English Premier League Thread II

Kalac#16 · May 28, 2012

Hazard, Mata and if he gets his shit together (still unlikely) Torres. Actually a pretty impressive front line. Good for them.

manutd fan · May 28, 2012

Barry out of the Euros. Shame as I'd like to see a tired Barry next season. Jagielka called up.

Bet Hodgson wishes he chose Carrick now :lol:

Kalac#16 said:
Hazard, Mata and if he gets his shit together (still unlikely) Torres. Actually a pretty impressive front line. Good for them.

With Sturridge, Marin, Ramires (for the bigger games) + Hulk there they look a lot better.

CM being Lampard, Mikel, Romeu (or whatever he's called) Ramires and Meireles (though I'd replace him).

Sage · May 28, 2012

I still can't comprehend how he didn't call up carrick :fp:

lampard and parker should play together, lampard proved he can play there comfortably with chelsea, although I don't think hodgson uses an 8 man defense like di matteo.

what are his options for the DM spots? lampard, parker, milner, gerrard and jones?

jammin · May 28, 2012

how's the Hulk to Chelsea move going btw?

man city + chelsea gonna dominate next season. maybe tottenham can come 3rd if they can get a couple of decent players (that can stay fit) as well.

and newcastle if they get debuchy and a great LW (where's sylvian marveux btw?), they can come 4th.

Sage · May 28, 2012

man city/chelsea/spurs for top 3?

never count out man united from a title race.

jammin · May 28, 2012

Sage said:
man city/chelsea/spurs for top 3?

never count out man united from a title race.

man who?

i've learned this painful lesson over and over again. :cry:

Kalac#16 · May 28, 2012

Sage said:
I still can't comprehend how he didn't call up carrick

lampard and parker should play together, lampard proved he can play there comfortably with chelsea, although I don't think hodgson uses an 8 man defense like di matteo.

what are his options for the DM spots? lampard, parker, milner, gerrard and jones?

Realistically it's going to be Parker and one of Lampard/Gerrard/Milner. Jones shouldn't ever be used there IMO. Probably be out of Lampard/Milner, and Hodgson might even use Milner wide.

I don't like this England team. I like Milner, and Lampard, and even if he's a cunt I have to like Ashley Cole.

Infact, Cole seems to often get overlooked for England as far as praise, I'd say he's been in the top 3 FB's in the world for about 8 years now, and he's the only player that has carried his form over from club.

What Rooney is going to show up do you think, Utd fans?

manutd fan · May 28, 2012

Kalac#16 said:
Infact, Cole seems to often get overlooked for England as far as praise, I'd say he's been in the top 3 FB's in the world for about 8 years now, and he's the only player that has carried his form over from club.

Most people acknowledge Cole tbh.

What Rooney is going to show up do you think, Utd fans?

The ugly one.

manutd fan · May 28, 2012

The fact that Hazard is going to announce it himself clearly means it's going to be Chelsea. There's no way United would allow him to do it and I doubt City would either (unless it was Tevez).

edit:

SkySportsNews saying the club has told Hazard he can announce it over twitter because they aren't in a position to do media interviews....final nail in a coffin for United. Stinks of Chelsea.

Kalac#16 · May 28, 2012

manutd fan said:
Most people acknowledge Cole tbh.

The ugly one.

They do, but all the talk is always about everybody else's performance or lack of. He just gets on with being brilliant every game and nobody says anything.

Rooney should have let himself go bald. He looks shite.

manutd fan · May 28, 2012

Eden hazard ‏@hazardeden10
I'm signing for the champion's league winner

That's that, then.

ZlatanIbra11 · May 28, 2012

manutd fan said:
Eden hazard ‏@hazardeden10
I'm signing for the champion's league winner

That's that, then.

2005 - Liverpool
2008 - Man United
2012 - Chelsea

Wonder who he will pick

Sven · May 28, 2012

manutd fan said:
Eden hazard ‏@hazardeden10
I'm signing for the champion's league winner

Maybe he is talking about the deservingly/moral champions. And will sign for Barcelona.

Kalac#16 · May 28, 2012

Sven said:
Maybe he is talking about the deservingly/moral champions. And will sign for Barcelona.

IbraISmyHOMEboy · May 28, 2012

manutd fan said:
Eden hazard ‏@hazardeden10
I'm signing for the champion's league winner

That's that, then.

IMO, he's just baiting ManU/ManCity to reach further into their pockets.

manutd fan · May 28, 2012

IbraISmyHOMEboy said:
IMO, he's just baiting ManU/ManCity to reach further into their pockets.

Hazard agreed personal terms with all 3 so there was never going to be more baiting for money.

Agents fees might have come into it though. His agent wanted 6M and apparently both United and City refused to meet that.

IbraISmyHOMEboy · May 28, 2012

manutd fan said:
Hazard agreed personal terms with all 3 so there was never going to be more baiting for money.

Agents fees might have come into it though. His agent wanted 6M and apparently both United and City refused to meet that.

That's fucking absurd! 6 mil for essentially being the middle man?! Fuck that. I'm in the wrong profession. :lol:

Kalac#16 · May 28, 2012

manutd fan said:
Hazard agreed personal terms with all 3 so there was never going to be more baiting for money.

Agents fees might have come into it though. His agent wanted 6M and apparently both United and City refused to meet that.

Chelsea need him the most, so it's kind of understandable. Not that 6M isn't insane. But they need change, quickly.

IbraISmyHOMEboy · May 28, 2012

Kalac#16 said:
Chelsea need him the most, so it's kind of understandable. Not that 6M isn't insane. But they need change, quickly.

How much is Hazard's transfer fee looking like?

ZlatanIbra11 · May 28, 2012

IbraISmyHOMEboy said:
How much is Hazard's transfer fee looking like?

I think in the region of 35m pounds.

manutd fan · May 28, 2012

IbraISmyHOMEboy said:
That's fucking absurd! 6 mil for essentially being the middle man?! Fuck that. I'm in the wrong profession.

From October 2010 to September 2011:

Agents are taking the piss. It always makes me laugh when Fergie publicly name and shames - he's gone to war with them :lol:

Kalac#16 · May 28, 2012

Reason #4543632 why James Milner is better than footballers. He uses whatever agent the FA provides.

IbraISmyHOMEboy · May 28, 2012

ZlatanIbra11 said:
I think in the region of 35m pounds.

So essentially 41 mil with the agent fee added on. :head:

manutd fan said:
From October 2010 to September 2011:

Agents are taking the piss. It always makes me laugh when Fergie publicly name and shames - he's gone to war with them

Doesn't surprise me the least bit that Man City is at the top of that list, not to mention a full 2 mil from the Spurs. They'll do anything (including bending over backwards and taking it.... I think you get the rest) to sign WC players.

manutd fan · May 28, 2012

Agent fees from 08-09:

Manchester City: £12,874,283
Chelsea: £9,562,223
Liverpool: £6,657,305
Tottenham Hotspur: £6,066,935
West Ham United: £5,527,548
Arsenal: £4,760,241
Wigan Athletic: £3,576,972
Portsmouth: £3,184,725
Bolton Wanderers: £3,166,611
Everton: £2,008,407
Sunderland: £2,007,040
Aston Villa: £1,708,374
Hull City: £1,599,188
Manchester United: £1,517,393
Blackburn Rovers: £1,610,885
Fulham: £1,469,258
Wolverhampton : £1,235,703
Birmingham City: £974,982
Stoke City: £716,042
Burnley: £468,398

IbraISmyHOMEboy · May 28, 2012

manutd fan said:
Agent fees from 08-09:

Manchester City: £12,874,283
Chelsea: £9,562,223
Liverpool: £6,657,305
Tottenham Hotspur: £6,066,935
West Ham United: £5,527,548
Arsenal: £4,760,241
Wigan Athletic: £3,576,972
Portsmouth: £3,184,725
Bolton Wanderers: £3,166,611
Everton: £2,008,407
Sunderland: £2,007,040
Aston Villa: £1,708,374
Hull City: £1,599,188
Manchester United: £1,517,393
Blackburn Rovers: £1,610,885
Fulham: £1,469,258
Wolverhampton : £1,235,703
Birmingham City: £974,982
Stoke City: £716,042
Burnley: £468,398

Overspend, overspend, overspend, overspend. That oil money must be bottomless.

ZlatanIbra11 · May 28, 2012

manutd fan said:
Agent fees from 08-09:

Manchester City: £12,874,283
Chelsea: £9,562,223
Liverpool: £6,657,305
Tottenham Hotspur: £6,066,935
West Ham United: £5,527,548
Arsenal: £4,760,241
Wigan Athletic: £3,576,972
Portsmouth: £3,184,725
Bolton Wanderers: £3,166,611
Everton: £2,008,407
Sunderland: £2,007,040
Aston Villa: £1,708,374
Hull City: £1,599,188
Manchester United: £1,517,393
Blackburn Rovers: £1,610,885
Fulham: £1,469,258
Wolverhampton : £1,235,703
Birmingham City: £974,982
Stoke City: £716,042
Burnley: £468,398

Who did Liverpool buy to warrant such high agent fees :fp:

IbraISmyHOMEboy · May 28, 2012

ZlatanIbra11 said:
Who did Liverpool buy to warrant such high agent fees

Torres? Just a guess.

HamzaHas · May 28, 2012

ZlatanIbra11 said:
Who did Liverpool buy to warrant such high agent fees

Hahaha was thinking the exact same thing :lol:

manutd fan · May 28, 2012

They signed Mascherano that year - seeing how his agent is that Kia Jorabachin most of the money probably went with that deal.

manutd fan · May 28, 2012

Agents fees 2009-2010:

Chelsea: £9,293,751
Liverpool: £9,032,528
Manchester City: £5,952,261
Tottenham Hotspur: £5,361,230
Sunderland: £4,421,991
Arsenal: £3,660,199
Everton: £3,599,041
Bolton Wanderers: £3,549,317
West Ham United: £3,419,090
Wigan Athletic: £2,461,500
Newcastle United: £2,417,776
Manchester United: £2,312,726
Aston Villa: £2,279,537
Stoke City : £2,196,969
Fulham: £2,087,374
Blackburn Rovers: £1,623,233
Birmingham City: £1,518,529
Wolverhampton Wanderers: £1,291,794
West Bromwich Albion: £614,196
Blackpool: £45,000

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