[ENG] Premier League 2015/2016 (16 Viewers)

[JuveJay]

De Bruyne probably out for 10 weeks instead of 6.

Best timing for Belgium, shit for City.

 

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[Hist]

How's english Messi doing at City? @JuveJay

Great career move btw.

who is that?

 

[JuveJay]

Patrick Roberts.

 

[Elvin]

What's wrong with that? We also made Pavel captain for his last match example. He is their Nedved and that is already sad in itself.

that's what I was referring to, not the fact that they made someone captain for one match. Walcott is a legend to them

 

[Fred]

that's what I was referring to, not the fact that they made someone captain for one match. Walcott is a legend to them

He's really not. Legends at least start matches regularly and not when everyone's injured, no?

 

[Seven]

He's really not. Legends at least start matches regularly and not when everyone's injured, no?

I bet he made you forget all about Thierry.

 

[piotrr]

Couple of subs in crappy games, going out on loan this month I would guess. He is a big talent but with those sorts of players you can't tell how decisive they will be. He could probably do with a full season in the Championship.

Loan sounds like the best scenario. Ranieri could use him.

 

[Fred]

I bet he made you forget all about Thierry.

Now that guy was a legend. Too bad he's a god awful pundit.

 

[Alex-444]

Derby vs Man utd

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[Fred]

Sunderland just signed Wahbi al Khazri. Trying to pull a Payet there, he's a poor man's Payet but if he adapts quickly he could be a real asset for them. Creative attacking midfielder, he's carried Bordeaux this season.

 

[lgorTudor]

The EPL is hyper competitive. It is physically demanding like no other league in the world, and there is more strength in depth than at any other point in time in any league. There are no super teams, like Bayern, Real or Barca. In their domestic leagues, Juve, the Spanish giants, Bayern, can win a very high percentage of their games at a canter. In the EPL you have to fight tooth and nail almost every week. It's crazy. The more competitive the league has become, the worse EPL teams have done in Europe. They are just coming into the midweek matches with their energy levels more depleted. And at the top level of sport, 5% can make a huge difference. It used to be that the EPL teams would rest players at the weekend with a big European match in mind, but it's just not the case anymore. If anything, it is vice versa. The EPL TV money dwarfs the UCL money. This is especially exaggerated once the team has already gotten participation money for the group phase, as incremental bonuses for reaching round of 16 and QF's aren't that big of a deal anymore.

I would even venture that the Premier League itself, won't lose much sleep over losing the 4th UCL slot. From a marketing standpoint it has much better worldwide coverage than the champions league.

With all of that said, with relation to Dybala. I actually wasn't saying it was better or worse, but that the pace is so different when you go to different leagues. He'd get chased, harried, bullied, and pressed so much more aggressively in England than he does in Italy. His technique looks masterful in that video, but from the perspective of a Manchester United fan, I think he'd find England a very different prospect. Some smaller technical players thrive here, some flop. There are very few examples of players coming from Serie A and being able to cope with the EPL. He'd probably fare better in Spain.

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

- copy pasta from red cafe

 

[lgorTudor]

- copy pasta from red cafe

u austrian turd wait I come down the Alps and beat ur ass

 

[CrimsonianKing]

Shit plastic team equals shit stupid fans

 

[Klovn]

The EPL is hyper competitive. It is physically demanding like no other league in the world, and there is more strength in depth than at any other point in time in any league. There are no super teams, like Bayern, Real or Barca. In their domestic leagues, Juve, the Spanish giants, Bayern, can win a very high percentage of their games at a canter. In the EPL you have to fight tooth and nail almost every week. It's crazy. The more competitive the league has become, the worse EPL teams have done in Europe. They are just coming into the midweek matches with their energy levels more depleted. And at the top level of sport, 5% can make a huge difference. It used to be that the EPL teams would rest players at the weekend with a big European match in mind, but it's just not the case anymore. If anything, it is vice versa. The EPL TV money dwarfs the UCL money. This is especially exaggerated once the team has already gotten participation money for the group phase, as incremental bonuses for reaching round of 16 and QF's aren't that big of a deal anymore.

I would even venture that the Premier League itself, won't lose much sleep over losing the 4th UCL slot. From a marketing standpoint it has much better worldwide coverage than the champions league.

With all of that said, with relation to Dybala. I actually wasn't saying it was better or worse, but that the pace is so different when you go to different leagues. He'd get chased, harried, bullied, and pressed so much more aggressively in England than he does in Italy. His technique looks masterful in that video, but from the perspective of a Manchester United fan, I think he'd find England a very different prospect. Some smaller technical players thrive here, some flop. There are very few examples of players coming from Serie A and being able to cope with the EPL. He'd probably fare better in Spain.

That was actually funny, But I was surprised that there was so many against his post in their Dybala thread. Maybe EPL fans finally got half a brain?

 

[Hist]

The EPL is hyper competitive. It is physically demanding like no other league in the world, and there is more strength in depth than at any other point in time in any league. There are no super teams, like Bayern, Real or Barca. In their domestic leagues, Juve, the Spanish giants, Bayern, can win a very high percentage of their games at a canter. In the EPL you have to fight tooth and nail almost every week. It's crazy. The more competitive the league has become, the worse EPL teams have done in Europe. They are just coming into the midweek matches with their energy levels more depleted. And at the top level of sport, 5% can make a huge difference. It used to be that the EPL teams would rest players at the weekend with a big European match in mind, but it's just not the case anymore. If anything, it is vice versa. The EPL TV money dwarfs the UCL money. This is especially exaggerated once the team has already gotten participation money for the group phase, as incremental bonuses for reaching round of 16 and QF's aren't that big of a deal anymore.

I would even venture that the Premier League itself, won't lose much sleep over losing the 4th UCL slot. From a marketing standpoint it has much better worldwide coverage than the champions league.

With all of that said, with relation to Dybala. I actually wasn't saying it was better or worse, but that the pace is so different when you go to different leagues. He'd get chased, harried, bullied, and pressed so much more aggressively in England than he does in Italy. His technique looks masterful in that video, but from the perspective of a Manchester United fan, I think he'd find England a very different prospect. Some smaller technical players thrive here, some flop. There are very few examples of players coming from Serie A and being able to cope with the EPL. He'd probably fare better in Spain.

I think he would do even better in England. Coutinho who has no physical strength at all enjoys the extra spaces and he could also use his speed in the higher tempo of the game. I always thought even giovinco would do a lot better there. EPL is more physical only in the sense that you need higher fitness because the extra running and all the sprinting that goes on there. Serie A is more physical (if you are not a counter attacking team) in another sense which is how to deal with very tight spaces and players that latch themselves onto you like an annoying bug.

 

[zizinho]

The EPL is hyper competitive. It is physically demanding like no other league in the world, and there is more strength in depth than at any other point in time in any league. There are no super teams, like Bayern, Real or Barca. In their domestic leagues, Juve, the Spanish giants, Bayern, can win a very high percentage of their games at a canter. In the EPL you have to fight tooth and nail almost every week. It's crazy. The more competitive the league has become, the worse EPL teams have done in Europe. They are just coming into the midweek matches with their energy levels more depleted. And at the top level of sport, 5% can make a huge difference. It used to be that the EPL teams would rest players at the weekend with a big European match in mind, but it's just not the case anymore. If anything, it is vice versa. The EPL TV money dwarfs the UCL money. This is especially exaggerated once the team has already gotten participation money for the group phase, as incremental bonuses for reaching round of 16 and QF's aren't that big of a deal anymore.

I would even venture that the Premier League itself, won't lose much sleep over losing the 4th UCL slot. From a marketing standpoint it has much better worldwide coverage than the champions league.

With all of that said, with relation to Dybala. I actually wasn't saying it was better or worse, but that the pace is so different when you go to different leagues. He'd get chased, harried, bullied, and pressed so much more aggressively in England than he does in Italy. His technique looks masterful in that video, but from the perspective of a Manchester United fan, I think he'd find England a very different prospect. Some smaller technical players thrive here, some flop. There are very few examples of players coming from Serie A and being able to cope with the EPL. He'd probably fare better in Spain.

did @CityFanInPeace write that?

 

[JuveJay]

John Terry to leave Chelsea in the summer. I suppose he'll be off to MLS.

 

[Osman]

So lets make this thread explode, commence the hatorade in 1...2....













Guardiola to Man City confirmed

Pep Guardiola has been appointed the new manager at Manchester City for next season on a three-year deal.

The 45-year-old, currently in charge at Bayern Munich, will replace Manuel Pellegrini, who will leave on 30 June.

A statement from City said Chilean Pellegrini, 62, was "fully supportive" of the decision.

The Premier League club also revealed that negotiations with Guardiola had been "a re-commencement of discussions that were curtailed in 2012".

Pellegrini was appointed at the Etihad in 2013 and led the club to the Premier League and League Cup double the following season.




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Chances of Pellegrini doing a Heynckes? Very insignificant lol, but lolsy if it did occur.


I gather Pellegrini will go to Valencia, or Atletico if Simeone leaves, which is unlikely at this point.

 

[lgorTudor]

already been toasted in the CL bread