2016/17 Barclays Premier League Thread - General Discussion - FM24/25 Update

Payet got a knock and is unfit.

I dunno, really - the Olympic Stadium (London Stadium, the fuck?) does look extremely impressive as a general sports arena, as it did back in 2012 during the Olympics, but I'm not so sure yet if it feels like a football ground. Still, Rome's Olympic Stadium works for them and the running track gap looks way bigger in that arena, so there's still time.

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21 Aug 2016 19:15:59

Good to see West Ham not filling their new stadium. Also saw a picture going around of a section that didn't even have any seats in it.

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By bmg033 | On 21 August 2016 - 20:15 PM BST

Good to see West Ham not filling their new stadium. Also saw a picture going around of a section that didn't even have any seats in it.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3743932/West-Ham-set-capacity-57-000-Premier-League-match-London-Stadium.html

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By VP. | On 21 August 2016 - 20:51 PM BST

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3743932/West-Ham-set-capacity-57-000-Premier-League-match-London-Stadium.html

Fair enough on the capacity limit, but leaving sections of seating empty and selling tickets for a section without any seats at all makes no sense.

On an unrelated note, the person who created the new PL man of the match trophy needs some glasses. Looks like one of those old yellow highlighters.

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By bmg033 | On 22 August 2016 - 00:52 AM BST

Fair enough on the capacity limit, but leaving sections of seating empty and selling tickets for a section without any seats at all makes no sense.

On an unrelated note, the person who created the new PL man of the match trophy needs some glasses. Looks like one of those old yellow highlighters.

Looks like some shit cheap aftershave to me

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22 Aug 2016 10:08:08

"David Moyes admits Sunderland are likely to find themselves in another Premier League relegation battle this season."

Two games in, what inspiring leadership.

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By Sam | On 22 August 2016 - 11:08 AM BST

"David Moyes admits Sunderland are likely to find themselves in another Premier League relegation battle this season."

Two games in, what inspiring leadership.

Really? He's inherited a weak squad, which is incredibly thin, and has no real money to spend. - A relegation battle was always absolutely inevitable. Moyes / Sunderland have signed four players for a combined £5.5m. A good manager will keep them just clear of the drop, a bad one will get sacked with Sunderland set to go down on about 27 points.

Mourinho is shite resorted to buying Pogba and Zlatan to cover up his lack of managerial talent etc...

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By Shola | On 22 August 2016 - 18:24 PM BST

Really? He's inherited a weak squad, which is incredibly thin, and has no real money to spend. - A relegation battle was always absolutely inevitable. Moyes / Sunderland have signed four players for a combined £5.5m. A good manager will keep them just clear of the drop, a bad one will get sacked with Sunderland set to go down on about 27 points.

Mourinho is shite resorted to buying Pogba and Zlatan to cover up his lack of managerial talent etc...

Djilobodji cost 8m?

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By The Platypus | On 23 August 2016 - 01:44 AM BST

Djilobodji cost 8m?

Yup. Plus £5.5m in total for McNair and Love, and Januzaj on loan.

Still, its hardly a great squad.

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23 Aug 2016 19:04:41

Completely forget they bought him tbf

Love looks well out of his depth, McNair probably isn't good enough. Januzaj has talent but isn't a sure thing and Pienaar is old.

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23 Aug 2016 19:08:57

I can't be the only one who didn't realise Pienaar was still at Everton before his transfer to Sunderland? Assumed he had retired.

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23 Aug 2016 22:23:54

Tbf I had thought he'd retired after leaving Everton. Clearly not.

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24 Aug 2016 13:42:06

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37169558

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24 Aug 2016 18:03:35

If by some miracle I ever become a professional footballer I'd delete my Twitter account immediately; and if I signed for Argyle I'd have even more reason to do so because nearly all my tweets are about Argyle and how shit we are.

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24 Aug 2016 18:21:27

The best thing to come out of this:

Yeah, alright then Joey pic.twitter.com/MAfaB4XlPZ
— GeorgeWeahsCousin (@WeahsCousin) August 23, 2016

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27 Aug 2016 11:57:23

Listening to the game on 5 live, Vorm seems to be having a cracker. Though when it's Coutinho having the shots against you they're normally either quite easily savable or entirely unstoppable. We all know which ones he does more...

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27 Aug 2016 11:58:08

Can't see us getting anything from today if it keeps going like this. Liverpool could've had 2 or 3 already.

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27 Aug 2016 12:15:18

Coutinho should have scored earlier, bit lucky with that pen

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27 Aug 2016 13:02:27

1-1 we probably don't deserve to be level. I'd take this though.

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27 Aug 2016 13:22:45

More pissed about this than losing to Burnley

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By Suffolk Seasider | On 27 August 2016 - 12:57 PM BST

Listening to the game on 5 live, Vorm seems to be having a cracker. Though when it's Coutinho having the shots against you they're normally either quite easily savable or entirely unstoppable. We all know which ones he does more...

They're more often 6 feet over the bar or wide of the post tbh

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27 Aug 2016 14:32:56

Vardy has put Leicester ahead, the title retention is back on.