English Premier League ~ Season 2015/2016

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Who will win the EPL 2015/2016?

Poll ended at Thu Sep 03, 2015 7:50 am

A.F.C. Bournemouth
8
10%
Arsenal
30
36%
Chelsea
14
17%
Everton
1
1%
Liverpool
0
No votes
Manchester City
27
32%
Manchester United
2
2%
Tottenham Hotspur (Lolz again)
1
1%
Other
1
1%
 
Total votes : 84

Re: English Premier League ~ Season 2015/2016

Postby elkanofan » Wed Jul 01, 2015 9:00 pm

Mesüt wrote:I'm not referring to just Chelsea though, hence I voted Man Utd depending on their signings. Both those teams, and City, have more nous than us when it matters


Your being negative.
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Re: English Premier League ~ Season 2015/2016

Postby Santi » Wed Jul 01, 2015 9:02 pm

Va-Va-Voom wrote:It's not "giving up" to acknowledge the fact our squad at present isn't best equipped to mount a title challenge, it's just reality.

We need more signings, hence the reason I said I can't vote until I see what we do in the transfer market.


This.

Plus I'd also like to have a team which feels capable of actually beating Chelsea, whether it be at the bridge or at our place. But guess what? No goals in 6 hours against them, whilst it's not mandatory to beat them to win the title it would friggin help.
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Re: English Premier League ~ Season 2015/2016

Postby Arsenal Tone » Wed Jul 01, 2015 9:02 pm

Maradonaitis wrote:
Tony_Adams wrote:We're two players away from a title winning squad now,!

that means absolutely nothing.
the market is the last place you go to resolve an issue.
we are not 2 players away from anything, we are already a definite contender for the title.
We need an extra body in midfield.
An elite striker is a dream
we can do it without the striker, its going to be harder but not impossible.
we can do it without the midfielder it's going to be harder but not impossible.
if we are the better team we are going to win it.
from january till now we showed we are the better team.


If wenger decided to change the team to match the opponents, drill thhe defence and not be affraid to park the bus occasionally and have a plan b in attack them maybe. He won't though.
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Re: English Premier League ~ Season 2015/2016

Postby Gunpowder » Wed Jul 01, 2015 9:02 pm

Maradonaitis wrote:
Tony_Adams wrote:We're two players away from a title winning squad now,!

that means absolutely nothing.
the market is the last place you go to resolve an issue.
we are not 2 players away from anything, we are already a definite contender for the title.
We need an extra body in midfield.
An elite striker is a dream
we can do it without the striker, its going to be harder but not impossible.
we can do it without the midfielder it's going to be harder but not impossible.
if we are the better team we are going to win it.
from january till now we showed we are the better team.

We've always had those "good enough to win the title" runs. We lead a calendar year ffs, that is as big as sample size gets. We need those extra players to actually win it. We can challange it if everything goes well but they haven't so far. It would be stupid to assume that they will next season.
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Re: English Premier League ~ Season 2015/2016

Postby Maradonna » Wed Jul 01, 2015 9:04 pm

Gunpowder wrote:
Maradonaitis wrote:
Tony_Adams wrote:We're two players away from a title winning squad now,!

that means absolutely nothing.
the market is the last place you go to resolve an issue.
we are not 2 players away from anything, we are already a definite contender for the title.
We need an extra body in midfield.
An elite striker is a dream
we can do it without the striker, its going to be harder but not impossible.
we can do it without the midfielder it's going to be harder but not impossible.
if we are the better team we are going to win it.
from january till now we showed we are the better team.

We've always had those "good enough to win the title" runs. We lead a calendar year ffs, that is as big as sample size gets. We need those extra players to actually win it. We can challange it if everything goes well but they haven't so far. It would be stupid to assume that they will next season.

it would be stupid to think that if we did not bring Lets say Cavani and MS we are not going to win the league.
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Re: English Premier League ~ Season 2015/2016

Postby Maradonna » Wed Jul 01, 2015 9:04 pm

Tony_Adams wrote:
Maradonaitis wrote:
Tony_Adams wrote:We're two players away from a title winning squad now,!

that means absolutely nothing.
the market is the last place you go to resolve an issue.
we are not 2 players away from anything, we are already a definite contender for the title.
We need an extra body in midfield.
An elite striker is a dream
we can do it without the striker, its going to be harder but not impossible.
we can do it without the midfielder it's going to be harder but not impossible.
if we are the better team we are going to win it.
from january till now we showed we are the better team.


If wenger decided to change the team to match the opponents, drill thhe defence and not be affraid to park the bus occasionally and have a plan b in attack them maybe. He won't though.

Manchester City away.
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Re: English Premier League ~ Season 2015/2016

Postby Cripps » Wed Jul 01, 2015 9:04 pm

We are the calendar year champions. Only one that matters
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Re: English Premier League ~ Season 2015/2016

Postby Va-Va-Voom » Wed Jul 01, 2015 9:06 pm

Maradonaitis wrote:it would be stupid to think that if we did not bring Lets say Cavani and MS we are not going to win the league.


It would greatly boost our chances though, something you yourself acknowledged just 5 minutes ago - how it will be harder to win without bringing in extra bodies.
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Re: English Premier League ~ Season 2015/2016

Postby Gunpowder » Wed Jul 01, 2015 9:09 pm

Maradonaitis wrote:
Gunpowder wrote:
Maradonaitis wrote:
Tony_Adams wrote:We're two players away from a title winning squad now,!

that means absolutely nothing.
the market is the last place you go to resolve an issue.
we are not 2 players away from anything, we are already a definite contender for the title.
We need an extra body in midfield.
An elite striker is a dream
we can do it without the striker, its going to be harder but not impossible.
we can do it without the midfielder it's going to be harder but not impossible.
if we are the better team we are going to win it.
from january till now we showed we are the better team.

We've always had those "good enough to win the title" runs. We lead a calendar year ffs, that is as big as sample size gets. We need those extra players to actually win it. We can challange it if everything goes well but they haven't so far. It would be stupid to assume that they will next season.

it would be stupid to think that if we did not bring Lets say Cavani and MS we are not going to win the league.


Obviously getting those type of players isn't going to make you a winner for sure but it would give better chance. That's the point of transfer seasons no? To get better in the short or long term or get money, depending on the clup's plans. We want to challange the league.
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Re: English Premier League ~ Season 2015/2016

Postby Maradonna » Wed Jul 01, 2015 9:10 pm

Va-Va-Voom wrote:
Maradonaitis wrote:it would be stupid to think that if we did not bring Lets say Cavani and MS we are not going to win the league.


It would greatly boost our chances though, something you yourself acknowledged just 5 minutes ago - how it will be harder to win without bringing in extra bodies.

that extra body needs to definitely improve us.
neither MS or Cavani would definitely improve us.
adding 2 good player would not change your season massively, adding 2 elite players would do
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Re: English Premier League ~ Season 2015/2016

Postby Maradonna » Wed Jul 01, 2015 9:10 pm

Gunpowder wrote:
Maradonaitis wrote:
Gunpowder wrote:
Maradonaitis wrote:
Tony_Adams wrote:We're two players away from a title winning squad now,!

that means absolutely nothing.
the market is the last place you go to resolve an issue.
we are not 2 players away from anything, we are already a definite contender for the title.
We need an extra body in midfield.
An elite striker is a dream
we can do it without the striker, its going to be harder but not impossible.
we can do it without the midfielder it's going to be harder but not impossible.
if we are the better team we are going to win it.
from january till now we showed we are the better team.

We've always had those "good enough to win the title" runs. We lead a calendar year ffs, that is as big as sample size gets. We need those extra players to actually win it. We can challange it if everything goes well but they haven't so far. It would be stupid to assume that they will next season.

it would be stupid to think that if we did not bring Lets say Cavani and MS we are not going to win the league.


Obviously getting those type of players isn't going to make you a winner for sure but it would give better chance. That's the point of transfer seasons no? To get better in the short or long term or get money, depending on the clup's plans. We want to challange the league.

We need elite, we dont need depth.
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Re: English Premier League ~ Season 2015/2016

Postby elkanofan » Wed Jul 01, 2015 9:12 pm

Maradonaitis wrote:
Tony_Adams wrote:We're two players away from a title winning squad now,!

that means absolutely nothing.
the market is the last place you go to resolve an issue.
we are not 2 players away from anything, we are already a definite contender for the title.
We need an extra body in midfield.
An elite striker is a dream
we can do it without the striker, its going to be harder but not impossible.
we can do it without the midfielder it's going to be harder but not impossible.
if we are the better team we are going to win it.
from january till now we showed we are the better team.


Thank you, for this, thank you so much

There a serious negative mentality problem with England in general.

'Two player away from winning' England has become so obsessed with buying their way out of trouble, its totally forgotten how a club is built from within, how important tit is for squad chemistry and developing the players you have.

What has the emergence of Coquelin taught us all!

We also seem to be slow in seeing the big issue and big shift in football. What Chelsea have done along with City is totally ruin the football market which has so conveniently coincided with the heavy downfall of player quality. But you still see these ignorant fools claim City will be unstoppable if they buy two massively overrated players in Pogba and Sterling along with Kevin DeBruyne, who is a very good player who had a good season but, no he's not Zidane! City and Chelsea built their castles at times when get received a crazy amount f money and had so many World Class and top class players available to buy. But now, partly thanks to them buying layers for stupid prices, their karma is coming back to bite them, the market is heavily inflated and the talent is half, not even a quarter as good. and Oh Dear, their players are getting old and need to revamp the entire squad?

Something Wenger showed so well last season was his biggest strength as a manager, how he gets the team to get on with eachover on and off the pitch so harmoniously! Something we massively take for granted! Even managers i think are better than Wenger find this hard! hast where my confidence lies.

I'd like us to get to players but i really not worried or fussed if we do or not and the smart thing is to bide our time and see who is available in the next 6 weeks. We have a very settled squad with great quality and enough at the very, very least mount a serious challenge. Not ONCE, lets not forget not even ONCE in the last 10 years! has our squad looked as strong as this going into the new season. Normally every rent a Journo is tipping us to finish 5th.
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Re: English Premier League ~ Season 2015/2016

Postby Jackson » Wed Jul 01, 2015 9:14 pm

Zedie wrote:People still acting like we don't have a chance (probs down to AW still being here).

Cool. Give up before a ball has been kicked and stay pissed for a whole season.

I really don't mind what people think when I vote for arsenal to win the league. Most people laughed at an invincible season and it wasn't that long ago that silverware was impossible under AW and we would never break our transfer record of 15m.

Shit changes.
It's only a matter of time and its not as big a stretch as some will have you believe.

People are still acting like it's 2012. Don't seem to have noticed us signing top players, not losing key players, building a new team and winning stuff,
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Re: English Premier League ~ Season 2015/2016

Postby Gunpowder » Wed Jul 01, 2015 9:17 pm

Maradonaitis wrote:
Gunpowder wrote:
Maradonaitis wrote:
Gunpowder wrote:
Maradonaitis wrote:
Tony_Adams wrote:We're two players away from a title winning squad now,!

that means absolutely nothing.
the market is the last place you go to resolve an issue.
we are not 2 players away from anything, we are already a definite contender for the title.
We need an extra body in midfield.
An elite striker is a dream
we can do it without the striker, its going to be harder but not impossible.
we can do it without the midfielder it's going to be harder but not impossible.
if we are the better team we are going to win it.
from january till now we showed we are the better team.

We've always had those "good enough to win the title" runs. We lead a calendar year ffs, that is as big as sample size gets. We need those extra players to actually win it. We can challange it if everything goes well but they haven't so far. It would be stupid to assume that they will next season.

it would be stupid to think that if we did not bring Lets say Cavani and MS we are not going to win the league.


Obviously getting those type of players isn't going to make you a winner for sure but it would give better chance. That's the point of transfer seasons no? To get better in the short or long term or get money, depending on the clup's plans. We want to challange the league.

We need elite, we dont need depth.

Depends on position. DM we need both, if we find elite that's fine if we can't we need depth. ST we need elite but we could also do with Giroud level, Giroud is still the best striker we have and he tends to get tired and lose some form. He missed 3 months, came back firing and at the end of season he didn't do much. In GK we needed elite and figured it out. In defense we could do with elite even though I love our current back four+Debuchy.
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Re: English Premier League ~ Season 2015/2016

Postby Maradonna » Wed Jul 01, 2015 9:17 pm

elkanofan wrote:
Maradonaitis wrote:
Tony_Adams wrote:We're two players away from a title winning squad now,!

that means absolutely nothing.
the market is the last place you go to resolve an issue.
we are not 2 players away from anything, we are already a definite contender for the title.
We need an extra body in midfield.
An elite striker is a dream
we can do it without the striker, its going to be harder but not impossible.
we can do it without the midfielder it's going to be harder but not impossible.
if we are the better team we are going to win it.
from january till now we showed we are the better team.


Thank you, for this, thank you so much

There a serious negative mentality problem with England in general.

'Two player away from winning' England has become so obsessed with buying their way out of trouble, its totally forgotten how a club is built from within, how important tit is for squad chemistry and developing the players you have.

What has the emergence of Coquelin taught us all!

We also seem to be slow in seeing the big issue and big shift in football. What Chelsea have done along with City is totally ruin the football market which has so conveniently coincided with the heavy downfall of player quality. But you still see these ignorant fools claim City will be unstoppable if they buy two massively overrated players in Pogba and Sterling along with Kevin DeBruyne, who is a very good player who had a good season but, no he's not Zidane! City and Chelsea built their castles at times when get received a crazy amount f money and had so many World Class and top class players available to buy. But now, partly thanks to them buying layers for stupid prices, their karma is coming back to bite them, the market is heavily inflated and the talent is half, not even a quarter as good. and Oh Dear, their players are getting old and need to revamp the entire squad?

Something Wenger showed so well last season was his biggest strength as a manager, how he gets the team to get on with eachover on and off the pitch so harmoniously! Something we massively take for granted! Even managers i think are better than Wenger find this hard! hast where my confidence lies.

I'd like us t get to players but i really not worried or fussed if we do or not and the smart thing is to bide our time and see who is available int he next 6 weeks. We have a very settled squad with great quality and enough at the very very least t mount a serious challenge. Not ONCE, lets not forget not even ONCE in the last 10 years! has our squad looked as strong as this going into the new season. Normally every rent a Journo is tipping us to finish 5th.

good post buddy
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