Premier League 20/21

[laoislad]

Roy Keane not holding back

What's he saying?

Don't forget in December he said city had no chance of winning the league

along the lines of; all they do is make excuses, they've been bad champions, they didn't look to push on and try to retain it, happy patting themselves on the back and if they continue like this it'll be another 30 years before they win it again.

To be fair he is not far wrong with Liverpool. Worst defence of a PL ever.

Man United finished 7th the season after the last time they won it,which is nearly 8 years ago now since they won it....Maybe if Liverpool finish 8th you might have a case...

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At this stage it's looking like you might actually be right for a change EC Unique, which just proves what a bloody weird season this actually is...

[manfromdelmonte]

Roy Keane not holding back

What's he saying?

Don't forget in December he said city had no chance of winning the league

along the lines of; all they do is make excuses, they've been bad champions, they didn't look to push on and try to retain it, happy patting themselves on the back and if they continue like this it'll be another 30 years before they win it again.

To be fair he is not far wrong with Liverpool. Worst defence of a PL ever.

Man United finished 7th the season after the last time they won it,which is nearly 8 years ago now since they won it....Maybe if Liverpool finish 8th you might have a case...

👀

At this stage it's looking like you might actually be right for a change EC Unique, which just proves what a bloody weird season this actually is...

I think last year was actually the weird season.

[nrico2006]

There have been worse PL defences than Liverpools. Were Leicester not bad after winning it, same with Chelsea maybe two times and Blackburn too.

[GJL]

There have been worse PL defences than Liverpools. Were Leicester not bad after winning it, same with Chelsea maybe two times and Blackburn too.

Liverpool will turn it around yet. Top 4 is maybe out of reach but wouldn't rule them out completely just yet. This form can't go on.

[Milltown Row2]

There have been worse PL defences than Liverpools. Were Leicester not bad after winning it, same with Chelsea maybe two times and Blackburn too.

Liverpool will turn it around yet. Top 4 is maybe out of reach but wouldn't rule them out completely just yet. This form can't go on.

Only four points off fourth with so many games left they'll eat into that soon enough

[Jell 0 Biafra]

There have been worse PL defences than Liverpools. Were Leicester not bad after winning it, same with Chelsea maybe two times and Blackburn too.

Those are a long way off the worst, which was Man City's 1938 defence of their title, which ended in relegation for them

[nrico2006]

There have been worse PL defences than Liverpools. Were Leicester not bad after winning it, same with Chelsea maybe two times and Blackburn too.

Those are a long way off the worst, which was Man City's 1938 defence of their title, which ended in relegation for them

1938 is long before the PL though.

[Jell 0 Biafra]

  True.  But that's only marketing bull anyway. Winning the top flight is winning the top flight.

[Aaron Boone]

True.  But that's only marketing bull anyway. Winning the top flight is winning the top flight.

Very true.  Blackburn have been English champions 3 times in their history (not just the famous 1995).
Sunderland have 6 titles bizarrely. 

[RedHand88]

There have been worse PL defences than Liverpools. Were Leicester not bad after winning it, same with Chelsea maybe two times and Blackburn too.

Those are a long way off the worst, which was Man City's 1938 defence of their title, which ended in relegation for them

1938 is long before the PL though.

So? Did football start in 1992?

[TabClear]

There have been worse PL defences than Liverpools. Were Leicester not bad after winning it, same with Chelsea maybe two times and Blackburn too.

Those are a long way off the worst, which was Man City's 1938 defence of their title, which ended in relegation for them

1938 is long before the PL though.

So? Did football start in 1992?

By that logic this is going to be a bad year for United then when City beat their record of 4 Premier League titles. Seeing as the name is so important...


First it was the FA Carling Premiership.

In 2001 it became the Barclaycard Premiership.

In 2004 it became the Barclays Premiership.

And in 2007 it became the Barclays Premier League

[GiveItToTheShooters]

There have been worse PL defences than Liverpools. Were Leicester not bad after winning it, same with Chelsea maybe two times and Blackburn too.

Those are a long way off the worst, which was Man City's 1938 defence of their title, which ended in relegation for them

1938 is long before the PL though.

So? Did football start in 1992?

By that logic this is going to be a bad year for United then when City beat their record of 4 Premier League titles. Seeing as the name is so important...


First it was the FA Carling Premiership.

In 2001 it became the Barclaycard Premiership.

In 2004 it became the Barclays Premiership.

And in 2007 it became the Barclays Premier League

Spot on. And then in 2016 it changed again to just the "Premier League"
That doesn't suit the United fans' agenda though. Football before 1992 somehow doesn't count but then when they are told they actually haven't won any "Premier League" titles they claim its the same thing and only a name change 

[thewobbler]

I know people like to moan about the "premier league era".

Of course football existed before then, but the creation of the premier league was at the beginning of a decade that changed football forever: terraces closing, the Bosman ruling, European employment law changes, Euro 96 and the new fan, and the evolution of the champions league into 4 teams per major country.

England's top flight went from being the peak of football for around 70m people from these two islands, to being the peak for 7bn people worldwide.


Regardless of how misty eyed you get about football in the 70s and 80s, it's a bit like comparing club football to county football in GAA. Bigger picks mean better players.

[An Watcher]

The premier league is brutal to watch. Not sure what it is, too much money, lack of physical play any more, lack of fans, soulless stadiums.....

[Maroon Manc]

Arteta doesn't seem to get any stick from Arsenal fans yet Emery appeared to be hounded by them, they've a lot of faith in him and have no idea where that comes from.