2015/16 Barclays Premier League Thread

Loved the Villa fans phoning in to have a go at Robbie Savage after he said they were the worst team in Premier League history! Think he has some gall after the Derby team he played in finished with less points than this current Villa team and I think were arguably worse.

Lascelles was the chosen player to go before the media and said a lot of the squad lack heart, desire & hunger, and that's pretty bang on - in the first half, nobody looked like they gave a shit. Steven Taylor and Janmaat were horrific, nobody in midfield did anything of use and Mitrovic might as well have not bothered given nobody knew where he was. Top marks to Ayoze for being put off a promising dribble by running into and then over Koeman. That was an achievement.

Pardew was seen as underachieving in 2013/14 because of 5 wins in 20, or whatever it was, and it was a fair point that we had switched off badly. But that was relative to then. This is underachievement on a whole other level.

To be fair, I suppose there's a contextual point in that Derby went from 20th in the Championship in 2006 to promotion and kept more or less that squad... was never going to end well in hindsight, even with Sam Allardyce's generosity. But on a points basis, yes - Villa aren't the worst (3rd at present).

Mr. Humble himself - said that he was struggling to motivate the squad. (Remy, Sissoko and Debuchy were shameless back then) - that should have set off warning signs.


Really like Lascelles - Newcastle should rebuild around players like him next year.

Also really liked Shelvey's interview - true captain material that lad.

Remember when people called Pardew the next England manager

Lol we're stuck in traffic and the game will start, at least, 30 minutes late.

Pardew is a terrible manager, we've just somehow managed to find 2 worse than him since in Carver and McClaren, its really quite something.

Players like Shelvey and Wijnaldum are good players but theres too much individuality. We dont have a team at all, we just have a group of individuals going out and trying to play football.

It doesn't help that we refuse to buy defensive players, be it in defence or midfield.

Club is a mess from top to bottom and it won't change until Ashley either leaves or hands full control over to someone who knows what he's doing and understands football. Charnley is fucking hopeless, as is Ashley and Graham Carr is leaving a lot to be desired too.

We've been sliding ever since we spent 6m on Vurnon Anita and presuming our squad was good enough to cope with Europe 2 years after getting promoted.

I do like Jamaal Lascelles, though.

Remember when people called Pardew the next England manager

Loved the Villa fans phoning in to have a go at Robbie Savage after he said they were the worst team in Premier League history! Think he has some gall after the Derby team he played in finished with less points than this current Villa team and I think were arguably worse.

Pardew gets so much stick for having a good season with Palace. - Comfortably surviving two years running with a poor side after spending a relatively small amount of money and now with a trip to Wembley?


Like I've seen no one have a go at Sanchez Flores for having essentially the exact same season. (One point more than Palace - and spent more money) - No criticism for 'next England manager' Eddie Howe for also spending more money and no trip to Wembley (4 extra points, 1 extra game played)

Pardew 26 points from 19 games - 52 points per season
Carver 13 points from 19 games - 26 Points per season
McClaren 24 points from 28 games - 33 Points per season
Benitez - 1 point from 4 games - 10 points per season.

For comparison Pardew is set for a 45 point season this year - and with Palace took 32 points from 19 games - set for a 64 point season last year with Palace

I really really can't see how the club would want to keep LVG for another year. It makes no sense at all. There should be no doubt in him going, its baffling.