EPL Matchday 35

[RossFC]

He should have just left after last season finished.

Has that ever happened where a manager comes in for 1 year, wins the league, then leaves?

(Talking about in England, not other leagues)

 

[chef]

Giroud better start.

 

[charcoalchicken]

Can add El Neny, Laca, Miki to the list of poor buys for Arsenal.

Yeah nah

 

[Fryer Tuck]

Welp, at this point, we play for the most ultimate of prizes: Pride!

Man, it seems like everything is sorted right now... let's just wind it up, lads.

 

[RossFC]

Welp, at this point, we play for the most ultimate of prizes: Pride!

Man, it seems like everything is sorted right now... let's just wind it up, lads.

When is the team of the almost whole season announced?

Also looking forward to Soz's bottom 30 list.

 

[Fryer Tuck]

When is the team of the almost whole season announced?

Also looking forward to Soz's bottom 30 list.

Should be either the 19th or 26th if I recall correctly.

 

[Latro]

Can add El Neny, Laca, Miki to the list of poor buys for Arsenal.

Pfft

 

[Shoei]

Can add El Neny, Laca, Miki to the list of poor buys for Arsenal.

Miki has played 7 games for us; 5 assists/2 goals then injured. Hardly time to call him a poor buy.
Lacazette has 13 goals despite having rubbish support for most of the season - Iwobi, Welback and a stroppy Sanchez.
El Neny has funnily enough been our best player for the last 2/3 weeks but will never be anything other than a good squad player.

Our problems run deeper than a few average buys.

 

[Zidane98]

Alexis one of the worst buys this season IMO.

 

[Fryer Tuck]

Man, looking at the Bottom 3... (even bottom 4) just a reminder out there that you can be in his league for yonks, and with just one bad season, be out of it and into the frying pan of the Championship.

Unless you're top 6, there's no such thing as an established PL team. You fight to get the hell out of the red. If you're standing still, you're going backwards.

 

[Sozabarus]

Miki has played 7 games for us; 5 assists/2 goals then injured. Hardly time to call him a poor buy.
Lacazette has 13 goals despite having rubbish support for most of the season - Iwobi, Welback and a stroppy Sanchez.
El Neny has funnily enough been our best player for the last 2/3 weeks but will never be anything other than a good squad player.

Our problems run deeper than a few average buys.

Aubameyang has 6 in 8 since he signed. He's really shown up the "no service" excuse for Lacazette. Maybe the service has been poor but top strikers find a way.

 

[Shoei]

Has that ever happened where a manager comes in for 1 year, wins the league, then leaves?

(Talking about in England, not other leagues)

Ranieri? Pretty sure he won the league in his first full season then sacked half way through the next?

 

[Fryer Tuck]

Has that ever happened where a manager comes in for 1 year, wins the league, then leaves?

(Talking about in England, not other leagues)

If you mean just the one season, not in England.

The closest you can get? Get sacked in the 2nd season Ancelotti (09-10), Ranieri (15-16). Will Conte see out the season? Hmm, all Italians managing dark blue teams.

 

[Cruyff14]

I voted for Butland, Shaqiri and Butland.

Aubameyang has 6 in 8 since he signed. He's really shown up the "no service" excuse for Lacazette. Maybe the service has been poor but top strikers find a way.

Maybe Auba is the next level up from Lacazette. He's also three years older too.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

I voted for Butland, Shaqiri and Butland..

Is this your subconscious telling us all how badly you want a new keeper?

Voted Bertrand, Ward-Prowse and Austin.

 

[Cruyff14]

I could have voted for more if I had the choice.

 

[Shoei]

I voted for Butland, Shaqiri and Butland.

Butland, Johnny E and Shaqiri.

I'd happily take all 3 at Arsenal.

 

[Zidane98]

Don't get the hype over Butland. Has dropped some absolute clangers of late.

 

[Magma]

shaqiri really has gotten by on the hype he received at bayern.

 

[Fwoy]

Bertrand and Ward Prowse for me. Why stop a good supply chain?

 

[TheKanga]

Brighton vs. Tottenham - 1-2
Bournemouth vs. Man Utd - 0-3
Burnley vs. Chelsea - 0-1
Leicester vs. Southampton - 1-2
West Brom vs. Liverpool - 1-3
Watford vs. Crystal Palace - 0-0
Stoke vs. Burnley - 1-0
Arsenal vs. West Ham - 2-0
Man City vs. Swansea - 3-0
Everton vs. Newcastle - 1-1

 

[ioppolo]

Butland, Shaqiri & Austin. Southampton shouldn't be anywhere near relegation with that squad, I'd expect them to bounce back into the PL next season

 

[jd2010]

Poor performance and fair result for us. One eye wrongly on the weekends game from the players it felt like. No intensity at all from either side was a lot like an overseas friendly

 

[jd2010]

Bertrand and JWP by the length of the Flemington straight

 

[Cruyff14]

Is this your subconscious telling us all how badly you want a new keeper?

Voted Bertrand, Ward-Prowse and Austin.

Butland, Johnny E and Shaqiri.

I'd happily take all 3 at Arsenal.

Just realised what I did

Was meant to say Bertrand, but I guess we don't need another LB.

Evans probably the logical choice. JWP next in line.