2017/18 English Premier League

chicken n chips wrote: Stan Kronke the American who owns Arsenal has a TV channel in the US which is all about shooting animals in the wild. Not shooting them as in making a film but actually killing them. Disgusting.

I was appalled when I when read this. Absolutely disgraceful. Instead of trying to make this world a better place with all his money, he is actually doing the opposite. This is first degree murder, and these people are all murderers.

Cheque book Jose now wants to buy Bale. Mourinho has never ever brought a young player into a team. He only buys the finished product as he wont win a thing otherwise.

chicken n chips wrote: Cheque book Jose now wants to buy Bale. Mourinho has never ever brought a young player into a team. He only buys the finished product as he wont win a thing otherwise.

Come Chicken..you know how false that is! Remember he on the UCL with Porto.

He gave plenty of young players their debuts. The thing is, in the big clubs, the luxury of giving young players the opportunity to develop is shrinking exponentially. Hence it is sometimes better to loan these players out to clubs that don't have to deal with this pressure, so they can gain the experience. It's a trade off between developing players and results.

On the other end of the spectrum you have Arsenal and Wenger, who does develop and give lots of opportunities to youngsters...at the expense of results.

I guess you can't have your cake and eat it hey.

Lionel wrote:

chicken n chips wrote: Cheque book Jose now wants to buy Bale. Mourinho has never ever brought a young player into a team. He only buys the finished product as he wont win a thing otherwise.

Come Chicken..you know how false that is! Remember he on the UCL with Porto.

He gave plenty of young players their debuts. The thing is, in the big clubs, the luxury of giving young players the opportunity to develop is shrinking exponentially. Hence it is sometimes better to loan these players out to clubs that don't have to deal with this pressure, so they can gain the experience. It's a trade off between developing players and results.

On the other end of the spectrum you have Arsenal and Wenger, who does develop and give lots of opportunities to youngsters...at the expense of results.

I guess you can't have your cake and eat it hey.

Winning with Porto was a fluke. The biggest divers/time wasters ever. They were awful to watch he could not develop Lukaku at Chelsea so he sold him. Everton developed him and now Mourinho has bought him. Mourinho can't develop talent he can only buy it

chicken n chips wrote:

Lionel wrote:

chicken n chips wrote: Cheque book Jose now wants to buy Bale. Mourinho has never ever brought a young player into a team. He only buys the finished product as he wont win a thing otherwise.

Come Chicken..you know how false that is! Remember he on the UCL with Porto.

He gave plenty of young players their debuts. The thing is, in the big clubs, the luxury of giving young players the opportunity to develop is shrinking exponentially. Hence it is sometimes better to loan these players out to clubs that don't have to deal with this pressure, so they can gain the experience. It's a trade off between developing players and results.

On the other end of the spectrum you have Arsenal and Wenger, who does develop and give lots of opportunities to youngsters...at the expense of results.

I guess you can't have your cake and eat it hey.

Winning with Porto was a fluke. The biggest divers/time wasters ever. They were awful to watch he could not develop Lukaku at Chelsea so he sold him. Everton developed him and now Mourinho has bought him. Mourinho can't develop talent he can only buy it

I refuse to bang my head against a brick wall

I'm delighted he is our coach.

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Boxing Day 1999 Chelsea fielded the first non-British 11 in English league.



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25 years on in the Premier League:

Duncan Ferguson, Patrick Viera and Richard Dunne are joint-top with the most red cards of eight.

No team has received more yellow cards than Chelsea.

Braine Deane of Shef Utd scored the first goal of the Premier League, and that was against Man U.

Shearer holds the record for the most goals scored followed by Rooney (I thought Rooney recently surpassed that landmark??).

No team has scored more goals than Man U but Blackburn hold the record for scoring the most goals in a season when they were relegated.

Hull City are the most naughtiest with one dismal per eight games whilst Ipswich Town are the timidest with one dismissal per 34 games.

The lowest crowd attendance, a touch over 3,000, Wimbledon v Everton 26 Jan 1993.

The sum of the attendances is more than the whole of the US population.

The oldest player to have played is goalkeeper John Burridge of Man City v QPR, May 1998.

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Mac wrote: Boxing Day 1999 Chelsea fielded the first non-British 11 in English league.

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United have done it and Arsenal have done it the most..

Mac wrote: 25 years on in the Premier League:


Shearer holds the record for the most goals scored followed by Rooney (I thought Rooney recently surpassed that landmark??).


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Rooney became the top scorer for United recently with 253 goals, breaking Bobby Charlton's record (249).

Shearer (260) still top scorer in PL, ahead of Wayne (198).

Alexis not playing in the first two games. Apparently he has an injury.

Tottenham, who finished second last season, have yet to bring in a single player this summer.

Players who dive or feign injury in English football will face bans under new regulations.
Under the new rules a panel will review footage each Monday looking for cases of simulation.
Any player unanimously found guilty of diving will be given a suspension.

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