Barclay's Premier League '15-'16 discussion V5

Don't call me James wrote:

B-Mac wrote:

nope

Coutinho shits on Eriksen and it's not close.

except he doesn't and it is...few wonder goals and he is some complete world beater of a player

^ Eriksen is ALL about free kicks. Literally, take him off free kick duty, and he becomes 20% of the player

I agree Cou has been very out of form in the last 2 months though....but He always so far in all his seasons in PL, starts hitting top top form around christmas time. I expect the same again.

Natalie Portman wrote:^ Eriksen is ALL about free kicks. Literally, take him off free kick duty, and he becomes 20% of the player

I agree Cou has been very out of form in the last 2 months though....but He always so far in all his seasons in PL, starts hitting top top form around christmas time. I expect the same again.

Spoken like someone who doesn't watch Eriksen

Personally find them on similar levels. Coutinho I would probably say has a higher ceiling and is a better player but is inconsistent. Eriksen is too, though (inconsistent)

Natalie Portman wrote:^ Eriksen is ALL about free kicks. Literally, take him off free kick duty, and he becomes 20% of the player

I agree Cou has been very out of form in the last 2 months though....but He always so far in all his seasons in PL, starts hitting top top form around christmas time. I expect the same again.

Weren't you one of the lads complaining in every other post that we didn't sign Eriksen when he moved? (Rhetorical question, to be clear)

RedOranje wrote:

Natalie Portman wrote:^ Eriksen is ALL about free kicks. Literally, take him off free kick duty, and he becomes 20% of the player

I agree Cou has been very out of form in the last 2 months though....but He always so far in all his seasons in PL, starts hitting top top form around christmas time. I expect the same again.

Weren't you one of the lads complaining in every other post that we didn't sign Eriksen when he moved? (Rhetorical question, to be clear)

Of course. Because we signed Luis Alberto instead. Buying Eriksen would have been a much better investment. It doesn't, however, making him a world beater.

Why does everyone take that Hames list seriously? I thought he was just kidding, but if he's not then

Both are at the same level, Moments of brilliance that can win games but are inconsistent.

I'd take Coutinho over him any day, Much higher ceiling.

They're both at the same level.

Why Sigurdsson on bench ?

Wijnaldum was very good for PSV last season. Really talented player. One could argue he was as important as Depay in that season.

Abramovich wrote:Why does everyone take that Hames list seriously? I thought he was just kidding, but if he's not then

he's not

Bit of a shocker tonight. Stoke winning away to Swansea.

I don't know about a shocker, Stoke are good and Swansea are doing what they seem to always be doing, blowing hot and cold. Looked really good in the first few games, now are winless in five.

^ Agreed, they made basically a similar league last year. Stoke would  ' d  improved his table , it's not a relegation team . Although Begovic and N'Zonzi were great losses ( and I don't rate Shaqiri ) . But it's an organized team who is difficult to win at its stadium and this makes the difference in EPL
Swansea is often an illegible team . If you want to win a game sheet it's better to avoid to play it .  Purgatory's kind of like the in-betweeny one. You weren't really shit, but you weren't all that great either. Like the Swansea.

M99 wrote:Wijnaldum was very good for PSV last season. Really talented player. One could argue he was as important as Depay in that season.

He was actually PotY over Memphis.

Morty losing his touch

Yeeeeeeeah, not feeling it now. I'll make a preview next weekend again.

Art Morte wrote:Yeeeeeeeah, not feeling it now. I'll make a preview next weekend again.

Spoilsport

Art Morte wrote:Yeeeeeeeah, not feeling it now. I'll make a preview next weekend again.

Morty is like 'rest of the league can go s**k their own balls till we start winning the games under Klopp'

Aston Villa Vs Swansea

Swansea's defeat at home against Stoke put bit of a foul taste in many swansea fans' mouths. With the way Swasnea started the season, quite a lot if expected of them. However things haven't gone exactly well and they are now 5 matches without a win. Will it change against Aston Villa who are sitting 19th in the table and on the verge of having another manager sacked? Tactical Tim is under huge pressure. This should be decent.

Leicester Vs Crystal Palace

5th vs 6th and neither of the team involves 'upper mid-card'. No one would have thought Leicester would start the season so well and no one would have thought Palace would be this high up the table after 9 matches. Interesting thing with Palace is that they have yet to draw a match. It's been either a win or a loss for Pardew's team. On the other hand Leicester have only lost once. Being at home Leicester should win this, but Palace are unpredictable.

Norwich Vs WBA

A match no one cares about

Stoke Vs Watford

Stoke have bounced back from their awful start to the season and now they have won 3 in a row. Looks like Hughes finally figured out what works for them. Watford on the other hand have been gritty and conservative so far apart from the Arsenal match where they got a bit of a reality check. With Watford struggling to score goals, stoke should take this one.

West Ham Vs Chelsea

3rd biggest match of the weekend. West Ham sit 4th in the table after being unbeaten for the last 6 matches. An impressive run of form which highlights their strong start to the season. They are a bit of a giant killers however at home, they are kinda suspect to underperform against big teams. Even then, Billic's men should give Chelsea a strong match who could be fatigued after travelling to Ukraine midweek. Many eyes on this one

Arsenal Vs Everton

2nd biggest match of the weekend. All eyes on Arsenal as they take on Everton after their impressive win against Bayern. Questions on whether Arsene will rotate or not since there will be some tired legs, however it could be a bad move to change anything since the current formula has been working so well. Arsenal could go top of the table after a win so that should give them enough motivation. Everton on the other hand come into the game after a big defeat against United. That seems like a minor blip though considering they have been in good form before that. Arsenal favourites, but Everton usually performs well against them. And will also be much more fresh.

RG to the rescue.

16:00 Aston Villa vs. Swansea City
The Ayew vs. Ayew derby. Ayew ready?

16:00 Leicester City vs. Crystal Palace
Mahrez vs. Cabaye. Vardy to score another double digit on FPL? Pardeiux, monsieur - only one winner here.

16:00 Norwich City vs. West Bromwich Albion
WBA CS and CBA for more. #FPL

16:00 Stoke City vs. Watford
Odion's beard. Don't get Stoke in it.

16:00 West Ham United vs. Chelsea
Can Chelsea scrape another win to get into the top 10? Or will the might Hammers go to second place? Wait, are the club positions reversed?!

18:30 Arsenal vs. Everton
Naismith is love, Naismith is life.

14:00 Sunderland vs. Newcastle United
Wear vs. Tyne. Number of games played by each club in this PL = Sum of points accumulated by them. How's that for a Stutteristic!
Stay safe, Mole.

16:05 AFC Bournemouth vs. Tottenham Hotspur
Kane they pull it off?

16:05 Manchester United vs. Manchester City
Oh Manc, 4 hour flights can be so tiring.

18:15 Liverpool vs. Southampton
Klopp your hands together, the Saints are coming to town.

RG beat me to it :/

fine it is, good to have is combined effort.

RealGunner wrote:fine it is, good to have is combined effort.

Very satisfied with of you both I am. The luck of the brave with you may be.