Premier League Thread

The season has been fantastic so far and long may it continue. We will fall away at some point but for now to see all of those who jumped ship finding themselves below us, it is really quite funny.

 

Nice to know everyone is getting on well!

 

They shouldn't be surprised. Looked exactly like a lot of games Saints played last year... look good in possession but can't score.

We had problems with WBA this year, which leads me to believe that despite having a lousy team talent-wise, they know what they are doing and will play defensive football forcing you to break them down.

I don't know what they expect from MP. He's not the guy that will bring them to the top four if that's what they are hoping. But he's by no means terrible either. They have 7 points and are in 9th so no reason to panic.

 

Manure posters have laid the blame for their defeat on Clottenburk and a poster called Matth_2014, I think they are being very unfair to the Referee.

 

Post 1891 on the Tottenham thread thing just about sums up why Poch was never going to be great there. His tactics require hardwork and utter trust from his players. Tottenham are full of egos who don't want double training sessions.

 

Think we all knew that. He was a fit here because we had very talented players who (at least before he arrived) didn't have inflated egos. We all suspected he wouldn't get such willing disciples at Spurs. His promises wouldn't impress the players at Spurs as they did at Saints where many players had been in league 1.

 

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Who made this?! I need to applaud them.

 

Got it from that Spurs thread posted above!

 

TBF, Clattenburg was atrocious in that Man U game. I mean, he almost always sucks but this was a doozy even by his standards.

The first penalty, Vardy clearly fouled Rafael. Then everyone made a big deal out of Rafael "being stupid" and fouling back but in reality Rafael never even touched him in running back to cover after being shoved. I don't know what Rafael was supposed to do, just let Vardy stroll into the goal? The second penalty was legit, but there was a clear foul to lead to the breakaway causing Blackett to be forced to give up the pen.

Man U can't use that as an excuse for losing, but it needs to be highlighted again how bad Clattenburg is. The problem is every time he costs a team a game, there are enough fans delighted to see that team lose that they overlook just how crap he is.

 

So this weekend the big 6 teams managed 4 points in 5 matches. Unbelievable, this could very well be a season for an outsider to reach the top 4 and a couple of them to break top 6.

 

Indeed. The fact that it happened to ManU just makes it all the sweeter. They had enough dodgy decisions go their way during the Fergie era to last a lifetime.

 

Typical anti-ref comment. And completely untrue. It did sound like he had a shocker today but he's had more good games than **** games.

 

In truth, he had a fair game. Generally, he's a good ref.

 

And he was dead right about you-know-who.

 

He is, and he'll be going to the 2018 World Cup as our top referee.

 

A quote on the Spurs board says:

"This is just something I want to share..
Someone I know who has very close links to the club reckon quite a few of the senior THFC players are not buying into MP technics but especially his training tactics..Apparently you need "2 hearts" to able to reach his desired levels of fitness but without much "thought" to the technical side of the game..
The Southampton players brought into it as they were either relatively unknown or most were young and hungry from their academy but even they had some issues with it ( the guy who they signed from Italy?) and shipped out.. "

Vin

 

I like these two:

“Bet potch is wishing he stayed at saints,he had better players there”- totsfan.

“Jesus H! We've hired a f**ing idiot as a manager!

What with Saints doing so well, despite the fact that they sold half of last season's squad, tells me that Saints would probably have won the league last season if they'd had anyone other than a clown in charge!” – Hoddle Is A God

 

Just watching MOTD2, I am really quite angered by Van Gaal comments. He is completely derogatory about Leicester, saying how they didn't play well, it was his side that threw away the game. Leicester did very well I thought , and caused United to have a mare.

 

Nope, not at all a "typical" anti-ref comment. I don't think all refs are bad. Just Clattenberg. Likes the spotlight too much, always has.