Premier League Thread

Hmm, does Mourinho deserve manager of the year? Sure, he led Chelsea to the PL, but he was expected to at the start of the season, so hardly a huge overachievment is it?

Far more deserving candidates in my opinion.

 

* year

 

Only one who noticed my deliberate mistake

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32844113

Nice touch from Leicester.

 

Someone better get ready to report back on Koeman!

 

Funny/serious article here using Opta stats to discover the most inept team in the league

http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/may/19/premier-league-clubs-ineptitude-index

If you can't be bothered to read it all this is the final table:

Final table
QPR: 61.5
Burnley: 54
Everton: 49
Leicester: 42
Manchester United: 41.5
Liverpool: 41.5
Crystal Palace: 41
Newcastle: 39
Aston Villa: 37
West Brom: 36
Hull: 32
Sunderland: 31
Tottenham: 30
Stoke City: 26
West Ham: 25
Manchester City: 17
Arsenal: 16.5
Southampton: 16
Swansea: 14
Chelsea: 13.5

We would have won (i.e. been bottom) if Tadic hadn't got booked for taking his shirt off.

 

No JRod on Sunday Koeman spoke about how he settled into the Southampton family from day 1 and his favourite memory (from many) was the win against Arsenal.

 

He said he expects everyone back after the summer....there was no news on Clyne and Morgan remains under contract. Not sure what he meant by that...perhaps we are planning to say no again ?? More likely is that he hopes everyone will be back, but knows as well as everyone else that things change. He does expect it to be quieter this summer....could hardly be busier could it? He didn't ask Fonte to speak to Morgan and Clyne....says he did just because he is the Captain.

 

Yellow card was well worth it though!

 

Just to help you out a little Fran...

It starts at about 2/3rds of the way through.

 

Quite like how Pardew came across today. Can be prickly, but knows when to be and speaks very confidently.

 

No fit man should be dissuaded from ripping his shirt off. In fact when I rule the world, it may be compulsory.

 

Has finished, so won't be able to see a video of it for a little while.

 

You can see it on my link you just need to start about a 1/3 from the end.

 

I saw it live...apart from first 5 mins. Koeman speaks so well, but he isn't on the same hymn sheet as Kreuger and Fonte...he seems less sure of achieving CL place.

 

Lot of articles (reported on Newsnow) picking up on Koeman's comment about it being hard for us to improve. Not quite how he meant it...he said that our first improvement was from 15th to 8th, then this season we improved from 8th to 7th (possibly 5/6th)...he then went on to say that the next step up is harder, not impossible, but harder. Ron says it how he sees it, but doesn't mean he is pessimistic...just realistic.

 

When I was listening to him about that point, I knew the media would leap all over it. We know what he means.

 

He is being realistic and he's right as well. It's highly likely that this season is as good as it will ever get for us bar winning a trophy. It's why I'd always prioritise the cups over league position. Unfortunate but that's the way modern football is.

 

Tottenham have completed a deal to sign Cologne defender Kevin Wimmer and he will join the club in June.
Wimmer fits the club’s renewed policy of signing young, hungry players who are very cheap.

 

I hope Hull get an early goal tomorrow, will really spice things up and put the panic into the geordies.