English Premier League Thread II

Sage · Sep 25, 2012

Kalac#16 said:
best run club in the world though. I'm pretty sure they could outspend everybody for a summer or two and still be fine.

bayern and porto are far better.

jackfrost · Sep 25, 2012

Kalac#16 said:
The only players Arsenal will miss is RvP and Cesc anyway. Nasri is insanely overrated, Adebayor hot and cold. Flamini meh.

Wenger generally won't offer a player over 30 more than a year long contract, it's why a lot of their old guard left quickly rather than stayed around and brought through the younger ones. He's only made exceptions for the likes of Bergkamp, Henry etc.

As a business Arsenal are the best run club in the world though. I'm pretty sure they could outspend everybody for a summer or two and still be fine.

I disagree on Adebayor. he's one of the best CF in the PL. I think he's better than Dzeko so the reason behind Mancini wasting 30 million pounds on Dzeko while he had Adebayor eludes me. Based on statistics, he was one of 5 best players in the PL last season.

Nasri had one truly good season at Arsenal so he cashed in when City came calling. can't fault the player for that.

Kalac#16 · Sep 25, 2012

jackfrost said:
I disagree on Adebayor. he's one of the best CF in the PL. I think he's better than Dzeko so the reason behind Mancini wasting 30 million pounds on Dzeko while he had Adebayor eludes me. Based on statistics, he was one of 5 best players in the PL last season.

Nasri had one truly good season at Arsenal so he cashed in when City came calling. can't fault the player for that.

Adebayor's very hit and miss and isn't fit to be on the same teamsheet as RvP, they didn't miss him was my point.

Nasri had two truly good months that went back to being just another technically sound winger.

jammin · Sep 25, 2012

Kalac#16 said:
John Terry retires from international football

England's greatest star has fallen. :head:

their chances of winning silverware has gone from 'Minuscule' to 'England? without Lionheart JT? :lol:

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Kalac#16 · Sep 25, 2012

Leeds - Everton tonight :cool:

Leeds are playing a fair few reserves though, expecting a battering.

Senatore_M84 · Sep 25, 2012

Kalac#16 said:
Adebayor's very hit and miss and isn't fit to be on the same teamsheet as RvP, they didn't miss him was my point.

Nasri had two truly good months that went back to being just another technically sound winger.

i think both adebayor and dzeko are tempermental.

in city where neither are full time starters, they both are inconsistent. when they are in a team where they are 'the man uptop' more or less every game, they hit form.,

To be fair... it's VERY hard to not start regularly uptop and score.

Senatore_M84 · Sep 25, 2012

Sage said:
bayern and porto are far better.

no, he's right...

as a business arsenal are the best run club in the world.

their consistent profitability in epl, which will continue to grow it's tv rights as a brand.

Bayern is comparable though.

Sage · Sep 25, 2012

Fcb are on 20 years of profit while challenging for titles, arsenal recently started working well, porto have been excellent for the past decade.

necromancer · Sep 25, 2012

Sage said:
Fcb are on 20 years of profit while challenging for titles, arsenal recently started working well, porto have been excellent for the past decade.

How's the TV rights deal in Germany btw? Equal division or skewed in favour of Bayern?

Sage · Sep 25, 2012

necromancer said:
How's the TV rights deal in Germany btw? Equal division or skewed in favour of Bayern?

I'm not sure tbh, but nothing like la liga as far as I know.

Bastian scored as I'm typing this :proud:

Kalac#16 · Sep 25, 2012

Senatore_M84 said:
i think both adebayor and dzeko are tempermental.

in city where neither are full time starters, they both are inconsistent. when they are in a team where they are 'the man uptop' more or less every game, they hit form.,

To be fair... it's VERY hard to not start regularly uptop and score.

Adebayor at least is a very streaky player, I remember when he was at Arsenal after the first leg against Milan where he hit the bar from about 3 yards, he didn't score for the next 2-3 months. He's done that sort of thing for most of his career. Some strikers just lose it for a while.

@Sage: I remember seeing club profits about 2-3 years ago and Arsenal were ahead of everybody, they might not make as much as Barca etc but they also spend a fraction of what the other big clubs spend.

Ashish · Sep 25, 2012

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Sage · Sep 25, 2012

Kalac#16 said:
@Sage: I remember seeing club profits about 2-3 years ago and Arsenal were ahead of everybody, they might not make as much as Barca etc but they also spend a fraction of what the other big clubs spend.

arsenal are doing a great job, I'm just saying it's unfair to say they're the best when you have clubs like bayern that have been doing it for much longer + winning things.

btw, didn't RM make record breaking revenue this season? 510+ million?

Mr. Milanista · Sep 25, 2012

Sage said:
arsenal are doing a great job, I'm just saying it's unfair to say they're the best when you have clubs like bayern that have been doing it for much longer + winning things.

btw, didn't RM make record breaking revenue this season? 510+ million?

lol 510 million? Really? That's what our entire club is worth...

jackfrost · Sep 25, 2012

Chelsea scores 4 goals. Not one of them by torres.

Kalac#16 · Sep 25, 2012

Leeds beat Everton 2-1 :lol:

Sage · Sep 25, 2012

jackfrost said:
Chelsea scores 4 goals. Not one of them by torres.

why did you edit it? because torres scored the 5th?

DugiNesta · Sep 25, 2012

Anyone got City stream? mine just died.

jackfrost · Sep 25, 2012

Sage said:
why did you edit it? because torres scored the 5th?

AC Kid · Sep 27, 2012

TransferNewsCen: Former England international Jermain Jenas has joined Nottingham Forrest on a one-month loan deal from Spurs.

lol wtf?

hdcantona · Sep 27, 2012

AC Kid said:
TransferNewsCen: Former England international Jermain Jenas has joined Nottingham Forrest on a one-month loan deal from Spurs.

lol wtf?

he was injured so it could just be to get him back up to speed

Kalac#16 · Sep 27, 2012

Leeds takeover is set to happen today or tomorrow apparently. 4 months after it was announced. Dubai :cool:

Sage · Sep 27, 2012

dubai? you got bahrain, the poorest country in the gulf region.

Kalac#16 · Sep 27, 2012

Sage said:
dubai? you got bahrain, the poorest country in the gulf region.

I don't give a fuck this is like Man City compared to the free transfers for the last 4 years :cool:

Sage · Sep 27, 2012

don't get too excited, wouldn't expect anything big.

Kalac#16 · Sep 27, 2012

Sage said:
don't get too excited, wouldn't expect anything big.

If he spends enough to get us out of the championship the PL's insane money will be enough to see Leeds as a solid team. See what happens after that. Everything is there for us to at least be EL competitive.

Mion-Moura · Sep 27, 2012

arsenal have announced pre tax profit of 46mil euros on a turnover(revenue) of 306 mil for the 2011-2012 season....forza 'le professeur'.i cant hate arsenal esp this season btw...forza carzola,wilsehere...forza milan

AC Kid · Sep 27, 2012

How can you sell your stars every season and replace them with lesser players and still be very competitive in the toughest league in Europe?

Wenger :star:

neutral · Sep 27, 2012

AC Kid said:
TransferNewsCen: Former England international Jermain Jenas has joined Nottingham Forrest on a one-month loan deal from Spurs.

lol wtf?

Problem?

AC Kid · Sep 27, 2012

neutral said:
Problem?

lol I've never heard of a one-month loan deal.

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