We Go Again! The Premier League thread

[Hero]

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[Fernando]

Chelsea 3-1 - Remy

[Steffan]

3 years, £215m spent & this is the only cup Brendan Rodgers has lifted as the manager of Liverpool

[Fernando]

FT Toon 2-0 - Survived somehow helped by an incompetent West Ham

[Dolphin Ziggler]

A season that once had hope has ended the way the fat one deserves. Stay up there Sam

[Ent]

Dreadful pl season, here's hoping for much better next year!!

[Steffan]

Big fat Sam getting what big fat Sam deserves

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Sam's gone. Not renewing his contract. Bye bye

[Fernando]

West Ham confirm Fat Sam is gone

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Sam's gone. Not renewing his contract. Bye bye

#westhamrelegationparty2015/16

[Steffan]

Close the door on your way out Sam (if you can fit though the frame that is)

[Ent]

Be careful what you wish for.

[Fernando]

FT Arsenal (4) 4 1 (0) West Bromwich Albion
FT Aston Villa (0) 0 1 (1) Burnley
FT Chelsea (1) 3 1 (1) Sunderland
FT Crystal Palace (0) 1 0 (0) Swansea City
FT Everton (0) 0 1 (1) Tottenham Hotspur
FT Hull City (0) 0 0 (0) Manchester United
FT Leicester City (2) 5 1 (0) Queens Park Rangers
FT Manchester City (1) 2 0 (0) Southampton
FT Newcastle United (0) 2 0 (0) West Ham United
FT Stoke City (5) 6 1 (0) Liverpool

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League Table

P W D L F A +/- Pts
C Chelsea 38 26 9 3 73 32 +41 87
2 Manchester City 38 24 7 7 83 38 +45 79
3 Arsenal 38 22 9 7 71 36 +35 75
4 Manchester United 38 20 10 8 62 37 +25 70
5 Tottenham Hotspur 38 19 7 12 58 53 +5 64
6 Liverpool 38 18 8 12 52 48 +4 62
7 Southampton 38 18 6 14 54 33 +21 60
8 Swansea City 38 16 8 14 46 49 -3 56
9 Stoke City 38 15 9 14 48 45 +3 54
10 Crystal Palace 38 13 9 16 47 51 -4 48
11 Everton 38 12 11 15 48 50 -2 47
12 West Ham United 38 12 11 15 44 47 -3 47
13 West Bromwich Albion 38 11 11 16 38 51 -13 44
14 Leicester City 38 11 8 19 46 55 -9 41
15 Newcastle United 38 10 9 19 40 63 -23 39
16 Sunderland 38 7 17 14 31 53 -22 38
17 Aston Villa 38 10 8 20 31 57 -26 38
R Hull City 38 8 11 19 33 51 -18 35
R Burnley 38 7 12 19 28 53 -25 33
R Queens Park Rangers 38 8 6 24 42 73 -31 30

[Hero]

So now the seasons over (barring the cup) are you happy with how your teams did?

[Hammersmith harrier]

And silly season begins, wonder what delightful rumours we have this year.

[Guest]

Thankgod we're safe, hoping Ashley's comments are geniune about being shocked & not wanting to be in this position again. Hopefully some big investment this summer, although Carver needs removing ASAP.

Also, beating Sunderland in the league is an added bonus.

[Guest]

I'm happy with 13th in the league, seeing as we looked in trouble pre Pulis & we had a decent cup run. James Chester will probably end up at WBA now too.

[GSC]

Bit disrespectful from Stoke, scoring 6 in Stevie G's last game

[Dolphin Ziggler]

"Be careful what you wish for" is my favourite comment from people who don't watch West Ham.

Thanks for the 4 years and stability, Sam, you shall be remembered better on paper than on the pitch. Time to move on for all parties.

[GSC]

My feelings on Big Sam are well documented.

That said, you can't argue with his record in the PL. While the right manager can take West Ham forward in many different facets, the wrong one can easily see them sliding back to the exit door.

I can't disagree with the decision to move on, but I think that should be acknowledge

[Guest]

Thing is, he's a guaranteed mid table finish man, but to go to the next level & challenge the likes of Spurs/Liverpool for fifth or sixth, you need mega investment & WHU won't commit to it or can't attract the better players to take you there. Can see Bilic coming in or whoever & WHU not doing anything dissimilar to this year or what Big Sam could of achieved. To me, it's a separation, just to look at a different type of scenery & it not actually taking the club anywhere of note

[Hammersmith harrier]

One only has to look at Stoke to see what West Ham are hoping to achieve, a slight move up the table playing a more expansive brand of football something you don't get with either Big Sam or Pulis. If you're a team battling relegation or looking to secure your long term future in the league then Pulis is the man, he is without doubt the best defensive coach in England but he does not bring entertainment.

If West Ham stick where they are but are more entertaining with a new manager then the fans will be more than happy.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Its not about definites, although Bilic is by no means confirmed and Benitez was agreed on both sides until Real came in, its about aspiration. There seems to be a perception in football now that clubs should be happy with their lot. I'd rather finish 16th with some intent to attack than 12th with a dour style of football and a man whose mantra is "respect the point."

If ever there is a time for us to make that move and look to be better then its now. We have a decent squad, we are settled, we have one season in the Boleyn then onto the Olympic Stadium, we have alright investment.

At the end of the day we finished at the bottom of our table. To slide so far down we finished below an appalling Everton and then Crystal Palace after their start just shows he'd lost the plot. There is nothing that suggests we wouldn't have gone more backward than forward under him. The next level for us is to be beating Southampton and Swansea in the table, not getting top 6. Thats the step after. We will have good money available, we have London, the new stadium and decent wages.

Be careful what you wish for makes it seem like fans want him out because we haven't maintained our position from early on. Its not, we want to be entertained, we want intent and we want aspiration. We don't want a team that is lead by someone too committed to Nolan and always desperate for Carroll to be playing.

Bilic can finish lower if he gives it a go and goes about things the right way.

[GSC]

Easy to say now, not as easy to say if you find yourself in a dogfight to beat the drop.

Like I say I don't disagree with moving on, but it is a major risk.

[GSC]

Can we finally close the door on Steve Bruce being some diamond in the rough.

He overachieves with minnows, but has no ability to sustain that or take a team forward.

[Guest]

Bruce is awful, didn't everyone know that? Glad Hull are gone, awfully boring club, who were going nowhere.

[GSC]

52 goals for Liverpool this season.

52 goals for Suarez/Sturridge last season.

[GSC]

If anyone wants a laugh Garth Crooks team of the season plays 3-1-3-3

[GSC]

I'm guessing Leicester handed out flags.

Because I'm getting a good chuckle at all the grown man waving them on the street

[FIFA Diva]

While Notts Forest are stuck in the Championship.

[GSC]

Aren't you supposed to be banned now viva?

[FIFA Diva]

Nope, ask Nando.

[Fernando]

I let him off cos he admitted Arsenal were the better side

Brendan Rodgers: "If the owners want me to go I go but I still feel I have a lot to offer here."

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Taylor Swift in Norwich tonight and going to see the yellas at Wembley tommorow

I fear this is as good as it'll ever get

[Fernando]

Time to watch Liverpool get creamed on like Olly around his sister

[GSC]

Cant wait for Taylor Swifts song about Olly

What rhymes with I walked in on him and his sister

[GSC]

That was some crap goalkeeping

[Fernando]

Stoke gave Gerrard a goal just watch the CB just stop

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Easily the worst quality league season in a decade

Villa lost 20 games, scored under a goal a game, easily survived in the end.

Newcastle barely won a game since January stay up.

Spurs finish 5th despite being pony

Awfulness all round

[Roberto Baggio]

Agreed. What we need to do is adopt the Spanish league example of splitting 90% of TV money between Man Utd and Arsenal and let the rest of the league have the other 10%...

That way we can get a team to the final of the Champions League every year and then say we have the best league in the world again.

It's a shame Chelsea strolled it but failed so epically in the Champions League. They were extremely worthy champions.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Ahhh, that moment where you argue with yourself

[GSC]

Wonder whose alt that is

[Dolphin Ziggler]

What day did it all kick off with your mate? Although the sentences on that make sense

[GSC]

Wednesday

[Hammersmith harrier]

That isn't FL, is far too coherent.

[GSC]

FL, now a punch line on two forums.

He always was an overachiever

[Guest]

Just watching motd back now, united were pretty much uninterested from the first whistle, di maria has absolutely no fight in him at all (an observation from catching the first 20 mins earlier), if we can get half the money back then id sell, if de gea goes we deffo need a new keeper, valdes does not instill confidence, decent shot stopper but his general command of the area is balls (as proven when he punched his captain in the head)

One positive though, the fellaini red. At least that useless lump will be suspended for the beginning of next season. Hope the FA throw the book at him, he may have been a productive member of the team since january, but that speaks more about the standard of the squad than Fellas ability

[Lowlandbrit]

Newcastle players probably worried they'll be stuck with Carver if they start winning.

“I still want this job, I love this club but I know this is a big summer. We have to invest, Mike has said that and that is encouraging. I want a summer where I can bring in the players I want. Today has given me more enthusiasm to do what I want to do.”

I'm trying to imagine the look on John's face if Ashley decides to spend serious money, but gives it to Carver.

[Nakatomi Plaza]

If anyone wants a laugh Garth Crooks team of the season plays 3-1-3-3

You think that's bad, check out Kenny Dalglish's in the Mirror.

[Guest]

I'd be fuming if Carver stayed on. We've waited eight years or whatever to hear Ashley speak & even though it's only words, at least it's a positive step. Imagine then investing with some serious clout & then giving it all to Carver to throw away. I'd imagine it would be like Brendan Rodgers with cash, but 10x worse. We'd basically be ferrying a boat load of Obertan's in. 

I'm still hoping for McClaren or maybe someone else might be interested, given the statement from Ashley.

[GSC]

Ashley will spend to make sure the side isnt close to relegation, but that's it.

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