Re: Barclay's Premier League discussion '13-'14

by aleumdance Tue Aug 13, 2013 2:31 am

one post on Arsenal's finances then BOOOM .lol

as for those asking why Arsenal can't bud higher.

because we don't have a Russian or Arab sugar daddy.. we use our money to take care of ourselves, so if w eput 40 Million, and they ask us for 60, we might run out of some extra budget....

its the sad truth about sustaining urself in the prem

by RedOranje Tue Aug 13, 2013 3:11 am

Can't really call it the EPL when there are Welsh clubs participating.

by BarrileteCosmico Tue Aug 13, 2013 3:17 am

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:Most of us don't at least in England, it seems to be more of a foreign thing for the most part.

In fact around people i know " the prem" is more popular lol.

So you're saying that most of the people that call it BPL tend to be non-brits?

by Red Alert Tue Aug 13, 2013 3:30 am

BarrileteCosmico wrote:Can I ask why PL fans insist on calling it Barclay's Premier League? You don't see ligafaces or seriefaces calling it Liga BBVA or TIM Serie A respectively.

Barclays sponsors the Premier League and both Cardiff and Swansea aren't English. :coffee:

It's just like how the Championship is called the Coca Cola league.

by Jay29 Tue Aug 13, 2013 3:43 am

It's actually the SkyBet Championship now, fwiw. Although we just call it the Championship, League One, etc.

Speaking of the Championship, Watford beat Bournemouth 6-1 last weekend. Troy Deeney scored a hat-trick.

It's early days but I'd be surprised if they weren't up there again this year, especially since they've managed to get a few of their loanees from last year like Anya and Abdi back on permanent deals.

by McAgger Tue Aug 13, 2013 3:51 am

I personally like to call PL, Premiership when I converse in person, but most commonly it's just Premier League.

by RedOranje Tue Aug 13, 2013 4:06 am

The reason that the Barclays Premier League generally has some form of identifying title attached is that there are multiple known "Premier League"s. While the British version is by far the most well known, it's hardly unique in it's title, and so to avoid potential confusion titles are added.

by AltoZ Tue Aug 13, 2013 10:42 am

I dont understand how you can call it EPL, when there's 2 Welsh clubs in the league.

British Premier League is now the correct name.

by Blue Barrett Tue Aug 13, 2013 11:04 am

All this confusion Laughing

I just call it the Premier League(PL when I'm typing fast). Everyone gets what I mean.

by BarrileteCosmico Tue Aug 13, 2013 5:06 pm

RedOranje wrote:The reason that the Barclays Premier League generally has some form of identifying title attached is that there are multiple known "Premier League"s. While the British version is by far the most well known, it's hardly unique in it's title, and so to avoid potential confusion titles are added.

but why use Barclay's as opposed to British? Also Brazil's league is also called serie a yet no one needs to make a distinction when talking about Italy's league

by Art Morte Tue Aug 13, 2013 6:02 pm

I just call it the Best League in the World :coffee:

by S Tue Aug 13, 2013 6:08 pm

Art Morte wrote:I just call it the Best League in the World

But this is not the La Liga thread though hmm

by Gil Tue Aug 13, 2013 6:14 pm

BarrileteCosmico wrote:
RedOranje wrote:The reason that the Barclays Premier League generally has some form of identifying title attached is that there are multiple known "Premier League"s. While the British version is by far the most well known, it's hardly unique in it's title, and so to avoid potential confusion titles are added.
but why use Barclay's as opposed to British? Also Brazil's league is also called serie a yet no one needs to make a distinction when talking about Italy's league

No one calls it BPL inside England mate.

by Art Morte Tue Aug 13, 2013 6:29 pm

Gil wrote:
BarrileteCosmico wrote:
RedOranje wrote:The reason that the Barclays Premier League generally has some form of identifying title attached is that there are multiple known "Premier League"s. While the British version is by far the most well known, it's hardly unique in it's title, and so to avoid potential confusion titles are added.
but why use Barclay's as opposed to British? Also Brazil's league is also called serie a yet no one needs to make a distinction when talking about Italy's league
No one calls it BPL outside England mate.

It's understandable, though, that outside of England it's called the BPL, because when you say the Premier League in England, of course you're referring to the domestic league, but if you say the Premier League here in Finland, for instance, you might be talking about any of the PLs. Like, the Russian league is called the (Russian) Premier League, for example.

by RedOranje Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:02 am

RedOranje wrote:Can't really call it the EPL when there are Welsh clubs participating.

BarrileteCosmico wrote:
RedOranje wrote:The reason that the Barclays Premier League generally has some form of identifying title attached is that there are multiple known "Premier League"s. While the British version is by far the most well known, it's hardly unique in it's title, and so to avoid potential confusion titles are added.
but why use Barclay's as opposed to British? Also Brazil's league is also called serie a yet no one needs to make a distinction when talking about Italy's league

Works for "British" as well.

by Motogp69 Wed Aug 14, 2013 2:06 am

Most entertaining league in the world :coffee:

by BarrileteCosmico Wed Aug 14, 2013 4:19 am

RedOranje wrote:
RedOranje wrote:Can't really call it the EPL when there are Welsh clubs participating.
BarrileteCosmico wrote:
RedOranje wrote:The reason that the Barclays Premier League generally has some form of identifying title attached is that there are multiple known "Premier League"s. While the British version is by far the most well known, it's hardly unique in it's title, and so to avoid potential confusion titles are added.
but why use Barclay's as opposed to British? Also Brazil's league is also called serie a yet no one needs to make a distinction when talking about Italy's league
Works for "British" as well.

Given that Britain = England + Wales (whereas Great Britain also includes Scotland) it seems to me that British doesn't necessarily means that it includes Scottish.

by Forza Wed Aug 14, 2013 5:55 am

English & Welsh

E&WPL

by VendettaRed07 Wed Aug 14, 2013 7:11 am

WELP...

Welsh and english league premiership? Razz

by Art Morte Wed Aug 14, 2013 7:58 am

WELP sounds good to me :bow:

by Helmer Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:13 pm

ExtremistEnigma wrote:dat awkward moment when Man City wins nothing this season..

i will wait for those moments to come

by DeletedUser#1 Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:41 pm

And a new season begins. First week fixtures include:

Liverpool vs. Stoke
Arsenal vs. Aston Villa
Norwich vs. Everton
Sunderland vs. Fulham
WBA vs. Soton
West Ham vs. Cardiff
Swansea vs. Man Utd

Palace vs. Spurs
Chelsea vs. Hull

City vs. Newcastle
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by RedOranje Wed Aug 14, 2013 7:42 pm

Chelsea have two games on the first "matchday."

by RedOranje Wed Aug 14, 2013 9:41 pm

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I think Jozy Altidore is poised to have a good season and he will surprise some people. He's not the player we saw at Hull anymore.

by Red Alert Thu Aug 15, 2013 8:27 am

Think Sunderland will build their team around Fletcher again. We'll see how well Jozy can do to around Fletcher and well, playing as the SS then.

by RedOranje Thu Aug 15, 2013 11:52 pm

They'll likely play together in a 4-4-2.

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Barclay's Premier League discussion '13-'14