2013-2014 EPL Discussion Thread

[sixpoints]

Whoops!
The next club in strife due to the actions of their rich owner is none other than Southampton.
The bloke who bought the club a few years ago, Markus Liebherr sadly dies. Now his daughter Katherina Liebherr is in charge. She doesn't get on with the General Manager Nicola Cortese (the GM who has masterminded Southampton's resurgence). She wants to rein in expenditure. Big rumour is she wants to fully cash in. She wants players with currency in the market to be sold.
So Cortese the mastermind General Manager naturally quits. The Football Manager Mauricio Pochettino, who Cortese hired last year, is also now expected to quit.
Katherina Liebherr has installed herself as GM. Players are expected to be sold. Eg Lambert, Shaw, Lallana...
Rumour is she wants to sell the club outright.
An implosion!
This is just the sort of thing UEFA is trying to avoid with the FFP. But if you sell your club you are at the owners whim. Not every owner is interested in working in a clubs best interests, especially when they want to cash in on their investment and bail out!
At the moment, it appears to be; stuff the fans, stuff the club I inherited. I own it all and I want the biggest return possible.
Let's hope it resolves itself in a sensible manner.

[sixpoints]

Some good developments on the Southampton front. Manager Pochettino announces he will stay and will be working towards a solution in hopefully preventing a fire sale of players.
This may well end reasonably, but it still shows how vulnerable 100 year old clubs are now. Without the injection of funds a rich owner brings, you can't compete. When the relationship with the owner sours, the entire club is in peril. Hope it gets sorted, but it won't be last case that happens. The bubble that is European football is bursting and UEFA know it.

[Jezza]

This Weekend's Matches:

Saturday January 18 2014:
Sunderland v Southampton - 12:45
Arsenal v Fulham - 15:00
Crystal Palace v Stoke - 15:00
Man City v Cardiff - 15:00
Norwich v Hull - 15:00
West Ham v Newcastle - 15:00
Liverpool v Aston Villa - 17:30

Sunday January 19 2014:
Swansea v Tottenham - 13:30
Chelsea v Man Utd - 16:00

Monday January 20 2014:
West Brom v Everton - 20:00

All times are local British times.

[HAL]

All?

[King Monkey]

[sixpoints]

Liverpool 4-0 up on Arsenal inside the first 20 minutes!!

[Jezza]

Sorry for not updating the results for nearly a month now. I've had some things in my life that I needed to deal with in the past month but anyway I'm hoping I'll be back on the forum regularly now. So here's a complete catch-up of results starting from the weekend fixtures of January 18 to 20 2014:

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Saturday January 18 2014:
Sunderland 2-2 Southampton
Arsenal 2-0 Fulham
Crystal Palace 1-0 Stoke
Man City 4-2 Cardiff
Norwich 1-0 Hull
West Ham 1-3 Newcastle
Liverpool 2-2 Aston Villa

Sunday January 19 2014:
Swansea 1-3 Tottenham
Chelsea 3-1 Man Utd

Monday January 20 2014:
West Brom 1-1 Everton
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Tuesday January 28 2014:
Man Utd 2-0 Cardiff
Norwich 0-0 Newcastle
Southampton 2-2 Arsenal
Swansea 2-0 Fulham
Crystal Palace 1-0 Hull
Liverpool 4-0 Everton

Wednesday January 29 2014:
Aston Villa 4-3 West Brom
Chelsea 0-0 West Ham
Sunderland 1-0 Stoke
Tottenham 1-5 Man City
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Saturday February 1 2014:
Newcastle 0-3 Sunderland
West Ham 2-0 Swansea
Cardiff 2-1 Norwich
Everton 2-1 Aston Villa
Fulham 0-3 Southampton
Hull 1-1 Tottenham
Stoke 2-1 Man Utd

Sunday February 2 2014:
West Brom 1-1 Liverpool
Arsenal 2-0 Crystal Palace

Monday February 3 2014:
Man City 0-1 Chelsea
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Saturday February 8 2014:
Liverpool 5-1 Arsenal
Aston Villa 0-2 West Ham
Chelsea 3-0 Newcastle
Crystal Palace 3-1 West Brom
Norwich 0-0 Man City
Southampton 2-2 Stoke
Sunderland 0-2 Hull
Swansea 3-0 Cardiff

Sunday February 9 2014:
Tottenham 1-0 Everton
Man Utd 2-2 Fulham
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Tuesday February 11 2014:
Cardiff 0-0 Aston Villa
Hull 0-1 Southampton
West Ham 2-0 Norwich
West Brom 1-1 Chelsea

Wednesday February 12 2014:
Arsenal 0-0 Man Utd
Newcastle 0-4 Tottenham
Stoke 1-1 Swansea
Fulham 2-3 Liverpool

Everton v Crystal Palace and Man City v Sunderland were postponed.
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The Ladder:
1. Chelsea 57 - Played 26
2. Arsenal 56 - Played 26
3. Man City 54 - Played 25
4. Liverpool 53 - Played 26
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5. Tottenham 50 - Played 26
6. Everton 45 - Played 25
7. Man Utd 42 - Played 26
8. Southampton 39 - Played 26
9. Newcastle 37 - Played 26
10. Swansea 28 - Played 26
11. West Ham 28 - Played 26
12. Aston Villa 28 - Played 26
13. Hull 27 - Played 26
14. Stoke 27 - Played 26
15. Crystal Palace 26 - Played 25
16. Norwich 25 - Played 26
17. West Brom 24 - Played 26
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18. Sunderland 24 - Played 25
19. Cardiff 22 - Played 26
20. Fulham 20 - Played 26

[HAL]

Liverpool is the home of the Beatles.

[Jezza]

Managerial Changes:
Swansea:
Out: Michael Laudrup
In: Garry Monk

Fulham:
Out: Rene Meulensteen
In: Felix Magath

[HAL]

What's that got to do with Fulham 20 - Played 26 ? ". "

[Jezza]

This Weekend's Matches:

Saturday February 22 2014:
Chelsea v Everton - 12:45
Arsenal v Sunderland - 15:00
Cardiff v Hull - 15:00
Man City v Stoke - 15:00
West Brom v Fulham - 15:00
West Ham v Southampton - 15:00
Crystal Palace v Man Utd - 17:30

Sunday February 23 2014:
Liverpool v Swansea - 13:30
Newcastle v Aston Villa - 13:30
Norwich v Tottenham - 16:00

All times are local British times.

[Jezza]

Saturday's Results:
Chelsea 1-0 Everton
Arsenal 4-1 Sunderland
Cardiff 0-4 Hull
Man City 1-0 Stoke
West Brom 1-1 Fulham
West Ham 3-1 Southampton
Crystal Palace 0-2 Man Utd

[Jezza]

Sunday's Results:
Liverpool 4-3 Swansea
Newcastle 1-0 Aston Villa
Norwich 1-0 Tottenham

The Ladder:
1. Chelsea 60 - Played 27
2. Arsenal 59 - Played 27
3. Man City 57 - Played 26
4. Liverpool 56 - Played 27
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5. Tottenham 50 - Played 27
6. Man Utd 45 - Played 27
7. Everton 45 - Played 26
8. Newcastle 40 - Played 27
9. Southampton 39 - Played 27
10. West Ham 31 - Played 27
11. Hull 30 - Played 27
12. Swansea 28 - Played 27
13. Aston Villa 28 - Played 27
14. Norwich 28 - Played 27
15. Stoke 27 - Played 27
16. Crystal Palace 26 - Played 26
17. West Brom 25 - Played 27
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18. Sunderland 24 - Played 26
19. Cardiff 22 - Played 27
20. Fulham 21 - Played 27

[Jezza]

This Weekend's Matches:

Saturday March 1 2014:
Everton v West Ham - 15:00
Fulham v Chelsea - 15:00
Hull v Newcastle - 15:00
Stoke v Arsenal - 15:00
Southampton v Liverpool - 17:30

Sunday March 2 2014:
Aston Villa v Norwich - 16:30
Swansea v Crystal Palace - 16:30
Tottenham v Cardiff - 16:30

* Sunderland v West Brom has been postponed and will be rescheduled for a later date. Manchester United and Manchester City won't be playing this week either and will take on each other on Tuesday March 25 2014 in the evening.

All times are local British times.

[regan is true fullback]

don't know what it is about those black and white stripes...

but Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has overshadowed the team's best win in two months by headbutting an opposing player on the sideline:

Newcastle United thump Hull City but Alan Pardew headbutts Meyler
Guardian report 1.3.14

fined 100,000 pounds by his club, talk about a sacking offence, it is depressingly, uncomfortably familiar...

oh the humanity!