Premier League Thread 2015-16

They have no defence to speak of. And I'd rate Butland much higher than Hart at the moment.

I think we should offer Stoke £100m for him.

 

So Stoke lose to Sunderland but go 2 up v Man City? Football makes no sense sometimes.

 

We needed City to beat Stoke....does no one care about Saints but us

 

There is no amazing team in the Prem this year. Every team can beat every one.

 

Apart from Saints. I always think we are amazing.

 

Damn, Stoke's attack is like a dream team from FIFA 11 Career mode.

 

No comment.


Guardiola will be city manager next season with half a billion to spend.

 

City down to 10 as Fernando does his hamstring with all subs used.

 

Stoke thought and knew they would win before the kick off. That's a mentality we never seem to have against top sides. Saints tend to look like a deer in the headlights most of the time against top teams and are very vulnerable to individual defensive mistakes leading to goals.

The wind did play a huge factor. The wind was ridiculously strong. Stoke would probably beat Man City 9 times out of 10 in that weather at the Britannia.

 

Leicester 2 points clear at the top. 3-0 at Swansea without a goal from you-know-who.

 

Don't know if anyone's watching the Bournemouth game. But Boruc looks really sharp compared to Stekelenburg. Hate to say it, but Boruc is clearly a better keeper imo. Bournemouth are doing ok, but in all honesty don't look like scoring as they don't have the quality, they are good at knocking the ball about.

 

Ref the Mentality factor .

Is that down to management ?

Or what ?

General Question Tintin , not aimed at you .

 

Bournemouth leads. Bahahahaha.

Edit: on an offside goal. Good enough!

 

This is a very difficult question and almost impossible to answer. It's guess work without being inside the dressing room. I don't know what Koeman says to them. He is hopefully to drill a positive attitude and self belief in to them. But the Saints players don't seem to click together and believe in each other as much as they should do, compared to a side like Stoke. Perhaps it's because Stoke has more of a core set of players that have played together for a while and know they have found their level. It means they're loyal to the club and expect to be playing together until retirement. Whereas we've had plenty of players come and go. Perhaps that makes it difficult for Saints players to form a great team spirit, play for and trust each other. I don't know what to make of it, we had Adkins who was always positive and Pochettino who was an aggressive, passionate manager who played a high press. And Koeman who was a great player himself. We've had the same problem under all of them in the PL.

I look at Ranieri and how different Leicester have looked this season. And surely his man management skills have had a huge impact on them. He has obviously got it right in a big way there in terms of managing his players. He must be a master at man management with a weaker team. Obviously there are other factors too, but I'm sure you'd agree that Ranieri seems to be a great man manager for this type of team. Same for Eddie Howe. Bournemouth are a piss poor team on paper (especially without Wilson), but have been brilliant today against Chelsea and genuinely looked like they believed they could win this from the first kick of the ball.

 

Didn't look offside.

Edit: Oh yes it was! Hahahaha! Looking forward to Jose's reaction...

 

They've certainly rode their luck and are arguably lucky to be ahead. But their belief as a team and commitment has been brilliant. In that sense they deserve to be leading.

 

Baba Rahman was the second defender, and Murray appeared to be beyond him, if just.

 

Very tight to be fair to the linesman

 

See my edit.