Match Day Thread 2016/17 Premier League, Cups & Euro Watch

http://www.goal.com/en/news/8/main/...at-pogba-has-not-flopped-at-manchester-united

they had me believing it was a #legit article until "his tally of six efforts against the woodwork leading the entire league"

 

Ruud Gullit: "Paul Pogba has not at all made a good impression in England. I'm not sure Ajax has to worry about him now..."

 

Who do they play in the qualifying round Liverpool are in

 

you should try the politics thread on the PL board as you have the dogged determination / high boredom threshold to shine on it

 

They don't play that round, or the 3 other rounds before it

 

Fat Sam has quit Palace and retired.

 

Hes got a massive bonus for keeping them up but saw no advantage for him in it so is hoping a 6 month hiatus will avoid him getting done like pulis did.

Maybe he knows something we dont about some cases to be taken eh? Who knows

 

Not sure what to think of it, be glad to see him out of the game to be honest but I think you must be right - has to be more to it.

Either that or he's ego is so big and he knows he wouldn't get to go out the game as highly regarded as he will be known now.

I don't believe it's for quality family time, what time would he have for that being England manager for 3-5 years which no doubt he would have served if he wasn't such a corrupt prick

 

True. Maybe he just didn't like London and travel there from wherever he was doorstepped by media the day his corrupt ways cost him his dream job

 

Fixed.

 

Retired my hoop, he'll be back

 

Get loads of family time as England manager! Work for about 2 weeks every couple months then for about 3 weeks every 2 years.

 

Why?

 

Why don't the have to do that, have they not qualied the same way as Liverpool will need to try?

 

Big day today

Liverpool play a friendly in a 83,500 seat stadium

Man Utd play a final in a 50,653 seat stadium

UEFA is a #joke they probably pick small stadiums just so their corporate ticket holders aren't inconvenienced by thousands of "fans" holding up their limousines

 

Sounds like my job.

 

It's a piss-take, surely?

 

Many cup competitions, such as the FA Cup, decide the stage you enter based on where you finished in your league competition the previous season. It avoids flooding the calendar with huge numbers of fixtures.

In the case of the CL:
Chelsea (1st) enter in the 5th round (group stage)
Liverpool (4th) enter in the 4th round (play-off round)
Everton (7th) don't enter

 

Lukaku?

 

While Cesc Fabregas has gain widespread plaudits for his 12 assists this term, his xA tally of 5.88 tells us that the Chelsea midfielder has benefited massively from the conversion rates of those on the end of his passes.

Pogba, meanwhile, has a 6.75 xA score. That means that Pogba’s true value to United in terms of assists is nearer seven than the five which were converted. Were his team-mates able to finish with a similar success rate to Fabregas’ Blues colleagues, perhaps people would be judging his world-record transfer through different eyes.


Fabregas is a #fraud passing to people who shouldn't score but then do

Pogba was robbed he should have 7 assists for the season not 4, then he'd be worth £89m for sure