2015-16 English Premier League Discussion Thread

Post #1601 » by **Next Coming** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 2:04 pm

Been wandering around downtown since that Lallana goal. Better than Istanbul.

Post #1602 » by **Baphomet** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 2:09 pm

Next Coming wrote:Been wandering around downtown since that Lallana goal. Better than Istanbul.

Are you watching the Everton vs. Swansea match? They're 2-1 down and Everton fans have been booing for the whole 40 minutes so far. :lol:

DD12 · Post #1603 » by **DD12** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 2:20 pm

King Julien wrote:
DD12 wrote:
Baphomet wrote:Opinions are opinions and I'm fine with you guys holding Bilic in such high esteem, he's obviously a very astute manager

But man, only on the RealGM soccer board is Guardiola reviled and Slaven Bilic is the second coming of christ

Because he did great job with Croatia, Besiktas and West Ham. Not like Pep who only coaches teams that are 10x better and having 100x more money than other teams in the domestic competition. Maybe that's why?

What did he do that's so great? He got 3rd place twice with Besiktas. Completely failed with Lokomotiv Moscow. Nothing special with Croatia or West Ham. He is a good man and a decent coach but not great.

He created today's Besiktas which is playing like a machine. He got Tore, Oguzhan etc etc. He dealt with big financial crysis of Besiktas and played beautiful football. If Besiktas is the leader today, they owe him a lot.

Croatia? He did very well with them. Did not miss one single important championship. Did you expect a championship?

West Ham had the third lowest relegation odds when the season started. Now they are 5th even though their best player had been injured for a while. Never lost against man city, arsenal, chelsea etc.

Post #1604 » by **Baphomet** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 3:23 pm

Miss of the season by Seamus Coleman

King Julien · Post #1605 » by **King Julien** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 3:51 pm

DD12 wrote:He created today's Besiktas which is playing like a machine. He got Tore, Oguzhan etc etc. He dealt with big financial crysis of Besiktas and played beautiful football. If Besiktas is the leader today, they owe him a lot.

Croatia? He did very well with them. Did not miss one single important championship. Did you expect a championship?

West Ham had the third lowest relegation odds when the season started. Now they are 5th even though their best player had been injured for a while. Never lost against man city, arsenal, chelsea etc.

Even if I agree with all these things, it doesn't make him great like the way you are saying. These are not great achievements in comparison to those teams' normal states.

And you are saying factually inaccurate things. He missed the World Cup with Croatia. West Ham is 6th.

Anyway, I like Bilic and he is doing a good job so I don't want to say a lot more.

King Julien · Post #1606 » by **King Julien** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 3:53 pm

Baphomet wrote:If we're talking about overrated managers though, how about Roberto Martinez? He currently has a very talented Everton team languishing in the bottom half. Again.

You are right but I still like him for some reason. I dunno why.

Post #1607 » by **magik9113** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 4:22 pm

can't believe Per still starts regularly.
Giroud out :lol:

Foye · Post #1608 » by **Foye** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 4:22 pm

Mertesacker lmao.

Post #1609 » by **Baphomet** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 4:23 pm

holy ****

Foye · Post #1610 » by **Foye** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 4:24 pm

magik9113 wrote:can't believe Per still starts regularly.
Giroud out

Should've just let him run at goal.

You can always get a goal back...but 70 minutes to go with 10 men and now a goal back is almost surely a loss.

Post #1611 » by **Baphomet** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 4:37 pm

Martin Tyler choking back tears

Foye · Post #1612 » by **Foye** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 4:39 pm

Red card was a clever dive by Costa btw.
But you have to be aware of that when you are playing against him.

Post #1613 » by **Cactus Jack** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 4:46 pm

Oh wow.

Post #1614 » by **fatlever** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 5:20 pm

Post #1615 » by **Baphomet** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 5:51 pm

Chelsea are absolutely horrible. Sitting back and hoofing it to nobody like they're the ones with 10 men.

Post #1616 » by **magik9113** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 5:51 pm

lol poor arsenal

DD12 · Post #1617 » by **DD12** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 5:56 pm

Here is Arsenal for you guys..

Now choking part has started. Fourth trophy is coming lol

GS Warriors 1 · Post #1618 » by **GS Warriors 1** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 5:57 pm

Can't beat Chelsea even when they are ****, unbelievable. Arsenal don't deserve to win the league.

No_20 · Post #1619 » by **No_20** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 6:13 pm

Spurs 2 points behind Arsenal.

I said they would close in on Arsenal because of Arsenal's January fixture list. Liverpool away, Stoke away and Chelsea home: 2 out of 9 points.

Spurs remaining schedule looks tough though: Anfield, Stamford Bridge, Upton Park, Emptyhad, Britannia. The NLD and Man United at home. So many stupid pounds dropped in the start of the season. That Stoke game when they bottled a 2-0 lead.

Det the Threat · Post #1620 » by **Det the Threat** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 7:44 pm

Well, there's no way Arsenal's going to win it this season.
They'll have to watch out for Spurs now and are just missing something to get over the hump.

I mean, if you look at Citeh, they're also playing like crap but still end up getting points or even wins thanks to goals in the last minutes or stoppage time.
Arsenal, on the other hand, either clearly dominate the game and win or they don't and have to hope for a point.

On top of that, you've got Leicester City who're just collecting points for fun and hardly ever lose a game.