Premier League Thread

Well, this is the thing, isn't it. It's all very well to have oodles of invented media speculation. That's speculation, not fact, and should make not a jot of difference to reality. It's all very well to have people talk about what their ITK mate has heard, but it all crumbles slightly when an article appears that is obviously reporting from the official source. I know that people will speculate at the time when no news is forthcoming, but when we get a retrospective article setting it out as it was then all the confusing pieces can be put into the jigsaw.

As for putting Jay into the 'they shall not pass' category, I think it's only sensible that Reed point out that rival clubs shouldn't be getting bids sorted out because the general response will be don't bother, the answer is NO..!
Of course, like last season, there will be a rider to that, and it will be, unless you want to pay twice his worth to us.

 

Well now Morgan is thrilled: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/morgan-schneiderlin-thrilled-southampton-after-4467894

It's a topsy-turvy thing taking notice of every little snippet of info.

 

i find it more worrying (less so now that we have other options) that rodriguez has shown no intentions at all other than what has been reported from behind the scenes. apart from wearing the kit for a promo shoot, shaking koeman's hand sitting on an exercise bike, and videos showing his recovery from a distance, he's been fairly absent.

and of course the contract remains ominously blank on the signature line.

 

Listening to last night's 606 - apparently Lambert is worse than Carroll. Remind me, how can Lambert impress from the bench? Oh wait, he can't.

 

Shearer made a very pithy comment last season when he said that Carroll must be the most improved player around even though he hadn't even played yet. It was in reference to the fact that everyone was anticipating his arrival back from injury.

 

15:00 Southampton v Stoke REFEREE:- Jonathan Moss Assistants:- A Garratt & M Wilkes 4th Official:- P Gibbs

Can't have Andre every week!

 

Might have a few penalties in this one then!

 

And a red card. Remember it was him who sent off Bony against us.

 

Not for us. Our manager is the king of getting away with it.

 

Yep. I fully expect Charlie Adam to be sent off though. Oh, and Victor Moses to be booked for being fouled in the area.

 

West Brom score..........

 

1-0 WBA - Sessegnon

 

Great goal that.

 

Albion! Albion! Albion!

 

Shaw crosses the ball cleared away

 

And repeat, ad nauseam.

 

Shaw is so overrated. I was blinded by bias last season.

 

Should have stayed here...how often do we say that? We just pimp players and sell them for a high price...a few months later, the paintwork starts flaking

 

Why can't Shaw run? Why does he keep going into cm as well? He seems to have been taught too well by Fox.

 

WBA can't hold the ball up front. Lescott muscled off the ball far too easy 1-1.