The Premier League - 2018/19 - All Match Discussion In Here

Is there any way we can get our medical team on him ?

 

It's the least we can do to make up for Capoue's tackle.

 

If we do then he'll be lucky to able to walk unaided again.

 

Just watching MoTD2, seeing Rashford getting sent off, yes he was naive but Bardsley was an animal kicking out and will escape any further sanction as he got a yellow. Did Duchess say anything about his actions? No Sean your team is dirty and this season Burnley have been sussed out, going down I think.

 

Did anyone see what the very long word or words on the back of Bobby Reid's shirt was? I'm guessing it wasn't Reid

 

I hope it isn't

 

Provocative thinking from our boy.

Our feeders would be Stevenage, Wycombe & one other.

 

One other could be QPR!

 

Potentially although our footprint would be more Herts/Bucks/Beds, I would think.

 

Same old Bournemouth always cheating

 

Claude Puel is the worst thing to happen to Leicester since Dennis Wise and Dave Bassett came to town in 2001.

 

Will he last the season Filbert?

 

Only if he stops fannying about with his turgid idea of possession football, organises the defence and stops wasting Vardy as a lone striker.

So probably not.

 

You'd have got a fair bunce from winning the PL, playing in the CL and the sale of Mahrez - have the owners just pocketed all of that as I don't recall much investment in the playing side.

I watched about 30 minutes of the 1st half yesterday and it looked like Maguire had to do a 3 point turn and was running in quicksand. Also the penalty decision was ridiculous, how that was intentional was beyond me.

 

Off the top of my head, in the last couple of summers we’ve spent money on;

Adrien Silva -He’s crap
Iheanacho - He’s crap
Maguire - good but overrated
Soyuncu - Hasn’t played yet but is apparently alright
Ricardo Pereira- looks alright, can’t defend though
Maddison - looks good
Ghezzal - Doesn’t come with a good reputation and has to fill Mahrez’s shoes.
Ward - 2nd/3rd choice ‘keeper who has hardly played yet could still cost up to £10million
Iborra - never looks fit and too slow.
Benkovic - loaned straight to Celtic.

So if you tot that lot up it’s about £170 million if the transfer fees in the press are true. It’s a load of tat basically. The owners are amazing at running the club but don’t have a clue about football, so they delegate to a sporting director or whatever his title is. Fair enough, but the bloke appears to know even less than they do.

 

I stand corrected, so they've basically p!ssed it away.

Who would you want to replace Puel? I've got a nasty feeling with the way you're conceding that Fat Sam might get a call.

 

It’s tricky, I would think, for a medium club with suddenly enhanced financial resources to buy well.

The sellers & agents will be adept at syphoning off the surplus.

Interesting that Gino did his buying before selling Richie.

 

Beardsley is a Cro Magnon footballer.

3 Burnley booked in 5 mins vs Wolves. All for rugby type assaults, simply hurling opponents to the ground.

The aimless hoof upfield when they have no one in the other half is their preferred defensive remedy.

Ugly set up.

 

Vydra is the glossy lipstick on the ugly pig which is Burnley.

 

Beardsley!

 

Ha!

I mean, of course, Phil ‘Aubrey’ Bardsley.

 

To clarify, I meant to state Bardsley.

Any offence caused to footballers called Beardsley is purely unintentional.

Likewise to any Cro Magnons made uneasy by the comparison.

 

That would be truly awful, one of the few managers with more completely unjustified arrogance than Puel.

For some reason the men upstairs have decided that the exciting, direct ‘up and at em’ football that we played under Pearson and Ranieri that got us two titles is somehow beneath us now. We need to ‘evolve our style of play’ to play possession football. Im afraid that’s utter ********, being different to the big teams is what gives the smaller guys a chance. Look how well you lot have started, with an emphasis on aggression and being intimidating for teams to play against. Elite players hate being kicked, so why not use that against them?

I want Puel to be replaced by someone who actually gets it. ‘It’ encompasses a lot of things admittedly, so maybe I’m asking for the moon on a stick. It’s just so boring at the moment, we’re horrible to watch. If you catch one of our home games on telly, I don’t know when the next one is, just marvel at how passive and limp the side is. If Watford had played at the KP this weekend you would’ve walked all over us.

..... and to answer your question..... I’d love a bit of Jokanovic, always admired him and he’s exacty the type of character that will do well in Leicester.

 

You know in old Looney Toons cartoons and the like, when a bloke would see an attractive lass and his jaw would hit the table and his tongue would roll out?

That’s what buyers and agents must feel like when John Rudkin calls to ask about a player.

 

Ssssilva prefers an open style of play.

Goals guaranteed.

 

Exactly.

How’s the house situation, btw?

You were selling last time you dropped in.

A new project?

 

This is exactly right: the ‘smaller’ teams have to have something different to trouble the ‘big’ ones, but you still need to combine it with some high quality players. We have aggressive forwards and defenders with a number of high quality midfielders.

 

The sold signs are up. Hoping to be in before the end of November, no chain either way, we’re selling to a first time buyer and buying from a guy who was renting his property out. It’s all happened quite quickly, new house is nice, very liveable with new electrics etc. Plenty to get stuck into though. Being the modern, caring chap I am I spend most of my time in the kitchen and the new one needs some attention. For the first time I will be the proud owner of a garage, so I’ll have somewhere to put my Shinji Okazaki posters and hide from my other half now.

Yes all good, thanks for asking

 

I’ll ask the question in here because the main forum can get a bit noisy, do you guys want to see Watford in the Europa League? Say you continue to have an excellent season and finish 6th (which is unlikely but if Burnley can finish 7th!) would you be happy to play in the bloated mess that is the Europa League and potentially torpedo the league season to get to watch Watford play in Europe?

 

Players I would like from the Premier League. Arnautovic, Wilson & Fellani. Ok, they are very unlikely targets, but they would be superb in the team we have right now.

 

The Hornets travel to your place on Dec 1.

A housewarming do?

A Pereyra poster for the garage?

 

Honestly, no as we haven't got a squad big or good enough.

 

Shame isn’t it? Feels like it should a destination for clubs.