Premier League Thread

West Ham boss for me.

 

Nah. Their owners will wait to get to the Olympic Stadium and then bring Harry Redknapp back.

In all seriousness, I can't see them criticising Sam for his style then replacing him with Tony.

 

To be fair to Tony Pulis, his Crystal Palace team was quite a bit better than his Stoke City team in terms of entertainment and solidity. Stoke looked like plodders when he was in charge. Crystal Palace actually had some style.

 

That will be more down to when Pulis went to Palace he had to use the players that they had. So roll on a couple of months and he takes over the Hammers............then he looks at the squad............What style of football will he be forced to choose

For the hammers to change style they are going to have to ditch most of their players and buy a complete new squad.

 

Yes, point taken. But that suggests that whatever manager WHU might sign, if they ditched Allardyce, that manager would have to play direct football, rather than buy players to change the style. I would concede that Pulis would be a fairly seamless change for WHU, but that's because he would be able to coach a team to play that way well. Just maybe, direct football is not in the Pulis DNA, but he can do it if required. His time at Palace suggests there's more to him than hoof.

 

I agree. I think he was pretty much tied to that way by resorting to that to stay in the Prem in the first couple of seasons. Stoke would have had to spend a huge amount more to change more players as well as try and advance in the league.

To be fair the targets are different. Stoke's board were wanting advancement in the league year on year from the first season they were there so the pressure was on and no room for error, so stick to that style and focus on results.

Palace's board were and still are after survival. Easier to survive playing nice football with 'poorer' players than it is to move up the league playing nice football with 'poorer' players. I guess we would have seen this year if he had stayed.

TBH by the looks of today they were trying a backs to the wall and kick it to the corners game John Beck style. Hard to judge it being away at Arsenal but I would guess that it was his tactics that were being implemented for this game. Good old fashioned defence kicks it to the corner, fast wingers chase and hold the ball and wait for their striker to catch up. 3 man attack with 6 defending even when in possession.

 

From the highlights I saw [I saw some live via a stream for about 20 mins as well] I thought Palace gave a very good account of themselves, and actually frightened Arsenal. There was absolutely no guarantee Arsenal would have won the game once they equalised either, Palace were playing that well, in my opinion. There was a certain inevitibility that something was going to happen once Puncheon got sent off with seconds to go. They didn't collapse by any means, but they did lose heart. If they can maintain last season's form I think they will do ok. It's a big ask though.

 

Wasn't it great to see Dean Hammond playing Premier League football for Leicester yesterday? They actually looked better when he came on too. Never understood why we got rid of him so quick, one of my favourite players during the rise through the leagues.

 

He even got analysed on MOTD.

 

It was like us v West Ham last year where Palace rarely got into Arsenal's half. The only difference between the Saints/Hammers game is Arsenal hardly had any shots but they were on top throughout. Definite attempt to defend and break.

 

Newcastle United 0-1 Manchester City - David Silva 38'

 

Lots more MC goals then we go up a place #shorttermthinking

Oooh...we've gone up a place already. We are staying up, we are staying up

 

He did indeed and favourably too.

 

didn't realise newcastle had bought ayoze perez

 

@BurnleyOfficial: Confirmed #BFC starting XI: Heaton; Trippier, Shackell (c), Duff, Mee; Arfield, Jones, Marney, Taylor; Ings, Jutkiewicz. #ClaretsLIVE

@BurnleyOfficial: Confirmed #BFC subs vs @chelseafc: Gilks, Dummigan, Long, Wallace, Kightly, Sordell, Barnes. #ClaretsLIVE

 

@chelseafc: Chelsea team v Burnley: Courtois; Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry (c), Azpilicueta; Fabregas, Matic; Schurrle, Oscar, Hazard; Diego Costa. #CFC

@chelseafc: Subs v Burnley: Cech, Zouma, Filipe Luis, Mikel, Willian, Torres, Drogba. #CFC

 

You've really got to fear for Burnley with that line up.

 

They could very well get annihilated.

 

Is it incredibly wishful thinking to think that if Burnley get royally spanked Ings might consider a move? Or has that ship sailed with Long?

 

Diego Costa + Hazard = ****loads of points for my fantasy team.