English Premier League ~ Season 2016/2017

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Who will win the Premier League this season?

Poll ended at Thu Sep 01, 2016 12:17 pm

Arsenal
7
14%
Chelsea
4
8%
Everton
0
No votes
Leicester City
0
No votes
Liverpool
1
2%
Manchester City
14
29%
Manchester United
20
41%
Southampton
0
No votes
Tottenham Hotspur
1
2%
West Ham United
1
2%
Other
1
2%
 
Total votes : 49

Re: English Premier League ~ Season 2016/2017

Postby Marsbar100 » Mon Jan 23, 2017 3:05 pm

Unbelievable pass that
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Re: English Premier League ~ Season 2016/2017

Postby Sims » Mon Jan 23, 2017 3:06 pm

imagine toby and kos together at the back

arguably best cb partnership in the world that
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Re: English Premier League ~ Season 2016/2017

Postby Big17 » Mon Jan 23, 2017 3:14 pm

Sims wrote:imagine toby and kos together at the back

arguably best cb partnership in the world that


Add Gaya to the left of them and Bellerin to the right and that's a wet dream right there.
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Re: English Premier League ~ Season 2016/2017

Postby S4cePL » Mon Jan 23, 2017 6:26 pm

Donald J. Trump is the 45th President of the United States.

A nonagon has 9 sides. 9×5=45

Each human cell has 23 pairs of chromosomes for a total of 46. 46-1=45

Manchester United are on a 17-match unbeaten streak, having moved from 6th place on Nov.5 to 6th on Jan 21 with 41 points. 41 + 4 more draws= 45

Crazy, right?
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Re: English Premier League ~ Season 2016/2017

Postby GoonerAlexandre » Mon Jan 23, 2017 6:36 pm

S4cePL wrote:Donald J. Trump is the 45th President of the United States.

A nonagon has 9 sides. 9×5=45

Each human cell has 23 pairs of chromosomes for a total of 46. 46-1=45

Manchester United are on a 17-match unbeaten streak, having moved from 6th place on Nov.5 to 6th on Jan 21 with 41 points. 41 + 4 more draws= 45

Crazy, right?

Trump is the 45th President
Wenger has been here since 21 years.
Each human cell has 23 pair of chromosomes

23+21=44
45-44=1st

ARSENAL WILL FINISH 1ST THIS SEASON. IT IS WRITTEN!
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Re: English Premier League ~ Season 2016/2017

Postby Pudpop » Mon Jan 23, 2017 6:39 pm

GoonerAlexis wrote:
S4cePL wrote:Donald J. Trump is the 45th President of the United States.

A nonagon has 9 sides. 9×5=45

Each human cell has 23 pairs of chromosomes for a total of 46. 46-1=45

Manchester United are on a 17-match unbeaten streak, having moved from 6th place on Nov.5 to 6th on Jan 21 with 41 points. 41 + 4 more draws= 45

Crazy, right?

Trump is the 45th President
Wenger has been here since 21 years.
Each human cell has 23 pair of chromosomes

23+21=44
45-44=1st

ARSENAL WILL FINISH 1ST THIS SEASON. IT IS WRITTEN!


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Re: English Premier League ~ Season 2016/2017

Postby elkanofan » Mon Jan 23, 2017 8:43 pm

Sims wrote:imagine toby and kos together at the back

arguably best cb partnership in the world that


Thats not really saying much though.
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Re: English Premier League ~ Season 2016/2017

Postby GoonerAlexandre » Mon Jan 23, 2017 8:44 pm

We no longer really have strong CB's who are also good on the ball. We either have people like Koscielny who are good, but wouldn't really stand out in previous eras, or complete thugs. The art of defending is gone.

The only one in this era who combines the two at all is Thiago Silva but he can also make completely spectacular eff ups regularly too.
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Re: English Premier League ~ Season 2016/2017

Postby elkanofan » Mon Jan 23, 2017 9:34 pm

GoonerAlexis wrote:We no longer really have strong CB's who are also good on the ball. We either have people like Koscielny who are good, but wouldn't really stand out in previous eras, or complete thugs. The art of defending is gone.

The only one in this era who combines the two at all is Thiago Silva but he can also make completely spectacular eff ups regularly too.


Exactly.

Kos is very good, talented, great on the ball and can really dominate an attacker on his day, but hes no leader and will make basic errors.

Toby has improved and has become quite consistent but hes not world class, he was trash before at Atletico especially however the Premier League seems to suit him well.

Defending is dying though.
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Re: English Premier League ~ Season 2016/2017

Postby ThisIsNotAnID » Tue Jan 24, 2017 5:53 am

GoonerAlexis wrote:We no longer really have strong CB's who are also good on the ball. We either have people like Koscielny who are good, but wouldn't really stand out in previous eras, or complete thugs. The art of defending is gone.

The only one in this era who combines the two at all is Thiago Silva but he can also make completely spectacular eff ups regularly too.

Boateng, Hummels.
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Re: English Premier League ~ Season 2016/2017

Postby Santi » Tue Jan 24, 2017 12:20 pm

Boateng is the finest example of a modern day defender like they are talking about. Hummel's is a bit more old school.
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Re: English Premier League ~ Season 2016/2017

Postby TOP » Tue Jan 24, 2017 12:38 pm

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Re: English Premier League ~ Season 2016/2017

Postby GoonerAlexandre » Tue Jan 24, 2017 12:44 pm

TOP wrote:Bonucci


The next generation of CB's have shown that they're even worse.

Think about it, Chambers is actually the best U21 CB in England and plays almost every game for the U21's.
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Re: English Premier League ~ Season 2016/2017

Postby AAIRE99 » Tue Jan 24, 2017 10:41 pm

Couldnt agree more, looks like Jose is the new Fergie. Just shows you how silly the goings on at clubs like Real and Chelsea are. He has complete control here and he is reveling in it, i suspected that might happen. I think he will be there a long long time.

http://www.football365.com/news/fergie- ... ge-chelsea

Jose Mourinho should be inspired by the progress his Manchester United team have made – and they are “unlucky” not to be challenging Premier League leaders Chelsea, according to former manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

The Red Devils extended their unbeaten run to 17 matches on Saturday with a 1-1 draw at Stoke, the equaliser coming courtesy of a Wayne Rooney free-kick which saw the England captain pass Sir Bobby Charlton’s mark to become the club’s all-time record scorer with 250.

United sit in sixth in the standings – two points behind Manchester City and four adrift of Liverpool although 14 shy of Chelsea – and Ferguson is in no doubt Mourinho and his squad are moving in the right direction following the summer exit of Louis van Gaal.

“I think he has done really well. It is like a player coming to Manchester United. It is not easy coming and transforming the club’s fortunes from my time, it is not easy,” Ferguson said in an interview with BBC Sport.

“I thought Louis van Gaal did a good job and I think Jose is doing a great job.

“He has got to grips with the club – you can see that. The team is playing really well and he has been very unlucky. He has had six draws I think, 1-1 – and every game he has battered that team.

“I think without all of those draws, they would be challenging Chelsea.

“That is the unfortunate part, but he has got to live with that but I think he will be inspired by the progress of the team.”

Ferguson, who retired in May 2013 following 26 years at the helm, feels former Chelsea boss Mourinho has slowly grown into his role at Old Trafford.

“I think Jose is finding solutions now,” the 75-year-old added. “There was a period earlier in the season when he wasn’t getting the decisions and his emotions boiled over. You see him now – he is calm and in control.

“That is the obvious observation I am making of the team now. The team is mirroring its manager.

“It is playing with great energy, determination and will to win, which I think is really important.”

Ferguson made Rooney the most expensive teenager of all-time when signing the player aged 18 from Everton for around £30million in 2004.

The Scot recalled how the mother of Everton chairman Bill Kenwright had come on the phone during negotiations urging him not to sign “her boy”.

Ferguson was impressed by Rooney’s “courage” as a striker, but “never imagined what he would go on to achieve”.

Charlton’s 249-goal club-record tally, achieved over 758 appearances, had stood for 44 years. Rooney, 31, has featured in 546 games.

It is a landmark Ferguson believes may never be surpassed.

“In the present-day game, it is difficult to see any club having players who can stay with them for 10 years, so I think that is the issue,” Ferguson said.

“Jose has mentioned Marcus Rashford and there is an opportunity for that young lad, if he stays at United, and develops his potential the way that Wayne has, but it is a very big target to hit.

“Bobby Charlton’s record was quite substantial. I couldn’t think anybody would beat that. It (Rooney’s record) is an achievement par excellence.”
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Re: English Premier League ~ Season 2016/2017

Postby Cripps » Tue Jan 24, 2017 10:51 pm

Slowly but surely Mancs are coming

They are 6th but undefeated in ages. Title is theirs next season. Chelseas this

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