The Premier League Thread

Crikey Adam.

 

Been some poor decision making in this game.

 

And some hilarious misses.

 

Yeah that too

 

This should be about 5-5

 

Big clubs being given preferential treatment again ... The Manchester debry has been rearranged for Thurs 27 April to "give the players more recovery time"

 

Isn't just a rare instance of common sense prevailing?

 

Like the common sense that had us playing no games for 10 days, then 3 in 5 over the Christmas period?
Nah, big team bias.

 

I think the whole New Manager Bounce thing is a bit of a myth. Except in cases like Chelsea last season or Leicester this, where something (player power by the sounds of it) was clearly amiss, I'm not sure there's much evidence to support the hope that a change of manager, especially this late in a season, can reverse a bad side's fortunes. It's not as if the new guy is going to have time to engineer a radical change in playing style, philosophy, or training methods, not with only a few weeks to go.

I can't be bothered to do the research to back this opinion up, but I'd say, either make he change before Christmas, with a transfer window to come, or don't bother.

 

As St. Badger said above! I have no doubt we'll have a stupid 3 games in 5 days again, or something annoying.

 

Yeah. If Leicester had signed a defender (like, I dunno, Careces), Ranieri would still be there and they'd still finish 15th. It's not like Shakespeare made Liverpool play a strangely high line, and Hull just not be very good at the back, Ranieri could have just as easily won those. Same applies to Middlesbrough, and now two managers who were really successful have gone and they have to rebuild the team.

PS here's a relevant graph, from here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23724517. I know that's not the question you asked but still.

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It can be a myth. It can also work.

I think it's just a roll of the dice call and I understand why Boro have taken the gamble - didn't look like anything was going to change, so they took a chance. I also understand that they could have given a new manager the transfer window, but the flip side is that people may have said that the old manager wasn't given the window.

No big issue.

 

Gary Neville has suggested that no team should be able to sack a manager during the season. You have to finish with the man you start with. Bit tough on all those unemployed managers who sit waiting by the phone. And although you can feel sorry for managers who lose their jobs (sometimes unfairly), they are usually well recompensed. They don't get a few hundred in redundancy. And it could make managers complacent. Interesting talking point, but can't see that idea being adopted.

 

Dates for Season 2017/18

Fixture list release: Wednesday June 14th 2017.
Opening Day: Saturday August 12th 2017.
Closing Day: Sunday May 13th 2018.

 

What position did we finish?

 

3rd behind Chelsea and Man U. Above Liverpool though who finished one place above relegated Arsenal

 

West Ham have confirmed their intent to sign Wayne Rooney this summer, despite his declaration that he would only play for Man U or Everton in the premier league.
You just have to love (to hate) that club!

 

Season ticket renewal time I'm guessing? West Ham do this every year, will be linked to about 10 big name players and sign none of them.

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football...ing-biggest-crowds-english-football-season12/

List of PL stadiums and %attendance. St Marys is 94% full on average.