Also Chelsea chasing Grealish too now apparently
― groovypanda, Thursday, 2 August 2018 10:32 (five years ago) link
Kid's had his head turned by JT
― imago, Thursday, 2 August 2018 10:34 (five years ago) link
Poor RLC.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 2 August 2018 10:48 (five years ago) link
with winks seeming to be quite a similar player would it possible be a case of too many cooks
― dele alli my bookmarks (darraghmac), Thursday, 2 August 2018 11:39 (five years ago) link
I am literally threadbanning you for that.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 2 August 2018 11:46 (five years ago) link
test
― dele alli my bookmarks (darraghmac), Thursday, 2 August 2018 12:55 (five years ago) link
wouldve been deserved cant lie
― dele alli my bookmarks (darraghmac), Thursday, 2 August 2018 12:56 (five years ago) link
Ahmed Musa is off to KSA, apparently. 25's p young to go there, though I can't recall a KSA team paying this much for a player.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 2 August 2018 13:44 (five years ago) link
Shouldn't the EPL be mentioned somewhere in the title? Or has the EPL just swallowed football whole? (Silly question)
Also, why is it on ILE and not on ILF?
― Father Ted in Forkhandles (Tom D.), Thursday, 2 August 2018 15:45 (five years ago) link
was always an ile thread
― dele alli my bookmarks (darraghmac), Thursday, 2 August 2018 15:45 (five years ago) link
Too big for ILF.
I've never wanted Aberdeen to win a football match more:
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/08/01/football/brexit-burnley-back-in-europe-spt-intl/index.html
As a Dons fan I know posted the other day, when Burnley qualified for Europe all they had was a dream and 120 million quid.
― Father Ted in Forkhandles (Tom D.), Thursday, 2 August 2018 15:52 (five years ago) link
about time the ILX Dyche backlash gathered pace, the guys a fucking degenerate!
― calzino, Thursday, 2 August 2018 16:25 (five years ago) link
and don't get me started on the good people of Burnley!
― calzino, Thursday, 2 August 2018 16:26 (five years ago) link
I put EPL in the thread title, in case people get confused and think we mean the Liverpool that play in Scotland or Abu Dhabi.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 2 August 2018 18:50 (five years ago) link
can’t believe kane’s golden boot hasn’t earned him a move to a big club
― ||||||||, Thursday, 2 August 2018 19:04 (five years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_F.C._(Montevideo)
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 2 August 2018 19:19 (five years ago) link
people might want to use the search function to find the EPL thread!
― the Joao looked at Jonny (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 2 August 2018 19:22 (five years ago) link
Burnley - Aberdeen into extra time
― the Joao looked at Jonny (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 2 August 2018 20:46 (five years ago) link
Game over, stupid fucking handball penalty.
― Father Ted in Forkhandles (Tom D.), Thursday, 2 August 2018 21:12 (five years ago) link
Joe Hart + Ben Gibson look done deals to Burnley. Both of them passing Dyche's stringent criteria for what makes a solid Burnley signing.
we've now beaten 3 decent top tier Euro sides(Lyon,Bolagna,RB Liepzig) 3-1, 2-1, and finally 3-0 just now. We're ready!
― calzino, Friday, 3 August 2018 17:11 (five years ago) link
Adama Traore signing for us this morning. Domagoj Vida signing for...somebody?...this week. Love this jigsaw we're building.
― the Joao looked at Jonny (Noodle Vague), Monday, 6 August 2018 09:28 (five years ago) link
Middlesborough seem to be having a very FFP friendly window, probably watching the QPR situation. I expect us to be linked with Caveleiro .. again, when this is confirmed.
― calzino, Monday, 6 August 2018 09:50 (five years ago) link
That seems 50/50. I don't think we *need* to move Cav on but obviously the speculation won't go away. My guess is - not this window. But we'll see, there's no sentiment in our transfer policy now.
― the Joao looked at Jonny (Noodle Vague), Monday, 6 August 2018 10:02 (five years ago) link
i think if our Limbombe deal truly is dead, and he 's off to the Geordies, then there will be another attempt to sign Cav.
― calzino, Monday, 6 August 2018 10:23 (five years ago) link
so then
1. Citeh2. ManU3. Pool4. TBC, not Chelsea
― the Joao looked at Jonny (Noodle Vague), Monday, 6 August 2018 18:10 (five years ago) link
18. Newcastle19. Brighton20. Cardiff
― the Joao looked at Jonny (Noodle Vague), Monday, 6 August 2018 18:11 (five years ago) link
1. City2. Liverpool3. Chelsea4. Utd5. Arsenal
17. Tottenham18. Cardiff19. Southampton20. Crystal Palace
― dele alli my bookmarks (darraghmac), Monday, 6 August 2018 18:40 (five years ago) link
:)
― Father Ted in Forkhandles (Tom D.), Monday, 6 August 2018 18:40 (five years ago) link
net spend an all that
― dele alli my bookmarks (darraghmac), Monday, 6 August 2018 18:46 (five years ago) link
1. City2. Pool3. Spurs4. Arse5. Chelsea6. ManU7. Portugal Wanderers8. Everton
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 6 August 2018 21:19 (five years ago) link
Breaking | Manchester United have turned down a €50m + Yerry Mina & André Gomes offer for Paul Pogba from Barcelona, according to @DiMarzio.— Get French Football News (@GFFN) August 6, 2018
lol
― Number None, Monday, 6 August 2018 22:40 (five years ago) link
so Mina *is* available
― the Joao looked at Jonny (Noodle Vague), Monday, 6 August 2018 22:47 (five years ago) link
1. Liverpool FC as hot as hell2. United3. Tottenham4. Arsenal5. Watch my lips and I will spell6. Cos they don't just play but they can rap as well20. Crystal Palace
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 6 August 2018 22:48 (five years ago) link
Gonna start FPing people predicting Palace to go down
― imago, Monday, 6 August 2018 22:55 (five years ago) link
whats yr predictions
― dele alli my bookmarks (darraghmac), Monday, 6 August 2018 23:03 (five years ago) link
I like this though there's no way Everton are finishing 8th.
― Father Ted in Forkhandles (Tom D.), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 00:18 (five years ago) link
1. City 2. Liverpool3. Man united 4. Spurs5. Chelsea6. Portugal 7. Arsenal8. Everton9. Leicester10. West Ham 11. Bournemouth12. Burnley 13. Fulham14. Palace 15. West Ham 16. Southampton 17. Watford 18. Cardiff 19. Huddersfield 20. Brighton
― Minister of the Pillow (fionnland), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 07:14 (five years ago) link
do you guys know something abt brighton I don't?
― ogmor, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 07:50 (five years ago) link
Brighton won't finish rock bottom, and probably have a realistic chance of finishing above Watford + Southampton for starters!
we are bidding £13.5m for Montpellier's Issac Mbenza. The consensus from their messageboard seems to be: talented, but those English clubs, they crazy! But saying that 10 goals playing on the right last season in Ligue 1 is at least very impressive on paper.
― calzino, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 07:52 (five years ago) link
and like with Wagner, Hughton won't be sacked when the going get's tough, which can go either way, but clubs changing managers mid-season aren't always lucky enough to get that Mark Hughes bounce!
― calzino, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 08:00 (five years ago) link
just felt they looked a bit lightweight and vulnerable to a second season slump tbh. beyond Cardiff it's a lot harder to pick 3 to go down
― the Joao looked at Jonny (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 08:11 (five years ago) link
At some point Rafa's patience will run out and then Newcastle are gone
― Windsor Davies, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 08:28 (five years ago) link
I guess when I say "at some point" I mean when Ashley declines to cough up again in January
― Windsor Davies, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 08:30 (five years ago) link
yeah i fancy them for a relegation season
― the Joao looked at Jonny (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 08:31 (five years ago) link
i wonder if Ashley has fantasies about treating the staff of his football team the way he treats the rest of his employees?
he probably has a stipulation that the manager's contract is null and void if they drop dead in the workplace!
― calzino, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 08:37 (five years ago) link
it seems Newcastle have made 30m in this transfer window and are still sniffing around for freebies, they had a huge wage bill in that promotion season(running at a £90m loss + easily treble of Hudds+Brighton combined). Getting Kennedy on loan again was a good move tho, but they look a bit weaker on paper now. I'm plumping for Geordies, Watford + Southampton for bottom 3 this year.
― calzino, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 08:54 (five years ago) link
hey even if Cardiff get a good manager in by October they will still have that squad
― the Joao looked at Jonny (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 08:56 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFM-vAcRK_c
looks p ready to me
― ogmor, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 08:59 (five years ago) link
I totally forgot about Cardiff, they are already preparing for the 21/22 season in league 1!
― calzino, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 09:00 (five years ago) link
"good sorts" ??? i don't want your fucking textbooks :p I've been called a few things in my time - but West brom fan is a new low!
LMAOOOOOOOO, you've just won me over!
Villa have a lot of ultra-posh fans because of a historic association with eton college iirc, which they continue to cultivate to this day. Wd explain Cameron + Prince William at least.
This sounds like crap insofar as Prince William's generation goes; one of the reasons why he decided to support Villa was because so few of his peers supported them.
― Dee the (Summer-Hating) Lurker (deethelurker), Friday, 7 June 2019 22:30 (four years ago) link
peers
― godfellaz (darraghmac), Friday, 7 June 2019 22:45 (four years ago) link
Piers?
― . (Michael B), Friday, 7 June 2019 22:53 (four years ago) link
This is indeed fascinating because, as I'm certain I've mentioned here before, one notable scene in Henry Green's "Living" is when two of the characters go to watch an Aston Villa game.
― John Harris is a Guardian columnist (Tom D.), Saturday, 8 June 2019 01:03 (four years ago) link
"... the Villa team comes out, then everyone is shouting. On face of the two mounds great swaying, like corn before wind, is made down towards the ground, frantic excitement. Gates wailed and sobbed for now his voice had left him. The Villa, the Villa, come on the Villa."
― John Harris is a Guardian columnist (Tom D.), Saturday, 8 June 2019 01:15 (four years ago) link
can't believe calz missed Nigel Fucking Kennedy tbh
― wake me up for "I Should Coco" (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 8 June 2019 09:05 (four years ago) link
The is exhibition in the British Library which is just box filled with all Henry Green's missing articles.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Saturday, 8 June 2019 09:30 (four years ago) link
*there, ffs.
you just had to put an article back in
― imago, Saturday, 8 June 2019 10:01 (four years ago) link
Hoist. Petard.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Saturday, 8 June 2019 10:03 (four years ago) link
fucking hell, missed a totally gift-wrapped sitter there last night. self fp'ed and feeling genuine shame.
― calzino, Saturday, 8 June 2019 10:05 (four years ago) link
absolute classic of the "he wont be happy with himself when he sees it tomorra" shearer analysis, trevor
textbook
― godfellaz (darraghmac), Saturday, 8 June 2019 12:03 (four years ago) link
Thanks for making me feel at home, y'all. The 2019 - 2020 season will be a delight!
― Dee the (Summer-Hating) Lurker (deethelurker), Sunday, 9 June 2019 02:31 (four years ago) link
Ligue 1 will be renamed "Ligue 1 Uber Eats" for the 2020/21 & 2021/22 seasons following the conclusion of a naming rights deal.— Get French Football News (@GFFN) June 12, 2019
― Number None, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 17:22 (four years ago) link
Aston Villa smashes club transfer record to sign a Brazilian striker for £22m from Club Brugge! Adjusted for inflation I guess cause I'm pretty sure Darren Bent was always reported as having cost us £24m or thereabouts back when? Or was that 18m with add-ons? Memories :)
I think possibly I have noticed Wesley as a name while clicking through other teams' CL results on my FM19 career but then again possibly not, who can say. youd better believe i'm loading that shit up right now though to find out how good he's gonna be for us in 2023. anyway ive got no intention of letting my own ignorance sully this glorious moment, we're back baby and we're spending irresponsible sums of money on unproven quantities same as the rest of you. A REAL PREMIER LEAGUE TEAM, JUST DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT WITHOUT THEM :) :) :) :)
― Windsor Davies, Thursday, 13 June 2019 18:13 (four years ago) link
and to anyone who suggests that 14m on Ross McCormack was an irresponsible sum of money i say *blows raspberry*
welcome back lads
― godfellaz (darraghmac), Thursday, 13 June 2019 18:22 (four years ago) link
Hmm, it seems there have been about 40 consecutive posts about Aston Villa on this, the Premier league thread. I'm openly weeping over this discovery, although also it is off-topic because this thread is for the 2018—19 season
Imago is correct that I am an extremely good guy. I 100% knew who Wesley was before we signed him and all. Huht
― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Thursday, 13 June 2019 18:49 (four years ago) link
xxp
that £14m on Ross McCormack might seem like wise and careful speculation next to FC ILX splurging £20m on Jack Clarke. I know different leagues and all that but he's looked like a bang average L1 player every time I've seen him and I think it is fair to be judgmental - even towards such a young one - he looks like the consummate flatter to deceive overrated young dud and a complete arsehole to boot!
― calzino, Friday, 21 June 2019 14:44 (four years ago) link
LOL FC ILX. Like it.
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Friday, 21 June 2019 14:47 (four years ago) link
McCormack didn’t look cut out for the Australian A-League last time I saw him play.
― ShariVari, Friday, 21 June 2019 15:01 (four years ago) link
If they loan Costa off us then they've done good business there i think
― Rory end to the lowenbrow (Noodle Vague), Friday, 21 June 2019 15:32 (four years ago) link
Tottenham have agreed a club-record fee with Lyon worth around £65m for midfielder Tanguy Ndombele, Sky Sports News understands.— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) June 25, 2019
― Number None, Tuesday, 25 June 2019 21:59 (four years ago) link
didnt know if we'd started a transfer thread
― godfellaz (darraghmac), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 22:01 (four years ago) link
Great signing.
(we need a summer transfer thread)
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 22:01 (four years ago) link
xp
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 22:02 (four years ago) link
Silva calls it quits after the coming season
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 08:30 (four years ago) link
Also Lamps to Chelsea? By god if only we could come up with a smart pun and start a new transfer thread.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 08:31 (four years ago) link
when the levy breaks: summer transfer window 2019
― Number None, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 08:33 (four years ago) link
Ah, thanks!
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 08:34 (four years ago) link
ah yes the coming season, the stickiest of all weather phenomena
― godfellaz (darraghmac), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 08:41 (four years ago) link
Champions League kicked off last night btw.
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 11:10 (four years ago) link
I noticed!
― Rory end to the lowenbrow (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 11:23 (four years ago) link
itk
― Bash Street Kids: Endgame (Bananaman Begins), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 15:36 (four years ago) link