I didn't see anything but the score, thank goodness. 3-0 to Watford? Long way to go yet.
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I didn't see anything but the score, thank goodness. 3-0 to Watford? Long way to go yet.
Watford is good. Of the newly promoted teams, I think they're the most certain to stay up. Bournemouth & Norwich are going to be on the bubble all season, it appears. All that said, Liverpool definitely needs a talent influx. I'd imagine Klopp will start addressing that in just over a week when the January transfer window opens. I'm assuming Liverpool has cash to spend.Quote:
Originally Posted by Liverpooldawg
In other news, Pep confirmed he's leaving Bayern at the end of the season. He's being replaced by Carlos Ancelotti, former Real Madrid manager. Going to be interesting to see where Pep lands, as he's easily the biggest manager target on the market. Lots of speculation he'll take over Man City, but Man U, Chelsea, and Arsenal are all supposedly interested or Pep has interest, as is the case with Arsenal. One thing is certain, it seems Pep will be coming to the EPL in the near future.
Letting Ancelotti go was such a massive mistake for real madrid. Still not over that
Looks like it's pretty much a done deal that Pep is going to city. United screwed the pooch on that one. With the talent city have I see them as odds on to win the premier league next year
Link, Dudy? Looking like Van Gaal is on a very short leash after this weekend.
Arsenal is looking damn good. Giroud is on fire and the return of Walcott has been a nice boost in the midfield. Even Joel Campbell is looking good. Sanchez might be back on January 10th, so not that much longer without our best player. And Jack Wilshere shouldn't be too long in returning, either.
There are some interesting names floating around as Arsenal targets for the upcoming transfer window. Dynamo Moscow striker Aleksandr Kokorin is a potential target up front, as is Lucas Moura of PSG. With all the injuries in the defensive midfield, Arsenal appears to be looking to upgrade there and are targeting Mohamed Elneny of FC Basel, Victor Wanyama of Southampton, and William Carvalho of Sporting Club as options. Elneny might be the most likely of that group to happen, as he'd be the most cost effective option.
In Championship news, Hull City lost to Rotheram United over the weekend and remain 4th on the table. Dudy, you're former club the Burnley Foxes are in 5th, just one point behind. They face each other in a Boxing Day match on Saturday. Both teams would be in the promotion playoffs if the season ended today. Middlesboro and Derby County would earn the automatic promotion as the top 2.
No link on me, some chatter from tweets of writers I follow.
For those targets, I'd go for Carvalho. Best replacement for Coquelin as a true midfield engine and stopper. He would give Ramsey and wilshere and the like the most freedom
Supposedly Arsenal likes Carvalho the most, but the question is whether or not we're willing to pay for him during the January window. Still some smoke around a Nolito bid, too. And the new rumour emerging today is that Arsenal and Man United could be in a bidding war for Mahrez during the upcoming window.Quote:
Originally Posted by DudyDawg
Mahrez said on French radio that he will not leave Leicester in the January transfer window. Ranieri has echoed that sentiment. He will stay a Fox this season
Nolito is a really good player. Really good. I think odds are they chase Carvalho for his youth. But he will cost around 25 million I would bet. They need to spend though if they want to win the league and one more piece could do it. I love transfer dramaQuote:
Originally Posted by War Machine Dawg
Yep. It's potentially Christmas two more times a year. Or a complete disaster. Or a lot of talk with nothing to show.Quote:
Originally Posted by DudyDawg
Great start to Boxing Day - with Stoke making Man U their bitch.
Can't decide what is more entertaining - the meltdown with Chelsea or the pending meltdown with the Red Devils. Man U looked like crap today.
Van Gaal is done. Love seeing Man U in disarray. The only question left if how long do they wait to pull the trigger and if it's soon enough to get them into the Pep Sweepstakes.Quote:
Originally Posted by BrunswickDawg
Liverpool 1 Leicester City 0. I never thought I would say this but that's a BIG win over Leicester for Liverpool.
Reds are getting better every match. They look so much faster and more agressive. I hated seeing Origi go down, but Benteke really stepped up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Liverpooldawg
I don't know about every match, se last week, but they are getting better.Quote:
Originally Posted by BrunswickDawg
United will fire LVG, eventually, but the problem is the roster. They have mid table talent and that's what they are playing like. Though you can blame some of that on him for buying some of those guys who turned out to be not very good (looking at you, Memphis depay).
Arsenal at southampton on NBC now, Arsenal can go to top of the table
Watching. Let's go, Gunners! Btw, the Sun is reporting Arsenal will offer ?33M for Sevilla midfielder Grzegorz Krychowiak in the upcoming window. Don't know much about him. Dudy, you're more into La Liga, what's you're evaluation?Quote:
Originally Posted by DudyDawg
Don't read the S#%. JUSTICE FOR THE 96.
On the other hand not even me wearing my new Wembley Playoff Final tshirt Santa brought me yesterday could help my other team, Norwich City. They lost heavily at White Heart Lane. They remain out of the relegation zone, on goal difference only.Quote:
Originally Posted by Liverpooldawg
I have no idea what you're even talking about. I got the alert via the Bleacher Report app. As a sports news aggregator, it's pretty awesome.Quote:
Originally Posted by Liverpooldawg
The S#% was the "paper" that accused Liverpool fans of repulsive and vile acts in the wake of the Hillsborough tragedy. They blamed what happened on Liverpool fans and went even farther than that. What they reported was outright lies. Some they were told by the authorities covering their asses and some they made up on their own. Watch the ESPN 30 for 30 on this sometime. I was very pleased to see how great a job ESPN did with that. JUSTICE FOR THE 96.Quote:
Originally Posted by War Machine Dawg
Well your Fox Overlords survived a slight loss of a battle to remain on top of the table after Boxing Day
This may be your year, or today might be the beginning of the end of your challenge. Usually true pretenders like Leicester will last to festive period and lose one and immediately fade away. Kevin Keegen's Newcastle were the last ones outside of the traditional Big Three or the nouveau riche to last much longer than that. Blackburn were the last to actually do it. I'm pulling for you except when you play Liverpool or Norwich City. It would be a great story. If I had to bet my money it would still be on Man City or Arsenal.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheRef
Well we will see how we fare against Manchester City Tuesday at the King Power. It's a VERY short week for us. Then we follow that up on Saturday against Bournemouth. RIP our schedule.Quote:
Originally Posted by Liverpooldawg
Looks like Arsenal have completed a deal worth approximately ?7M for McElneny. I won't even bother talking about the beatdown the Gunners took from Southampton yesterday. Turrable.
I like him. He was a real thorn in Barcas side in the European supercup. Creative guy with a lot of energy. Will run box to box and can spread it well in the midfield, as well as sit in front of the back 4 and defend. I think he is an upgrade on wilshere in the midfield, mostly bc he's consistent.Quote:
Originally Posted by War Machine Dawg
My money would be on 5th or 6th, but since chelsea and United blow I could see Leicester finishing 4th. I don't see them finishing higher than that, especially of they have an injury. Just not enough depth.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheRef
Good deal, hope we can swing him. And I effed up Elneny's name. No "Mc"Quote:
Originally Posted by DudyDawg
Norwich City 1 Aston Villa 0. That's a big win for Norwich. It was pretty much a must win in the relegation battle for both sides.
Liverpool were once again awful. Hopefully we will have a little money to spend this month. Norwich on the other hand picked up another three priceless points.
So we couldn't capitalize on a penalty against Bournemouth, ended up with a 0-0 draw at the King Power Stadium.
Now we have a two-game stretch with FA Cup and Premier League against the same club, in the same stadium. We will be away to face off against Tottenham Hotspur. Starting Sunday in FA Cup action, then on the 13th in the Premier League.
I just saw where Vardy is out for two week at least. That's a blow for the Foxes. He is having minor groin surgery. I'm not sure the words minor" and "groin surgery" should ever be used together! LOL.
Arsenal takes sole possession of first place after defeating Newcastle 1-0 on Saturday. The Gunners are two points clear of Leicester City thanks to a draw with Bournemouth. Arsenal's next match is at home with Sunderland.
In transfer news, looks like there might be a hitch in the Elneny deal. He's passed his physical, but rumors are swirling he might not be able to get a work permit. Also news today that the Gunners are planning on making a ?42M bid for Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
After the James incident (caught driving 200 km/h on way to practice) and another underwhelming performance offensively against Valencia in a 2-2 draw, Real Madrid fired Rafa. Looks like it'll be Zinedine Zidane to move up from Real Madrid B to replace him, at the very least for the time being. Not surprised. He was in over his head from day 1. ****ing Flo Perez needs to be gone as well. I hate him.
Leicester City is proud to announce the signing of Demarai Gray today. He's 19 and has signed a 4.5 year contract, which will keep him a Fox until 2020. He has played for England's U18, U19, and U20 teams. He has already made 78 professional appearances, 51 of those being starts in the Championship with Birmingham City FC. In December 2014, at the age of 18, he scored a hat trick in the Championship.
Needless to say, I think we have a young replacement for Vardy in the wings.
Zidane announced as the replacement for Rafa at madrid, and I think him being a club legend and all time great gives him immediate credibility to the players. We will see if he becomes the next Guardiola (exact situation pretty much when he got his start at barca). Speaking of pep, he announced today he wants to go to England. Unless Messi or Ronaldo get sold this summer, the Guardiola signing will be the biggest of the summer ha
Is Zidane going to be permanent or just interim? Random thought I had today, how would you feel about Madrid hiring Pelligrini, assuming City cans him for Pep?Quote:
Originally Posted by DudyDawg
Had him before, don't really want him again. And apparently he said some stuff about Madrid today being hard on coaches after we fired Rafa, so I think that bridge is burned. And to be honest I'm not sure how to answer about Zizou. He will get the rest of this year and barring a massive slip I think he's permanent.Quote:
Originally Posted by War Machine Dawg
Newcastle needs to sign a LB, creative CM and a CB, preferably in that order. Of course all the transfer rumors floating around now involve signing another striker. Calling Newcastle's management inept is an understatement.