guy who made a bad decision.

[the colonel]

This is a year old but still rings true. From a disgruntled QPR fan. Seen it on another forum. Thought it was excellent


"I take more pleasure in seeing Chelsea lose than I do in seeing QPR win
at the moment.

I sat through so many matches when we were absolute dog**** under the
likes of Ray Harford and with people like Paul Bruce, Matthew Brazier
and Mark Perry in the squad and I never felt like this.

The club isn't ours anymore but moreso than that - football is just
properly gash these days.

I mean really gash.

football generally.

I hate nearly everything about it these days....

I hate the Prem and the myth that it is exciting this year. Man City
breaking into the top four isn't exciting. They spent loads of money.
It's no more exciting that Nameless **** getting to number 1 in the
charts after winning the X-Factor.

I hate the myth of Arsene's kids. Buying some French kid when he's 17,
playing him in the League Cup and then selling him when he's 20 after
about
3 appearances in the league is NOTHING SPECIAL.

I hate hearing about Liverpool/Man Utd's debt but nothing ever happening
about it. A club needs to go to the wall for the money thing to change
but it doesn't happen. Why the **** are Charlton, Leeds and Southampton
still in business?

I hate Frank Lampard's stupid ****ing face. I hate that Joe Cole's
tongue is never in his mouth. I hate John Terry
being England captain when he's CLEARLY AN OAF.

I hate young exciting wingers who have nothing but pace. Tony Scully had
nothing but pace.

I hate Harry ****ing Redknapp. And Jamie Redknapp. And Louise Redknapp..
And the Wii.

I hate Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer.

I hate Garth Crooks.

I hate Garth Brooks a lot for that matter.

I hate Sky Sports.

I hate that when a lower league player beats 10 players and chips the
keeper it doesn't matter but if Rooney scores from more than 20 yards
it's amazing.

I hate that female sports journos are now mandatory.

I hate Mark Lawrenson for not coming out. 'I do like a big man at the
back'.
I bet you do.

I hate any advert that portrays football to be about anything other than
pain and disappointment.

I hate Lee Hughes and the fact that he makes a living from the game. I
hate Marlon King and any team that signs him when he gets out. I hate
that it'll probably be us.

I hate Phil Brown.

I hate 'well the ball is a lot lighter now and will cause goalkeepers
real problems this summer' before EVERY ****ING TOURNAMENT!

I hate that Kieron Dyer earned more in the time I took to write this
post than I'll earn this month.

I hate Adrian Durham, Ian Wright and Alan Brazil.

I hate Gazza. Either die or shut up. Stop ****ing lingering.

I hate hearing about Hillsborough more than I hear about Heysel or
Bradford.

I hate Leeds.

I hate Roy Keane.

I hate grown men wearing football shirts of their team whilst shopping
on a saturday when their team is playing at home.

I hate that I don't hate Roy Hodgson.

I hate Jermaine Beckford and any player who has neck tattoos.

I hate songs being inappropriately taken as club anthems and then sung
in a manly way. 'I'm forever blowing bubbles....'. Gaylords.

I hate Danny Dyer and anyone he's ever interviewed.

I hate the book 'Cass' by Cass Pennant. It is honestly the stupidest
thing I've ever read. Chapter 1: Millwall. 'Yeah we took 50 to Millwall.
They had 1000 in their mob but we ran 'em up and down the street'.
Chapter 2:
Liverpool. 'Yeah we took 50 to Liverpool. They had 2000 in their mob but
we ran 'em up and down the street'. **** me... Jade Goody's
autobiography is probably better. Even her non-ghost written one.

I hate that all good youngsters end their careers at Spurs before they
start."

[ross4life]

Ancelotti Manager & Scholes player of the month i wonder what will September have in store? 

[Norf Tyrone]

Ancelotti Manager & Scholes player of the month i wonder what will September have in store?

Seriously. Scholes had a better month than Drogba?