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English Premier League thread

I guess it depends if you mean who is best player purchased, or who is the most value for money. If you are looking at the latter there are a few more you could add to the list:

Barton QPR,
Jones Man Utd
Yakubu Blackburn
Adam Liverpool
Enrique Liverpool
Demba Ba Newcastle
Long West Brom
Given Villa

I'd probably give it to Demba Ba, he didn't cost that much but has been very good for them, getting over 10 goals already despite not having wonderful service - I think Newcastle will have problems when he goes to the ACN next month. Enrique seemed very cheap too.
 
Vorm has been a superb signing for us, great shot stopper and settled in well. So far he's only made one notable mistake, that being the gift at Arsenal, but apart from that he's kept us in lots of matches. Even the four goal shippings at Man City and Chelsea could have been double figures if not for Vorm's saves.

At £1.5 million, a bargain too. I think we'll do very well to keep him beyond next season, if we stay in the Premier League of course.
 
Cabaye's another one, although his success isn't that much of a surprise since he was an integral part of last season's double winning Lille side.
 
Could also add Adebayor and Parker to the list.

The fact that Adebayor is 'free' AND has a chunk of his wages paid by City makes it all the better. He probably only costs Tottenham in the region of £30-50k a week - which is amazing when you think about it.
 
I'd suspect Tottenham are paying MOST of his wages with Man City paying the portion Spurs can't afford.

So I'd say City are probably paying that figure (30-50k) with rest being Tottenham's. Still a great deal of course.

For me Parker is a better purchase than Adebayor though and Demba Ba definitely is too.
 
Cabaye's great but I don't think anyone's surprised by that. Truth is he could've played for Arsenal instead of Arteta probably had he been a bit more patient and waited till Cesc departed. Wenger's always been a fan and rightly so.

p.s. Playing James Perch and Simpson in center of defensive is a joke! I'd put in a real CB from reserve team or youth team and give them a chance instead. I would've also put in Santon as CB with Simpson playing as full-back as he should rather than other way around. I think the Italian can do much better in center of defense. He's taller, better in the air and defensively more solid and positionally/tactically (Being Italian and all) is more proficient than Simpson or Perch. I found that a very strange decision by Pardew in last match against Norwich even given the unenviable CB injury crises poor Newcastle has. And they got absolutely DESTROYED by crosses of course and ultimately let in 4 of them through headers as a result. They really missed Coloccini and Taylor who are both good in the air and would've dealt with Grant Holt and Morrison much better in the air! Even Williamson would've done much better but he's out too of course.
 
Man City are paying a higher percentage of Adebayor's wages.

I'd say were paying £70k max with City paying the remaining £100k.
 
tobi said:
Man City are paying a higher percentage of Adebayor's wages.

I'd say were paying £70k max with City paying the remaining £100k.
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Hahah those losers! that's so messed up!

Directly strengthening a rival while paying him and basically your club to do so! lol

At least when he went to Real Madrid last season, they weren't strengthening a direct rival.

Let me guess though, he's not allowed to play in the game against City right? They wouldn't want him scoring in that match. I think all Prem loans have that clause anyway where you don't play against parent club.

Great deal for you guys!
 
problem is can they make the deal permanent? Spurs are a very good side if they can keep a hold of the current side.
 
YoungGun_UK said:
problem is can they make the deal permanent? Spurs are a very good side if they can keep a hold of the current side.
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If Adebayor wants to play football, then he is going to have to take a huge wage cut obviously.

He would be silly not to move to Tottenham in my opinion, but there is a part of me that thinks he is just using them as a stepping stone this season, to get a good deal somewhere else next season.

Also though I do think mentally and Ego wise he is different than a couple of seasons ago, so he could well just stay at Spurs, I think it depends on how well Spurs finish the season, if they have Champs League then obviously the chances of him staying are alot bigger.

I hope he doesn't stay at Spurs as an Arsenal fan, because he is a very good player, Spurs have got him at the right time.

I think my transfer of the season has to be Parker.
 
I'm of the opinion that NO clubs in the same division should be allowed to loan players... UNLESS... the player is under 21 years of age.

Established players such as Adebayor, should be sold by City, loaned abroad or kept in their reserves.

All this does is strengthen City's chances of league success.

Adebayor can't play against City but can play and score against City's rivals.

Score goals against Man United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool etc... thus helping City.. Of course helping Spurs but a threat amplified by the number of other title chasing teams.

Just say City's huge squad was used to loan players to the likes of Bolton, Sunderland, Villa etc.. that player went on and scored or assisted in taking points off City's nearest rivals.

I'm not having a go at City, they are using the system to their advantage.

The rules of the loan system need changing imo as most clubs aren't able top do what City can do.
 
I don't think we'll be able to make it permanent but at least it shows the Chairman and more importantly the manager (new guy included) how a mobile deep lying forward takes the team to another level.
 
I must say Adebayor surprised me. With City he looked al litle over the top...of course what he had to endure with Togo's national squad during the CAN in Angola may have played a role in that period. In the long term it may prove to have been a good thing.

I still think Arsenal miss him (and Flamini) enormously. Could you imagine a team with Flamini, Song, Adebayor and Van Persie?
 
Adebayor is not consistant enough. Once he settles in a team he will start acting like a prick again. he never learns
 
jonneymendoza said:
Adebayor is not consistant enough. Once he settles in a team he will start acting like a prick again. he never learns
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I think he has played 12 games and has 8 goals and 6 assists, that is pretty consistant! not on the level of Van Persie :PP but it is alright ;))

He always has it in him to be a dick, but I really think he is starting to realise he needs to act differently to progress in his career, that is why I said Spurs have got him at the right time.
 
I think so too, he's older, wiser and somewhat improved. He's changed a bit. And honestly, personally I never thought he was the BIGGEST dick or most unprofessional player out there anyway and I followed him since he was a bench warmer in Monaco years ago. He's certainly no role model lol but there are FAR worse out there. His reputation is worse than his actual attitude I feel but yah I'm personally not a fan.
 
really looking forward to this match, (Blackburn vs. Bolton)can`t remember seeing 2 bosses going head to head with such dire runs although they scored abt the same amount of goals that to Liverpool :CONF::SIL:

unlucky !
 
Yeah same! Normally a match I wouldn't be looking forward to but am today!

I feel for Owen Coyle but definitely not for Steve Kean! Rumours say that the loser gets sacked in this match as both bosses are under immense pressure. Personally I feel Bolton definitely SHOULD stick with Owen Coyle and are even lucky to have him and that he WILL turn things around. It's only a matter of time before he does and he's a great manager.

Steve Kean on the other hand is a whole different story. He should've never gotten the job in the first place. Sacking Sam Allardyce made no sense and putting him in charge as replacement without having earned it has meant Blackburn have turned from a solid team who's hard to get results agaisnt especially at home (like Stoke City) to a relegation threatened team who's lucky if they can stay up and very nearly escaped it last year.

The man has been given enough time now and he's won what? like 6 matches in a whole year?!

Steve Kean out! And Owen Coyle to stay and steady the ship and even move onto be a bigger club like Aston Villa in a couple years. That's how I think it can go.

p.s. I don't care much for individual praise in a team sport often but how impressive has Chris Samba been this season even more?! My god!! AMAZING performances. Consistent, Strong, Reliable, on BOTH ends of the pitch! The guy's a monster not just physically but mentally and as bad as Blackburn's situation is right now in the table, without him (their star player AND Captain), they would be dead last and 9 points below 2nd worst team I feel.
 
Yep, great couple days for me football wise. So Coyle and Bolton get that victory and amazingly enough, Steve Kean is still the Blackburn manager.

7 wins out of 38 EPL matches. He's been in a charge the equivalent of a full season now and the team is one of the poorest in the league and really struggling. A team that was prior to his appointment certainly not good to watch but a solid outfit and a hard team to play against like Stoke these days. All of Mark Hughes and Sam Allardyce's hardwork and foundations went to crap though and were destroyed over last 12 months by Mr. Kean.

As for today, I put $5 on WBA to beat Newcastle at St. James park at 1/4 odds and a $5 on Odemwingie to score against the out of position/lackluster CB's of Newcastle and he did just that at 1/8. $10 risked, $60 return almost. :)

That along with the prediction of Napoli vs. Genoa game to have 3 goals or more (whcih finished 6-1!) has made me quite a nice profit off the game I love today. :)
 
Media set in stone that 1 manager would be gone by Christmas let`s see. I`m sure they`ve been looking ,but also hoping they could turn it around too.


Newsc continues to drop! Although they have a top scorer in Ba . They don`t seem bad just missing a few elements they have the cash!
 
1 manager did leave already. Steve Bruce. :P

And with Martin O'Neil (One of my fav's), Sunderland already look a much better team. I expect them to now start their upheaval and finish below the big 6 next year. Perhaps 7th or 8th but probably top half of the table. They have the players to do it and the money. They needed the manager and in O'Neil, they have that!
 
What a joke! FA really do act stupidly inconsistent at times.

So anyone who follows EPL hardcore knows we had not 1 but two ridiculously unwarranted STRAIGHT red-cards last week which affected the matches.

One for Sammon (Wigan Striker) who after the dismissal of, Man Utd went onto rape The Latics and this was actually the worse challenge as he did hit Carrick in face even if it should've been a yellow at best.

But the Nenad Milijas tackle which actually touched the ball and was ON THE GROUND (so not off and not two-footed) which got a ridiculous red-card against Arsenal when Nigel Winterburn himself said it wasn't even a FOUL! And I think it could've been given a foul but shouldn't have been carded let alone RED-carded, has had his appeal turned down so he's now also suspended for 3 matches!

Sammon's had his appeal (rightly so) accepted apparently. Refs clearly got both wrong but the FA have basically defended the actions of one while admitting essentially the other decision was wrong by the other ref.

Mick McCarthy and Wolves as a whole definitely have a case and are rightly disappointed.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11699/7400620/Milijas-loses-red-appeal

Was never even a red card. Let alone a 3 match suspension! That's dumb!
 
The football shock result continues .... The wave of waves of attack was immense. Mancini had to bring in the top guns no rest for Liverpool match. Sunderland had 2 clear cut chances ,but the last chance was slightly offside to a very tire MCity squad and Ji is the hero ! never again will he be passed on like a cheap whore getting french kissed by loads of fat arses.

I love football win David beats Goliath !
 
Thoroughly enjoyed Man Utd-Balckburn, Chelsea-Villa and Sunderland-man City...great begin for Martin O'Neal. IMO he is a fantastic manager.

Pity that Spurs couldn't win, but the draw seemed well deserved for Swansea and i would like them to stay up.

Stoke-Wigan also seemed a good match...
 
gerd said:
the draw seemed well deserved for Swansea and i would like them to stay up.
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Cheers! :)

We did well to get a draw against one of the high flyers, but our away form has been awful, the worst in the Prem. We need to get some wins on the road because we can't rely on our (rather good) home record.
 
I like Swansea, hope they stay up too.

They get quite a lot of attention here in the Netherlands, because of Vorm, Agustien, Bodde and John van Zweden.
 
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